| 01:02.09 | mindjuju | anybody here have skype? |
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| 01:43.37 | jsmith | mindjuju: Why? |
| 01:44.16 | mindjuju | eh, i just got a web cam, and looking to go video conf with family friends, etc |
| 01:44.31 | mindjuju | do you know any cool progs? |
| 01:46.41 | jsmith | Ekiga... Eyebeam... Asterisk... |
| 01:46.54 | mindjuju | i'll have to check those out |
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| 04:49.34 | mindjuju | ~yow |
| 04:55.26 | jnbek | ~rlart |
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| 05:03.43 | burnin | clinging on to life by the skin o' my teeth |
| 05:19.18 | burnin | mindjuju, you still have a good eye? nothing a few shots of rum wont fix. ;) |
| 05:19.43 | mindjuju | too funny |
| 05:19.48 | mindjuju | are you coding this late? |
| 05:20.08 | burnin | nah, stopped coding, ripping some music for a nephew :) |
| 05:20.31 | mindjuju | nice! |
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| 15:32.23 | mgeary | boy, you know, i'm just not at all worked up about the iPhone |
| 15:32.30 | mgeary | ~stevejobsify mgeary |
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| 16:49.16 | mgeary | okay, let's talk css for a sec-- |
| 16:50.41 | mgeary | the css border property applies to <td> tags, but not to <tr> tags. So, what would be the easiest way to apply a class to a <tr> tag such that the end effect is that the entire row is framed? This appears to mean that the left- and right-most cells would need a border-left/border-right property that would differ from the other <td>s in the <tr>... |
| 16:50.58 | mgeary | does the question make sense? |
| 16:51.21 | dataw0lf | any sysctl values you guys can think of that may improve a web server or database's performance? |
| 16:52.22 | cole_joplin | does it HAVE to be inside a table? |
| 16:52.28 | cole_joplin | or does it sit on top? |
| 16:52.40 | mgeary | i need to hilight a given row in a table |
| 16:52.41 | mgeary | so yeah |
| 16:54.28 | cole_joplin | if you use a colspan to the tr, you can border the TR, then nest inside if you need to |
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| 16:54.50 | mgeary | ugh |
| 16:54.55 | cole_joplin | I mean you'd actually border the TD |
| 16:55.27 | cole_joplin | but the colspan would let you use the TD to emulate the TR border |
| 16:55.55 | cole_joplin | if you simply want to highlight, why not change the background color per row, white/grey? |
| 16:56.51 | unum | so if i'm using php's tools to connect to ldap as a specific user, is there an easy way to get fields about that user |
| 16:57.18 | mgeary | i'll just add a "first_col"/"last_col" class to the appropriate td's and catch those in my css selector |
| 16:58.15 | wps | this is how I would do it: |
| 16:58.15 | wps | http://anavidesign.com/temp/tr.html |
| 16:58.35 | mgeary | yeah, that's what i've decided as well |
| 16:58.44 | mgeary | thanks for validating |
| 16:58.56 | cole_joplin | <tr><td colspan="3" style="border: 1ps solid black">stuff</td></tr> |
| 16:59.11 | cole_joplin | ok, nevermind |
| 17:00.06 | mgeary | yeah, i need to preserve the columns inside the row |
| 17:00.08 | mgeary | so i can't do that |
| 17:00.20 | mgeary | and i'm not gonna nest a table just for this :) |
| 17:00.31 | cole_joplin | thank goodness |
| 17:00.56 | cole_joplin | nice one Wade |
| 17:00.56 | mgeary | :) |
| 17:01.13 | wps | thanks |
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| 17:09.41 | dataw0lf | any ideas on sysctl values for web specific performance boosts? |
| 17:10.22 | dataw0lf | I've enlarged the TCP buffers, and am seeing a fairly decent improvement in some areas. |
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| 17:21.58 | PoeticIntensity | yo, wps, do you have any additional info on that Graphic / Web Designer employment opp that came yesterday? |
| 17:22.17 | PoeticIntensity | I've got a friend who is a designer who is looking for work.. |
| 17:22.29 | mgeary | PoeticIntensity: what's his/her background? |
| 17:22.42 | mgeary | we're looking for a production designer |
| 17:22.47 | PoeticIntensity | well..... He's my brother's wife's sister's husband. |
| 17:23.01 | PoeticIntensity | (not sure how that makes him relate to me) |
| 17:23.02 | PoeticIntensity | :) |
| 17:23.11 | PoeticIntensity | and..... I know he just graduated from some design school. |
| 17:23.24 | mgeary | with a BA? or an MFA? |
| 17:23.29 | mgeary | or Associates? |
| 17:23.31 | PoeticIntensity | I've seen his portfolio, and know he's pretty creative. |
| 17:23.49 | PoeticIntensity | so..... not 100% sure. |
| 17:23.55 | PoeticIntensity | I'm gonna look at his resume during lunch. |
| 17:24.09 | PoeticIntensity | One good thing: He's probably not too expensive. |
| 17:24.12 | mgeary | any idea about his HTML/CSS experience? |
| 17:24.26 | PoeticIntensity | I know he has a little...... possibly has a lot. |
| 17:24.36 | PoeticIntensity | I really don't know too much right off hand, but it's good to know ya need one. |
| 17:24.38 | mgeary | i'm interested |
| 17:24.43 | PoeticIntensity | sweet. |
| 17:24.49 | PoeticIntensity | he lives in Morgan, however. :-T |
| 17:24.53 | mgeary | ah |
| 17:25.00 | mgeary | that's a bit of a commute |
| 17:25.00 | PoeticIntensity | I'm kinda sure he'd be willing to relocate, though. |
| 17:25.06 | PoeticIntensity | given the right position. |
| 17:25.10 | mgeary | sure |
| 17:25.17 | mgeary | well, get a resume to me when you can |
| 17:25.17 | PoeticIntensity | he's been looking for work quite a while. |
| 17:25.19 | PoeticIntensity | sure. |
| 17:28.13 | PoeticIntensity | also.... so much for "Company: Confidential"... |
| 17:28.14 | PoeticIntensity | sheesh. |
| 17:28.33 | PoeticIntensity | "3point5 is a community of.....blah blah blah" |
| 17:28.33 | mgeary | huh? |
| 17:28.39 | mgeary | ah. heh |
| 17:28.49 | PoeticIntensity | weird people. |
| 17:29.06 | mgeary | probably just a perfunctory attempt to keep headhunters away |
| 17:29.39 | mgeary | when we posted a position opening i had 2 recruiting types contact me, but they're easy to spot, so i just ignored them |
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| 18:26.25 | unum | any one here use mdb2 |
| 18:26.35 | unum | I'm trying to figure out how to set my schema search path |
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| 20:43.15 | unum | looks like there is no way to do it |
| 20:43.36 | unum | with out editing the driver myself |
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| 22:12.34 | mindjuju | for those of you that have a minute to read on the new design methodologies, this is a REAL hoot |
| 22:12.35 | mindjuju | http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/asshole-driven-development/ |
| 22:13.19 | mindjuju | fortunately, most of these aren't mutually-exclusive as we have a couple running here |
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| 22:29.27 | cole_joplin | um tonight's mtg, are we eating? on no? |
| 22:29.39 | cole_joplin | the whole snack/pizza discussion |
| 22:29.59 | cole_joplin | need to tell my wife |
| 22:30.00 | mindjuju | hmm... not sure |
| 22:30.09 | mindjuju | we should do applebees afterwards though |
| 22:30.46 | mindjuju | wps , you around |
| 22:32.14 | mindjuju | sup herlo |
| 22:32.19 | mindjuju | how was ireland |
| 22:32.20 | herlo | cole_joplin: just eat afterward |
| 22:32.41 | herlo | mindjuju: it was cool. Did you see the pics I've got up so far? I think I am finally *not* jet lagged |
| 22:32.53 | mindjuju | heh |
| 22:33.00 | herlo | mindjuju: fo sho |
| 22:35.12 | herlo | mindjuju: http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/herlo/ - dublin |
| 22:35.54 | mindjuju | my wife was jealous that you were over there |
| 22:36.03 | mindjuju | she REALLY wants to go back and travel |
| 22:37.07 | herlo | mindjuju: tell her to just learn Linux really well and then apply at Guru Labs. She'll be over there in no time... |
| 22:37.09 | mindjuju | herlo , where is you and the Blarney? |
| 22:37.18 | herlo | mindjuju: Blarney is near Cork |
| 22:37.30 | mindjuju | i mean the pic of you @ blarney |
| 22:37.37 | mindjuju | surely you got a pic? |
| 22:37.48 | herlo | mindjuju: but I did go there. Just haven't uploaded those because zooomr.com sucks. I've been evaluating other photo sharing solutions... |
| 22:37.59 | mindjuju | ah |
| 22:38.19 | herlo | don't care much for flickr and zooomr had a few cool things I liked, but now I can't upload since the crash they had a few weeks ago |
| 22:38.36 | herlo | mindjuju: suggestions? |
| 22:39.52 | mindjuju | don't put pictures in public forums |
| 22:40.10 | mindjuju | it's easy enough to find where i live, and now with google street view, see my front door |
| 22:40.21 | mindjuju | last thing i want is for somebody to have a pic of me too |
| 22:40.43 | mindjuju | i watch a lot of xfiles |
| 22:47.10 | herlo | mindjuju: I go into this with my eyes open. I choose my own participatory panopticon.... |
| 22:48.06 | herlo | mindjuju: I think the problem is that most people expect to be privacy, but then they put their pics up for everyone to see. I have no illusions that my privacy is limited only by what I let others see of me... |
| 22:48.23 | mindjuju | true that |
| 22:48.45 | mindjuju | Tiff has a friend who practically gave her whole schedule from the time she pics up her children til the time she comes home in her blog |
| 22:48.57 | mindjuju | and inadvertently advertised what city and state she was in |
| 22:49.03 | mindjuju | and then described her new car |
| 22:49.15 | herlo | that's kinda crazy... |
| 22:49.20 | mindjuju | exactly |
| 22:49.30 | mindjuju | WAY too much info about her personal life |
| 22:49.51 | herlo | right |
| 22:49.53 | mindjuju | one day soon, some smart burglar will read blogs to find the right time to break into houses |
| 22:50.05 | herlo | mindjuju: I just sent a post to plug asking about what photo sharing site I should use... |
| 22:50.21 | herlo | should I dupe it to uphpu?? |
| 22:50.42 | mindjuju | sure, might cause a flame war |
| 22:51.23 | mindjuju | i feel like a kid standing around a fire pit wondering what will set a huge fireball to roll |
| 22:51.39 | herlo | mindjuju: posted. I made it clear that I got into this mess on my own and expect real options... I hope |
| 22:51.47 | herlo | mindjuju: true that |
| 22:52.09 | mindjuju | cya herlo |
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| 23:07.25 | PoeticIntensity | don't ya love customer support? |
| 23:07.41 | PoeticIntensity | I've been on hold with Toshiba for almost 2 hours. :) |
| 23:07.56 | mindjuju | hope you have a speaker phone |
| 23:08.34 | PoeticIntensity | I'm about to commit homicide due to their flute-based-repeating-every-2-minutes hold music, however. |
| 23:09.04 | mindjuju | some of the newer IVR systems let you decide to not listen to music |
| 23:10.59 | mindjuju | 2 hours, that sux |
| 23:12.10 | mindjuju | i think the longest I was on hold was for Adobe for Robohelp, it was exactly a an hour and a half on hold cause i started at the beginning of an early lunch at 12 and the IVR dropped the call (prolly some kind of timeout) at 1:30p |
| 23:16.42 | PoeticIntensity | wow. |
| 23:27.05 | PoeticIntensity | ~worship mgeary |
| 23:27.06 | jbot | ACTION prostrates himself before mgeary. "I'm not worthy!" |
| 23:27.12 | PoeticIntensity | heh.... |
| 23:27.25 | PoeticIntensity | a macbook would definitely not increase my productivity, sadly. |
| 23:27.38 | mgeary | ~stevejobsify PoeticIntensity |
| 23:27.39 | jbot | ACTION drags PoeticIntensity by the scruff of the neck and plants him in front row center of the Moscone Center at the peak of Steve Jobs' keynote address until PoeticIntensitys eyes glaze over and he calms down |
| 23:27.43 | PoeticIntensity | I've used macs before, and .... they just don't have the tools, baby. |
| 23:27.47 | mgeary | dude |
| 23:27.50 | PoeticIntensity | not for me, anyway.. |
| 23:27.53 | mgeary | ~update PoeticIntensity |
| 23:27.56 | PoeticIntensity | LOL |
| 23:28.03 | mgeary | what kind of tools? |
| 23:28.07 | PoeticIntensity | gimp |
| 23:28.18 | PoeticIntensity | :-) |
| 23:28.27 | PoeticIntensity | I'm addicted to the console. |
| 23:28.32 | mgeary | as far as i know, gimp runs fine on OS X, but i have not first hand experience |
| 23:28.36 | mgeary | i use the console constantly |
| 23:28.39 | PoeticIntensity | I know it'll work.... |
| 23:28.53 | PoeticIntensity | however - buying a machine that expensive to be able to use a console... |
| 23:28.56 | PoeticIntensity | is a bit overkill. |
| 23:28.58 | PoeticIntensity | IMO |
| 23:29.10 | PoeticIntensity | now... if I were doing video-editing... |
| 23:29.15 | mgeary | well, let's see, two hours of downtime today.... |
| 23:29.17 | PoeticIntensity | I'd already have one. |
| 23:29.29 | PoeticIntensity | yes... |
| 23:29.46 | PoeticIntensity | however, I could have a dell, HP, Gateway, etc.... just as fast as a mac, but for a little over half-the-price. |
| 23:30.02 | mgeary | but seriously, i predict here and now that within 12 calendar months, PoeticIntensity will either have, or be in the market for, a Mac laptop |
| 23:30.13 | PoeticIntensity | oh? |
| 23:30.13 | mgeary | my justification for this is simple-- |
| 23:30.17 | PoeticIntensity | do tell. |
| 23:30.46 | mgeary | all smart people end up there |
| 23:30.51 | mgeary | it's just a question of how long it takes them |
| 23:30.53 | mgeary | :) |
| 23:31.09 | PoeticIntensity | LOL |
| 23:31.11 | PoeticIntensity | you nut. |
| 23:31.24 | mindjuju | anybody know an app built to test web services? |
| 23:31.25 | PoeticIntensity | If I got a mac, I'd have the thing running Linux in a matter of hours.... |
| 23:31.27 | PoeticIntensity | and then were would I be? |
| 23:31.36 | mgeary | with a nice computer |
| 23:31.47 | PoeticIntensity | and hardware which probably wouldn't fail. |
| 23:32.00 | PoeticIntensity | and upon failure, I'd have access to quick / easy / human support. |
| 23:32.08 | PoeticIntensity | very valid points. |
| 23:32.10 | mgeary | not to mention the awesome virtualization you get with Parallels |
| 23:32.24 | mgeary | you can run Linux Gimp and OS X Photoshop simultaneously |
| 23:32.27 | mgeary | :) |
| 23:32.45 | PoeticIntensity | Why would I want to pay for Photoshop? |
| 23:32.54 | PoeticIntensity | ;-) |
| 23:33.27 | PoeticIntensity | I'm just being a poop, mgeary. I doubt I'll ever have a mac. |
| 23:33.33 | mindjuju | psh! mgeary, with my dual core windows xp, i can run notepad, textpad and textpad plus at the same time |
| 23:33.48 | PoeticIntensity | Unless the price comes down, drastically. |
| 23:33.54 | PoeticIntensity | LOL |
| 23:33.56 | PoeticIntensity | nice, mindjuju . |
| 23:34.10 | PoeticIntensity | at least he didn't say "Vista", right? |
| 23:34.46 | mgeary | but seriously, PoeticIntensity, what do you do when someone sends you a non Open Office-compatible Excel spreadsheet? |
| 23:34.56 | PoeticIntensity | hasn't happened yet. |
| 23:34.59 | PoeticIntensity | seriously. |
| 23:35.03 | PoeticIntensity | In fact... |
| 23:35.13 | PoeticIntensity | I just received my first ".pub" file yesterday. |
| 23:35.19 | PoeticIntensity | completely Linux-incompatible. |
| 23:35.24 | PoeticIntensity | I got creative... :) |
| 23:35.38 | PoeticIntensity | http://www.pdfonline.com/index.htm |
| 23:35.40 | PoeticIntensity | *amazing* tool. |
| 23:35.56 | PoeticIntensity | uploaded the .pub file and got emailed a Linux-compatible PDF. |
| 23:35.56 | mgeary | it's so nice to have a machine that can run Apache+MySQL+PHP beautifully, AND run all the common desktop apps, AND be a stable, friendly OS |
| 23:36.09 | PoeticIntensity | now, now, mgeary... |
| 23:36.10 | mgeary | that's cool. what makes .pub files? |
| 23:36.15 | PoeticIntensity | MS Publisher. |
| 23:36.17 | mgeary | ah |
| 23:36.35 | PoeticIntensity | I run all the common desktop apps as well... and my system is *very* stable... |
| 23:36.44 | PoeticIntensity | and I gotta say - it's way more than friendly.... It's.... |
| 23:36.45 | PoeticIntensity | sexy. |
| 23:36.49 | mgeary | no, i promise you that your desktop apps are not "common" |
| 23:36.49 | PoeticIntensity | It's Linux... |
| 23:36.58 | PoeticIntensity | LOL |
| 23:37.17 | PoeticIntensity | okay, okay.... I was talking about the demographic of Programmer Geeks. |
| 23:37.22 | mgeary | :) |
| 23:37.27 | PoeticIntensity | however.... |
| 23:37.55 | PoeticIntensity | I can honestly say, that I have never received an app (and have been running Linux in business-esque environments now for about 3 years).... |
| 23:38.03 | PoeticIntensity | that Linux couldn't handle in one way or another. |
| 23:38.13 | PoeticIntensity | word, excel, powerpoint, etc... |
| 23:38.22 | PoeticIntensity | OO handles em' with quite a bit of grace... |
| 23:39.06 | PoeticIntensity | and Linux has one thing no other OS can claim.... |
| 23:39.16 | PoeticIntensity | a pricetag *everyone* can handle. |
| 23:39.20 | PoeticIntensity | right along with all the apps. |
| 23:40.39 | mgeary | sure. |
| 23:41.29 | mgeary | eeh. i don't have a problem with Linux, but i don't believe that it's polished enough for joe computer user |
| 23:41.54 | PoeticIntensity | everyone is entitled to their opinion... and that's a valid one. |
| 23:41.54 | mgeary | and i believe that OS X *is*, and brings with it (nearly) all the advantages that Linux offers |
| 23:42.05 | PoeticIntensity | true... true... |
| 23:42.12 | mgeary | so the sum total is greater (for me, obviously) on the OS X side of things |
| 23:43.00 | mgeary | but i'm not gonna go try to persuade folks. I don't care what they use. It has, however, been very interesting to observe how many people who's talents/smarts I respect have moved to the Mac in the last 2-ish years |
| 23:43.24 | PoeticIntensity | interesting. |
| 23:43.37 | PoeticIntensity | I have a lot of respect for macs. |
| 23:43.51 | PoeticIntensity | video editing was never slicker.... |
| 23:43.55 | PoeticIntensity | I mean..... crazy stuff. |
| 23:44.01 | PoeticIntensity | I worked on macs in College. |
| 23:44.34 | PoeticIntensity | I had quite a few classes that required me to use a mac during class. |
| 23:44.36 | PoeticIntensity | so..... |
| 23:44.51 | PoeticIntensity | I'm not completely oblivious to the advantages they hold. |
| 23:45.26 | mgeary | yeah, but i don't generally like to take the discussion in that kind of a direction because i believe it fosters the prevalent argument of, "well, i'm a *businessman*, if i were one of those *creative* types, yeah i'd get a Mac, but for *real* business, you need XXX" |
| 23:45.44 | mgeary | and i think that's a severely uninformed opinion |
| 23:45.45 | PoeticIntensity | eh..... |
| 23:45.49 | PoeticIntensity | I agree. |
| 23:45.57 | mgeary | ANYway |
| 23:45.59 | PoeticIntensity | I personally believe it's a "personality-type" situation. |
| 23:46.18 | PoeticIntensity | a "business-type" personality just isn't gonna groove with the whole Mac mentality..... IMO. |
| 23:46.29 | PoeticIntensity | because business-men don't really care about the "polish" to which you refer. |
| 23:46.40 | PoeticIntensity | Linux is just as stable as OS-X. |
| 23:46.51 | PoeticIntensity | Windows...... is............. uhh... popular. |
| 23:46.58 | mgeary | possibly. But anyone whose handle is "PoeticIntensity" can't say he's not a Mac kind of guy ;) |
| 23:46.59 | PoeticIntensity | People use computers for different reasons. |
| 23:47.10 | PoeticIntensity | LOL |
| 23:47.31 | PoeticIntensity | I'm not a mac kind of guy.. |
| 23:47.41 | PoeticIntensity | The *one* thing I can't get over is why they are priced so high. |
| 23:47.54 | mgeary | but that, too, is a hollow argument |
| 23:47.55 | PoeticIntensity | I find no reason, other than to continue funding the exceptional support they provide. |
| 23:48.07 | mgeary | it's not that they are priced high, it's that you cannot get a stripped-down version |
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| 23:48.18 | PoeticIntensity | well... then it's priced too high. |
| 23:48.25 | PoeticIntensity | for stuff I'm not gonna use. |
| 23:48.35 | PoeticIntensity | not too terribly hollow. |
| 23:48.40 | PoeticIntensity | at least from my perspective. |
| 23:48.42 | mgeary | apple-to-apple (heh) comparisons have generally shown that similarly-spec'ed Dells/whatever are the same, if not more |
| 23:48.45 | mindjuju | i think the price of the mac is for different reasons then those you argue |
| 23:48.56 | mindjuju | honestly |
| 23:49.04 | PoeticIntensity | hrm... |
| 23:49.09 | mindjuju | would you buy a $5,000 Lexus |
| 23:49.18 | mindjuju | no, it has a high "perceived value" |
| 23:49.30 | mindjuju | you would expect to buy a BMW for less than 30k |
| 23:49.56 | mindjuju | (i don't honestly know what thye run at, cause i've never made enough to shop for a BMW) but you see my point |
| 23:50.08 | mindjuju | how come nobody is choking on the price of the iPhone? |
| 23:50.11 | mgeary | i am |
| 23:50.16 | mindjuju | does it serve you tea and crumpets? |
| 23:50.22 | PoeticIntensity | personally..... (and I'm not being defensive).... I don't care about the "why" in price. I see a computer which provides me certain services / values / etc.... and then I see a mac which provides those same values plus $1000.00 worth of stuff I'm not interested in. |
| 23:50.35 | mgeary | that may be part of it, but i have seen several comparisons over the years that indicate that spec-for-spec, macs are not unreasonably priced |
| 23:50.39 | burnin | :) |
| 23:50.41 | PoeticIntensity | yes.... mindjuju, there is always the "uppity" or "exclusive" value.... / prestige type stuff... |
| 23:50.41 | mgeary | except for Apple's RAM |
| 23:50.51 | mgeary | burnin: seriously |
| 23:51.09 | PoeticIntensity | and if that's why apple is priced so high, then so be it... That's the main thing keeping me from buying one. |
| 23:51.15 | mgeary | sure |
| 23:51.24 | mgeary | 'course, now you're makin' the big bucks |
| 23:51.42 | mindjuju | let's face it, Linux is for geeks, MS is for business types and Mac is for the "jet set beautiful people" |
| 23:52.00 | mgeary | well, "jet set" anyway :) |
| 23:52.11 | burnin | apple makes some nice hardware, but I think I'll stick with my cheap white box hardware. |
| 23:52.32 | PoeticIntensity | mgeary, who told you about the big-bucks? I need to talk to them. ;-) |
| 23:52.42 | PoeticIntensity | they're highly mis-informed... :-| |
| 23:53.08 | mgeary | well, i was talking to your momma the other day... :P |
| 23:53.16 | PoeticIntensity | anyway, mgeary, it's always good to chat with ya..... .DOH! |
| 23:53.17 | mindjuju | heh |
| 23:53.22 | PoeticIntensity | LOL |
| 23:53.43 | mgeary | hey, that was clean |
| 23:53.50 | mindjuju | it's time for a yo mama fight! |
| 23:53.53 | PoeticIntensity | I've known quite a few mac people, and I'd say 90% of em' fit within a certain stereotype..... so experience tells me it *is* a personality-type thang. |
| 23:53.53 | mgeary | we were just talkin' |
| 23:54.04 | mgeary | :) |
| 23:54.11 | PoeticIntensity | talkin' to YOUR momma! |
| 23:54.20 | PoeticIntensity | bah... that was lame. |
| 23:54.25 | mindjuju | yeah, what is the honest percentage of mac owners that also own brikenstocks |
| 23:54.27 | PoeticIntensity | quite possibly the most lame momma joke ever. |
| 23:54.30 | mindjuju | or however it is you spell it |
| 23:54.44 | mgeary | mindjuju: heh |
| 23:54.46 | burnin | I only know two mac heads, and they are two completely different personalities. |
| 23:54.59 | PoeticIntensity | burnin, get to know more macheads. |
| 23:55.02 | PoeticIntensity | I've known at least 20. |
| 23:55.04 | mgeary | i get my birkenstocks from the factory outlet in a small village across the Rhein river from Bonn :D |
| 23:55.13 | PoeticIntensity | ROFL |
| 23:55.20 | mgeary | ...in person :) |
| 23:55.21 | PoeticIntensity | I love you, mgeary! |
| 23:55.23 | PoeticIntensity | that's awesome. |
| 23:55.30 | mindjuju | and polo shirts |
| 23:55.32 | mindjuju | can't forget that |
| 23:55.33 | PoeticIntensity | ah man... |
| 23:55.46 | PoeticIntensity | anyway...... good stuff. |
| 23:56.11 | mgeary | yeah |
| 23:56.15 | mgeary | gotta go push some code live |
| 23:56.15 | PoeticIntensity | I'm outta here. |
| 23:56.18 | mgeary | later |
| 23:56.21 | PoeticIntensity | gotta go home and EAT! |
| 23:56.26 | PoeticIntensity | chao - all! |
| 23:56.43 | mgeary | ciao |
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