5/27    RIP, Luciano Berio.

5/27    Congrats njh@csua & team on winning NatCar 2003!

5/24    Nobody can stop Kid and his piston! No body!!
        \_ LOL... i guess you too, were old enough to remember Cal
           and its glory days.

5/24    MMC does the Matrix: Reloaded.  The MMC studiously avoided all
        pre-viewing hype so the ending, such as it is, was a bit of a
        surprise and a disappointment.  M:R was enjoyable as a simple
        high action flick although the interminable dance scene and
        Morpheus' endless speeches on his favorite and only topic were
        very heavy handed.  Go for the action, ignore the rest.  --MMC
        \_ fuck off.  you are just as idiotic as real critics, except you
           don't get paid to do it.  just fuck off. really.
        \_ This news is two weeks old. Who cares?

5/24    Stupid problem and hints deleted.  Learn to think independently.
        \_ you just deleted one of the most valuable thing on motd.
           \_ I found it in the archives.  Yawn.
                \_ How do you search the archives?
                   \_ Archived at http://tinyurl.com/cnmd
                      \_ Oh you hacker, you.
              \_ Yeah, information wants to be free mother fucker!
                 \_ Information doesn't want anything.
              \_ I checked the archives, too.  It wasn't valuable.
                 \_ can't mathematica handle problems like that now?
                    it seems like every time i do a sum or integral like
                    that with a pen and paper some punk kid makes fun of
                    me for not using mathematica.
                    \_ Damn kids!  Get off my lawn!
                    \_ yes, it does.  Smash their nose in next time.  It works.

5/24    Are human beings the only know creatures that can masterbate?
        \_ Have you never seen bonobo videos on Discovery or PBS?
           Masturbatory fiends, those bonobos.
        \_ never seen dogs hump inanimate objects?
           \_ http://csua.berkeley.edu/~sky/punchie.mov
        \_ the only true statement i've ever heard that goes
           "human beings are the only known creature that..."
            goes like this...
            Is a heinlein quote which i can't find, (somebody
            please tell me how it goes) that basically says.
            "animals when caged together at too high a population
            density, go crazy, humans are the only animal that
            does this to itself."  You can figure the answer to
            the above question, and most like it, if you simply
            realize that NOTHING seperates man from other animals
            except by degree.
        \_  Why does a dog lick his balls?

5/24    Have any of you looked at OpsWare (nee LoudCloud)? We're thinking
        of comparing them to BladeLogic. E-mail me. -- marco
        \_ email bryan@loudcloud.com
        \_ email bryan@translogic.com (or bryan@loudcloud.com) (eecs dude)
        \_ LoudCloud?  God, Dude... the dotcom thing is over.
           \_ do you even know the difference btwn opsware and loudcloud?
              if not then stfu
              \_ opsware, loudcloud, moonlight, what's the fucking diff?  it's
                 all dotcom crap.

5/25    What are .xdw files?  Is it some compressed format?  How do I open
        those files?  Thanks.

5/23    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-689516,00.html
        Has the UN *ever* saved *anyone* without it really just being the
        US doing it in the UN's name?
        \_ No.  The UN is a big wanking society.
        \_ Kept the Cypriots from killing each other too much, worked in the
           Sinai, bunch of other places.  -John
           \_ too much?  worked in the Sinai?  That's really vague.  When has
              the UN actually done something?
                \_ Kept Cyprus from overt civil war between 1974 and today,
                   separated the Israelis and Egyptians/Syrians in 1973.
                   You're a poor troll.  -John
        \_ Bad troll, no cookie.

5/22    Meditation Light up the brain:
        http://csua.org/u/30c (story.news.yahoo.com)

5/22    When strippers attack:
        http://www.petting-zoo.net/~deadbeef/archive/5337.html

5/22    Thank you all for participating in the urinal thread.  This is one
        is classic motd.  :-)
        \_ my follow-up turd post was literally deleted within seconds.  oh
           well.  your loss.
        \_ We're not here for your entertainment.  Thanks is not required or
                                        \_ don't kid yourself.
           appropriate.
        \_ Where's the after-party?

5/21    [reposting.  I'm not the OP, but I found the article informative.
         why censor this?]
         \_ Hmmm. Boring?
        Brian Harvey on NYTimes
        http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/22/technology/circuits/22comp.html
        "Computing's Lost Allure"
        \_ Because it was boring and had nothing to say?  Because it is just
           going to be yet another excuse to increase H1b numbers and export
           more IT jobs to India and there's nothing you can do about it?
           What did you find so informative about it?  That kids who thought
           getting a CS degree was worth a million dollars like the 19 y/old
           idiot quoted in the article are now moving on to other fields where
           they won't get a million dollars either?
           \_ ignorant fool!  all those biotech jobs washing dishes for
              35k/year will lead to billions of dollars in stock options
              any day now!  just you wait.

5/21    [reposting.  I'm not the OP, but I found the article informative.
         why censor this?]
        Brian Harvey on NYTimes
        http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/22/technology/circuits/22comp.html
        "Computing's Lost Allure"

5/21    Is there a way to specify hex numbers in /usr/bin/bc?  Thanks.  -- yuen
        \_ RTFM.  ibase and obase

5/21    What's the best "phone card" to buy in the USA to take to
        England and Switzerland for making calls back to the USA?
        Where can I buy it in/near Berkeley?
        \_ type "phone card" in google and buy online from them
        (I used http://nobelcom.com to call MiddleEast). Your get your pin in
        email a few minutes after signing up. They actually called me to
        verify my oder. order too.
        \_ You're probably better off buying a phone card over here if you'll
           be calling here.  They sell them at any newsstand/kiosk.  -John
           \_ not everyone knows that you live in Swiss-land. now they do.
        \_ I bought an MCI card from Costco for the sole purpose of making
           call from overseas.  So far the card has worked from Canada,
           England, Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong, and Argentina.
           Strangely enough, my wife couldn't make it work from Japan.  Of
           course, this card is quite a bit pricier than the deals you can
           get off the net.

5/21    I just found out that my group at Yahoo has some summer intern
        positions working on different things DOE and your interest.  Some of
        the works that you might work on are automation scripts, interacting
        with DB's, and integrations.  These are open to both grad and undergrad
        students.  Email me for more information if you are interested.
        -conlam
           \_ Sunnyvale, CA.  Mathilda exit on 237.
        \_ where is it?
           \_ Sunnyvale, CA.  Mathilda exit on 237.
              \_ Wait, wasn't Sunnyvale swallowed up in the collapse of
                 the Hellmouth in the final episode of Buffy the Vampire
                 Slayer?
                 \_ No.

5/21    Does anyone know a non-sexist mnemonic for the resistor color
        code?
        \_ What's the sexist one?  -- forgotten everything
        \_ found this on the net:
        bad boys rape our young girls but violet gives willingly. get some now
        \_ This is the one I learned, with s/rape/rob/ as the other one.
        Big Bears Run Over Your Gladiola Bed Vexing Garden Worms (go see now)
        \_ I, too, learned the sexist mnemonic first. When I asked
           someone about a different mnemonic, the guy said, "just learn
           the colors directly." So now I know the above plus "black brown
           red orange yellow green blue violet gray white".
           \_  yeah, in the end i guess we all just end up memorizing them,
               and thinking "six" when we see a blue stripe, but I'd like to
               have a mnemonic I can tell young people without making them
               think electrical engineers are all sexist pigs.
               \_ I suggest, "black brown red orange yellow green blue violet
                  gray white".  It'll take about 30 seconds to memorise.
               \_ How about "black, brown, ROY G BIV, grey, white" without
                  the I for indigo? Even less time to memorize.
                  \_ 30 seconds is too much??
                     \_ What is the GSN?  Gold, silver and ???

5/21    Has anyone taken a technical online course through Berkeley
        extension?  What's your feedback?
        \_ fwiw, A friend of mine (EECS'99) took some econ courses through
           UCB Extension and is now getting an MBA at MIT (Sloan).
        \_ I took some DB classes there.  they were very UNacademic.
           \_ Which good or bad?
           \_ Which is good or bad?

5/21    Can someone recommend a good starting book for IPv6?  I had the
        Christian Huitema one suggested, but I understand it's pretty
        theoretical.  -John
        \_ what is wrong with reading the RFCs?
                \_ Sigh.  Nothing is wrong with reading the RFCs.  However, I
                   may be working together with someone who could use a, how
                   shall we say, gentler introduction, and I don't understand
                   enough about it yet to be able to explain it authoritatively.
           \_ also, RFC's won't speak to particular implementations
              \_ This is Berkeley.  We don't implement anything.  That's not
                 important.  It's only coding.  Anyone can code.

5/19    Civic, u wished u 0wn3d 1:
        http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2415052740
        \_ A non-working, non-street legal 73k mile '93 civic for $11k?  I'd
           need a lobotomy first.  Is that included in the $11k some sucker
           bid for this?
        \_ Yucks!

5/18    This disk will self destruct in 48 hrs:
        http://csua.org/u/f07 (story.news.yahoo.com)
        \_ divx?

5/18    My neighbor has a linux box but forgot the passwords to it.
        What's the easiest way to reset them if I boot from a CD

5/17    Note to Lorne Michaels:  Stop coddling Dan Aykroyd, and never, ever
        let him do another Blues Bros. routine/dance number/musical number
        again.
        \_ Seconded.  Note to self, and kindred-soul motd poster: find
           something interesting to do on a saturday night.  Like macram?!
           \_ Touche'. -op

5/16    [Matrix movie spoiler purged.  Not all of us saw it opening night.]
        \_ If you're smart you'll wait for DVD - if that.
           \_ it doesn't help if people post spoilers.
             \_ So I shouldn't say anything about Neo and Morpheus having
                sex and then killing Trinity in a jealous rage?
                \_ Definitely not.

5/17    US bans top 30000 Baath party members from future employment in
        the public sector?  Is that a dumb move or what?
        http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/17/international/worldspecial/17IRAQ.html
        \_ Written by blair no doubt.
           \_ huh?
                \_ Jayson Blair, diversity in action at the NYtimes.
        \_ And the correct answer is.... B!  "Or what"!  Congratulations!
           You've won a new brain and outlook on life!
           \_ Considering the penalty of not joining the Baath Party was death,
              it may be better to evaluate on a case-by-case basis.

5/15    It's Friday. Where's my porn?
        \_ Wait your turn. I'm going to the bathroom with it right now.
        \_ http://www.tubgirl.com (not work safe)
           \_ Good god. I just wish I could erase stuff like that from my
              brain once I've been stupid enough to look.

5/15    When Animals Attack:
        http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/default.asp?target=bear_sub1.htm
           \_ http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/bear_sub1.jpg
              http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/bear_sub2.jpg
              http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/bear_sub3.jpg
        \_ That's nice, but where are the pictures?
           \_ http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/bear_sub1.jpg
              http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/bear_sub2.jpg
              http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/bear_sub3.jpg
              \_ Thanks, I guess my firewall was filtering on the "mutants"
                 part.

5/14    "you ruined my poo"
        http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/10685881.html
        \_ Christ.  Very funny.
        \_ Are any of you really so "considerate" that you flush
           after each turd?
           \_ fuck no. it's a fucking bathroom, get used to it.
              \_ Is the non-flusher Chinese?

5/15    Matrix Reloaded. Insane visual effects. They're some serious shit.

5/14    How do I solve the recurrence:
        t(n)=clogn + cn^x + t(n^(1-x)) + t(3n/4),
                where c=constant and 0<x<1?
        \_ Do your own 170 homework.

5/13    Hey, the guy who got masks from Anaheim, can you give me contact
        information for that vendor?            -kngharv
        \_ <DEAD>www.profitingfrommasshysteria.com<DEAD>
           \_ Hey, at least masks don't actually harm people, and SARS is a
              real threat.  The anthrax/cipro thing was much dumber, and
              more evil.  The manufacturer of Cipro actually encouraged
              people to do it.  They tried to advertize on http://www.anthrax.com
              but the band members said no.

5/11    God damn, somebody, please point out who censored the thread please.

5/11    Clearly someone needs to develop some kind of universal translator:
        http://csua.org/u/ea0
        \_ I don't read anything outa http://cnn.com anymore. Al Jazera #1 fan.

5/11    \_ okay, for anyone who cares to see the Matrix in DLP
           Loews at the Metreon has DLP showings at:
           9am, 1230pm, 410pm, 740pm, 1110pm
           --Jon
           \_ Why would one want to see Matrix in DLP since the movie was not
              shot on digital like AOTC? I would think the DLP version would
              be worse since there would be A->D conversion artifacts.
              \_ which may or may not be worse than the artifacts of the A->A
                 process of film duplication.
           \_ http://www.dlp.com/dlp_cinema/dlp_cinema_theater_listing.asp
              anybody try the AMC 1000 at Van Ness?
           \_ I just called the Metreon and they claim they aren't showing
              the Matrix in DLP.
              \_ Did you talk to a person or did you listen to a recording?
                 \_ I spoke with an actual person.  At first she said it
                    was available in theater #15, but then she double-checked
                    and said it wasn't availabe in any theaters.
                    \_ Bitch set me up! --Jon
                       \_ Represent!

5/10    Does anybody know of a good, free webpage spell-ckecker,
        similar to the w3c validator?
        \_ lynx -dump | ispell

5/10    Question on MIPS delay slots and scheduling. When we rearrange the
        instructions to fill in delay slots, wouldn't exceptions/interrupts
        be inexact, changing the semantics of the original program?
        \_ Not at all.  There's no relation between the new instruction order
           and interrupt vectors.

5/10    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-674949,00.html
        This is just... unreal.

5/8     Anybody have an idea about why amazon's stock is going up so quickly?
        2 months ago it was around 12-14 and now it's up at 30.
        \_ People are stupid.

5/8     Someone please post the method on monitoring the MOTD.
                trying to fight selective censorship
        \_ I know who it is.  It isn't that hard to determine.  Eventually
           I'll spill the beans if they don't stop and I'm bored enough.
           Mostly the mindless censor drones go through phases and figure
           out that it isn't worth their time and just go away without the
           public humiliation.
           \_ enlighten us, please.
                                6th year UNIX newbie
           \_ If you think it is only one person, you are mistaken.
        \_ If you think it is only one person, you are mistaken, Mr. Anderson.
           \_ Hi.  -Mr. Anderson
        \_ I'm sure someone's already figured out who the SAMC is, but just
           feels that it's not approriate to 'out' them.

5/8     pronto. cheapest place for jumbo refi, nofees?
        \_ go to a mortgage broker
        \_ don't pay points  --refi'd 4 times in 2 years

5/7     Christine and lila, did you guys become fat, blaoted, bitchy, and
        lose all desire to fuck after you started orthoX (where X=tricyclene
        or any other method of birth control)?

5/7     Has anyone used Nuvaring? How is it compared to say Ortho-Evra?
        \_ you will become fat, blaoted, bitchy, and lose all desire to fuck.
           \_ sounds like marriage
           On the plus side you wont pop out the rugrats!

5/7     How much are you guys paying for T-1's these days?

5/7     SA-anti-SAMC was here.  Restored.

5/6     I'm starting to sneeze like my father.  Is there anything I can do?
        \_ If your eye offends you, pluck it out.
        \_ kill your father
        \_ what's wrong with how your father sneezes?

5/6     [Self Appointed Motd Censor whine deleted] - SAMC fan #1

5/6     Dear smelly ethnic food hater, is your co-worker Indian or Chinese?

5/6     Re: cordless phone again.  If a cordless phone says it's runs at

5/5     Canadians have too much freedom, complain US officials:
        http://csua.org/u/e4e

5/5     I just fired my toll-free long distance company because the
        connection constantly gets dropped.  I would appreciate
        recommendations for inexpensive but reliable long distance.
        \_ I just signed up with PowerNet Global (qwest is their provider).
           I found them on yahoo using their long distance calculator:
                <DEAD>biz.yahoo.com/d/l/step1.cgi<DEAD>
        \_ Did you at least give them two week's notice and severance?

5/5     Is there anything on soda that can decompress .lzh files?  Thanks.
        \_ /usr/local/bin/lha
           \_ Thanks!

5/3     so true
        http://neilswaab.com/comics/wiggles/images/rehab82.jpg

5/3     MMC RE XMen 2: Should I watch it in theaters, d/l it and watch it at
        home, or skip it?
        \_ You should first learn to post properly.
           \_ How to post properly?
           but it was still a blast to watch.
        \_ I enjoyed it.  Coupla spots that dragged, and some minor plot holes,
           but it was still a blast to watch. I'm not sure how well a d/l'd
           camcorder video would capture Nightcrawler's beautiful teleporting
           effects, which are almost worth the price of admission alone.
        \_ Skip it if you think so little of the concept that you wouldn't
           pay for it.
        \_ fucking duh

5/3     Every cordless phone I buy eventually get a lot of static and becomes
        unusable.  I've gone from x00 mhz to 2.4 ghz.  Still eventually people
        get the high frequency phones and it becomes a dud.  I'm thinking of
        going back to the wired phones.  My problem is that I only have one
        line.  If I plug two or three phones in different rooms into that same
        line I get a lot of static also.  Is there a standard solution to
        this problem?  How can I boost the signal somehow.  Thanks.
        \_ I have a wired phone and a cordless. For long or personal
           conversations, it's way better. You may have forgotten how clear
           a phone call can be without cordless transmission. --aaron
        \_ Stop buying cheap phones or else using them so hard? I don't have
           this problem. --dim
        \_ Buy a Panasonic 900MHz, and when you hear static, press the pad
           to the left to change the channel.
        \_ For wired phones, sometimes the problem is just a bad cord between
           the phone jack and the phone.  I once had a problem where the static
           became so bad that my modem wouldn't connect.  Then the PacBell guy
           replaced two cords in my house, and the problem was solved.  -- yuen
        \_ back when my friend lived in berkeley (2415 College) the
           telephone wires were so bad in his building that talkign on his
           landline was barely audible with all the static
        \_ Have you tried replacing the batteries in the handset?  They don't
           recharge well after a while and you get lots of static.

5/3     directv question. why would i get an HU (3) card instead of a P4 card?
        \_ you'll go to prison less often.
        \_ P4 hacks dont exist today. --OP, took 30 minutes of looking through
           script kiddie sites to answer this.

5/3     Diane Krall and Elvis Costello to be married.

5/2     Whats the best way to convince your lady to take contraceptives
        so that you can be pleased?
        \_ You've got the wrong attitude about it from the start.  It isn't
           about 'conning' her into anything.  Go think about this and come
           back when you've got the maturity to deal with it.

5/2     Does EECS scan network traffic for porn?
[!5/3]  \_ Not specifically (it would be against policy), but they do look at
           overall bandwidth usage for "anomalies."  -tom
           \_ Has anyone been punished?
              \_ Yes.  Along with playing games/muds using inst acct.
              \_ It sounds like you're trying real hard to find out.

5/2     http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/twenty/watch
        Frontline now has a lot of episodes online.
        \_ cool! I recommend the porn one... its particularly fascinating.
           \_ You really are getting predictable, you know.
              \_ I knew you'd say that.
                 \_ I knew you'd say that.
        \_ Yeah, it was cool watching the saddam hussein stuff, especially
           the episode with the cold shoulder treatment to the UN inspectors.

5/2     I hope you are not wearing pants today: http://nopantsday.com
        \_  why don't you go post this in a forum read by people who
            others might want to see with their pants off? *shudder*
        \_ I'm not!  Thanks!

5/1     I finally got rid of my cablemodem! Now I can motd in peace.
        \_ congrat!

5/2     Hey, doesn't "range" rhyme with "orange" ?
        \_ Why don't you actually pronounce the two and figure it out?

5/2     What came first, Neptunes or NERD?
        \_ Neptunes... they've been around for a bit and produce all the
           beats for famous people that made them so successful. NERD
           was like a code name of sorts for some side project thing (a
           la Dan the Automator's "Handsome Boy Modelling School" or
           Madlib's "Yesterday's New Quintet") that was like this
           weird overly produced punk music that generally sucked.
        \_ dancehall came first, Neptunes ripped it off and smoothed it over
           \_ wha?

5/3     What's your favorite method of spying on motd-posters?

5/3     Does EECS scan network traffic for porn?

5/2     The motd was gone because / was full.  I've fixed that. --scotsman
        \_ How could / become full?  What writes to /??
           \_ people who don't know how to use /usr/ports?
              \_ and those people have permissions to write to /?
                 \_ scary.  and how badly could one fuck up a usr/port install?
           \_ / is 120 megabytes--that's insane.

5/1     dear motd grammarians... is "Per our conversation" better or is
        "As per our conversation" better?
        \_ They mean the same thing.  Be frugal.
        \_ Why not "In regard to," "According to," etc..
            \_ 'cause that's not frugal. -TOP
        \_ as we discussed

5/1     Help! I have no motivation and i must work.
        \_ is there lots of work to be done?
           \_ indeed there is.
              \_ will you get fired if you don't do it?  Or is that not
                 motivation enough?
                 \_ only up to a ppint.  -!op

5/1     AHH!  Now we see the violence inherent in the system!
        \_ Bloody peasant!

4/30    Any opinions on E&O Trading Co? What is good to order? what 2 look
        for?
        \_ not bad.  somewhat overpriced.  the corn fritters are pretty
           good, but that's more of an appetizer.

4/30    Who is this ecchang and why are people saying nasty things about him?
        \_ Just ask yermom.

4/30    Today's comic relief as Norman Mailer says we attacked Iraq because
        today's sports legends aren't white:
        http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,482-662789,00.html
        \_ http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=6&u=/nm/20030430/ts_nm/iraq_garner_dc
           seems like Jay Garner agrees
           \_ Read your own link before posting next time please.

4/30    http://www.yachachi.com
        Crushlink for UC Berkeley.
        \_ http://www.munch-box.com/dating/user_popup.php?profile_id=00000112
           Any of you hosers responsible or did tpc pull this himself?

4/29    Are you bored at work?  If so, what do you do at work?  Or plan to do?
        \_ yes ...              \_ read the motd.               \_ read more
           \_ me 2

4/29    Looks like AE has to copy A&F on everything (including cultural
        insensitivity): http://www.hindunet.org/ahad/americaneagle
        \_ Abercrombie was funnier
        \_ but he's so cute!

4/29    /var full again
        \_ Anyone care to explain why this is happening?

4/28    Does anyone read USENET these days?
        \_ Um, yes.  And?

4/28    I run a small web site and the bandwidth is getting expensive.
        I'd like to make a little extra cash by selling space for
        banner ads.  Any suggestions on who I should contact for this?
        \_ become a google syndication partner. --aaron
        \_ err yermom?
        \_ Plenty of companies allow you to do it.  But my advice is,
           don't do it.  No advertisers will ever be attracted to
           advertise on your "small" site and even if they do, you will
           get really bad ROI like 2/10 of a cent for a click through.
           Not worth it.
           \_ Why is it not worth it?  Even 2/10 of a cent is better than
              nothing.  Can you name any companies that do this?

4/27    http://www.edu.rcsed.ac.uk/images/66.jpg
        Please identify this.  Thanks.
        \_ I think it is a prolapsed rectum.
        \_ NWS, but most of you probably guessed.
           \_ NWS == Not Work Safe (just to be clear, because it's http://rotten.com
              calibre material.)
        \_ I can't get that image out of my head. eew gross

4/27    Whiny hissyfit censored out of sheer bitterness at not being taught
        proper fisting technique in public high school.  -John

4/27    I want to hook switched ethernets in a couple buildings together.
        Where can I find the max distance spec for cat5e etc?
        \_ google.

4/25    http://www.porwit.net/~mkporwit/dumb_cat.mpeg

4/25    So what is the difference between a neoconservative and just
        a regular conservative?
        \_ "neo"
           \_ Yep. The neoconservatives have their savior and "he" will set
              us all free from the tyranny of those who cloud our minds with
              images of psuedo-reality, the Hollywood elite.

4/25    anyone ever use BriteSmile? are results good?
        \_ I have.  Good results.  I could have done with less expensive
           treatments.  It is for the person who has drank coffee for years.
           I only wanted to recover from drinking cola for years.
           \_ Do you have good skin too?

4/24    LOW IQ INDIVIDUALS RAMPANT ON THE MOTD TODAY
        FILM AT 11
        This message has been brought to you by -John
        \_ This from the guy who gets all self-righteous about
           ad hominem attacks.  let's just make it absolutly clear
           that you and i are on the same moral level when i call you
           a fucking jackass right now.
        \_ Like that's anything new.

4/24    I'm tired of running my manager's email through jive.  What else is
        there for other "conversions"?  Thanks

4/24    How do I check with DMV online to see if a title is clean, salvage,
        damaged, or what not?
        \_ i dont think they offer that online.. use carfax
                \_ they have this for boats, motorcycles, etc?

4/24    It is time to start putting these bastards out of business:
        <DEAD>www.spamhaus.org/rokso/index.lasso<DEAD>
        \_ unfortunately spam isn't illegal yet.  not across the US and
           certainly not globally.  what is your devious and effective plan
           to put them out of business?
        \_ Ah rokso...  Alan Ralsky is the source of no end of jokes around
           here. --scotsman

4/23    I'm suing someone but I don't know if the address he gave me is
        correct, how do I find out a person's address?

4/23    All trolls are created equal.  But some are more equal than others.
        \_ that is BS. All trolls are equal, period.
           \_ that is BS.  I'm way more equal than you!

4/23    I need a cell phone for a month or so, but in a couple months i'm
        going where i won't be taking a cell so i don't want to get locked
        into any year contracts.  What are cost-effective options?
        (I have an old phone that is no longer connected but the providers
        i've been to say they can't connect it and have no "prepaid" plans).
        \_ if you dont mind putting out a little cash.. maybe buy a phone
           for use w/ metropcs or virginmobile... then try to sell it on
                                   \_ is this a sodan cruising for a date?
           craigslist afterwards.
        \_ Go into Best Buy.  They sell prepaid phones for teens so parents
           don't see $850 phone bills after a month.
        \_ Get one, use it for the 30 day trial period, and then tell them
           their service sucks and cancel it, get your money back.
           \_ Good luck.

4/22    Can anyone reccomend a free online resource for learning Hindi?
        \_ PSB

4/21    Which helmets are good for long oval shaped heads and which helmets
        are good for round shapes? I've heard that Arai's are good for
        long oval shapes but what about round shapes?
           \_ Arai has helmets for both profiles. STFW.
        \_ shoei?
        \_ try a shoei and an arai..
        \_ Try a tin foil hat.  You'll be fully protected from all the
           dangerous rays.  You can use either helmet type and just fill in
           the spaces with extra foil for added ray protection.
        \_ go to a reputable store -- scuderia comes to mind -- and ask for
           assistance, perhaps a fitting.
           \_ And bring your own foil.  You never know who is behind the
              counter as these places and who they *really* work for!

4/20    How come some magazines post the dry weight of the new 600RR as
        379 pounds and others as 410 pounds?
        \_ The chick weighs more in some pictures.
                \_ Her breasts, specifically.

4/20    Gumball 2004, anyone?  -John
        \_ Maybe?  Explanation please?

4/19    Related to the question below, why would anyone pay extra $300
        for an F4i when they can get a YZF, ZX6, or something similar
        with a better performance?
        \_ Ask them.

4/19    After having lost many hours to this addiction, I now share it
        with you all: Snood. http://www.snood.com
        \_ wuss, try losing years, http://www.netrek.org

4/17    Go phillip!
        http://calstuff.blogspot.com
        \_ phillip's name doesn't make sense without the "Edward"
        \_ btw, this is very, very cool.  nice job, folks. --erikred
           \_ Thanks.  I've been busy.  Have you seen this?
              http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~phillip/campaign
              - phil
              \_ heh, cute. the "four heavy duty staples" bit adds a
                 hint of authenticity.

4/16    Neocons have their own nutty internally consistent logic:
        http://csua.org/u/d63
        \_ That's not at all what your link says.  If you can't label a link
           properly then don't bother posting.  From this point on I feel no
           sympathy for you if your mislabeled links get blasted and no guilt
           if I'm the one doing it.
           \_ I don't care how he labeleed it.  it was an interesting link
              and you are a stupid asshole.
              \_ It was interesting if you're an LA Times reading weenie.  I
                 may be an asshole but I'm not stupid and it wasn't at all
                 interesting.

4/17    some dumbass soldier changes his name to "optimus prime"
        http://www.transformersource.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40
        \_ that's months old.
            \_ it's also the second or third time on motd.

4/16    To all the liberals:
        The world is going to hate us for century to come for what we have
        done in Iraq.  Since you guys are actually in the States, you
        may not feel it.

4/16    http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/montellhoward1.html
        It's the smokeing gun.  Just go read it.

4/15    Rodney King caught after weaving thru traffic at 100mph in neighborhood
        and crashing into a house.
        http://csua.org/u/d32 (Yahoo news)

4/14    Who had the better plan?  Franks or Schwarzkopf?
        \_ Franks, schwarzkopf had it easy.
           \_ early on, Franks got lots of criticism.
        \_ Schwarzkopf. But primarily because he had more time for buildup
           and planning, plus a limited war objective. The current one by
           "Franks" is necessarily open-ended. The "war" isn't over.
           \_ Franks objectives are more difficult to attain.  However,
              Schwarzkopf for being the first general to lead the U.S. into
              a major campaig

4/13    Anyone able to google for the 55 pictures on the "Deck Of Cards"?
        A PDF printable version would be best...
        \_ took about 2.5 minutes for GIFs: http://www.nbc5.com/news -op

4/13    Does anyone here really believe we're not going to invade Syria next?

4/11    This is so cool.  Way to go, American value at work:
        http://csua.org/u/cff
        \_ They have been at war 3 times in the last 50 years, and are in
           a state of perpetual conflict.
           Its not worth gracing your stupidity with a reply.

4/11    OK, so netzero sucks.  So I'm going to either do joiinternet or
        bigzoo.  Anyone used bigzoo for internet?  Their long distance
        service is not always reliable.
        \_ I would suggest using netzero.

4/11    <DEAD>162.42.211.226/article2838.htm<DEAD>
        <DEAD>162.42.211.226/article2842.htm<DEAD>
        Saddam's statue pull-down celebration staged?
        \_ I saw a bemused report on ABC examining the events of the day.
           They took a frame of the statue's head being dragged through the
           street, and highlighted the number of people carrying cameras.  I
           think something like 7 out of 15 were journalists.
           \_ yeah, Tom Brokaw was sitting on the head

4/11    Do reimbursements for nonprofit trips (academic seminars) count as
        income?  Are they taxable?  I am not making a lot of money so maybe
        this does not really matter that much, but just curious.
        \_ no.

4/11    Life has already gone to hell, but this confirms it:
        http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030407/140/dx5mg.html

4/10    YES!  SECOND ROUND INTERVIEW AT MY DREAM JOB!
        \_ Okay, which is it?  Second camera or fluffer?
           \_ Hah!  I'm so happy even reading the motd only makes me happier!
              It's backup fluffer, btw.  Eat your heart out!  I know you
              always wanted to be in the movie industry!

4/10    any alternative to xdiff?
        \_ diff
        \_ tkdiff is pretty cool.
           \- emacs
        \_ sdiff

4/9     [If you're going to delete the amusing comments on your troll,
         you lose your troll.]

4/10    Question related to the ellipsis discussion below: what is the
        practical difference between using myprintf(char *fmt, ...) and
        myprintf(char *fmt, va_list list)? They seem to do the same thing.
        \_ va_list is necessary if you want your function to be called by
           other variable-argument functions.
           See http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/q15.12.html
           --jameslin
        \_ K&R:  func(char *fmt, va_list list)
           ANSI: func(char *fmt, ...)
           Use the ANSI style.
           \_ This person is completely wrong.  va_list is ANSI for
              passing a vararg list.  Btw pokemon sapphire is great. -pld

4/10    GAM ISO GWM. I'm a submissive bottom in my late 20s looking for an
        aggressive top.  I'm attracted to white males with a hairy
        muscular body.  I'm hairless myself.  Contact me!  -gwbush
        \_ aspo, do you want to show this guy what it means to be an
           aggressive top?

4/9     Chinese dude tears down Saddam's statue:
        http://csua.org/u/cd0

4/9     <DEAD>coke.rotten.com/uganda<DEAD>
        (relatively work-safe, despite what the url suggests)

4/8     Obey! http://www.notbored.org/slogans.gif
        \_ Orwell used it better.
        \_ I'm still bored.
           \_ Obey your boredom!

4/8     Anyone heard of a peer2peer program called Phynd?  Know anyone
        currently running or who once ran a Phynd server at Berkeley?
        Please drop me an email if you do. -dans
        \_ Yeah I read in the news that the RIAA was suing some guys
           who used Phynd $1.5 Trillion dollars.
                \_ not $93T?
                   \_ that would be ridiculous

4/7     Is Legolas (in Lord of the Rings) gay?

4/7     A long history of deceit:
        http://goatee.net/2003/deadly-deceit.html

4/7     You know those hats that have the hands on top that clap when
        you pull a string or something? Anyone know where I can get
        one of those? None of the local toy stores have them.
        \_ ask the berkeley hat store on telegraph.

4/4     Is there a good site that goes through the pro's and con's of
        DLT vs. DAT vs. AIT vs. LTO ? I'm trying to backup about 50GB of data?
        obGoogle shows mostly people trying to sell me their warez.
        \_ I don't think UCLink could find any good backup links on google
           either... so I guess they just decided not to do backups.
        \_ DAT is horrendous.  DLT is OK, but tends to be very heat-sensitive
           and not as reliable in the long term.  AIT has been very solid
           for us.  I've not used LTO.  -tom

4/4     Maybe i'm blind, but i swear i rtfm.  How do i get find to reverse the
        match?  so i basically want something like...
        find ./ !(-name nothisfile) -print  (or find -v if it were grep-like)
        (but not just with -name, i want to do -perm or whatever too) tia,

4/3     Anyone going to Cowboy Bebop tomorrow?  If so do you know the location
        and times?
        \_ 9:00 pm, 1200 9th Street in SF.
        \_ Anyone know if it's playing in Berkeley and what the times are?
           \_ 1:15 4:00 7:00 9:40 at Landmark Shattuck Cinemas.  Try
              http://moviefone.com next time, you lazy punk.

4/3     Patriot missiles: 2
        Coalition jets: 1
        http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1086098,00.html
        \_ Does the wise cynic know Patriots were originally designed
           as SAMs?
        \_ At least they hit stuff this time around.  That's good.

4/4     Unmarried couples banned from living together in North Dakota
        http://csua.org/u/c54
        \_ Makes sense.
           \_ bad troll, no cookie.

4/3     Iraqi lawyer's courage leads Marines to Lynch
        http://csua.org/u/c49

4/3     Pre-invasion, a UN study predicted 500k civilian injuries and almost
        a million refugees.  Anyone know what the current estimates are?

4/3     Jessica Lynch fought fiercely:
        http://www.msnbc.com/news/894669.asp?0cv=CB10
        \_ How soon until the Playboy spread?
        \_ Story is bogus, she was never shot at all.
          \_ refrence?
             \_ http://salon.com/news/wire/2003/04/03/pow/index.html

4/3     Sugical masks in Hong Kong: http://csua.org/u/c42

4/3     Colossal Squid found in NZ:
        http://csua.org/u/c3c (http://www.cnn.com
        \_ How can they claim that this one is "more dangerous"?  It lives
           a bajillion miles under the sea.  Crikey.
           \_ supposedly it can hunt near the surface.
        \_ They have been seen attacking blue whales repeatedly.
                \_ I think you're wrong, we've seen evidence
           like giant sucker marks, but no one has actually seen a giant
           squid attack a whale before
                   like giant sucker marks, but no one has actually
                   seen a giant squid attack a whale before
           \_ Those marks are just the result of the oppressed vegan giant
              squids being brutally attacked and murdered on a daily basis
              by the carnivorous and evil blue whales.  We must re-socialize
              the whales to teach them to get along in harmony with all the
              other friendly creatures of the sea!
              \_ leem. no points.
              \_ nice try, but a real troll would have called for a return
                 to unconditional whaling to liberate the colossal squid.

4/3     Why do u like asian chix aaron?
        \_ you shouldn't speak in tautologies

4/3     aaron do you find Jessica Lynch attractive? do u find ur mom sexy?

4/3     I have been getting more than 10 porn spams in the last 3 days.  Am I
        the only one here?  Should I start configuring my own filters to be
        really strict?
        \_ With ifile, you'll never hear about blow jops and d0g seks again.
        \_ How to disabling ifile to getting be job blowing dog?

4/2     Anyone have any experience, good or bad, with netzero?

4/1     What product can I use to clean the many years of grease buildup
        on my kitchen ventillation system?  Dishwashing soap and laundry
        detergent are too weak.
        \_ oven cleaner removes everything.  (incl. paint)
           \- something like Easyoff/409? Those wont take the paint off
              will they? That why I want to avoid an abrasive.
                \_ no.  Easyoff/409 will not eat paint.  but oven cleaner
                  works better.
                  \- what is the name of an ovencleaning product?
                      \_ sorry, i'm tired.  EasyOff *IS* an oven cleaner.
                         409 is not.  Easy off will eat paint, 409
                         will not.  iirc.
                         \_ I use 409 to clean my oven; it works well and
                            leaves the paint on.  Your mileage may vary.

4/1     After the war, do you think there will be a Kurd homeland?
        \_ no, of course not.  but it would really piss off the turks though...
           \_ why of course not?  Nationalism might set in and they may
              want to create their own homeland, especially if they have
              some key northern cities under their control.
              \_ because it would really piss off the turks (who need to be
                 spanked, but their women are hot, and they're geopolitically
                 way too important).
                 \_ that's nobody's business but the turks
                    \_ i'd think that they have attractive women is something
                       of general interest to sodans.
              \_ they already do want to create their own homeland. that has
                 nothing to do with anything.

4/1     Where can I get a phone number for a physical address?
        \_ A phone book.  The reverse mapping may be time consuming.
        \_ Libraries often have reverse phonebooks (address-->phone)
        \_ http://www.whitepages.com
        \_ go to the address and ask! ha! *snort*
        \_ http://www.anywho.com or www.people-finders.ws --chris
        \_ so you followed/stalked some random girl to her home and want to
           call/stalk her in a more personal way now?

4/1     Simon vindicated!!!
        http://csua.org/u/c20
        Davis claimed that Simon was a bad businessmen, but the truth
        is out. Simon was just waiting for his handout to come through.
        \_ Another guy, who spent time in jail for narcotics trafficking,
           sued Simon because he alleged he was promised his company
           would go public with large monetary rewards.  This case gave
           Simon alot of bad publicity, the judges decision to throw the case
           was ignored.
           \_ Simon ran a bad campaign against an easily defeatable caandidate.
              He fully deserved to lose.  Though much blame can also be laid
              on the Cal. Repubs, who really picked the wrong person.
              \_ Him and Gore should hang out sometime.

4/1     I'm looking for "Big 'C'" as a Nokia ringtone.  Anyone?  -John
        \_ RINGTONES!!!!  ACK!  Begone foul creature of the night!  BACK!
           \_ C...c,c,c,c...c,c,c,g,a,b,g,C!!!

3/31    Did anyone here the campinille bell at 8:00 pm.  It rang
        21 times after I started counting.  I suspect the total number
        was to honor the number of US casualties.
        \_ No, 21 is half of 42, which as we know is the answer.

3/31    A nice collection of foreign viewpoints:
        http://salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/03/31/world3_31/index.html

3/31    Arnett fired! Yes!
        http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/31/sprj.irq.arnett/index.html

3/31    Hey, is Cheney still involved anyway with Halliburton?  Does he still
        sit on the board or own stock?  Just wondering...
        \_ No.  And Halliburton lost the $600m contract to rebuild a bunch
           of stuff in Iraq.
        \_ I repeat.  There is no paper trail or business connection from
           Cheney to Halliburton.  A few years from now, after you have
           long forgotten who Cheney is, Cheney will be very well taken care
           of by whatever companies he currently favors now.

3/30    Operation James (after James Bond):
        http://csua.org/u/bfe (cnn.com)

3/29    COLUMBIA PROF WISHES DEATH FOR GIs
        http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/33194.htm

3/29    Motd restored, as usual.