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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajr8WfmlLe8

Fred Phelps decided to cut loose and release this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxtgLzi-aK0

ahahahaha.  Clip from Jimmy Kimmel.

This was featured on youtube yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzFpg271sm8&fmt=18

I'd categorize it as an "artistic short film", so if you're not into that, you probably won't like it.  It has some pretty neat special effects (it's futuristic) given the scale of it, and the story is pretty cool too.

A new video from Jon Lajoie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShTm8MnUAjo

Quite a deep observation, I think.

Why in the world are you using a spin lock here?  I sure hope lock contention is low or the critical section is trivial.

I would guess it's for school.  (I had much worse assignments in my operating systems class).

Yeah, same. It's to learn how the stuff works, not how to use things properly. It's the same as the old "implement a bubble sort" thing.

Bubble sort is hardcore, but it's not quite as badass as stooge sort.  It has O(n^( log(3) / log(1.5) )), which is O(2.709...) running time! :D

MyndFyre edit: changed the title

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVlGm-s7Lz8

I wish I could be more like that guy.

http://www.sr.se/P1/src/sing/index.htm?key=SVOKLFDJ

Have fun! :D

Does anyone have a Google Apps account?  My university recently switched to using it, and I'm having some trouble getting IMAP working.

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So I've ordered a data hard drive, and I'd like to redo the operating systems on my desktop before classes start getting too sticky.

1) Which version of Windows should I use?

I'm unsure how often I'll be using Windows, but I'd like to have a working copy of it running my desktop just in case.  I've heard Microsoft likes to do phone interviews using some Windows products.

I'm not very fond of Vista, but if someone gives me an adequate reason to stick with it, I will.  I'm looking at XP or Windows7.  The fact that the Win7 beta runs out in August doesn't matter to me.  I'll likely redo Windows after summer starts anyway.

2) Which Linux distribution should I use? 

I used Ubuntu last year, and really liked it.  However, it seems that 8.04 is way less stable than 7.10 was.  I'm leaning towards just going with Feisty again, but if any of you have had great experiences with other distributions, I'd love to hear your recommendations.  I'm also considering Fedora.

I don't really want to experiment with unfamiliar territory at this point.  I'd love to give the BSD family and other flavors of non-Windows OSes a try, but I just don't want to deal with it at this point.  Any free time I have will probably not be spent tinkering with OSes, hehe.

There aren't any pictures here, but the language is definitely NSFW, lol.


Type start and hit 'Enter' or 'Return' to start.

Welcome to the Trapped in the Cupboard, a text adventure game.
Type help at any time to learn the game commands.

You are trapped in a cupboard.

> move
Sorry, I don't understand that command.

> kick
Sorry, I don't understand that command.

> Escape
Sorry, I don't understand that command.

> take out beretta
BONUS: Your score is now 1.
Good thinking! You pull out your Beretta.

> open cupboard
BONUS: Your score is now 2.
How astute. You open the cupboard and step out.

You're in the bedroom of a Chicago apartment. There is a door to your east.
Through a window you can see that it's a lovely spring day.
There is a dildo lying on the bed.

> take dildo
BONUS: Your score is now 3.
Free dildo? How could you NOT take it? You shove it in your pants.

> use dildo
You slowly insert the dildo into your anus. At first it hurts, but you soon begin to enjoy it. As it slides in deeper into your rectum, you feel a distinct pressure you've never felt before. Thinking you've finally found your anal G-spot, you violently thrust the dildo towards your lower intestine. Just as you're about to climax, you hear a "clink" sound. You look down to see a key on the floor.
The pressure is suddenly gone. And you now have a key. Congratulations, homo.
BONUS: Your score is now 5.

> east
The living room is especially spacious. There is a door to the bedroom to the west.
There is another door to your east.
There is a walnut here.

> talk to walnut
'Hi, I'm a walnut. What's going on?'

> not much
'Cool.'
That walnut is a surprisingly cool guy.
BONUS: Your score is now 6.

> sleep
Zzzzz...you have a wonderful dream where R. Kelly is peeing on you. So warm, so liquidy.

> unlock door
BONUS: Your score is now 7.
You insert the shit-covered key into the tight little keyhole. You turn it ever so slowly.
The door unlocks.

> east
You are in the hallway of an apartment building. There's an elevator to the south.
There's a button on the wall.

> push button
BONUS: Your score is now 8.
You push the button and you're amazed when it lights up.
A few seconds later you hear a "ding" noise and the elevator opens.

> south
You enter the elevator.
You wait while the elevator descends. R. Kelly is in here wearing a white suit.
He says, 'Hey.'

> dickshot
You aim your Beretta at R. Kelly's large, black balls and squeeze the trigger like your life depended on it. There's a fireworks-like explosion of urine, semen and blood. The multicolored liquid splatters every surface of the elevator like a Jackson Pollock painting. It is perhaps the most beautiful sight ever known to man.
BONUS: Your score is now 13.
Congratulations! You are no longer Trapped in the Cupboard.
You have finished the game!

Congratulations, you got a perfect score!
Type quit to return to Forumwarz!

So a twink guild I'm in (Alliance, 39s, Feathermoon) is in pretty desperate need of a flag carrier.  We'd like to get a druid flag carrier.  They can get up to around 6.7k health.

If anyone is interested in making one for us, we'd give you everything you needed.  We'd buy the gear you need, run you through instances, etc.  Of course, this all assumes that you'd be willing to play fairly regularly, and that you're good. :D

I was just thinking today that it'd be kinda cool if we had a friendly and informal programming contest amongst ourselves.  We could all come up with what we'd work on, but it would, of course, have to be something where we could develop a meaningful way to measure programs against each other.  For example, the time it takes to complete a case, number of cases solved per minute, or if it's an AI for a game or something, maybe we could do a tournament.

We could even do a series of programs or something.

Here are some ideas:

Sudoku solver
AI for simple games (ie, checkers, othello, etc)
Captcha solving
Anagrams
Automated theorem prover

Would anyone be interested in this?  I think it'd be fun!

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Fuck it, I give up.

Happy birthday, man.

Thought some of you might find this handy.

http://dark-wire.net/sidoh/NeweggGBPD/

Over the break, I might try to add some statistics to it (max, average, average this month, etc).

Can anyone turn the following image into 1920x1200?  I need a new background. :)

By that, I of course mean filling in the blank areas in the canvas that size.

http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/49612/albg.png

I've tried copying the area at the end that looks like it repeats a bit, but I'm pretty bad at making it look like it fits.  I did "make seamless" in gimp and tiled it.  There weren't any edges, but it still looked pretty obvious, lol.

I'm filling out an online job application, and there's an "optional" section entitled "Applicant Data".  Not surprisingly, it asks questions pertaining to ethnic background, sex, age, etc.

I'm wondering if it's ever beneficial to fill this out, especially when you're not a minority.  The wording they use to describe "optional" is the following:

Applicant Data (optional)

The section is optional for all candidates. If you decide not to complete this section, it will not impact the assessment of your application.

I'm not sure how long this has been floating around, but it's pretty funny.  This guy sued over 700 people/things/places, including the Eiffel Tower, the King James Bible, Huggies,  The Leaning Tower of Pisa, AARP, Colin Powell, "Area 69", Kevin Bacon, Phi Beta Kappa, and the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary 10th edition, to name a few.

Here's a link: http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-ilndce/case_no-1:2007cv04192/case_id-211173/

I'm not sure how many of you watch SNL, but John McCain appeared on last night's episode.  His bits were absolutely hilarious, I thought.  Of course, Tina Fey-lin was there as well. :)

http://www.hulu.com/watch/41829/saturday-night-live-mccain-qvc-open#s-p1-st-i1
http://www.hulu.com/watch/42020/saturday-night-live-update-sen-mccain#s-p1-st-i1

M 317 is basically introduction to analysis.
M 467 is second semester algebra.  I'm taking the first semester now and I've really enjoyed it.
CS 520 is the graduate algorithms course.  I'm taking the capstone senior course this year and it's definitely been my favorite class.
CS 314 is software engineering.  It's going to be boring. :(

I'm planning on registering for another class, but I'm reserving it for a stupid core curriculum course.  The only one that sounded interesting was some philosophy class that was like "history of scientific thought" or something, but it's not offered next semester, so I still need to figure out what I'm going to take.  I want to take the graduate AI course too, but I need to get these dumb core curriculum classes out of the way. :(

I'm sidogg.  sup.