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5/15    Robin Hood: Wow, Spielberg should get royalties for the landing
        scene. Otherwise, fun, but dumb.
        \_ Try Disney's "Princess of Thieves"

5/7     Moby does metal:
        http://www.moby.com/journal/2010-04-30/so-few-months-ago-i-got-together-my-frie.html
        http://diamondsnakerocks.com

5/7     stock,stock,stock,blah.  What do people here think of trading
        futures these days?

5/8     Don't forget to call your mother this weeekend.
        \_ I'm going to call mine at 12:01 am sun!
           \_ I nudged yermom at 12:02 am.

5/6     Next Friday 5/13 is Bike to Work Day.
        http://www.youcanbikethere.com

5/5=1.0 Numerology FTW.    5+5=10
        Happy Cinco De Mayo
        \_ 5 (base 10) = 10 (base 5)
           5 ^ 1.0 = 5
           log (base 5) 5 = 1.0

5/3     BP shares. Buy? They are down 20% because of the spill, but is that
        the market overreacting or will there be major long-term
        adjustments to their business models that will curtail profits?
        \_ I am buying GS, but not BP. BP's potential liability is
           pretty amazingly huge.
           \_ Agreed. Note that BP has been trying to pay ppl $5k to
              forfeit right-to-sue; that's backlash waiting to
              happen.
           \_ What do you project will be their liability? Oil will be
              back to $150/barrel eventually. I think it would take maybe
              a $50 billion liability to make me worry. Do you think it
              could get that high? Exxon paid out $3.5 billion for the
              Exxon Valdez. BP can take a $50 billion hit one year and
              still make a profit.
              \_ I think oil will go through the roof too, so I own XOM,
                 CVX and USO, but not BP. BP's liability could easily top
                 $100B if they don't get this capped. Remember Valdez
                 $10000B if they don't get this capped. Remember Valdez
                 was in an almost unpopulated area.
                 \_ Though I guess there are limits on how much they can
                    be sued for. This is kind of an untested area of the law,
                    I bought TM when they were in the news and it has worked
                    out well so far for me, BP is probably not a bad bet
                    either. -PP

4/26    "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."

4/28    I'm looking to buy an end-grain cutting board. Does anyone have any
        recommendations on things to look for (or look out for)? The one I'm
        considering is this one from Overstock. Is 3.5" too thick? Does
        anyone have a thick chopping block like this? Thanks.
        http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Maple-End-Grain-18-inch-Square-Chopping-Block/3303857/product.html?rcmndsrc=2
        \_ Is end grain better than edge grain?

4/28    Finally you can get REAL coca-cola
        http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/14/coca-colla-real-thing-bolivia

4/27    Who was the faculty sponsor for xcf? Have they been officially resolved
    as a student organization?
        \_ Why do you want to know?
           \_ OMG.
           \_ curious.
          -op
        \_ resolved or dissolved?
           \_ yeah, I meant dissolved (I guess they rhyme or something)
          -op
              \_ Op, learn to use tabs instead of spaces! (width=8) Also, the
                 XCF was dissolved a long time ago. Now vadim just steals their
                 rack space.

4/26    I'm working on a neat interactive music and fire sculpture:
        http://www.artistsforpeaceandjustice.com
        -dans
        \_ why are you pinging localhost:
        pts/0    cn-sfo1-natout.c Tue10   6.14s  5.51s ping localhost
           \_ It's a quick hack to keep my session open because ssh keep-alives
              play poorly with some NAT setups. -dans
        \_ Haitian relief efforts are noble, but please don't change my links.
           Here's your link: http://artistsforpeaceandjustice.com
           -dans

4/21    RMS is giving a talk at the Farm next Friday, April 30th:
        http://stanfordacm.com/2010/04/dinner-with-richard-stallman
        \_ Gnu's Not Useful
        \_ Will he eat something from his foot?
        \_ Old XCF Saying:
           Yaroslav:RMS is giving a talk in soda hall.
           Gene: Do you have a gun?

4/12    Is the free MS Security Essentials any good?

3/11    How do those "auto adjust" functions on LCD monitors work?  How does
        the monitor know what setting values to adjust to make the screen look
        sharp without someone / something looking at the results on the screen?

3/10    "Speeding motorist dies in Emeryville pileup"
        http://www.csua.org/u/q9q (http://www.sfgate.com
        YES!
        "No one else was hurt."
        Another YES!

3/9     Someone's gonna post about breasts, so I'll beat you to the punch:
        http://www.good.is/post/fifteen-things-you-should-know-about-breasts

3/2     http://www.businessinsider.com/the-world-needs-autistic-people-like-einstein-mozart-and-tesla-2010-2
        Autistic people RULE!!! Einstein rules!

3/2     If you're reading this, chances are you're a Soda geek.
        This may help:
        http://www.upgradereality.com/how-to-attract-hot-girls

2/23    Look, Angry Sysadmin has his own following now:
        http://seekingalpha.com/author/karl-denninger
        \_ have our cities turned into free-fire zones yet?

2/20    wtf happened to soda again?
        \_ aand again just now?!
           \_ aaand again 3 x in one day, wtf is going on?!

2/20    ChromeOS: Can anyone comment on how it performs, specifically on
        older systems?  Some sort of "min system reqs" would be nice to know
        if you can't comment on performance due to NDA.  Thank you.

2/17    Picture of U.S. Marines protecting Afghan man and child from Taliban
        fire: http://www.csua.org/u/q4m  This picture can use used in US
        propaganda.

2/10    Our president hung out with moot at TED. When an office hoser
        said 'pics or it didn't happen' she replied 'pictures
        aren't allowed at TED.'
        \_ Maybe those pics aren't for you to see.
        \_ What's "TED"?
        \_ *yawn*

2/11    I spend a lot of time watching TV at home. I keep seeing these
        commercials: UEI college. Let Your New Life Begin, Call
        1-800-GET-SLIM Lap Band. Check Into Cash. ITT Technical.
        Sometimes Larry H Parker. I'm in Southern Cal. What
        commercials do you guys see in the Bay Area?
        \_ ObGetALife

2/10       Our president hung out with moot at TED. When an office hoser
           said 'pics or it didn't happen' she replied 'pictures
           aren't allowed at TED.'
        \_ Maybe those pics aren't for you to see.

2/2     http://deleteyouraccount.com
        Tired of having a bunch of accounts? Delete them now.

1/31    Why did Microsoft invent the __stdcall calling convention when there
        are already __pascal and __cdecl calling conventions that people
        understand.  How is __stdcall better than __pascal?
        \_ M$ likes to break open standards and turn them into proprietary
           standards whenever possible.
           \_ imprecise and lazy answer. try again.

1/30    what is with all the radio stations not giving you a direct streaming
        link to their online stream, instead you have to fight with their
        flash ap? is it just adspace rev?
        \_ You got it on first try.
        \_ I think KCSM 91.1 (http://www.kcsm.org has a direct link.

1/28    My home directory is gone.  Help!
        \_ home directories gone again.  OHNOES!
          \_ yay, they're back!
             \_ Thanks to the volunteers!  -- OP

1/27    why is this guy so happy?
        http://www.flickr.com/photos/thehappyhubby
        \_ big boobs = tasteless
        \_ Are these real?

1/27    Phelps to protest Twitter at their SF HQ today, 5pm
        \_ who's phelps? what's he protesting? and why do we care?
           \_ <DEAD>/godhatesfags.com<DEAD>
              \_ again, why do we care?

1/23    How the hell did Toilet^H^H^H Deloitte and KPMG get up to #70
        on the list? Something is seriously wrong.
        http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/full_list
        \_ Every time I see "Deloitte", I think of "Dettol".
           \_ I think of toothpaste, and I have no idea why I do.

1/23    So, no really a serious question, when are we moving to google based
        mail/etc?  If at all?
        Also, can plz steggy stop leaving yourself logged in as pnunez it
        ruins the mystique.

1/23    yo that study doesn't take into account how drunk people get when they
        start to "shake it like a polaroid"

1/21    star trek convention is in SF this weekend

1/20    I had a chinese chicken salad yesterday, this morning
        I crapped little bits of green, EVERYWHERE.  it wasn't painful,
        just rather odd.  What am doing wrong?
        \_ What about this is wrong? It sounds like your body is working
           just fine to me.

1/20    can we get some double entendre Golden Globes Christina
        Hendricks discussion please?  ok tnx.
        http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=christina+hendricks
        \_ Her Golden Globes look rather small in some of her pics at
           http://www.bustyskinny.com  Odd.

1/19    I know I should be mourning the death and contributing to the relief
        effort and such, but this is nonetheless an eye-catching picture:
        http://www.csua.org/u/pxy
        Hot!
        \_ That's my old unit!
        \_ fat in 2 years
        \_ And the GI is staring right down at *them*.

12/8    Looks like httpd is not working.  I can't access my home page.
        \_ Yeah broken for me, too.
           \_ Emailed toulouse and he fixed it, thanks toulouse. -ausman

1/5     $345/lb bluefin tuna!
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100105/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_giant_tuna_sold
        Is bluefin tuna usually this expensive?
        \_ Yes, it is an endangered species.

1/05    please explain "apt has super cow powers"
        \_ I can't explain it, but see if apt-get moo and aptitude [-v*] moo
           help

12/29   Are you a FOB? Please read this:
        http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
        \_ I thought kids who grow up in this country and learn English as a
           spoken language rather than a written language are the ones who
           often spell things wrong.

12/28   Given the lack of awareness, the retirement of mail services has been
        indefinitely postponed. No changes to mail service are currently
        scheduled, but may be announced in the future.

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12/19   Looking for a wedding photographer. Advice?
        \_ For good bang for bucks in the Los Angeles area, try:
           http://photographyivan.com
           Ivan does wedding, engagement/portrait, family,
           and even throws in makeup. Try it!

12/11   WD claims its Advanced Format is supposed to increase usable disk
        space by 7-11%:
        link:preview.tinyurl.com/yc8knoa [wdc.com] [pdf]

12/9    NSFW but..
        http://www.sexuallycorrect.com/cxr-sample.htm
        so are they reversing the photoshopping of the original image?
        (indicating that there is data left there?)  Or are they just
        drawing over?
        \_ I don't know but I bet Jackie Johnson has a bigger
           boob. And she's in Los Angeles, the greatest city
           in the world.
        \_ http://www.metacafe.com/watch/400249/photoshop_x_ray_trick_see_through_clothes
           \_ yes but *why* does it work, and can this be used on other
              types of images.
              \_ Your camera can see a much wider dynamic range than you.
                 This is best on RAW images where it keeps spectrums that
                 eyes don't capture well. I wonder if infrared cameras
                 are better for this type of stuff.
              \_ It's basically just emphasizing colors in the image
                 which are already there, but subtle.  -tom

12/8    The current decade has been marked by dramatic effects of warming.

        In 2007-2009, the summer melt reduced the Arctic Ocean ice cap to its
        smallest extent ever recorded. In the 2007-2009 International Polar
        Year, researchers found that Antarctica is warming more than previously
        believed. Almost all glaciers worldwide are retreating.

        Destructive species such as jellyfish and bark-eating beetles are moving
        northward out of normal ranges, and seas expanding from warmth and
        glacier melt are encroaching on low-lying island states.
        \_ What's that buzzing sound?
        \_ better call the bugman, I think you've got a wasp problem
        \_ BUT ITS REALLY COLD. Global warming must not be happening.  I'm going
           to go post my vast knowledge to the SFGate comments now.

12/8    Arguments based on word defition.
        So; just wondering but I wonder if alot of arguments are based on
        1. what we historically viewed as consensus of the term's def
        2. what new media defines as the term.
        for example, the petite vs. wikipedia petite.  Which is more valid?
        a definition that someone , and their immediate culture, has used
        a term all their life or something a culture defines as valid
        no matter how young?
        \_ Yeah I've heard the term "anecdotal evidence is invalid" alot
           out of the UCB student pop lately; they seem to prefer
           internet definitions.
           \_ By that nature, those definitions can change at the flip of
              a bit or wiki change/revert.
              \_ "We have always been at war with east^weurasia."
        \_ We can't have different ideas about the same word, that would
           bring anarchy!
           \_ nevertheless different people use the same word for different
              things, and the problem is when it's used for slightly similar
              definitions.  If you kill that you are killing diversity.
        \_ Is this a real discussion or one that someone added in its entirety?
        \_ Bill Clinton should be an expert on this subject.
        \-   "Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow,
             the force  of it depends  on the strength  of the
             hand  that draws  it. Argument  is like  an arrow
             from  a cross-bow, which  has equal  force though
             drawn by a child."

12/5    Does anyone know what language group the Long A phoneme comes from?
        \_ No, but one of my tenants is getting his PhD in linguistics from
           Cal, I will ask him for you the next time I see him.
        \_ this might help:
           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenseness
        \_ Isn't 1/3rd of soda linguistics majors?

12/5    Do they really have giant radio/radar towers in the midwest?

12/2    As of yesterday, Kaiser Hayward and Fremont now has H1N1 vaccines for
        all members from 6 months to 18 years old.  Hurry while supply lasts!

12/1    How much does a Junior Sys Admin make these days?
        Do you have to pay a lot more to get someone part time than to get
        someone full time? (you know, per hour)
        \_ http://glassdoor.com

12/1    Seattle cop killer was killed:
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091201/ap_on_re_us/us_officers_shot
        Too bad he was able to roam the streets and kill four officers before
        this, thanks to Mick Huckabee.

11/27   What happened to the Wenk thread? I had a swarthy comeback.
        \_ Someone deleted it.  See it in ~mehlhaff/tmp/motd,v.
        \_ Swarthy? Post it anyway, I want to see what a dark, hairy comebacak
           \_ how do I perform a web search on it?
        \_ Swarthy? Post it anyway, I want to see what a dark hairy comeback
           looks like.

11/23   Looking for a NAS and SANS combo. I love NAS for its convenience
        and SANS for speed. Ideally I'd like to have both. Ideas?
        \_ NetApp will do both. -ausman
        \_ EMC had a NFS/SAN hybrid that supposedly mixed attributes of both,
           we didn't go with it, and I can't find whitepapers now.  -ERic

11/17   These Arab world stunting statistics are horrifying.  On the other hand
        it appears that the evil Israelis are not as good at oppressing
        Arabs as Arabs are.
        http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=87018
        \_ It is the UN that feeds the Gaza strip, but you are right on the
           general point.
        \_ eh?

11/16   In the U.S., where does one get small quantity of polonium and U235?
        \_ Why the hell would you want these? Both are certainly not
           available without extensive licenses.
           \_ how does one typically get these licenses? Can I pay someone
              with licenses to get these items? Ok I'm just kidding, obviously.
              These are questions that Berkeleyeans should have good answers to.

11/15   Are there any googlers here? Whose ass do I have to kick to get
        recruiting to hurry up?
        \_ it helps to know someone who knows you personally. That is the
           person who can probe the recruiter. Yes recruiter matters
           A LOT. Get a good one, you're set. Get an inexperienced newbie,
           anything can happen.
        \_ I know some people who know some people, if you know what I mean.
           And I think you do. Email me and I can ask around. -ausman
        \_ what's the 411?

11/15   http://www.bustyskinny.com
        Why are all the Asians on this site rated so low?
        \_ NSFW

11/13   Is Libertarianism dead? Can we throw it on the ash heap of history
        now?
        \_ worry about keeping progress with your current party.

11/6    Unemployment rate for people like you:
        http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/06/business/economy/unemployment-lines.html
        \_ I am a middle aged white guy with a college degree, I have it made!

11/6    What's a good anonymous network program to use?
        \_ huh?  make better question, tnx
           \_ what's the best way to torrent anonymously?
                \_ torrent through tor would be really slow.  I don't think
                   there is a full proof way to torrent anonymously.  If you
                   think about how torrent works, it is a hard problem

10/6    When to use apostrophe? Is there anything you haven't
        learned already?          http://apostrophe.me
        \_ I already know all that. I could use some coaching on the use
           of commas though.
        \_ This is so short.  I wonder about other usages like:
           "I have three PCs, and they run three different OS's.   One PC's
           OS's name is Linux, and the other two PCs' OS's names are not
           Linux".
           Is the above usage correct?
           \_ Generally, OSes and PCs are the preferred forms.  I'll only use
              an apostrophe if the construction is ambiguous otherwise.  (Such
              as the single-letter exception noted on that page.)  -tom

10/6    Poll. Do you use the following to communicate or to
        receive information regularly?
        Twitter: .
        Facebook: ..
        RSS Reader:..
        CSUA Motd: .....
        CSUA Wall:
        E-mail: ...
        Telephone: .
        None of the above:
        \_ for some version of 'regularly'
        \_ I hate telephone. I hate how there's a long period of
           bullshit protocol exchanges like "Hi how is your kid?
           Fine, is HP doing ok? Alright, the weather is great
           too in Menlo Park, yes?"
           \_ Same reson why I don't like breakroom conversations at my
              workplace.
              \_ except conversation is a side-effect of the
                 intent of the breakroom, whereas the telephone
                 is simply an out-dated and inefficient
                 protocol to get things done ASAP.
                 \_ Interesting. I have found a phone call is the quickest
                    way to get a response versus, say, e-mail or texting
                    which is easy to ignore.
                    \_ People don't usually ignore me, so I prefer IM for
                       working on technical problems. It is hard to explain
                       things like log files and unix commands over the phone.
                       When people start trying to ignore me, I often resort
                       to the phone.

11/4    http://Slide.com tools team is hiring...send cover letter and resume to
        pokorny@slide.com if you are interested. Here is the job desc
        http://docs.google.com/View?id=d8zvqs8_11fzjc7r7t -davebrok
        \_ What are some reason NOT to work there?
           \_ ask dans

10/4    What the hell is with the female tech CEOs now running for
        office as REPUBLICANS? What the fuck?
        Meg Whitman? Give me a break.
        Carly Fiorina? No way Jose.
        \_ This is pretty strange. Why would a CEO want to take a step
           down like that?
           \_ Because she was fired?

11/4    Motd too long: wc -l /etc/motd.public -> 1002
        Fixed. -mrauser
        \_ thank you, you rule!!! btw who are you?

11/2    Random web site browsing.
        http://www.th-photo.com    Ugly ass photos, shitty photographer
        http://www.th-photos.com   Pretty good photos, I like it
        Moral of the story: both have shitty names, what the hell are
        they thinking? Domain name is everything. Food for thought
        for your next startup.

11/2    "Statistics experts reject global cooling claims"
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_on_sc/us_sci_global_cooling_3

10/29   http://gizmodo.com/5391712/net-neutrality-worst-case
        URL explains it all.

10/30   http://gizmodo.com/5393457/darpa-network-challenge-win-40000-by-finding-10-red-weather-balloons
        Why is DARPA sponsoring this? Put on your best tinfoil hat and tell
        me why.

10/29   I have a couple of really old HD (2GB, 40GB, etc). What's the best
        way to dispose them? BTW I can't even format them, some of them
        are dead.
        \_ There are some pretty awesomely strong magnets inside HDs.

10/24   I am curious, the adult section of craigslist, are the services
        advertised for sex? Or just for a massage? I am talking about
        the 120hh and 160hr stuff.. -horny sodan
        \_ Call and find out. Report back with your findings. I am guessing
           that you can buy whatever you like.

10/26   Mail services are being retired and will become read-only effective
        January 1, 2010.

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10/20   The Magic Mouse is cool. Apple, you rule.

10/20   mail does not work, because mailbox is gone.  /var/mail has only
        2 files.
        \_ Fixed.  --mconst
           \_ Running /usr/bin/mail is still giving me seg fault.  It has been
              this way for the past couple months.  --- yuen

10/16   Welcome back.

10/13   httpd doesn't seem to work.  Are some of our kind volunteers looking
        into it?  Thanks.

10/13   I am selling a Nikon D70 dlr on craigslist. A guy responds and
        wants me to ship it to Ogun State, Nigeria. He says he'll send
        me the money via paypal once I give him the OK (committing to
        the transaction). Could this be a scam? How would he manage to
        do it if he wires me the money first? I have no local buyers,
        other than low-ballers! I am tempted to sell to him, but
        wondering if there's something I am not seeing here.. Thanks!
        \_ Just don't do it.
        \_ That nigeria is involved should be a huge regd flag that it
           is a scam.   They also have a long history of scams where they
           buy stuff, overpay for it, ask you to send the overpayment back
           and leave you holding the bag when their 'overpayment' was actually
           fake and the bank didn't reverse it until a few days later.
           \_ Wait several weeks and see that the overpayment is actually
              cleared by the bank before you send the overpayment back.  -- !OP
        \_ I wouldn't do it. Nigeria has such a bad reputation that when my
           girlfriend, who is a movie producer, had to meet with a potential
           Nigerian investor (who now lives in the US) everyone was skeptical.
           I was worried for her safety when she met him at his hotel bar (he
           was flying in to town from back East) and she made sure to go with
           others. It turned out that not only was the guy legitimate, but
           extremely nice, too. We all feel terrible for judging him based on
           the country he was born in, but Nigerian scam artists have made it
           that way. That said, I would worry that this guy is laundering money
           or using a stolen account, which may mean that even if you aren't
           ripped off you are doing business with a criminal enterprise.
           Are you comfortable with that possibility?
           \_ Dude he's being scammed, 100 percent.  For fun ask him if he is
              The Mugu or The Master. - danh
              The Mugu or The Master or The Margarita. - danh
        \_ How did this turn out?
        \_ Hey asshole, we responded. Now let us know how it turned out.
           \_ Haha, I sold it locally for a reasonable price.

10/13   link:www.yahoo.com/s/1145888
        Another replay of The Play.  People never learn.

10/12   Interesting animation on the evolution of the International Space
        Station.
        http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm

10/12   Are twink points still distributed? There's an app for that...
        http://awardsapp.com

10/11   So what sodan's have wave accounts?
        \_ so far it seems like a attributed hosted version of motd
        \_ I have one. Haven't done much with it yet. -ausman

10/7    So the value of my aggregate retirement accounts is at an all
        time high. How are the rest of you doing, did you ride out the market?
        \_ I haven't checked after this week's activity yet, but I'm probably
           down about 20% from my peak.  Still happy with pretty much
           everything I own.  -tom
           \_ I am about the same, A little over 20% down from my peak,
              However, I am not happy with everything I own.  Tom, what
              are you holding these days?  Any inflation hedges? -crebbs
              \_ I've put a fair amount of money into overseas stocks;
                 doing quite well with EWZ (Brazil index).  That's a dollar
                 inflation hedge, though not a world inflation hedge.
                 HRP has been doing very well, and my long-term big holdings
                 as well (AAPL, AMZN, GOOG).  I really haven't bought or
                 sold anything of significance.  -tom
                 \_ Yeah I have some CH (chile) which  has done o.k. for similar
                    reasoning to your EWZ.  I foolishly sold my HRP. -crebbs
                    \_ Just checked: I'm down about 19%.  -tom
                 \_ You know that EWZ is 23% PBR and 15% VALE, right? -ausman

10/7    Anyone attending RubyConf 2009 near SFO?  Anyone on
        the organizing committee to help a UCB staff member
        get in? - ck

10/2    Wireshark is http://www.wireshark.org  So WTF is http://www.wireshark.com  I was
        tricked.
        \_ Watch SHARK TANK on Tuesday! It is good!
        \_ What were you tricked into doing?
           \_ When I use FireFox 3.5.3 to go to http://www.wireshark.com it
              gets stuck for a long time with the status bar saying "Read
              <DEAD>www.google-analytics.com"<DEAD>  IE 7.0 doesn't have this problem,
              but it shows a site that talks about Wireshark instead of the
              real site that lets me download it.

9/30    "Drivers who text are 20 times more likely to have an accident."
        http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews?ch=4226716&cl=15823087&lang=en

9/29    I'm pretty cheesed that I have to go through the whole transcipt request
        rigamarole to have them send a transcript to another office at the
        same school.  What, UC Davis has never heard of a network?
        \_ Maybe they want to avoid privacy lawsuits.
        \_ You should know by now that state agencies don't talk to
           each other. And why do you want to go to Davis?

9/24    Some of these people on the web site look really attractive!
        I think this is going to give kids a wrong message that getting
        mono is COOL:
        http://symptomsmono.com

9/23    She's pretty good looking:
        http://creative.ak.fbcdn.net/ads3/flyers/123/39/6002360709857_1_21c57f59.jpg
        \_ Who is this and why do we care?
           \_ some random chick picture from Facebook ads that says
              "find out who's been checking you out!"

9/23    "Mackenzie Phillips: I slept with my own father"
        http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32976391

9/20    Turn YouTube videos into animated GIF, easily!
        http://www.gifsoup.com

9/20    day 3 of rm -rf /mnt/PORN
        I feel calm
        \_ try out http://www.bestpornstardb.com/stars/S/Simi
        \_ Are you using xhamster or youporn instead?

9/20    Does anyone have a favorite drink that they prepare themselves
        that includes vodka? I bought a nice bottle yesterday and
        realized that all I know is a screwdriver. Anyone have a good
        recommendation for other simple, yet tastier drinks? Thanks.
        \_ Vodka gimlet. Greyhound. Cosmopolitan. Lemon drop. Vodka
           martini. White Russian. Kamikaze.
           I am partial to cosmos if I have to drink a girlie drink.
        \_ Bloody mary, salty dog, cape cod.  Pretty much any juice +
           vodka works, really. Vodka doesn't add any taste, it
           pretty much just adds alcohol to your drink.
        \_ The Dude drinks White Russians.

9/18    Roll call! post like so, only with the `whoami` substituted:
        \_ `whoami`
        \_ You go first.
        \_ Bueller
        \_ Spartacus

9/16    Humdinger. Pippin. Doozy. Ripsnorter.

9/14    Check out: http://www.zivity.com
        Models posting pictures of themselves, then selling them online.
        Warning, may not be SFW.
        \_ Naked boobies are NSFW in most places.
           \_ boobies are ok, but this site has no pussy so
              it's pretty tame.
           \_ So-so boobies, but nice photography.
        \_ other things you may not have known about Zivity:
           - they are a Ruby shop
           - they've burned through something around $8M
           - they went through some investor drama recently, see also
             Top Fans
           \_ Where are they located?
                \_ if only they listed that on their web page!

9/14    Where is this, Texas? Tenessee?
        http://www.shipmentoffail.com/fails/2009/09/wedding-reception-food-fail
        \_ fake.

9/14    http://fastflip.googlelabs.com
        Give this a try! It's awesome!

9/14    Anyone have tips on writing a good cover letter?
        \_ This is as tough as "anyone have tips on coding well?"

9/14    http://whattheinternetknowsaboutyou.com
        CSS vulnerability discovered. You're all screwed!!!
        \_ old news -- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4136

9/9     Today is 09/09/09 in MM/DD/YY, DD/MM/YY and YY/MM/DD formats.
        \_ and my  Birthday. Whee! -ERic
           \_ Are you 99?

9/9     This is pretty cool! Find out if the Craigslist dude is
        normal or not:
        http://www.spokeo.com/single/search?e=politburo@csua.berkeley.edu

9/8     User web sites seem to be working again.  Thanks to the soda
        volunteers!  -- yuen

9/8     http://omg.yahoo.com/photos/mariah-and-nick-can-t-hide/3202
        I thought Mariah Carey has breast implants, but she doesn't look so in
        these pics.
        \_ http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/2005/04/05/mariah-careys-barbie-boobs
        \_ Huh? She looks like she has implants in those pics. Why do you
           say she doesn't?
           \_ They are kind of small in the picture above.  -- OP
              \_ They are popping out of her dress and she has cleavage
                 even without a bra! That's not small!

9/3     Garrido made suggestions for kidnapping-prevention fact sheet
        http://www.contracostatimes.com/jayceedugard/ci_13256245?nclick_check=1
        Wow, they got themselves a real expert for that.
        \_ Antioch is a dump. Suburbs are dumpy.
           \_ SF is dumpy as fuck, guess you don't live there.
              \_ Pac Heights is dumpy? LOL
           \_ lol, Aliso Viejo is dumpy, yah right, and Irvine is dumpy too.
              Gotta love that Koolaid.  Were you  kidnapped at 11?

9/2     Has anyone else here read Bethke's Headcrash?  Just wondering why
        nobody seems to know if it, when it really should be up there with
        neuromancer and snowcrash.  Thx.

9/2     github super rocks, has anyone had problems with it?

9/1     The girls in Sorority Row are HOT HOT HOT. What do you guys think?
        \_ Sure they are hot, are you banging one of them?
        \_ ASU 4tw!!
        \_ At Cal? Yuck. At ASU? Hell yeah.
        \_ I don't notice an appreciable difference in hotness on SR vs non-.
        \_ I was driving on southside the other day, and at 4 pm (this must
           have been some kind of wierd rush event) there were like 250 girls
           in sun dresses and heels walking in between all the sororieties.
           There were like 4-5 guys and 250 girls in the 2-3 blocks I was
           driving.  Those are some good odds. ;) They were gone when I
           returned a few minutes later (with my net). -mrauser

8/31    I want to get into my enemies' psychy. I want to know as much as they
        do. I want to read at least one Ayn Rand novel to know what the hype
        is all about, so that I can disect their logic and understand them
        better. What should I read first, The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged?
        \_those books suck.  Read _The Road to Surfdom_ -a libertarian
          \_ why do they suck?                  -fuq 'em
        \_ they are both written pretty poorly btw.  There are the "good guys"
           who are noble and smart and logical, and the "bad guys" who are
           lazy and corrupt and incompetant.  Every so often there's a
           "traitor" who is smart and corrupt.  They are, at least, plot-
           heavy - sort of like romance novels for people with Asperger's
           Syndrome.  If you read fast, go for Atlas Shrugged and skip the
           last speech.  If you don't, just get the Cliff's Notes.  And yes
           I have a degree in EECS (1997) yet still can read literature at
           some depth, trolls.
        \_ Read them both, I did in high school. They are kind of polemics,
           but interesting enough. They have very simple 11th grade logic,
           which is why they appeal to boys that age.
           \_ They also appeal to girls who want to be 11th grade boys.
              \_ mmm penis envy.

8/20    Starhunter 2300 is pretty funny.

8/20    I did a housework job for someone with a pre-agreed-upon price and
        the person is sending me a check. However, he is asking me if I could
        fill out a W-9. Is this necessary?
        \_ over a certain amount it is, stfw it

8/18    Has anyone used http://www.gogrid.com Is it good? Better than EC2?
        \_ Gogrid is run by Servepath, a company of 30 or so dudes in
           SOMA.  EC2 is backed by the massive crazy infrastructure of
           Amazon.
           \_ Ok, just curious about speed and reliability/availability
              and customer support (if relevant), but thanks.
           \_ So? There are plenty of instances of large behemoths
              offering crap products and being walloped by a small group
              of motivated dudes: IBM vs. MSFT for example.

8/18    Does anyone know what's the best way to reverse engineer a Flash?
        For example, is there a way to decompile or reproduce certain
        web sites like this one?
        http://www.zeniaphotography.com
        \_ there are definately flash decompilers out there

8/18    http://www.technocracy.org/Archives/Work Is Becoming Obsolete-r.htm

8/18    Bored of hotornot? Try: http://www.pornstarorpotato.com

8/17    Do you want to date my avatar?
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU
        \_ This is even less interesting than the title would suggest.

8/17    anyone use this? is it good or is there something better?
        http://win2fs.sourceforge.net
        \_ It's a 0.1 release, dated October 2006 with no updates.
           \_ is there a better alternative?
              \_ http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mount+ext2+filesystem+on+windows

8/17    We are hiring a Director of Network Engineering, if you know
        of any good candidates, send them my way. -ausman
        \_ Job description?
           \_ link:tinyurl.com/oblf5n
              and click on the appropriate job. We are also looking for a
              MySQL DBA Director, but they are much harder to find.
        \_ Why don't YOU apply for it ausman?
           \_ I am already a Director of Operations, this would not be a
              promotion for me. Plus, I am not really qualified.

8/17    I just learned that they sell hover mowers in the UK.  A lawn mower
        that hovers like a hovercraft.  Weird. (See Flymo Hover Mower)
        \_ Can it work?  If a mower keeps blowing air download to stay alift
           in the air, I'd think the downdraft would push the grass onto the
           ground and make it hard to be cut.
           \_ I wondered the same thing.  I was only able to find one review
              of the mower, (it was positive, but I didn't really find it
              trustworthy.) but Flymo still sells the things, so somebody
              must be buying them.
           \_ A lot of mowers have weights to keep the grass down and give
              it a better cut. Greens mowers do this.

8/10    custom steampunk fashion made locally: http://www.steamsociety.com

8/10    Etch-A-Sketch 3D
        http://www.thisandagain.com/iv/?type=Image&id=3370515763

8/10    Severe typhoon toppled hotel in Taiwan, caught on video:
        link:www.yahoo.com/s/1112771
        \_ am failing to care?
           \_ there are a lot of Asians reading motd.

8/6     Did soda just crash? What happened?

8/6     http://www.yourworldoftext.com

8/5     http://sfpl.lib.overdrive.com/5DB86F96-D74C-489A-B529-012ECDCFCAE8/10/486/en/SearchResults.htm?SearchID=2853301
        Stephenson's books online at the library, and many others, free for
        the DL.  Ebooks and audiobooks.
        \_ It's this kind of freetardation that drives california to bankruptcy
           if you want something you should buy it.
           \_ Yes, every home should pay for fire insurance (no insurance,
              no fire truck). Likewise, every man should pay for his/her safety.
              Most policemen eat too much donuts anyways. What a waste!!!
           \_ Look!  It's a bird!  It's a plane!  No, it's STRAW MAN!
           \_ I laugh as YOUR state goes bankrupt. Lol@ state IOUS.
        \_ The link doesn't work for me.

8/3     can someone explain to me why the danes have almond eyes?
        \_ I always thought they tasted more like squid
        \_ Humans or dogs?
           \_ both
        \_ because they like Asians?
        \_ Well serious question, why do some scandinavians have that
           gene?  I doubt Bjork is part asian, yes I know she's icelandik
           but they came from Scand.
           \_ Aren't the Lapplanders kind of central Asian?

8/3     Warren Zevon is one of the better coding music I've listened to.
        Just sharing.
        \_ Because your shit's fucked up?
           \_ Huh? No he has good music.

8/1     MySpace::Facebook:
        a) YouTube::Vimeo
        b) Picasaweb::Flickr
        c) Yahoo::Google
        d) All of the above?
        \_ e)Google::Apple (look who just resigned).
           \_ how'd the stock do?

7/31    Happy Sysadmin Day!
        \_ too bad the fucktards don't realise they can unite and bring the
           world to its knees.
           \_ Yeah, talk to your average libertarian sysadmin about the
              importance of collective action and group solidarity sometime
              for a real hoot.
           \_ Why are they like that?
              \_ Inferiority complex.  They have a really low self opinion of
                 themselves- the minute they can do something that something
                 must be 'omg so simple so easy'. it creates a way for them
                 to feel arrogant at people who don't have the time to memorize
                 trivial like  'whats the magic command this time to do X on
                 this version of decunix' but sadly makes them feel very empty.
                 Zealously guarding secrets, like alchemists chanting "if you
                 have to ask you don't know."  If they get together they will
                 realize they're not that special, just specialIZED; eg: a cog.
                 \_ project much?

7/30    So market timer guy, are you back in yet? The 50 SMA has clearly
        crossed the 200 on all three averages.

7/29    Hi, I will be in Montreal and Gainesville, Fla for a few days in Aug.
        Would appreciate any food/activity/culture recommendations. Thanks.
        \_ Ugh Gainesville.  3 hours from the middle of nowhere, I guess you
           can go to UF college bars. but still.
        \_ Likewise, I am off to Oregon for 11 days. 4 business and 7
           pleasure. Driving up from CA. Business is in Portland. What's
           not to miss?
           \_ Arcata is nice, as is the Lost Coast. Kind of foggy this
              time of year, though.
              \_ No idea what "Lost Coast" is but went to Arcata and Eureka
                 and didn't much care for them. Probably won't go back.
              \_ Actually, Shelter Cove (Lost Coast) is rarely foggy, due
                 to local topography.  -tom
                 \_ The Lost Coast is more than just Shelter Cove, but that
                    is a good spot to camp, if you are looking for that.
           \_ go on a Hippie safari.

7/30    The best use of twitter:
        http://twitpic.com/photos/fuzzbang
        http://twitter.com/fuzzbang
        \_ what is this?
           \_ someones tweets from a life of debauchery in thailand.
        \_ Is that john@soda?
           \_ If you have to ask, you don't know.
        \_ So this guy is just walking around and grabbing random girls
           tits? No wonder the image of the "ugly American" persists.
           \_ Those girls like it, that's how they know they'll have
              a stable income.
              \_ Not only do those girls like it, their moms see it as
                 a retirement plan.
           \_ I think that's the common way to start a biz transaction
              with these women.
              \_ You sure these are women?
                 \_ By Thai standards they're almost old crones.

7/29  note: stay away from lamb in the future. It feels like I'm farting blood.
      \_ And for this you squished my post?
        \_ just list what restaurant you bought the lamb dish at and what lamb
           dish it was.

7/27    Pres Obama is the first out of the closet, proud of it, technocrat
        isn't he?  (I speak of his wide use of electronics, and his like
        to move old systems into the information age.

7/27    Is there a way to get the content of my old crontab back?  I had some
        commands in my old crontab, and I forgot the arguments.  Thanks.
        --- yuen
        \_ email root. Do not be surprised if there are no backups.
           \_ This is someone who doesn't know the current csua admin backup
              policy.  Let us just say that the Department of Redundancy
              Department has nothing on us. -mrauser

7/27    Is the bailout / tarp not working an example of the failure of
        trickle down?
        \_ Did the bailout fail?
        \_ It worked great: I think GS is paying record bonuses this year.

7/24    So I bought into the hype after being in San Diego during Comicon
        last year (but not attending) and decided to go this year. I can't
        say I really enjoyed myself. It was $40 for a 1 day ticket and
        what that entitled me to was to stand in line for hours (literally) if
        I wanted to see any of the cool stuff/people like Tim Burton, the
        ability to buy overpriced clutter, er, collectibles, and the
        ability to buy autographs from has-beens like Richard Hatch. I
        would have far preferred to spend $$$ to get into the interesting
        programs without standing in line. The freaks wearing costumes
        were interesting, but overall I wouldn't go back. Example of why
        Comicon sucks: You could win a drawing to be one of 10 lucky
        people who could get your photo taken and get an autograph with
        Stan Lee. Not a year ago I was able to do both things for free at
        a Barnes and Noble without standing in lines, paying $40 entry,
        and entering a raffle. I felt like cattle at Comicon. I saw Buzz
        fucking Aldrin yesterday for $20 and Comicon wants $40 for me to
        be able to enter the show to buy stuff?
        \_ I can't believe anyone on soda would actually want to go to stupid
           comic conventions. I mean, how old are you?
           \_ waaaah I wanna be peter pan and live out my infantile fantasies
        \_ Grow up.
        \_ In the roadmap of life, 'Adolescent Phase' is back the other way.

7/22    Other than you folk who work at Twitter and some HP anyone else here
        use Scala at work?  If so, how popular/stable/supportable is http://lift.net?
        \_ Who works at Twitter? -ausman

7/22    Anyone read this?  Worth it? http://csua.org/u/onl
        "Darwin Among the Machines" Dyson

7/21    What is Google Wave and why should I as a dev be excited about it?

7/21    "I just love the concept of someone giving me information that,
         by definition,I would absolutely have to already know."
        \_ sounds like every programming job out there. "If i took the
           time to explain it to you, i'd just do it myself and not have
           to hire you."
           \_ My engineers have become a lot more productive when I
              really groked the whole idea of "teach a man to fish."
              \_ eventually they'll be able to psychically derive the
                 product directly from first principles and assumptions
                 they make from facial ticks of management.  Then at that
                 point you can retire, for they truly will be able to know
                 the Mind of God.
        \_ If you have to ask, you don't know.

7/17    Not safe for work, but a brilliant German Sprite commercial:
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nquccBCNYpg

7/20    259-car pileup on German autobahn: link:www.yahoo.com/s/1103036

7/17    set cursorline                  " highlight current line
        favourite add in the .vimrc.  Looks great in gvim too.

e/17    Wow, were the japanese I-navy just really stupid at midway or
        unlucky?  4 carriers lost?  Looked like they had superior air
        cover for the carriers too.
        \_ God was on the American side.
        \_ Yamamoto had groups very sparsely distributed, the sub screen
         failed, PURPLE had been broken, the main force had few capital ships,
         the air strategy was to keep half in reserve.  That is a sampling of
         what went wrong; it's actually a very complicated situation.  Remember
         the play was for total Pacific domination; it was a gamble and they
         lost.  Glory to the Emperor.  Incidentally you could have found
         this out by reading a single page or by watching about 20 minutes
         of any Midway documentary.
         \_ You know too much of what Yamamoto was planning for any good
            Christian.

7/17    Is motd on RSS? If not, would you consider using it?
        \_ nein.

7/17    Why the fuck did Cuiddy have a baby?!
        \_ Who's Cuiddy?
           \_ some minor character in a medical comedy involving the prince
              regent and his butler