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4/17    Prosper Update:
        I am currently making 14% on my money, but I have four loans
        late and in collections. If they all end up defaulting, my
        real rate of return so far will be more like 5%.
        \_ Yikes! But thanks for the update.

4/17    Thomas Trains:
        http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PK/141F~Thomas-and-Friends-All-Aboard-Posters.jpg
        Thomas Train look-alikes:
        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/Fleshlight-300.jpg

4/16    Stop using the PILL, start using the FILM!
        http://imagec08.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/TheVoice/vv_Apothecus_apr08_300_ROS/vv_Apothecus_apr08_300.jpg
        \_ Why did you post this ad?  Is there any data on this?  This is
           incredibly uninformative.  Is there a joke I'm missing or something?
        \_ How is it better than those spermicidal gels?
           \_ easier application?

4/14    Compare these:
        http://opa.berkeley.edu/AcademicCalendar/calendardisp.aspx?terms=2006A
        http://opa.berkeley.edu/AcademicCalendar/calendardisp.aspx?terms=2007A
        What happened to the holidays from 2007 onward?  Why was MLK Jr Holiday
        no longer MLK Jr Holiday, and so on?  Political correctness in play?
        \_ You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think
           it means
           \_ Whatever.  So why were the names changed?

4/12    do any cell phones get radio reception?

4/11    Dear lord, shut the fuck up already

4/11    Dear lord, I want to sodomize the motd
        \_ Don't we all?

4/11    Video of Paul Volcker's speech:
        http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/04/volckers-speech.html
        \_ He has some good points but he's one of the worst public
           speakers I've seen. I think I'll save the links for times when
           I need to fall asleep quickly.

4/11    "Spanish Parents Faking Divorce For School Spots"
        link:www.yahoo.com/s/855121
        \_ Purebred Spanish, non-Mexican women are really hot. Nice
           hair, nice figures, homely face.
           \_ You know "homely" generally implies not hot, right?
              \- depends what country you are in. in indian homely =
                 like to cook and kinda domestic ... as opposed to
                 go out discos ad bars
                 \_ On the motd, we (mostly) speak American English.

                    \_ Daily perusal does not offer evidence in support of
                       this theory.

4/10    Please suck my libertarian balls.                       --Greenspan

4/10    Please suck my libertarian balls.                       --ilyas

4/11    Need a super easy primer URL to learn combination vs. permutation.
        Better if it's meant for kids. Thanks.          -lib art major
        \_ Combination cares about grouping, not order.  Permution includes
           order.  You can convert the number of permutations to combinations
           just by dividing by duplicate group counting due to
           order-sensitivity.
        \_ How about:
           http://preview.tinyurl.com/yo2fwa [math is fun]

4/10    suck my dick asspolito
        \_ The motd is not a dating site.  Please take it to the men's
           room or wherever your type does these things.
        \_ You make an offer like that you've got to back it up with
           pictures.  -aspo

4/9     I sign my name like shit and I love getting my balls nuked. -- ilyas

4/9     I didn't write this.  --ilyas
        \_ I did. Suck my libertarian balls!            --ilyas

4/9     [signing my name to shit i didn't write will get it nuked.] -- ilyas

4/9     I'm il-yas and I'm ghey.

4/8     http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24032411
        Middle class angry that they're not going to be able to afford
        LearJets and big mansions even though their quality of living
        has improved drastically since 1964.                    -ilyas
        \_ "Let them eat cake!"

4/8     Oh my god George Takei sings country. Ugh!

4/8     Free Tibet march up Van Ness today:
        http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~erikred/tibet001.jpg
        http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~erikred/tibet002.jpg
        http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~erikred/tibet003.jpg
        \_ View from the sniper rifle?
           \_ Federal Bldg, binoculars, Treo 650
           \_ looks like it. scary. CALL THE COPS ON ERIK!!!
              \_ I'll hand myself over to the Feds... on the 12th floor.

4/7   soda.csua's MX records appear to be missing.  I just mailed root
         {h,p}ostmaster.  But if you're missing mail, that might be why.

4/8     The Fence looks really stupid.  It's going to cost over a billion
        dollars.  Is it really going to be built?

4/7     In the USCIS naturalization test, how many of the 100 questions can I
        answer wrong, yet still pass the test?  Thanks.

4/6     Charlton Heston RIP
        http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/04/06/heston.dead/index.html

4/4     Moody's downgrades CFC from C- to D
        http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080403/moody_s_countrywide.html?.v=1

4/4     10-part series on CAIR
        http://www.investigativeproject.org/profile/172
        \_ I skimmed the summaries and oh my god does that read like a
           bunch of cherry picking filled with insinuations and no
           real data.  AKA a classic hit piece.

4/4     message from female:
        "I'm doing a crossword puzzle.  What's a five letter word
         for pirate treasure?"
        Is she really that into crossword puzzles or am I missing
        something here.
        \_ She said "pirate treasure", not "private pleasure".  I think the
           answer is "prize".
           \_ try "booty." also, it's a reference to a beastie boys song, sucka.
           \_ try "booty." also, it's a reference to a beastie boys song,
              sucka.
              \_ I thought "Booty" refers to plunder taken on land, not at sea.
              \_ I thought "booty" refers to loot taken on land, not at sea.
        \_ ***** call!
        \_ If that's her way of flirting she's an idiot.
        \_ You're missing a 5 letter word for pirate treasure.

4/2     "Boy, 12, kills man who attacked his mom"
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_on_re_us/boy_stabs_man
        Yes!  Well done!
        \_ I assume that the only reason they are even considering whether
           to charge the kid with anything is to keep their options
           open until they are able to verify the story?

4/2     This is some awesome pro-gun propaganda.  I especially like the little hammer
        and sickle on IL.
        http://gunmap.org
         \_ nice.  I love how the 2 "right denied" states exempt politicians.

4/1     how do you install your own apps onto an iphone?

4/1     The story of Basra:  Iraqi gov't forces kicked al-Sadr's ass.
        \_ Pfft. US forces totally had to save Al Maliki's boys' asses.
        \_ Link please?  I haven't been following it closely.
        \_ Interesting, this is precisely the opposite of reality so far as
           anyone can tell.  What is your source?
           Oh right, you were just trolling.

4/1     The April Fools' Day Defense Kit
        http://www.slate.com/id/2187681
        \_ Obviously, we need more laws to protect ourselves.  -democrap

3/31    Looking for a Chinese equivalence of Merriam Webster online.
        My level is at a point where Babelfish is insufficient since
        many terms that I need to look up are idioms and more esoteric
        terms and such that cannot be looked up on Babelfish.

3/31    japanese girls have boobs too
        http://www.myboobsite.com/blog/big-tits-japanese-av-idols-harada-orei-hanai-miri-at-busty-asians
        \_ ^s^ jobs
        \_ Of course.  See http://www.tokyotopless.com
        \_ Not safe for work.
        \_ Amazing what surgeons can do these days.
        \_ Ourei Harada         DOB:2/25/86     T158 B97(J) W60 H88
           Miri Hanai           DOB:10/15/84    T147 B93(H) W58 H85
        \_ Yukimi Tohno would be in the same genre, but she has natural ones.

3/31    Building stonehenge with no modern tools, just one guy
        http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/31/building-stonehenge.html
        link:tinyurl.com/329au9
        \_ Asperger's Syndrome.

3/28    81 year old vetran kicks the tar out of would be mugger
        http://cbs5.com/video/?id=32632@kpix.dayport.com (video)
        \_ When in doubt, kick nuts.

3/28    Stop-motion light cycles!
        http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4uvh0_tron-a-la-francaise_creation
        \_ Awesome. Well done.

3/28    'Pastor's Page' of Barack's church bulletin says the Jews were working
        on 'ethnic bomb' that kills Blacks and Arabs.  Oh, and this was last
        year.
        (link to PDF)
        http://tucc.org/upload/tuccbulletin_june10.pdf
        \_ Your url is broken.  I see no evidence of this anywhere.  The URL
           is also very suspicious.  "upload?"
           \_ So you think someone made up this pdf and hacked the site and
              put it in the upload directory to smear an otherwise loving and
              open minded pastor?  Uh huh....
           \_ Works fine for me.  Sorry they have a suspicious website.
              \_ Working now for me too.  -pp
        \_ "Israel planning 'ethnic' bomb as Saddam caves in Sunday Times
           (London) November 15, 1998, Sunday"
           This artlce was a hoax:
           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_bioweapon
           So this one sentence in the pdf is the equivalent of a stupid
           email forwarded from yermom.  OMG SMOKING GUN!!!!!1!!
        \_ Thanks for sharing this. It is an interesting insight into the
           workings of Obama's church. I had wondered whether I should give
           money to his campaign or not, but I realize now what a great
           community he is part of.

3/27    These Shao Lin monks are getting more action than most sodans!
        http://club.cn.yahoo.com/photo/view/100004207_134194_0_.html?source=1CE
        (Click on a picture to go to the next one.)
        \_ Those girls look kinda cold.

3/28    "Parents pick prayer over docs; girl dies"
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/daughter_s_death_prayer
        \_ "Obviously, they didn't pray hard enough"    -Religious Conservative
           \_ Ummm.. since you just made that up, why are there quote marks
              around it?  More to the point, don't you mean "Christian
              Scientist?"
        \_ They should have prayed for brains instead

3/27    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23814032
        Home paternity tests to be available. Expect it to be a big
        hit in Tenessee and Texas.
        \_ Why TN and TX?
           \_ Inbreeding, I assume.
           \_ Who's your daddy? Daddy!

3/27    Is there a better word then "uncalled-for" in the following situation:
        - X proactively offers help to Y, and the help should be useful.
        - Y doesn't appreciate X's help.
        - Therefore we say X's help is "uncalled-for".
        Thx.
        \_ 'uncalled-for' is typically for an overreaction.
           "Hey, disagreeing with me is okay, but yelling was uncalled-for."
           \_ I see.  -- OP
        \- call-without-continue
        \_ unwanted
        \_ unsolicited
        \_ unappreciated (duh?)
           unlooked-for
        \_ Are you X or Y?
           \_ I'm X.  -- OP

3/26    Earth friendly gold and conflict free diamond, along with your
        conflict free certificate here now!
        http://www.brilliantearth.com
        \_ I'd rather reward the innovaters who are making artificial
           diamonds than reward the existing diamond mining industry.
           \_ I hear ya bro but try to explain this to your mother/father
              in law, they'll think you're a worthless POS.
                \_ Heh, I don't think I have the same problem.
                   Prospective bride's mom is a religious fanatic cult
                   member and has no contact anymore with my GF.  Her
                   Dad's an engineer and probably would like the idea--
                   and if not, well, he doesn't have a big role in
                   her life anyway.  I'm more worried about what she
                   thinks, but she's pretty practical too and knows
                   how I feel about the diamond industry.
              \_ Huh, I never got my wife a diamond, and our gold rings were
                 second hand. -!pp
        \_ How about an earth friendly and conflict 7 diamond whore?

3/26    firm, strong jaw:
        http://farm1.static.flickr.com/125/322518981_04c0c0494e.jpg
        \_ Why is this of any interest whatever?

3/26    I'm willing to give Hillary a break.  Bosnia was a mortar/sniper
        zone in the 90s.  Going there did involve a little danger.  No
        matter Sinbad has to say.
        \_ Do you feel confident enough in your Hillary support to sign
           who you are?
        \_ Nobody said it didn't involve a little danger, dumbass.
        \_ But you forget WHY she was crowing about Bosnia.  Supposedly that
           was her big "I'm experianced Obama isn't" card.  When it became
           pretty damn obvious that by that argument Sinbad was CiC material
           she started embellishing with crap that just wasn't true.  The
           problem started with an attack that just didn't make sense and
           rather than backing down Hillary just started making shit up.

3/26    Fed discount window borrowings at historical highs
        http://tinyurl.com/2qx69k

3/26    Has it rained this March?  Are we having another dry year?
        \_ yes, and no.  We're about normal for rain/snowfall overall.

3/26    Close examination of video footage has found the sniper fire Hillary
        was talking about.
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHVEDq6RVXc

3/25    what's a good type of suit for hot muggy weather?
        ok tnx.
        \_ Seersucker!
        \_ Bathing
        \_ Linen
        \_ Birthday suit.
        \_ Birthday
        \_ 100% Cotton.
        \_ Whatever type of suit tends to fit you well and look good on
           you, made from a tropical weight worsted wool.

3/24    These free Tibet fuckers are pissing me off, just like those LA
        riot assholes. They should be taken outside and shot like
        animals. Free Tibet my ass.
        \_ I know this is only Monday but even so I nominate you for,
           "Weakest Troll Of The Week" award!  I don't think anyone will
           come up with anything lamer by Friday.
        \_ Any chance that the Chinese govt was that one setting fire on their
           own embassy in SF?
        \_ Ok, how about Free the Whales people? Free Willy?

3/21    Want to grow weed in your privacy but don't have the resources?
        Here's your chance to grow weed easily at home, in your closet,
        garage, wherever, whenever! Try it for only $19.99 S/H,
        risk free for 36 days!
        http://www.officialaerogarden.com
        \_ Risk free?  So some Joe just has to order this and you guarantee
           they won't get arrested?
        \_ Why do you focus on weed?  Seems like I could grow
           pretty much anything, like potatos even, with this.

3/21    For those of you who have Asian fetish:
        http://shutter-movie.com (click on video)
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkk0n822zrM

3/21    For those of you who have Asian fetish:
        http://shutter-movie.com (click on video)
        PS Rachael Taylor is hot!

3/21    Anyone ever read and finish the The Shadow Of The Torturer
        books?  Would anyone like to explain to me what the hell
        is going on?  Thanks.  -danh
        \_ Yes and I have no fucking clue.
        \_ Gene Wolfe?
        \_ Yes, the author has this thing where he never repeats a plot clue.
           These books are like puzzle games for lit geeks. -- ilyas

3/21    If Hillary is elected:
        link:preview.tinyurl.com/35ezzl [blogger]
        \_ are you inbred?
           \_ No. And this was on FSJ.
              \_ it's incredibly stupid.

3/19    Holy cow, it's blojo!
        http://www.davidhellman.net/blog/the-1up-show-interview
        \_ Wow, way to go, Jon!
        \_ HellPeacock!

3/19    Mike Huckabee on Jeremiah Wright
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTFLOu8fjxU

3/18    When will McCain step forth to throw Hagee under a bus?  We demand
        the bus throwing!

3/18    Dear "Yes, my mom was a hottie back in the day" guy, was she
        hotter than Jackie Johnson?
        \_ Too bad she married a really ugly Greek guy and her kid's
           ugly too. 1 * (-1) = -1.
        \_ How can anyone be?
           \_ Lisa Guerrero can be.
              \_ 1. Fake body parts
                 2. 10 years ago
              \_ She only ranks 81-82
                 http://www.askmen.com/women/models_100/134_lisa_guerrero.html

3/18    Technical question.  I have a bunch of sockets that I want to wait
        on for input, so I'm using poll.  However, frequetly another thread
        has to add another socket to the set.  How do I wake thee thread
        out of poll to accept the new socket and add it to the read set?
        Right now I'm having the poll also check a pipe which I send a single
        character over when I have a new socket to add.  Is there some
        better way to do this?  Should I be using something other than poll?
        \_ That's a pretty reasonable solution.  Although someone else
           may have a better response.  Are you using linux or freebsd?  Cause
           you may want to look into epoll/kqueue.

3/17    Rates on super-conforming loans virtually the same as regular ol'
        jumbos:
        http://www.rpm-mortgage.com/julian
        \_ I thought only Countrywide was offering them right now.
        \_ nonono, "Super Jumbo" has ALWAYS meant > $650K
           the new conformings still are pending availability:  first comes
           FHA-backed, then Fannie/Freddie Mae several weeks later

3/14    how do i catch up ALL the articles in all the blogs I have
        listed in Google Reader?

3/14    Perfect motto for the Republican Party: NEVER BACK DOWN. Show
        them you're rough and tough!
        http://www.neverbackdownthemovie.com

3/13    Spitzer is an Repblican now!
        http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080312/img/ppl-us-politics-newyork-gov-1-4e48f9b2ad981.html
        \_ Maybe they found out he used male prostitutes too

3/13    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23581774
        Anti-foreclosure hotline leaves callers cold BAHAHAHAHAHA

3/12    Teacher at Millbrae high school filming girls in the bathroom
        link:www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_8544984
        \_ Another reason to keep your daughters out of suburban schools.

3/11    Critical Massholes (or: Why I No Longer Ride with Critical Mass)
        http://i25.tinypic.com/4q4voj.jpg
        I didn't know critical mass was in so many cities.
        \_ stupid troll, strike 2

3/10    Oh geez, spitzer cartoon
        http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/littleguy.jpg
        \_ Oh geez, townhall.

3/11    Glenn Beck's video coverage of the media bias covering him (redux from
        yesterday, this time on TV).
        http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/03/11/beck.liberal.media.cycle.cnn

3/10    Hey williamc, do you have Asperger's Syndrome?
        \_ don't most of us on soda?
           \_ that may be true but williamc is a bit severe, IMHO

3/10    There once was an X from place B,
        That satisfied predicate P,
        He or she did thing A,
        In an adjective way,
        Resulting in circumstance C.

3/9     How do i make checkbox [y/n] [on/off] whatever
        in a Google Docs spreadsheet?

3/9     YAZ (alison moyet + vince clark, the non incredibly flaming
        half of Erasure/depeche mode) to tour in July.
        Tickets are $70+.  ouch.

3/8     Someone had to start this website:
        http://firebenbraun.com

3/7     The next time [person who disagrees with me] comes to Berkeley, let's
        organize a rotten egg + tomatoe target practice.

3/7     Hey crebbs are you Mr. phuqm?
        \_ Why dont you email him to ask?

3/7     is Seal from Nigeria?
        \_ Is your access to wikipedia down?

3/7     Earth to dans, we need more trolls.

3/7     Earth to German john, we need more trolls.

3/6     need suggestion for windows program that will create slideshow
        from nested directory of multiple folders.  ok tnx.

3/6     SEPULVEDA IS CLOSED!!! It's all over news! It's the end of the
        world in W Los Angeles OH NOES the 405 is fucked too WHAT TO DO???
        \_ speaking of reasons why it's good to have at least two different
           infrastructure modes.
           \_ The 101 and the 405, that is two, right?
              \_ And they're building a carpool lane N bound from 405
                 to 101 interchange, so make that THREE redundant
                 infrastructures. HAr HAR HAR

3/6     Hey, where did all my PHIL tools go?  How can you expect me to
        not get any work done without them?

3/6     Mormon update:
        I think I'd have to convert and lead her into the temple
        and on the bath to eternal progression if I want to continue
        seeing her.  blah.
        \_ How far would she go without an engagement?
        \_ I know some guys around here who could use and eternal bath.
        \_ Wuality comes with costs.

3/6     Codys 4th st in Berkeley is having a gigantic sale,
        in prep for their move to downtown Berkeley.

3/5     I'm still not getting laid.  I'm considering donating all of
        money to Obama, then throwing myself under the L train.
        \- Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth;
           whenever it is a  damp, drizzly November in my soul;
           whenever I find  myself involuntarily pausing before
           coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every
           funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get
           such an upper hand of me,  that it requires a strong
           moral  principle  to  prevent me  from  deliberately
           stepping into the  street, and methodically knocking
           people's hats off - then,  I account it high time to
           get to sea  as soon as I can.  This is my substitute
           for pistol and ball. --ishmael@pequod
        \_ If you MUST commit suicide, go do some high-risk activity
           like join the Marines and kill some terrorists before
           you go out.
        \_ Some good clothes.  A haircut. A bit of therapy.  Lower standards.
           \_ The gym, regular showers...
        \_ And a shower more than once a month.

3/5     gushing teens want to ride my pole.

3/4     Wow, you can buy quad-core desktop CPUs for $189.99 now.
        \_ Uhm, yeah...?

3/4     Is that Ted Danson behind Hillary?  Talk about random...
        link:preview.tinyurl.com/2ssb2g (turner.com)

3/4     snoop, RIP

3/4     Is that Ted Danson behind Hillary?  Talk about random...
        http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/03/04/march.4.contests/cnnpt1.Clinton.jpg

3/3     I need a good replacement for a Polycom conference phone.
        Does anyone have suggestions?
        \_ Another Polycom conference phone.  What's the question?
        \_ get the mid/high end one with good voice detection, excellent
           don't go ch34p

3/3     Does anyone know how to rotate one screen 90 degrees but not the
        other in X11 conf? Thanks
        \_ At least with linux/freebsd/x.org/x86 world, this is driver
           dependant, and not available to all drivers.

3/2     JCONWAY lecture at UCB on 3/6/2008 at 4pm+\epsilon. Good speaker.

3/1     motd bood guy, here's a present.
        http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1804782

2/29    Someone asked last week about T-Shirts of the Oakland dock loaders
        dreaming of Star Wars Imperial Walkers.  Heres' the website:
        http://www.thegirlandrhino.com (--peterl)
        \_ Thanks!  I just ordered two.

2/28    Alright guys, this is the last sign of GLOBAL RECESSION starting
        with the US. Recession Swami over and out.
        http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23387861
        \_ interesting to see them talking about stagflation, with inflation
           driven by rising oil costs in spite of a halted economy. Fed rate
           cuts wont help there.  It'll be the late 70's all over again.
           obligatory PEAK OIL reference...

2/28    I quit watching history channel.  still not getting laid.
        \_ why did you quit? it's educational and entertaining.  #3
        \_ That's your problem. Don't use what you learned there to find
           hot s3x. What some sh*t like E!

2/27    Every individual's decision will contribute to an efficient
        collective decision. That's why I'm in favor of the free-market
        sorting things out.
        \_ That is why I am in favor of Democratic Socialism.
        \_ Please go read about "behavioral economics." ok tnx.
           \_ Hardly universally accepted as applicable to market situations.
        \_ A Nobel Prize or two disagrees with you.

2/27    Sign the petition against financial derivatives abuses and the
        socialization of losses
        http://financialpetition.org

2/27    Haleigh Poutre speaks
        http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1076311&format=text
        (She was determined to be in a persistent vegetative state, have life
        support removed, etc.)

2/26    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23348068
        Oh shit, Antidepressants don't work! Now I'm REALLY pissed and
        depressed and I'll be going postal soon!        -pissed and depressed

2/26    I made a girl blush.  YES.
        \_ Uh, are you the sexless guy #1, #2, or #3?
           \_ #1.  good call!  still sexless by the way.
        \_ What did you do?
        \_ What are you?  12 years old?
        \_ What did you do, flash her?

2/26    Social Networking by Continent:
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/2ov6gc (lemonde.fr)
        \_ I can't read this surrender monkey language.

2/25    GOOG stock tanking, still holding on to it?
        \_ I will be vindicated! -GOOG short 100 guy
        \_ I bought more.  -tom
        \_ Yeah!!  -- sour grape guy

2/24    [Can't you wait at least a few days before posting major spoilers]?
        \_ Spoilers for what?!

2/24    I meant 'Omar becomes a Mormon and lives out his days nonviolently
        surrounded by his loved ones!'  It's amazing what they can pack
        into one episode.

2/24    Omar RIP
        \_ [Re: The Wire]

2/24    Your Black Muslim bakery on 60 Minutes
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/2lwwwg (cbsnews.com)

2/24    Your Black Muslim bakery on 60 Minutes
        http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3870543n&channel=/sections/60minutes/videoplayer3415.shtml

2/24    re-read-cryptonomicon-because-i-am-a-big-nerd-guy here.
        - Do Rudy and Bischoff die at the end, or is their escape another
          drug hallucination?
          \_ Pretty sure they die due to being too far down to make it out
             and survive the pressure differential.
        - Does Sergeant Shaftoe actually receive a mission from Douglas
          MacArthur, or is that another drug hallucination?
          \_ He actually receives the mission from MacArthur.
        - Where does all that gold sitting out in the open, in the
          Filipino jungle (not underground) come from?  There was a 50
          page different font chapter in the book about that probably,
          but I skipped it.
          \_ you forgot
              - How can you read such a shitty ass book TWICE!
              \_ I just started reading this book for the first time after
                 reading big nerd guy's first post about it. The book is
                 actually not that bad. I could see how one might want to
                 re-read it once a decade or so.
                 I will say that I think the book should probably have
                 been edited to make it a bit shorter. There are long
                 dry sections that are quite tempting to skip, e.g. the
                 chapter that consists of a single long email.
                 \_ Dude, it is that bad.

2/24    Which State has the highest and lowest meat intake per capita?
        \_ My wild guess is TX and CA.
           \_ I think they eat even more meat in the Midwest, but TX could be.
              Guesses for less meat might be Hawaii, Alaska, or somewhere
              in New England like Vermont. Are you counting fish as meat?
              \_ Does spam count as meat?

2/24    What the hell is up with all the celebrities having babies?
        \_ Some convenient store in Hollywood carrying faulty condoms?
        \_ Motherhood isn't the death of a career like it used to be.
        \_ Conservatives are winning the culture wars and white Christian
           women are going to start having babies again. Hallelujah!
           \_ Some shouldn't be having babies.  c.f. Britney

2/24    Why Omar gotta go out like that

2/24    http://i29.tinypic.com/11i3htu.jpg

2/21    triple flusher this morning

2/20    Adios, Fidel; khuda ha-fiz, Pervez; zdravo, Belgrade.
        Tzai chien, Beijing? Do svidanya, Moscow?
        \- re: "ha-fiz", do you write "pro-tection"?
           \_ Would it be more correct to write it "hafiz"? I don't actually
              speak Urdu.
              \- hafiz, from arabic word for protection. urdu is basically
                 hindi written in arabic script. urdu speakers in practice
                 use more middle eastern than sanskrit words. big con-
                 troversy in some places over allah hafiz replacing khuda
                 hafiz.
                 \_ You know, this is really interesting. Thank you for posting
                    about it.
                    \- shukria/dhanyabad.

2/19    What's been your experience with Maven? Our ant files and build scripts have
        gotten out of hand. However, we hear Maven's files are just as convoluted,
        and difficult to adjust/expand/etc.

2/19    dans are you ok?
        \_ What happened to dans?

2/19    I just reread a copy of Cryptonomicon I got used.  It's
        not so bad, it's aged well.

2/19    Is it me or spam is getting thru to soda more than ever?

2/19    Castro is such a quitter!

2/18    I'm not dead yet, so quit asking. - jvarga
        \_ What??? What is this all about?

2/15    Apple Kool-Aid drinking sysadming types: see Berkeley job #8003.  -tom

2/14    Books That Make You Dumb:
        http://booksthatmakeyoudumb.virgil.gr
        \_ Liberal slant alert.
           \_ s/al/tarian/

2/14    I need an alarm clock that does a loud house shaking Muslim
        CALL TO PRAYER.  anyone have a link?

2/14    This is the saddest thing ever
        http://archives1.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Number=10904457
        \_ [Description of breast reduction and lots of pictures of the
            breasts prior to reduction; not NSFW, but dodgy]
        \_ Oh no!  Why!?  She's not hot anymore.  Her web search hits will die
           down soon.

2/12    So how many days until the motd is littered with Obama-Madrassa
        trolls?

2/12    Miss America is HOT HOT HOT.
        \_ Isn't that the point?
        \_ Not as hot as the Miss World 2007 First Runner-up:
           link:www.csua.org/u/krc (albums.mweb.co.za)
           \_ Not really, she looks brown to me.
        \_ If you look at the high res pictures, not nearly as hot.
           But not too shabby anyway.
           \_ Anyone on soda would be happy if she just said "Hello" to him.
              Be honest here.
              \_ I dunno, I work with Natali DelConte, who I personally
                 think is way hotter.
                 \_ I'm sure she's all over you, right?
                    \_ Umm, no. But I am happy when she says "Hello" to me,
                       so I guess I am just like the rest of the soda geeks.

2/8     I just don't know what to say.
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/ywoy6b (berkeleydaily.org)
        \_ Diversity in action.  See next motd entry.

2/8     I just don't know what to say.
        http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=02-08-08&storyID=29143

2/8     Really cool captcha plug-in that also does common good (you'll
        be helping OCR programs turn documents into text):
        http://recaptcha.net

2/8     Useless junk purged.  Nearly useless junk remains to avoid 0 byte
        file.

2/7     Poll: who's debate would you want to see more of?
        tom vs. dim:
        tom vs. dans: .
        tom vs. psb:
        none of the above, these are not debates: .
        reiffen vs. jblack: .
        \_ Who would you like to see in a 3 on 3 or 4 on 4 debate on
           libertarianism, free market ideology vs regulation, social
           safety nets etc.

 2/7    Sam & Max is being reprinted:
        http://www.telltalegames.com/store/samandmax-highway

2/6     RIP Sheldon Brown.

2/5     Summary of the tom vs. dim giberish on motd lately. Feel free to
        add as you see fit:
        tom: likes walkable/bikable cities with mass transit along
                different cities. Prefers convenient location over
                privacy in big quiet comfortable mansions. Hates
                anything wasteful and harmful to mother earth
                (the pillaging of natural resources), and hates people
                who is insensitive to mother earth. Thinks everyone should
                hold hands and use the same social services and sing
                KumBaiYa and eat and shower together.
        dim: likes big comfortable private single family homes and prefers
                the freedom of traveling anywhere using his eco-friendly
                Honda Accord Hybrid. Hates the bustle and hustle of cities
                and prefers peace & quiet of the suburbs where he could live
                like a king in his 4500sqft McMansion in LA. Does not
                mind hours of LA traffic & smog. Hates paying for
                social services that only poor people use since they're
                obviously too lazy to earn money. Hates our government
                since it's doing a lousy job, therefore it should be
                dismantled completely (via more tax cuts & less Democrats
                hippies in office)
                \_ I am dim.  Do not make me angry.
                \_ the $5 contradiction in the above is "echo-friendly Hybrid".
                   a car is horribly harmful, even if it's only half as harmful
                   as the next car. especially if you include the cost of
                   the infrastructure required to support it. -ali
                   \_ RIDE BIKE!

2/4     http://youtube.com/watch?v=vAg5ZOZfVLo
        What language does this Super HOT BLOND speak?
        \_ Scandinavian probably. Where is German John when you need him?
           \_ Uh, it says right in the description that it's Swedish TV.
        \__ Super hot?  Are we watching the same vid?
            \_ Let me guess, you're into flat chested oriental women?
               I like Jackie Johnson the weatherwoman, how about you?
               \_ Jackie Johnson is quite hot.  The girl in the video is big-
                  haired and pasty-faced.
               \_ Her outfit tonight really highlights her nice bosom.

2/4     Time to sell gold?
        \_ As soon as the motd tells me it is time to sell gold, I'm buying.
           \_ "It is time to sell gold!"
           \_ I have decided to sell my gold, which I bought for $286/ounce
              back in 2001. I guess you should buy it from me, then.
              \_ I'll give you $290 for it.

2/4     I'm really old and unmarried.  A hot 19 year old just invited me to
        stop over and visit her at a women's college near Boston.
        What should i do.
        \_ Run, it's a trap.
        \_ Do you present yourself to her as being rich?  If not, she's
           probably not a gold-digger and you should consider yourself lucky.
           \_ ha i am complete opposite of presenting self as gold-digger.
              she's 20, not 19.
        \_ How old is "really old"? Over 50? 60? Is the age difference
           a really big deal to you?
        \_ How do you know her?
        \_ Ask her what type of birth control she's on. If pill/patch/ring,
           consider yourself lucky.
           \_ What if she has a roommate?
              \_ Then consider yourself very lucky.
              \_ Then consider yourself doubly lucky.
                 \_ He would be if the roomie were actually also somehow
                    interested in him too.

2/4     http://www.linein.org/media/screenclean.swf
        Humor: how to clean your window
        \_ http://ourc.at (or a cat doing the same thing)

2/3     Well,

2/2     Snip.

1/30    CAN YOU DIG IT
        \_ Hey Warrio0rs, come out to playyyyyy!

1/29    Middle age is really depressing:
        http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22896014

1/29    Convent offers rooms to Stupor Bowl fans:
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/2t63gj (gadling.com)

1/28    What's the difference between co-op, internship and externship?  Thx.
        \_ externship?

1/25    What are my edits being overwritten?

1/25    Dang, one of the Monte Carlo logos on the top floor just burned up.
        A whole bunch of the top floor rooms are also burning up
        http://www.knbc.com/videostream/10954229/detail.html
        \_ DOWN WITH GAMBLING and evil establishments!     -Berkeley hippy
         \_ you've confused hippie with fundie

1/23    Dear History Channel buffs-- why did the Spaniards try to
        conquer instead of colonizing?
        \_ Huh? What makes you think they didn't colonize?!?!?!
           \_ Conquerer: "We are God and you will worship us and give
                us gold or else Montezuma will die."
              Colonizer: "Here's 22 trinkets, talk to you later sucker!"
              \_ Do you know anything about California history?
              \_ That is a strange use of the word "colonize" but I see
                 what you mean. The Spainards were more interested in
                 converting the heathens to Christianity and also brought
                 with them a more fuedal society, which they converted into
                 the encomienda model in the New World. Also, the Mayans
                 and Aztecs peasant farmers were more used to a sort of
                 fuedal society, so the change was not as great for them
                 as it would have been for the Iroquois or Cherokee.
                 \_ is United States conquering or colonizing the
                    State of Iraq?
                    \_ Hopefully neither, by your definition (both of which
                       demand a permanent settlement).