bouncing: We're All Repubicans Now! [www.prairiehome.org]
2003-08-03 14:06:45
Bitscape: John Gilmore is my hero. [www.politechbot.com]
2003-08-03 15:16:49
Yanthor: Regarding Russian Ark, I had actually been looking forward to watching it but haven't yet. From what I read, this film is actually subtle sci-fi. This visitor to the museum wanders around the museum with his friend, and to his surprise finds all these parts of Russian History preserved and real in the Museum. Almost like windows in time. (As I recall, this was all from the official website.) The reason nobody else can see the things he sees is that this ark, instead of saving animals, is saving history.
2003-08-04 08:50:36
Yanthor: And it will continue to preserve Russia's history until a future time when its people are ready to embrace it.
2003-08-04 08:51:25
Yanthor: Like I said, that's only what I read, since I haven't seen it yet. Does that help make the movie make more sense? Or do you think that summary is wrong?
2003-08-04 08:52:16
Bitscape: I think that would be a reasonable interpretation. I would classify it more as a sort of jumbled dream state than a scifi plot, at least as I would define it.
2003-08-04 09:12:10
Bitscape: Some parts just seemed completely nonsensical, but maybe that was intentional. YMMV.
2003-08-04 09:14:13
bouncing: Ted's competition: [homestarrunner.com]
2003-08-04 12:49:33
Jäger: Flash animations? How low can you go?
2003-08-04 12:51:53
bouncing: John Gilmore rocks.
2003-08-04 12:58:02
Bitscape: Control which flash animations play and which ones don't with a simple click. [ted.mielczarek.org] (click the last item on the list to install this handy thing)
2003-08-04 17:59:52
Jäger amuses himself with iRate
2003-08-05 07:56:01
Yanthor: Bitscape, regarding your dad's arguments about Howard Dean...I understand your frustration that it is a "slippery slope" argument and not backed up by much logic. My guess is that he is coming at this from the perspective that he's heard lots of campaign promises from polititians over the years. He has begun to be cynical about their true motives. I experienced the same thing from the opposite perspective during the last election. I really really liked George Bush.
2003-08-05 09:58:58
Yanthor: I liked him as a person, I liked his policies and campaign promises, and I thought he would make an excellent president. I heard people say, "Oh, he says all this stuff, but he's a Republican at heart. He'll turn his back on the environment, he'll do lots of evil stuff for big business, he'll screw the average person, and so on. I didn't believe them, because I evaluated him and he seemed like a real honest guy. He would follow up on his campaign promises.
2003-08-05 09:59:12
Yanthor: He did follow up on some of his campaign promises like a tax cut. But I am frustrated with the amount of it that went to businesses. I'm not convinced that did as much for people or the economy as it could have. I'm frustrated with how he essentially pardoned Microsoft. And I'm disgusted by his appointments and support of the fascists Rumsfeld and Ashcroft, the formation of the Department of Homeland Security, and his stance in general regarding "National Security" issues.
2003-08-05 09:59:24
Yanthor: So I guess, while I think Howard Dean seems like a nice guy, I have similar caution as your father. I'm not sure he can be trusted any more than I trusted Bush the first time around. However, thankfully there is a lot of election left to go. Maybe as it gets closer to decision time I'll figure out who to vote for.
2003-08-05 09:59:50
Bitscape: Yeah, that I can understand.
2003-08-05 10:37:07
Bitscape: The alternative as I see it is to tune out and give up because just about any of the candidates (or maybe all of them) *could* be giving us a line of BS. I'm not ready to do that yet. So I'm going with my instincts, and aligning myself with a campaign that 1) would be a definite improvement over the current situation in just about any case, even if it isn't 100% perfect, 2) has a decent shot at winning, and 3) inspires me despite cynicism caused by betrayals similar to what you describe.
2003-08-05 10:45:43
Bitscape: I love my iRate radio.
2003-08-05 18:12:00
Zan Lynx: Couldn't you decide how trustworthy a candidate is by looking at their past record? By the time they get to the Presidential election, most politicians have held several offices.
2003-08-05 18:30:56
Jäger: Go Bitscape! Good luck with the interview.
2003-08-05 19:41:28
bouncing: In all fairness, the democrats ran up debts paying for internal social services whereas the Bush administration spends lots of money on the special oil interest of Dick Cheny. In all fairness, Republicans are evil. :)
2003-08-05 22:51:41
Jäger: After fun-filled and action-packed Kohan, Jäger regenerates
2003-08-05 23:14:34
Bitscape: Man, I love [blogforamerica.com] It gets updated more often than slashdot!
2003-08-05 23:21:41
Yanthor: Zan: I think you might have a point, but does anyone know of an easy to access non-biased information source that gives a detailed collection of Dean, Bush, and others campaign promises when they ran for governor and what they did in office?
2003-08-06 00:02:23
Yanthor: Is there such a thing as "purely non-biased" when you're talking about politics? lol.
2003-08-06 00:03:34
Bitscape: I don't know about a source for governers and local officials, but for senators and representatives, voting records can be checked. [www.cdt.org]
2003-08-06 01:04:15
Linknoid: [www.netfunny.com]
2003-08-06 01:16:55
Yanthor: Well, the CDT obviously has a political agenda. I just happen to agree with it. :-) Yeah, that looks like a really nice site.
2003-08-06 09:17:00
Yanthor: "The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party."
- John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850)
2003-08-06 11:03:06
Jäger: The currently-unnamed residence of Jäger and Kiesa now has broadcast cable
2003-08-06 11:29:36
Yanthor: Congrats! It is really hard to find something decent to watch on broadcast TV!
2003-08-06 11:36:42
bouncing: And the polls are split evenly between scottgalvin.com and Howard Dean!
2003-08-06 12:08:11
bouncing ponders live music in Austin this weekend...
2003-08-06 12:10:45
Jäger: The cable is for Gem. I have netflix (which she occasionally watches) and she has broadcast cable.
2003-08-06 12:36:08
Yanthor laughs and avoids falling for bouncing's flame bait regarding Dick Cheney. :-)
2003-08-06 15:25:32
Bitscape: Dean Meetup tonight in Boulder. 17th and Walnut at the Democratic headquarters. 7pm. All are welcome.
2003-08-06 16:25:16
Jäger: Action Governer takes on Sacramento: [www.washingtonpost.com]
2003-08-07 00:01:34
Jäger: New poll: Who would win? Arnold vs Jesse Ventura
2003-08-07 00:01:58
bouncing: lol
2003-08-07 01:19:03
bouncing: Arnold has got more guns, but venture wants it more.
2003-08-07 01:19:32
Bitscape: Ventura!
2003-08-07 02:16:18
Bitscape: Say, why isn't he running for president? After all, he did make a good governer from what I've heard.
2003-08-07 02:16:58
Jäger: Writing letters for Dean? [www.doonesbury.com]
2003-08-07 07:53:36
Bitscape: lol
2003-08-07 09:24:25
Yanthor: I heard Ventura say that the reason he didn't run for a second term of Governor and the reason he doesn't want to run for President is that the jobs are way too stressful. He values his family more than to put them through that.
2003-08-07 12:16:36
Yanthor: That made me want him to run for President all the more. Its those exact kind of people that we NEED in leadership--the people who don't seek power simply for power's sake.
2003-08-07 12:17:23
Yanthor: Well Bitscape, I must say your recent comments about Dean are very convincing. I'm not saying I'm a supporter. I'm going to sit on my hands for another six months at least before deciding for sure one way or another. But I will say of the Democrats running, he is my first choice officially--for now. He was already my front runner before your comments simply because of his stance towards the war.
2003-08-07 12:19:03
Humblik: I was watching Wired for Sex on Tech TV the other day. They were talking about the Japanese culture as compared to Western culture and how we view sex differently. For instance the Japanese do not have a problem with having sex with another woman while married so long as it is paid for with money and not love. I'm curious what their views are towards same sex marriage.
2003-08-07 15:21:48
Jäger: More stuff you never knew you needed: [www.buy.com]
2003-08-08 15:54:09
Jäger had an old e-mail address used as a spammer's return address.
2003-08-08 20:08:34
Jäger: Spam bounces for everyone!
2003-08-08 20:08:43
Jäger: (Unfortunately, most MTAs don't seem inclined to include the Recieved: headers in the bounce, making it impossible to determine where, exactly, the mail came from.)
2003-08-08 20:09:46
Linknoid: polit
2003-08-10 08:01:31
Linknoid: oops
2003-08-10 08:03:58
bouncing: "But honey, she means nothing. Oh, and don't use the ATM Card until friday!"
2003-08-10 13:50:14
bouncing: We aren't too far from that. More liberal married couples will go to strip bars, for example. And look at Ted, I mean, oh wait, Gem's reading... Nevermind.
2003-08-10 13:52:22
Yanthor: lol
2003-08-11 00:06:13
Bitscape: This is a very good idea. Congress should pass it. [thomas.loc.gov]
2003-08-12 00:53:28
Bitscape: (Particularly, read Section 4.)
2003-08-12 00:54:36
Bitscape: No schwarzenegger films allowed on California tv! [www.signonsandiego.com]
2003-08-12 17:18:29
Bitscape: Google knows all. [www.kuro5hin.org]
2003-08-15 04:38:09
Humblik: I read yesterday that Arnold and Warren Buffett have joined forces. I'd vote for him now.
2003-08-15 09:30:20
Bitscape: Smart move on Arnold's part.
2003-08-15 14:28:05
bouncing: Sponge Bob Square Pants for gov of cali!
2003-08-15 17:24:28
bouncing: Awesome. [www.guardian.co.uk]
2003-08-15 23:19:01
bouncing: Actually the fact that the highly educated (ugh) don't fuck much is something of a social problem. Overpopulation and social statistics aside, the any geopolitical group that produces more offspring has a simple edge in generations to come. In other words, those ten kids will be the defining force of the next generation, not the professor and social worker who have one, maybe two kids (at most).
2003-08-16 15:55:32
bouncing: Which is why a superb public education system is so critical.
2003-08-16 15:56:29
Bitscape: An interesting logic, bouncing. If true, it would indicate that our species is on a downward evolutionary slide. OTOH, if the "smart" people realized that, and decided to try to try and improve it by reproducing more prolifically, then the world would surely overpopulate all the more quickly. Tricky dilemma.
2003-08-16 19:10:38
Jäger: One of my Walla Walla classmates summed it up fairly well:
2003-08-16 23:02:33
Jäger: "The problem seems to be that [people who can't program their VCR's] seem to do much better at reproducing."
2003-08-16 23:02:59
bouncing: Next on NightLine, Will Gemedores be the next "big families"? Then stay tuned for our new reality TV show, "When geeks reproduce"!
2003-08-17 15:13:55
bouncing: Parental and keeping-your-lunch-down discression is adviced.
2003-08-17 15:18:42
Yanthor: What? A Gemadore is on the way? Wheee...I'll have to spread the word! I love unfounded rumors! lol.
2003-08-18 11:31:34
Yanthor: Bitscape, what happened to your visits to the Buddhist gatherings?
2003-08-18 11:32:52
Yanthor: More bad press for Microsoft. This time about Microsoft Word. [news.bbc.co.uk]
2003-08-18 11:43:03
Jäger: I'll make an ambigious comment that could hypothetically substantiate the unfounded rumors if taken in the wrong way.
2003-08-18 11:50:47
Bitscape: Yanthor, haven't been lately. I got out of the habit when I was working most Monday evenings. (And on occassions when I was off, didn't feel like driving to Boulder since that's where I went every other day.) It might be a good tradition to revive though.
2003-08-18 15:12:16
Bitscape: Ok, somebody needs to hit the colorado $government_agency over with a cluestick. Even though I haven't been around lately, this sort of sh*t pisses me off. [www.onyxdenver.com]
2003-08-18 22:12:30
Signalman: Would anyone know how to make vi do wordwrap?
2003-08-19 05:28:21
Zan Lynx: set textwidth=75
2003-08-19 07:07:48
Signalman: Thanks. (I'm dreaming of changing the source code so that I can wrap a line longer than 80 on the screen without adding an EOLN to my file.)
2003-08-19 07:25:40
Jäger: You're using vim, right? Take a look at formatoptions.
2003-08-19 07:42:02
LInknoid: Wow, I just happened to watch that press conference on CSPAN that Bitscape linked to as it was happening, while I was at my grandma's house in Lincoln. First time I watched TV since last Christmas time.
2003-08-19 16:00:44
Bitscape: Message for John Ashcroft: Stop violating American Freedoms. [www.deanforamerica.com]
2003-08-19 16:48:56
Bitscape: Linknoid, glad you saw it too. It feels good to see sources other than KGNU carrying the voice of sanity. My heart went out to that poor hispanic father whose son was killed.
2003-08-19 17:11:50
bouncing: Bitscape, the good part about being unemployed is that you aren't paying for John Ashcroft's political campaign: [news.bbc.co.uk] (how is that crap even legal!? And people say NPR uses tax dollars for propeganda!?)
2003-08-20 00:30:45
Bitscape: John Ashcroft has been a rotten one ever since taking office. Sept 11 just gave him an excuse to showcase even more evil. Remember the Dmitri Sklyarov case?
2003-08-20 00:43:12
Yanthor: Yeah, it's like Ashcroft just salivates at the idea of being dictator for life somewhere.
2003-08-21 00:37:22
Bitscape: Here's something for Ashcroft to ponder. A wall of signatures. I'm sure my name is in there somewhere. :) [blog.deanforamerica.com]
2003-08-21 15:31:18
Bitscape: Here's an article, written by a conservative, which I can definitely agree with, even if I don't come out on the same side of the line. Regarding the 2004 election. "More will be at stake in terms of the direction of the country than in any election since 1980, or perhaps since 1964." [www.weeklystandard.com]
2003-08-22 10:28:05
Yanthor: You're right. That is a fascinating article!
2003-08-22 10:50:50
Bitscape: An interesting and well written bit on how one Iraqi feels about the U.S. One might suspect this is a fairly common reaction. [riverbendblog.blogspot.com]
2003-08-22 18:28:15
Yanthor: Regarding your thoughts about why the content collective isn't being used much, I'll throw in my 2 cents.
2003-08-24 00:46:35
Yanthor: While I always thought the concept was neat, I had a hard time following conversations and discussions. The ability to make your comment not globally listed when you make it meant that most discussions went on without being linked to for me to go read. I didn't have the time to go hunting through there looking for new content. While I thought the "explore and find cool comments" angle was fun, I just never had the time to really do it. When I did have the time other things kept being more appealing.
2003-08-24 00:48:19
Yanthor: Also, with the login I kept forgetting it and didn't want to ask for login help again.
2003-08-24 00:49:45
Yanthor: Also, it was frustrating how each comment was just a little snippet. It took a lot of clicking just to read one paragraph. I'm not saying it was a bad idea. In fact, I thought it was quite cool. It just seemed to be quite a time sucker.
2003-08-24 00:50:49
Bitscape: Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for the thoughts.
2003-08-24 20:05:58
Bitscape: I've got a few ideas on how these things might be improved. I guess I just need to get off the lazy train and do them. :)
2003-08-24 20:07:02
Bitscape: As far as the amount of content in each tile goes, that's mostly up to individual posters, although I admit I did design the system to subtly encourage relatively small comments in each area.
2003-08-24 21:02:28
Humblik: The Content Collective does have it's place though.
2003-08-24 22:59:33
Humblik: I was looking for a good forum to vent some stress and found it rather a nice place to post.
2003-08-24 23:00:05
Bitscape: Over 3000 civilians died on Sept 11. It was called a terrorist attack. How many civilians have died in Iraq this year? And they call it a "liberation." [www.iraqbodycount.net]
2003-08-25 01:18:37
Bitscape: Wesley Willis is dead! No wonder I've been seeing so many people downloading his stuff off my limewire share today. His genius will be missed. [reuters.com]
2003-08-25 13:25:06
Humblik: I've had the same experience dealing with spicy peppers. It is definitely worth getting a pair of rubber gloves before extensive handling.
2003-08-25 16:51:27
Humblik: My exposure came when making some homemade salsa from peppers in my sister's garden. My hands burned and tingled for the next 12 to 24 hours, even after multiple washings.
2003-08-25 16:53:22
Yanthor: Also, regarding the content collective: I think it is being userped by this discussion, and the discussion boards being added at different websites. Now Jaeger is talking about making his own as have you. When those get implemented and with everyone having their own web journal capability, it will be hard for the Content Collective to really have a place.
2003-08-25 23:04:51
bouncing: Ah, the Habanero! Grown just outside of SA, you can get them all over down here. And after you touch one of those, DO NOT RUB YOUR EYES! :) [www.habanerosgrill.com] -- I suffered through one of their "habanero hot" burritos, and that was just plain CRAZY.
2003-08-26 09:08:39
bouncing: BTW, I saw this when searching "hot peppers San Antonio" in Google -- maybe you should try ordering some: [www.hot-peppers.com]
2003-08-26 09:09:57
Bitscape: Habaneros do amazing things when used in discreet quantity as an ingredient. I certainly wouldn't want to eat them plain, or even as chunks in something. Grind 2 or 3 of them up into tiny pieces, and mix into a nice big kettle of means, and... mmmm....
2003-08-27 04:50:57
Bitscape munches on the last of the bean dip he made last Sunday.
2003-08-27 04:53:28
Jäger likes the 1994-style web design at hot-peppers.com
2003-08-28 21:16:57
Bitscape: Ashcroft-esque police state insanity, coming soon to a country near you! [dear_raed.blogspot.com]
2003-08-29 14:58:29
Bitscape: Know any musicians? This keyboard is to the traditional piano what Dvorak is to Qwerty. [www.pianoworld.com]
2003-08-30 19:09:09
bouncing: Nutty. I found a (Flast) simulator: [improvise.free.fr]
2003-08-31 00:38:58
