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Cheng: oh, i have a funty story about yesterday
Me: ?
Cheng: lol
Cheng: somehow my ninnish alarm clock’s alarm got switched off
Me: lol
Cheng: so cheng was on snooze mode when he was supposed to be handing in a paper
Me: haaha
Cheng: but i was having this dream
Cheng: and what appeared to cheng as being Krishna came right up against my screen
Me: the eighth avatar of vishnu?
Cheng: and i woke up, looked at the clock, and jumped out of bed
Cheng: indeed

Tim a Gas: i feel like a materialist…
Tim a Gas: i’m already planning how i’m going to spend my money
Tim a Gas: that i dont have yet
Tim a Gas: so far…
Tim a Gas: i’ve planned to buy a lancer evo…
Tim a Gas: a large plasma screen
Tim a Gas: a massive surround sound system
Tim a Gas: and a fortified bunker in new mexico

[19:35] Tim a Gas: my brother was part of a terrorist attack simultion at tobyhanna army depot
[19:35] Tim a Gas: he was a terrorist
[19:35] Tim a Gas: and several of his friends
[19:36] Tim a Gas: he ended up killing a guard, evading arrest twice, planting a bomb in an ambulance, hijacking a firetruck, and jamming the police radio system
[19:36] Tim a Gas: it’s almost scary how effective of a terrorist he is

A: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/09/14_key.shtml
A: hypothetically, i could have a wireless keyboard
A: and still use the same keyboard

While we’re on the subject, this is highly amusing and I should’ve linked to it earlier.

-Chris

[02:29] Chris: did you knokw if you middle click on a tab it closes
[02:29] morgot___: HOLY SHIT
[02:29] morgot___: you just made my day

[02:29] Chris: it made mine
[02:30] Chris: i can’t tell if you’re serious but i don’t really care
[02:30] morgot___: no, i am
[02:30] morgot___: now, if only there were a way to do it with the keyboard…
[02:30] Chris: haha awesome.
[02:30] Chris: ctrl-f4
[02:31] morgot___: noshit
[02:31] morgot___: wow
[02:31] morgot___: that was even better

[02:28] Chris: In his Discourses on Inequality, Rousseau spends a significant amount of time discussing the formation of reason. Rousseau believed the savage man would have tremendous difficulty making use of reason or higher thinking: “His soul, agitated by nothing, is given over the single feeling of his own present existence, without any idea of the future…” (46) The nature of this man leads Rousseau to suggest that the use of reason was established together with society; for who could understand the deep concepts of a morality such as Kant’s without first being able to concretely describe what stood right in front of them? (51)

[02:29] Tim__ Gas: my work seems like alot of fun now

1. A huge majority of people buy Windows.
2. Microsoft can then include products with Windows for free, like Internet Explorer.
3. This means that other companies that only make certain products, like Netscape, can’t compete because Microsoft’s product is already in the bag. They go out of business.

The problem with this is the solution doesn’t work: Taking the product out of Windows is irrelevant. Who would want to buy the crappy version with less features that costs the same? Furthermore, you can just download the Media Player garbage from the Internet for free anyways.

What’s damaging to competitors is the predatory pricing. If I offer a product for free or reduced prices when it costs money to get it from a competitor, then the competitor is driven out of business.

Guess that just goes to show that the law still can’t figure out how to deal with monopolies.

-Chris

P.S. In other news, EA just got exclusive rights to a whole lot of NFL-related franchises:

[13:34] Cheng: stacks
[13:34] Cheng: guess only madden can change the whole mo of the game then
[13:34] Me: http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3137894&did=1
[13:34] Me: guess so
[13:36] Cheng: madden will be even more in the money
[13:36] Me: lol
[13:36] Cheng: they could always just use the CFL or something instead

[00:56] Tim__ Gas: you know… i’d pay good money to see how many points avril lavigne gets on her own song in kareoke revolution

Tardicus: i wonder what he tells his teacher
ducks__drug: lololol
ducks__drug: nothing
ducks__drug: he’s in college
Tardicus: indeed, but if he had to
ducks__drug: he forgot
Tardicus: umm, there were a couple mines on the way to class that i had to diffuse
ducks__drug: that’s his best excuse
ducks__drug: lolololol
Tardicus: I was going to be on time, but i had to carry a metal detector with me
Tardicus: I almost made it to class, but then i took a misstep and i had to start over again

Gas: i’m down to 58 (seconds in minesweeper (intermediate))
Tardicus: oooh
Gas: i spooged that one up too
Gas: coulda been better
Tardicus: yeah
Gas: staaacks i forgot to go to class

I’ve never heard of anyone missing class because of minesweeper. I can see oversleeping or a different game, but minesweeper? Any janitor jobs open? Gas easily gets in the sweeping zone.