security - virginity - 4th of july - dickensian - catholicism - rss - frangipane - Ksitigarbha - martini,

[7/2/2007 10:57:33 AM] pD says: howdy!

[7/2/2007 10:57:48 AM] pD says: last friday was nuts - end of quarter, getting website ready, etc.

[7/2/2007 11:00:40 AM] nsy says: yes, and frank and glen are out, so its me and K and AE standing in

[7/2/2007 11:27:00 AM] pD says: i even had a brilliant insight last friday

[7/2/2007 11:27:09 AM] pD says: but, cannot remember exactly now

[7/2/2007 11:27:27 AM] pD says: btw, is AE doing his running thing?

[7/2/2007 11:28:19 AM] nsy says: no, he threw out his back, so we'll go to lunch if you are interested

[7/2/2007 11:29:16 AM] pD says: threw out his back? that sounds kind of painful

[7/2/2007 11:29:31 AM] pD says: what lunch idea would you entertain?

[7/2/2007 11:30:24 AM] nsy says: i'm not choosy - wherever AE can feed his veggie needs

[7/2/2007 11:31:04 AM] pD says: AE, how serious are you about being a veggie?

[7/2/2007 11:33:34 AM] pD says: there is a japanese/chinese noodle shop that is an excellent source for starch - not a much meat in their dishes

[7/2/2007 11:34:20 AM] pD says: alternatively, there is the buddhist place that has buddhist food - not the best, but it is all relative

[7/2/2007 1:22:23 PM] pD says: food okay, i hope?

[7/2/2007 1:22:50 PM] nsy says: haven't had a chance yet - will let you know

[7/2/2007 1:23:03 PM] AE says: it's very spicy!

[7/2/2007 1:23:12 PM] AE says: mmm... spicy me like...

[7/2/2007 1:23:34 PM] nsy says: cha cha cha!

[7/2/2007 2:56:10 PM] nsy says: the food was great! thanks for taking us to that place, pD! what was it called again?

[7/2/2007 2:56:36 PM] pD says: Sogo Tofu, i think that is the official (English) name

[7/2/2007 2:56:52 PM] pD says: glad that you enjoyed it

[10:59:02 AM] pD says: hi folks

[10:59:07 AM] pD says: check this out

[10:59:16 AM] pD says: if you type in "nsa chatters" in google

[10:59:22 AM] pD says: and click on "i feel lucky"

[10:59:35 AM] pD says: it takes you to our blog under the tag of "honesty"

[10:59:43 AM] pD says: how fun (and weird) is that!

[10:59:50 AM] AE says: woo hoo!

[10:59:56 AM] AE says: speaking of NSA:

[10:59:59 AM] AE says: http://www.zug.com/gab/index.cgi?func=view_thread&head=1&thread_id=74827

[11:01:26 AM] pD says: live vibrator in pants - okay, that is a new one

[11:06:02 AM] AE says: but he's got a good point: there is this barrel the dump the (supposed) explosives is just sitting there.

[11:06:15 AM] AE says: in fact... you could take out a security check point that way.

[11:06:38 AM] AE says: just have several people, each with a bottle of some harmless substance disguised as something else.

[11:07:07 AM] AE says: they all go in the bin. the chemicals are released somehow, and you have a toxic/explosive bin in the security area.

[11:07:21 AM] pD says: you make a better terrorist than i do - makes sense

[11:07:25 AM] AE says: now, you just need to detonate it. or, just have the chemical reaction do it.

[11:07:27 AM] AE says: how so?

[11:08:00 AM] pD says: i have not thought about de-composing these elements to smuggle things through. good idea though

[11:08:57 AM] AE says: and you're not trying to get them on the plane.

[11:09:15 AM] AE says: in fact, you could do all of this right outside security, before you even get screened.

[11:09:45 AM] AE says: there is a bin right as you go into security. Simply pour out the contents of several container into the bin before you're even screened.

[11:10:03 AM] AE says: Of course, if you're doing it that way, just walk up with a bomb and blow yourself and the check point up.

[11:10:18 AM] AE says: no one checks you as you walk into the airport, just the plane.

[11:10:37 AM] pD says: it is a delicate balance

[11:10:47 AM] AE says: So, if you take out enough of these simultaneously, it would cause massive disruption to airline travel.

[11:10:55 AM] pD says: on one hand, you can do an israeli style check point because people do walk up and detonate

[11:11:13 AM] AE says: enough so to do maximum damage with minimal losses.

[11:11:14 AM] AE says: true.

[11:11:16 AM] pD says: but, you would really screw with the economy that way - no more air travel, no more nothing

[11:11:18 AM] AE says: but that would take time and money.

[11:11:23 AM] AE says: exactly.

[11:11:44 AM] AE says: at least for a bit. we really rely on air travel in the US.

[11:11:57 AM] AE says: because there is no other way to get from LA to NY in less than 3 days.

[11:12:13 AM] AE says: Trains don't go that fast. Neither do cars or busses.

[11:12:22 AM] pD says: what i like is the john pointdexter [sic] method of creating a (stock) market for terror acts. it was suppose to be rather accurate.

[11:12:33 AM] pD says: video-conference?

[11:12:38 AM] pD says: if no air plane

[11:12:42 AM] AE says: yes.

[11:12:56 AM] AE says: that is actually what a lot of people do now anyways.

[11:13:08 AM] AE says: perhaps it would be a way to boost stocks of webex et all...

[11:13:38 AM] AE says: ok, so we need to purchase a bunch of stock in these companies...

[11:13:43 AM] pD says: hahah! that is a good one, buy webex stock when the next attack happens. i will keep that in mind

[11:14:04 AM] AE says: uhg. or not. kind of makes my stomach sick to think of profiting off the dead like that.

[11:14:17 AM] AE says: dang morals.

[11:21:39 AM] AE says: work question:

[11:21:51 AM] AE says: what "security level" do we have on [deleted]?

[11:22:04 AM] AE says: i'm not familiar with this term as it would relate to our product.

[11:22:31 AM] AE says: is there a marketing doc we could send them showing what we do to keep our product secure?

[11:22:38 AM] AE says: or do I need to fish for more info?

[11:23:20 AM] pD says: more info: there are too many definition/categories

[11:23:26 AM] AE says: k

[11:23:32 AM] pD says: as a general statement - we follow the industry standards

[11:23:33 AM] AE says: I'll ask for clarification on what they need.

[11:23:50 AM] AE says: Ok. I'll also mention we provide [deleted].

[11:24:30 AM] AE says: It's coming from a re-seller. They're looking to pass information on to a potential customer.

[11:25:11 AM] AE says: Perhaps it would be good to have a product doc showing how we're secure. I'll get more info on what they need and write something up.

[11:26:06 AM] pD says: that is a good idea - but i do dread it since i will do most of the work...

[11:26:14 AM] AE says: nope.

[11:26:35 AM] AE says: i'm a writer too... just nothing useful has fallen from my nimble fingers till this point.

[11:26:50 AM] AE says: i'll draft it, you can LOOK at it.

[11:26:57 AM] pD says: cool!

[11:26:59 AM] pD says: that is a deal

[11:27:04 AM] AE says: k

[11:27:12 AM] AE shakes

[11:27:19 AM] AE says: hehe. guess i'm cold.

[11:27:55 AM] pD says: need to start a fire in the shed?

[11:27:58 AM] pD says: be careful though

[11:28:26 AM] AE says: nope. it's actually plenty warm already. i have the loading dock open so there's a lot of warm air coming in.

[1:44:06 PM] pD says: back from lunch

[2:09:34 PM] pD says: 25% of virgins 'ignore safe sex'

More than a quarter of people in the UK do not use contraception when they lose their virginity, a survey has claimed.

[2:09:42 PM] pD says: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6262270.stm

[2:19:10 PM] nsy says: i'm sending you both [deleted]...

[3:37:47 PM] pD says: got any plan for the 4th of july?

[3:38:28 PM] nsy says: on-call/working - you?

[3:38:42 PM] AE says: Quinn's in a parade in the morning. After that we'll blow things up.

[3:38:42 PM] pD says: serious?!

[3:38:51 PM] pD says: for both

[3:39:13 PM] nsy says: yup

[3:39:22 PM] pD says: i understand the issue about 24/7 support and i only hope that the call traffic, such as it is, would be very light

[3:39:31 PM] pD says: as for blowing things up, what is on the menu?

[3:39:34 PM] nsy says: me too! :)

[3:39:37 PM] AE says: Oh nsy! I hope it's completely dead tomorrow!

[3:39:51 PM] nsy says: me too. should be...

[3:40:08 PM] AE says: Well... I used to live in a state where you could buy things that were much more exciting than sparklers...

[3:40:22 PM] nsy says: i will definitely do some serious slacking

[3:40:23 PM] AE says: and at a time when it was much easier to get a mining license.

[3:40:26 PM] AE says: good.

[3:40:51 PM] AE says: so there may be some blasting caps around still.

[3:41:02 PM] AE says: i've also got some detonation cord left.

[3:41:12 PM] pD says: i am all for explosives, they do have that excitement thing going

[3:41:17 PM] nsy says: ah, yes - real fireworks sans permit. oooh, aaah.

[3:41:34 PM] AE says: oooh, aaahh, bang! OUCH!

[3:41:44 PM] pD says: when i lived in texas, it was allowed in certain places - so, that was good

[3:41:51 PM] pD says: on other hand

[3:42:01 PM] pD is always the killjoy

[3:42:20 PM] pD says: a lot of fireworks are manufactured in China these days where they use child labor

[3:42:33 PM] AE says: yeah! And kids love fireworks!

[3:42:36 PM] AE says: so that's a good match

[3:42:37 PM] pD says: i read an article about a rural school where an explosion occurred

[3:42:47 PM] AE says: see... match.

[3:43:07 PM] AE says: Ok. I'd love to get into this, but I have to go. B

[3:43:13 PM] AE says: Bye all! Have a great 4th~

[3:43:20 PM] nsy says: you too! bye

[3:52:57 PM] pD says: and, that was because all the kids were actually working to make fire crackers to fund the schooling

[3:53:03 PM] pD says: pretty sad, i say

[4:23:02 PM] nsy says: i can smell the irony from here

[4:24:39 PM] pD says: yeah, a lot of things happening in China right now is pretty Dickensian - things that we used to only read about happening in the 19-20th century

[4:25:04 PM] pD says: and, just like the "drug" issue, i figure that if I do not create demand, at least I am doing my part.

[4:25:18 PM] pD says: kind of quixotistic, but

[4:42:36 PM] nsy says: educated consumer - i like that

[4:42:54 PM] nsy says: you were asking about saint jude... here you go...

[4:43:15 PM] pD says: actually, more like a lazy customer, who would like to do the right thing, but also too lazy to get "active"

[4:43:37 PM] pD says: sort of a modern interpretation of "think global, act local" - so i justify it that way

[4:43:59 PM] pD says: speaking of saints

[4:44:06 PM] nsy says: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintj.htm

[4:44:19 PM] pD says: who was it that was shot to death with arrows

[4:44:25 PM] nsy says: yes, lead by example is one of my favorites, etc

[4:45:04 PM] nsy says: that site is too dry. i'll bring in my dictionary - its really amusing.

[4:46:13 PM] pD says: btw, i remember reading somewhere that talk about aristotle, the greek philosopher become part of the sainthood

[4:46:17 PM] pD says: do you recall that?

[4:46:39 PM] pD says: how to treat those people who lived before jesus, who, for historical reasons, cannot be a christian?

[4:46:54 PM] pD says: and, cannot go to the christian heaven

[4:48:57 PM] pD says: for tomorrow, can you have email forwarded to your cell?

[4:49:05 PM] pD says: so, you do not have to tied down in front of the computer?

[4:52:01 PM] nsy says: yes, i can do that - if i decide to go anywhere that is not too noisy so i can answer a call if needed. but santa cruz gets crazy on holidays, so i usually stay in anyway.

[4:52:06 PM] nsy says: http://www.biblebell.org/otsaints.html

[4:52:33 PM] nsy says: i guess this is a hotly debated topic, but I don’t recall the aristotle thing

[4:53:53 PM] pD says: that is a convenient argument: if you believe in GOD, then, you are okay

[4:54:04 PM] pD says: then, my question would be, what is the point of sending his son to be killed

[4:54:05 PM] nsy says: all i know is that there is so much in the bible, and so much is cryptic and conflicting, that anyone can present it in such a way that it will support their personal beliefs.

[4:54:18 PM] pD says: surely, that is not very efficient

[4:54:39 PM] pD says: conversely, if that was important - send his son to be killed by human to cleanse the sins -

[4:54:52 PM] pD says: then, wouldn't he send a few more every so often, to just keep things in balance

[4:55:20 PM] pD says: and, maybe all the people who claimed to be the messiah were not lying...

[4:55:29 PM] pD is a non-believer

[4:56:24 PM] nsy says: i love ann rice. she has interesting theories about catholic principles.

[4:57:19 PM] nsy says: in one book, she talks about that very topic. the story goes - well, can't remember exactly, but...

[4:58:40 PM] nsy says: god created angels, they lived eternally, but they did not have free will. he created humans and gave them free will and finite life. the angels thought of humans like animals.

[4:59:56 PM] nsy says: some angels sympathized with the human struggle with limited knowledge and the huge burden of free will, and they pleaded for god to have mercy on us and allow us to have eternal life.

[5:00:07 PM] nsy says: lucifer was one of these

[5:00:36 PM] nsy says: he challenged god to live a single human life - which was the blink of an eye to god, and then decide

[5:01:04 PM] nsy says: god lived as christ, sympathized with humans, and granted eternal life after his human death.

[5:01:36 PM] nsy says: but god was upset with lucifer for challenging him, so he banished lucifer to live with the humans he so loved.

[5:02:10 PM] nsy says: there was a battle between angels that sympathized with humans and those that did not somewhere in there

[5:02:32 PM] nsy says: the movie dogma has a lot of this too

[5:08:07 PM] pD says: yeah, i was going to say that it sounds a lot like the movie dogma

[5:08:25 PM] pD says: which is a heck of a film - very enjoyable

[5:06:06 PM] nsy says: i went to catholic school and i never really understood how/why christ's death was the catalyst for god to give humans eternal life instead of our existence ceasing at death as before.

[5:09:04 PM] pD says: i suppose having been banned by the catholic church give the viewer, mio, that extra added perverse pleasure - even though i am not a catholic

[5:10:03 PM] pD says: every the cynic, i always viewed organized religion as a political force more than anything else

[5:10:15 PM] nsy says: yah - me too

[5:10:29 PM] pD says: i think that is a very reasonable assumption and applicable to all religions regardless of location and timeframe

[5:10:54 PM] pD says: so, it is always interesting to me when somebody takes on a holier than thou position because his/her religion

[5:10:59 PM] pD says: long long time ago

[5:11:18 PM] pD says: i got into this discussion with a preacher type about GOD

[5:11:50 PM] pD says: my central argument was that it is more important to be a good/ethical person

[5:12:45 PM] pD says: faith and believing in god, should be subordinate to being a good person

[5:13:26 PM] pD says: it is one of those fruitless arguments, but it was fun

[5:13:32 PM] pD says: ah... the days of youth

[5:16:07 PM] nsy says: yes, i love to argue with my atheist philosopher friend about the existence of God. not as fun with religious types like my mom, they take it personal ;)

[5:18:49 PM] pD says: you know me, i am not exactly the god fearing type

[5:18:55 PM] pD says: same with my immediate family members

[5:19:18 PM] pD says: but, i also recently realized that most of my extended family take their church duty quite seriously

[5:19:32 PM] pD says: i am not sure who should be more disturbed, me or them

[5:20:14 PM] nsy says: it has reverted back to what it was originally - a social opportunity

[5:20:18 PM] nsy says: brb

[5:35:03 PM] pD says: btw, i added search function to the NSA Chatters blog

[5:46:38 PM] pD says: also added rss feed

[5:46:50 PM] pD says: woo hoo, we are big time now!

[5:50:33 PM] nsy says: wow- so cool! thanks poly

[5:50:34 PM] nsy says: http://pr3rna.wordpress.com/2007/02/17/where-did-people-go-after-death-before-religion-was-discovered/

[5:51:12 PM] nsy says: oops - not poly - ;)

[5:51:17 PM] pD says: actually, if you have a better looking rss icon - in jpg or gif, pls let me know, it is kind of ugly right now

[5:53:39 PM] pD is poly-dense, the opposite of polymath

[5:55:14 PM] pD says: i do love the search function - it rocks!

[5:57:42 PM] pD says: btw, i have been advised that we will be visiting Tartine bakery tomorrow

[5:57:44 PM] pD says: http://gc-gastronomic.blogspot.com/2005/01/tartine-bakery.html

[5:57:54 PM] pD says: before that, delfina pizza

[5:58:02 PM] pD says: http://www.pizzeriadelfina.com/

[5:58:10 PM] pD says: looks like it is going to be a busy day

[5:58:30 PM] nsy says: woe is you!

[5:58:43 PM] pD says: indeed, 'tis a tough job

[5:59:34 PM] nsy says: the rss logo is so small - i wonder if we can make it bigger - I had to "look" for it - and I'm lazy so thats a lot of work.

[5:59:57 PM] nsy says: can it be in a box like the search box with some text?

[6:00:03 PM] pD says: yeah, i know what you mean, can you find a "good" rss logo that i can point to?

[6:00:45 PM] nsy says: lemme look...

[6:00:59 PM] nsy says: mmm dreaming of Frangipane pastry ;)

[6:02:15 PM] nsy says: too big? ;) http://www.hudsonhorizons.com/pub/blog/rss-logo.gif

[6:02:28 PM] nsy says: http://www.omniupdate.com/articles/images/rss-logo-lg.gif

[6:03:20 PM] nsy says: http://www.guidesandtutorials.com/image-files/rss_indexlogo.gif

[6:04:06 PM] nsy says: http://greensboring.com/rss_logo.gif

[6:05:38 PM] nsy says: http://rollerweblogger.org/roller/resource/javanet-rss2.gif

[6:06:23 PM] pD says: hahaha

[6:06:31 PM] pD says: just inserted the really big rss logo

[6:06:38 PM] pD says: big enough for ya, nsy?

[6:07:26 PM] nsy says: hahaha - yes, thats quite enough RSS for me!

[6:08:01 PM] pD says: seriously, made it smaller to 50px

[6:08:07 PM] pD says: do you think that is a good size?

[6:10:39 PM] nsy says: hmm... hard to read the little "rss" at the top of the logo, but most ppl know what the image mans anyway. can you give it a header like "Search NSA Chatters", then put it in one of those pretty boxes like the search box?

[6:11:06 PM] nsy says: nvrmind -you have the RSS text there anyway

[6:12:15 PM] pD says: 100px

[6:12:25 PM] pD says: should i remove the text "rss"?

[6:12:47 PM] nsy says: yah - i think so

[6:14:17 PM] pD says: done

[6:14:25 PM] pD says: that is one heck of an RSS logo

[6:14:28 PM] pD says: love it!

[6:15:00 PM] pD says: btw, on a somewhat unrelated topic: just like to introduce a new buddha into the conversation

[6:15:01 PM] pD says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksitigarbha

[6:15:16 PM] pD says: Ksitigarbha or 地藏菩薩

[6:15:32 PM] nsy says: or bust?

[6:15:38 PM] pD says: is known for making the vows that he should go into hell and save all the souls

[6:15:47 PM] pD says: before he claims his buddha-hood

[6:16:03 PM] pD says: what got me thinking was about my planned visit to the pastry shop and pizzeria

[6:16:14 PM] pD says: if not me, who, if not now, when

[6:16:18 PM] pD says: :)!

[6:16:23 PM] pD says: i am so full of shit!

[6:17:24 PM] nsy says: hahahaha - you're killing me!

[6:17:38 PM] nsy says: what a cool non-buddha!!

[6:17:40 PM] pD says: darn!

[6:17:46 PM] pD says: one more soul to save from hell

[6:18:04 PM] nsy says: yep - you dialed my number there.

[6:18:38 PM] nsy says: at least our friends will be there too

[6:18:50 PM] pD says: between bites of frangipane, of course

[6:19:24 PM] nsy says: well, of course

[6:19:32 PM] nsy says: whoa - harsh! : it is said that the souls of children who die before their parents are unable to cross the mythical Sanzu River on their way to the afterlife because they have not had the chance to accumulate enough good deeds and because they have made the parents suffer.

[6:19:54 PM] nsy says: it must be tough to be japanese

[6:20:07 PM] pD says: yeah, i wouldn't want to be one - japanese

[6:20:18 PM] pD says: very nice people, but they are...

[6:20:27 PM] pD says: how do i say it with political correctness?

[6:20:35 PM] pD says: NUTS!

[6:20:41 PM] nsy says: LOL!

[6:20:51 PM] pD says: nice place to visit though

[6:21:11 PM] nsy says: I want to see the winter ICE sculptures...

[6:21:54 PM] pD says: yeah, never seen them in person either. not a big fan of freezing my fannies

[6:22:03 PM] pD says: although, the same area are known for some very nice hot spring

[6:22:16 PM] pD says: that would be pretty cool to do a hot spring when it is snowing outside

[6:22:41 PM] nsy says: yes - my ancestors were really into the sauna in winter concept

[6:23:06 PM] nsy says: china is no slouch with the ice carving either i guess: http://www.iftk.com.br/wordpress/chinese-international-ice-and-snow-festival/

[6:23:48 PM] pD says: personally, as long the ice is part of my martini, i am a-okay with it, but it is just me

[6:23:57 PM] pD, the drunk

[6:24:23 PM] nsy says: just gin? or flavored?

[6:24:41 PM] pD says: my definition of martini

[6:24:46 PM] pD says: the only definition of martini

[6:24:53 PM] pD says: 1/2 gin

[6:24:59 PM] pD says: 1/2 vermouth

[6:25:05 PM] pD says: 1/2 ice

[6:25:11 PM] pD says: olives

[6:25:14 PM] pD says: stirred

[6:25:21 PM] pD says: btw

[6:25:33 PM] pD says: naturally, my martini does not add up to a whole number 1

[6:25:47 PM] pD says: but, that is a separate story

[6:26:07 PM] nsy says: that is fitting

[6:26:20 PM] pD says: not much of a cocktail person - but martini is different

[6:26:39 PM] pD says: speaking of which, maybe i should make some tonight

[6:26:48 PM] pD says: 'tis the day before the 4th of july

[6:27:31 PM] nsy says: true. what is a patriotic drink?

[6:27:49 PM] nsy says: liberated from mother britain?

[6:27:56 PM] pD says: tea?

[6:28:39 PM] nsy says: i guess i have to drink tea tonight. long island style maybe...?

[6:29:19 PM] pD says: long island ice tea?

[6:29:23 PM] pD says: i actually never had it

[6:29:35 PM] pD says: the ingredients sounds a bit unnerving

[6:29:43 PM] pD says: on the subject of tea

[6:29:49 PM] pD says: i would highly recommend: Mariage Feres

[6:30:02 PM] pD says: they are a french tea merchant for centuries

[6:30:08 PM] pD says: http://gc-gastronomic.blogspot.com/2004/12/mariage-feres.html

[6:30:26 PM] pD says: and, although french are not as renown for tea as the brits in the US

[6:30:42 PM] pD says: i must say that Mariage Feres's tea are absolutely excellent

[6:31:05 PM] pD says: now, with that uncalled for advert done

[6:31:19 PM] pD says: are you waiting for your ride?

[6:35:50 PM] pD says: okay, i am out of here

[6:35:51 PM] pD says: ciao

[6:37:24 PM] nsy says: ok, i'll try that tea... have a great holiday - bye

blog search - bubble tea - steampunk - historic perspectives - dog sex doll - Darth Vader - script

[11:16:01 AM] pD says: just an idea

[11:16:07 AM] pD says: would like to add a search function for the blog

[11:16:15 AM] pD says: did not find anything obvious inside blogger

[11:16:23 AM] pD says: is there a way to do it via google directly?

[11:16:28 AM] pD says: specify a site search or something?

[11:17:17 AM] AE says: they probably have a search tool.

[11:19:25 AM] nsy says: not sure about this one... http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1917

[11:25:03 AM] nsy says: interesting: http://particletree.com/features/replacing-trackback-with-blog-search/
[11:33:56 AM] pD says: thanks for the two ideas, nsy

[11:34:03 AM] pD says: they both require script implementations

[11:34:14 AM] pD says: which is a bit beyond me

[11:34:23 AM] pD says: i am looking for a hosted service that is free

[11:34:29 AM] pD says: on google search

[11:34:35 AM] pD says: there is a site search ability

[11:34:51 AM] pD says: "search term site:url" is the format

[11:35:07 AM] pD says: but, when I did a "chocolate site:nsa-chatters.blogspot.com" nothing came up

[11:39:16 AM] nsy says: http://blogsearch.google.com/

[11:41:02 AM] nsy says: chocolate site:http://nsa-chatters.blogspot.com

[11:53:46 AM] pD says: http://nsa-chatters.blogspot.com/2007/06/first-responder-porn-and-vc-chocolate.html

[12:08:32 PM] pD says: nsy, thanks for figuring out

[12:08:42 PM] pD says: it does work with google blog search if specify the site

[12:08:52 PM] pD says: but, i am having problem with creating a form that would do that

[12:09:04 PM] pD says: so far, it would only pop up the goggle blog search window

[12:09:26 PM] pD says: but, it does not allow for the search entry as well as the "site:nsa-chatters.blogpot.com" append

[12:09:32 PM] pD says: can you have a look?

[12:09:38 PM] pD says:

Enter your search:

{form action="http://blogsearch.google.com" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:3px;text-align:center;" target="popupwindow" method="post" onsubmit="window.open('http://blogsearch.google.com', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true">{br/>Enter your search:{br/>{input style="width:140px" name="search" type="text"/>{input value="+site:nsa-chatters.blogspot.com" name="site-info" type="hidden"/>{input value="Search NSA Chatters" type="submit"/>{/form>

Note: "<" has been repalced by "{" to show the code

[12:09:54 PM] pD says: i also added onto the blog, although non-functioning

[12:09:57 PM] pD says: you can refer to

[12:10:09 PM] nsy says: yah - i'm not sure about that one, there should be a way to embed the search with those default parameters - did you specify the http:// at the beginning? shouldn't make a difference.

[12:11:24 PM] AE says: wow... it's really windy and cold over here.

[12:11:25 PM] AE says: and hello

[12:11:36 PM] AE says: and the bubble tea was really interesting

[12:12:01 PM] AE says: i didn't like the way my body felt after drinking it, though. i suspect the tea has high amounts of caffeine.

[12:12:14 PM] AE says: So... Thursday is the Summer Solstice.

[12:12:21 PM] AE says: longest day of the year

[12:12:38 PM] AE says: and we're lighting a fire to warm our house today...

[12:12:54 PM] AE says: splain to me the whole global warming thing again?

[12:18:59 PM] pD sent files "[deleted]", "[deleted]", "[deleted]", "[deleted]" to members of this chat










[12:20:14 PM] pD says: glad that you enjoy bubble tea - at least the form factor

[12:20:22 PM] pD says: i know what you mean about its after effects

[12:20:50 PM] pD says: i think it is a combination of caffeine, sugar, and probably some preservatives for the color and flavors

[12:21:01 PM] pD says: i would not recommend eating it everyday

[12:21:06 PM] pD says: but, it is fun every so often

[12:21:29 PM] pD says: also gives your body some practice on foreign toxins

[12:29:20 PM] nsy says: those pictures turned out great - thanks YF!

[12:29:43 PM] AE says: yes! post them.

[12:30:02 PM] pD says: will do - post them - for this IM session

[12:45:51 PM] pD says: Steam-Driven Dreams: The Wondrously Whimsical World of Steampunk - http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mods/multimedia/2007/06/gallery_steampunk

[12:45:56 PM] pD says: this is for you, AE

[12:49:53 PM] nsy says: but i'm going to steal it from him - that stuff rocks!

[12:50:17 PM] AE says: ja, here's mine new laptop: http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/steampunkfest/2037274

[12:50:57 PM] nsy says: i've come home to Terra

[12:51:08 PM] nsy sighing whimsically

[12:51:14 PM] AE says: what is it about steampunk? am i the only one who finds this stuff interesting... Ok, nsy and I?

[12:51:50 PM] AE says: it's like the best of both worlds? the simplicity of the late victorian era combined with today's tech ideas...

[12:53:11 PM] AE says: or perhaps we're all just missing 'real' elements from our products... we touch plastic all day... we require something alive like metal and wood, leather, brass... i'm drooling...

[12:53:35 PM] nsy says: when Mike asked me what I wanted for my b-day last year, I asked for a leather motorcycle cap and goggles - one of the exhibits just reminded me of that. he could only find old welders' goggles on e-bay, but i can't see through them.

[12:54:15 PM] nsy says: http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/steampunkfest/2037266

[12:54:36 PM] AE says: http://www.wired.com/culture/design/multimedia/2007/06/gallery_nemo_office?currentPage=1&slideView=1

[12:54:58 PM] AE says: check the girlgeniousonline.com store...

[12:57:00 PM] nsy says: geez, i love this stuff! when i was a teenager, i used to horde metal scraps from the machine shops in the LA valley and use them to decorate my room, and I loved wearing old military gear, but I never knew there was a name for that stuff - much less other people doing the same thing - my peeps!

[12:57:33 PM] pD says: this is few days late, but

[12:57:35 PM] pD says: On June 16, James Joyce aficionados the world over celebrated Bloomsday.

The day is named after advertising salesman Leopold Bloom, protagonist of Joyce's novel Ulysses. The entirety of this 700+ page book recounts one ordinary day, June 16, 1904, as various characters go about their ways in Dublin.

In those 24 hours Bloom traversed the streets of Dublin.

[12:57:46 PM] pD says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsday

[1:00:41 PM] AE has changed the chat topic to "SteamPunk"

[1:01:10 PM] AE says: remember the movie 20,000 leagues under the sea? I always wanted a house that looked like that set.

[1:02:35 PM] AE says: http://www.disneysub.com/index.html

[1:09:06 PM] pD the clinical contrarian

[1:09:20 PM] pD says: i enjoy steampunk stories

[1:09:35 PM] AE says: like what?

[1:09:46 PM] pD says: but, it is always the story that comes first. the use of steam as an energy source is more of a device for me

[1:09:54 PM] pD says: in otehr words, if the story stink, it ain't flying

[1:10:00 PM] AE says: but it does help set the mood.

[1:10:10 PM] pD says: well, any number of anime such as robot carnival

[1:10:20 PM] pD says: or, there was a film called steamboy by the team that made Akira

[1:10:47 PM] pD says: so, in the case of robot carnival, the story was compelling, and the steam technology, frankly, did not get in the way

[1:11:14 PM] pD says: whereas Steamboy, the story started to drag half way through and the use of steam as a technology just felt contrived

[1:11:22 PM] pD says: as for setting the mood, that is definitely true

[1:11:26 PM] pD says: on the other hand,

[1:11:45 PM] pD says: i would note that there is a good degree of "projection" in the mood

[1:12:14 PM] pD says: again, in the context of "victorian" age, there is a true sense of optimism

[1:12:31 PM] pD says: whereas futuristic stories are almost required to have

[1:12:38 PM] pD says: a sinister/sad aspect

[1:13:07 PM] pD says: just like any story, it provides a good short hand to set the mood

[1:13:27 PM] pD says: again, i am not against it, as a matter of a fact, short hands in various forms are what makes our everyday life easy

[1:14:02 PM] pD says: so, take a somewhat hybrid of steampunk and futuristic creation, Brazil

[1:14:45 PM] pD says: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/

[1:15:05 PM] pD says: it has a blend of steampunk-ish technology as well as a vision of the big brother

[1:15:34 PM] pD says: let's not forget that 20th century is a very anxious time in our current intellectual perspective

[1:15:51 PM] AE says: interesting... I never would have thought of Brazil as steampunk, but the computers they used were certainly cool!

[1:16:09 PM] AE says: more like 50's era technology.

[1:16:16 PM] pD says: sure, victorian age has seen its share of bad stuff from colonization and wars

[1:16:53 PM] pD says: but, in our current historic view, these issues have been addressed, so they become more of a history as oppose to something that we are still living with today

[1:17:54 PM] pD says: when i think of Brazil, i think of george orwell which is very near victorian time but, things were starting to "downhill"

[1:18:36 PM] pD says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_orwell

[1:24:12 PM] pD says: btw, we have some more votes for the jolly roger flag: http://www.blogpoll.com/poll/view_Results.php?poll_id=117595

[1:24:23 PM] pD says: did you guys ask your friends to vote?

[1:24:43 PM] pD says: http://nsa-chatters.blogspot.com/2007/06/vote-for-official-nsa-chatters-flag.html

[2:01:56 PM] AE says: you guys are my friends. are we supposed to have other friends as well?

[2:14:54 PM] nsy says: tablecloths were invented in the victorian era because the sight of a "leg" was considered so erotic that even table legs were covered to save men from becoming aroused and attempting lewd acts with tables. or so they said on the history channel

[2:18:19 PM] AE says: haha. and now they have dog sex dolls... ah, we've come a long ways!

[2:27:33 PM] nsy says: those poor repressed victorian women - had to go to the doctor to cure their "hysteria". As a woman, i wouldn't want to go back to those times for anything, but the retro aesthetic stuff is fun.

[2:43:54 PM] pD says: sex dolls for dogs! hahah!

[2:43:59 PM] pD says: how does that work?

[2:45:13 PM] AE says: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/hotdoll-the-sex-doll-for-dogs-253334.php

[2:45:30 PM] AE says: yeah.... long gone are the days of reason

[2:49:17 PM] pD says: hahah! have you read the comments?

[2:49:20 PM] pD says: it is a riot

[2:49:46 PM] pD says: is it dish washer safe? (rofl)

[2:50:07 PM] AE says: alright... with that parting gift I'm out of here.

[2:50:12 PM] AE says: see you all tomorrow.

[2:51:13 PM] pD says: wait!

[2:51:38 PM] pD says: we have not told you the brilliant darth vader, shaft flick idea!

[2:51:47 PM] AE says: ... yes?

[2:51:58 PM] pD says: ha, i thought you are leaving?

[2:52:09 PM] pD says: thought that i leave it with a cliff hanger

[2:52:21 PM] AE says: haha. Ok. Bye then!

[2:55:09 PM] pD just noticing nsy erecting rampart

[3:02:03 PM] nsy says: :)

[4:07:41 PM] pD says: so, here is the general thinking about darth vader

[4:07:51 PM] pD says: act 1 scene 1

[4:08:21 PM] pD says: vader is in S&M gear on the street - ref: the isreali ambassador

[4:09:24 PM] pD says: act 1 scene 2

[4:09:56 PM] pD says: vader is berated by his handler (Nat - as in natalie portman) for being a nincompoop

[4:10:45 PM] pD says: we a transformation in vader as Nat tells him that he is just a good-for-nothing into "shaft" he is out to do good and stand by the weak

[4:11:16 PM] pD says: act 2 scene 1

[4:12:37 PM] pD says: vader is on the prowl. he is picking up trash on the street, walking (and scaring) little kids cross the street, then, he hear panting (scream-ish) noises from a shop/shack

[4:12:46 PM] pD says: act 2 scene 2

[4:14:04 PM] pD says: vader finds a small man lamenting his inability to provide good massage service due to overwork and poor nutrition. then, comes a lady in robe asking what is the hold up. she ain't got whole day for her session.

[4:16:03 PM] pD says: we see a spark in vader's eye/mask while the voice over says "i must save this man from his misery". then, vader turned to the lady and politely ask her to wait a few minutes as the small man "Bakka-san" is just about ready for a new regime specially designed for her. The lady leaves in delight with a worried look in Bakka-san's face

[4:16:08 PM] pD says: act 3 scene 1

[4:17:16 PM] pD says: the lady is stretched out on the massage table, you can see her happy face and complimenting how Bakka's regime is amazing, but there is nobody in the room.

[4:18:31 PM] pD says: but to the other side of the wall, we see vader giving air massage while there is an air of quiet happiness on the face of Bakka-san

[4:19:38 PM] pD says: then, suddenly vader's cell phone rang. Bakka-san gestured to vader to continue and pick up the cell phone and talk into it. inaudible but you hear Nat's giggle and Bakka-san's face brighten and impressed as the conversation continues

[4:19:45 PM] pD says: act 3 scene 2

[4:20:38 PM] pD says: the finale: the shop/shack now looks busy with a long line of women talking excitedly about this new massage regime that hits the spot.

[4:20:50 PM] pD says: cut to the massage table, a happy woman

[4:21:10 PM] pD says: cut to vader room, vader is giving air massage with sweat on the mask

[4:21:43 PM] pD says: cut to another room and Bakka-san and Nat are happily counting the money

[4:21:45 PM] pD says: the end


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