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quote:Originally posted by Alla:Just because those guys were Arab doesn't mean that Bin Laden was behind the 9/11 incident. Who knows maybe those Arab guys didn't even know who was really behind it. There's been a lot of articles written in different European and Russian newspapers about the WTC attack and the possibily that Jews (US) did it for their own good. [sarcasm]Aha, let's try to find the most complicated explanation for something that "seems" fairly obvious because the world is complicated and therefore, that is the best way to go. 1) Jews really like the US 2) Jews hate the arabs 3) Jews are very smart 4) Jews want to have everything that isn't theirs 5) Jews know US is VERY powerful 6) Jews need to find a way to have US go blow up a bunch of Afghans ... because they are close enough to Arabs. 7) The World Trade Center is very important to the US (but NOT to the Jews ) 8) Plan: Train a bunch of Arabs and send them to blow up WTC ... cover up all evidence. 9) Fabricate a video with Ben Laden talking about the attack 10) Manipulate every god damn news station, news paper, journalist, etc etc to report what the Jews want. 11) US thinks arabs did it ... goes and beats the crap out of the Afghans who "harbor" them 12) It works out great since it brings the entire US nation much close together 13) Jews win since now US is more allied with them. Hmmmmm ... yah, it makes sense. I see how that could happen. What kind of child would be fooled into thinking that Ben Laden would even think about doing something like that when the Jews are so much more evil. [/sarcasm] My head hurts

Good luck!!! I guess you can set a filter which automatically files emails with certain keywords into the trash but I don't know of any good automatic filters ... actually, UCLA does an OK job but even them sometimes crap gets through. By the way, I just installed Popup Dummy. I like it! It was very easy to install and seems to work great. Unfortunately, they only give you a 15-day trial. I'll see what can be done.

There is good news for you since there are several popup killers that work pretty well. For a long time, I have been using Popup Killer which seems to work great. You could download updated lists of popups from them and even add your own. However, I just checked their site and it seems to have been discontinued. They recommend you use THIS ONE which seems to be ok but I have never used it. I saw another one called AdsGone. Unfortunately, neither of those is FREE ... I will let you know if I "find" one I usually disable JavaScript on my browsers but sometimes use other browsers (like Opera and Netscape). But using a utility such as these is probably the best way with Explorer. I have found that having a "CLOSE" button on the mouse is usually the easiest way though. I have a 5-button mouse and made one of the buttons close. Anytime one of those stupid things pops up, I just press the button and it's GONE! Also, ALT-F4 helps too. [ July 31, 2002, 09:12 PM: Message edited by: Sip ]

That used to be one of the most annoying infomercials a few years ago (they used to show their 1/2 hour commercial all night on TV). I tried to make my own once but that didn't work too well ... let's just say I ended up going for the really short hair look. Unfortunately, it's only good for longer hair (1/2" or more) otherwise I would have bought one for sure. [ July 31, 2002, 04:22 PM: Message edited by: Sip ]

quote:Originally posted by Azat:depends what language you are working in. If in vb, you creaet a collection and run Sort on it. I know I am a WiseASS. But this was the computers section. Good point ... you got me! I meant fastest "run-time" ... not fastest programming/debugging time. Otherwise, I can also import them in Excel and choose "SORT" from the data menu

Thank GOD no tomato ice cream!!! Plus, I can guarantee you real Armenians NEVER ate tomatoes. It wasn't "discovered" till the Americas were found Amazingly enough, potato also came from the Americas. As far as Tomatoes are concerned, I am a REAL, "traditional" Armenian. But I do make an exception for ketchup and any kind of non-chunky, fully processed, tomato sauce

mmmmm mmmmm I think I will try it for sure. As long as there are no chunck of tomatoes in something, I don't mind trying. The ONLY thing I can't stand are chunks of tomatoes. But Katchup ... I put it on everything I had aligator on a stick in New Orleans. It sounded disgusting at first ... but it actually tastes pretty good. It has a nice firm meat which has the texture of fish but tastes like chicken (I know, it's an overused phrase but its true).

Oh no !!! There is real, authentic "chicken-less chicken" in there!!!!!! I asked the person what it was and she said: "It's chicken-less chicken .. it's good for you". Dude, I kid you not. They REALLY sell that stuff now at the coffee house... and I have seen people buy it. I admit, I have never tasted it ... it could be just as good as that octapus ice cream [ July 30, 2002, 04:26 PM: Message edited by: Sip ]

But on second thought, that chicken-wing ice cream doesn't sound too bad. You could get 2 scoops of that and a scoop of the wassabi ice cream ... could be good!!!

Kinda reminds me of those "chicken-less chicken", "turkey-less turkey", and "beef-less beef" sandwiches they just started selling at UCLA http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/Sip/zr2/barf.gif Let's not forget ... if you want to make some REAL cash, you gotta appeal to the REAL health crowd ... so I am going to suggest: calliflower and artichoke sundae with sour tofu cream and of course the house special, "sugar free, non-dairy, caffein-free, cellery-eggwhite immitation mocha broccochino".

Next problem? Let's say you have 1000 integers between 0 and one million and you want to put them in order. What is the fastest way to do it?

quote:Originally posted by Aghtchik:[QB]1 goes left, 2 goes right, 3 left, 4 right, etc. Harut jan, you ha ... ooops, Sorry, it was a force of habit!!!! Ok so as far as I understand, now you have all odd numbers on the "left" and all even ones on the "right". What now? --- Update: Actually, after thinking about it for a while, I think that problem is much harder than I thought at first. So here is the updated version of the problem! But feel free to answer either one You have 1 million objects with integer names (between 0 and 1 million) and you want to put them in order. What is the fastest way?

Very interesting indeed!!! But I guess its more like the Oscar speeches ... you just thank everyone like even the director's wife, God, and the guy who washes the car, and the janitor ... in case you have to deal with them again (which you will most likely)

quote:Originally posted by Azat:YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share. Exactly what I did!!!! I am sooo glad ... that was the one single sell order I ever got right. The problem was I bought YAHOO at 500 (before they split ... so I guess it was actually 250). Glad I have no money now and I can focus on more important things in life (yes, that's what I keep telling myself and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside )

The place where I made my mistake was: c=99 c++ -> c=100 (but returns 99) so: c=99%100 which makes c=99. But the way these compilers seem to work, is they do: c=99%100 then c=c+1 (for the c++) For one thing, I would NEVER write any program that looks like c=c++ !!! But I have not seen any book or any documentation which actually explains what would happen if you have something like that!

quote:Originally posted by Harut:any more problems? Ok try this one ... my coworker just spent 1 hour trying to debug this thing!!! code:int c=99;int n=100; for (int i=0; i<2; i++) { c = (c++) % n; } cout << c << endl; What is the output of this thing? Of course you can "cheat" and actually run it ... but see if you can figure it out! I can tell you I was WRONG! ... we tried it with 3 compilers and they all got the same thing. Not what I was expecting at all.

Shat shnorhakal sireli Garo yev Vahan! Yev Movses: norits shnorhavor Thanks for all your (and Garo's) efforts with the forum too. Dzerked che tsava

quote:Originally posted by nairi:Dear Sip, Happy birthday! Hope you have a good time chatting (online) to your family and friends Nairi Thank you thank you!!! You laugh now but you won't believe how much time my brother and I spend talking online when he actually is in the other room next door! My parents and certain friends are still not that technologically "inclined" but I am hoping it'll change soon It's not that they can't do it ... it's just this mental barrier they seem to have against change and new things (even though they may be much better than the old things). quote:Originally posted by Rubo:Dear Sip, in my haste I did not notice the bithday cake.Happy birthday! jeese I feel bad now.I hope you had fun celebrating since I was not much of a cheerful person last night. No problem at all! I live everyday as if it were my birthday ... which probably doesn't say much! [ July 30, 2002, 04:12 PM: Message edited by: Harut ]

This is one of the questions that has been on my mind for a while ... just wanted to get your inputs on this (as always, very appreciated ). As more and more people are starting to have access to computers, do you think that the inefficient "live conversation" type communication that is done on a phone will slowly be replaced with more passive forms of communication like text messaging and email? I know that the "phone", as we know it or some variation of it, will probably never disappear since certain people have this instinctive need to talk and talk and talk ... ... but for more "important" communications, such as asking certain questions, giving replys to questions, you know the more "meaningful" types of communication that humans have to do ... do you think that the more off-line and passive forms of communication will start to take over? I don't know about others but I generally hate the phone ... all this "hello, how are you, oh I am ok and you, etc etc" preamble that one must go through to finally get to the real question is just so boring sometimes (NOT ALWAYS of course!)... and then, when the time comes to real questions, my mind almost never is ready enough to answer. I usually have to think about something before I answer which creates this long annoying and inappropriate pauses in the "talking". With email, and some other text-based, or non-live types of communication, one can go straight to the point! Also, the person replying, can take his or her time and come up with a GOOD answer as opposed to try to whip something up right then and there ... like when talking on the phone. So, this is what I would like to know. Do you dislike "phone" like communication as much as I do, or do you prefer the live human, right then and there, on the other end? If there was an option to contact someone ... either through "email" or by phone ... which would you usually pick? Does it make a difference if that other person is a stranger, a friend, a close friend, or a family member?

Is there enough interest to start a fantasy Football (NFL) league? If you want more info, let me know but it is definitely a LOT of fun ... especially if are into NFL.

quote:Originally posted by Anshnork:Seaphan- I would recommend the book "Tao of Pooh." It explains taoism using Winnie the Pooh characters and stories. It's a bit simplistic and is by no means complete or perfect, but it's a great place to start. I found that reading this first helped me understand the original taoist texts more fully. http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/Sip/zr2/roflmao.gif I gotta give it a try! Thanks for the suggestion. Actually, I am trying to find some time to read all has been said so far carefully and then hit google again. Seems like a pretty deep topic though. [ July 26, 2002, 01:33 PM: Message edited by: Sip ]

Oh god! Tommeys? Don't get me wrong ... I can certainly put some serious amount of food away but I could never eat more that 1 or 2 tommeys burgers ... all the grease just fills you up ... ah ... drooling as I type. ... and for some reason, I always sweat when I eat Tommeys ... it's not that big but is some serious burger!!!

I did a search and couldn't find anything on this topic. Can anyone (esp. THOTH), please shed some light on what this is? Daoism, daoist, etc? I did a bit of searching on google, but I found things like: quote:Dao means "way." It is understood that the Dao is the underlying pattern of the universe, which can neither be described in words nor conceived in thought. The goal of Daoism is to bring all elements of existence- heaven, earth, and man- into harmony. If that is not the most confusing thing I have ever heard, then I don't know what is! And yes, I have had "complexity theory" classes before and even those made some sense.

quote:Originally posted by nairi:They'll even go as far as to describe in detail what they potentially feel, what they should hypothetically be feeling and how they should probably react .... http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/Sip/zr2/roflmao.gif I was really laughing out loud when I read that (laughter continued through the rest of the thing). Thanks for that!!! . [ July 25, 2002, 10:03 AM: Message edited by: Sip ]

Pretty interesting discussions I must say (Nairi and Thoth). I had to look up a several words in the dictionary!!! I personally, am not "well-read" enough to have a word to describe myself ... I basically reject anything which is not "testable". If someone proposes a model which describes something, if I test it and find it to be true to a reasonable extent, I accept it. If there is no way for me to test it, I reject it Einstein's theories are certainly testable. That's what makes him trully exceptional. He said light would be effected by mass ... and sure enough, we conducted experiments and found out his predictions were true (or matched our observations). The thing with God ... not testable Yah, he did everything, he created this and that, he is all knowing and such. But how can I test this "God" model??? And no Jug, your "FAITH" means nothing to me (it's not a proof of the model)