7/16    Recession is over!!! Go buy your home now!
        http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8156302.stm

7/16    how do i serve HTTPS content off of Amazon S3 ?

7/16    http://www.dewdroplp.com//modules/FAQ/doc/bov/bovsp.txt
         Ugg, I've been hacked.  Should I report it somewhere?

7/16    "See how to peel a banana like a monkey"
        link:www.yahoo.com/s/1101617
        This guy is physically changelleged.

7/15    Has anyone met Enza Sebastiani?  She looks like a busty enviromentalist
        on Ch26 news a couple days ago.
        \_ No, but I had a nice chat with Natali Del Conte in the elevator
           this morning.

7/14    http://www.freeourhealthcarenow.com

7/15    I just found out about Godfrey Ho. I think I need to see one of his
        movies.  Does anyone have a recommendation?  Preferably one without a
        rape scene.  (Apparently quite a few of them have totally extraneous
        rape scenes.)

7/15   Anyone have recommendations on how to get git to send my group an
       email whenever someone checks in code?  Am trying to use git-send-email
       just wondering if anyone has any best-practices-tips on it.

7/12    We now have a motd.official!

7/12    Random unscientific poll: has soda been fairly stable?  Noticed
        any problems, particularly with NFS?
        \_ You are kidding, right?

**/**   Please mail root@csua.berkeley.edu for technical assistance.

Welcome to Soda Mark VIII, a 4-way Xeon 2.5GHz.

7/12    Alpine should now have basic functionality enabled by default
        You'll have to connect via imap because apparently it
        doesn't support maildir by default... (lame)

7/9     how to setup pine? nothing is working. thanks
        \_ Looking in to it now --steven
        \_ Ought to work now

7/7     chialia, you still around?
        \_ it's chialea         - !chialea

7/7     cant get alpine to work, any help here?
        i get timeouts using <DEAD>mail.csua.berkeley.edu<DEAD>:993
        \_ Try now.

7/7     Anyone with MS-fu know where in the FS or registry the list of
        "local intranet" sites is kept by IE? reg search finds nothing...

7/5     When will Obama admit his mistake about Honduras?

7/4     Happy 4th of July!!!

We should have a motd.official!
-mrauser 6/22/09

New motd.official coming soon...
-steven 6/29/09

7/2     Please someone post the link from the british guy talking
        about "open-mindedness" ?

7/1   paolo look what you did
      before - http://i42.tinypic.com/10x4h9s.jpg
      after  - http://i39.tinypic.com/sqh72x.jpg

6/29    To the motd archiver peoples - HTML mode is spewing:
        [Mon Jun 29 15:29:20 2009] index.cgi: You must specify local
                param in display2file () at index.cgi line 23 --steven

6/29    Made me laugh:
        http://thereifixedit.com
        \_ Amusing

6/29    No mail spools yet. Was mail spooled during the outage?
        \_ Yes, it was.  I'm setting up the mount now... --steven
                \_ Done.  Does it work for you? --steven
                   \_ Looks good so far. Thanks!
                   \_ Hi, when I run /usr/bin/mail, I get seg fault.  What
                      should I do?  Thx. -- yuen
                        \_ Will investigate later
                   \_ How do I connect via IMAP? I used to use vermouth.
                        \_ <DEAD>mail.csua.berkeley.edu<DEAD> imaps or pop3s --steven

6/30    steven did an awesome job reviving soda. big kudos and big thanks!!!
        \_ are you running VMWARE ESX ??????
          \_ Maaaaaaayyyybe ;)  --steven

6/20 First!
     \_ Second

6/29    How about fixxing wallall too?  AT the least the wall log...
        \_ Will work on this tonight-ish-maybe?
        \_ Done.  --steven

6/17    Joyful Nudes (NSFW but pretty tame). Very tasteful pics:
        http://www.domai.com

6/4     About the super zoom...
        While "Impossible" is a bit too strong.  But I stand behind my
        statement.  And no Nikon and Canon make them doesn't means their
        super zoom lenses are "good."  They all made lousy lenses at one
        time or another, and this may or may not be one of them.
        I deliberately made a strong statement to warn
        those who just started that you CAN NOT have it all.
        It is always a balancing act among convenience, price, weight,
        image quality and maximum aperture.  Most of beginners tend to
        look at the "convenience" and "price" while ignore other things.
        Things like maximum aperture is *VERY* important but it's hard
        to convey that to those who are not experienced.
        I have plenty zooms myself.  Everyone of them was a conscious
        decision on various trade offs.  and yes, there are times even
        I choose convenience/price over image quality.   kngharv

6/1     Is it just me or Angelina Jolie's lips look like female orangutan's ass?
        \_ I don't know what a female orangutan's ass looks like.  You spend a
           lot of time checking out orangutan booty?
           Anyway, I always thought they looked like a pair of worms crawling
           across her face.
           \_ This is a macaque:
              http://www.flickr.com/photos/praziquantel/2369834471
             \_ That is a very angry looking ass.
        \_ I remember she had big bust in a movie a long time ago where she
           had a female blonde lover, but I no longer see that in her recent
           pictures.
           \_ angelina has always been at most a C cup.
                She is padded in movies.
        \_ I'm glad you guys keep track of this in Excel.

5/30    Ted Rall calls for Obama to resign
        <DEAD>www.sj-r.com/opinions/x124603932/Ted-Rall-It-s-increasingly-evident-that-Obama-should-resign<DEAD>
        \_ ODS appears to be even more debilitating than BDS.

5/28    Is there anyone into martial arts here?  Is there any place in the
        East Bay for kids to learn Wing Chun?  I live in Fremont and I have a
        5-year-old.  Thanks.
        \_ everybody wing chung tonight
           \_ Huh?

5/27    Why is the 10 year note taking a dump while the market is dumping?
        Isn't it supposed to be the reverse?
        \_ The market is worried that it might become tough to borrow money,
           which would be bad for the economy.

5/23    Michael Doonsebury's daughter is getting laid? NOW I FEEL OLD.
        \_ and Duke has a son in his 20s!  Joanie and Rick have a son
          in the CIA.  Bizarre.
        \_ Is she hot?
                \_ http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/thecast
                   "Alex."  No.
        \_ http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20090514

5/23    What's the difference between a full spectrum CFL and a daylight CFL?
        \_ the words used to market it.
        \_ not answering the question but I dislike the daylight / high color
           temp CFLs.  Buy yourself just one at first to see if you like it.

5/20    I really hate Craigslist. There is no moderation whatsoever. I
        can only "flag" a post, but some spams post over and over again
        and I can't tell Craigslist to stop a certain person from posting.
        There's no notion of user credentials. Fuck Craigslist.

5/20    I remember when I said gitmo would never close.  And that was called
        "a nice bit of wingnuttery".  Any thoughts now?
        \_ It will close.
        \_ Patience, young wingnut.
        \_ If nothing else, all the detainees will die of old age and it
           will certainly close then right? When does the 99 year lease
           with Cuba expire?
        \_ "we've made some hasty decisions" -- White House
           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qThOHqGGbv4
        \_ and we are critizing Iran for jailing a journalist.  I love this.

5/20    Vimeo >> YouTube
        \_ youporn >> youtube
           \_ xhamster > youporn

5/20    Woman gives birth to twins fathered by two different men
        link:www.yahoo.com/s/1074380
        \_ Fraternal twins, obviously.  Kinda a party girl, eh?
        \_ And she's kind of ugly too. These guys must be desperate.
           \_ URL?
              \_ She's in the video.
           \_ I wonder if it was a threesome.
        \- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_(mythology
           \_ The Greek gods/goddess are more promiscuous than Americans in
              the 1960s.

5/20    http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo.php?pid=30542&id=304600006&subject=2324145764&ref=nf
        Photos from U.S. Marine Corps Officer Selection Station (Berkeley)

5/18    why is dick cheney's daughter out there on the talk shows
        defending her dad's policies?  did she read all of the same
        nationaly security briefs he did?  did he bring them home
        to her?  she talks like she has inside info, and its annoying
        \_ She talks like he has *inside* info of her.
           \_ Look, isn't it enough to just point out that Cheney can
              shoot people in the face and make them apologize for it?
              That is at least 100% truth and not vile calumny.
              \_ She talks like he retrieved *inside* info of her and then he
                 shot her in her face.  Hot!
                 \_ you're not funny, and you're an idiot.
        \_ Because Cheney's daughter doesn't have a -18 approval rating.

5/18    "Rotten office fridge cleanup sends 7 to hospital"
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_rotten_office_food
        Anyone here works there?
        \_ Sounds like someone did something dumb like mix bleach
           and ammonia.  But that isn't as good of a headline.

5/18    Stupid question, but I've been away for a while -- does anyone know
        where the old ftp directories went?  Thanks.  -John

5/17    S&P500 inflation-adjusted earnings since 1935
        link:tinyurl.com/qgswzg (blogspot)
        \_ This mean IT IS TIME TO BUY BUY BUY
           BUY MORE you idiots.

5/9     Nimoy, on SNL, to Trekkers, on the new movie:
        "To not like it would make them dickheads."
        http://www.hulu.com/watch/72444/saturday-night-live-update-feature-star-trek#s-p1-st-i3

5/9     SPOILER ALERT
        \_ link:tinyurl.com/3r5ehf

5/7     Does anybody here use splunk?  Any thoughts you'ld care to share?
        It seems pretty resource hungry to me, and it appears to have a
        fairly steep learning curve, so needs a bit of an investment before
        you see any pay off.  Wht I am looking for is a fast way to "grep"
        many gigs of logs.  Probably 50-100gb initially.  Maybe terabytes
        later.
        \_ I tested splunk and it seems like it would do what I wanted, but
           was kind of pricey. Right now I am testing out SQLStream for
           something similar, though it will involve more work on our end.
           I can let you know how it goes, if you drop me a line. -ausman

5/6     I have a Dell linux box with 4 cores.  Is a normal load 4 ?
        or is a normal load 1 ? thanks.
        \_ What do you mean "a normal load"? Load is the number of
           processes in a runnable or uninterruptable state. So a quad
           core system can have a load of 4 w/o any process being blocked.
           [Addendum: This answer is for Linux.]
           \_ Dynix used to report load as number of processes divided by
              number of CPUs.  -tom

5/2     With all the old timers it feels like I'm back in college. -- jsjacob

5/2     So, what is bchoi actually?
        \_ I think it is the beta version of achoi.

5/1     Happy Illegal Alien Day!

4/30    What's the over/under on Biden being forced out because of his big
        mouth?
        \_ What did he say?
           \- Monorail

4/28    I think Carrie Prejean is a Republican.
        \_ Yeah, but would you *do* her?

4/27    How accurate is this chart?
        http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/archive/2605/26051202.jpg
        \_ Ask Paul Ehrlich
        \_ Of course it misses the whole "mining our garbage" solution.

4/25    Alumni BBQ today at 2, I will be there, will you? -ausman
        \_ Note: it's outside 337 Soda, instead of in the Woz, as initially
           announced. Also, don't worry if you can't make it until 4 or so, as
           that's why we announced it for 2. ;) Hope to see you guys there! --t
           \_ Great to see you there, as well as mogul and allenc. -ausman
           \_ Great to see you there, as well as mogul and alanc. -ausman
                \_ How about me? ;)  Nice to see all!  It's been years! -ivy
                   \_ And you too ivy! -ausman
                        \_ Don't forget jenni!   -alanc

4/24    Went to Shanghai Dumpling in Cupertino/Saratoga today. Wow, it was
        great, better than my last trip to DTF.
        \_ I went today. It was fantastic. Thanks.

4/24    Soda is down again. Sux0r.

4/23    The 2d Amendment applies to the States:
        http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2009/04/20/0715763.pdf

4/22    Who the fuck designed CalNet Identity Management? It is HORRIBLE.
        Their password-forget system is all manual/human driven and
        the response time is slow. The CalNet ID creation system is
        clunky and so 1990's. This is such a disgrace.

4/21    Obagi is for obasan
        \_ What is Obagi?
           \_ facial studio for old Asian women

4/20    Why can't the market stay above 8000?
        \_ rollercoaster is AWESOME for week trades. I'm back!  -week trader
        \_ Why isn't the market at 5000?  Why do you think it should be
           above 8000?  -tom
           \_ Oh, I don't know where the market should be right now.  I'm just
              trying to figure out what the current action means.

4/19    Corporate profits yoy
        link:tinyurl.com/cr5a7w (blogspot)

4/17    why isn't motd in there
        (1) attention grasp, (2) walling, (3) facial hold, (4) facial slap
        (insult slap), (5) cramped confinement, (6) wall standing,
        (7) stress positions, (8) sleep deprivation,
        (9) insects placed in a confinement box, and (10) the waterboard.

4/17    Has anyone here used a bidet?  My understanding is that it sprays
        water to loosen up the poo, but you still have to wipe, right?
        What do you wipe with?  Doesn't TP shred if wet?
        \_ http://www.cleanishappy.com
        \_ I know you are reading Socketsite now. You use a towel.
           \_ Wow. This is why I read motd. It's cool!
           \_ 45312
        \_ I know you are reading Socketsite now. You use a towel to wipe
           yourself afterwards.
           \_ What is Socketsite?  I've never heard of it. -op
        \_ If it's a Japanese (read: Toto) bidet, there is a drying mechanism.
           A very small wipe can be used to make sure it's all dry. It's
           pretty fantastic, especially the heated seat.
           \_ ObGoogle: Washlet. Agreed, they're bloody amazing. --erikred

4/17    Susan Boyle is great!  She reminds me of William "Well" Hung, but she's
        a respectable version of Hung.  However, were the judges faking their
        surprises when Boyle started singing?  Don't the judges see the
        contestants in auditions before they have a chance to get on stage?

4/15    ok, I'm not a total dweeb i swear, but whenever i go to
        http://gmail.com, it redirects to bjdns2.cncmax.cn:8080 ...
        regardless of which browser I'm using. what could be going
        on here?! thx
        \_ Virus.  reinstall.  sorry.
        \_ you have malware on your system, most likely.  -tom
        \_ U R PWNZ0RED!!!
        \_ face it, you're a total dweeb.
           \_ ok, you are probably right. I'm a dweeb. But I'm on MacOSX
              and this was in safari ... also, restarting solved the prob.
              so, go figure

4/16    "Deflation Is Today's Threat, Not Inflation"
        http://www.schwabinsights.com/2009_04/strategy.html
        \_ This is a simplistic, but mostly accurate description of things.
           Inflation is a threat after the economy improves, which could be
           as soon as next year.

4/16    Rodenator: link:www.yahoo.com/s/1059050

4/15    weddings gone bad
        http://www.weddingfavors.org/story

4/12    Anybody recognize this guy weev?
        http://valleywag.gawker.com/5032989/journalists-do-it-for-the-lulz
        \_ yep!  want to buy his real name?   --brain
           \_ Sure, post your bank info in the motd and I will wire it to you.
                \_ hey, I was serious.  No love for you!  --brain
           \_ Can I buy a vowel?

4/10    I tried the no shampoo on hair thing and it just doesn't work out.
        Without shampoo, I can't go on a day without my head iching
        crazy. With shampoo, I can't go on 2 days. I can't stand the
        itch. I have no idea how pre-shampoo human beings survived.
        Oh well, screw the environment. Back to using shampoo.
        \_ It is not really for the environment, more for your hair and
           scalp. But if it doesn't work for you, it doesn't work.
        \_ My hair becomes kind of dirty looking after a couple days.
           Maybe this is like growing a beard.  It will itch at first
           but if you give it enough time it will become natural?
           I guess ancient humans all went around with greasy looking
           hair.  Then again modern humans put artificial grease in
           their hair.
           \_ do bearded men not usually wash their beard?  -clean shave guy
              \_ Of course not. They don't want to wash out the food particles;
                 they'd be out of a conveniently-located snack.

4/9     Do people actually watch The George Lopez Show? Is it played
        in Northern Cal? It is not very funny.

4/9     Is it worse to bow to Saudis or holding gay hands with the Saudis?

4/9     Anyone know what happened to <DEAD>cal.berkeley.edu<DEAD>? What the hell
        is this new CalNet thing I need to log into? My old credentials
        don't work anymore.
        \_ Try reading the freaking web site.
           <DEAD>atcal.berkeley.edu/registration.php<DEAD>
        \_ They sent half-a-dozen e-mails about this ages ago.

4/8     anyone got a good tutorial for git?  I'm coming from
        svn and perforce
        \_ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3999952944619245780
           talk by Randall Swartz about git

4/7     Anyone notice that apple itunes (when downloaded before install) comes
        comes from <DEAD>apple.com.edgesuite.net<DEAD>?  What is <DEAD>edgesuite.net<DEAD> anyway?
        \_ it means the content is coming from Akamai's CDN network.

4/7     What happened to /home/sequent?  I can't access my home dir.
        \_ They're using an ancient machine. They need a quad-Core with
           32GB and 1T RAID-1. Can you donate?
           \_ They need iblocks.  actually i think sticking the CSUA on
              crazy insane iscsi ZFS modular cloud block storage would
              be a good undergrad project.  People trying to check their
              email would function as excellent QA.

4/7     Minnesota Senate race still hasn't been called.  Amazing!

4/6     TODOS SOMOS Jiverly Voong

4/5     In CSS, what is the difference between these statements. Thanks.
        #foo h1, h2, h3 {property: value}
        #foo h1 h2 h3 {property: value}
        \_ The first one will match on (h1 elements nested within the element
           with id="foo") or (all h2 elements) or (all h3 elements). The
           second one will match on all h1 elements nested within h1 elements
           second one will match on all h3 elements nested within h2 elements
           nested within h1 elements nested within the element with id="foo"
           I think.
                \_ Crap, I just realized I accidentally wrote h1 h1 h1.
                   Do you mind revising your response? Sorry and thanks.
                   \_ Done

4/3     DM "helps" out on a blind date:
        http://laughingsquid.com/dd-dungeon-master-running-a-blind-date-campaign
        \_ well, that's 2 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

3/31    End of the road for SGI?
        http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123859397443978189.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
        \_ I'm shocked they're still around.
           \_ yes, they lasted about 10 years beyond my expectation.
              \_ They had a bunch of cash.  -tom

3/31    To all you alumni out there the BBQ is on its way.  April 25th,
        starting around 2pm.  If you can make it I would greatly appreciate
        it if you would rsvp with me.  Scotspin@csua

3/31    Is there a way to counteract the effects of fiber? My wife made
        asparagus soup last night and I ended up eating somewhere between
        3/4 and 1 pound of asparagus.
        \_ beano
        \_ 1 pound of asparagus only has 1/2 daily recommended dose of fiber
           \_ that's not what my colon said.
              \_ It's not the fiber in beans that makes you fart.  It's
                 an indigestible (to you) sugar that your colon germs
                 like to turn into gas.  Asparagus could be similar.
                 \_ And makes your pee smell.
                  \_ Beans make my pee smell?
                     \_ Asparagus.
        \_ Fiber makes you regular.  What does too much fiber do?
           \_ It makes ME have to poop several times a day instead of
              once.  I find that annoying.

3/31    Alumni BBQ April 25th.  Please rsvp to scotspin@csua.
        --Scot Spinner, alumni relations

3/30    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29892972
                unk
        [Man gets 90 days for vacuum-cleaner sex.]
        \_ What. The. Hell. This is more bizaar than blow dolls.

3/29    Swensen hater:
        http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-28/the-man-who-gutted-the-ivy-league/full
        Swensen: http://www.yale.edu/investments/Yale_Endowment_08.pdf
        \_ The invisible hand is taking care of this.
           \_ What are you talking about?
              \_ Wealth is being taken from the weak hands and properly
                 redeployed to those who will make better use of it. This
                 is the way capitalism is supposed to function.

3/26    "Over 50 million people voted for me and Sarah Palin -- mostly
        for Sarah Palin.
         --John McCain

3/23    Hi independent Fed followers:  Treasury and Fed issued a joint
        statement today indicating Fed's Bear Stearns / AIG Maiden Lane
        "assets" would be transferred to Treasury.  Yay!

3/23    Not making this up, I swear.
        http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5018294/Pub-evacuated-after-Monty-Python-prop-mistaken-for-grenade.html
        \_ Was it the HOLY HAND GRENADE OF ANTIOCH?
           \_ Naw, just a model.

3/22    Keg's down again, so logins are not working at the moment. Hopefully
        we'll be operational again soon. We still have yet to transition to
        the new server.

3/19    can someone fix soda so i can log in?  thanks

3/19    hey root i still can't log into soda.

3/18    was massive blue penis in IMAX really necessary?
        \_ All I can say is there better not be anyone at ComicCon this year
           going as Dr.Manhattan.
           \_ How about with a fig leaf?
              \_ I wouldn't mind a female Dr. Manhattan. But I guess
                 Mystique is close enough.
        \_ Is the Metreon IMAX show the same price as the regular screens?

6/17    the Staceys closes
        http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/17/BAIP16HS09.DTL
        typical lib sfgate comments
        \_ CHANGE!
        \_ What month is this?

3/16    Whoa, when did Glenn Beck turn into that "YOSHUAA!!!!!" guy?

3/16    An interesting new twist on the Nigerian scam:
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090316/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_nigeria_australia_scam
        \_ Hardly new. Four years ago some woman(?) started chatting with me
           on IM and claimed she was a French model stuck in Nigeria and
           sent me pictures and everything.
           \_ What... kind of pictures?
              \_ Nothing particularly interesting.

3/14    Happy Pi Day!

3/13    Does anyone have an idea what the ethnicity would be for women named
        "Anjali" and "Annika"?  Thanks.
        \_ Tatooinian?
        \- Anjali -> desi. I think Annika is German or Scandinavian.

3/12    Anyone spend any time in Sante Fe? My fiancee is going for a weeklong
        conference and is looking for things to do while she's there.
        \_ Buy tons of turquoise and silver. See the Georgia O'Keefe museum:
           http://www.okeeffemuseum.org

3/12    Apparently when the Dow goes down, it's all Obama's fault.  But when
        it goes up, it's the magic of the marketplace!
        \_ When something good happens it's a miracle thanks to God and
           prayer.  When something BAD happens God works in mysterious ways.

3/11    Everyone ready for tomorrow's sell-off?
        \_ Didn't happen.
           \_ Yep, I'm actually quite shocked. -op
              \_ keep predicting it, eventually you'll be right.  That's
                 what passes for financial analysis in most cases.
                 \_ Unless you're on CNBC, in which case you're ALWAYS RIGHT.
              \_ I'm not. Even after this rally the market is way down this
                 year from the depressed level it started the year at.
                 Still not a lot of profit to take.

3/10    Is it customary for a best man to still give gifts to the groom
        after spending $$$ and a bunch of time for the groom? I am the
        groom and my best man gave me a nice *#@(@ gift, and I really
        didn't deserve it... I didn't give him much when I went to
        his wedding a few years ago. So much mental torture -full of guilt
        \_ No. I think it is customary for the groom to give the best man
           a gift.
           \_ That's what I thought.                            -op

3/10    Dow rallys 300 points. WHY DID I CHICKEN OUT when it was so
        low last week? ARGH!!!!!!
        \_ It's ok, it will drop again.
        \_ I'm SO GLAD EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT CAUSE THE CITI CEO SAID SO!
                \_ Remember when Citi was going to buy Wachovia?  ha ha
        \_ Because you were wise not to gamble on short-term fluctuations.

3/9     On my iPhone, how do I tell it to force certain callers to
        go to my voice mail directly?

3/4     racist propaganda eliminated.  East Asians are people too.
                --brain
        \_ Sorry but I missed it, can you rephrase what was said?

3/6     "I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for
        which I have been excoriated by 'liberal' colleagues but I think
        Plessy v. Ferguson was right and should be reaffirmed."
        --William Rehnquist, 1952
        \_ For those who don't want to look it up, Plessy v. Ferguson was
           the decision that said "seperate but equal" was a-ok.
        \_ "The bald statement that Plessy was right and should be
            reaffirmed, was not an accurate reflection of my own
            views at the time." --William Rehnquist, 1986
            \_ I don't get it?
               \_ Rehnquist claimed later that he had only prepared the
                  original memo at the request of Justice Jackson (who he
                  was clerking for) and that he didn't personally agree.
                  \_ Yeah. As I recall Roberts tried that excuse as well.

3/4     To all the free market drones: Go suck my dick.
        \_ I think the invisible hand can take care of you.
         \_ It's too hairy to be invisible.
        \_ To all you dumbasses on motd, today is 3/6

3/4     By request, the wall logs now rotate at 4am instead of 6:30am,
        and they're no longer gzipped.  --mconst
        \_ We are wasting so much space though! ;) -mrauser
           \- thanks --original requestor

3/3     Goldman Sachs calls Q1 GDP at -7.0%

3/3     Hey you know that $1T TALF thing that govt is taking on much of the
        loss side to help hedge funds with the securitization market?  The Fed
        just removed the compensation limit for execs, to help encourage
        participation.  w00t!
        \_ Obama suggested today that we may be near the low.  w00t x2!

2/27    Q408 GDP revised from -3.8% to ... @!!% some ungodly number!  S&P
        beter be returning me at least 10% this year!
        \_ This is all Obama's fault.

2/27    Say you're upgrading your wedding band, what's a good place to
        trade in your old one?
        \_ http://www.tradeshop.com
        \_ You might start with the jeweler where you're getting the new
           one. They might even make the new one out of the metal from the
           old one, which would save you money and provide some continuity
           from the old ring to the new one, if you care about that kind of
           thing (which it sounds like you don't).
           \_ Yeah, I mean, metal is metal... is it suppose like, contain
              some type of soul or meta-aura inside it or something?
              \_ sounds silly but you will get serious brownie points for
                 saying "this is made from the same metal you bought for me
                 sweetie" etc
                 \_ Not just brownie points: sometimes it's non-negotiable.
                    When I broke my ring finger and had to have the ring
                    cut off, my wife _insisted_ that I get the band repaired
                    instead of replaced. YMMV. --erikred
              \_ If it's just metal why bother with the wedding band in
                 the first place?
           \_ I don't think most jewelers like to work with old
              metal--different alloys have different metal ratios and purity
              levels, and mixing two batches doesn't always turn out well.  But
              your best bet is to ask a jeweler who does custom work.
        \_ Cash4Gold

2/26    why did you not tell me about Headcrash the book, before?

2/26    I'm still not completely clear on what AIG does, and is it bad
        for me when they are going to announce they lost 60 Billion ?
        \_ they went in huge into "credit default swaps", i.e., "I'll pay you
           if your MBS/CDO becomes worthless -- what are the odds of that??
           Moneybags!"
           \_ They also insure the pension fund of the federal legislature.

2/26    I made the mistake of Linking-In with my manager and now I'm
        in a weird situation where I need to update my resume due to
        problems in the company. The problem is all of my profile changes
        are broadcasted to people I'm linked with. If I unlink with someone
        now, will that person know of that unlink action?
        \_ Set up a test account, add yourself as a linked person, then
           unlink yourself and see what happens.

2/26    Goldman Sachs says S&P may drop to 650 "in the near term", reduces
        their 2009 year-end forecast from 1100 to 940 -- a 23% gain from
        current levels.  Woohoo, hello moneybags!!  Now I know where to buy!
        </sarcasm>
        \_ Tell us when you think it is time to buy, okay?
           \_ panic selling by J6P is a good signal, and I haven't seen it yet
              \_ How will you know?

2/26    Jay Leno doing some really nifty rapid prototyping
        http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=944641
        \_ Awesome!

2/26    http://calbears.cstv.com
        Haas Pavilion is hosting ESPN's College Gameday on Saturday morning,
        starting at 6:00 AM.  Free food for the first 500 to arrive.

2/26    Conservative magazines not for liberty:
        http://swopec.hhs.se/ratioi/abs/ratioi0131.htm
        \_ I'm shocked, shocked.
           \_ Enh, what are you going to do with liberty? hoard it? how's
              that going to help get us over  the Fiancial End Times?

2/25    Eric Janszen seems to be a smart economics dude.

2/25    wow why do they let Rose McGowan walk around.
        \_ What do you have against her?
           \_ Nothing, and that's the problem! </rimshot>
        \_ why do they let octomom have kids?

2/25    Philip Jose Farmer: To his scattered body gone
        http://www.pjfarmer.com

2/24    So what's the carbon footprint of a carbon satellite launching, failing
        to get to orbit, and burning up?
        \_ prett negligible, NASA hasn't been using hydrocarbon based rocket
           fuels for years.

2/24    Whatever happened to IP6? I thought the world was going to end
        with IP4 soon. What happened?
        \_ nat and electromagnetic radiation from satellite debris
        \_ End of IP4 = internet doomsday
        \_ IPv6 is slowly moving forward.  Virtualization is starting to
           drive it more.  NAT band-aided the doomsday scenarios.  -tom

2/21    The Circular GOP Firing Squad is Fired Up:
        link:www.mercurynews.com/ci_11752441

2/20    Made of awesome
        http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/32844_Gradual_Change_We_Can_Believe_In
        \_ what's awesome about this?

2/20    Polar Bears wondering around Yahoo's offices:
        http://www.flickr.com/photos/eirikref/3262204184

2/16    Stocks are low. BUY BUY BUY!
        \_ I agree, at least for the long term. Where to buy though, there
           are so many that look good? I am avoiding financials.

2/17    Good thing we don't profile
        http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE51G30V20090217
        \_ So did profiling catch this plot, or did good policework?

2/16    Do you find email to be "not a good means of communication" between
        friends?   Discuss.
        \_ girls really like the IM.
           \_ there's no diff between IM and a really short email?
        \_ current email spam:non-spam ratio is about 10,000:1, I pretty much
            dont bother with email any more.
            \_ Have you heard of spam filtering? It's been working pretty well
               for at least the last few years.

2/15    If Venezuela votes down Hugo's referendum this time, what are
        the odds he won't run it again?
        \_ And aparently irrelevant; they went for it this time, and it
           looks like he gets to run again. C'mon, Hugo, hang it up
           already, you daft punk!

2/15    This appears to be the rain we were looking for. Is it having
        the effect we'd hoped to see?
        \_ While the recent storms have been good news for the region's water
           outlook, hydrologists say they still aren't enough to erase a dry
           January.
           The snowpack water content in the Tahoe basin is running about
           70 percent of average for the date.
        \_ "It's not unreasonable to assume if we stay wet, we'll catch up to
            normal by the end of the week," said Steve Goldstein, a forecaster
            with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. "I'm somewhat
            optimistic we'll end up with a near normal or even slightly above
            normal winter," in Northern California.

2/15    Whatever happened to http://inpassing.org? Was that run by a CS student?
        \_ whois says it is owned by Benjamin Stewart and HuffPo says that he
           works as a software engineer at http://A9.com, so it is likely.
           \_ It was run by a female. I can't remember her name... Leah?

2/13    >>> print datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1234567890)
        2009-02-13 15:31:30
        Congratulations!

2/12    Oops, what a liar Obama is
        http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6866999
        \_ How's that ODS coming?

2/12    Hey Athenaeum guy, how much does membership cost?
        \_ From $19.25 to $51 per month depending on factors like your
           affiliation and when you graduated.
           If you live more than 100 miles from Caltech you can visit for a
           $19.25 per day visit fee.
           Junior alumni (graduated less than 15 years ago): $32/month
           Senior alumni (everyone else): $51/month

2/10    Remember Bushitler? Now it is Obamathedevil:
        http://obamathedevil.com/Home_Page.php

2/9     Oh wow, the motd still works?  What happened?  I've been asleep for
        a hundred years.  -John
        \_ Hello sleepy beauty, where have you been?
        \_ Who the fuck are you and why should we care?
           \_ he makes tanks.
              \_ excuse me? Care to elaborate?
                 \_ He misspelled (close, though.)  I own the company that
                    makes all the lolcat pictures.  -John
        \_ HEIL!
        \_ John Van Winkle ?

2/9     Likud is going to win the election in Israel.
        \_ It's possible, esp. in light of continued rocket attacks from
           Gaza, but what would that mean? I don't recall Bibi solving the
           problem last time he was in power.

2/9     New NAS study claims that ethanol is worse for health and environment
        than regular gasoline.
        http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/new-study-tallies-corn-ethanol-costs
        \_ I'm sorry, are there still people who aren't directly benefitting from corn
           subsidies (yes, this include our president), who still claim to think any-
           thing else?  -phuqm
        \_ I'm sorry, are there still people who aren't directly benefitting
           from corn subsidies (yes, this include our president), who still
           claim to think anything else?  -phuqm

2/9     Is it my imagination or it seems like it rains more this year
        in Q1 more than last year?
        \_ Considering that the data are easily available, and pretty much
           every newspaper and news broadcast has been talking about the
           water shortage: you're an idiot.
           \_ Wow, you're pretty arrogant for a guy who doesn't know what
              the word 'seems' means.  Furthermore, since the lack of rain
              last year is having a large impact on the shortage this year,
              the water shortage doesn't necessarily mean there hasn't been
              more rain this year than last year, just not enough.  Although,
              you are correct there was more last year.
              \_ We just had two straight weeks of sun in January.  Get a clue.
                 \_ Try reading next time.  Seriously.
        \_ We seem to have had more rainy days at more regular intervals where
           I live this year, but there has been less total rainfall.  Last year
           it rained almost every day in January, and then nothing till
           I live this year, but there has been less actual rainfall.  Last
           year it rained almost every day in January, and then nothing till
           December.

2/9     Does anyone here own a Kindle?
        \_ Yes, why?
         \_ Are the books tied to your kindle?  Is there any kind of
            resale/lending option?
         \_ Are the books tied to one device?  Can you lend them out/
            resell them?

2/6     I need to make a small run of business cards.  Any recommendations?

2/6     The Romance of Alice & Bob:
        http://abstrusegoose.com/113
        \_ Um, mazel tov?

2/5     Army suicide jumped waaay high in January. Is Obama really
        THAT bad?                               -free republic
        http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29036515

2/4     Bipartisanship is, apparently, a crock of shit.
        \_ You want to elaborate?
          \_ you can lead them to bipartisanship, but you can't make them drink
        \_ Time for the nuclear option.

2/4     tool academy is best show ever made

2/4     psb now you can move to Ireland
        http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-worlds-and-me/episode-guide/series-2/episode-2