12/12   Delete my post all you want partha. I'll just put it back.

12/12   http://swivel.com
        Swivel is a place where curious people explore all kinds of data.
        As a preview it's rough around the edges. May your love for data
        guide you.
        \_ Wow, this place is awesome. Thanks for pointing it out.
           It is stuff like this that really makes it worth reading the motd.
           \_ Which correlation/graph do you like best? I like the Republicans
              and Democrats have lower combined IQ than Independents graph

12/12   Anyone lucky enough to preview Letters from Iwo Jima?

12/11   Any word on crazy Mel's new movie Apocalypto?

12/10   Pinochet found guilty of being old, condemnned to death by old age.

12/7    I'm going on a soda-vacation.  If anything breaks, email root. - jvarga
        \_ It's ok. Soda's dead. In my heart.

12/4    Motd broken, or are the usual trolls just away? - jvarga
        \_ usual trolls away, guessing their accounts are still disabled.
           By the way how would disabling their accounts (and then ask them
           to call you to re-enable it) help with security?
           \_ Feel free to direct all questions to politburo@.  I'm just a pawn
              in this mess. - jvarga

12/1    Looking for a good&cheap Taiwanese internet TV subscription
        site, any recommendation?

12/1    someone install wallall or give me tty access and ill do it - danh
        \_ Don't have the time to figure it out myself, you are in group tty
           now. - jvarga

11/29   Is it me, or it seems like it's a lot colder much sooner this year
        than any year before?
        \_ its freezing.  -wimp

11/29   soda is back up, yeah!

11/28   Pbbt! -bz

11/28   When trying to use WinSCP3, I get the following error message:
            Unexpected directory listing line 'drwxr-xr-x   28 asb  csua
            3072 2006-11-28 2 1:30 .'.   -asb
            \_ The WINSCP forums say "use SFTP or try to enable option
               Alias LS to display group name."

11/28   This interface kinda sucks.  Use http://csua.org/motd!
        \_ Go go Corrections USA
        \_ dbushong has the form and kchang has the function. If only
           they work together...
        \_ ill start up csuachan

11/27   my motd!  mine!  - danh

11/26   http://youtube.com/watch?v=h6ht80HL4rU
        Are people in the 70s as crazy as these?
        \_ Were these Berkeley students? Groovy.

11/21   First! - jvarga
        \_ curses! -jrleek

11/22   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15852885
        Porn sparks panda baby boom in China.
        \_ Who will stop these pernicious purveyors of panda pornography?
           Won't someone think of the cubs!?
           \_ It's alright, I think the pandas are quite libural.

11/21   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15835445
        "[Walmart] has been Christian families’ favorite store."

11/21   ATTENTION: Soda is currently down due to system difficulties. Services
        are slowly being reenabled. Email is now being accepted, web pages
        work. Logins are still disabled. Last updated by jvarga -
        2006-11-21 16:05

#!/bin/sh

echo "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1"
echo ""
cat /etc/motd

11/20   How do you find out if you have been p3wned? How do you find out if
        someone installed r00tk17 on your machine?
        \_ Hint: when all your typing gets converted to h4x0r code

11/20   Anonymous-coward mode added on the motd editor (csua.com). Let the
        trolls begin!

11/16   "[W]hether the focus is friendship-oriented social interaction
        or measures of group involvement, the empirical results show
        a negative, rather than positive, effect of [population]
        density on interaction."
        http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~jkbrueck/socinteract.pdf

11/14   Holy shit.

11/15   http://YouPorn.com is down again. Anyone know when it's coming back up? I
        really need to relieve myself.
        \_ There isn't really a site called "YouPorn" is there?

11/14   Test 123
        \_ Hello. Motd survives.
        \_ Interesting.
        \_ shouldn't this one be synchronized to http://csua.org?
           \_ Um, too much work. And no. http://csua.org should synchronize to here.

11/12   http://youtube.com/watch?v=ect3VoEUJn8
        Handsome looking woman (Modern Talking) sings a popular
        Euro-pop in the 80s. It's suppose to be famous but I've never
        seen it myself. Does anyone know who she is?
        \_ The blonde one always looks too happy.
           \_ What do you mean?
        \_ Sure that's a woman?  Seems to have a bit of an adam's apple...

11/12   Honda's "Tron" Commercial:
        http://www.ifilm.com/video/2778947?loomia_si=1

11/11   Move over youtube, now there's revver! link:www.revver.com

11/11   Election's over. Political trolls nuked. Let's move on.

11/10      I have a small chest size (32) but pretty large boobs -
           DD (and I'm afraid, getting very close to DDD). I started
           growing my girls when I was around 9 and when I was 10 1/2
           my mother had the "talk" with me and the next day she took me
           to buy my first bra. My mother was totally surprised to find
           that my little boobies fit into a real A cup bra.  I didn't
           really like wearing a bra because I was the first to wear
           one in my 4th grade class. The girls were either jealous or
           thought I was trying to outdo them. The boys, well let's say
           they were awed by my growth. I received more comments than
           I care to think about.  When I was 12 my best friend Mindy
           invited me and four other girls over for a sleepover. It was
           in Sept. just at the start of school and it was HOT. All of
           the girls were wearing cute little tank tops and shorts. Not
           me! I wore a loose fitting tee shirt - trying to hide the fact
           that just two weeks earlier my mom had taken me in yet again to
           be fitted for new bras. I had just turned 12 and my birthday
           present was my new 32C underwire bras. I was mortified that I
           was having to wear this huge industrial-strength bra with the
           wide shoulder straps and a 3-hook back strap.  My friend had
           a swimming pool and we all decided to go swimming so we went
           into her bedroom to change into our swim suits. Now I had never
           shown my new bra to anyone except Mindy but I thought I could
           change real quick and hopefully no one would notice. Well,
           no sooner had I lifted off my tee shirt than one of the girls
           made a comment about how large my boobies were and how big my
           bra was. Now all the girls wore bras - even if they were AA or
           A or training bras. I turned bright red, totally embarrassed
           as the conversation turned to bras and boobs and how everyone
           wish they had bigger boobs.  I turned around toward the wall
           as I unhooked my bra and tried to very quickly put on my
           swim suit top. All the other girls were wearing cute little
           triangle string bikinis but I was wearing a sturdy two piece
           with a top that really looked like a bra in disguise. I felt
           heavy, different and for the first time realized that these
           boobs I had been carrying around were going to be a liability.
           I've since grown into a 32DD - I think I was 14 when I grew
           into a D cup. At 16 I made the transition to DD and at 18 I am
           very close to trying on a DDD. Gosh, when do they STOP growing?

11/10   I would like to thank the developers of Splinter Cell Double Agent for
        simplifying the light meter.  Actually having a warning when you're
        about to be visible was annoying.  I like the new instant transition
        from hidden to "visible from orbit".  It's great.  Thanks guys.
        </sarcasm>
        \_ What, is the lighting now kinda like Doom or something?
           \_ No, they simply changed the slider that measures dark to light
              into a single light that goes green->yellow->red.  Yellow means
              the guards are on alert and come looking for you.  So you have no
              idea when you're walking out of shadow.

11/10   New Spiderman 3 Trailer:
        http://www.ifilm.com/presents/spiderman3

11/9    Aliens could attack at any time' warns former MoD chief
        http://csua.org/u/hfj (dailymail.co.uk)

11/9    Who is a competitor to Iron Mountain for data storage and
        recovery? I need to send some tape media and DVDs out of state
        for storage periodically. Our IM sales rep is a bastard. Who else
        can I try?

11/19   Should I delete all my porn or not?
        \_ yes.
        \_ no.
        \_ maybe.

11/9    A 55-year-old woman has a lusty relationship with a younger man, but
        wonders if his mother will accept it.
        http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15625098
        \_ How come she doesn't consider first if her own son will accept it?
           \_ Maybe he does so it wasn't an issue?  Dr.G's reply was pretty
              good IMO except for getting into how the guy's mom may have
              some oedipal complex or other jealously related stuff.  She
              has no basis at all for thinking that.  99% likely the mom
              wants what other moms want for their sons: to get married and
              have kids.  That just isn't going to happen with a 55 year old.

11/9    Latest Asian-fetish (NSFW):
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdBPr-cdgPU
        \_ I like the "hey look its micheal jackson" comment.
        \_ It's asian with a weird fetish, not asian fetish.
        \_ It's asian with a weird WTF fetish, not asian fetish.
        \_ Maybe some stiff cock out of camera angle is thrusting her while
           we're all watching her nose hair.
        \_ Ha ha ha great -- I love the comments too -- "She's either loving
           this, or getting paid, in which case he's loving the money" LOL

11/9    RIP Ed Bradley

11/9    Latest Asian-fetish, no work safe:
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdBPr-cdgPU

11/9    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15626611
        The average household income of Wal-Mart shoppers is around $35,000
        to $40,000, compared with $55,000 to $60,000 for those at rival
        Target Corp.
        \_ So you're saying that people with less money shop where the prices
           are lower?  How is this news?
           \_ Are prices really much different at Target?

11/9    Good luck Democraps. What are your plans for Iraq again?
        \- to provide oversight and consulation as the executive,
           the state dept and the pentagon work on the problem ...
           you know, like was supposed to happen. do you have
           any other suggestions about what their role should be?
           \_ Impeach BUSHCO!
           \_ In other words, no plan, business as usual, gear up for 2008.
              I hate both parties, you're exactly the same.
              \_ So, doing your job is the same as not doing your job...
                 Awesome.  I'm blowin' this pop stand.
        \_ "Democraps."  Nice.
           \_ Defeatocrats!  TRAITORZZZzz!!!11 -John
           \_ Its spelled D-e-m-o-c-r-a-p-s but its pronouned
              "Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys."
              \_ Also pronounced, "Your Lords and Masters"
                 \_ You just made my day.  Thank you.
        \_ I expect the new Democraps to be the same as the Republicunts,
           who were the same as the old Democraps.  A lot of good talk up
           front, but taking the money and voting the way the lobbists
           want out back.

11/8    motd getting a bit long?
        \_ yesterday's discussion removed

11/8    im in ur capitol CONTROLIN UR SENATE
        \_ oh no I hate that meme, it was never funny... please don't let it
           infest the motd thx

11/7    Where's Election Swami?  Let the mocking begin.
        \_ He's busy hiding under his red-colored blanket.

11/7    First woman Speaker of the House! Hooray for womenkind!!!
        \_ So if Dick has a heart attack and GWB has a bicycle accident,
           we'd have her as a President? Dear lord...
        \_ Nancy isn't a bad looking 66-year old.  I can tell that she was
           probably pretty hot as a young woman.  Not surprising at all that
           her investment banker husband impregnated her 4 times.
           \_ Funny I was going to say the same thing on motd. I wouldn't
              mind jerking off to pictures of her when she was younger.
              \_ You need a girlfriend badly.
                 \_ He can try http://csua/~jean
           \_ Anyone got pics of Nancy Pelosi as a young woman?  URL?
              \_ Busty Pelosi:
                 <DEAD>www.wyolife.com/kerryfest/WHAT'S-HER-FACE.gif<DEAD>
           \_ She has nice big brown eyes.

11/7    jeebus, look at that 24-hr swing in Missouri
        http://csua.org/u/hej (tradesports.com)

11/7    FUCK YES! Lampson wins Tom DeLay's old seat!
        \_ I saw that loser DeLay on MSNBC this morning.  He looked like
           someone had shot his dog.
           \_ I'd shoot his dog.

11/7    +28 Dems in the house (231 - 204), Senate at 50 - 50 so far.
        \_ You mean 49-49
           \_ And heading for 49-51
              \_ In favor of the Dems.

11/7    Dems take house, senate in play.
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        Oh that felt good.  --democrat

11/7    Dems projected to take house by at least 21 pickups, senate still
        in play.

11/7    Dang, Allen over Webb in VA by a full 2 points (30K+ votes)
        with 72% counted.
        \_ 1/2 a percent with 85%
           \_ i dunno, the updated http://cnn.com exit poll has allen winning, which
              is kind of weird, since I thought I saw the same 1,986
              respondents when Webb was leading
        \_ Also in VA, an amendment to limit marriage to a man and a woman is
           passing 60/40.

11/7    Disgruntled voter smashes electronic voting machine using a cat
        statue:
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/y6usxf (mcall.com)

11/7    http://tradesports.com House GOP control now at ~ 12, Senate still at ~ 70.
        \_ What do these numbers mean?
           \_ basically 0 means people think it will not happen
              100 means people think it's guaranteed to happen

11/7    Now that the polls are open, let the lawsuits begin!

11/6    3D Digg:
        http://www.footloosemoose.com/michael/mb3dEngine/fullscreen.html
        \_ is there any structure to the organisation? seems pointless.

11/6    Open enrollment begins today. Should I appyl for FSA Debit Card
        (Flexible Spending Account)?
        \_ This is the health spending plan, yes?  If you have known static
           medical expenses each year then you might want to put some cash
           in there but please please please be aware that if you don't use
           the money by year's end or you quit and still have money in there
           *you*lose*the*money*!

11/6    emarkp, why don't you like to admit you voted for R anymore?
        \_ Hi troll. When did you stop beating your wife? -emarkp
           (Hint: the point is, your premise is incorrect.)
           \_ emarkp, when did you stop waterboarding your wife?

11/7    The motd.public will be frozen for 48 hours beginning at 3pm on
        Electionn Day as a "Colling Off Period."

11/4    kchang, the google search engine for motd archive is not working out.
        it is not getting the results.
        \_ It was a failed experiment. I've added the old search back. -kchang
        \_ Oh whoa, I had NO idea that people actually use it. A large % of
           the hits are from googlebot and inktomi... I'd say more than 99%...
           and so I didn't think anyone was actually using it. Please email
           me personally and we'll sort out what kind of search feature
           you'd like to see improved, thanks.                  -kchang
        \_ It was a failed experiment. I've added the old search back. -kchang

11/04   Lately we've had a lot of onomatopoeia on the motd.  We need more!
        --onomatopoeia #1 fan

11/4    Borat the movie, recommended or not?
        \_ It's awesome.  rottentomatoes agrees.
        \_ So-so.  As you might expect, the interview-type parts are great,
           but some of the more story-driven stuff lags.
        \_ There are a few absolutely insane really funny bits that I can't
           describe without ruining it for you.

11/04   I'm shocked, SHOCKED!
        Neil Patrick Harris comes out:
        http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/11/04/doogie.ap/index.html
        \_ No way, man.  NPH would never do that.
        \_ "I'm tripping balls."
        \_ Gee, this ranks right up there with Rosie O'Donnell announcing she's
           a lesbian in terms of super surprises.  Next, you'll tell me that
           Lance Bass is gay.
        \_ First Ellen, then Rosie, George^WSulu, Lance, now Doogie!

11/04   Atheist - A non-prophet organization:
        http://erikveland.com/arkiv/images/macnn/red.atheist.png
        \_ Pointless to put the line and the picture... what's the context?

11/3    Negative ads are extremely effective:
        http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15549677
        \_ no news there.  always have been, that's why they're used even
           though the voters have been saying for decades they're turned
           off by negative campagning.

11/2    When I was young, there were those kids who you called stupid but
        they were just too stupid to recognize when they were being called
        stupid. You know, stupidity - if you avoid it and grow a brain,
        you'll do well for yourself. If you don't, you get stuck being
        Republican.
        \_ This is stupid and so are you.

11/3    Thinking about joining a frat?
        http://www.local6.com/news/10232497/detail.html

11/2    The patch is dangerous:
        http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15526127
        \_ The Patch is awesome.  It made my girlfriend's breasts grow
           from a large B to DDD/DDDD or something crazy.
           \_ Uh yeah.  Gosh, that's great for her.

11/3    Please, please, please vote McClintock for Lt. Gov.
        \_ I am: ..
           No:
        \_ Why?

11/3    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15536263
        Ok so the pastor admits to some unspecified version of events with
        the gay male prostitute and the gmp has turned over some voicemails
        to the press.  It was pretty fishy the way it first came out but
        no real doubt in my mind now.  It's just the details which I don't
        find that interesting since I assume the pastor's issue is that he
        didn't actually *pay* for sex or drugs in some twisted Clintonian
        version of the truth.

11/3    This latest meme floating around sounds like something I read
        on best of craigslist:
        http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/51-fra.html - danh

10/2    Political views aren.t just random opinions thrown together by
        a combination of environmental influences.
        http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15534009/from/RS.2

11/2    It's here. Cell phone SMS spams. Anyone having problems?

11/02   Is there a text-to-speech plugin for Gaim?

11/02   Anti-smoking ads funded by tobacco companies boost Teen smoking
        http://www.healthscout.com/news/1/535826/main.html
        No, really?  Who thought those were a good idea?  They all amount
        to, "You're not mature enough to smoke."  Which is a well known way
        to get stupid teenagers to do anything.  Sheesh.

11/01   Besides the obvious; are there any differences between a 19 inch LCD
        flat panel and the 20/21 inch?  Why is there such a price
        difference?
        \_ 19" displays (widescreen) are generally 1440x900, while most 20"
           and 21" displays are 1680x1050.
           and 21" displays (widescreen) are 1680x1050.
        \_ PP is oversimplifying a little.  Standard 19" are 1280x1024 (5:4
           aspect ratio)  Standard 20 and 21" are 1600x1200.  Wide aspect
           screens as PP said.  The price difference is for a few reasons:
           Larger is more desirable, more pixel elements which could go bad,
           needs a larger area of the wafer, more complex control electronics,
           smaller pixels are more vulnerable to defects, need a larger area
           to be relatively free of defects, etc...
           If you don't care so much about resolution, 19" is the obvious
           choice, but if you really do care about resolution, 20" often has
           a better $/pixel cost.
           \_ Then how come the difference between 17" and 19" is not as big?
              --- !OP
             \_ Because most 17", 18.1", and 19" have the same resolution,
                1280x1024 5:4.  Pixels are smaller on smaller screens, but
                that's about it.
                \_ I see.  17" needs a smaller wafer which is less likely to be
                   bad, but the pixels are smaller which is more likely to be
                   bad.  So they compensate each other.
        \_ This is not a difference in the panels, but not all video cards
           can drive the larger resulutions properly.

11/01   How long are roofs supposed to last? My friend is buying a home w/
        a 15 yr old roof and the inspector said it's got about 3 years to go
        (it currently has no issues). I was wondering if that's about average
        for a given roof (in SF). If it's not, it could be because it's a
        shitty roof or the contractor just being overly conservative.
        \_ That's about right for a cedar shake roof: they dry out, start
           curling and cracking and that's all, folks.  Asphalt shingles will
           last a little longer; if it's asphalt that's still within the realm
           of possibility, it probably just wasn't a great quality roof to
           begin with.  --dbushong
        \_ Depends totally on the roofing material.  20 years is not unusual
           for a cheap roof.  -tom
           \_ And in the early 90s there was a lot of cheap work being done
              in the sf market.  Prices were really low and people didn't want
              to invest huge amounts into real estate.
              \_ The roof is made out of iron and slate.
                 \_ A well-made slate roof should last 50+ years.
                    A crappily-made roof, your guess is as good as mine.  -tom
                    \_ I agree. A slate roof should last forever. Are you
                       sure it is really slate and not some slate-like tile?
                       \_ it was damaged by the troll-like creature
                          living under the stone and iron roof.
                          http://csua.org/u/hcp

11/01   Level 3 robbery
        http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/01/level3_robbery

11/01   ScummVM 0.9.1 is out:
        http://www.scummvm.org/downloads.php#stable

11/01   Why can't I ssh to any of the office machines?
        \_ They now dual boot ubuntu and windows xp (lan party styling).
           Unfortunately they are spending most of thier time in windows mode
           for increased distraction utility.  martini.csua (the OSX box)
           should be working (but isn't for some reason at this moment).
           Also, in the future, there will be a permanent nix again in the
           office.

10/31   Cap'n She can't handle the SPAM, you have got to Do som.th..

10/31   Can an alphanumeric pager, receive email (or at least
        the first 80 characters of an email) sent from soda or similar
        account?
        \_ Yes, if you pay for that.

10/31   So, does nayone read USA today by choice, or do people just read it
        because it shows up in their hotel rooms?
        \_ I sometimes buy it at the airport.
        \_ They stock copies at our work cafeteria.
        \_ I read the sports section online almost every day. -ausman

10/31   FightAIDS@Home in BOINC now works on Windows, besides Linux.

10/30   On the current season of the The Amazing Race, there are two
        brothers, Erwin and Godwin Cho, who went to Cal.  They are around
        their early 30s.  Does anyone out there remember them from their
        days at Cal?
        \_ Oh yeah, Cho.  That was the Asian guy, right?

10/30   The new Inter Core Duel 2 commercial-- what do you guys think about
        it? Does it have as much pizzass (sp) as say, the colorful Intel
        bunnies that dance to 1970s music?
        \_ Yum!  I love pizzas.

10/29   Noted liberal George Will on the war:
        http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15460708/site/newsweek
        \_ Well, he certainly gets this week's award for most gratuitous
           Russia-bashing.
           \_ It's like we read two different columns, only I happen to know
              we didn't.

10/27   When people talk about engines, what exactly is the compression
        ratio and what is the significance?
        \_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_ratio

10/27   http://co.ordinate.org/files/howclose.mpg

10/27   [URL without comment deleted]

10/26   Cody's Telegraph is now a Halloween supply store.
        \_ RIP.
        \_ Shrug.  If it sold more books it'd still be there.

10/25   http://www.warrenandannabelles.com for a great magic show on Maui.
        If you're going to Oahu I don't know any shows there.
        \_ Question is, you can watch magic shows anywhere. Sure, some might
           be better than others but no matter how good it is, why in the
           world would you blow a trip to Hawaii to watch a magic show?
           \_ Because you're not blowing a trip to Hawaii to watch a magic
              show.  It is one of the many things you can do while there.
              What were you planning on doing every night for a week on Maui?
              It isn't that busy a place at night.
              \_ I don't know. What type of things do couples do at night?
                 But if the obvious doesn't come to mind, there are plenty
                 of things. Watch the sun set, attend a Luau (if you're
                 fortunate to be invited to one), walk down Lahina at night,
                 gaze at the stars on an island where the skies are actually
                 clear, or just plain sleep early. The thing about Hawaii is
                 that everything closes and opens early. If you plan on
                 going windsurfing at 1pm, you might be out of luck. That's
                 my opinion.
                 \_ Yeah and in a week long trip I'm sure they couldn't find
                    3 whole hours (including dinner) to catch the whole show
                    one night.
              \_ I was planning on doing yermom every night.

10/25   http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys

10/24   http://www.spankbush.com

10/24   I vunt tu du a veb pruject boot dun't knoo hoo tu du it. Dues unyune-a
        knoo hoo tu vreete-a a ploogeen fur Ixplurer oor Fureffux?

10/24   I am a stupid troll.
        http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1024b1talker1024.html
        \_ The real title is "Arpaio starts 2-week mandatory English
           classes for inmates".  Inmates of a county jail, that is.

10/24   Stupid caption deleted.

10/24   The busty Lady McCartney (NSFW):
        http://www.elreporterodelacomunidad.com/img/110606_mills.jpg
        I guess Sir Paul really has a taste on busty women:
        http://news.yahoo.com/photo/010209/167/5bfsd.html
        (Who's she anyway?)
        \_ The soon to be ex McCartney looks like every other web bimbo.
           \_ Well, aside from she's an amputee, yeah.
           \_ But this one is styled Lady.  You don't see a nude noble often.

10/23   Congratulations, tmonroe, on a beautiful wedding!

10/23   Are there ToDo lists or Calendar type of applications for RAZR?

10/23   Anyone know Andrzej Irla, graduated from Cal 1996?
        \_ Degree in Computer Science in 1996, living in Chandler, AZ now.

10/23   Anyone have a clue where I could find one of those secret
        service type earpieces with a curly white cord?  -John
        \_ Costume shop for a fake.  Any of the spy vs. spy net sites for
           something with working parts.  Radio shack for a slightly larger
           model.
        \_ You'd want a cord with a color matching your skin to minimize
           attention.

10/23   Original BASE jumper dies during his first BASE jump in years:
        http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2417736,00.html
        \_ In decades.
        \_ Was he trying to prove it was safe?

10/23   Complete Works of Charles Darwin:
        http://darwin-online.org.uk

10/22   Worst analogies ever written on a HS essay:
        http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/language/analogies.html
        "Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever."
        \_ The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way
           a bowling ball wouldn't.
           \_ Plagurize!  Never let anyone else's work evade your eyes!
              So don't shade your eyes, plagurize, plagurize, plagurize!
           \_ Plagiarize!  Never let anyone else's work evade your eyes!
              So don't shade your eyes, plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize!
              \_ Spell correctly! Spell correctly! USE DICTIONARY!
                \_ Thanks, fixed.
                   \- isnt this a reference to the second page of James Joyce:
                      Portrait of an Artist as a Younf Man ... "Stepehen will
                      Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man ... "Stepehen will
                      apologize. Dante said: O, if not the eagles will come
                      and pull out his eyes. pull out his eyes. apologize ..."
        \_ That one's actually clever.
         \_ What do you expect, it was stolen from one of the better lines
            in Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy.
            \_ The bowling ball one was swiped from H2G2, yes, but I was
               referring to the "whatever" analogy; it's clever in that it
               sums up the girl's vocabulary through illustration of the same.
        \_ Those weren't actually found in HS essays, right?  Aren't
           they all from a contest for writing intentionally bad
           analogies? (They're still hilarious, regardless.)
           \- yeah i am sure some of those ... probably all ... are made up.

10/21   http://whoresofwarcraft.com
        \_ Silly yet still NSFW.

10/21   Hey guy I found a GREAT invention that saved me a whole weekend from
        having to weed-wack my yard! It's called the DR Field & Brush Mower.
        100X better than the weed wacker.
        Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/ep9h2

10/21   http://www.christian-sex.net
        \_ Safe for work?

10/21   Cylon Jack-o-Lantern:
        http://www.flickr.com/photos/oskay/274464845

10/21   Scouts, get your Copyright Sensitivity Badge:
        http://tinyurl.com/y2jlun (seattlepi.nwsource.com)
        \_ That'll fit nicely between the Atheism is Evil and Gays are Evil
           badges.
        \_ This would make a great sticker for your pirate DVDs. -ausman
        \_ To teach it you must have gotten your Price Gouging certificate
           from the studios before hand.

10/20   The YouTube copyright smackdown has started:
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061020/wr_nm/internet_japan_youtube_dc
        \_ And there go 60% of the interesting videos on YouTube.

10/20   Mannequins want to be free:
        http://tinyurl.com/y7gysb (news.yahoo.com)

10/20   I want a sample of a clicking sound, or of the sound of skateboard
        wheels on pavement, and of a whooshing noise.  Is there a free library
        somewhere of such things?  It doesn't have to be fancy, and it's not
        going to end up in anything commercial.
        \_ YouTube

10/20   Lightroom Beta 4 updated:
        <DEAD>www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5Flightroom<DEAD>

10/20   Negative index of refraction is k3wl:
        http://tinyurl.com/y8kmhs (techeblog.com)

10/20   Review of Double Agent:
        http://tinyurl.com/ud8fu (techeblog.com)
        \_ Awesome.  Exploding sticky cams!  I am really looking forward to
           this game.

10/20   Under the Tusken Sun:
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg4PY_lsw_k

10/20   Flying Spaghetti Monster Costume for Halloween:
        http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/FSMCostume
        \_ This is going to spawn violent Pastafarian riots worldwide.
        \_ Oh no!  This is going to spawn violent Pastafarian riots worldwide.

10/19   Is there a big intersection between poseurs and yuppies?
        \_ Yes.  c.f. The Mission District

10/19   Why would someone call their company Piece Of Sh*t Troller?
        http://www.postroller.com

10/19   Has the Bay Area economy improved, or have more people moved in than
        out?  I noticed that the morning commute on San Mateo Bridge west-bound
        has become more busy these days compared to earlier this year.
        \_ Anecdotal so take it with some salt: I turned off my resume on the
           job sites (monster, etc) about 2 years ago and deleted it a year
           ago.  In the last few months I've had *many* desperate recruiter
           types call me out of the blue offering jobs from their many years
           old copy of my resume from their private database.  YMMV.

10/18   Queen Elizabeth is looking for a sysadmin:
        http://news.com.com/2102-1014_3-6127178.html?tag=st.util.print
        \_ Here's your chance to find out what/who really killed Princess
           Diana.
           \_ What do you think happened to the last SysAdmin? Ask no
              questions!

10/18   I survived Oahu's 1 day power outage and the almost meltdown of
        civilization in Waikiki. I made it back.                -waikimon

10/18   Practical TOR Hacking:
        link:tinyurl.com/uq7v2 (pdf, http://packetstormsecurity.org)

10/16   Anybody ever heard of the "Cambridge Who's Who Among Executives and
        Professionals" "Honors Edition"? Is it in fact an honor or a scam?
        \_ It's Who's Who.  It's a scam.
           \_ I love the Dilbert on this subject.
              \_ URL?

10/16   I deleted my cookies and such and now the font in my gmail and some
        other sites is crappy.  What can I do to get it back to how it was?

10/16   I deleted my cookies and such and now the font in my gmail is
        crappy.  What can I do to get it back to how it was?  This only
        seems to be affecting gmail.

10/16   Recontextualize your laundry.  (comic strip)
        http://www.overduemedia.com/archive.aspx?strip=20061015

10/16   A Million Random Digits (from this month's CryptoGram):
        http://tinyurl.com/yjffa4 (amazon.com)
        Read the comments.
        \_ Very funny, made my day.  Thanks.  -John

10/16   Map of Springfield:
        http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=29511018&size=l
        \_ ooooooold

10/16   Happy Monday!

10/14   Timelapse video of the Aurora Borealis:
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIXs6Sh0DKs
        \_ Wow, Thanks, that is really cool! I'd love to see that
           in person some day.
           \_ Better learn to sit really still and control your perception of
              time.

10/13   I cannot believe there is a market for novelty toilet paper:
        http://justtoiletpaper.com

10/13   Unfinished article of murdered Russian journalist
        http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1868072.ece

10/13   The Economist argues that the Nobel Peace prize should have been
        withheld this year:
        http://economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8045069
        \- i dont understand the thinking here. it would be one thing to
           claim yunis didnt deserve it and they were lowering their
           standards becase nobody deserving was avail ... but that doesnt
           seem to be what they were saying. and i think yunis is a much
           better choice than a lot of people ... like that stupid african
           tree woman or that south american fraud. i think the timing of
           the award to that turkinh fellow is interesting since he got
           the award to that turkish fellow is interesting since he got
           into some hot water lately ... it probably buys him some welcome
           insulation.

10/12   552: #ifdef REISERFS_CHECK /* killed for journal */

10/12   Found a book: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/laf/219756369.html

10/12   "Study acquits sun of climate change, blames humans"
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060913/sc_nm/environment_sun_dc

10/12   Harsh reaction to shoplifting:
        http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/12/BAGVBLO7EE8.DTL

10/12   \_ Who cares.  Schawarzanegger is going to win.  The Propositions
           are more interesting.  What do you feel about Prop 90?

10/12   is there a live IRC feed of transcript or close captioning of
        CNN or Fox or something like that?

10/11   The "Blue" Fund, only invests in Democratic businesses:
        http://www.bluefund.com
        \_ It must be Wednesday!

10/10   NWS link of the day: link:tinyurl.com/o9gom
        \_ If your work thinks that looking at a graphic of a sperm cell
           is not work-safe, you need a new workplace.
           \_ Wow, I waited for a lock to put exactly that, but it was already
              here.
              \_ motd can now read your mind and act for you.

10/10   Yesterday, I sent 4 messages to a particular person and apparently
        only 2 of them were received.  The 2 not received were sent around
        6am and 7pm.  Of course, I've already asked my friend to check the
        spam folder and she claims that it's not there either.  Are there
        any current issues with outgoing mail lately?
        \_ hint: don't use soda for email.
        \_ turns out she found one of the messages in her bulk folder and
           thinks she may have deleted the other one.  So, maybe it's not
           soda's fault.  But have their been any issues with outgoing mail
           recently?  -op

10/10   Sanction on North Korea is cruel, simply cruel. Imagine there is a
        sanction of Gucci, Prada, and Fendi goods in America, there would
        be a complete meltdown in Southern Cal.
        \_ Weee!!! Reading Engrish is fun!

10/9    Is there any search engine where a search like this:
        exim4 'real-@' -' real '
        will work?
        \_ Given the way they tokenize, I doubt it.  Symbol and code searching
           is generally very poor.

10/9    Sony's Casino Royale commercial (shades of ID4?):
        http://www.youtube.com/v/IZEov48p8V0
        This one actually makes the movie look better than the trailer.
        -stmg

10/7    Go Beah!

10/4    Wow, soda's load average is back down to a sane number. Well done!
        16:42:38 up 21 days,  3:46, 91 users,  load average: 0.94, 1.13, 1.08