8/31    Has anyone successfully hooked up a 3G phone to their laption as
        a modem in linux?  (like via minicom) thx.

8/26    http://howfuckedismydatabase.com

8/19    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: Funnest movie this entire year.
        \_ Was this add relevant to you? [yes] [no]
                                               \_ no
        \_ why?

8/17    I have a bunch of cron that I want to run but only want to
        output to stdout if there is any stderr (or if it returns $?)
        so that it'll be in email. Otherwise, I want to output nothing.
        Is there a program that does this already?
        \_ program >tempfile || cat tempfile; rm tempfile

8/12    "Girl Born On 8/9/10 At 11:12"
        http://www.csua.org/u/rcf (news.yahoo.com)
        \_ Behold, she is the Messiah!

8/8     What are your favorite questions to ask companies whenever they
        say "Do you have any questions?"

8/7     Why Google is in favor of "Net Neutrality"
        http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/11/fcc-nprm-ban-on-paid-peering-harms-new-innovators
        \_ http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog47/presentations/Monday/Labovitz_ObserveReport_N47_Mon.pdf

8/4     I'm heading to St. Louis for a couple of days later this month.
        If you have any non-arch-based ideas for stuff to do, pls advise,
        although evenings more likely to be free than daytimes.
        Food recs welcome too, particularly near Washington University.
        BTW, are there any TSEliot-related interesting things at WU?
        ok tnx. --psb
        \_ My mom relocated to Springfield, Missouri but we went to Saint Louis
           to see it while we were out there visiting. Not much to do or
           see. The area near WUSTL is definitely the nicest part of town.
           The Saint Louis Art Museum is pretty good and worth a visit if
           you like art. I never went, but my mom said the Budweiser tour
           was surprisingly good. (And she doesn't even drink beer.)
           was surprisingly good. (And she doesn't even drink beer.) If
           you have a car you might be able to see other things in Missouri
           like the Truman Presidential Library or even Kansas City.
           \- I'm a Wanted man in Kansas City, and a Wanted man in Ohio

8/2     So is soda running on an ESX box? Just curious.
        \_ No.

7/29    O great worshipful roots,
        can you please
        apt-get install libtool binutils-dev ruby1.9-dev libmagic-dev?
        Am doing some fun tinkering on the output of libopcodes-  Thx!
        \_ Paolo, your mac has ruby in it already.
        \_ Not if you request over motd. Try emailing root@csua.
           \_ Ah ok, policy shifted.
           \_ Who's on root these days? -!OP
              \_ Check /etc/motd. Derp derp.

7/29    Anyone been to or heard things about "Walking With Dinosaurs: Live"?
        This seems so geared to 8 year old boys, but an acquaintance in med
        school in NYC actually recommended this to me so I am more
        interested than I might otherwise be. Will this be worth my time
        and money? I do like dinosaurs, but not as much as when I was 8.

7/28    "Zedonk hybrid born at Ga. wildlife preserve"
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_newborn_zedonk
        "Wait, honey, I can explain ......"

7/28    I have a few relatives who are always on me to do/go see "this, that
        and the other thing" every time i'm on vacation.  I finally figured
        out this was because they can't ever take vacations, and never have
        the time to do the things on that list themselves, and most likely
        want to live vicariously through me.  Issue being is that I really
        don't want to spend my time off rushing about like a madman(1) and
        just to fulfill someone else's checklist(2).  What's a nice iconic
        statement to tell them to fuck off?  (Preferably short, sweet,
        repeatable, --i plan to get a bumpter sticker with this, or a tshirt).
        \_ "Thanks for the pointer, I'll see if we can fit it in."  -tom
           \_ Thanks, tshirt ordered; going to wear it whenever I see them
              and point to the statement whenever they start off with the
              "At your age, you should..."-list.
        \_ I recommend you "Walk with the Dinosaurs".

7/19    http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/chicago_field_museum_itchy.jpg?w=479&h=613

7/15    HULK SHARD
        http://www.twitter.com/DBAHULK
        \_ The Greeks had Mount Olympus, the Norse had Valhalla, and we have..
           the avengers.  Sigh.

6/25    Does anyone actually have a direct proof as to why the Irrational
        Numbers are countable, (one that doesn't start with "assume they
        are countable.."  Thx.
        \_ No, it's not possible.  "Uncountable" means "can't be put into
           one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers"; the only way
           to prove an impossibility like that is to assume the opposite and
           derive a contradiction.  Mathematicians who reject the idea of
           proof by contradiction also reject the idea of uncountable sets.
           See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(mathematics
           \_ Interesting- i are these folk discredited? I ask because there
              are an awful lot of proofs (including the halting problem,
              not the version that is directly from cantor's diagonal tho)
              that always start out with "assume this is true..."
              \_ I really don't think you'll find a proof that irrational
                 numbers are countable.
        \_ they're not countable.

6/25    Which home value estimate sites is the most accurate?  For the same
        home, it seems like the estimated values from those sites are
        cyberhomes < eppraisal < zillow.  Thanks.
        \_ I use Zillow because it's zippy. Trulia truely sucks because
           it's slow. I use them to ballpark figures very quickly, but
           none of them are as accurate as slow ass MLS. So in a sense
           I use Zillow the way I use Amazon-- gauge something quickly
           and to filter out what I don't really want, but never making
           final decisions on Zillow/Amazon alone.

6/22    http://apologizetobp.com
        You should totally apologize to BP.

6/16    "Ingenious Flipper Bridge Melds Left-Side Drivers With Right-Side"
        http://www.csua.org/u/qz2
        It takes an architecure firm to come up with this "brilliant, simple
        solution"???  Geez, a high school kid familiar with the HOMFLY
        polynolmial can come up with that.  In fact a high school kid can come
        up with a less elegant yet cheaper and simpler solution which also
        allows higher-flow overall, where the lanes of only one direction is
        elevated and curved with lower speed while the lanes of the other
        direction stays level and straight with higher speed.  (I have thought
        of this "design" (if such a trivial thing can be called as such) many
        times whenever I think of that border crossing, althought I admit I'm
        not a high school kid.)
        \_ get over yourself.

6/14    Gateway.csua (our main server) may have been rooted. Stand by.
        \_ Hm. Today is 7/14. What conclusion should I draw from this?
           \_ Your a idoit.
        \_ False alarm. Overzealous network detection.
        \_ If our new rooting masters can make NFS mounting work, ALL OF
           THE TIME, I say let them be.

6/9     http://www.globalnerdy.com/2010/05/09/new-programming-jargon

6/5     Do we still have job recruitment/listing from alumni?  I seemed to remember
        they were in /cusa/pub/jobs ...
        \_ yeah thats where they used to be,  Back when the csua still cared
           about alumni contributions.

6/4     Syzygryd Gala Fundraiser tonight at CELLspace!
        http://www.syzygryd.com/2010/syzygy-friday-june-4th-cellspace
        -dans

6/2     Gigantic sinkhole!  Very horrifying!
        http://www.csua.org/u/qut (news.yahoo.com)

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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     Is it possible to bzip2 on the fly? Like:
        % dump_stuff | bzip2 -stdin > dump_file.bz2
        \_ Yup, it works fine.  You don't even need a flag:
           % dump_stuff | bzip2 > dump_file.bz2
           \_ whoa, why didn't anyone tell me about this, and why is this
              not on the man page. I've been doing the stupid command
              for years:
                % mysqldump > f.sql; bzip2 f.sql
                \_ "If no file names are specified, bzip2 compresses
                    from standard input to standard output."

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    Since when did gmail turn into "googlemail" (mod .com)?
        \_ Since you started accessing it from the UK or Germany?

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?

4/2     iPad Haters: Your Dumb. This thing is awesome.
        \_ and you're (you are) dumber, as you've proven with your own post.
           \_ Your an idiot. Would you feel better if I wrote,
              "Your [sic] an idiot?"
              \_ Satire is hard to get right.
                 \_ True. Pedantry is easy to point out. My other favorite
                    is referring to "bitly.com" and hear the whines of nerds
                    who point out that it is "bit.ly, http://bitly.com makes no
                    sense!" and then just laugh.

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.

2/20    http://www.cnbc.com/id/35440326 is this just pro-apple hype?

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.