5/3     phillip, why is your mail spool no longer world-readable?  Have we
        done something to anger you?  Have we forsaken your trust?
        \_ procmail always resets my mailspool mode.  i'll try to fix -Phillip

05/02   GM scheduled for 05/09 in 337 at 6:30; we intend to amend the
        constitution at the meeting.

5/2     I know three dots in a pyramid means "therefore". What does the
        upside-down version of that symbol mean?
        \_ "because"  -- yuen
           \_ yea, because because is the opposite of therefore, therefore
              the symbol is opposite.

5/2     Spread Widely
        Hate Speech vs. Free Speech
        When: 4-6pm Friday May 3rd
        Where: 140 Boalt Hall
        Issues that will be covered:
        *The differences between Hate Speech and Free Speech
        *The role of the University in maintaining Free Speech
        *Current Publications and Suspensions
        Maya Solo and Luis Garcia From the Department of Education, Civil
        Rights divison will be giving an interactive teach in, Please support!
        \_ Free Speech: Bush is a motherfucker Nazi and I'm going to burn a
           flag on his white ass!
           Hate Speech: I'm not voting for Al Gore in '04.
           Hate Speech: I'm against affirmative action because it lets
           undeserving minorities get gov't contracts.
           Hate Speech: I'm thinking about not voting for Gore in '04.
           [dont edit my post you genetic reject, add your own if you want]
            \_ sign your name twit, and i'll respect the sanctity of your post.
               otherwize i'll improve it as i see fit, and you will like it.
        \_ so is there a URL for this Re^H^Heducational "teach-in" or is it
           too embarrassing to post?  Also, a "teach-in" is used to designate
           a type of protest.  Is this a protest?  If so, don't you think
           that WHAT you are protesting is pertinent?  If it's not, someone
           needs pay more attention to how the language is used.
~
           \_ We're protesting against hate speech.  Anyone who says anything
              we don't like needs to be put down.
              \_ Yeah, sock it to the leftist oppressors with your biting wit.
        \_ So?  Did anyone go to this thing?  Was it as good as it sounds?
           Did the party bosses explain what it is o.k. to say and what it
           isn't? Enquiring minds want to know.
                \_ They told us we couldn't talk about it.

5/2     Sixth Grader Makes Death Threat with craigslist:
        http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/02/doodle.death.threat.ap/index.html
        \_ what does this have to do with craigslist?
           \_ it said crayola, but someone changed it to craigslist

5/1     Looking for basic erasure-correction algorithms  -newbie
        \_ Wouldn't you prefer The Cure?  Maybe Depeche Mode?
                \_ Or New Order, Nitzer Ebb, Siouxsie, Bauhaus,
                   Front 242, or PIL perhaps?
        \_ crc, checksum, google

5/01    Is there any free partition_repair/data_recovery software (for fat32)
        that actually works?  I got a "shareware" download which claims to have
        made a backup image but it wants me to buy the "commercial" version in
        order to restore from it! -crebbs
        \_ I've never tried it, but i hear that Drive Rescue is pretty good.
                http://home.arcor.de/christian_grau/rescue
        \_ PowerQuest (the folks who make PartitionMagic) probably has a
           tool for this. -dans

5/1     self contradictory rant deleted.  see archives if you care.

4/30    ok, so _TCP/IP_Illustrated_ used to be entirely online. I should
        have d/l'ed it while I had the chance. Google only seems to return
        people selling the paper version. Anyone know where I can find this
        online? thanks.
        \_ Yes.  -John
           \_ url?
        \_ Is there a Swimsuit Edition?
           \_ *shudder*

5/1     The "bazzar" meets the real world:
        http://www.penny-arcade.com/view2002-04-29rl.html
        \_ bazaar
        \_ I love the black turtleneck sweater.

5/1     why don't you go sell flowers by the side of the road with your
        buddies.  fuck the moonies.

04/30   <twohey> pres = darin, vp = bem, sec = galen, tres = njh, lib = jhs

4/29    motd formatd was here.  80 columns you losers!

4/30    Please cease including subliminal message in the motd.

4/30    hi kngharv

4/28    Barbie Creator Dies:
        http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1956000/1956180.stm
        http://www.chillibomb.com/barbie/index.htm (some rejected barbies)
        \_ #9
        \_ The lactating one has just the shape as the original Barbie.

4/28    Zero content meaningless message purged.

4/28    BDG, was this you?  http://www.duke.edu/~kwmac/marcel.htm

4/28    Canadian apoligsts on the march.
        http://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/goldstein_apr28.html

4/26    i'm trying to interface my network to a BEC(bose einstein condensate).
        how do i avoid exceeding the speed of light from dephasing.
        I know there are many experts here please help.
        should i use a gravitonic pulse?
        \_ die thread, die.
        \_ no, you need to use chronometric particles in conjunction with an
           oscillating tachyon pulse.  make sure your phase buffers are
           aligned, or everything will go kablooie.
           \_ You need a HYPER-oscillating tachyon pulse! -- Wesley

4/26    who's the anti-gun beatnik who removed the link to the shooting in
        Germany?
        \_ easily restored [below].  I wonder why they think that erasing
           something from the motd somehow alters reality and makes their
           agenda somehow "work" despite reams of real world evidence to the
           contrary.  Anyway, that's what archives and copies are for.  Gotta
           keep the mindless censors at bay.

4/26    I like to try surfing and conquer the 100 foot huge wave. How dangerous
        is surfing? Just generally, not dealing with 100 foot wave.
        \_ People drown, people get eaten by sharks, people break things.  It
           is perfectly safe.  Enjoy.
        \_ If you avoid Mavericks, pretty safe.

4/26    Left Eye dead. that makes #8
        \_ holy shit
        \_ Dude, I posted this below like six hours ago.
        \_ Good, you can be my client in my experiment with my latest invention.

4/29    Is it myth or reality that cracking your knuckles or other parts of
        your body is bad for you?
        \_ What I was told by a doctor years ago: the 'pop' sound is the
           noise from pressure buildup in your knuckles being released.
           Overall this is no big deal but over many many years you could in
           theory damage the joints not due to popping them per se but only
           because you're adding additional and unnecessary wear.  So what I
           got out of this is it's not a big deal but it's better if you don't.
           \_ I've been cracking for the past 20 years.  I tried getting rid
              of the habit but I couldn't.  -- !orig poster
           \_ Isn't that much less wear than playing the piano or typing?
        \_ I started cracking my knuckles about 5 years ago and wasn't able
           to kick the habit until just recently. I finally made myself
           stop because I felt that I noticed general aches and pains in
           the areas I was cracking (which had grown to include all fingers,
           wrists, thumbs, elbows, ankles, etc etc) When I first stopped
           there was more soreness since I wasn't able to crack and release
           the pressure, but after a couple weeks, I think it feels much
           better than before.
        \_ what's the oddest joint you can crack? I can sometimes crack
           the ones between my ribs and my sternum
           the ones between my ribs and sternum

4/29    why do my frozed dinners say not to use a toaster oven.
        As long as i preheat, the closeness of the heating elements
        shouldn't matter that much, right?
        \_ Maybe the company never tested it with a toaster oven so they want
           to avoid liability.
           to avoid liability in case it doesn't work.

4/25    Has anyone worked with Apache SOAP and was able to serialize
        an ArrayList object?  Any pointer/help is appreciated.  Thx.

4/25    Where can I find the real-time status of the UCB data network?
        \_ closest thing is probably http://fragment1.berkeley.edu/~cricket
           -tom
        \_ what's the bandwidth cap currently?

4/25    any idea where i can get a 25 pin dsub shielded twisted pair cable?
        i'll answer my own question, in case anyone cares.  iomega's
        zip scsi cables are 25 pin dsub twisted pair.
        \_ Make your own?
           \_ waste of time, and the quality will not be as good as a good
              commercial cable.

4/25    The French are now protesting against democracy.
        http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47641-2002Apr25.html

4/24    Has anybody joined the Cal Alumni Association?  Is it worth the
        $350 or whatever for lifetime membership?
        \_ It might be worth it if you plan to live near Berkeley for
           a long time, and make use of its libraries and RSF.
        \_ I've joined. I haven't seen any tangible benefits except
           for the California magazine that shows up at my house
           every month. If you have any extra $400 to donate, join
           the Alumni Association. --ranga
        \_ It lowers my Geico insurance rates 10%.

4/24    Did anyone who efile got their federal refund yet?  I got the state but
        not the federal.
        \_ So greedy!  You should return it and pay 1998's full rate.

4/24    Anyone know what the deal is with this newsgroup hierarchy that gets
        downloaded when you first set up imap ? It shows up as a public folder.
        \_ It's the World Wide Porn Archive.  Also Warez, and MP3s available.
           But no spam.  You won't find spam there, no sirree!

4/24    For 24-bit RGB values, the "negative" of (r, g, b) is
        (255-r, 255-g, 255-b).  How do I get the "negative" of 32-bit CMYK
        values?  Thanks.
        \_
 http://www.inforamp.net/~poynton/notes/colour_and_gamma/ColorFAQ.html#RTFToC24
           \_ That's very helpful.  Thanks!

4/24    Where's that URL to find a dot address's host/domain name?  Is there
        \_ um..  you mean nslookup or dig or /bin/host?
        some server that shows the uptime of certain hosts?
        \_ you may be speaking of http://netcraft.com

4/23    What is Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) protocol used for?
        \_ STFW.  There's plenty of information out there.   -mice

4/23    is there a site that tracks deals/promos that are being offered
        by various wireless providers?

4/24    Did anyone ever make a good quality capture of The Play when ESPN
        Classic showed it a few weeks ago?
        \_ I suppose I could try, but the image quality would be poor at best.
           The original footage was fuzzy, and I had recorded it in EP mode,
           which further worsened the image, and if I were to capture it into
           a compressed format, well, you get the idea.

4/23    why is karen hughes nicknamed "beltway"?
        \_ Do you know what the "beltway" is?
                \_ isn't it the freeway circling washington d.c.? -op
                   \_ er... no.
                   \_ yes it is, but I believe the person above is suggesting
                      another meaning.
                        \_ ok so what's with the nickname? -op
                           \_ It just means someone who knows the ins and outs
                              of DC politics.  No big deal.

4/23    <DEAD>webcenter.newssearch.netscape.com/aolns_display.adp?key=200204231226000102372_aolns.src<DEAD>
        Time to nuke Puerto Rico.  We must destroy it in order to save it.

4/23    How long do typical musicals last? less than 2 hours? 3 hours?
        \_ about 2.5 - 3 hours, including intermission
           \_ gah...  not if they're any good/well paced...  a musical shouldn't
              be longer than 2.5 hours, unless it's of the les miserables
              persuasion, in which case you really shouldn't bother.
              \_ Les Mis!  Better than Cats!
                                       \_ Or Phantom!
        \_ why, is some girlfriend dragging you to one?  it's not
           fucking worth it. it may only be a couple hours, but it
           will seem like a year.  save yourself now and find an
           excuse not to go.
           \_ Good plan.  The OP should suddenly get a call about a dead
              relative or something.  Maybe emergency liver transplant.
              Anything but a musical.

4/23    Can DiskSuite combine a 9 and 18gig drive into a 27gig partition or
        do you have to use identical disks even in a stripe concatenation?
        \_ Yes, you can combine drives of differing sizes.
        \_ You can concatenate different size drives but not stripe them.

4/21    Why your mother told you to stop sucking your thumb:
        http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/04/21/bitten.thumb.ap/index.html
        \_ I think that's more like why yermom told you to stay off angeldust
        \_ this is really sad.  poor kid, maimed for life.

4/21    I can't get MSN Messenger to do intranet video conferencing. I don't
        want to use NetMeeting, and there's a bug in CUSeeMe 4. What are
        the other alternatives?
        \_ How much do you want to spend?
        \_ vic and vat.  do a google search

4/22    Some body kill elian gonzalez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        Slap all his relatives in miami as well.
        \_ Should Elian Gonzales be tried as an adult and be put to death?
           Sure, I guess.
        \_ Reno is going in with an Apache Heli again. you'll see. your
           wish will come true.
           \_ VX gas!
        \_ The media needs Elian to boost ratings.
        \_ how about, instead of killing Elian we'll kill all the morons
           stupid enough to care about Elian.  Like the person who started
           this thread.  -tom
        \_ E-Lian
           \_ Cool!  When is IPO?
        \_ A-lian.

4/21    Once again, who the hell is PAUL and why should I agree with him?
        \_ t-shirt seen on Sproul: "I Agree With RuPaul".
           Paul is an airhead zealot who you shouldn't agree with.  -tom

4/21    what is a troll?
        \_ Gary Bauer
        \_ That little guy on Different Strokes and Mini-Me in
           AP2 (god what a shitty movie).
        \_ Check you AD&D players handbook for more info.

4/21    JOIN THE ORANGE SHIRT CULT.  WORSHIP THE SELF-PROCLAIMED MESIAH
        WHOM YOU'VE NEVER MET.
B

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03/01   ONCE AGAIN, CLEAN UP YOUR CRAP IN /var/mail! --root
        \_ If you are interested donating to the CSUA, mail donations@csua

03/01   the new library books policy is now available at:
                /csua/adm/doc/policies/library          --librarian

4/3             *** 7 FOOT ANOREXIX BLONDE WHORE ***
           *** PLAYS LED ZEPPELIN ON CORDLESS DRILL!!! ***

            God's Girlfriend
            Bondage a Go Go
            520 4th St. at Bryant
            (415)995-4600

            Wed. April 6
        \_ Uh great.  The best of SAn Francisco 'entertainment'.

4/3     Scorpion King.  Yes.  She's hot.  What's wrong with you?  Why'd you
        have to ask?  Duh.

4/21    How do I get tickets to go see battlebots?  I couldn't find info
        on the battlebots website

4/20    What should I do with the Tulip bulbs?  Leave it in the soil or
        dig them up for next year?  If so, what is the appropriate way to
        store them?
        \_ I believe you are supposed to dig them up and replant them in
        the fall -jules.
        \_ search the motd archive for "tulip".
        \_ Hold them until the tulip craze strikes again.

4/19    Where is the tranthraxxx video?
        \_ jesus used to have it, but no more.
           \_ That jesus.  Always losing his porn.

4/19    Feds looking at M$ Passport:
        http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134438173_passport18.html

04/18   There will be a general meeting at 6:30 Tue April 30 in 337 Soda.
        Elections will be held.  --Galen

4/18    Any Belkin OmniView switchbox user have this problem?  Once a while
        the keyboard mapping screws up.  The right Ctrl key acts like the Caps
        Lock key, the Caps Lock key becomes a Ctrl key, and the left Ctrl key
        and the Esc key don't work.  The only way to get out of that is to
        power-cycle everything.  Thanks.  -- yuen

4/18    tomshardware benchmarks old video cards with new.  Mine is 3 to 7
        times slower than the top end and it's only 18 months old.
        \_ Wait 18 months and then buy one.
        \_ Makes sense.  Graphics has it's own Moore's law
           (8 fold in 18 months).

4/18    English in action in higher learning:
        http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=45&t=004691
        \_ more like English in action in fictional humor.

4/17    http://www.bobblers.com/041702/d.jpg (what happens when geek girls
        stay indoors too long)
        \_ what's wrong with her?

4/17   Not a particularly bad day for the motd.

4/17    "Mr. Jackson, who earns about $500,000 annually,".... wow.
        http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020417-69674174.htm

4/17    I'm looking for a simple, good STAND ALONE, calander/scheduler
        program.  I don't want to have to have outlook, i don't want
        to have to start The whold damn star-office suite. I just want
        "scheduler+" from 1993, is that so much to ask?
        \_ Meeting Maker. --dim
        \_ scheduler+ circa 1993 should do the job
        \_ Palm Desktop?
        \_ I loved Schedule+ circa 1995. I've since switched to PalmDesktop,
           even though I don't have a Palm. It is similar (but not as good!)
           to Schedule+.
        \_ KDE's kcalendar is very good. you don't need to be running the
           KDE environment to use it.

4/17    The Wise Men of the east saw the star of Jesus to the west and
        followed it.  The Second Coming is upon us.  It will be over soon.
        http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/2220437p-2614222c.html
        \_ And what rough beast, its hour come at last
           Slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?
        \_ what a stretch

4/17    I'm curious. Who are the top five furthest right wing of the regular
        motd posters? Nominations?

4/17    I'm curious. Who are the top five most apathetic of the regular
        motd posters? Nominations?

4/14    politicarant removed for the sake of collective sanity
        cs and eecs is tough enough as is - leave this for sproul plaza please.
        \_ Introducing facts into discussion.  Penalty, two points. -dans
        \_ What was the discussion about?
        \_ I didn't see it but whatever it was isn't the point.  If you find
           it stressful the answer is really easy: don't read it.  No one is
           here to create a nice warm fuzzy supportive happy happy nice nice
           destressed environment for you.  If you want that go to a nice
           white non-political school that gives out As for everything.  I'm
           sorry you can't deal with the competition at Cal. Censorship is
           not the answer.
                \_ Please explain 'white'?
                   \_ White: the kind of place where they won't bother you
                      with anything hard to think about or at all difficult.
                      It'll be nice, monocultural, vanilla, and you'll know
                        \_ Actually most electronic noise
                           has a PSD No/2 to tens of Terahertz.  But not
                      exactly what to think at all times.  It'll be safe and
                      warm and just like HS when you were the smart one and
                      the dumb kids always knew you would have the answer.
                      Your parents will pay a lot more and you won't learn as
                      much and you'll still be a child when you 'graduate' but
                      it'll be safe and snuggly and oooh sooo nice.  White.
                   \_ The fourier transform of the autocorrelation function
                      is frequency independent over a reasonable range of
                      frequencies, say from DC to several GHz.
                        \_ Though thermal noise
                           has a PSD kT/2 into the Terahertz, not
                           the question I was asking.
                           \_ 1) it's 4kT, and
                              2) it depends on the system; obviously if
                                 you are going through any reasonable amplifier
                                 chain, there will be rolloff long before the
                                 terahertz
                              3) i was posting a wisseass answer to your
                                 wiseass question; you were responding to an
                                 obvious and lame troll.

4/11    Sept. 11 Attack on the Pentagon didn't happend:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020401/od_nm/conspiracy_dc_1
        \_ This isn't that stupid thing from the French guy is it?  I really
           don't feel like reading Yet Another Pentagon Conspiracy Theory.

4/12    If I have a multi-threaded app running on Red Hat Linux and
        'top' says that I'm using 50% of the CPU, does that mean I'm using
        50% of all CPUs, or does it mean I'm using 50% of one of the CPU's?

4/12    Is there a veterinary clinic somewhere around the campus?

4/11    What's with the network?
        \_ That's what I'm saying... I thought it was my
           downstairs neighbor downloading porn or something. - rory

4/11    http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jesus/TranthraXXX.avi
        \_ What the heck is it...jesus with a hooker?
           \_ jesus with a hooker would have been more interesting.

4/11    "The president believes that Ariel Sharon is a man of peace."
        -The White House (or is it The Ministry of Truth?)
        \_ This is called "sending a message".  It's telling the Arabs that
           we've had enough.

4/11    I WILL BE HEARD!  GEORDAN, I LOVE YOU! --stalker #12
        \_ It brings a tear to my eye. -geordan

4/11    So, geordan, do you like your job?  -motd stalker
        \_ It's okay.  Thanks for asking. -geordan

4/11    Hey geordan, boxers or briefs?  --stalker #2
        \_ and when did you lose your virginity?  --stalker #3
        \_ Woohoo!  In order:
               * briefs
               * roughly 9 months before you were born
                 \_ Are you Catholic? - stalker #4
           -geordan

4/11    Pink or Texas?  pick one.
        \_ I'd have to say Pinxas.
        \_ I'd have to say Pink's ass.
        \_ I choose Texink
        \_ Texas for the women.  Pink?  Whatever.

4/11    I'm curious, the guy who has been posting about details of tjb's
        life.  How did you know that he has been diagnosed with ADD and
        has been in a mental institution, etc.?
        \_ Ah, it's me. I guess I've picked up an arguably-unhealthy
           fascination with his case after having to deal with the fucker
           directly on several fronts. The information I have is from
           informal "correlation studies," if you will, on his posting
           patterns, combined with half a dozen personal channels which run
           through common friends. I try to label data I deem unreliable when
           I post it. Do I have too much time on my hands? Eh, well, it makes
           for good procrastination fodder. <shrug> Think what you will. It's
           largely genuine [pseudo]scientific curiosity more than anything
           else. -alexf
                \_ first of all you have too much time. second of all there
                   is very little veracity based on conjectures. Get a life.
        \_ It's curious isn't it? It seems like it's not just chialea and lila
           who have ended up with motd stalkers.
           \_ I think someone just has too much time on their hands is all.
           \_ No one ever stalks me *snif* -geordan
              \_ You need to make a web site and put up a fuzzy picture of
                 yourself so the stalkers have something to latch onto.  Get
                 with it, man!  No one can stalk you properly if they don't
                 have a fuzzy picture!
                 \_ The funny thing is... I already have. -geordan
                    \_ you need to get the url out there, maybe join the
                       scientologists so you can be a first page google hit.
                    \_ Maybe your stalker is so good you haven't noticed
                       him/her/it yet.
                       \_ Doesn't make for a very good motd stalker though.
                          -geordan

4/10    A '1337 GN00/L1NUX H4X0RZ wet dream of a hard drive:
        http://www.cray.com/news/0204/xfersystem.html
        \_ Does it run Linux??  Imageine a Beowulf Cluster of these!
           \- well short o fthrowing insane amounts of money at a problem,
              the IBM GPFS looks really impressive. It is academically
              interesting too. --psb

4/10    Anyone has a pictre of Trevor?  I am curious to see just how
        desperate Brooke was...
        \_ There's some on dan's page.
           \_ thx
           \_ He is a dork.  Brooke was desperate.  He is not any better
              than any of the nerdy Asian guys.
              \_ why is everyone defending this Brooke? She seems like a
                 total annoying bimbo slut.
        \_ BTW, anyone has a picture of Brooke?
           \_ http://www.playboy.com  Standard big titty playboy type.  Nothing
              special unless you have a plastic fetish.
              \_ not to mention the airbrush look
           \_ http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~oso/calpics/sather.jpg
              brooke at sather gate.

4/10    More M$ thewayout humor:
        http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store/productdetail.aspx?prodno=2165172&zoom=yes#zoom
        \_ Yeah.

4/10    Read, cultural illiterates, the 180 year old scifi story
        of Peter Rugg:
        http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/PetrRugg.htm

4/10    Who is that hot chick in the Scorpion King?
        \_ Kelly Hu

4/9     Where can I find publications on efficient object replication?

4/9     24 hours in a day. 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?     -Steven Wright

4/8     What's a good copy machine in the $400-$700 price range?
        Or what's a good brand for copy machines?  Thanks!

4/9     Gnome has a transparency feature. Is that a feature of the desktop
        (e.g. ALL the windows could be transparent) or is that a feature of
        the appliction?
        \_ Application

4/8     What are some of the work opportunities in LA? Sysadm ok.
        \_ http://www.dice.com etc

4/8     This is real.  My boss constantly scratches his crotch
        right at work.  And today he grossed me out by rubbing
        his crotch area against my cubicle wall.  What is the
        appropriate action to take?
        \_ The inappropiate action is to get a hard-on from this.
        \_ put a 'Bears Scratch Post' sign on your cubicle.
        \_ Depends on whether you're a male or female.
           \_ I am male and he is married with kids.  I think
              he just has crab or something.  I normally don't
              care if he scratches himself with his hands, but
              my cubicle walls should be off-limits.  What can I do? -op
              \_ Line your cube with stuff so he cant rub his diseased crotch
                 on the cube.
                 \_ Should I mention his behavior to HR at all? Besdies
                    all the clever things I can do to my cube to prevent
                    future occurances?
        \_ Your boss must be a cat, see:
http://www.google.com/search?num=20&hl=en&q=inappropriate+work+behavior+scratch&btnG=Google+Search
        \_ line your cubicle with feces. that would be an embarassing
           crotch stain to have.

4/9     What is the difference between rpcbind and portmapper?
        \_ obrtfm
           \_ What's the "OB" part?

4/8     How much in advance do people typicallys end out wedding invitations?
        \_ 3-6 months.  more if the invitee needs to travel.

4/8     Today's motd brought to you by the 'find' command and the number 3.

4/8     Big bummer for all you print fans....
        http://www.thisislondon.com/dynamic/news/story.html?in_review_id=546190&in_review_text_id=512387

4/8     Who sings the "new" version of "Save the last dance for me"?

4/6     what's meant by the term "dive bar"?
        \_ Dive \Dive\, n.
           1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who
              dives, literally or figuratively.
           2. A place of low resort. [Slang]
        \_ See definition #1 above.  Dive bars are for people into diving.
           Mostly deep sea, but everyone who swims is welcome at most places.
        \_ Be serious!!! Its a metal instrument scuba divers
           use.
        \_ 3. A bar I can go to pick up on yermom.
        \_ Where disgruntled divorced mermen hang out after the bitch has
           stolen all his clams in dive court.

4/6     Copyright question: when I use dict and get back a result like
        "From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:"
        Is that the 90 years copyright in effect?  If that new copyright
        law hadn't been passed in the late nineties, would we be using the
        1933 dictionary?  More applicably, is Webster's in any way
        profiting from their extended copyright here?  Who's buying or
        selling dictionarys from 1913?
        \_ Well, anyone who wants a copyright to end is obviously a
           WORTHLESS GOD DAMNED THIEF!!
           \_ Yes.  True.  And?
           \_ Everyone already knows that.

4/6     What does "1/2 ton", "3/4 ton", and "1 ton" mean for a pickup truck?

4/6     Make a short animated cartoon and submit it to:
        http://moobel.myip.org/dioxff
        \_ that's great! those are fucking hilarious! if you liked
           that web site why don't you check out
           http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi  It has
           information about the Kansas legislature! fun!
           exciting!
        \_ i don't know why this got deleted.  it's just hilarious!
           http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi  so entertaining!
           good times! fun!
        \_ ugh... those are agonizing to watch
         \_ it depends. if you catch it at the right time,
                it moves at the correct pace. Though of
                course I'm a little slower than most
                people. Also the machine you're using
                \_ Fix your title. It says it is something like id=415992
                obviously has a lot to do with it.
                It seems to work less well on Macs (bummer).
                                -cynthia

4/6     Spring forward.
        \_ fall back.

4/5     Anybody use FreeAMP?  Is there any way I can move the relatable info
        into my ID3 tags?

4/5     How do I kill a process in linux that doesn't die with kill -9 ?
        \_ % reboot

4/5     Anyone know the song they play in the Gilmore Girls trailer?
        http://static.thewb.com/trailer/quicktime/GG218-trl.mov

4/5     Think about the children:
        http://fyi.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/04/05/highschool.cheating/index.html

4/5 How do you dispose of alkaline batteries? (I know you're not
        supposed to just toss them in the regular trash, but how many
        people actually go through the trouble of following proper
        disposal procedures?)
        \_ How?  I toss em in the trash right after formatting your post.

4/5     I'm sure BDG can relate to this (seen on rec.humor.funny):

        Mattel has come out with a new Barbie doll for Christmas:
        Divorcee' Barbie.  It comes with all the usual accessories,
        plus all of Ken's stuff.
        \_ I really wanna hear BDG's story.  BDG, you out there?
        \_ I read somewhere that if Barbie were a real person with the same
           proportions, her measurements will be 38-13-34.

4/5     Think about the chilren:
        http://fyi.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/04/05/highschool.cheating/index.html

04/04   There will be a general meeting at 6:30 Thurs April 11 in 337 Soda.
        --Galen

4/5     Does gnome's transparency work in Exceed?
        \_ I never understoof why one would want transparent windows.  Doesn't
           it just make it harder to read?

4/3     What is '1337 ?
        \_ What.  Is.  Hip?  (what is hip)
           \_ home ip.  uc berkeley's dialup hell.
        \_ Where is phillip?
        \_ kids these days...
           \_ yeah go figure.  don't even know 318 speak anymore....
        \_ elite. 1-> l, 3->e, 7->t. "leet"->"elite"

4/3     Poll:
        L&S CS people are dumber than EECS people:
        L&S CS people are just as good as them:
        L&S CS people are smarter:

4/2     is there a clip online somewhere of Errol Morris'
        film short that opened up the Oscars?  Where?  thanks. - danh

4/1     Re: spamd.  Your new .procmailrc recipe:
        :0fw
        | /usr/local/bin/spamc

        :0 hw:
        * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
        spam

4/1     Box for sale: tower case, lots of fans, 4x 10k 9GB SCSI drives,
        2x PIII/450's, 1GB RAM, video, net.  $600 OBO  --dbushong

04/732  April Never Ended.

04/732  serious question, what is "making a pass at someone".
        how do you make a pass at someone?  thanks.
        \_ nice shoes, wanna fuck?

3/31    Idea: grep --bold, which spits out everything fed to it, but
        makes every line matching the pattern [1m bold [m.
        \- idea: use emacs
        \_ idea: use less and its search features
        \_ use the source, luke!

3/31    are there any movies out now that are decent?  ive already been warned
        about time machine, and already seen lotr.
        \_ Blade2 for standard matinee quality vampire slaying.

3/30    #4 Queen Mum. #5 Ed Turner.
        \_ How many people will it take until this AWFUL, HORRIBLE CHAIN OF
           DEATH reaches a CHILD??????!?!?  WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF
           THE CHILDREN???????
           \_ It takes a Village to Think of a Child.
                \_ Or a priest.
        \_ You know what they say... they always come in groups of 5,793.
           -geordan
        \_ I told you that threes stuff was bullshit. Who is Ed Turner?
                \_ former bigwig of CNN. hired Ted Turner (no relation).
                \_ How is it bullshit?  Don't you know *anything* about the
                   science behind numerology?  Sheesh.

3/28    There, #3: Billy Wilder.
        \_ who?
           [you can always say "they die in threes" if you define "they"
           in the way that specifically validates your supersition]  -tom
           \_ Rule of 3's counts if all three make Yahoo's front page within
              a week. Or at least show up on Entertainment Tonight or some
              equally inane/popular show/magazine.
                \_ and of course you've done statistical analysis.  -tom
                   \_ listen to the sarcasm fly over tom's head.
                      \_ Don't pick on tom.  You'll break him and then what
                         would we play with?

3/27    "World tribunal 4 signatories away from ratification"
        I expect many here feel this is a good thing.
        http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/654883/posts

3/27    What's a login that works for the economist online?
         \_ subscribe and use cypherpunk/cypherpunk, then that will work.

3/27    Milton Berle dead!  They always go in threes....  Age 93.
        \_ Dudley Moore #1, Berle #2, who's #3?
           \_ You, soon...
              \_ Not famous enough....
           \_ Milton Berle's penis?

3/27    Ran MOTDRESTORE.

3/27   Anyone know if incorporating (prob. an S-corp.)/ being the sole
       executive on a corp. (unpaid) will affect my unemployment benefits?

3/26    restored as usual.  dunno why you bother zeroing it.  we've been
        through this so many times before and it always comes back.

3/26    Reparations for everyone!  Once a precedent gets set, my peoples are
        going to be rolling in dough!  Woo hoo!  Free bucks just for being me!
        http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/03/26/slavery.reparations/index.html

3/25    silly letter about closing tower elevator purged.  so what?  campus
        does closures and repairs all the time.  everything is old.
        \_ get a clue.  closing the Campanile is a lot different than
           closing Stanley Hall.  -tom
           \_ Being closed for a few months over summer and reopening in fall
              is nothing.  I'd think working for UC you'd understand what the
              "Long Term" in the Long Term Plan is all about.  I'm surprised
              someone at UC managed to make a quick decision and get it
              approved before the 100th time people got stuck in that death
              trap.  I've got clue, patience, and understanding of the
              situation.  It's no big deal and was done thoughtfully.
                \_ what is the point of the above comment?  are you
                   insulting tom or cheering him on?  make up your fucking
                   mind!
                   \_ Neither.  Why must everything be either an insult or
                      cheer leading?  I suggest you adopt a newer, more
                      flexible world view.  Your simplistic black and white
                      perspective has proven insufficient.
                \_ no one suggested otherwise.  It's still news.  -tom
                   \_ Yes, but it's not news worthy of 3 pages on the motd.
        \_ I spent my Berkeley years without ever getting on top of the
           Campanile.  I never visited Alcatraz either.  Is that abnormal?
                \_ no.  you're obviously Asian!
                        \_ How did you draw that conclusion?  Is it based
                           on some behavioral characteristic typical of
                           asians?
                        \_ I never had any interest in either and did neither
                           during my time at Cal.  How droll.  Very lame and
                           touristy.  Yay, I took the vator to the top of a
                           short tower and could almost see the smog over
                           Oakland.  Whatever.  -white boy

3/25    Don't put untested weird stuff in your body.
        http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15770-2002Mar25.html
        \_ what about Ginko and Ginsana?
        \_ What about Longitude Capsules (http://www.longitudecapsules.com

3/25    Gwyneth Palthrow and those potatoes.  Oh my lord.

3/25    Fuck you all.  You're all a bunch of bastards.

3/25    Blade 2: decent for a matinee, not as good as the first, too many
        fight scenes were too close to see anything so they were just a blur.
        \_ Plus it suffers from "stupid enemy" syndrome. You know, the one
           which causes hundreds of guards to attack a single enemy one at
           a time. Or poor use/choice of weapons. Or just too much gloating.
           \_ yeah all that too.  --OP

3/23    Could anybody tell me what the answer to the cartoon in Thursday's
        Jumble was?  SJ Mercury printed the wrong page on Friday, and their
        correction on Saturday cut off the answer.
        \_ Is the answer in the online edition, maybe in an archive?  I read
           the SF Comical on BART so I don't have it, sorry.
           \_ no, the Mercury doesn't have it in their web site, and http://jumble.com
              doesn't have the daily puzzles.
        \_ WORTH MUCH
           \_ that's what I thought, but I don't get the joke.

3/23    http://www.jesus.com
        (Its not what you think)
        \_ Oh, no. It's exactly what I thought! ;p
        \_ This guy panhandles and he shops for a Porsche?

3/23    [ restored - motdrestored ]

3/22    Hey Tom, do you always delete a thread in which you do something
        stupid at the end?
               \_ I have caught tom deleting threads that make people or
                  ideas he doesn't like look good.  Try it out!
                  \_ Prove it.     -mice
                     \_ It isn't hard to keep track of the motd, who edits it,
                        the changes afterwards, etc, etc.  To say "Prove it"
                        is to show your lack of scripting fu.  I spent all of
                        \_ Nah, it has more to do with the fact that I don't
                           have an axe to grind, and hence, is not worth
                           the time or effort.  Nice try, though.    -mice
                        2 minutes writing and testing 2 or 3 simple scripts to
                        keep track.  Is it provable in a court of law?  No, of
                        course not and you know it's not because everything
                        here is untracked text.  Anyone can make their own logs
                        say anything.  Write your own scripts and follow a few
                        hot button threads for yourself and see what happens.
                        \_ better yet, just use the phrase " fragile-ego
                           dickhead sysadmin."  i predict this thread
                           will combust in less than .5 hours now.
        \_ if you're referring to the deusberg thread, I didn't delete it,
           and the only stupid thing I did was allow myself to be trolled
           by someone who thinks the stars might be sentient beings because
           we can't prove otherwise.  -tom
           \_ You realize tom, that I added NOTHING to that thread, right?
                -- ilyas
           \_ You weren't trolled.  It was a real topic of real interest.  You
              stepped in blaring Tom's One True Holy Truth as usual and got
              put in your place, as usual.  That's not trolling.  That's what
              we call looking stupid.  Don't worry, no one thinks any less of
              you for it.  It's only the motd.  We still like you, Tom.
                \_ gee, more anonymous insults.  coward.  -tom
                   \_ Why would anyone insult you?
        \_ can someone repost the deusberg thread?

        [Restored by request even though I think the thread had it's day]
                             its.  dude, you need to take e190. _/

3/22    Does anyone have suggestion on where to get a light portable crowbar
        that one could carry around under a trench coat without much
        discomfort?  [motd formatd]
        \_ ACE hardware.
        \_ soviet military surplus catalogs like sovietski sell
           titanium crowbars from time to time.  I love mine. --jon
           \_ Is it good enough for ripping those rediculous body kits off
              souped up Civics and Integras or should I get something heavier?
              \_ I've never used it for that, but I have used it for
                 ripping plaster walls down. --jon
        \_ http://botachtactical.com/paratechbiel.html

3/22    Nethack 3.4.0 installed as nethack-3.4.0; bugs to mconst.

3/22    Many applied, few are chosen.  Fewer still get to do the choosing.
        \_ what does it take to open up a graduate school? all us jobless
           peeps should collaborate on this high-demand business oppty.
           \_ money and intelligence, which you probably don't have as
              you don't have a job.
              \_ aw shucks. maybe i can get into the recreational drug biz.

3/22    Bid on DVDs and help make aaron less poor.
<DEAD>cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=sp00nb0y<DEAD>
        \_ so you're keeping your asian porn collection?

3/22     i really really like uni-ball vision pends, but i seem to use them up
         fast, and no meter how mny i buy at a time, i seem to end up running
         out when i really need one.  has anyone figured out how to refil them?
         or, can someone recomend a refilable pen that gives equally good
         results?
         \_ I recently got a refillable roller ball pen from Lamy.  It was
            about $20, and writes a lot like the vision ones.  I like it.
            I got it at Amsterdam Art, but you ought to be able to find
            them in other places too.
            \_ thanks! that looks like a great company for pen nerds like
               me! i had never heard of them.  it kind of looks like the
               pens are refilled by buying another throwaway proprietary
               part, not by just putting some ink from a bottle in.
                so here's another pen nerd question: is there anywhere in
                the US that sells those pens they hvae in china that are
                fountain pens with a pumpable plastic part that sucks ink
                up into the pen so you can easily refill it?  thanks.
                \_ i have a mont blanc that is filled exactly how you
                   describe, and they aren't too hard to find

3/21    Why are children's voices so irritating?  Why do parents bring them
        out in public before age 18?
        \_ why are adults such jerks?
           \_ Maybe being surrounded by other people's screaming brats that
              the rude so-called parents refuse to control or even acknowledge
              need any sort of control stresses them out?
              \_ uhm, again, why are adults such jerks?  It's the parents'
                 fault for not raising their children better.
                 \_ Because they're blind to their own spawn's wickedness.
        \_ My kid/teenage cousins are irritating, but I've seen well-
           behaved kids and teenages in public.  I think it's just a matter of
           discipline from parents.

3/21    To the person who applied to UCLA's MS EE, congrats to you... and
        let's keep in touch     -depressed orig poster with lots of rejections
        \_ How are two anonymous motd posters going to keep in touch?
           Sign your posts!
           \_ The same way they have been so far, I'm afraid. Yegads!
           \_ Just post the public key...

3/21    I completed all but one letter of yesterday's Daily Cal crossword.
        What's a noxious weed?
        \_ kudzu?
           \_ ta_e
              \_ tare.
              \_ There are only 26 possibilities.  Why don't you run
                 /csua/bin/webster on all of them to find out?
                 \_ grep.  /usr/share/dict/words.
        \_ What was the clue for the other word?

3/20    Updates to ~scotsman/bin/patch_{dl,in}

3/19    Has anyone else mailed the ncurses maintainer for having their
        head up their ass with the latest rollup patch?

3/19    Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses
        http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020319/ap_on_sc/antarctic_ice
        "Before breaking apart, the ice shelf was about the size of Rhode
        Island".

3/18    Where's a good place (other than frys) in fremont to buy comp stuff?
        \_ I dunno about GOOD, but you mention Frys, and they're not that good.
           How about central computer.  --PeterM
           \_ I like the store, although several of the employees have a
              superiority complex for one reason or another.
        \_ avoid state sales tax, use the net, wait a week for delivery.

3/18    Do you think I should get flood insurance?
        http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/03/18/new.iceberg.ap/index.html
        \_ Don't be silly. Evolve gills instead. -chialea

3/18    Can somebody post their rejection/acceptance letters again? Curious.
        \_ "Dear Applicant, Bwahahahahhahahahahahah!"
        \_ I just got a rejection from Stanford's MSCS program. Funny part
           is that I didn't even apply.