1/16    Can someone PLEEEASE tell me why Dana the super hot hot hot model got
        eliminated in Joe Millionaire? Is Joe stupid or something?
        \_ Uhm, he's a construction worker/model.  So, like, yeah.
        \_ Someone should fuck him in the ass with a cactus.
        \_ the Horse-ey tall blond chick. what a loss.
        \_ the Horse-ey tall blonde chick. what a loss.
        \_ he said she was too bitchy and whiney.. he picked a couple
           hot and non-whiney girls.. whiney is way annoying and she
           definitely wudnt stay w/ him when she found out.

01/16   Soda rebooted, to clear /var being overfull for some indeterminate
        reason. It's better now. - root

1/16    In what kind of job do you not have to deal with arrogant and sick
        people whom you have to tolerate or even suck up to because their
        superior rank?  -- disgruntled
        \_ Buy a gun.  Kill them all.  Join the Order Of Divine Assassins.
        \_ the kind where there are only a few employees and you work
           directly for the owner.  *if* the owner is not an asshole,
           and *if* you actually like them and the other people,
           life is good.  it can happen(it's happened to me).
           I admit I do not work in software, though.
           \_ So...what do you work in?
        \_ Employ yourself.  That way, the only arrogant, sick person
           you have to tolerate is you.  I guess you can suck up to
           yourself as well, if you're flexible enough.  I'm sure your
           enormous self-love will enable you to self-tolerate passably
           well.
           \_ Wow.
           \_ No then you have to suck up to every customer or you're eating
              dirt.  Go win the lottery.
        \_ Every job, except for the self-employed.
             \_ If you are "self-employed" and have customers, then
                you have to deal with customers.

1/15    What are some companies/research labs that sound engineers
        (either recording engineers or EE people with an audio
        processing focus) can work for? Location doesn't matter.
        Thanks.
        \_ Dolby Labs is just south of SF, in Brisbane.
        \_ Dolby?  Creative Lab?  CNMAT at Cal?  CCRMA at the Farm?  Any
           company that makes electronic music instruments (Yamaha, Technics,
           Roland, Kurzweil, Korg, ...)?  Maybe Casio counts too.
           \_ nah, work for the sound _processing_ places.  Digitech, BOSS,
              Alesis.  You can also work on filters for recording devices.
              it's all DSP or A->D now. - musician.
        \_ Digidesign?
        \_ ILM, Skywalker Sound
           \_ Never work for George Lucas. You will regret it.
              \_ One night stands don't count as working for Lucas.
        \_ There's also Apple, Microsoft, Mark of the Unicorn, NTT, IRCAM...

1/16    The kids are all tight! - Pete Townshend
        \_ Poor Pete!  He didn't inhale, I mean er uh download!
        \_ How much KY did he need?

1/15    H4C conosseurs.  Ok the last one was a happa.. How about these 3:
                         \_ What? Happa chicks are the MOST fuckable!
                            \_ not according to the "she's not 4ZN enough
                               comment I got for link:csua.org/u/7c8
                               and will probably get for link:csua.org/u/807
        link:csua.org/u/806 (bikini shot, vaguely worksafe).
        seperate, but related poll.  that pic is:
        worksafe:
        not worksafe:
        not worksafe where I work:
        safe because it doesn't work: .

1/15    I give you... Johanna! http://csua.org/u/7ff
        \_ Wow.  Nice.  -John
           \_ Yeah, he's really good looking.
              \_ Where does it say it's a "he"?
                 \_ It's sort of obvious, actually
        \_ She's very hot, but is there anything else special about her that we
           missed?
        \_ What does "Innerbenslängd" mean?
           \_ "Mammaries the size of fjords..."
           \_ http://babelfish.altavista.com

1/14    Anyone have recommendations or complaints about particular brands/
        models of data projectors.  I'm looking to buy one at work for
        under $5k.  Please email me with suggestions.  Thanks!   -sax
        \_ infocus?
        \_ new post-signer?

1/14             \_ If you hear a Spanish accent and think it's a Mexican
                    accent, you're not just an asshole.  You're a fucking
                    idiot.
                    \_ There's a distinction between Spanish accent and Mexican
                       accent?  I have a Chinese friend who was born and grew
                       up in Spain, whose first language is Spanish and second
                       language English,  The accent in his English sounds just
                       like those Mexicans here.

1/13    An admitted troll, but an amusing one:
        http://www.diepunyhumans.com/dailymirror.jpg

1/13    do rabbits really fuck all the time, or is that just an expression?
        \_yermom does
        \_ is this a troll? In any case:
           http://www.bartleby.com/65/ra/rabbit.html
           scroll down to "Reproduction".
           \_ that doesn't really answer the question.  reproduction
              rate != copulation frequency.
        \_ Their reproductive strategy is the shotgun approach favored by
           a fish and amphibians; they have large and frequent litters on
           assumption that many will die.  They were introduced to
           Australia years ago, and there weren't enough efficient
           predators to keep their numbers in check, so they became a
           problem.
           \_ So, the stupider you are, the more children you have?
              Interesting.
              \_ This isn't news.  --happily childless

1/13    Who is this op guy who keeps posting here?
        finger: op: no such user
        \_ Original Poster.  What I want to know is, who's tia?
           \_ yeraunt
           \_ she's this generic not-very-hot asian actress we're supposed to
              think is really hot because hollywood says so.

1/13    Heidi got eliminated, THERE IS A GOD AFTERALL!!!
        \_ She gets my vote for bitch of the year!
        \_ Zora?  She's the one.  The interesting part will come at the end.
           Notice how he's gotten over his guilt about the core lie and he's
           now really into the power trip testing thing?  He should've chosen
           based on their income levels (doctor, business type) and not how
           they look.  Then he could retire to beer and tv while she worked.

1/13    In C, if I have two variables "big_struct_t a, b;", is there any reason
        why I should use "memcpy(&b, &a, sizeof a);" instead of simply
        "b = a;"?  Thanks.  -- yuen
        \_ IMO, memcpy is a clearer expression of the effect of the operation.

1/13    I feel like one of those crazy bitches on Joe Millionaire. I'm
        competing with all these super-desperate, unemployeed people for
        some job that in reality probably isn't all that great.
        \_ So question your priorities. If you're unemployed, spend a little
           time figuring out what you want out of life. Drop by a bookstore
           and read the new Po Bronson book.  Good luck.
                \_ Already have the book. Halfway through it. I actually
                   am employed. I just want to quit because I can no longer
                   tolerate my current job. -op
                   \_ I am not OP. FYI.  -jeffwong
                      \_ Who cares?
                   \_ Your opinion so far?
                        \_ I like it so far. It's been useful in that it made
                           me identify what my fears are, but I still haven't
                           figured out what I want to do. I am a bit bothered
                           that Bronson doesn't seem to be following the
                           Prime Directive and is knowingly interfering with
                           the lives of these people rather than remaining a
                           passive observer. -op
                \_ This is the least useful book for the unemployed I could
                   possibly imagine which still relates in some way to jobs
                   and life.  What exactly did you find so great about it?
                   If we're talking about the same book, it's just third rate
                   pseudo self help crap at best and a waste of trees the rest
                   of the time.
                \_ most of the people in the book are wealthy over
                   educated people with too much time on their hands

1/12    Steve Case stepping down:
        http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/01/12/case.resignation/index.html

1/11    After all those scandals is anyone actually going to church
        anymore?
        \_ I still go to meet chicks.
        \_ Yes, I go to worship God, not priests.

1/10    What does "obGoogle" mean?
        \_ obTroll?  or are you serious?

1/10    Stop with the wireless shit.  Go reading a fucking FAQ.
        Davis economy hits home

1/9     Sound geeks... when the SB Live came out, it was supposedely
        revolutionary. Have there been any major advances since then?
        \_ Probably getting better sound on a new MB these days.
        \_ turtle beach santa cruz going spdif into my stereo.  sounds
           fine by my ears.  i have not done ab comparisions with other
           alternatives using the same setup.  what is so revolutionary
           about sb live?

1/9     New rule.  If ya' duzn't know how t'use indefinite articles (actually
        it seems definite articles are some problem fo' some too) ya' aint
        allowed t'post on de motd.  Dat's it.  Go away and learn some little
        basic fuckin' honky talk.  Sheesh.  FOBism isn't sexy.  Slap mah fro!
        \_ ah' second dis moshun.

1/8     Can't we talk about Isreal or something? The motd is boring me.
        And what happened to the guy who had the hots for his sister?
        Why did that get deleted?
        \_ I banged your sister last time I was in Isreal.

1/8     Can we rap mo'e about mama fantasies o' cheatin' on yo' spouse?
        \_ My wife's sister-in-law is sooo cute.  I fantasise about making love
           to her all the time.  I'm not sure if she also has a feeling on me,
           but she doesn't seem to mind me holding her hand or putting my arm
           around her waist.

1/8     <Insert tedious, boring, non-controversial, no point in discussing,
        waste of bandwidth question here>

1/8     Purged all questions with answers plus all boring shit but left mel
        in place for the classic "viola!" error.

1/7     What are some of the songs that are similar to Vandals' "My Girlfriend
        is Dead"?

1/7     Has anyone heard of a monitor brand "Magic"?  There's a web site
        selling a reconditioned Magic 21-inch monitor for $229.  Is it a good
        deal?  Thanks.

1/7     Has anybody tried anonymous proxies (e.g. http://www.anonymizer.com
        What are your opinions?  Is it worth the money?  Would it make it
        safer to surf url-shortened sites?
        \_ safer how?
           \_ So that your traffic isn't snooped, so that your actual
              destinations aren't logged.

1/6     http://www.findericroberts.com
        Some people have too much time on their hands.
        \_ Especially Fernando.  -John

1/6     When a girl says you don't have any ambition ande breaks up with you
        does that mean "you don't make enuff money" in Womanese?
        \_ Two words: "penile enlargement"
        \_ probably means "you're a loser"
        \_ I think it means she might marry you but you're not that type.
        \_ It means you play too many video games and you don't buy
           her enough cocaine because she's bored out of her skull most
           of the time watching you master Tekkin XP.

1/6     When did 3.5" floppies officially "die"?
        \_ I think it's still miserably living.
        \_ 6 May 1998
        \_ I'm not dead yet!
           \_ I'm feeling better!
        \_ When bootable, rewritable CD's became affordable, and you
           could install Linux without a floppy disk.

1/6     Anyone care to explain this email to me? Thanks.
        \_ No.

1/5     Having wasted too much time, why are bean getter/setters required
        to be non-static?
        \_ because each bean is an instance with it's own data

1/5     So, what really happened to old Trevor Buckingham?  Anyone care
        to fill me in?  Did he really get banned from campus for a year?

1/4     Wow.  I actually enjoyed _Chicago_.  Catherine Zeta-Jones was actually
        quite good (read: wasn't totally obnoxious).  They overran a lot of the
        humour, but all in all a fun watch. --scotsman

1/4     What's the best way to burn in a new PC?
        \_ I'll do it for you.

1/3     Happy Eleventy-First birthday, Mr. Tolkein!
                                           \_ Tolkien, you imbecile.

1/3     Happy Eleventy-first, Mr. Tolkien!

1/2     When a slope is described as 60%, how steep is it in terms of
        degrees from horizontal?  Thx.
        \_ % is rise-over-run, or dy/dx.  Use inverse tangent to get degrees.

1/02    Is there a generally accepted way to embed a URL into a GET
        request?  I want to put a url such as "foo.jsp?cmd=1&id=2"
        into a GET request as a parameter, eg:
        http://bar.com/index.jsp?pageId=34&URL=foo.jsp?cmd=1&id=2
        but I'm worried that the parameters in the main page will be
        parsed as
        pageId == 34
        URL == foo.jsp?cmd=1
        id == 2                 //wrong
        So is there a "good" way to do this, or do I have to muck about
        with quoting and string substitution?
        \_ You'd have to HTML-escape the ?'s and &'s, or else use different
           delimiters and have your program parse them.  -tom
           \_ tom designed the HTML spec.
              \_ I heard it was Jesus who gave it to him.

1/1     Where are the motd archives?
        \_ I have this question about how to use pine...

1/1     [CensorBot was here]

1/1     FIRST!  (heh, sorry, had to, I'm a loser)
        \_ All the more so since you weren't first...The first post was
           deleted.
           \_ uhm, no.  Thanks.

12/31   How are you celebrating tonight?
        \_ I think I'll sit at home and read the motd.
           \_ hey, me too.
           \_ what a coincidence
           \_ wow, k00l, m3 t00 d00d!
        \_ obWith yermom.
        \_ I celebrated with my SO by having some orgasms.
           \_ You too?  I celebrated the same way with your SO.
                \_ Holy Sexual Sandwiches, Batman!

12/30   [Baleeted!]

12/30   serious question: has anyone been to bhutan "recently" ?
        i passed through that area very quickly many years ago. i am
        trying to figure out if there is enough to do there on a solo
        trip to fill up a week. also if it is really expensive [for
        white people it used to be almost an order of mag more
        expensive than nepal]? ok tnx. --psb
        \_ ask lila.
        \_ I can loan you my DVD of "Into the Thunder Dragon" (a traversal
           of Bhutan by bus and mountain unicycle).  -tom
        \_ Are you "bayaryaan" from http://fuckedcompany.com?
           \- what? are you talking to me? --psb
              \_ yes.

12/31   There was a comment about Drallion a while back.  There was a
        reference to _other_ circuses than Soleil. Can the poster post
        the names again?  thx.
        \_ I had mentioned Cirque Baroque.  I think they only play around
           europe (based in france..  marseille?) --scotsman
           europe (based in Villemarechal) --scotsman

12/30   O.k. i want to read Iain Banks' Culutre books.  Is _Consider Phlebas_
        the first one?  Are many in the series out of print? (that's going to
        suck if it turns out i like them).
        \_ _Phlebas_ is first, but _Use of Weapons_ and _Excession_ are
           the better earlier ones. Banks' stuff can be hard to find here;
           try a library or order from a UK bookseller.
            \_ The FAQ says not to start with Excession. <shrug> :)
               \_ Excession is my favorite!  It had Meatfucker in it,
                  my favorite Banks' character. -- ilyas
        \_ There really isn't an order to the books.  I did like Use of
           Weapons.  I think his best book is "Feersum Endjin", which is
           not actually a Culture book.  -tom
           \_ Feersum Endjin takes place in the Culture universe, and contains
              Culture characters, if one pays attention.
        \_ Player of Games is another good early one.  Generally don't start
           with the later novels.  The earlier ones are more interesting.
           Then again it could just be I read the earlier ones back when I
           was less descriminating.

12/28   http://hometown.aol.com/iamhotbiats/myhomepage/profile.html
        (kids these days).
        \_ Why would be possibly be interested in this? Is that your
           sister or something?

12/27   http://www.sabbatum.com
        Rock on.
        \_ Danzig's had songs in Latin before.
        \_ I bet you bought all that Metallica and Floyd symphonic stuff.
           I hear Yanni's in town.  Wanna get tix?
           \_ These people are much better musicians than any you mention.
              Rondellus is an accomplished and talented early music group.
              Do you always ridicule what you don't understand?
              \_ yer mom.
              \_ Duh....like, yes!

12/27   I think that stripper really liked me!

12/25   any sodans been to the "Varekai" cirque de soleil? is it a good
        show?
        \_ Yes - it was much better than Dralion, not as good as mystere
           though.  There were a few acts that were *really* impressive,
           and the clowns were less annoying than usual in CDS.  Let me
           know if you're interested in the soundtrack (although the
           actual CD is pretty weird this time around, and not that much
           like the show itself (even more than usual...)) - mds
        \_ No.  Went to Drillion(sp?) which *sucked* in an extra special
           sucking way.
           \_ Dralion.  Cirque de Soleil is middling compared to a number
              of other circuses.  Find Cirque Baroque.
           \_ It's dralion you fat bloated fuck.
              \_ You of course noticed the "(sp?)" which indicates I was aware
                 I didn't know how to spell it.  Thanks for your comments and
                 opinion.  Express yourself.
                 \_ Fookoffandye(sp?)!
        \_ It is the kind of show you bring your parents to.

12/25   merry day-after shopping day!

12/25   merry may day!

12/25   merry january 6th!

12/25   merry kwanzaa!

12/24   Am i doing something wrong or does IE have serious issues with
        transparency.  My images all look right on mozilla.
        \_ IE blows transparent or translucent PNG's.
           What kind of images are you working with?

12/24   Has anybody else had trouble connecting to the gnutella network
        recently?  I've tried several different clients and they all fail.
        \_ I don't pirate anymore, so no, I've had no trouble.
           \_ pirate is a noun.

12/24   Does anybody know how to pronounce Suge Knight's first name?
        \_ Mare-e-on.
        \_ SHOOG
        \_ Say sugar without the "ar".

12/24   what is the fascination that electronics manufacturers currently have
        with blue LEDs?  they're so bright and ANNOYING. (yes, electrical tape
        works...)
        \_ anyone who's done 3-5 work has an obsession with blue and green
           LED's, just because they are so impressed with themselves, but
           i don't think these poeple generally make marketing
           decisions, and 3-5 nuts hardly constitute a major target market,
           so my comment is really not useful.
        \_ With more efficient blue LEDs, a full-color graphics display
           can be achieved with red and green LEDs (which have been around
           for many years).
           \_ I mean manufacturers using blue LEDs by themselves in various
              consumer electronics gear.
              \_ It's Matrix-kewl?  Ask some marketing clown.  That's who
                 decides these things.

12/23   Guys... Tiki or OpenCMS?  or is there any other good Content
        Management tool that is relatively easy to use?

12/23   Joe Strummer. RIP.

12/22   How find date for New Year's?
        \_ C'mon, you don't even get to see the outside of the cookie jar for
           a *weak* troll like this.  You'll welcome to work on it and try
           again later.
           \_ You'll? You mean: Your welcome to work on it...
        \_ If you want to troll like a fob, at least start your question
           properly ("How to")
        \_ January 1

12/22   http://www.fao.com/images/products/20200415c.jpg  and
        http://www.fao.com/images/products/20200405c.jpg
        to see the new "Street Walker Barbie(c)"!  Great stuff from a company
        that filed suit over S&M Barbie(c).
        \_ Oh please, it's just lingerie barbie.
           \_ I've seen the same outfits on corner whores in Oakland.
        \_ They claim that she's "African American".
           http://www.fao.com/products/detail.cfm?objectid=E276D026-29F2-4AB4-8A5C8CD0CE53EF41&subcategory=3950

12/21   Let me save you the trouble and effort of deleting the 3 remaining
        threads which are either old, pointless, or have no new replies for
        2 days.  Nice n spiffy clean now, just the way you like it!
        \_ you got shit on by your master again, huh
           \_ huh?

12/21   does anyone know the name or singer of the song that was in
        the movie Home Alone? it was a variation jingle bells I'm
        pretty sure.
        \_ Jingle Bell Rock? Google says Bobby Helms sung it.

12/20   Has anyone heard of Dent Magic (http://www.dentmagic.com  How on earth does
        it work?  Is it a scam?
        \_ They hammer the dents out from the inside.  It works well,
           but it's a delicate art, so it's not cheap.
        \_ I haven't heard of it, but generally anything with "Magic" in the
           title is a scam.
           \_ Magic Johnson, Magic Flute, Scotch Magic Tape, The Magic Bra. :-)
        \_ I used http://dentbusters.com to remove 7 or 8 little dents.  I don't know
           how it works but it did.  Your dents cannot have any paint damage,
           cause it doesn't fix paint damage.
              \_ Magic: The Gathering...oh wait
           \_ partition magic?
            \_ okay, I was wrong.
        \_ Kragen sells stuff that will remove scratches.
        \_ I used something similar (dentbusters.com) to remove 7 or 8 little
           dents.  I don't know  how it works but it did.  Your dents cannot
           have any paint damage, cause it doesn't fix paint damage.

12/19   From rec.humor.funny:
        For those of you who were looking for the requisite moral in
        Star Trek - Nemesis, I suppose it would be, "Always back up
        your Data."
        \_ dude that's old. along with Tashar Yar encourages Data entry.

12/19   When is the time to put the tulip bulbs back into the soil?  Do
        they need any pre-processing?
        \_ That was circa 1995-1999.  It's over.

12/18   Anyone use those USB "driverless" pen drives?  I've seen some selling
        for ~$100 for 256MB, which is about what I'd like.  What are the
        plusses/minuses for the brand/model you have?
        \_ I won an 8 Meg DiskOnKey from a trade show and it works great.
           Dunno the pluses or minuses.

12/18   The richest 1 percent
        http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20021218-363082.htm
        \_ Might have some semblance of impact if they were, indeed,
           individuals in that "millionaaires club".  They are all
           corporations and Unions.  Get a fucking clue
           http://www.opensecrets.org/parties/contrib.asp?Cmte=DPC
           \_ Ah, so the labor unions sucks out your hard-earned money for
              "union dues", and pass it to their favorite political party.  I
              get it.
              \_ Well, yes.  Under current rules.  Just as the corporation
                 you work for does.  Again, get a fucking clue.
                 \_ How exactly does the company I work for extract mandatory
                    dues from me and then give it to their favorite political
                    party?  You're babbling.  Get off the hemp.
              \_ actually they do, moron. that's why unions are the
                 phoniest, most useless and corrupt institutions around.
           \_ Don't waste your time arguing with a moron.
        \_ The richest 1% are those giving $200+. Those giving $1000+ or
           $10k+ or $1M are the .001-.1%.

12/18   anyone know where I can get a free stencil sets for Kivio?
        the ones packaged with KDE are too basic.

12/17   Daschle's a fool...  How many times can he miss the boat in a quarter.
        The boy needs an instinct transplant. --scotsman

12/17   I have suspicions that someone is sleeping with my duck.  Would you
        all please suggest horrible ways I could get even with the bastard
        who is doing this?  It's all right if he ends up dead, so long as he
        suffers, though I must not get caught.
        \_ Considering the sorts of diseases you can/will get from having 'sex'
           with a duck or other bird, your duck has already inflicted more
           than enough horrors and suffering.  Pity the man.
           \_ My duck is not diseased.
              \_ Your duck may be diseased now!

12/16   Anyone have any recommendations in the South Bay on where to have
        family portraits done? Or even just places to avoid? Thanks.

12/15   What is the best way for a Cantonese speaker to learn to speak
        Mandarin?
        \_ The best way is still the stupiest way.  Go to Beijing
           and stay there for 3-4 month.  You will be suprised how
           fast you pick up the language.  For Northerners like us,
           it is the Cantonese which is more complicated (8 tones vs. 4)
        \_ buy a good pen to write on your hand with.  as far as i can
           tell this is the most widley used method.
        \_ Go to a massage parlor.
        \_ start speaking mandarin, and don't look back.
        \_ Don't try putting a mandarin accent on Cantonese words.  It sounds
           terrible.
                \_ Dude it all sounds the same.  I think it's all a plot to
                   confuse the white people.  And get rid of that idiotic
                   scribble while you're at it, will you?  Thanks.  -John
           \_ "I am not afraid of Heaven.  I am not afraid of Hell.  But I
               tremble in fear when a Cantonese tries to speak Mandarin."
               tremble with fear when a Cantonese tries to speak Mandarin."
        \_ I learned when I had to watch the Mandarin TV shows with subtitiles
           on Ch66 with a Taiwanese dormmate in my first year of college
           because I had no TV.  After a year I could speak slowly with a
           strong Cantonese accent.  After 12 more years I can now speak
           fluently with a little accent.  --- yuen

12/15   Anyone subscribe to NY Times Sunday and still have the NYT Magazine
        from Nov 17th with "Bad Love" on the cover? I recycled mine and I want
        to show it to someone and I don't want to pay the website, cuz I
        already pay through the nose for the paper version. ok tnx. -tcmoore
        \_ The hidden cost of recycling.

12/14   delete this troll.

12/14   Those Germans who ate one of their dicks together should have
        smoked it instead.
        \_ But then they wouldn't be cockgobblers.

12/12    I have two (2) tickets to the sold-out opening showing (midnight) of
         LoTR The Two Towers at the Metreon.  Turns out i'm going somewhere
         else.  If you want to pick them up (or send SASE) you can have them for
         what I paid for them ($11 each). -crebbs

12.12   Stereolab singer dies in bike accident.
        \_ Man that sucks.  Miss Modular was a great song.
        \_ Er, RIDE CAR!
           \_ RIDE SUV!
              \_ RIDE 70's TANK!
                 \_ RIDE WILLY'S GP!

12/11   Hi, I'm trying to write an HTML feedback form that opens a new
        window to confirm submission, but does not change the current
        window.  I've tried
        <form method="post"
          action="javascript:void window.open('myformprocessor.php')">
        which opens a new window properly, but the post variables aren't
        available.  Is there a different way to do this?
        \_ <form method="post" action="myformprocessor.php" target="_blank">
           --dbushong

12/11   Following up:
        I just did this problem last week again for fun.
                                                \_ for fun? you must be really
                                                   great at a party or out on
                                                   a date!
                My wife thinks I'm a pretty good date _/
                thank you very much, and hers is really the only opinion that
                counts on the matter.  Yes, I read the Feynman lectures in my
                spare time.  So what?
                \_ So who is she dating?  What's her id on the casual
                   encounters board at craig'slist?  I've got 2 bucks.
                   \_ CE is so yesterday on CL. Go for Erotic Services.
        Turns out the max force (when the last bit of the
        chain hits the scale) is twice the weight.  I've
        verified this experimentally.  The weight v. time
        is: f(t) = (m/l)*(gt)^2
        m = mass, l=length, g = gravity
        \_ what did you do "experimentally"?
                                          --psb
        \_ what did you do "experimentally"? --psb
           \_ I took a chain of non-negligible mass, and watched it as it hit
              the scale.  The maximum force reached twice the weight of the
              chain when it was done (and of course rapidly went to zero
           \_ Also, interesting followup to the ladder-against-the-wall: what is
              the final horizonatal velocity of the ladder?  What if the wall
              weren't there?
              afterwards).
           \_ Also, interesting followup to the ladder-against-the-wall: what
              is the final horizonatal velocity of the ladder?  What if the
              wall weren't there?

12/11   Anybody know how StringBuffer.reverse() works?  How would I do
        that in O(n) time? --doesn't have a decompiler
        \_ for(i=0;i<length of string; i++) {
            newstring[i] = oldstring[length of string - i];
            }
            there, it's reversed.  if youwant the original string copied
            over, add:
            for(i=0;i<length of string; i++) {
              oldstring[i] = newstring[i];
            }
            That is an O(n) operation.  You could claim it is an O(2n)
            operation also, but only a fool would nitpick that.  And
            by the way, you are as dumb as a stone for having to ask.
            \_ Informative and insulting in one response!  Great work.
               -geordan
            \_ Should be "newstring[i] = oldstring[length of string - 1 - i];".
                \_ Yeah.  But you should have left it as an
                   exercise for the OP.
        \_ FYI, Java source is always available to be downloaded; you don't
           need a decompiler.

12/11   Hot Spanish butts! :-)
        http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/021211/168/2uh44.html
        \_ These are men's butts :(  Most Sodans are straight men so I
           doubt this link will be of much value.
           \_ I feel oppressed by this statement.  I think you are expressing
              a sentiment I have perceived in other venues that homosexual
              males and heterosexual females have no place in this
              organization.

12/11   This has been done before, but we need an updated version with new
        characters.  Cast sodans as Star Wars characters!  I'll get the ball
        rolling.
        ...
        \_ the new trilogy is a piece of shit, and frankly RotJ was no
           great shakes either. why are you wasting your time with this
           crap? --aaron

12/10   is there a way to get hotmail to automatically empty the "Trash Can"
        folder, so that it doesn't take up space?
        \_ try using pine instead.
        \_ no.  think about it.  why would hotmail want to provide that
           functionality?
           \_ why not?  what good does it do MS to not have an auto-purge
              option for mail you never want to see?
        \_ I thought it empties automatically every couple of days... do
           you want it to empty faster than that?

12.9    Is there a way to config IE6 to let me download more than 4 items
        at a time?

12/9    Christmas music, with a few solos belted out by yours truly
        http://www.pacificmozart.org --scotsman

12/8    This Modern World: .
        Red Meat:
        Tom the Dancing Bug: .

12/9    I tried.  I tried to stop fantasizing about my friend's duck.  But I
        failed.  I avoided her for a while after our leg touching encounter at
        dinner that one unforgettable night.  Not seeing her only increased my
        fascination with her.  When I'm awake, I'm thinking about her.  When
        I'm asleep I'm dreaming about her. I'm going crazy over another man's
        duck!  My friend's duck!  This is so wrong.  But why does it feel so
        exciting at the same time?
        \_ did you repost this troll from several months ago from memory, or
           do you have it saved somewhere?
        \_ Hmmm... duck.
        \_ To borrow a phrase: Just Do It!
        \_ motd poll:
           fuck that duck: .
           duck that fuck:

12/6    What is type CS slide mount?  Is it just plastic or something more
        specialized?

12/6    Don't drink that last cold beer:
        http://csua.org/u/674
        \_ especially if some idiot redneck texan says not to.

12/6    Are soda disk quotas going to be increased any time soon?
          \_ So looking at df, it seems that most of the mounted home dirs
             are approx half-full. Maybe a sysadminy person can comment on
             whether this means we have enough room to raise quotas (I would
             assume that it depends on how much of their current quotas most
             people are using). If this is something you would like, and you
             have reasons/can show we have excess space/are willing to provide
             more disks, mail vp and politburo. -librarian
                \_ what are the specs of a such a disk drive?
                   are the /home/foo drives only 8GB?
                   from <DEAD>csua/Minutes/F2002/20021003.politburo<DEAD>
                      jhs: Does the CSUA want any TDA? The xcf has some
                           that it can afford to lose.

12/5    http://www.craigslist.org/sfo/sby/cas/7207569.html
        If you can't score here, you can't score.
        \_ You need 2 to tango with her.
        \_ 5'4, 165 lbs. Pudgy.
           \_ You don't work out do you.  You dont understand muscle
              weighs more than fat do you.

12/5    what does "manic" mean?
        \_ dict manic
        \_ what is the square root of 400?
           \_ The African swallow.
              \_ Laden or unladen?
                 \_ Usually unladen but the African swallow is known to go
                    both ways.
                    \_ So does yermom.
              \_ So does yermom.

12/5    does airbears work in Barrows?
        \_ There's one access point in 60 Barrows.  -tom

12/4    Wow, at this point the motd censorship isn't even politically motivated,
        its just arbitrary.
        \_ all censorship is arbitrary.

12/4    Anyone here have their own 800 number?  How much does it cost?
        Any problems?  I see a few adds for 3.9cents per minute 800 numbers
        but they seem a bit shadey.
        \_ Ask yermom.
           \_ No, she has her own 900 number.

12/4    Hacker causes massive sewage spill:
        http://cooltech.iafrica.com/technews/837110.htm

12/3    motd format all over the place.  learn to fucking format.  your
        editor should have an auto format.  use it.

12/2    We didn't start the fire:
        http://www.its.caltech.edu/~yel/Fire.html
        \_ That was awesome!
        \_ sound & Flash warning but worth 3 minutes of your life unless you're
           on your death bed but if you're on your death bed logged into soda
           then you deserve what you get anyway for wasting your final minutes.
                \_ well said.
           \_ Billy Joel isn't worth 10 seconds of my life, let alone 3 minutes
        \_ just reinforces the fact that that song consists of meaningless
           juxtapositions of images.  -tom
           \_ hey grumpy boy, didn't get your coffee today?
              \_ if you'd like to explain what the queen of england has to
                 to with joe dimaggio, and what either of them has to do with
                 "the fire", which apparently is some kind of bad thing
                 (since "we tried to fight it"), go ahead.  -tom
        \_ beaten to the punch:
        http://unix32.nysed.gov:9290/SocStudies/fire/html/index.html

12/2    false description pointing to gross pic purged.  not even a new gross
        pic.  at least get us something new if you're going to do this.

12/2    No longer you people are sexless - too much babbling about left
        and right wing whatever.
        \_ Do you mean "wonder" instead of "longer"?
        \_ Here's a buck, kid.  Go buy yourself some English clue.
                \_ I'll chip another dollar too.
                   \_ Two bucks worth of English clue would make him the
                      motd authority on English.
                \_ Chicks *love* grammar corrections, too!  -OP
                   \_ You're confusing grammar with a basic command of English
                      vocabulary.
                   \_ another motd poster was extolling the virtues of
                      the oakland streetwalkers.  they probably don't
                      care if you can speak coherently.  go forth and
                      be fruitful, young man.

12/2    D00D! U R G37t1N' 4 D311!
        http://www.powerpage.org/story.lasso?newsID=10243

12/1    arse-or-elbow? (not work-safe)
        http://www.assotron.com/arse-or-elbow

12/1    Zeitgeist!
        \_ Gesundheit.
        \_ Shut up, Al.

12/1    What's the reasoning behind the "price too low to display"? Why would
        Amazon want to avoid the price crawlers? Are people more likely to buy
        once it is in the shopping cart or do they feel like they are getting
        a super deal or what?
        \_ Yes.
        \_ I think sometimes there are marketing contracts that legally prevent
           them from advertising the super-low prices in order to keep the
           manufacturer's relationship good with other retailers, Especially
           ones that will "Meet or Beat ANY advertised price"
           \_ Yup.  Here's an explanation on "Minimum Advertised Price":
              http://www02.bhphotovideo.com/FrameWork/mapexplanation.html

12/1    Poll:
        I like http://csua.org: .
                          \_ easier to type, has the motd redirector
                                                     \_ ?
        I don't like http://csua.org: .
        \_ because I want to see the domain before actually going there

11/30   Sometimes mutt deletes all my mail. How to avoid?

11/30   I didn't know anyone here was this old:
        http://www.craigslist.org/sfo/eby/cas/7108398.html
        \_ wtf is "V"? viagra? --aaron
           \_ venereal disease?
           \_ vanadium.
           \_ vaseline. poor man's ky.

11/29   come on peterm you've been locking the motd for 10 minutes now

11/28   Zsa Zsa in coma after car wreck!  They come in threes!!!
        \_ Who are the other two?  or are you expecting some more?
           \_ There's gotta be more but poor Zsa Zsa has to go first.
                \_ Eva and Magda Gabor.  -John
                   \_ No! Not Eva!  I'm still waiting for the Green Acres
                      Reunion movie!

11/28   Figured out the mysql_connect() thing--it was php's include_path.
        Thanks for the suggestions!  -John

11/27   Hah!  According to /. Firedfly is toast!  That and Birds of Prayer
        makes it 2 for 2.
        \_ Not toast yet, but certainly on the hospice-care track.
           \_ It's so toast.  Name any shows that have ever recovered from the
              lows a new show like Firedfly has plunged to.
              \_ *shrug* I don't really watch TV, so I can't.  I just read the
                 article.
                 \_ Toast.
                    \_ ...and you clearly didn't read it.  *shrug*   whatever.
                       \_ Idiot.  I read it.  Toast.  Where do you see that it
                          isn't toast?  In this country first season shows that
                          don't do well and have some funky premise like space
                          cowboys from the deep south post-civil war get axed.
                    \_ Toasty!

11/26   Can I get retroactive unemployment?  even if I have a job now?
        \_ no
        \_ go back to israel
        \_ You can try to apply 'late' but it's unlikely.
           \_ they only start from when you apply because they're supposed to
              track how you searched for a job each and every day. so no.

11/26   How to make six figure salaries working in IT? This is a serious
        question. -undergrad IT worker wannabe.
        \_ Get an MBA instead.
        \_ go back in time to 1999.
        \_ don't worry, with the new gestapo being started up under john
           poindexter, there will be *plenty* of government teat to
           suckle from.  your job will be to help the effort to spy on
           everyone and track down thought crime.

11/25   http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002541855,00.html
        She's still so hot after all these years!  MJ eat your heart out!

11/26   motd sex poll.  intercourse during menstrual period:
        always:
        sometimes: ..
        never:
        only:

11/25   I think I'm rather sick, because when I glanced over a Yahoo News
        headline "U.S. busts largest-ever identity theft ring" all I saw was
        "U.S. busts largest-ever ......".
        \_ why were you sick? you not into the girls?

11/25   Birds of Prayer officially dead.  Firedfly is next.

11/25   The 80s are coming back, but not necessarily with Johnny Depp:
        http://csua.org/u/600

11/25   What is a good way to dispose of disposable razor?
        \_ In an apple
                \_ better yet, put a few in a steak and feed it
                   to a dog.
                   \_ yeah its always fun to abuse a defenseless and naturally
                      loving creature that trusts you implicitly.
                        \_ exactly, that's what I'm saying!
           \_ I prefer a snickers. No juice and it sticks better.
        \_ I usually just put the cap back on and throw it in the trash.  Now
           that you mention it, maybe that's not a responsible way.  I think
           throwing it away in an aluminum can or a glass jar is better.
           \_ It's going straight to a dump.  Doesn't matter.
        \_ separate the plastic from the metal. Recycle both.
           \_ straight to a dump.  the recycling business's dirty secret.

11/24   http://www.shespies.com
        I prefer <DEAD>www.sheepsies.com<DEAD>

11/24   http://www.shespies.com

11/23   In honor of our victory, the first Axe Rally in seven years will be
        on Sproul at Noon on Monday. The Axe will be paraded around campus,
        and classes are not to be attended. See you there!

11/22   GO BEAH!

11/23   Is there a definitive campus directory to reverse-lookup campus
        phone numbers?  People finder doesn't seem to be too useful.
        \_ <DEAD>directory.berkeley.edu<DEAD>, shockingly.  -tom
           \_ That's what the Berkeley home page calls People Finder.
        \_ fspb
           \_ eh?
        \_ Thanks, motd censor.  Leave Toms' useless post and remove the
           one that was actually helpful, good job fuck nut. -OP
           \_ That was "fspb".   -fspb poster
                \_ fspb uses the same data source.  -tom
                   \_ And works from any shell on campus without all the html
                      crap.

11/21   Regarding a thread from a day or so ago-- who is He Who Shall Not
        Be Named?
        \_ he can't be named, can't you read?
           \_ he cannot read, but he somehow managed to type
        \_ voldemort
        \_ Shoggoth?
        \_ HastuaaAAARRRRRRGGGHHHH
        \_ the unnamed prole
          \_ And why shall he not be named?
        \_ Lord Voldemort.

11/21   For all you Al fans out there:
        http://bigwilliestyles.250x.com/Flash_Soundboards/AlPacino.swf

11/21   Are there any plans for ant to support symlinks?
        \_ maybe you should ask the ant developers?  are you a pine user?
           \_ If you have any information on the subject, please let me
              know.  Otherwise, let it be.

11/21   http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=735873337
        Is there any reason why this beer can is worth so much?
        \_ Never underestimate the insanity of collectors.
        \_ Jeez, and like a sucker I've been giving my cans to recyclers.

11/21   Wow, the motd is finally living up to its usual standards!
        Go team!
        \_ Yeah the bonfire was burning dangerously low for a while there.

11.21   too much motd trolling this week. i'll be back less week. troll less.

11/19   Anyone see the Leonids?  Anyone see them from a light polluted area?
        \_ Saw a bunch from Bort Meadow up in Anthony Chabot Park.  Saw
           a few from home (near the Grand Lake Theater) even with a fire
           truck flashing its lights twenty feet behind me.  Very nice.

B

11/15   I _know_ one of you must have posetd this!  Fess up!
        http://www.craigslist.org/sfo/sfc/cas/6850314.html

11/15   Any way to get columns of text to line up using CSS
        without using tables or a fixed with font?

11/15   [poll says fascists are more popular, therefore pro-fascism.  deleted.]

11/15   Clean your mouse rollers! Makes life better.
        (isopropanol, a qtip and the smooth side of a pin)

11/14   [deleted because you're a whiny punk.]
        \_ It's not particularly clever to post something from
           an article mocking liberals and pretend like the article
           was written by a liberal, reiffin.

11/14   http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/11/14/gun.trial.ap/index.html
        Gun supplier told to pay widow $1.2 million

11/14   Is there anything equiv to craigslist in LA area?  I'm looking
        for a hiking partner.
        \_ Why don't you just use craigslist, they have a la section.
           \_ Oops.  Thanks.
        \_ How much does this craig make from his list, if anything?
           \_ enough to have 10 employees. - danh

11/13   BIN LADEN IS ALIVE! Just like Elvis.
        \_ he's probably alive but really fucked up.  on his deathbed im sure
           he'll issue some order to his mindless psychotic followers to do
           something like blow up a nuke plant or release some nasty bio thing
           if they have one so he can die happy knowing he's personally
           responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands or more.
           \_ Which means the US should or should not go after him?
              \_ This is where John needs to slip in his 'napalm' quote.
                  Again.
              \_ IMHO, should.  He's going to die either way.  At least if
                 we nab him he might not get a chance to issue some final
                 apocolyptic orders.
        \_ More like El Cid.  --erikred

11/13   Danh!  Do you finally have a job?
        \_ Jobs are irrelevant.
           \_ paychecks arent.
        \_ yes.
        \_ Jobs are irrelevant.
           \_ paychecks arent.
        \_ I keep seeing you in bio lecture. Are you a bio student now?
                \_ I wonder if my stalker is cute? - danh
                   \_ Unrelated question: do you like hairy cocks?

11/13   Play your cards right and this could be your next lover!
        http://csua.org/u/56f -urld
        \_ Thank you for putting me off my dinner.
        \_ Contrast with: http://csua.org/u/571

11/13   Pong:
        http://www.madblast.com/oska/humor_pong.swf
        \_ An oldie but a goodie.

11.12   Hey you Wannabe gangster cs dudes, how was 8 mile? --rap/rock listener
        \_ DUDE!  IT WAS BETTER THAN CATS!
        \_ It doesn't really make sense if you haven't seen the first 7 miles.
        \_ /csua/tmp/8mile([12]/2).avi
           \_ deleted you twink
           \_ Why would you want to watch a movie in an avi?  Whats the point?
 _____           ___       _____ __  __    _      __
| ____|_ __ ___ |_ _|_ __ |___ /|  \/  |  (_)___  \ \  __/\__
|  _| | '_ ` _ \ | || '_ \  |_ \| |\/| |  | / __|  \ \ \    /
| |___| | | | | || || | | |___) | |  | |  | \__ \  / / /_  _\
|_____|_| |_| |_|___|_| |_|____/|_|  |_|  |_|___/ /_/    \/
        \_ Eminem is going to Israel?  -John
        \_ I like Green Day!  -danh #1 fan

11/11   Anyone not had sex this millenium?
        yes .
        no

11/11   http://www.starregistry.com
        What a stomach-turning site. "An actual star!" I wonder if their claim
        of "hundreds of thousands" of customers is true. That's several million
        dollars parted from fools.
        \_ It's like vanity publishing or paying to be included in "Who's
           Who."  I wonder how many of their customers have any idea they're
           not really getting a star named.  The BBB registers them as a
           member with satisfactory status.  --erikred
           \_ BBB?
                \_ Better Business Bureau.
           \_ So being a member of BBB really means nothing to consumers?  How
              come the BBB don't kick them out for bad business practice?
        \_ read the fine print at bottom:
           "International Star Registry star naming is not recognized by the
            scientific astronomic community.  Your star's name is
            reserved in International Star Registry records only."