7/3     Where can I find the video of Colin Powell's YMCA song performance
        at the ASEAN security meeting in Jakarta on July 2nd?
        \- google for "why_cooperation_with_the_state_dept_is_impossible.au"
           \_ nothing comes up.
              \- IAJS;YSTL: link:csua.org/u/81n
                 \_ Dude, wtf?
        \_ Powell >>>> Gore.  If you ever see the footage of Gore "dancing"
        it's pretty bad.  I didn't see anything wrong with what Powell was
        doing, he was just having a good time in front of a crowd of Asians,
        who have probably spent plenty of time in Karaoke bars ...

        1.7 are not vulnerable. yaGoodReasonToSwitchToFireFox.

7/2     How do people pronounce C++'s "operator()"?
        \_????? Do you mean you are overloading the empty constructor?
           \_ Hi.  You are stupid.
              \_ Hi dickwad, how's how's life going being a constant
                 asshole? Anyway, I found the answer, it's called a
                 "function call operator" if OP meant foo(a,b). Since
                 OP was somewhat ambigious it could also refer to overloading
                 the cast operator.
                 \_ Actually, it couldn't. Unless OP didn't know what he
                    was talking about, of course. There seems to be a lot
                    of that going around.
                    \_ Agreed, since it would require the casting rvalue
                       notation in front of it to be overloading casting.
                       However, given the attitude of people on MOTD these
                       days they could've said "oh, well, what I meant
                       was..." and wiggle their way out of it. Anyway,
                       I certainly hope OP isn't overloading () on a regular
                       basis. Thanks for reminding me what a dog the
                       language of C++ is.
                       \_ Correction, /rvalue/type.

7/2     Any feedback regarding the Toshiba Protege M205 Tablet PC?
        \_ yes.

7/2     Obligatory Friday hot chicks (no nudity)
        http://www.dream-media-group.com/reef/index.html
        \_ Not proxy safe.

7/2     Lindsay Lohan is now 18.
        \_ Who?  And we care because?
           \_ HOT. STACKED. AND most importantly... legal.
              \_ you'll never get more than 500 yards from her.  there are
                 zillions of hot stacked and legal chicks walking around that
                 you can get with in 5 yards without getting hit by a security
                 guy.
        \_ what were the other big "now legal" stars? olsen twins,
           brittany spears. christina?

7/2     Badly placed ()'s.
        It's from an:
           #!/bin/csh
           if ($arg == 'string') then
              cp file1 file2
           elseif ($arg == 'another_string') then
              cp file3 file4
           else
              other stuff
           endif
        Why is it badly placed parens?

7/2     From yesterday's motd:
                while ( $line = <> ){
                      if ( $line !~ /line/ ) {
                                $output[$count++]=$line;
                                next;
                        }
                        if ( ! $firstline ) {
                                $firstline = $line;
                                $firstindex = $count++;
                        } else {
                                $output[$firstindex]=$line;
                                $output[$count++]=$firstline;
                        }
                }
                print foreach @output;
                # (Approximately)  -tom
        From the context, the 2nd line of this is meant to mean
            "if the current line does not contain the regexp 'line'"
        But why does !~ do this?
        \_ !~ is the shorthand for (! $foo =~ /blah/)
        \_ equivalent in this case would be: unless ($line =~ /line/) {
        \_ someone repost the whole thing please, I missed it
           \_ that is the whole thing.

7/2     I got a bounced message that says "550 Access Denied".  What
        does that mean?
        \_ Was there any extended message with it?  If not,
           it's probably some dumb spam filter, or a misconfigured
           mailer.
        \_ you were DENIED!  DENIED!  LOOSAH YUUU WAH DEEEEEEENIIIEEED!!!

7/2     "Government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst
        state, an intolerable one."  --Thomas Paine
        \_ Why does Thomas Paine hate America?  or should that ask why TP
           hates America?  I still don't get this but I'm trying.

7/1     What happened to /ftp?  Is it down?  Thx.
        \_ It's unavailable until scotch's network gets fixed.
           \_ What happenned to scotch's network? And is there any indication
              of who is likely to fix it and when?

7/2     Does EECS scan student users for porn browsing?
        \_ Yes.

7/1     Liars and cheaters have bigger brains:
        \_ if you want censor them, censor them all.
        \_ 'Cuz a liar needs to remember both the real version of the story and
           his/her version of the story.  Sometimes the liar needs to remember
           his/her multiple versions of the story.   -- someone whose mom is a
           chronic liar

7/1     How come the ones you can't get always look so much better than
        the ones you can??!!
        \_ Old jungle saying: The grass is always greener.
        \_ Why do you think it is that you can't get them?
        \_ 'Cause you are ugly, smelly, and dumb.

`7/1     In win32 programming is there an overridable function or event that
        occurs just after the window and controls are fully constructed and
        displayed?  Same question for wxWindows.
        \_ In win32, usually after the default procedure handles WM_CREATE.
           WM_INITDIALOG is sent for dialog boxes.

7/1     For whoever was wondering if reeser is good looking, perhaps this
        is more what you're looking for? http://www.askthetechgirl.com

6/30    How do you tell who has the motd.public lock?
        \_ fstat(1)

6/30    This is so fucked up. The TV stations gets fined for Janet's
        breast showing? I'd say Janet or Justin Timberlake should be
        fined big time. Janet can claim she's innocent, but that
        fucker Justin Timberlake should be fined a few million dollars
        for his act.
        \_ Oh, she just happened to be wearing a removable top.  I'm sure it
           was a total surprise what he did.
           \_ Get with the times!  Everyone knows removable pull tops are *the*
              thing today!  It was simply a wardrobe malfunction and no one is
              to blame.  As usual.
              \_ You're an idiot.  One that's clearly been locked in a closet.
                 I suppose it's possible you could be anti-sports boy, and
                 avoid the telly lest you get even a HINT of something
                 sportsy (which would explain your lack of clue).
                 \_ once again, sarcasm-detection fails.
                 \_ Uh?  Are you ok?  WTF are you tryign to say here?  Who even
                    mentioned sports?  Weirdo.
                    \_ Uhm, no I'm NOT okay DAMMIT!  Someone broke into my
                       apartment and raped my dog?  How would you feel if your
                       credit card got rejected, huh?
        \_ If it was solely Justin's fault, how come Janet didn't blame the
           whole thing on him, and sue him and stuff?
        \_ The most fucked up part isn't the breast but the fact that the ads
           run during the superbowl contained far more lascivious imagery than
           Janet's boob hanging out - but since it was an ACTUAL nipple everyone
           got all in a tizzy.
           \_ Why does it surprise you that people would be more upset with
              reality than non-reality?

6/30    This just in!  Anonymous source reports Dick Cheney rapes dogs!

6/30    Heya -- quick question: How much dust, debris, etc would a megaton
        level nuke toss up into the air?  How long does it take before %95 of
        it settles back to earth?  If good reference links could be provided,
        that would be greatly appreciated.  TIA.

6/30    It's too damn early.

6.29    http://www.iworkwithfools.com
        \_ hey! a good site for daily doses of negativity and hate. just
           in case the motd doesn't keep you satisfied.

6/29    Where do you buy those magnetic whiteboard that you can stick to
        a frig and write on and erase? office depot? target? what is it
        called? thx.
        \_ office depot, walmart
        \_ Grab a free one at a job fair. :-)

6/28    Has anyone had their car's air-conditioning system refitted to use the
        new (134A) refrigerant?  What did it cost?

6/28    Help, timothym has locked the motd and can't get up!

6/27    Oh dear:  http://gmail4troops.com   -John

6/27    Gamer dreams:
        http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2004-06-23&res=l

6/26    http://www.atypical.net/mm/princess/Princess-Episode_01.swf

6/24    When seti@home is finished transitioning to BOINC, will they make
        a final update of each user's total "classic" work units, or will they
        just keep the snapshot taken on May 14th?

6/24    Some sites say they may share information and if you don't agree,
        you can't use their site.  What would you do?  Example: ticketmaster

6/24    Gmail is so last week. What you really want is an address here:
        http://abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com
        \_ Hahahaha, I can't stop laughing. This is so funny. I may want one.
        \_ what?  no tinyurl or http://csua.org/u URL? :)

6/23    some lins fra:
        <DEAD>bstyp/tm/peve.tl<DEAD>
        <DEAD>sortbboos.omeet.html<DEAD>
                \_ THANKS!!  -ax
        \_ Why do you hate motd threads with meaningful link descriptions?

6/23    If SBC provides fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) service, and the node is split
           \_ Verizon calls this FTTP (fiber to the premise).
        to 500 residences, what is the bandwidth to the node, and max
        bandwidth from a node to the customer premise?
        \_ it all depends on how many strands of fiber and what
           they run over that fiber. too many variables to speculate
        \_ The City of Burbank uses fiber extensively bc of all their studios
           and stuff. They have hundreds of strands going all over. They could
           easily provide 100mbps or even gig to homes. The limitation would
           probably the cost of the upstream bandwidth. Isn't that also the
           case with DSL?
        \_ Why do you hate high bandwidth?
           \_ because nerds love it.

6/23    Breakdancing Transformers:
        http://www.wilenkin.com/transformers/Video_player_06_content.html
        \_ Excellent!  I bet they do an amazing Robot.
        \_ Why do you hate dancing robots?

6/22    Unfairenheit 9/11: http://slate.msn.com/id/2102723
        \_ Ahh yes, the Hitchens hatchet-job.  You can practically hear the
           spittle flying as he wrote this.
        \_ Unintentional self-parody has a certain humor value.
        \_ I am not trying to dissuade anyone from reading Hitchens, but
           he is a very interesting man: a hybrid of neo-Marxist and neo-
           con.
           \_ The original Neocons were all lapsed Trotskyites. He is
              following in a long and well traveled path.

6/22    BOOBIES!!! BOOBIES!!!
        (.)(.) (.)(.) (.)(.) (.)(.) (.)(.) (.)(.) (.)(.) (.)(.) (.)(.)
         \_ 34C       \_ 36D
        \_ ( . )  ( . )
           \_ yermom?

6/22    Idle threads purged.
        \_ Thanks

6/22    Yermom's ping time: http://tinyurl.com/32zme (penny arcade)

6/21    WHY DO YOU HATE WHY DO YOU HATE QUESTIONS?

6/21    Maybe this is old news, but I hadn't seen this until today.
        The State of the Union speech you missed.
        http://www.ebaumsworld.com/presaddress2.shtml

6/19    scotsman, I'm getting a LOT of spam in the past few days and I can
        no longer log into certain Cal affiliated sites. I'll make you a deal,
        I'll stop blocking IPs and you do your best to undo some stuff
        that may have been done, ok? kiss-kiss wave-wave                                -kchang

6/18    Rhiannon Alabano is a cutie in today's Chronicle/sfgate.com! Wish
        I went to the antioch costco. ok, back to reality.
        \_ Was there a url for this?
        \_ ???
           \_ I'm not the OP, but go to http://sfgate.com, and see the article
              where there is a picture of this lady.  That is Rhiannon.
              article is about median price of homes in the bay area.
              \_ Uh ok, I see an average looking skinny Asian chick in
                 sloppy clothing and white socks in her kitchen unpacking
                 glassware.  OP needs to get out more.
                 \_ She is positively below average.  I regret wasting 10 secs.
                    \_ Yeah but check out those socks!
                    \_ I won't mind to fuck her at all!!
                       \_ Yes, something is often better than nothing.
                          \_ In this case, I'd take nothing.

6/18    Ilyas will probably end up like this dude:
        http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200406/s1135562.htm
        \_ In high school someone told me I ll end up starting my own cult.
             -- ilyas
        \_ w00t!
        \_ I think you mean Geordan.

6/18    Laura San Giacomo is hot!
        \_ not really.  she's kind of weird looking with a touch of girl-next-
           door.
        \_ s/is\(.*\)\!/was\1 15 years ago\!/
        \_ who?
        \_ stop staring at her jugs and look up at her face.
           \_ Her jugs more than compensates for her face.
           \_ Her jugs and her petite body more than compensate for her face.
              \_ There are lots of big tits around attached to better faces.
                 Better tits, too.
                 \_ Plus petite body?  Big tits on Amazon women don't count.
        \_ http://csua.org/u/7ti
                    \_ Oh so you want a chick with average face, big tits and
                       anorexic?  Can't be too hard to find.  Check out the
                       'anna' message boards.
                       \_ Big tits and small body.  A 6' anorexic woman is
                          still big.
        \_ link:csua.org/u/7sn
           \_ Oh, how could I have forgotten Eva Sonnet?
        \_ She's aged well. Wasn't she in the incredible lightness of
           being? (1980's?)
           \_ Like my old shoes aged well.

6/18    Has anybody looked at gmail's javascript library?  Is that the root
        of all the cool functionality, or is there some other tech behind
        it?

6/18    So what do google use to store all the shit they archive?
        HD? Tape? Enlighten me...
        \_ googlefs

6/18    Bear killed in Hospital:
        http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3818747.stm

6/18    Caucasian chicks are special. They are the cross between Greek
        goddesses and the Amazon Warrior. I am ready to do battle with
        them..
        \_ You need a chat with BDG.
        \_ Do you mean white girls, or those from the Caucass Mountains?
           \_ I like Big Butts and I cannot lie!
              \_ You other brothas can't deny...

6/17    Poll
        have at least one child:
        plan to have at least one child:
        plan on not having children:
        I'd also like to know how many you have or are planning to have, and at
        what age you started or are planning to start.

6/17    I realy just don't know what to say about this.
        http://www.caedefensefund.org
        \_ This will finally bring an end to degenerate "modern" art.
           \_ We can only hope...
        \_ I don't get it.  As far as I can tell the people who wrote this
           page have no idea what the case is about.  It might not have
           anything (directly) to do with the art.
           \_ So tell me, what is the case "about"? It seems obvious to
              me that the Justice Dept knows that this is no threat. Have
              they decided that art they don't like is terrorism now?
              \_ How would I know?  I just said that the people closest to
                 them don't know.  Why would I?

6/17    Is there an efficient command line program that splits tiff files
        (possibly multipage ones) into half along the middle and/or rotate
        them by a multiple of Pi/2?  I am currently converting them to pnm and
        use pnm utilities but it is quite slow because of the conversion
        (but still faster than imagemagik).

6/17    I'm really really sick and tired of going through http://craigslist.org
        having to read 1/2 of the entries that say "female only". Shit.
        \_ Just tell them, I can be a female.
        \_ Looking for a lover or apt or job?
          \_ apartment. It's irritating to read a lot of crap then at the
             end you see "female only"
             \_ you're in CSUA and don't know about reversing a string?
                \_ "lyno elamef" ?

6/17    What happened to <DEAD>soar.berkeley.edu<DEAD> ?
        \_ Couldn't handle the load.  Taken over by http://recipesource.com

6/16    Why is my .spamassassin/bayes_toks growing? It's almost 3MB now.
        \_ because you keep getting spam.
        \_ Perhaps you should learn what Bayesian filtering is.  Failing that,
           the simple answer is it's a growing list of words found in your
           mailbox.
           \_ ifile trims its database to reduce seldom used words.

6/16    Bloomsday?  Ars?  Berkeley really has given up and all it produces
        are semi-trained monkeys.
        \_ I fail to parse your complaint.
        \_ w00t!
        \_ whatever.  you just look petty and small instead of being the big
           uber genius you want to be.  you'd explain if your education was
           superior to your ego.

6/15    Okay, I'll bite.  What the f#$@ does NERFAMC stand for?
        \_ Not Even Remotely Funny Anonymous Motd Comic.
           If you search for 'NERFAMC' the only google hit is from the
           motd archive.
           \_ OMG LOL WTF!  Actually, http://www.wtfomg.com
              \_ I am typing this by blind-touch.  The goggles, they do
                 nothing!
        \_ It's just tom being pissy, childish and attempting to be insulting.

6/16    C-64 hip hop:
        http://netilium.org/~mad/markvii

6/16    Happy 100th Bloomsday!
        \_ I'll bite.  What's Bloomsday?
           \_ Sigh.
              \_ What, you're disappointed that not everyone reads Joyce's
                 pretentious crap?
                 \_ I'm still out here biting.  What is Joyce's pretentious
                    crap?  Thanks.
                    \_ June 16th, 1904 is the date that Stephen Dedulus and
                       Leopold Bloom take their journeys through Dublin in
                       *Ulysses*.  Its celebrated in Ireland as Bloomsday and
                       this is the 100th "anniversary" of the fictional
                       journeys. --!op [thanks for stomping my changes, cunt
                       face.]
                       \_ See, now, if they'd just email me directly, I could
                          tell them that and spare the rest of you all.
                           -- ulysses

6/12    Do we have a CNET login?
        \_ http://www.bugmenot.com
           \_ yeah now that it was splashed everywhere bugmenot is just going
              to turn into a clearing house for accounts that *dont* work.

6/14    How come we don't hear anything about Kerry's wife anymore?  Did they
        finally get her stupid mouth under control?
        \_ Bwahahahahahaha!  It's not even September yet!  Don't mug yourself,
           lad!
        \_ Apparently she was just in the bay area.  She was seen
           wearing a button that showed Rumsfeld and crew and said
           "asses of evil".

6/14    Interesting article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5174391
        Makes you think about going nuclear.
                                    \_ nu-ku-lar
                                        \_ Why do you hate Jimmy Carter?
                                        \_ I love former President Jimmy
                                           Carter for introducing us to this
                                           word.

6/14    I thought this tinyurl-generated URL was pretty appropriate:
        link:tinyurl.com/ssux
        \_ OMG WTF LOL
           \_ BBQ
              \_ BYOBBBQ

6/14    This is probably a stupid question, but what happens when a thread
        (say 1 of 10) calls fork()?  Does the new process have 10 threads
        too?
        \_ Guessing wildly, I'd say it depends on the thread implementation
           (kernel threads? posix threads? etc)
        \_ Isn't this something you can test?
        \_ Yes.  Possibly.

6/11    Restored.

6/11    We're done with the morphine topic.  No one else cares anymore.  Let
        it go.  Move on.  Grow up.

6/11    Rush should have listened to BDG:
        http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/politics/8902292.htm

6/11    Is there a car model named "Symphony"?  Which manufacturer is it?  Thx.
        \_ 3... profit!!

6/11    betel nut girls are pretty
        \_ What's that?
           \_ http://images.google.com/images?q=betel+nut+taiwan&ie=UTF-8&hl=en
              \_ Are they some kind of prostitutes?
        \_ how about the restaurant in SF of the same name? any hotties there?

6/11    This entry is not interesting.
        \_ Ceci n'est pas un motd.

6/10    RIP Ray Charles.
        (The man deserves to last on the motd for more than six hours.)
        \_ What for?  Did he advance the cause of liberalism?  Did he advance
           the cause of USE LINUX?  Did he advance the cause of RIDE BIKE? No.
           Fox did a lengthy piece on him tonight praising him as a patriot
           so we know he's an asshole.
           \_ WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?
        \_ You know, 1-2 people die every second. And 2-3 babies pop out every
           second. I don't know how many folks are fucking every second but
           it's got to be a lot.
           \_ how many were conceived to Mr. Charles' tunes?

6/10    Is anyone else getting a considerable packet loss when logging
        into soda today?
        \_ No.
        \_ Yes, earlier. Not now.

6/10    Has anyone tried SCons?  (http://www.scons.org  It's a newish build
        tool, looks pretty good.  Opinions?

6/10    Best Aphex Twin album?
        \_ Arguable.  A lot of people would say the "Richard D. James" album or
           maybe "I Care Because You Do."  My vote is for "Selected Ambient
           Works 85-92", but its a little dated sounding.  "Selected Ambient
           Works II" is rewarding but extremely difficult to get into if you're
           not familiar with minimalist composers like Arvo Part or Steve
           Reich.  An album that a lot of people miss out on is "Classics,"
           which is a collection of his early EPs and is really great if you're
           interested in his spastic hardcore techno roots (e.g. "Didgredoo")
           Also "26 Mixes For Cash" is great if you want to hear him do crazy
           shit to other people's pop music.
           \_ I don't like PM-drt much but I do like Glass.  I've heard some
           \_ I don't like Part much but I do like Glass.  I've heard some
                           \_ name edited because people's editors were
                              mangling the umlaut.
              of SAW and liked it.
              \_ Only SAW II is minimalist - the first SAW album is light
                 "ambient" techno that has a very particular sound and vibe.
                 The only thing that comes close to it in sound is Boards of
                 Canada.
           \_ I forgot to mention, the Polygon Window album on Warp is
              excellent and some of his best work.  Right up there with
              SAW 85-92.

6/10    how did people survive before toilet paper was invented?

6/9     Anybody use "Darik's Boot and Nuke"? http://dban.sourceforge.net
        \_ Yes.  What about it? --jameslin
           \_ what do you have to hide?
              \_ More importantly, who are you trying to hide it from?
                 \_ Yeah, screw you hippies!
              \_ credit card numbers?  passwords?  tax returns?  --jameslin
           \_ Any problems? Does it work as advertised?

6/9     ARGGGG who deleted my Helen Kane post. I'm not happy about that.
        \_ Is Helen Kane a hot chick?

6/9     Learn to indent kngharv, you fucking dweeb.

6/9     Reply to: anon-33296546@craigslist.org
        Date: 2004-06-09, 8:50AM PDT
        I need ESC and DELETE keys for my iBook.
        it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial
        interests

6/8     Any recommendations on good, secure money belts for travelling?
        Thanks.
        \_ Custer Battles
                \_ how about a real answer?

6/8     Is anybody else as in love with TastyBite as I am?
        \_ that shit is nasty, you could probably do better yourself with
           a cookbook.
           \_ But I couldn't leave it in my drawer for a year.
        \_ mmm.... dal mahkani...
        \_ What's the best price you've found?
           \_ http://tastybite.com, you can buy a 6 pack for $2.  With the coupon
              code ML30-E you can get 30% off on $30+ of the Ready Meals
              (which come with a spoon and microwave-safe bowl). -op
              \_ clarification.  6 pack for $2/pack.
           \- if you speak hindi, you can get them for a dollar. it is
              possible you have to be non white. they are a good basis,
              but they need to be augmented.
              \_ How and where, and where do I find a quick hindi course?
         \_ trader joe's

6/8     Pistons in 4
        \_ News at 11.
           \_ Kobe in for 20. (years)

6/7     Use a meaningful caption to your link.
        \_ and don't use tinyurl if the link takes less than 80 column
           \_ I think you meant 72 columns, counting the date\t

6/7     Man falls 12 storeys and survives:
        http://csua.org/u/7n7
        Can anyone confirm this?
        \_ Yes! I was totally there!

6/7     Es Liebe Deutschland!
        \_ what are you trying to say? That doesn't parse quite right.
          \_ John, is that you? Which john are you on Soda?

6/7     What does it take to get an A- or better on History 7B during
        summer? I am trying to decide whether it's worth it to enroll
        in this class with a letter grade option.
        \_ Wow a real soda undergrad.
           \_ Don't startle him - he's out of his natural environment.
           \_ yeah, this is nifty.
        \_ I took that, uh, 17 years ago?  Remember 1066.  I didn't.

6/5     I wonder how many of the motd conservatives would be advocating
        quiet restraint if Carter had died?

6/5     I dare you to use niggardly in a sentence.
        \_ You mean out loud?
        \_ That is a niggardly challenge.
           \_ ob racist.
        \_ You just did.
        \_ I kicked the arse of that niggardly white ape.
        \_ The niggard Willie Brown wants to increase the cigarette tax.

6/5     Somehow a spammer got the email to our bugtracking program.  Now
        one of the bugs in our program is "Make $1,000,000 with just $6."
        I find this somehow hilarious.
        \_ Status: Open
           Comment: Can anyone confirm this behavior?
        \_ probably an inside job/practical joke
        \_ Cute but really you should just block it from outside emails.

6/4     Zero bytes?  Restored.

6/4     How long has school been out?  We're seeing a lot more undergrads
        with too much time on their hands on the motd these days.
        \_ Unlike those with jobs who have too much time all year round.
           \_ Touche'!

6/4     Pew questionnaire: "What's more important... Everyone free to
        pursue goals w/out govt. interference _or_ Govt. guarantee that
        no one is in need?"
        Talk about a false dichotomy.

6/3     http://www.fatcheck.org
        No, really, you should check it out.
        \_ No, really, what's so great about it?

6/3     http://www.bugmenot.com

6/3     http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_2.html
        Once we strip the Jews of theur nukes, we can invade again and this
        time we'll kill them all.
        \_ Wow.  The pop-up ad on that page just blew by the Google Pop-up
           Stopper.

6/3     Fuck you and your censorship.  Restored.  All of it.

6/3     http://www.factcheck.org
        No, really, you should check it out.

6/3     Slightly more nuanced poll...
        1. Did Scott Peterson kill Lacy?
           Yes: ....
           No :
           Don't know : .
        2. Is Scott Peterson guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?
           \_ I intended this question as "would you vote to convict?" -op
              \_ I think we answered that way.
              \_ how can you vote without hearing the evidence?
                 \_ Since we're not jurors, our vote doesn't matter, and we
                    only base our votes on what we know of the case.
                    \_ Well, all I know is that I know too little to make
                       a good judgement on whether he is guilty beyond
                       reasonable doubt.
                       \_ He either did it, or else he's both incredibly
                          unlucky and stupid.
                          \_ He sold shit for a living.  How lucky or smart
                             could he really be?
           Yes: .
           No : ....
        3. Scott Peterson trial verdict?
           Guilty    : .
           Not Guilty: ..
           Mistrial  :
           Not Sure.  It's a toss up: .
        \_ who cares.  now can I delete this thread?
             Yes:
             No:  ...

6/2     What does the second number in binocular specs mean: 10x25
        \_ Diameter of the objective lens in mm
           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars

6/2     psb, I've deleted and/or interrupted your posts as a punishment
        for your rudeness. I will continue to do so until you publicly
        apologize and stop interrupting responses.
                  \- look you jackass, when someone writes a 10line post
                     i locate and indent my reply to indicate what
                        \_ you used to interrupt me like this.
                     specific matter i man repling to. now i am being
                     url, write 80 col, merge edits etc. --psb
        \_ what do you mean he is interrupting responses?  I don't see
           it at all.
                \_ he's behaving well today, but he's been as ass for the
                   past 3 years.
        \_ Just because Partha's rude doesn't mean you should piss in the pool.
        \_ I don't think you know who Partha is.
           \_ But today's motd looks like good and evil psb are doing combat!
              -- evil psb #1 fan.
              \_ Does Bengali refer to people from Bangladesh?  Are they
                 predominately Hindi?  Is Partha an evil Hindi deity?
        \_ Why do you even care about mean and rude people? Ignore them.

6/2     Okay, which merge program is fucking the motd up today?

6/2     an issue some computer geeks can get behind, be they freepers
        or america haters:
        http://www.moveon.org/protectourvotes

5/32    Anyone considered raising alpacas?  http://Alpacainfo.com

5/29    [ hi, killing parts of threads is bad.  entire thing nuked.
          have a nice day. ]

5/29    Interesting Fortune I got
        "The day after tomorrow is the third day of the rest of your life."

5/29    Hey, Sun guy, drop me an email. ID 152093

5/27    Favorite animal/cut of meat?
        \_ cow / fillet minion
                        \_ mignon
        \_ yermom / crotch
           \_ My life is a crotch!
        \_ pig ears!
           \_ woof woof!
        \_ lamb rib chops
        \_ tiger penis

5/29    Is Krispy Kreme burnt toast?
        \_ A creme-filled bagel?  Like poison it tastes!

5/29    Finally!  Proof that Mossad (the Jew assassin squad) was behind the

5/27    The Nick Berg string of Isolated Incidents(tm) continues.  Apparently
        he had a 20-minute interview with Michael Moore.  Hmmm....
        link:www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/8780854.htm?1c
        \_ you're never going to see it anyway

5/27    Can't I go through one fucking day without hearing everyone at
        work talk about last night's American Idol results.
        \_ I'm not a fan of the show, but she *is* talanted.
        \_ How many times did you call?  I couldn't get in!
        \_ I didn't hear anyone at my workplace talking about it.
        \_ hear hear
        \_ How do they work out voting with different time zones?

5/27    Why was the Hunter Thompson thing and the Racial Slur dictionary
        erased?  F*** censorship!
        \_ Did it have anything to do with linux or bike riding?

5/27    Someone made a comment about the current U.S. death rate in Iraq.
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0401/chart.iraq.fatalities/frameset.exclude.html
        \_ Most interesting link:
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0401/chart.iraq.fatalities/content.2004.html
           \_ Yeah, I don't understand.  Casualities have fallen, so why
              is Bush's leadership being unfairly attacked? -strawman (?)
              \_ going way up, and then going down some, is not "falling".
                 unless you mean like how losing 2 million jobs and then
                 adding 300K is "adding jobs"

5/27    I hereby declare that all pro-kchang and pro-rap/hip-hop posts
        are trolls and will be treated accordingly.             -motd cop
        \_ Yo that's whack!
        \_ W0W UR S0 K00l!

5/26    Theories as to why psb interrupts other posts:
        boosts up his ego: .
        thinks people are stupid: .
        inherited from his rude Bengali genes:
        needs to know 'what is cheeseboard': .

5/26    How much of a carcinogen is Red 40?

5/26    Favorite classical composer?
        \_ Chopin
        \_ Bach
        \_ Vivaldi

5/26    how come fstat always shows motd.public being loaded with "r" status
        when it's obviously locked for write?
        \_ That's just another aspect of the VRWC to censor your motd edit
           rights and freedoms.
           \_ those bastards!

5/26    A little old, but good.  End of the Grateful Dead and Phish hiatus
        leads to the near complete end of LSD distribution:
        http://slate.msn.com/id/2098109
        \_ They're right...
        \_ You know, if I were a serious columnist, I'd just take April 1
           off every year.  It's just an unfortunate date to publish on.

5/25    Q. What's the name of the pirate themed horizontal shooter you
           programed?
        A. Arrr-type.

5/25    Do you use a bike helmet?  (while biking)
        \_ No, I have a padded headboard. (Now you say...)
        \_ Yup, although noone else in town (Davis) seems to except
           professors...
           \_ Professors have more valuable brains.
             \_ Maybe.  What's amazing/annoying is the number of students
                talking on the phone while biking (both slow and all over
                the place...)
                \_ better than talking on a phone while driving.  -tom
                   \_ true, less dangerous - but equally annoying!
        \_ Yep.  With rear-view mirror.  -emarkp

5/25    Snoop Dogg is getting a divizzle.
        http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/81-05242004-305678.html
        \_ Life ain't nothing but bitches and money.
        \_ fuck rap.
        \_ fuck hindi.
        \_ So what you found you a ho that you like
           But ya can't make a ho a housewife.
        \_ Ho I know you a ho, bitch you a ho could I told you so.

5/24    Someone was asking whether the solution to my last question was posted.
        It was not.  I received one correct answer, however, and with that
        person's help went on to learn something new about the problem.
        The problem (along with all others I asked, and some others) are on
        my problems page, if anyone is interested.  -- ilyas
        \_ Okay, I got a 75% solution for the hat problem.  Care to post
           solutions to the other problems?
           \_ Email me. -- ilyas

5/24    Anyone out there ever set up a VPN on a netscreen 100?
        It is kicking my ass and the docs i have found don't match what I am
        staring at.  If unwilling to do it out of the goodness of your heart,
        I would be glad to pay someone for a couple hour tutorial. -crebbs
        \_ I've done it on a 204.  There's some silliness, but not too much.
           Mail me.  --scotsman

5/24    ilyas, tell us how good/bad USSR is!
        "...lovely USSR than people here in inner cities?  You don't know
         what bad is. -- ilyas"
        \_ People in inner cities become murderers. ilyas became a
           libertarian. That's how bad it is.

5/24    (Why does someone keep deleting this?)
        801
        \_ because it is like a url without explanation so it deserves
           deletion. Comment your url and or stupid text or else it'll get
           deleted.                                     -motd cop
           \_ If you don't get it, you either not paying attention, or you're
              an idiot.

5/24    Helo, has anyone rafted down Cherry Creek nr Ymte? Do you recommend
        this or is this evolutionarily unwise? --psb
        \_ wtf does "evolutionarily unwise" mean?
           \_ Something that would put you in competition for a Darwin Award.

5/23    psb, I'm gonna give you one last warning before I'm going to kick
        the shit out of you. Stop interrupt my posts. Ok? Just stop it.
        It is rude.
        \- bring it on. --psb

5/22    ilyas, how much do you make as a grad student being
        told about the stars?
        \_ was teh solution to ilyas' last question ever posted?

5/23    What's a good book to get started with matlab?
        \_ Just pick up the user's manual; it's very complete. Do you
           want to learn it for the hell of it or do you have a job
           in mind?
           \_ Just want to know basics of using matlab for a statistics course
              which will use it for labs.
           \_ nevermind it seems like they have some docs on matlab
              company web site.

5/21    Anybody know what happened to the .ORG name servers?
        \_ They've been fucking up for weeks.  Last I saw, they stopped
           passing AA flags with top level requests.

5/20    Special for John:
        http://www.workingforchange.com/comic.cfm?itemid=16961.  -tom

5/19    it's someone else's fault you are poor and stupid!
        \_ Price of tea in China?

5/19  jctwu!  Stop nuking the Iraq thread!
        \_ It's not me.  I posted the below, though ("I notice ...").
           Had to keep restoring it.
           \_ Sorry -dgies
              \_ np, I knew you were restoring it though from fstat.  I suspect
                 the person nuking was just doing a manual cp, which is too
                 fast for fstat to notice generally.

5/19    multiple random polls deleted.  yes, you have found the "create your
        own poll" motd option.  now you need to understand that it has to be
        a) an interesting poll and b) (a) should apply to more than just you
        which is why c) your polls were near empty.  relax.
        \_ the salary thing was interesting.  why did you delete?

5/18    Army curbed Red Cross acess after abuse complaints.
        http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/19/politics/19ABUS.html?hp
        \_ WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?
           \_ FALSE PREMISES!  NO WMDS!

5/18    The motd is too boring. How the hell am I suppose
        to stay awake at work??!!
        \_ Blame Toma bin Holub, the censor/terrorist.
        \_ masturbate
           \_ I thought it was unhealthy and will do bad things to you.
              \_ only if you like do it way too much and become a
                 malnourished zombie recluse.
        \_ sexually harrass the marketing staff?
           \_ he usually complains to boss after that.
        \_ Walk up to the hot receptionist from behind.  Pretend to ask her
           about something on the screen, and stare down into her blouse.
           Remember to keep your genitals away from her elbows.

5/18    This motd cleaned for you by....

5/17    [ See, if you delete out of order, this happens. ]

5/17    Why does Michael Moore hate this country so much?  What did we ever do
        to him?  Make him fat?
                          \_ Rich too.
        \_ ^Michael Moore^George W. Bush

5/17    Ironically, indeed.
        http://www.newsnet5.com/news/3310895/detail.html
        \_ I wonder if anyone has read this link?  With nodescription I didn't
           bother.

5/15    Looking for free pdf2txt, google doesnt help. ok thx.
        \_ pdf2ps|ps2html|lynx -dump

5/15    Anyone know where I can find a good comparison between Quicken and
        Quickbooks? Intuit doesn't compare the two products and am not sure
        which is best for me...
        \_ Quicken: Personal & Business Finance
           QuickBooks: Business Bookkeeping

5/15    And like the coming of the full moon, the AMC arrives right on schedule
        to purge the motd of any interesting topics.
        \_ restored.  to the top.  and the censor isn't anonymous anymore.
           \_ i'd ask you who it is, but I'm skeptical of such statements.
              too many people claim to know who's posting what or deleting
              what and then make preposterous claims.
              \_ duh.  tom was busted red handed.  the blood of murdered posts
                 was all over his hands, clothing and his bike.  nothing
                 preposterous about it.  busted.
                 \_ I am still waiting for the evidence. - !tom

5/14    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040514/ids_photos_en/r157139462.jpg&e=14
        Got Milk? Work-safe Britney pic.

5/12    GOD DAMNIT!!! How many hours a week does American Idol have to be on?
        \_ zero, if you turn off your TV.
             \_ That's my strategy, must say, it works for AI, and
                oprah and reality TV shows and all sorts of drivel.
        \_ That show is so stupid.  Why do so many people like it? -troll
                \_ how is that a troll? that show IS stupid.
        \_ Too many.  It was an amusing season 1 idea but now....
        \_ try getting a life.
           \_ How do you suggest that I "get a life"? By watching the that
              stupid show? I already do that involuntarily.
           \_ Yes, all those people who participate in and watch American
              Idol should really get a life.
              \_ Mr. Hung did by doing so.

5/13    how does a non-student get into Moffitt?
        \_ by being real sneaky-like...
        \_ Act like you sohuld be there, when asked for ID mention you left
           your wallet at home.  Helps if you have a bag and look student aged.
        \_ join cal alumni. or just ask 'em.
        \_ I believe there are "friends of the library" who have access,
           as well as library cards for non-university folk.  Or just go
           on a tour and cut out to the "bathroom"
        \_ partha is that you?
           \_ psb would have said "how does a non-student get into MOFFITT?"
                                                \- He would have also found some\
 way to fuck up the motd format.
           \_ psb is the librarian!
              \- i can get into any building. i got into an  MIT library by
                 climbing 4 stories up a ventilation shaft. --psb

5/13    Is this zoo for real?  (NOT work safe!)
        http://zoo-action.com