5/1     http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/9396/piggiebankflyersm3iz.jpg
        Eat bacon, drink vodka, be merry.  Yes there will be girls there.
        \_ If there are girls their then I want to DO them!

5/1     Hey ilyas, please come back!!!
ilyas:x:30637:100:Ilya Shpitser:/home/apollo/ilyas:/csua/adm/bin/safesorry

5/1     http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs
        Best Jobs in the US. #1-- Software Engineer.
        \_ booyah

4/30    In Sims Open for Business, how do you promote your employees? One
        of my employees has over 7 points (5 medals, 2 with gold) so
        I should be able to promote her, but none of the GUI options would
        let me do that. BTW I'm running a home biz, not on the community
        lot. Does that matter?

4/29    rfm, why hold the motd lock for so long?

4/27     ______________________________________
        / psb you fucking asshole! Why did you \
        \ delete my cowsay post?               /
         --------------------------------------
                \   ^__^
                 \  (oo)\_______
                    (__)\       )\/\
                        ||----w |
                        ||     ||

4/27    Rootstaff decided that, things going decently well as they are, we
        are reinstating CGI in ~/public_html dirs... partly due to the
        increasing level of MOTD anger.

4/27    psb you fucking asshole! Why did you delete my cowsay post?

4/27    Why can't I do "cowsay | cowsay | cowsay"? Is it broken?
        \_ You can, but it looks ugly.
           \_ not if you use -n
        \_
4/27
          ___________________________________________
< cow is being abused >
         /  _______________________________________  \
         | /  ___________________________________  \ |
         | | < cowsay -n | cowsay -n | cowsay -n > | |
         | |  -----------------------------------  | |
         | |         \   ^__^                      | |
         | |          \  (oo)\_______              | |
         | |             (__)\       )\/\          | |
         | |                 ||----w |             | |
         | \                 ||     ||             / |
         |  ---------------------------------------  |
         |         \   ^__^                          |
         |          \  (oo)\_______                  |
         |             (__)\       )\/\              |
         |                 ||----w |                 |
         \                 ||     ||                 /
          -------------------------------------------
                 \   ^__^
                  \  (oo)\_______
                     (__)\       )\/\
                         ||----w |
                         ||     ||

4/27    Sexual innuendo in old comic book covers
        http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/1.html (SFW)
        \_ Amusing, thank you.  -John
        \_ The rainbow Hulk is the best.

4/26    How big have the SF Critical Masses been recently?

4/26    Just got reactivated. Can someone fill me in on POP access? Thanks!

4/24    Q: How many marxists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
        A: None - the bulb contains within it the seeds of its own revolution.

4/21    Soda crashed sometime between midnight and 9am. Root staff is unsure
        why. The machine was rebooted at 11:58am. Further details...after
        the rest of you hozers are reactivated.

4/24    In the movie "Red Eye", the Russian terrorists used a sophisticated
        optical targetted SAM to shoot into a specific hotel room to
        assassinate a very important man. How much of that SAM capability
        is reality, and how much of the damage is close to reality?
        \_ The guidance system?  Definitely.  The damage?  depends--a lot
           of SAMs have proximity fuses as airplanes are pretty fragile.
           Laser- and optically-guided anything are sort of old hat. -John
        \_ This is really quite stupid, as they easily have used a SSM like
           a TOW to do the same thing.  Those have been around since the
           70's.  -EricM
        \_ This is really quite stupid, as they could easily have used a SSM
           like a TOW to do the same thing.  Those have been around since the
           70's, and carry bigger warheads to boot (designed to take out
           heavily armored targets).  -EricM

4/24    Why China will Rule The World (NWS)  -John
        http://www.nickscipio.com/funstuff/archive14/images/university1.jpg
        http://www.nickscipio.com/funstuff/archive14/images/university2.jpg

4/23    quota, on crack

4/21    Any plans to install nfrm?  Or any suggestions for alternatives?
        \_ Does /usr/bin/frm work for you?
           \_ I think that'll work.  Thanks.
           \_ I did an "alias nfrm frm -s new"
              \_ nfrm and frm at one time, used to be hardlinks to the
                 same binary.  And its behavior would be based on argv[0]
                 It appears this is no longer the case

4/21    Anyone going to Maker Faire?
        http://www.makezine.com/faire
        \_ I went, it was fun.  It was good to see all the people I've been
           reading about for years.  -scottyg

4/21    The number of users up from last time. Yay!
        grep -v sorry /etc/passwd | wc
            193     451   12862
        \_ So you know the undergrads have over 400 (and counting) requests
           to reactivate accounts? -dans

4/20    In celebration of the return of spring and soda:
        http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4346/1160/1600/boazona9ax.jpg
        \_ BUD DAY salutes that soldier.

4/18    [Deleted because it seems I'm the only one who had that prob]

4/15    11:09:12 up 3 days,  9:25, 18 users,  load average: 1.39, 1.67, 1.56
        ... and counting.  Props to the current undergrads.
        \_ The kids are alright.
           \_ Seconded. Everything looks good so far. Keep up the good work!

4/15    20:55:05 up 2 days, 19:11, 34 users,  load average: 0.66, 0.58, 0.64
        ... and counting.  Props to the current undergrads.
        \_ The kids are alright.
           \_ Seconded. Everything looks good so far. Keep up the good work!

4/17    mailx(aka mail) is not reading my .mailrc's set record option
        when using it from the command line, but is reading it
        when using it interactively. Aliases work with both.

4/15    11:03:34 up 2 days,  9:19, 35 users,  load average: 1.21, 1.05, 1.03
        ... and counting.  Props to the current undergrads.
        \_ The kids are alright.
           \_ Seconded. Everything looks good so far. Keep up the good work!

4/15    17:20:25 up 1 day, 15:36, 35 users,  load average: 0.74, 1.60, 1.33
        ... and counting.  Props to the current undergrads.
        \_ The kids are alright.
           \_ Seconded. Everything looks good so far. Keep up the good work!

4/16    Any guess as to how long mail will take to be delivered?

4/15    23:12:13 up 21:28, 24 users,  load average: 0.76, 0.78, 0.66
        ... and counting.  Props to the current undergrads.

4/15    19:42:14 up 17:58, 27 users,  load average: 0.43, 0.25, 0.14
        ... and counting.  Props to the current undergrads.

4/15    IMAP seems to be working now. I don't know if it's on purpose or not.
        Didn't try POP.
        \_ keep waiting

4/12    Is there something wrong with ssh?  I keep getting kicked off
        while using pine. -jrleek

4/15    First

4/15    Woot!

4/15    install mh, fools
        \- Done.

4/15    Will "frm" be back, or does it not exist in the new OS?
        \- "frm" as in mail "frm"? This is a part of elm. If you'd like
           me to compile elm from source and install it, I will -- or
           is the "from" commmand sufficient? --michener
           \_ How about "nfrm"? -!op
        \_ I use the frm command in scripts to check various files that
           incoming mail is sorted to.  Might be able to use from to do the
           same thing, but haven't looked into that yet.  Ideally, I'd like
           to use frm, as my scripts use it, but this is certainly not a
           top priority at the moment, with all the instability. -op
           \_ Certainly it's preferable that things just work without needing
              to change your scripts, but, as an alternative, you could
              probably modify your scripts to use formail. -dans

4/15    Has the wall_log moved?
        \- try /var/log/wall.log -- if there's any symlinks you'd like
           for scripts or whatever, put 'em down. --michener
           \_ /usr/local/csua/wall_log
              \_ done

4/11    First II
        \_ Third?

4/11    I have 2 normalized 4D vectors v1 and v2 which are linearly independant
        How do I find a length and angle preserving (forgot the terminology)
        transformation which maps the vector v1 onto v2?  I know the Rodrigues
        rotation formula for 3D but that doesn't seem to apply.  I looked at
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SO(4 but most of it went over my head.
        \_ Most of this post went over my head.
        \_ If you are talking about projection of v1 onto v2, the forumula
           would be ((v1 . v2) / (v2 . v2) )*v2.  If this isn't what you are
           looking for please clarify,  Also, this has no dependance on the
           vectors being normalized.
           \_ No I don't mean projection.  And I know how to use the Graham-
              Schmidt process to find basis vectors for the nullspace.  What
              I am looking for is a matrix which is an isometric transform from
              v1 to v2.

4/11     _____ ___ ____  ____ _____ _
        |  ___|_ _|  _ \/ ___|_   _| |
        | |_   | || |_) \___ \ | | | |
        |  _|  | ||  _ < ___) || | |_|
        |_|   |___|_| \_\____/ |_| (_) -dans
        \_ Dang, beat me to it.  -jrleek

4/11    bunch of fucking hosers --Jon
        DOOSH! -dans

4/11    Hey Jon, who's rand's hot coworker in qa? -dans
        \_ the MOTD calls for a picture. is this a 8/10, 7/10, 11/10...??
           -linxu                                              /
           \_ Jon says she's `out of my league,' so she's at least an 8. -dans

4/6     /var/mail almost full.
        \_ Thanks for pointing this out.  It turns out quotas weren't
           enabled on /var/mail, and one user had 15G of mail.  I've
           enabled on /var/mail, and one user had 16G of mail.  I've
           reenabled quotas and truncated the large mailspool, and
           everything seems to be working now.  --mconst

4/6     For Able Danger/Curt Weldon #1 fan guy:
        http://mydd.com/story/2006/4/6/143946/4292
        You trust this guy?

4/6     I know nothing about finances, but I do want to start learning
        about it. Does anyone have any recommendations (books/websites/
        anything) that offers a good, thorough overview of what I should
        know? People in the know have said to "find a good mentor", but
        unfortunately I don't have accesss to anyone with those skills.
        Any ideas? Thanks.

4/3     http://www.flickr.com/photos/thefartparty/83061980/in/photostream
        Yeah, girls hate nerds.

4/5     Baby got back -- anime version
        http://www.virob.com/virob/videos/653.html  -John
        \_ That's awesome!  Thanks for posting!         -mice
        \_ Significantly NSFW depending on how isolated your screen is.

4/5     Jon Kuroda, is this you? It looks like you. A very handsome you are.
        http://tinyurl.com/r9qug (http://www.gay.com
        \_ Cool, another doppleganger.  Alas, as with the guy on the
           SF Gay Pride magazine cover some years back, I don't have
           that sort of build.  Besides, my hair is much longer, I'm
           bit taller but skinnier, and I'm not 35.  Oh, and while I
           do hail from OC, I don't live there.  -Jon
           bit taller but weigh less, and I'm not 35.  Oh, and while
           I do hail from OC, I don't live there.  -Jon

4/4     Internet Argument-Losing Bingo
        http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060405.html
        \_ Your link is ghey.
           \_ Not really, I thought it was funny.
              \_ Your link is ghey.
              \_ He's allowing you to fill in a space on your BINGO card!
                 \_ Get a life.

4/4     Ax, this ones for you (NWS):
        http://www.virob.com/virob/flash/57.html
        \_ These are for Ax too:
                http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6018/ali234c7nq.gif
                http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5803/ali23c3dk.gif
                http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/365/ali2c7tx.gif
                http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3075/alic9bf.gif
                \_ Thanks motd!!  -ax
                \_ That's... disturbing. I was honestly wondering if my
                   glasses were skewed.

4/4     Question for Christians: when you pray, dost thou employ olde English
        as in the KJV?

4/3     http://n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf
        \_ You are so extraordinarilly behind the times, it's almost funny.

4/3     What's the difference between respect and formality? I was trying
        to convince someone that they're different, and I realized I
        didn't quite know myself. Thanks.
        \_ So when I need my hobby and call my provider for my ATF BBW
           escort and she gave me a great GFE the whole night and finish
           it off with a great blue jay and I end up tipping her for a great
           time with 4:20, is the 4:20 a result of respect or formality?
        \_ Formality is adhering to an outside standard, which may involve
           genuine or artificial respect.
           Respect is about giving genuine props to another person/thing,
           which may be from fear or admiration.
           Respect is about taking someone/something seriously, whether out
           of admiration or fear.
           formality 1 : compliance with formal or conventional rules :CEREMONY
        \_ I'm not sure what you're asking but respect is something that's
           felt and formality is something that's observed/performed. So
           maybe that's what you're getting at.
        \_ Formality dictates that the gentlemen open the car door for his
           escort for the evening.  Respect probably has little part in it.
           \- Formality is about adherence to forms/standards/conventions/norms
              the idea of canonicalness etc. Respect has to do with opinion
              or regard. Although I suppose sometime they are used in a bit
              of a gret way [he repected their conventions, or the "formal"
              pronounce was used to show respect. etc]. a letter to your
              of a grey way [he respected their conventions, or the "formal"
              pronoun was used to show respect. etc]. a letter to your
              grandfather might be respectful while a business letter might
              just be formal.
           \_ To be clear, I meant escort as in "employee of an escort
              service"
           \_ You can be a gentleman out of respect for someone.  -John

4/3     Please stop replacing the word 'masturbation' with 'sex'. Allow me
        to try again. I'm new to masturbation and I love it. My new God is
        Sheldon Brown. He brings me a lot of joy and hope in my
        otherwise unfulfilling, platonic, depressed and pathetic
        geek life. Would you like to share your masturbation story?
        \_ I think it suffices to say that the very first time is magical,
           epiphanous.
        \_ Sheldon Brown? Which one?
           http://www.sheldonbrown.com
           http://www.brown24.com

4/3     http://clip.break.com/dnet/media/content/qvcporno.wmv
        Live from QVC Channel (humor)

4/2     Back by popular demand!
        http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4346/1160/1600/boazona9ax.jpg
        \_ Gotta love a girl in uniform.
        \_ what a lucky missile.

3/31    This thread nuked for lack of context or commentary.

3/31    What's the best way to protect a rubber seal so it doesn't crack?
        \_ This really depends on the operational environment. If you want
           a general answer - the best way is to keep it clean. 2d best way
           might be to cover it w/ Petroleum Jelly.

3/31    Looks like it's mostly LA:
        http://tacohunt.blogspot.com - danh

3/31    Portable Washing Machine:
        http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/portable-washing-machine

3/30    http://goat.cx
        Pumpkin Ass Moonlight
        \_ nice. but out of season.

3/30    David Yeagley on Mexico
        http://www.badeagle.com
        \_ jblack is back!

3/30    http://www.frontpagemag.com/media/advertisements/tsad0324.gif
        Liberal t-shirts

3/30    is our email down? getting calls that emails are bouncing

3/29    Does anybody have any data/experience/rule of thumb for dealing with
        the HTTP accept-language header in browsers?  Do most non-english
        browsers set this logically?  tia.

3/29    Is it ok to wear green pants to work?
        \_ Thank you, Mr. Random
           \_ Is it beteer than black or blue pants?
           \_ Is it better than black or blue pants?
        \_ How about something subdued?  Olive is green too.  -John

3/29    http://cache.valleywag.com/tech/sergey-drag.jpg
        http://cache.valleywag.com/tech/ls-hottub.jpg
        Nice pictures of Sergey
        \_ google go down da hole!!

3/29    Own your own landspeeder:
        http://tinyurl.com/jtvcp (ebay.com)
        \_ Based on an 88 Ford Escort?  I guess Luke was used to his
           Landspeeder breaking down too...

3/28    http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=34.212651~-118.660726&style=o&lvl=1&scene=3064367
        Is this an example of how suburbs grow? First they carve out
        the road and then they build houses on top of it?
        \_ Are you FOB?
           \_ yeah I FOB, how that relevant?
        \_ They've gotta get the trucks in there somehow...

3/28    A conservative's take on Dubya's guest worker program
        link:csua.org/u/fcs (work-safe)

3/28    Magnetic Arrow Rest:
        http://www.air-rest.com/products.htm

3/27    After many months of really lame text in spam/virus email, I've
        started getting some pretty interesting stuff this week:
                repudiate eggshell amiably
                gusty banner numbness
                a tropical fire extinguisher
                appraisal on pliant mattress
                shriveled dire wimp
                balmy, the emptiness mule.

3/27    The recent protest shows one thing in common between the jblacks
        and the latinos. It's much easier to find a million unemployed
        jblacks and latinos than whites.
        \_ yea, but it's easier to find a million white pedophiles.

3/27    what's a cool 8 char word from "ABCDEF" besides CAFEBABE?

3/27    Hindi new couple wedding matrimony advice insanity:
        http://www.hindimatrimony.com/consult/private/index.shtml
        \_ As such it is a criminal act according to the INDIAN PENAL CODE.!

3/27    Is this on?

3/27    Let's do this!

3/27    Party hard!

3/27    Anyone know whether the recent SETI@Home donation mails that went
        out are legit?  Looks to be so, but just checking.  -John
        \_ Probably, because there's an article on the same topic in
           http://setiathome.berkeley.edu, and the e-mail I got has the correct
           SETI@home Classic statictics for my Classic account.

3/26    dans is on morph

3/25    EECS Network is going up and down over break for maintenance.  Enjoy
        the instability. -mrauser

3/24    http://campchaos.com/show.php?iID=137
        Humor. Semi.

3/24    tom?
        \_ axiom 2

3/24    http://media.ebaumsworld.com/wmv/hissyfit.wmv
        \_ Sounds like me working on the exchange server..  if i took speed..
        \_ Dude, a translation of that would rock.

3/24    Category: 8 letter words/phrases using only letters A-F.
        \_ fadedabe -abe
        \_ deadbabe, fadedabe -abe
        \_ The best I can get is defaced, but that's only 7.
        \_ egrep.  btw, using the stock freebsd dict/words, there are 11 6-
           letter words (includeing efface and deface) that meet the
           requirement, and 0 7- or 8-letter words.
                \_ Fabaceae?
        \_ cafebabe, deadbeef.  Is 0 allowed too?
          \_ 0 should be allowed.  then you have cafef00d and deadc0ed as well
             \_ b00bbabe
               \_ b00b1e5 !!!
               \_ b00bcafe, b00bfed, badb00b5, fabb00b, fee1b00b... </beavis>
        \_ I went through a 100K word dictionary, and I couldn't find any
           words that matched [a-fo]{8}.  [a-foi]{8}, however, yielded
           codified (C0D1F1ED).  Eh.
           \_ Where do you get this dictionary?
              \_ http://wordlist.sourceforge.net
        \_ facefeed (fellatio).
        \_ cabba9e5
        \_ BADA55E5
           \_ Isn't the category A-F only?
              \_ The most likely reason someone would state that constraint is
                 that they're looking for words you can make out of 32-bit hex

3/23    I love these
        http://www.flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/motivator.php
        http://static.flickr.com/36/83315953_82ca365610_o.jpg
        http://static.flickr.com/25/56787838_e675c8e66f_o.jpg
        http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=25925432&size=o
                \_ Text borrowed from http://www.despair.com
                   \_ With additional typo.

3/23    Incompetence or planned chaos?  Your choice:
        http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11965317/site/newsweek

3/22    difference between white box and grey box and black box?
        \_ shades of grey
        \_ i'll black YOUR box
        \_ The opacity of the box.
        \_ Ethnicity and age of the chick it belongs to.
           \_ What ethnicity would "grey" refer to? I guess maybe it's
              a senior citizen's box.
        \_ black box: you do not have knowledge of how something works.
           \_ The input and output are well specified but the implementation
              is abstracted away (you don't care how it's implemented).
           white box: you have knowledge of what is inside.
           \_ Which is stupid nomenclature: the term "black box" is meant
              to mean that you can't see inside it. The opposite should
              really be "clear box" testing (I've sometimes heard it called
              "glass box" testing), but I guess someone just figured that
              the opposite of black is white, so the opposite of black box
              testing must be white box testing. Ok, I'm done.

3/22    i'll verb YOUR noun
        \_ I'll YOUR your YOUR.

3/22    ~danh/local/bin/naim if you need a command line AOL AIM client
        \_ ...that logs your every word and stalks your female buddies.
           \_ just looking out for you... in case you're a terrorist. :)
           \_ just looking out for you... in case your a terrorist. :)
           \_ you mean guy buddies? thought danh was gay
        \_ i'll command YOUR line

3/21    You know, given all the crazy people and right wing nuts out there,
        [ remainer of post censored.  Certain discussions could get the
          CSUA in trouble with the Secret Service. ]
        \_ Once Geraldine Ferraro came to give a speech at my office.  Day
           before that, a coworker was over-heard joking about killing her.
           before that, a coworker was over-heard joking about shooting her.
           On the day of the visit, he was detained after Secret Service
           found a bow and arrow (he's an avid archer) in his car.
        \_ i'll right wing YOUR nuts

3/21    USA!  USA!  USA!
        http://tinyurl.com/omejl
        \_ We've secretly replaced their ritual blade-cleaning solution with
           HIV!  Let's see if they notice.
        \_ I don't get the "USA Saber" deal.  Is it a subtle hint that "we
           will cut your unveiled women's genitalia, infidel dogs"?  Or do
           they indicate that "we are covered by the mighty sword of the
           badass high-school dropouts from Tennessee and their infallible
           supreme commander"?  What?  Imam Ali wouldn't approve.  -John

3/21    With the cancellation of JLU and Teen Titans; are there any first run
        comics worth a look? The Batman seems okay artwise but a bit too
        kiddish.
        \_ I've heard the Freedom Force comic book is decent. If you
           enjoyed the game (I did) you might want to give it a shot.
        \_ Warren Ellis is usually good.  He's been writing a cheap monthly
           called Fell that I quite like.  I like Brian K. Vaughn's Y. The
           Last Man, and he's been writing a title called the Runaways for
           Marvel.  I'm not a big fan of superhero comics so I don't know if
           Runaways is any good or no.  If you're not reading 100 Bullets, you
           should be, it is easily the best comic available today. -dans
           \_ last 20 issues of 100 Bullets have been stupid tone poems
              or treatises on the dark side of mankind, it's
              the most useless wanking imagineable.  Where'd the plot?
              go?  I agree the first issues were great.  If you're a dude,
              the new "Conan" comics are great.  "Girls" is creepy.
              Go read the trade paperbacks of "Lucifer".  "Punisher"
              has been written lately by the same guy who wrote "Preacher".
              Occasionally it's also the same artist.
              \_ I only read it in trade paperback form, so the last I read
                 was the Hard Eight storyline, which kicked ass.  Garth Ennis
                 wrote "Preacher".  I like his stuff when he's on to
                 something, but I don't find him to be reliably good. -dans
        \_ Powers. It just keeps getting better.
           \_ Also on my list. -dans

3/21    Anyone felt the quake a few minutes ago?
        http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/nc51169283.php
        \_ Ayup, one of our buildings lost power for a minute.  Don't know
           why...  -Dublin
           \_ Larry Ellison is busy bugging your phones.
                   \_ No. Larry Ellison is too busy trying to become a
                      samurai. Why he wants to be a samurai... I have
                      no clue. Does anyone know?
                      \_ So he can lop the arms off peasants that forget to
                         bow to him?
                      \_ cultureless souless
              \_ Damn it!

3/21    For those of you who mised Sean Connery in Zardoz last night... it
        was as good as ever!  The audio was a bit choppy in places but that
        did not diminish the quality of this cinematic classic in any way.
        \_ Can you post your address please?  I want to come to your
           house and rape you to make your life more interesting.
           \_ 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.  Washington DC.  Just ask for "Georgie"
              at the gate.

3/21    What's the best way (fastest method) to increase your search rank?
        The business I work with doesn't mind paying someone but would
        like to know some of the options and their effectiveness. Thanks.
        \_ Pay Google?  That's probably fastest.

3/20    Democracy today:
        http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2006/20060320.jpg

3/20    Zardoz.  Currently on FMC.
        \_ Worst movie eVAR!!! -dans

3/20    It's to hard for you all imaginary trolling assholes
        to USE ENGRISH GRAMMAR?  Fuck.

3/20    TSG has images of all the pot-laced candy products seized in Oakland
        http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0317061candy1.html
        My personal favorites are "Toka-Cola" and "Keef Kat."

3/20    Here's your "cheap" macmini ram.
        http://shop3.outpost.com/product/4700769

3/18    Blue Ball Factory:
        http://bestblueballever.ytmnd.com
        http://blueballs2.ytmnd.com            -John
        \_ What a tease. I was hoping for something better than some
           round blue things.
           \_ Then you should have put out.

3/18    V for Vendetta: Fun, interesting, somewhat laggy in parts, but overall
        a fine cinematic experience. Rabid fans of the comic book will doubt-
        lessly be disappointed.
        \_ Laggy?  Were their Quake FPS shots?
           \_ Wai, yes, their whir.
                \_ WORST MOVIE EVE.   Hello let me speak long speeches
                   about the repressed freedom of man hidden in my soul
                   into a paperbag for 2 hours.  What's with the
                   gratuitous knife fights?  How about the indie
                   music on the Wurlitzer?  Or the flaming dude
                   flashbacks while natalie portman stands out in the
                   rain like a dying turkey?  The writer of the comic
                   book doesn't even appear in the credits.  I almost
                   liked the TOM CRUISE:3 movie trailer better
                   \_ Is this a quote from one of those http://somethingawful.com
                      reviews where they never bother to see the thing they're
                      reviewing, or are you just a flaming idiot?

3/18    Check the thickness of the stone wall in the graphic here:
        http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software

3/17    Seriously, what about those tip jars that you see at food/drink
        establishment counters? Is it fine always ignore those?
        \_ I think the appropriate term for this, the post below it, and the
           random williamc posts is "troll echo".
        \_ Feel free to be cheap if you want.

3/17    Erin go bragh!
        \_ Erin go bleeaaarrrghhhh!
           \_ All the bright young things throwing up their Guiness in the
              gutter.

3/17    Panasonic previews an interactive display:
        http://www.akihabaranews.com/review-63-X.html

3/16    Do you tip your girlfriend for cooking up a great meal? How about
        when she gives you a great blow job? The rationale is that if I
        tip now, she'll give me the same quality of blow job as before.
        Aside from blow jobs, what else should you tip?

3/16    "Video: Animation shows how Ferrari split"
        link:www.yahoo.com/s/280417

3/15    What's the best way to convert DVD->MPEG (assume you're ok with the
        loss of quality)?
        \_ DVDs are already MPEG2 data inside a wrapper.
           Do you mean "extract to mpeg2 files"?
           Do you mean "extract mpeg2, recompress to lower bitrate"?
           Do you mean "extract mpeg2, convert to smaller mpeg4"?

3/15    Beware the Ides of March
        \_ Too late.  They already killed him.  He's dead, Jim!
        \_ I'm more wary of the ides of April.
           \_ Which, curiously enough, turns out to be April 5.
              \_ You're thinking of the nones.
                 \_ True! The Ides of April is on April 13.
        \_ beware the ides of msft

3/14    Hey, welcome back ilyas. Posting normally now eh?
        \_ Hey ilyas, still think the Iraq War was a good idea?
           \_ I don't think ilyas ever said it was. You probably
              got ilyas confused with someone else?
        \_ Huh?
           \_ ilyas was posting on motd using a hidden mechanism and when it
              was discovered he dissappeared for a while. Now he's back.

3/14    I'm used to KDE 3.0.5 and my machine at work was upgraded to 3.3.1.
        Konsole doesn't seem to have an option to move the tab bar to the
        left side of the screen anymore. Is there any way to get it to do
        this?

3/14    STOP OVERWRITING.

3/14    Rat-Squirrel is actually an ancient species:
        http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/09/species.survivor.ap

3/13    For those of you in mountain view, this is kinda a neat reference
        (for restaurants and which are open when):
        http://mv-hours.easilyamused.org

3/13    For the person asking about mercury thermometer last week, here's
        another exchange program: http://csua.org/u/f87 (http://www.unionsanitary.com

3/10    My freezer has a very effective 'anti-frost' unit.  My problem is that
        I typically only need ice cubes maybe once every month or 2, and when
        I go to use them, I find they have half-sublimated away and I have
        a tray full of half-size ice cubes.  Short of disabling the anti-frost
        feature, is there anything I can do to stop ice cubes from shrinking?
        \_ You could cover the tray once it has frozen over.  Try seranwrap?

3/10    What do these look like?  I'm at work and can't
        look
        http://fapomatic.com/show.php?loc=10&f=denisedavies_photos.jpg
        \_ Pretty much like what you'd expect from a site called
           "fapomatic."
           \_ what does fapomatic mean?
              \_ fap ~= masturbate
                \_ I learn something new every day!
              \_ fap is onomatopoeia!
        \_ pretty lame
        \_ let's see if someone deletes this again: they're photos of a woman,
           clothed and unclothed, with grotesquely huge breasts
           \_ Is that really her fault?
              \_ Who said it was?
              \_ No, but getting fucked on camera sure is.

3/9     Alright guys I'm bidding on the induction stove top on eBay,
        PLEASE don't bid on it unless you want to get into a bidding
        war with me because I'm determined to get it. Thanks.
        \_ Keep your induction stove.  I'd take a good gas range any day..
        \_ Why are you obsessed with induction stove? Is it a proven
           technology? Is it SAFE?? Cook in cast iron!

3/9     No really.  Tom and dans, it's either time to GUN DUEL, or shut the
        hell up.
        \_ let them vent. It's not like they're actually going to DO anything
           anyways. Just lots of extra characters on motd, nothing more.
           All talk, no action. No harm. No worry. Let them vent.
        \_ Actually, CSUA should sponsor like a charity event where Tom and
           Dans battle it out in a ring. We could make them wear those stupid
           Sumo Wrestler suits, film it, and send it to America's Funniest
           Home Videos. We could title it "geek v. geek" or something. It
           will consist no doubt of a lot of hand slapping.
        \_ mlee vs. psb, boring
           John vs. ilyas, INTERESTING!
           \_ Wow I'm flattered.  -John
           tom vs. dans, boring.
        \_ Like I said before, it would be dishonorable to engage in combat
           with an individual like Tom who has such a tenuous grip on reality.
           -dans
           \_ Yeah you keep saying that, irrespective of the fact that tom's
              version of events is both credible and coherent, and yours
              really isn't.
              \_ Tom, when you read all the criticism and mockery, some of it
                 justified some of it not, do tears well up in your eyes and
                 do you cry a little?  Does interfere with your sleeping at
                 night?

3/13    What's a good birthday gift for a 19 year old girl?
                                                      \_ woman
                                                         \_ says who?
                                                            \_ US law
                                                               \_ *laugh*
        \_ So very, very many possible responses to that.  Let's keep it clean
           and say "Amazon Gift Certificate"
        \_ What's with the RESTRAINT shown for this motd topic?  Frankly I'm
           not impressed.
           \_ Jeez. We're not pedophiles.  Wait a few days and re-post the
              question with the girl being 19 and see what happens.
        \_ Gift certificate. Tailor to taste.
        \_ Hot beef injection.
           \_ Instant transformation of a 19-yr-old girl to a 19-yr-old woman,
              making the argument above moot.
              \_ US law!

3/9     OMG, TOM VS. DANS GUN DUEL!!!!!!!!!!11!!

3/8     Poll. I use soda mostly for:
        confession: .
        information:
        entertainment: ..
        outlet for frustration:
        motd: .
        trolling the ghost of paolo from 5 years ago: .
        fantasizing about tom's hard sweaty forged in a storm
          of sweaty iron unicycle sessions up mountains
          down valleys and up Spruce abs: ..
        mail: .
        Conducting silly polls: .
        Calling tom on his bs: .
        \_ hello dans!

3/7     I have a write socket and a read socket.  I would like to hook
        them up so such that the read socket flows straight to the write
        socket without me having to do the copy in user space.  Is this
        possible?
        \_ This may or may not be relevant to your overall problem but
           yo can look into "remote DMA" or "RDMA".

3/7     RIP Dana Reeve.
        http://news.yahoo.com/photo/060307/482/f10612f3551c4de4af52a9463af9ef4e
        She's pointing at Chris and me at the same time!  Hot!

3/6     The X3 Trailer is up:
        http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/tls/trailer

3/6     Do "fast sleeper" and "slow sleeper" refer to people who falls asleep
        fast/slow, or people who need a short/long amount of sleeping time to
        get the same amount of rest?  Thx.
        \_ it refers to how long it takes for the guy to roll over and
           fall asleep after he comes

3/6     What's the best way to dispose a thermometer filled with mercury?
        \_ Consult link:www.stopwaste.org They don't have a specific
           category for thermometers, but they do discuss batteries and
           lightbulbs with mercury.
        \_ If it's a health-related thermometer, Kaiser has a free trade-in
           program (they'll give you an electronic replacement).
           \_ Is this ongoing [URL?] or a special one shot trade in program?

3/5     TeX question: Does anyone know how I can make a dot appear on
        top of a letter (like \d but on the top instead of the bottom)?
        \_ \dot{a} should give you an "a" with a dot over it in LaTeX.

3/4     "Dave Chappelle's Block Party" is totally awesome.

3/3     If I change my nis client to have a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0
        from 255.255.255.0, it can no longer connect (broadcast mode)
        to the nisserver with netmask of 255.255.255.0.  Would I have the
        same problem in reverse?  (i.e. if I changed the subnetmask of my
        NIS SERVER to be 255.255.0.0, would clients with netmasks of
        255.255.255.0 not be able to connect?)
        \_obLDAP
        \_ You need to learn about broadcast domains and VLANs. The short
           answer is yes, probably. -ausman

3/3     Hello soap scum and hard water spot experts. I tried CLR on my
        shower door and it removed maybe 25% more spots than Tilex Soap Scum.
        However there are still a lot of spots on the glass and they're just
        not coming off. Will white vinegar work better? Thanks.
        \_ get the distilled vinegar.  one trick i found effective was to
           apply it to paper towels and stick the wet paper towel to the
           surface.  the idea is to let the vinegar sit on the spot for a
           while and let the acid do its thing.  keep in mind your shower
           will smell like vinegar for about a day.
>>>>>>> Your Changes Above

3/2     poll. Yermom's War on Herpes will be:
        prevented:
        break out soon:
        going on right now:

3/2     You think you have a squirrel problem?
        http://www.geekbase.org/squirrelproblem  -John
        \_ that ain't no squirrel.
           \_ That's no moon.
              \_ We got Death Star!

helo?

2/27    I bet you haven't seen a lot of these before:
        http://www.al.com/unseen
        The rioting white people dress better than I do at
        funerals. - danh

2/27    Does anyone keep personal copies of comic strips lying around?
        I'm looking for the January 5th Get Fuzzy strip where Satchel says
        "Oooh snip!" instead of "Oh Snap!" My friend used to archive the strip
        but the archive is now dead.

2/26    She's back!
        link:tinyurl.com/j89j9   -motd boob guy

2/23    http://rrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnhhhh.blogspot.com

2/24    Reading back through that wine post, it's really astounding how
        many puritans play the motd game.
        \_ Repeal the 21st amend!
        \_ Remember that story about Jesus turning water into wine?

2/24    The motd has mutated and spread to dirty trucks:
        /tmp/motd_summedup.jpg
        \_ That so wasn't worth an scp.
           \_ Oh, I'm sorry. Here's a URL if you'd prefer to skip scp:
              http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~erikred/motd_summedup.jpg

2/23    http://www.flickr.com/photos/debbiecbs/61800478/in/set-1336728
        Barbie porn. NWS.

2/23    Tom, I've obtained some more information about DKDY.  Have you
        changed your mind about them?

2/23    Alright, whoever is intentionally restoring the stuff I'm deleting...
        what the hell is your problem?

2/23    ausman you've fucked a lot of girls. Can you explain why all
        the prettiest girls I've dealt with in my life are also the
        bitchest bitches? And why they are so horrible in bed?
        \_ Maybe it is you that is the horrible one.
        \_ because daddy spoiled them.
        \_ They can afford to be.
        \_ they're used to getting their way because they're pretty.
           \_ Plus/minus pressure put on them by an image-conscious society.
              Physical beauty !imply anything other than physical beauty.
              \_ Even Mr. Yeats recognized that physical beauty is at least
                 a mild indicator of lack of non-physical beauty.
                 \_ There's no hard and fast rule.  I've been with ugly girls
                    who were terrible in bed, hot girls who were great in bed,
                    and all variations in between.  It really depends more
                    on the compatibility, tastes, communication, and feelings
                    *between* the two people.  But then, that would be a
                    complex topic that can't be generalized into an easy
                    soundbite.
                    \_ I find it distressing that you mapped "non-physical
                       beauty" to "great in bed".
                       \_ Life ain't shit but bitches and money! --icecube@csua

2/23    Okay, which of you geeks owns a Spiderman mask and lives in LA?
        http://cbs4.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_053092249.html
        \_ HAHAHAHA that is pretty hilarious.
        \_ Fled on foot... Hilarious.
        \_ HAHAHAHA that is pretty hilarious. 13 books worth $15,000. Nice.
        \_ So that's what ilyas has been up to lately.

2/22    The "heil" guy should enjoy this:
        http://youtube.com/results?search=unpimp

2/22    The New Republic prides itself on the fact that each issue includes
        articles that are timely and articles that are timeless. Some times
        the articles turn out to be both--as, for example, in the current
        number of the magazine which fixes on how and why "Identity Goes to
        War" and what happens when it does. The proximate framework for the
        four articles under this rubric is the round-the-world upheaval
        between militant Islamicists and what are mostly secular societies.
        It's easy to point fingers. It's much harder to understand the deep
        and festering troubles of multicultural polities and the questions
        they raise for both the historic majorities and the fast-growing
        minorities. Subscribe today for only $9.97 and you'll get all our
        commentary on these complex issues.
        \_ Please explain why anyone gives a shit about this long, context-
           free excerpt or I'm nuking it.  You have till 23:59 2/23 -dans
           \_ It's more like a long, context-free advertisement.