10/6    Just got a cold call of Barbara Boxer's recording.  Damn.  I wish the
        do-not-call list bans political calls as well.

10/6    Went to San Jose today to try to grope Arnold to see if i'd
        get arrested, but couldn't get close enough. He's got some
        serious security dudes

10/7    Wally George, rest in peace.  Thank you for your daughter.
        \_ ObURL                                   ObURL!! _/
           \_ Wally did this really funny faux conservative tv show in the 80s
              where he'd bring on local leftists and 'debate' them.  The
              audience was 150 or so loud young males who screamed "WALLY!
              WALLY! WALLY!" at the top of their lungs.  Every guest session
              ended with him kicking them off the show.  He also brought
              local hookers, strippers, etc, on the show and made a show of
              attacking their moral fiber but always blushed beat red and
              got a big woody when they sat in his lap.

10/7    Grand Canyon: north rim or south rim?
        \_ "He said rim, heheeehhheehhehehe!!!"
        \_ South Rim is more popular.  I like the South Rim.
           North Rim is harder to get to.  But it is more peaceful.
        \_ Head south instead.  Go to Sedona.
        \_ how much time do you have?  Go to Bryce Canyon as well.
        \_ depends on what you want, and how much time you have.  The
           North Rim is much less crowded, and "wilder", if you're in
           to hiking.

10/7    Angle Grinder Man
        http://www.anglegrinderman.com
        \_ funny. this guy's description of idiotic politics and lousey
           transit in london sounds remarkably like the Bay Area.

10/7    Why is asking for a good car window cleaning agent worthy of being
        censored? -3rd try
        \_ Because it's all a front for The Man.
        \_ Because it got answered.  Go read the archives.

10/7    WOW, all the political posts (e.g. trolls) are cleaned up. THANK
                                      \_ ITYM i.e.
        YOU motd custodian! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

10/6    MAME Jump!
        http://www.powerstrike.net/Tehkan/mamejump.html

10/5    All your state are belong to Arnold.
        \_ If I get one more recorded phone call from Arnold, I'm going to kick
           his ugly ass.
           \_ Unlikely.

10/4    The pres writes a poem:
        http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/03/bush.poem.ap/index.html
        It sounds Ok, IMHO, except for the last line which sounds kind of
        strange and out of place..

10/4    How many newlines are necessary at the end of an email?
        If it had none, could that cause a mail program to complain?
        \_ 2 in the mbox format
           \_ Sure about that?  I thought just "\nFrom " was required to
              separate messages.

10/4    Why is "boy" not a nice way to refer to black people?
        \_ It's diminutive, boy.  How's it feel, son?  You ok with that, lad?
           \_ So why isn't it offensive for everyone then?
              \_ It is.  But worse in this case because it goes back to when
                 they were here as slaves.
              \_ who said it isn't?  white people don't typically call other
                 white people "boy", however.
                 \_ I have some male friends from the deep south who use 'boy'
                    when trying to get a point across ("boy, y'all in some
                    serious shee-it").  -John
                    \_ i think you're confusing that with boy's use as an
                       interjection. like "boy! it sure is hot today."
        \_ this question cannot be for real.
           \_ oh really.
           \_ of course it can.  you know how many FOBs are here?
              \_ I ain't no fob, boy. -op
                 \_ Using "ain't" like some fake wannabe southerner
                    doesn't help your case.  You were better off
                    as a FOB.
                 \_ Then do you just know nothing of US history? Why would
                    you serioulsy ask that question?
                        \_ Sorry. My US history texts never discussed
                           the significance of the word "boy".
                        \_ "boy" is a term for a domestic servant-  "my
                        boy" is like "my page" - that's why it's negative
                        \_ no, that's not the root reason. it's a
                           diminutive, and when used between two people in
                           a non-social relationship, it's usually an
                           diminutive, and when used between two men who
                           are not familiar friends, it's usually an
                           aggressive act to establish dominance. if i
                           belittle you it challenges you... the clues from
                           anthropology and primate studies are all there.

10/3    For the truely lazy geeks:  http://daimaoh.kir.jp/ho/menssom.htm
        \_ Truly lazy geeks don't read random links from japan that don't
           include a reason why we should read them.

10/3    Roy mauled by Tiger (Siegfried and Roy):
        http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/10/03/state0030EDT0231.DTL
        \_ finally, some small measure of justice for the animals.
           \_ how mean.
              \_ mean?  you're talking about what they do to the animals,
                 right?  taking wild creatures that belong far far away from
                 people and making them dance around on stage for the
                 audience's delight every night and then into a tiny cage
                 until the next show until they're too old to move and die?
                 *that* is mean.  getting your throat ripped out by such a
                 creature is the risk he chose.  the tiger ripping out his
                 throat is simple natural justice.  i'll bet you think its
                 cool to see the animals at ringling brother's, too, huh?

10/3    Wack-a-goth!   http://www.powergothgirls.com/games/whackagoth.html

10/3    Enough with the politics.
        \_ too late.  new threads being created every day.

10/3    Another victory for the animal rights movement!  Go Team!
        http://www.startribune.com/stories/1451/4133880.html
        \_ Dammit, haven't any of these whackos seen 28 Days Later?

10/2    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        http://www.wavygravy.net

10/1    Oh man.  Just go look at the Drudge Report right now.
        \_ Standard hatchet job on a right wing figure.  If he was a leftist
           hollywood actor, it'd be a paragraph in the entertainment section.
           It's just business as usual.  Move along.  Nothing new to see here.
           \_ If he was a holywood actor his fame would revolve around
              ranting about those evil drug addled liburhals.
        \_ I don't see what you are talking about...
           \_ Some big full page thing about Rush and drugs.  As per usual
              Drudge there wasn't a complete story, just bits.

10/1    some dead threads cleaned near the end.  no it's not censorship if
        no one has posted to it in 12+ hours.

10/01   Damn, why are you dredging up shit from the archives?  What you did
        was repost a slim part of a longer section of the motd out of context.
        You added nothing to it.  If you want to troll at least be original.

10/01   John's its-ugly-its-really-ugly link of the day:
        http://www.nylug.org/images/adler_images/linux_nylug_booth.jpg
        \_ Grow up. -alexf
           \_ Jealous?
              \_ Of what? The original poster's misanthropic tendencies? No,
                 not particularly. -alexf
                 \_ Misanthropic?  Hardly.  It's just a painful reality.
        \_ this makes me want to stop using linux
        \_ How come their lug gets an orangutan?
        \_ I don't get it.
           \_ Do you look like any of those guys?
        \_ ITS NERD HEAVEN!  YES!  THIS IS THE WAY TO NAB THE H0T CHIX!11
           L1UNX R0X Y0R S0X!  They all appear to come from the same very
           limited gene pool.

9/30    Bard's Tale is back:
        http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/thebardstale/news_6076186.html
        \_ BT was better off dead.  Let me explain combat:
           round 1: two front line characters die, cleric resurrects both,
                    wizard kills a few hundred monsters with 1 spell
                    wizard kills a few monsters with 1 spell
           round 2: repeat round 1 until out of monsters

9/29    i predict states wanted to succeed from the union in 2004
        \_ i predict you will still suck at english in 2005
           \_ English is the most screwed up language in the universe.
        \_ how can you predict something past-tense?

9/29    RIP Elia Kazan

9/29    just think about it
        http://www.glennbeck.com/news/05172002.shtml
        \_ Old, old, old, old, ol,d lame alt.conspiracy.shit.shit.shit.old
           \_ hm... you apparently missed the joke.

9/29    What's the difference between a pharmacist and a pharmacologist?
        Which one goes to "pharm" school?
        \_ Try using a dictionary.
        \_ the "pharm" one.  stanford.

9/29    Anybody else trying iRate?  I've noticed the track selection
        sometimes gets stuck in a loop where it will keep playing a series
        of ~5 songs in a row.  Is there anything I can do to fix this?
        \_ You can change the size of the playlist in one of the menus,
           which would at least increase the time between hearing the same
           song twice.
        \_ reboot
        \_ Gee, um, that would make me pretty irate.  Har har har.

9/30    Enough political trolling already!  Instead, check out Megaman vs.
        Metroid, or should that be Megaman vs. Samus:
        http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=124070
        \_ You rock!

9/29    How the hell are you?

9/29    interesting newsite: http://www.pantsfactory.org

9/29    Crom!

9/29    Moving company picked up my stuff.  Now they called me to say that
        the actual volumes for the LCL load is 2m^3 bigger than their own
        estimate, which in turn is 1m^3 bigger than my own calculation
        after they have put everything in boxes.  Now since they have my
        stuff already, I have no choice but agreeing witht them, right?  And
        is this a standard trick of moving companies?
        \_ You used Starving Students, didn't you?  And no, you don't have to
           agree to anything.  Tell em to deliver as planned at the target
           address or you'll see them in court.
        \_ This seems to be the standard scam.
        \_ See "starving students horror stories" on http://google.com.
           In general, however, having your stuff and saying it'll cost more
           is a standard scam.  Go to http://parents.berkeley.edu if you want to
           see their recommendations on movers.

9/29    In a now-deleted thread someone said that they thought a few of
        the trillian skin were much better than the default - any
        specifically that were good?  Thanks!

9/29    Cohagen!

9/27    BDG, where are you?!  http://www.nypost.com/business/3315.htm

9/26    Why all of a sudden are these federal courts speaking up
        about free speech regarding this Do Not Call registry,
        when they've known for months that it was supposed to go
        into effect next week? Couldn't those dumbasses have
        spoken up earlier?
        \_ Well...no.  Someone had to file an injuction or initiate a lawsuit
           before the courts could 'speak up'.  DMA did, a judge agreed with
           DMA that the FTC overstepped the authority it was granted by
           congress.  Read the news....
           \_ so what took the DMA so fucking long?
              \_ you do it at the last minute so that even if you lose in
                 trial, the injunction maximizes how long you can do what
                 you've been doing, regardless of the outcome in court
        \_ Even though the list has been blocked by some whacko activist judge,
           I still get fewer calls.  I think most of the scum purged their
           lists already in anticipation so maybe the call volume will drop to
           only 5 or 10 a day until the case is settled in the people's favor.

9/26    New NEC chip for LCDs:
        link:tinyurl.com/ou1d (pcworld.com)
        \_ Out of curiousity, is there anything better/easier about http://tinyurl.com
           than http://csua.org/u ?  (Which is one character shorter and currently
           has shorter shortcuts?
           \_ http://tinyurl.com is faster and more reliable
        \_ "With 10 bits, each of the three main colors--red, green and
           blue--can be defined to lie in a range between zero and 1024 rather
           than 8-bit processing's zero to 256."  Oops.  And who cares about
           more colors?  Increase the resolution and make it cheaper.
           \_ So you'd be really happy a with a black and white 2000x1600
              screen for $350?  I doubt it.
              \_ I said who cares about MORE colors.  24-bit color is plenty for
                 now.  Especially with LCD screens which don't even have the
                 brightness and contrast ratio to do 24-bit very well.
                 \_Given the fact that most humans probably can't distinguish
                   24 bit color from 32 bit color.

9/25    I'm trying to find a word. It's like "credited" but not quite,
        is something that newspaper reporters do "____ their sources".
        I can't think of it. It's on the tip of my tongue.
        \_ cite
           \_ Thank You!
        \_ so what's the word which means "tip of your tongue"?

9/25    http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-bake-sale-protest,0,5768770,print.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines
        AKA:  link:csua.org/u/4i7
        The line from Matt Houston near the bottom made me laugh.  They
        brainwash em young these days.
        \_ interesting article, ignorant comment. How was the quote you
           reference any more brainwashed than the other guy....
           \_ Matt's X vs Y comparison is apples and oranges.  He's comparing
              what affirmative action is based on vs the stated purpose of
              affirmative action.  I find the race/price bake sale to be very
              clever.  You'll note the school closed it down to avoid an
              outbreak of violence, not for any other reason you might imagine.
              This raises the question of why would such a thing cause someone
              to get violent?  I suggest anyone who lacks such a minimal level
              of self control doesn't belong at school, but rather prison or
              a psychiatric ward.
              \_ Um, perhaps because it's deliberately insulting.  Not to
                 mention a failed analogy.  And the comparison is not apples
                 and oranges.  It's a 19 year old who hasn't taken enough
                 rhetoric classes.  Do you disagree with the goals of
                 affirmative action?  With the methods?  Other than quibbling
                 over a teenager's verbiage, you've said nothing --scotsman
                 \_ Just getting a kick out of the state of education and
                    complete inability for Joe Student to make a point in
                    a semi-coherent manner.  Being 19 is no excuse for being
                    stupid.  Even worse he let himself get quoted being
                    completely stupid.  Rhetoric classes shouldn't be required
                    to not make an ass of one's self in public.  As far as AA
                    goes, I don't care.  The pendulum is swinging back and
                    it'll be dead soon anyway no matter what I think.  -op

9/25    How does http://friendster.com generate revenue and how does it survive?
        \_ They're planning to charge for certain features in a few months.
           http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/6744416.htm
        \_ I'm guessing harvesting e-mail addresses and selling them to
           spammers.
           \_ Why would you guess that? There is almost no money in it
              and doing such a thing would destroy their business.
              \_ He would guess that because it makes him sound like
                 a L33T GN00 L1NUX H4X()R!!!!!11!!!!
              \_ why not?  once they have everyone's email addresses, who
                 cares if they continue to run their "business"?  As for
                 money--well, they aren't getting any money NOW, so it's
                 a step up.
        \_ Step three: PROFIT!
           \_ What's step two?
        \_ You're all wrong.  They're now getting VC.  They're going to give
           themselves huge salaries to suck it dry (there's only about 6 guys
           running it and 4 are low paid staff), then retire when it runs out.
           I'm not being sarcastic.  This is the plan.

9/25    screen-4.0.1+idle installed; bugs to mconst.

9/24    In M$ VC++, under Tools -> Options -> Tabs, there are two settings
        "Tab size" and "Indent size".  Does anyone know in which files these
        two settings are stored?  Thanks.
        \_ It's in the registry:
           HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Devstudio\6.0\Text Editor\...

9/23    What's your favorite number?
        \_ 66. (Favorite player's number.)
        \_ 2, of course
        \_ 3. It's the magic number.
        \_ 60.
        \_ 42
           \_ the nerd's number?
              \_ Yes.  The nerd's number.  How non-nerdly you've proved yourself
                 by saying so.  Big pat on the back.
                 \_ you mean I'm not a nerd?  yes!
        \_ 88.
        \_ 69.  Ooh, aah.
           \_ Excelleeent!
           \_ Excelleeent!
           \_ yawn.  69 is so teenie bopper.
        \_ 1.  (It's the lonliest number)
        \_ 51
        \_ 51
        \_ Any magic number.
        \_ $2: what it costs for an hour with your girlfriend.
        \_ Any perfect number.
        \_ 137.
        \_ e.
        \_ pi.
        \_ pi
        \_ 8
        \_ 18
        \_ no physics constants?
        \_ 22

9/23    Poll: If you're married, at what age did you get married?
        22: .
        23:
        24: .
        25: ..
        26:
        27:
        28:
        29: .
        30: .
        31:
        32:
        33:
        34: .

9/23    Did nickkral go to a speech therapy between 1996-1998? He REALLY
        improved his speech impediment during those years. Just wanna
        confirm. ok thx.
        \_ email him
        \_ how is the motd a proper forum for this question?  very mean.
           are we still in junior high?

9/22    anyone getting lots of spam from "microsoft security update"???
        \_ No, you're the only one in the world.
        \_ every 5 minutes
        \_ Like crazy.  All 140-160K
        \_ Meet the Swen virus

9/22    When birthcontrol companies publish the failure rate, is that
        based on whether the man pulls out or cums inside?
        \_ Hmm - needs more grammatical errors, but otherwise, nice troll!
        \_ It's usually defined as couples that use the method for one year,
           what % of them have a pregnancy.  So the rate also includes people
           who mess up, and probably does not really reflect people who are
           simultaneously practicing 'coitus interruptus'.
        \_ You another member of the 3% failure rate club?

9/22    Anyone know how to find out if a particular record company is owned by
        a member of the RIAA or not?
        \_ the DMCA forbids that.
        \_ RIAA Radar: http://www.magnetbox.com/riaa . very good interface, but
           it seems to be down at the moment.
           http://downhillbattle.org/resources.html is a good page for general
           information, though I don't agree with their manifesto.
           \_ Doh, you beat me to it.  Actually, it's the http://RIAA.com site that
              seems to be down at the moment.  Funny, that.
        \_ -- ilyas
        \_ RIAA and MPAA don't own the companies, the companies are members
           of these organizations.

9/22    JohnBuddy, when are you gonna publish your .plan?  I need a
        paperback version.  -mtbb
        \_ Hiya buddy!  As soon as I rescue all the little .planlet buddies
           waiting to be published!  --> BB-7 <--

9/19    On a related note, has anyone read "Da Vince Code"? Is it as
        good as everyone is raving?

9/19    How much funding is enough for the Pentagon?

9/19    Anyone read Bellcurve? Does it actually tell you which race has
        a higher IQ?

9/19    How do I get gcc to not include crt0.s? (for incremental linking)
        \_ -mno-crt0
        \_ Arrr!
           \_ Avast!

9/19    Avast!   Don't ye be forgetting that today be International
        talk like a pirate day?  Arrr!  http://www.talklikeapirate.com
        \_ Pieces of eight and shiver me timbers, lads!  How could ye be
           forgettin' our day?!
        \_ Booty! Booty! Booty! Booty!!!
        \_ Arrr!
           \_ Avast!

9/18    Looking for bouncer binaries that used to reside here:
        http://www.r00t3d.org.uk but the site no longer exists. Where
        to get them? Thanks.
        \_ http://blog.jwiz.org/archives/000251.html tcp http redirect

9/18    Thanks for all the help with shoes, MOTD!     -mice

9/18    Could anyone recommend a good and cheap ISP in Washington DC.

9/16    Top 3 weaknesses in job interview question:
                a chocoholic, a piece of chocolate will make me do anything
                will work for just food
                don't watch TV

9/16    Need one of these for San Francisco with parking issues and all:
        http://anglegrinderman.co.uk

9/16    Has anybody bought an eMac?  I'm looking for a low-priced machine
        for my mother.  Was the swivel stand worth $60?

9/14    Cell Phones maybe bad for your health:
        http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=443248
        http://www.hese-project.org/Dr/salford/salford%20Leif.html
        \_ Probably.  I try to limit my usage because it seems like a bad idea
           to irradiate my brain in general.

9/14    Has anyone been to the Everest area [Khumbu]. I am looking for some
        route planning info. ok tnx. --psb
        \_ Planning an expedition, Partha, or just doing research?
           \- well a month from today i should be at the fork in the
              road trying to decide whether to go north to pherichye and
              the khumbu glaicer or east toward ama dablam/imja tse
              via dingboche. well, that's plan A, anyway ... barring marixist
              insurgency, passport problems, pulmonary edema etc --psb
              see: http://www.euronet.nl/users/e_wesker/jpg/108.jpg
                   http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~jackshay/images/N24.jpg
                   http://www.euronet.nl/users/e_wesker/jpg/ever2.jpg
              \_ nice.  hope it works out for you-- post pix! --erikred
        \_ do you have PSB speakers psb? :)
           \- I have 7 of them. --psb

9/13    Are CS courses at Cal still overcrowded? I would like to take
        a couple of courses that I didn't take during my stay at Cal
        (e.g., cs186, cs169).

9/12    Continued:
                       \_ So are you voting for Bush in 2004?
                          \_ Probably not, I'm thinking Lieberman (though
                             I voted for McCain then Bush in 2000).

9/11    I want something i can never have.
        \_ i told you, i'm not that kind of guy, so get over it already.
        \_ NIN rocks!
           \_ that would be "I *just* want something i can never have". but
              yeah, that is a good song and i'm sure it is where i got those
              words from. -top
        \_ Don't we all?
        \_ you can't always get what you wan
        \_ you can't always get what you want

9/11    This film has been modified from its original version. It has been
        formatted to fit this screen and edited to run in the time allotted
        and for content.        is this bad grammar?
        \_ passive voice
           \_ Isn't "and for content" in the wrong clause?
        \_ Yes it is.  The sentense "is this bad grammar?" should start with
           "Is".  :-)
           \_ "Sentence" is spelled with a "c".

9/12    I need to cut a straight line in a thin metal and I'm thinking of
        drilling a 3/8" hole and then use a hand jigsaw to cut across.
        Is there a better way of doing this?
        \_ An air tool called a nibbler.
        \_ A ruler, a sharp scribe like a utility knife (to make a straight
           score) and tin snips.
           \_ tin snips?!?  a STRAIGHT line dude
              \_ it's not prefect, but better than a jigsaw.  yes, "go to a
                 metal ship and use a break" would be the ideal solution.
        \_ use acid dude
           \_ just don't get busted with it.  Class 1 felony.
        \_ Rip it with your teeth.

9/12    Hey, who deleted the latest anti-Israel rant?  I was busy earlier
        and didn't get a chance to add my 2 cents.  I hate when that
        happens.

9/10    What is a regular expression to match local0.warning or local0.notice
        or local0.debug?
        \_ local0.*
        \_ local0\.(warning|notice|debug)

9/11    Not to worry sodans!
        http://digital.lib.umn.edu/IMAGES/reference/swhp/SWHP0016.jpg
        \_ Is that aaron?
          \_ No, he saves the seminal emissions for the AznSchoolGurlz.

9/11    Why is vanilla/cherry/"and whatever other shit they've come up this
        week" is being pushed down to our throats? All I want is a regular Coke
        but most of the time the vending machine are out of it. Of course,
        there is usually plenty of vanilla coke still left in them since
        no one buys this crap.
        \_ don't worry, vanilla coke has just as much cocaine as normal coke
        \_ are you old enough to remember new coke?
        \_ Yeah, it's so hard to walk half a block to the liquor store where
           you have 50 choices.  You're better off without coke anyway.
           \_ It's a lot more than a block. I am talking about the campus
              vending machines.
              \_ God, you'd have to walk like, 5 minutes?  It might even be
                 healthy for you!
                 \_ That's the problem.  I want to avoid all healthy things.
                    Otherwise I can't sue the company over my obesity in the
                    years to come.

9/10    Spam subject line: "enlengthen your thing".

9/10    About Freehoo, it already has the logging feature I was looking for.
        ~/.freehoo/history
        \_ install it on soda already
        \_ what is it?
           \_ a free text-mode yahoo instant messenger application

9/10    Anyone have ticketmaster's number.  It is no longer listed in the
        toll free directory. (it used to be)
        \_ http://www.ticketmaster.com click "Help". Dumbass.

9/10    Anyone else get an automated email from http://wordofmouth.com or something
        like that?  Mine was based on my jobs email address and they don't
        allow you to send any sort of response or contact the person who they
        claim has commented about you or is seeking you without paying them.
        It looks like a big scam to me but I was just wondering if this is a
        real service that people actually use.  I'd think anythone who wanted
        to contact me and already had my email could just, you know, email me.

9/10    To anyone interested in the qsort problem mentioned earlier-- I
        needed a special macro that basically expanded to __cdecl + other
        stuff.  Thanks for the help.

9/9     am i the only one who has to poop every time he reads Dilbert
        this week?
        \_ yes.

9/10    Troll Alert: Any predictions on the latest tit-for-tatting being done
        in Israelestine?
        \_ They should take off and nuke the site from orbit. Its the only
                way to be sure.
        \_ Does it amuse you that people are dying on both sides?
           Are you saying that we should nuke Iraq, Iran, and the Saudis also?
           \_ Did you misindent? I think it's getting out of control and is
              horrible (on both sides)... I'm wondering if others think it's
              going to escalate and die off, someone will get thrown out of
              office, arafat exiled, etc...
              \_ i predict that if there is ever peace, it will only be
                 when Arafat is dead.
        \_ I predict some Israelis will kill some Palestinians. In respone,
           some Palestinians will kill some Israelis. Each will accuse the
           other of savage brutality.
        \_ I don't want tats, but I'm all for tits.

9/9     If they are going to come up with four blade razors, why doesn't
        the next company just make five blade razors?
        \_ "This one goes to eleven!"
        \_ "But this one goes to eleven!"
        \_ SNL. Patented 13th blade for that extra close shave.
        \_ Just pull the whole piece out.  No shaving need for the next few
           days.

9/8     Prompted by the RIAA and their filesharer lawsuits-- is there a
        way for the victims to short-circuit the process, maybe
        Donate all assets to the EFF, declare bankruptcy and avoid paying
        the settlement?
        \_ a friend of mine had an interesting idea. a legal DDOS attack:
           if a million people all filed different, small,  suits
           against the RIAA about some bullshit, the net effect could
           be devastating...or could it? i don't know if this could work,
           but it's an interesting idea.
           \_ This sort of bullshit noise is made by some clown every so often.
              The courts are just going to throw everyone out before seeing a
              judge.  If it does anything, it will simply clog the small courts
              and prevent _real_ people with _real_ problems from using them.
              Boo fucking hoo on the music pirates getting destroyed.  Prices
              are too high or the music sucks?  Don't buy it.  Donating all of
              one's wealth to the EFF is *the* most stupid thing I think I
              might have *ever* heard on the motd.  You're going to go to zero
              wealth because the RIAA *might* take you to court?  Sheer idiocy.

9/8     What is a low priced but still decent storage place in the bay area,
        not too far from Mountain View (though I guess driving is not a
        problem).  This is for boxes of books and a piced of furniture.

9/8     Any recommendations for really profane and violent gangsta rap that I
        can play out loud whenever my co-worker is on the phone with his
        wife? Something along the lines of Tupac's Hit 'Em Up.
        \_ go to Rasputins and ask for GUNS.. if they dont know what you
           mean, tell them (Generation of United Nortenos)
           you wont find much more gangsta than that.. plus you are
           supporting local music! -shac
        \_ "blow job betty" by too short
        \_ Wesley Willis!
        \_ NWA's first album.  Geto Boyz.
        \_ Try Tupac's Hit 'Em Up.
        \_ screw that.  Lords of Acid.
        \_ ludacris, move bitch
        \_ Put It On Me -Dr. Dre/DJ Quik
                "Even Asian bitches like to bang cock
                 Draws drop, she bunny hops"
                \_ But they only like big cocks.  -- Asian guy with small cock
        \_ 'Cock mobster' by M.C. Paul Barman
        \_ 'Freaky Tales' - Too $hort
        \_ Damn it feels good to be a gangsta - office space
           \_ Geto Boys

9/8     To the person looking for paper density, did you figure out a number?
        I just measured two stacks of blank paper.  One stack is 75gsm (gram /
        sq. meter) and is 4.9cm thick.  The other is 105gsm and is 6.0cm
        thick.  -- guy with http://Amazon.com idea who thought that was smart
        \_ don't you want grams per cubic meter?
           \_ Oops, I forgot to mention that both stacks are 500 sheets.
        \_ So with your number we've determined the density of paper varies
           greatly and there's no one easy answer.
        \_ Your idea was indeed clever but I was lazy.  So I found on the web
           both the weight and the size of some books, which I didn't think
           was possible  The funny thing is that there are patently different
           answers for the same book(ISBN), so it has to be taken with a grain
           of salt.  With that in mind, I found a density of 0.8 kg/dm^3
           over a sample of 3 books.  Note that paper's weight varies greatly.
           If you ever buy dissertation paper or stared at the paper stack
           in a copy room for 5 secs you would know.  However, paper density
           of books of similar quality should be relatively uniform.

9/6     Extreme Pingpong: http://www.ntv.co.jp/channel/asx/hkzkt10.asx
        \_ old news.

9/3     Is Bustamante in the prison union's pocket too?
        \_ Well we know he's a racist (Mecha) and wants to implement
           gas price controls (WTF!!???)
           \_ Would a non-idiot like to answer my question? -op

9/3     How do I go about collecting money from a judgement I won?
        \- see the Nolo Press Small Claim Ct book. --psb

9/3     Kyle Boller to start.
        \_ Fear. Very few QBs do well in their first year. That's why they're
           usually backups.
        \_o-ver-ra-ted
           \_ he won't do well his first year.  Maybe his 2nd or 3rd.

9/2     Why does hairspray in a metal spray can pollute air, while the
        identical hairspray in a plastic spray bottle does not?  Thx.
        \_ the aerosol propellant in spray cans used to contain cfc's.
           i think most don't anymore tho. obviously, plastic spray
           bottles don't have a propellant, you need to pump manually.
           \_ I have heard that they start to use carbon dioxide for
              propellants now.

9/2     What is the average density of scrap metal?  I don't have anything to
        measure weight near me and I need that info soon.  Ok tnx.
        \_ STFW?  there's got to be something about this online somewhere.
        \_ Use the scale at the post office.  It also depends on the paper.
           E.g. phone books are pretty light considering their sizes.
           \_ I cannot access a post office right now.  I need to estimate
              very roughly the weight of many boxes of books with only rulers
              and helpful info from the motd.  If you have a big book and can
              measure both its weight and dimensions, please let me know. Tnx.
              \_ I know.  Find a computer book at your office.  Measure its
                 dimensions.  Go to http://Amazon.com, and try to order 100 copies of
                 that book.  See what the shipping charge is, and backward-
                 calculate its weight according to the shipping method.  Then
                 cancel your order at the last step.
                 \_ That's a pretty good idea.  Though you don't even need to do
                    this--Amazon should include the dimensions of the book.
        \_ assume Iron (Fe) and Aluminum (Al)
        \_ Fe (7.86 g/cc), Al 2.7 (g/cc)

9/1     Anyone here used the HJC Chatterbox? Does the active noise
        cancellation feature work well? Where is a good place to get them
        CHEAP? Thanks.
        \_ They are noisy and have crappy range.  Just use handsignals.
        \_ Is this related to the nweaver thread above?

9/1     I'm thinking about using godaddy for webhosting. Anyone use them? $4/mo.
        Any better places?
        \_ free: http://www.togetherhost.com

9/1     Happy September

8/30    I have a thriving Wriggly Wranch composter that I'd like to pass on
        to somebody before I move from Berkeley. Anybody want it? (for free)
        Any recomendations on where else to post it?   -brett
        http://www.stopwaste.org/WormBin.jpg
        \_ Try posting an ad on craigslist. Someone will want it.

The uncensored messages below this line may not reflect opinions of the CSUA.

2/13    I guess all those Flinstone Cartoons were right after all...
        http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/02/12/coolsc.thickskulls/index.html

2/13    Quebec people are a race now.
        http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsArticle.jsp?storyID=4357580
        \_ No they're not, they're just a subspecies of Frenchus Smellus.

8/29    13 out of 19 presidents have been Frat Boys. Whats up with that?
        \_ 19?
        \_ crack or alcohol?
        \_ Yes, it's true.  13 out of the 19 gay presidents have been
           Frat Boys.

8/28    Does DMA have any connection with donotcall.gov? Basically DMA
        asks for you mailing address and phone to tell others not to send
        you junk mail and telemarketers, but telemarketers look at both
        the DMA list and the donotcall list? Also how can I trust the
        list will not be stolen and be used by other telemarketers?
        \_ telemarketers are slime and won't follow the law anyway.

2/13    Would anyone care to define and explain the usefulness (as compared
        to OO) of Aspect Oriented Programming?
        \_ What is that?  Is it like 'design patterns'?

8/28     Fairbanks, Alaska's UPS, world's largest battery.

8/28    My my, the censor is a thin skinned lad.
        \_ knew that already.  next!

8/27    Explosions, albeit small, at Chiron. Choppers, cops, road flares. See
        SFGate or try to bumrush the cops yourself if you're at Pixar.
        \_ Why would I bumrush the cops?  WTF are you talking about?

8/27    I don't need a lecture on how stupid I was for buying a timeshare,
        but I just want to know what are some good ways to sell a timeshare?
        Thanks for your help.
        \_ Find a bigger sucker than you were.

8/27    would you do christina ricci? why or why not? just curious.
        \_ not.  im married and my wife is more attractive.

8/27    thank god you fuckers deleted the one remotely interesting thread!
        that was a close one!
        \_ If you really liked it, you could restore it. Go home now.
           \_ restore what?  the same knuckle dragger would just delete it
              again.
        \_ someone please restore it?
           \_ no, please don't! what was it about anyway...

8/26    someone tell me i'm not the only one getting spam with the subject
        "best child pornography site" offering to give me a good deal on
        liquid heroin.
        \_ hey!  don't tell everyone about it or you'll drive up the prices!
        \_ Funky.  My coworker just got one of those.
        \_ In the meantime, feel free to report it to the Internet Watch
           Foundation: http://csua.org/u/41q

8/26    What's the difference between Math 55 and CS 70?

8/26    new SSL certs for imap/pop and stunnel. bugs to root.

8/23    new imap/pop SSL cert. bugs to root.

8/26    A while ago someone posted on motd an url saying that Safari does
        not validate common name fields.  Has this been resolved?  I kept
        up with most Safari updates but never seen this been addressed in
        a release note.  url please.  ok tnx.
        \_ fixed.  http://www.secunia.com/advisories/8756

8/25    I want to teach myself SAS.  Is there some free way to do this?
        (I am not a student)
        \_ find a free(re: pirated) copy of SAS, and stfw for an online
           course complete w/syllabus and lecture notes, or just tool
           around on it yourself -nivra
           \_ I can't believe someone on the motd is advocating the use of
              wAReZ!!!
              \_ or from a colleague (if one exists ...).  Hey the user said
                 "free" - nivra

8/23    Did you not hire that tech guy you need:
        We're sorry! Snapfish is currently unavailable.
        \_ All night DB upgrade.  It'll be up in a few minutes.  We're going
           to start calling people on that job this week.  Send resumes.

8/23    Howdy from Black Rock city.
        \_ HI BLACK ROCK CITY FROM THE WINDY CITY!
        \_ G'DAY WINDY CITY AND BLACK ROCK CITY FROM THE
           CITY BY THE BAY!!!!
        \_ WOOT!  FEEL THE LOVE!

8/22    I'm curious, what percentage of rapists use condoms?
        \_ why don't you go hang out at rapists anonymous and report back
           with results?
        \_ There was a case a few years ago where a rapist argued
           that it wasn't actually rape, because the woman had
           consented if he used a condom.  Don't remember the exact
           result.  -John
           \_ He ended up with a whole new set of friends for 10-20.

8/22    Flashback Friday:
        http://actsofvolition.com/archives/2001/january/blinkingcursor

8/21    Have an earache? Get a vasectomy! http://csua.org/u/3zy

8/21    buy a grilled "stuft" burrito for georgy
        http://www.tacobell.com/2003recall
        \_ I get it. Arnold=beef, Davis=chicken, other 134 candidates=stuffed

8/20    Holy spam shitstorm, batman! is anyone else getting uberspammed
        today? i've gotten 50 e-mails in the last hour and a half.
        \_ it is a virus, SoBig.  It sucks
        \_ modify your .procmailrc

8/19    Is there any way to get spamc to just maybe label an email with
        ^X-Spam-Status or ^X-Spam-Level WITHOUT clobbering every other
        header and hiding the message as an attachment?  I'm trying to get
        it to play nicely with ifile so I can compare efficacy.  Thanks
        \_ man Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf

8/19    http://www.welovearnold.com

8/19    Where can i get the cheapest chicks?

8/19    Where can i get the cheapest checks?

8/18    John's bored link of the day:
        http://www.deine-oma.de/pop.swf
        \_ possibly not work-safe.
                \_ Completely harmless and silly, ffs.  I never post non-work-
                   safe stuff for you bunch of old women.
        \_ this set off my less-than-intelligent network filter, but it's
           not work-unsafe.
           \_ silly humour offends your intelligence?  thicken that skin, kid.
              \_ i think he's insulting his network filter, not the link.
                 \_ at last, someone who understands me.

8/17    now i suspect the guy who censored MOTD is a Jew.
        \_ ooh! ooh!  i suspect you're an idiot. - !Jew

8/17    Happy 17th of August, everyone!
        \_ nice troll.

8/16    Woo hoo power's back!

8/15    Troll poll: Trying to get rid of Sadam will:
        1) decrease terrorism:
        2) spawn more terrorism: .
        3) will not change a thing:
        4) will not get me laid: .
        5) got me laid: .
        6) will get Saddam laid: .

8/15    Is there a Windows or linux utility our there which allows to recreate
        a partition table by scanning the disk and making a guess at what
        the partition should look like?
        \_ What exactly did you do to your PT?

8/15    motd censor coward, please identify yourself.
        \_ Okay, you have shamed me enough. I will finally reveal my
           identity. My name is [censored]
           \_ Why tell us?  We already know.  We just don't care.
              \_ I don't know.  Who is it?
                 \_ Who cares?

8/15    Do Republicans still call them Freedom Fries?

8/15    Microbes that can live and reproduce at 121 degrees C:
        http://csua.org/u/3xs

8/15    John's Flatulent Link of the Day
        http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6947020%5E13762,00.html

8/13    And down down down goes the roller coaster:
        http://www.pollkatz.homestead.com/files/image001.gif
        \_ the most suprising thing about this plot to me is that the data
           appear to fit to straight lines.  this seems very odd.
                \_ what happened in 4/2003? And yay for the data.
                   \_ The codpiece victory walk on the aircraft carrier...
                      oh how soon they forget...
           \_ Study some statistics..  It's a correlation.  Also, consider
              how people in this country look at short and long term history.
              \_ i have studied statistics and i don't understand why they
                 are straight lines. please explain. -!pp
                 \_ We're a very "what have you done for me lately" culture,
                    and have remarkably short memories.  This accounts pretty
                    strongly for both the linear decreases and the sharp
                    upticks. --scotsman
                    \_ no, it doesn't.  why is it linear, and not, say,
                       an exponential decay?  if you extrapolate that line
                       for a few more years, you get to zero. i would have
                       thought it would approach some "who cares" asymptote.
                       \_ There are other graphs on there from polls from
                          other presidencies.  They each have a very
                          characteristic feel to them.  With Bush, I think his
                          administration is so tight lipped, and has had the
                          media so much in their pocket that they have a good
                          deal more control than others over perception.
                          Weekly reports of another super conservative nominee
                          or new environmental regulation struck down causes
                          a trickle drain on his popularity.  Then they pull
                          a stunt like the aircraft landing to get people
                          excited and stupid again. --scotsman
        \_ It's also interesting how certain poll groups are consistently
           lower/higher than others. The %-age difference btwn Harris (blue
           diamond) and AmResGp (yellow diamond) is especially pronounced.
           \_ Harris is the king of "give the people what they payed for."
              They're incompetent, corrupt twits.  --person who worked
              on a project they headed
        \_ His disapproval rating (image002.gif) is a lot more scattered.

8/12    How much does Gold's Gym membership cost? Are there any sneaky ways
        to get a discount? I'm interested in the Mountain View one.
        \_ Dunno how similar to Gold's Gym it is, but 24 Hr Fitness is
           constantly running sales and discounts, some not advertised. Also,
           depends on how well you can haggle with the sales rep. I managed
           to get my annual renewel fee from advertised $99/yr down to $49/yr
        \_ There was a recent WSJ article that mentioned that most people
           don't use club memberships, cell phones, etc. enough to justify
           the montly costs they pay. Most ppl would save more money if they
           pay as they go with health clubs. If you really are into fitness,
           then of course this wouldn't apply to you.
        \_ I signed up with Gold's down in SoCal last year.  It's quite
           expensive, probably around 3 times as much as a 24 Hr. Fitness
           but it's much nicer.  I acted very reluctant though, and
           eventually they tossed in a $100 gift certificate at a shoe
           store, and 4 additional months.  If it weren't for the great
           location though (right along the beach, and I work right
           upstairs so I can go often), I would have gone for a cheaper
           gym.

8/11    Rise of Nations is indeed pretty cool. However, I wish they'd put in
        more blood and body disfigurement as to simulate reality better.
        The atomic blast is REALLY cool. Really like it. I give it 8/10
        just because there isn't enough bloody graphics.
        \_ i would like to bring to your attention the irony of the following:
              http://www.microsoft.com/games/riseofnations/img/newtimeline.jpg
           from http://www.microsoft.com/games/riseofnations/ages.asp
           \_ are you referring to the canon being the age of "enlightenment"?
             \_ yeah. for example. it gets more an more ironic after the
                cannon. -ali.
             \_ I followed the link expecting to see a Bach score...
                \_ at least you weren't expecting to see Bach score.  then
                   you would have been even more dissapointed.
        \_ Change your monitor settings to increase the red level.

8/11    any recommmendation on good FTP server for my windoze box?
        I have tried Filezilla (no I8n  support), and war FTPd.  I wonder
        is there any other choice.

8/11    More Georgy Discussion.

8/10    Cos-play image of the day: (relatively work safe)
        http://csua.org/u/3wf
        \- i was wondering what "relatively" work safe meant. now i know.
        \_ I don't really... get it.  And he seems to be wearing my shoes.

B

8/10    How many syllabels are in the word "poem"?  I tried google, but
        my search-fu was lacking.  Thanks.
        \_ 1.5
        \_ http://dictionary.com, yeesh.  Look up "syllable" too.

8/10    Damn, who farted? Actually, BPD says a richmond refinery had a
        spill/release of sulfuric acid at 9pm saturday.
        \_ it's all a lie.  i farted.  BPD was just covering my ass.

8/10    If you're wondering what that stench is, BPD says a richmond refinery
        had a spill/release of sulfuric acid. or maybe just somebody farted.

8/8     "The site dedicated to Human-Equine Transformation"
        http://www.unicorn-dream.co.uk/destrier/index.html
        \_ thank you for posting that!  now i know what's been missing all
           my life!  my magical horn!

8/7     Best campaign site ever!
        http://www.gwbush04.com
        \_ http://www.whitehouse.org
        \_ Truly rad, my life is complete.  Thank YOU!!!
           \_ OMG WTF LOL!@@@!!!!!!

8/8     Tomorrow 5pm is the deadline for getting on the ballot.  You can't
        win if you don't play!

8/7     Where is nweaver?
        \_ obDoingYermom

8/6     First Larry Flynt, then Angeline, now, Gary Coleman!  Nice one!
        Don't you guys LUUUURVE chaos?!
        link:www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/6469151.htm
        \_ how about everyone here puts in ten bucks and we run a
           candidate named "csua motd"?   all campaign slogans will
           be generated right here in this file.  now *that's* chaos.
        \_ I'm voting for Carey M., the porno queen.  Better chaos than the
           pure corruption and stupidity we've had to now.

8/5/3   /vol/office will be unmounted on Wednesday at 5pm.  If your proceess
        keeps the fs from unmounting, your process will be shot.