8/2     Anyone used http://www.rimuhosting.com I'm looking for a good VPS
        provider. Alternatively I'm looking at http://www.ipowerweb.com
        http://www.fourbucks.net http://www.123ehost.com http://www.domaingurus.com
        http://www.neureal.com <DEAD>www.nearlyfreespeech.net<DEAD> http://laughingsquid.net,
        http://www.pair.com http://www.hostway.com http://www.1and1.com http://meer.net,
        http://www.redacorn.org/web-hosting.html and http://www.linode.com
        Which ones are good?
        \_ You may want to check out <DEAD>www.blowuhosting.com<DEAD> too.
        \_ Huh huh heh heh.  He said "rim." -proud American
           \_ I checked that site out.  I didn't find what I was looking
              for.  But I bet you did.  -proud American

8/2     Poll. Mel Gibson is:
        truly sorry: ..
        truly anti-semetic: ..
        sorry he got caught: ...

8/2     Hygiene poll:
                   Deodorant: ....
             Anti-perspirant: ..
   I geek, therefore I stink:
               I don't sweat: ..

8/2     Further hygiene poll.  If you're a desk jockey (programmer, whatever)
        who doesn't work out or even walk fast most days, do you shower:
        At least once a day: ....
        A few days a week: ..
        Once a week: .
        Less:

8/2     Just curious, does anyone here play the RPG Paranoia?
        \_ Who wants to know!??
        \_ http://www.cruisegazing.com/RPG_Motivational/clearance.jpg
           \_ Ha, I've MET this guy!
           \_ Ha, I have a picture of this guy!
              http://www.cruisegazing.com/RPG_Motivational/conventions.jpg
              \_ I already have the email address "optimus prime" so I'm
                 perfectly positioned...
        \_ Geek alert. -proud American
        \_ Yes.

8/2     Hey shac, do you still use nightmarehost, I mean http://dreamhost.com?
        Do you still recommend it after its complete debacle and hundreds
        of pissed off users in the past month or so? I'm a current
        nightmarehost user and I'm trying to find a new service, DESPERATELY.

7/31    My parents have an important anniversary coming up. Is it usually
        expected for kids to do anything for their parents anniversary?
        I never did a thing for any previous one.
        \_ Whether it's expected or not, if you appreciate what they did for
           you and have the resources to do so, it's a wonderful gesture to
           help celebrate their anniversary.
           \_ The above advice is excellent, and need not only apply to your
              parents' anniversary. Which anniversary are they celebrating?
              \_ Yeah that did put things in nice perspective... although I'm
                 just pretty bad with gifts etc. in general. It's hard enough
                 for me to shop for myself. I think it is their 40th.
                 \_ Is it this year? The 40th anniversary is Ruby; my bros.
                    and I pitched in to buy my parents a bottle of 1966 Port
                    from K&L (about $100 with shipping). Even if your parents
                    don't drink, it's a ruby-colored present of some value
                    with the year 1966 displayed prominently on it. --erikred
                    \- i've got to disagree ... if i gave this to my parents
                       they would think it was stupid ... worse even than
                       a kermit lynch gift certificate. a narrow gift like
                       when you know they will have some appreciation of it.
        \_ No.  An anniversary is for the couple only.  You wouldn't want
           to walk in on your parents humping, would you? -proud American
                       a kermit lynch gift certificate :-).
                       to say something constructive: 1. do you have siblings?
                       if so, seems clear you should coordinate. 2. i think
                       you also may want to decide whether to have an event
                       or give them an object. event = small party, dinner
                       with the extended family and friends etc. i suppose
                       different people are sentimental in different ways
                       and you're in the best position to know what your
                       folks would appreciate ... some parents would love
                       a subsidized weekend B&B trip to the wine country ...
                       others would rather spend and evening with their
                       kids who live around the country etc.
        \_ Dude, don't break tradition.  Do nothing.  -proud American

7/31    http://csua.org/u/gkn (latimes.com)
        http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2006-07/24641540.jpg
        http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2006-07/24641533.jpg
        The Arab world's 9/11
        "They were all covered with the dust, and they died" ...
        "These children, they are going to heaven," she said. "The people
        who did this massacre are going to hell."
        Fragment found in the rubble:
        "For use on MK-84 Guided Bomb BSU-37-B"
        \_ Piss-poor troll.
           \_ good pictures though
                \_ Even better photos at http://www.lisadergan.com
                \_ Even better photos at http://www.lisadergan.com -proud American

7/31    I like Dr. Z, he's a much more likeable character than
        Taylor Hicks. In fact I hate Taylor Hicks' commercials
        so much that I'll never buy a Ford aagain.
        \_ What the fuck are you talking about and why should we care?
        \_ Dr. Z was one of Sports Illustrated's best NFL writers and
           always will be. -proud American

7/28    Many have requested
        The E6600
        But does it have zinc?
        \_  Wait until next year
            Dual-K8L, 8 cores
            Then you will be pwned
            \_ That is a haiku
               But I believe you forgot
               To include some zinc
               \_ Processor is not here
                  Obsession remains
                  Perhaps I can find zinc

7/28    I need 500 E6600 processors to rub all over my naked body.  Anyone
        know where I can get them?
        \_ Consider doubling your order, then you can get them direct from
           Intel at 1kU pricing.

7/28    The passion of the booze
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060728/en_celeb_eo/19622
        \_ Booz helps him reconnect with his religion and conservatism

7/27    Are all RFID the same? Can I program a car with SKS keyless entry
        to accept a regular FOB that opens up my lab?

7/26    Anyone have the Shimano Flight Deck? Good/bad?

7/25    For the curious:  http://www.caiso.com/outlook/SystemStatus.html

7/25    Any recommendations for an X-windows program like xclock -digital
        which displays 2 or 3 timezone clocks at once?  I tried getting some
        for Windows too couldn't find anything that didn't suck ...
        \_ You could always just run "env TZ=EST5EDT xclock -digital".

7/25    The Big Lebowski, the F-ing Short Version (sound NSFW)
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqtgfjkB6Pg

7/20    Anyone know a good, free, thread-safe, Linux, C++ logging library?
        \_ Anyone tried log4cpp?

7/20    Anyone know a good, free, Linux, C++ logging library?

7/20    Why is it that Dayquil works like a charm while Safeway's DayTime
        (which contains the same active ingredients) did not? Is there some
        magic mojo in the mixing process at Vick's that Safeway can't crack?
        \_ Must be the unlisted ingredient "Quil"
        \_ I swear some of those generic stuff is just a placebo. Friend
           a test of antiacids for ChemE and found the Rite-Aid pepto-fake
           was 100% ineffective.

7/19    Sniper Take Down
        http://strategypage.com/gallery/articles/military_photos_200671902726.asp

7/19    psb, how come you haven't been doing your job of cleaning up
        the motd? The archiver stops archiving when the size is too big.

7/19    AAAAAAAGH    http://www.itgoddess.info  -John
        \_ work safe?
           \_ Reasonably.

7/18    Juhn mey be-a un ideeut boot I injuy trulleeng heem. Thunk Gud fur
        stoopeed peuple-a leeke-a heem vhu prufeede-a huoors ooff free-a
        interteeenment. Heeel.
        \_ bork bork bork.

7/17    What type of ants have wings?  I saw some ants with wings in my
        house yesterday.  I've only seen ants with no wings before yesterday.
        \_ queens
           \_ and drones
        \_ termites (see http://csua.org/u/gg1 )
        \_ They're either winged ants (breeders), termites (also breeders)
           or some kind of wasp.  Nearly all ants have winged breeders.
           Are you sure these were ants?  Were they mixed in peacefully
           with a bunch of ants?
           \_ No.  The ones I saw are all by themselves individually, not near
              where I found lines of ants elsewhere in the house.

7/16    Tomorrow, Mon 7/17, is the fourth Spare the Air Day of the year with
        FREE transit rides all day.  http://www.sparetheair.org
        \_ Plus free parking at all BART stations.

7/13    Whoa, I got an e-mail!  The header even says it was scanned by ClamAV.
        However, the two e-mails I sent myself 10 minutes ago haven't arrived.
        \_ root still hasn't fixed the problems with ClamAV

7/13    Really great mindmap I was sent, for anyone who does systems
        analysis and pen testing:  -John
        http://www.vulnerabilityassessment.co.uk/Penetration%20Test.h

7/12    Crash.

7/10    Anyone have a picture of BIG4RENTS construction equipment
        "edited" to read BIG4PENIS? Dunno if it still happens, but it
        was common on campus ~5 years ago.
        \_ link:www.csua.org/u/geh
        \_ What about PENIS4RENT?
        \_ What about PENIS4RENTS?
           \_ What about PENIS4CUNTS?
        \_ Can't you just google for an image of BIGPENIS?
        \_ I do...I spent all last night looking through my archives of
           photos and could not find them though.  I will try again tonight.
           -scottyg

7/11    Syd Barrett RIP

7/10    Popular Mechanics 9/11: Debunking The Myths
        http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/defense/1227842.html?page=1&c=y
        \_ So it's _not_ 0.81 repeating!

7/10    Saw Devil Wears Prada this weekend.  Excellent.  I bet all you computer
        types will recognize the Miranda Priestley in you.
        \_ I liked it.  You are stupid.  Keira Knightley is still flat.
        \_ Chick flick.  Don't watch it.
        \_ Yes

7/10    Rumor has it that MM told ZZ "Sei una terrorista."
        \_ I liked it.  You are stupid.  Keira Knightley is still flat.
        \_ don't forget he was also violently nipple-tweaked </troll>
           \- BTW, by far the best headline about "the incident"
              is TNR's "Tete Offensive". That's awesome ... worthy of
              the E'ist. --psb, resident ZZ apologist. p.s. "mexican
              standoff" about the SotB election is also pretty good. ok tnx.

7/8     Please recommend a cheap place to change oil in Berkeley. I used to go
        to Purrfect Auto Service on San Pablo where it costs $10 with a coupon
        but they closed due to a fire. Just-do-it-yourself types need not
        apply.

7/8     What's the best way (as in least messy, least effort) to remove rust
        on metals that have been sitting in the basement for a while? I have
        a few things that I'm trying to recover to sell on eBay but I'd like
        to clean them up first. For example, rusted screws, panels, etc.
        \_ Acid, the stronger, the quicker it works.  Lemon juice will work if
           you can let it sit for a day or two.  If you want to seal the metal
           there are products that will turn the rust into a black paint like
           substance.  If you want something nice try:
           http://tinyurl.com/olpyz (TM technology) -scottyg
        \_ MythBusters claims coke + alumnium foil worked well on rusted chrome.

7/8     What is the origin of the phrase BFE (Butt Fuck Egypt)?
        \_ This is not authoritative by any means, but a friend of mine claims
           that it comes from all the towns in the South named after Egyptian
           cities, such as Memphis.  Apparently there are quite a few such
           towns.

7/8     Afghidan
        http://afghanidan.blogspot.com

7/7     What is the origin of the phrase "with a whisper not a bang", or of
        versions thereof?  I recall Dennis Hopper's "not with a bang, with
        a whimper" from Apocalypse now, but I keep seeing references to
        variants of the phrase...or is it just a common saying?  -John
        \- ts eliot's "the hollow men". there are a lot of connections between
           dante: divine comedy -> conrad: heart of darkness -> ts eliot ->
           apocalypse now ... and now i guess "v for vengence". ok tnx --psb
           apocalypse now ... and now i guess "v for vengence".
           you must now pay a penny to the old guy. ok tnx --psb
           \_ Forgot to say thank you.  I owe you a coke.  -John

7/7     I will download and have a look!
        \_ <snicker>

7/6     Wow, you know that anti-Islam movie?  There's an ad on http://drudgereport.com
        now:  http://www.mercuras.com/0706/300x250_Quixotic_1.gif

7/5     What's the best (lightest+brightest) LED light and rear light
        for a road bike?

7/4     Vets for Irey
        http://vets4irey.com/index.shtml

7/3     Who's the dipwad aggressively restoring stale threads from last week?

7/2     It is true
        http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4346/1160/1600/226102010tiNeGo_ph.jpg

7/2     More revisionist history: Vietnam was Nixon's war
        http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/theusvsjohnlennon
        \_ "From the same studio as Fahrenheit 911" Well, hey, it worked
           the first time...

6/30    http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~erikred/wallchart.pdf updated: 1057 PST
        \_ Updated: 1407 PST

6/29    [URL without description deleted]

6/29    http://www.instructables.com/ex/i/3C61E5B2FF42102880EC001143E7E506/?ALLSTEPS

6/29    Esquire has an article on the fate of John Walker Lindh which is
        quite good:  http://www.csua.org/u/gar

*/*     Old idle crap purged.

6/26    anyone know of a way i can say to IIS "it is ok to run foo.cgi
        but nothing else?" instead of having to turn on "allow all CGI/ISAPI"
        this is IIS6 on win2k3.  Ok thx.

6/26    Is http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~erikred/wallchart.pdf
        going to be updated again?
        \_ Apologies! Forgot to do so over the weekend. All up-to-date now.
           Btw, the losers of the most recent match really did it to
           themselves.
           \_ Nix; hold on, updating again.
           themselves. [Updated: 1044 PST]
           \_ And updated again: 1446 PST
              \_ Did you change the URL? I don't see any 2nd round results.

6/26    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060623/us_nm/life_friends_dc;
        Americans lonier now than before

6/24    Did anyone ever figure out that YouTube puzzle?  -John
        \_ I was hoping you did! :)  -peterl
           \_ Gah.  I sent it to about 6 friends who're good at text/
              number puzzles and gave up after spending about 4 evenings
              breaking my head over it.  Junk.  -John

6/23    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_dvd_ripper
        Anyone heard anything bad/spywarey/malwarey about that program?
        It's worked really well so far, am about to actually buy it.

6/23    Haha, I know waaay too many of these people, how about you?
        http://attrition.org/hosted/sexchart/sexchart.9.42
        \_ "Know" in what sense?
        \_ How can you know so many of those people and not have
           seen that? I know very few of those ppl and have somehow
           come across that 2-3 times.
        \_ How do these handles translate?  They aren't soda handles or
           anything I take it.
           \_ looks like irc handles

6/23    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLCgfyd0SQc
        Watch where you're going buddy! Damn bikers.

6/23    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5F8IxNQJJM
        Did the Federal or State government pay for this ad?
        \_ Sure, but not your government, unless you live in the UK.

6/22    apache temporarily turned off (for an hour or two) until Ed can get
        his act together. We apologize for the inconvience! --michener

6/22    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LenbSKbn-U
        Congresspeople are idiots. I like the one who admitted he couldn't
        beat Civilization 4. Even on the easy level? Should he be in
        government?
        \_ Because clearly videogames are an ideal determinant for fitness
           in public office.
        \_ clearly we should raise taxes so they can spend more of the
           taxpayers money.
           \_ Absolutely but only the videogames I'm good at.

6/22    Yes, you can find the results of the latest matches at fifa.yahoo,
        but I've got an updated pdf of the BBC wallchart at:
        http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~erikred/wallchart.pdf
        (Bumped for updates.)

6/20    Ask a Mexican:
        http://www.ocweekly.com/columns/ask-a-mexican
        \_ The funny thing is... he isn't even from Mexico.  Shouldn't it be
           "Ask a Mexican-American"?
           \_ And from his interview on the Colbert Report he doesn't seem
              too bright, either.
              \_ He was hilarious on the CR.
                 http://youtube.com/watch?v=mUwQ2YYRlaE

6/20    England and Sweden tie, 2-2
        Paraguay beats Trinidad & Tobago, 2-0
        Germany to face Sweden on Saturday, England to face Ecuador on Sunday
        \_ And then?
        \_ Thanks for ruining it, you ruiner.
           \_ Also, River Tam is made of chocolate.
              \_ Nerrrrrrrrrrrrds!

6/19    Thought this might be useful for anyone shoved into a windows admin
        job:  ~scotsman/contact_info.cgi
        LDAP editor for contact info in the AD.  If you make useful changes,
        please keep me apprised.  Thanks.
        --scotsman
        \_ Other options include http://www.dice.com http://www.monster.com and
           http://www.hotjobs.com   ;-)

6/19    Old crap re-purged.

6/18    http://hawaiianimages.net
        Aerial photograph of Hawaii big island coast. Pretty pretty.

6/18    What's up with http://www.csua.berkeley.edu

6/15    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13350015
        Hip-hop music does NOT increase the rate of hearing loss.
        \_ How about brain cell loss?

6/15    Would appreciate assistance identifying this character:
        http://www.gotohogwarts.com/about/2.gif
        \_ looks like Zartan's face on top of the Green Arrow
           \_ Yes, that's it, thanks, spot on.
           \_ Nah, it's just Zartan.

6/15    Movie trivia question:  In the 1968 Peter Sellers film "The Party",
        he arrives at the party in a cool 1930s-looking roadster.  What
        type of car is that?  -John
        \_ Oop, found it, Morgan 3-Wheeler.  -John

6/14    Conan, what is best in life?
        - A shit so good that your pants fit better after not
          relieving yourself after 4 days
        - Really awesome oral sex with your hot girlfriend
        - A marathon wank session in the parking garage at work
        - A good steak
        - I guess vanilla sex is all right too.
          \_ A good base ogg is better than shitty sex.
           \_ dude, parking tickets are better than shitty sex

6/13    Has anybody used stainless steel (downhill) skis?  Any thoguhts
        about them compared to the usual fibreglass skis?
        \- One of my pairs of skis are some older Volants [Power Karves].
           Does anybody else make steel skis? They are pretty aggressive
           skis and ok for cruddy conditions. Volant has been sold a few
           times and now is in the hands of the ATOMIC people. Not sure
           what their plans are.  It's essentially impossible to give ski
           advice without info about yor ability level, terrain type and
           priorities. I suppose "if you have to ask", your probably dont
           want Volants [$$$]. --psb
        \- One of my pairs of skis are some older Volants. Does anybody else
           make steel skis? They are pretty aggressive skis and ok for cruddy
           conditions.  Volant has been sold a few times and now is in the
           hands of the ATOMIC people. Not sure what their plans are. --psb
           what their plans are. BTW, it's essentially imppossible to
           give ski gear advice without knowing how good a skiier you are,
           typicaly terrain, and priorities [downhill racing or slalom].
           typical terrain, and priorities [downhill racing or slalom].
           If you have to ask, Volant skis are probably not the right ones
           [$$$ and good in bad conditions]. --psb

6/13    Anyone have any recommendation for a reasonable-cost accountant?
        I'm starting a consulting business on the side and thought I'd
        look into it. The side business is for lunch money, so cost is a
        big factor.
        \_ Isn't accounting one of those professions being outsourced
           to India?
           \_ Accounting is actually one of the safer professions, I
              think. They do things like conduct audits, which often
              requires them to be on-site. I'm also not sure how many
              American companies want to open their books to foreigners.
              CPAs are also regulated by the State. I can imagine the legal
              problems with trying to go after a foreign accounting firm
              engaged in, say, fraud.
           \_ No.

6/13    Pre 6/12, brutally executed.  Carry on.
        \_ don't break your arm patting yourself on the back
           \_ if you don't "get it", an explanation won't help you.

6/12    RIP Gyorgy Ligeti

6/10    Smoke kills
        http://pmad.net/files/humour/smokekill.swf  -John

6/9     dcs and dim, are you guys Republicans?
        \_ More to the point, dim, how's Irvine?

6/9     Pre-6/8: purged in bulk.  Carry on.

6/8     http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13167385
        How to love fat and fabulous women.

6/7     http://www.insultthepresident.com

6/7     Going to a 90's party. What's typical/classic 90's wear?
        \_ Grunge. Wear flannel.

6/7     http://revver.com/video/16647/8097/?__session_just_started__=1
        This guy has that sysadm look.
        \_ totally boring.
           \_ yeah.. what the hell was the point of that?

6/7     Conn. City Leaders OK Riverfront Evictions
        http://abcnews.go.com/US/print?id=2043764

6/6     I've heard some talk about articles over the weekend on how much
        money the UC system wastes.  I can't seem to find them, does
        anyone have a link?

6/4     Nut, or just doing what Christianity teaches?
        http://www.break.com/index/hannityloon.html
        \_ what's the difference?
           \_ Ah, spoken like a well behaved little wingnut.

6/4     http://tinyurl.com/jxnnd
        Costco to sell hi-end Fezzari equipments. Is that their Chinese
        knockoff of Ferrari?

6/2     PSP graps porn out of thin air!
        http://www.fox9.com/news/investigators/story.asp?1653685
        \_ page is blank in the middle for me in both IE & FF
           \_ Huh, the article disappeared

6/2     This appeared briefly on http://craigslist.org. Deleted by author soon after:
        http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~erikred/batsuit.html

6/2     Um, the person who usually deletes stale posts has been slacking
        off for the past 2 days. I'm taking over for the next 12 hours.

6/1     Juggling in a cone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqDAf_lg9Xs

6/1     New "bio-ooze" shooting super soaker.  Umm.. wow.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt4MgnHc
        \_ see also: archived http://amazon.com reviews at http://csua.org/u/g23

6/1     little yellow man too polite to rob a bank:
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060601/od_nm/japan_robber_dc
        \_ Story's interesting; your racist idiocy is not.
           \_ but the op didn't say "jap", "chink", "oriental", or other
              derogatory terms
              \_ Since you're probably not this obtuse, go away, troll.
                 \_ Why is "little yellow man" bad but "big white man" is
                    ok?
                    \_ how about "big straw man"?  -tom
                       \_ (if i only had a brain...)

6/01    I can't seem to find metamail. Am I looking in the wrong place or
        is there an alternative I should be using?
        \_ I've installed it; it should work now.  --mconst
           \_ suexec suexec suexec PLEEEEEZ?

5/30    [rant self-deleted]

5/30    In a 5-4 decision (Kennedy being swing vote), justices decide that
        government employees are not protected by the Constitution when
        pointing out wrongdoing and suffer punishment because of it.  State
        laws, if they exist, still apply.

5/30    SF City Hall evacuated due to "several suspicious packages":
        http://kpix.com
        \_ A good friend of mine works at city hall and tells me that bomb
           scares (and evacuations) are pretty frequent, average maybe once
           every month or two.  Her department takes them with a grain of salt
           since one time the fire department forgot to evacuate them. -dans
           \_ Dude, that's just sad.
           \_ "Forgot".  -John
              \_ Nah, they're the press clippings department.  There is no
                 political reason to forget them.  Now, if they were the
                 Department of Emergency services, that's a different story
                 entirely. -dans

5/29    The Da Vinci Code review:
        1) Directed by Ron Howard. One of the worst directors in
        Hollywood today: unimaginative, ham-handed, and self-important.
        2) Poor casting. Neither Tom Hanks nor Audrey Tautou fit their
        parts, nor do they have strong personalities to make the parts
        their own.
        3) The book was lame.
        I give it an optimistic D+
        \_ I'd agree except Ron Howard did Arrested Development, which in
           my opinion, is brilliant. -scottyg
        \_ If the book was lame, why did you even bother seeing the movie?

5/26    This is a lot better than the third Matrix movie:
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb33uWeRplo
        \_ So is a punch in the jaw, that ain't sayin' much.
        \_ That's awesome.
              Pipeline... connected to my mind
              High fry... cause it makes you feel so nice
              Don't let it blow your mind away,
              and go into your little hideaway,
              Cause white lines... blow awayyy

5/26    Can public defenders choose which clients to defend, or are they
        assigned?
        \_ Assigned.
        \_ Depends on who's on duty at the PD office.

5/25    I have a GNUmakefile with the command: "cid + dictionary.c" in it.
        I don't seem to have cid installed, does anyone know what it is?
        It doesn't seem to be easily googleable.

5/25    I admit my fetish because I can't hide it anymore. I like skinny
        legged women and Audrey Tautou in The Davinci Code totally turns me
        on. What do you think?
        \_ Depends. Is it immoral to have a crush on Jesus Christ's
           descendant?
        \_ Kate Moss?
           \_ The op is asking what you think about Audrey Tautou
        \_ You call that a fetish?
        \_ Her legs are gross. I like shapely legs, not twigs.

5/23    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12818892
        What to do if your co-worker has a crush on you.
        \_ You think this might be a problem for someone on soda?
           \_ Well, a female co-worker keeps commenting on how fine
              my ass is.  I do work out 1+ hours/day.  It doesn't
              bother me, though I guess some could consider it
              inappropriate.
              \_ I'm guessing she's not hot or you would've hit that already.

5/23    Silly poll: on a scale of 1-10, where 1=happy and 10=pissed off,
        what were your reactions to OJ Simpson's not guilty verdict
        back in 1995?
        9: ..
        \_ I was just happy that it was *over* and out of the news.
           \_ .
        \_ Wrong scale.  How about "disappointed in the failure of the legal
           system"?  I was also just happy it was over as well.  Turning the
           legal system into a TV show was a bad idea.

5/23    Sterling Burnett self-Godwins
        http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/23/gore-movie-g

5/23    Katamari in the bay to breakers
        http://tinyurl.com/obbea - danh
        \_ Unlike most danh URLs, this one is not like acid in the eyes.
           \_ and more: http://www.flickr.com/groups/b2bkd/pool

5/22    Keep embarassing the emperor
        who wears no clothes
        when they say yes, you say no.
        when they act as if nothing appears wrong
        you should speak out and sing your song
        when those people who reward the business class too much
        we should speak out and say enough!
        when those people trump up a war
        someone should say enough!
        start a referendum with your money
        don't shop where those who cooperate
        with the monkey king
        keep up the pressure and you will grab the ring.

5/22    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12922324
        "This just 'we ride out, hold it for an hour, get hit, ride back in and
        now we don't hold it anymore,' what's the point?" said Ruble of the
        Army's 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment. I believe in the cause
        and I believe in doing good, but when were going out, getting hurt and
        ... not accomplishing anything, why are we going out there?"
        Sound familiar?

5/20    To the motd, I say: Mehr schein als sein!

5/19    I need a simple plug-in 196-bit (or so) encryption library.
        Semetric key is easiest, but public key is ok if that's the only
        thing I can get.  I got poly1305aes, which seems to fit my needs
        ok, but it's public key and the documentation is non-existant.
        Any ideas?

5/24    ~ilyas/pub/listcompression.txt.  Anyone have insight into this problem?
        (I am nowhere near the answer myself).  -- ilyas
        \_ in what real life problem did this come up? -ali
           \_ This comes up in rule-processing.  But I hope the problem is
              interesting in its own right. -- ilyas
              \_ [blather restored]
              \_ it's not interesting. -ali
                 \_ yes it is. --ilyas
                    \_ no it isn't. -ali
                       \_ are you prepared to explain why? --ilyas
                          \_ are you prepared to suck my dick? -ali
                             \_ is that an objective insult? --ilyas
                                \_ no it's a contrived one. -ali
                                   \_ don't you mean, contrived to you?   --il
                                      \_ no, i mean contrived in an absolute...
                                         \_ how do you plan to suck my dick? -
                                            \_ ... [etc.]
        \_ This moment in motd history is brought to you by: Nebiscooo....

5/19    Can someone watch Da Vinci Code for the rest of soda and tell us how
        much it sux0rz?
        \_ http://rottentomatoes.com  It fared worse than Poseidon....
        \_ The trick with stupid "summer blockbusters" is that you should be
           less concentrated on the movie than your date... oh, wait. :D
        \_ Caught a matinee today. The trailer for PotC2 got much more
           applaused than did The Da Vinci Code.

5/19    NYTimes article from 4/2005 about Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Interesting.
        http://csua.org/u/fx6

5/18    To learn ruby, are any books other than the "pickaxe" recommended?
        \_ The new pickaxe book is very, very good.  If you want something
           online and very, very quirky, try:
           http://poignantguide.net/ruby/chapter-1.html   --dbushong
        \_ Do yourself a favor... don't.  Ruby makes javascript look fast.
           \_ Do you understand there are many cases where prototyping
              speed and correctness are more important than execution
              speed.
           \_ Quirky and usless.
              \_ Hey, I never said useful.  --dbushong
           \_ Hmmm... it's interesting that he makes a lot of attempts at
              simple explanations a metaphores, but if I wasn't a
              programmer already, I would have no idea what he's talking
              about.
           \_ That is filled with way too much useless verbiage trying
              to be clever and failing.

5/16    Where can I find a good knish in the Bay Area?
        \_ Try East Coast West on Polk in SF--if they don't have any, they
           can probably tell you where to go.  -John

5/16    I am sick and tired of Hugo Chavez. Venezuela should return to its
        role of producing smoking hotties and stop stirring up shit for
        no reason. I am surprised that the people of Venezuela like this
        guy who gives their money away to other countries to make
        political points.
        \_ I wonder if other countries are sick of George Bush.  Naaaaah!
           \_ Probably, but he'll be gone in 2 years.
                \_ We hope
              \_ If we are lucky then it will be less than that.  (And yes
                 I'm aware that means president Cheney)

5/15    http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40075000/jpg/_40075969_gaddafi_b203_ap.jpg (Look I'm serious!)
        http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/US/05/15/libya/newt1.gadafhi3.gi.jpg (Look I'm jolly!)

5/14    Al Gore opening SNL with presidential address
        http://movies.crooksandliars.com/SNL-Al-Gore-5-14-06.wmv
        http://movies.crooksandliars.com/SNL-Al-Gore-5-14.mov
        \_ This is hilarious, thanks whoever posted this!

5/13    Gems from running
        $ dadadodo /etc/motd.public
        (a program for fun with Markov chains):
        Telegraph and the NSA to assume you will immediately resign his dick

        Star conservative judge declare a mushroom cloud over the hand wavey
        part from the next land.
        --michener

5/13    creepy:
        http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/2379.html
        \_ What's creepy about it, and seeing as its authenticity is
           probably suspect, what's the big deal?
           \_ If you do not forward the URL to another person, you will die

5/12    It's amazing what you'll randomly find using google images:
        Not work safe!
        link:csua.org/u/fua

5/12    Have any of you used OpenMake?  Our build engineer seems kinda excited
        about it.  We're using Ant now and are reasonably satisfied, but I
        think she wants to change because she's not too comforable using Ant.

5/11    Hi guys.  Is JIRA all that?  We have Bugzilla too, but JIRA looks nice,
        and we can afford it.  Thanks.
        \_ It was the leading candidate in our attempt to replace Bugzilla,
           but there were enough problems with it that we decided not to use
           it. (The status of the replacement project is undetermined.) My
           biggest complaint was that the search interface sucks, both in
           terms of UI and power. I also didn't much care for the fact that
           email preferences are per-project and not per-user, so I can't
           adjust when I get email. The lack of Bugzilla's "watch user"
           feature is a problem too; although some aspects of notification
           schemas are better than user watching, they don't cover the same
           set of features. I also just didn't like the UI -- every action
           requires opening a new page, it's clunky, important information
           isn't presented very well, and it keeps rather more state than
           I would like (so clicking on one link, clicking a second link,
           and clicking the first link again doesn't bring me back to the
           same page). It seems like it's not well built for the way we work.
           There are features we like, just not enough to overcome the things
           we didn't like. -gm
           \_ We switched to JIRA. All the things that gm doesn't like, except
              for the back page stuff, you can control by setting up custom
              work flows. This takes time though. -ausman
              \_ Thanks guys.

5/10    A flashlight I've owned for over 20 years finally burned out its
        bulb which gives me an excuse to buy a new LED flash light. Anyone
        have recommendations?
        \_ The Gerber Inifinity is pretty cool.
        \_ preferred form factor?
        \_ the Inova ones are pretty sweet and sturdy: http://www.inovalight.com
           \_ I second that.  I have three Surefire (P6, M2 with LED
              conversion, and G2).  Every single one of them had
              assembly flaw.  Chinese workers getting paid pennies an
              hour would have assembled them better, but no, it's made
              in the U.S.  It's WAY overpriced, too.  Also, if you use
              it a lot, you'll want rechargeable.  There are CR123A-sized
              rechargeable Li-Ion (slightly higher voltage, about half the
              capacity of non-rechargeable type), but I've never tried it.
              I also have Inova light and it's much cheaper and just as
              good, if not better.  Well, Surefire does use high quality
              materials.
        \_ If it's a quality flashlight (e.g. Mag) you can buy another bulb.
           \_ maglights are shit.
              \_ ?  I have mags in my cars, and have had several of all
                 sizes.  Never had a problem.  Why s hit?  -John

5/10    have you heard about Blue Frog securities?  Apparently it is a good spam
        fighting engine (body). http://list.windowsitpro.com/t?ctl=299E7:53FC2

5/8     http://www.thefatmanwalking.com
        Wake up fat sysadms!!! This guy is your inspiration!!!
        \_ Yes--hasn't he pretty much maintained his body weight?  -John
           \_ According to the CNN article: 410->305.       -mice
              http://tinyurl.com/jozq3
              \_ Gah, ok--I recall reading something about him that claimed
                 he'd basically not lost any weight at all, or rather
                 gained it all back.  -John
              \_ All he has to do now is walk back and he'll be his perfect
                 weight.

5/8     pine on another ISP (dreamhost.com) uses IMAP. How do I make it
        recognize and use my local mail directory?

5/8     Blair to follow in Straw's foootsteps?
        http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4984164.stm

5/8     Is it just me, or has quota not been working for the past week?  It
        seems there is a mail quota, but no disk quota.

5/7     Anyone following the EE bonds and I bonds?  Why did the rate drop
        from about 6% to 2% on the newly issued I bonds?
        \_ Aren't I Bonds a fixed rate + CPI? How could they be 2%, since
           inflation is higher than that???
           \_ yes. the 2% is the fixed rate on *newly issued* bonds.
              \_ The old rate was 6% + CPI??? Wow, I should have gotten
                 me some of those. They had a higher rate of return and
                 less risk than T-Bills. Somehow, I think you have that
                 value wrong.
           \_ the current base rate is 1.4%, inflation payout is 1%
              a total of 2.4% for the next 6 month period. inflation
              payout for the previous 6-month period was > 5%
              http://tinyurl.com/jnhfg
              \_ Inflation is 1%??? These bastards are lying. Again.

5/5     Attention all you aznphiles:
        http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/thefastandthefurioustokyodrift/large.html
        \_ 80 column you ass.

5/4     You can't spell "sodans" without "dans".  Meditate on this.
        \_ Soduhns.  Sodawns.  Sod'ns.  Sodens.  Soduns.
           \_ Sodites.  Sodalites.  Soditians.  CSUA-ers.
              \_ Sodamites.
                 \_ Sotians.  Sodalians.  Sodarians.
        \_ Sod off, wanker.
           \_ Wow.  I see someone has picked up my penchant for insults lifted
              from British English. -dans

5/4     Don't buy diamond shaped paper shredders. The blades get wrapped
        easily and break down fast. My expensive Ativa diamond shaped
        shredder that I bought for $69.99 broke down in 5 months.

5/4     soda does not auto log off after inactivity now?
        \_ it didn't before.
        \_ you might have been seeing NAT timeouts before
        \_ different version of tcsh may have different defaults

5/4     http://www.nantes.fr/ext/royal_de_luxe_2005
        this is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.  giant puppet
        elephants make me want to fly to London as soon as possible.
        \_ Huh? I don't see any elephant.
           \_ next page
        \_ Paris.  Muppet.  -John
        \_ I am somehow put in mind of H.G. Wells.

5/4     Hey, any idea how Soda was compromised?  Was it USB keylogger from
        internal machines?  Most likely not from traffic sniffing right?
        \_ V FOR VENDETTA!
           \_ lol, wtf

5/1     BSP: May 12, Mars Bar 798 Brannan @ 7th St.
        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!

5/3     So, is cgi-bin gonna be enabled any time soon?

5/3     So how do you guys like googlable wall?
        \_ URL?

5/2     Finally found that jrleek that never flushes.

5/2     Finally found that jrleek that never flushes.
        http://csua.org/u/fp5

5/3     I visited San Pedro de Atacama with some friends last week, and it
        had some of the most mind-blowing night sky views I've ever seen
        (in addition to being an all-around pretty amazing area.)  If
        anyone is into this sort of thing, I highly recommend checking it
        out; if you're there, you should give these guys a peek:
        http://www.spaceobs.com/en -- their "tour" was great.  -John
        \_ No money to travel :(

5/3     Hmm.. got a message today dated 4/26.. Anyone else?
        \_ I got more spam.  Lots of spam.

5/2     Finally found that jerk that never flushes.
        http://csua.org/u/fp5

5/2     my company's first mention:
        http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/01/technology/cable_placement_fortune/index.htm

5/2     What are the cons of living in the UC Village?
        \_ Either really ghetto living (former army-type housing)
           or über-expensive for what it is new accomodations
        \_ You lose your soul.
        \_ I guess by definition all of the hot MILFs at UCB live
           in the UC Village.

5/2     my company's first mention:
        http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/01/technology
        cable_placement_fortune/index.htm

5/2     I tried to make a deposit at the ATM and made a 1 digit mistake
        and the machine thinks I'm depositing X even though I'm really
        depositing Y. Will the correction be made somehow, and will I
        get penalized for the mistake?
        \_ They'll correct the error.  My bank charges me $5 if I make an
           incorrect deposit at another bank's ATM, but not if I do it at
           their own ATMs.
        \_ depends on your bank.  Yes, they will correct it.
        \_ Whatever else you do, do not attempt to spend any erroneous
           and illusory windfall you may think you've gained. They will
           correct, and they will want their money back.
        \_ Yeah, I made this mistake at my bank a while back.  They
           corrected it and didn't charge anything.  I didn't even realize
           the mistake until they corrected it.  (I think it my case I had
           inputted too little.  Desposited $500 but inputted $50 or
           something.)

5/2     quota doesn't seem to be working.

5/1     dans vs. tom, round 2. Round 1 winner = tom.
        \_ Two nerds enter.  One twink leaves.
        \_ I think I would award yesterday's bout to dans.  I think that
           makes the running tally something like tom: 3 dans: 1
           \_ Well, it helps not being a ranting, stubborn, lunatic.
           \_ Well, being a ranting, stubborn lunatic doesn't help.
           \_ You need to do an opinionated analysis to say something
              like this. I gave tom 1 point not because of his brilliance,
              but because of his restraint to lash out at dans who acted
              immaturely, similar to how a younger version of tom would
              have acted a decade ago. -op
              \_ Hmmm... I was giving dans the point because I thought he
                 actually sounded somewhat rational this time.  tom just
                 stuck with his weak "you're an idiot" type responses.
                 \_ good point. -op
                    \- "The only winning move is not to play."