< jbenedetto> WHERES YOUR BOT NOW
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< jbenedetto> damn

< tbsaunde> hey, is there a reasonable way to compare two machines terminal control settings?
< mjrosenb> tbsaunde: first step,
< mjrosenb> tbsaunde: give me your mom's phone number
< jbenedetto> tbsaunde: then make a design decision. dont forget to document this.
< tbsaunde> mjrosenb: I take that to mean no

Kesden: Why are you all so quiet? Review sessions are supposed to be NOISY!
Student: We're praying.

hines: You see, in the real world, form follows function. In the theater world, function follows form. That's why the muggles don't understand us.

"Sex is for naked people, not people in bear costumes!" -dkap, upon discovering the meaning of the word "furry"

wow: ...by the converse of the first assertion.
bswolf: Don't you mean contrapositive?
wow: Ah. [changes it] The shoe company is paying me off.

rngcrypto: is it a drinking night? it might be
farpoint406: is it ever not a drinking night?
farpoint406: especially on monday
rngcrypto: m is for manIgotsowastedlastnightwhenitwasmonday

If you want to make Valerie [the Roboceptionist] more intelligent, replace her with a potted plant. -gwillen

ixdy has changed the topic to: SILLY BROCCOLI IS FORBIDDEN
ixdy has changed the topic to: SILLY BROCCOLI ARE FORBIDDEN
ixdy has changed the topic to: SILLY BROCCOLI FORBIDDEN

psyfe: "It's called the butterfly effect. If a butterfly flaps its wings in Argentina... it will tickle mrwright."

mtomczak: Must... not... end proof with "QED, bitch!"

"Every point in the empty set is surrounded by an open ball contained in the empty set. The second part sounds hard, but..." - Cummings

"Getting off on cryptography is completely valid. Oh wait, you meant the porn." -mrwright

<cmalloy>: it's like you're downloading porn and then you stop to actually download something useful
<djurado>: why would you ever stop downloading porn?

Tyler: You know how we keep warm in Siberia? We play chess.
Susan: Will someone teach me Siberian chess?

< mrwright> "Remove product from bag before cooking" --- if someone doesn't know that already, they probably shouldn't be cooking meat.
< mrwright> (This is on a bag of ribs)
<@ixdee> "Cook product before consuming."
< kjones> "Consume product before digesting."
< asubrama> digest product before excreting?
< kjones> excrete product before flushing

alanv: make this proof go away :(
alisag: ::removes the r and makes it go *poof*::
alanv: also, make my graphics program go away
alisag: ::removes the rs and makes it go *gaphics pogam*::
alanv: ...

cniessl: "If x equals y, you're fucked."
aefernan: "I'm pretty sure that wording won't fly on my homework."
cniessl: "x equals y implies fucked."

silverchild: i swear she would like have to breathe fire and eat children for me not to like her lol
silverchild: wait...
silverchild: i would prolly like her more for that

(rashar is taking the purity test for the first time)
< rashar> Okay, I'm not even going to ask what 69 is...

"We don't have philosophers at CMU... just mathematicians who don't like rigor." - gwillen

[ Discussing how P=NP would allow us to do interesting things by simulating brains. ]
"... and we /have/ brains. Even at CMU. There are lots hanging around." - Rudich

[about induction]
Mackey: "...and then you use something called...Mojo. Mojo is a mathematical monkey. He is very powerful. And the thing we need to ask is..."
Student: "How many bananas does he want?"
Mackey: "Yes. Is he motivated? Is he a motivated magical mathematical monkey?"

<ixdy> rntz: good luck trying to meet someone in a riot
<mcmillen> ixdy: yeah "I'M NEXT TO THE LOUD PEOPLE DESTROYING SHIT" "OH ME TOO"

<jbauman> imagine as if wikipedia were designed to educate space aliens about humanity
<mcmillen> jbauman: one of the more important things to our species is listing all the pokemans

sully: Did you actually just say 'there really is nothing to do but cyber'?
elly: Yes. This is why I play Horde.

djurado: SML/NJ just confirms my suspicions that horrible things come from NJ

//referring to homosexuality and dietary laws in the bible
pfriedma: "You take the sausage out of your mouth, I'll take the sausage out of mine"

< rbraun> there was a bank robbery a block from where i live
< dweis_> we are now ready to hand in the kernel

pfriedma: all you do is post on forums and jerk off!
zss3: I play video games too!

student, upon realizing error: OH! MOTHER--...
Kesden: FUCKER!! ...wait, we're not playing fill-in-the-blank?

"Dude, LD-50 caffeine is enough to drown yourself in. No wait, that's Tabasco sauce." -csitesbo

<ttuttle> What I want is a goddamn graphic designer to make me two icons.
<ttuttle> I'm tired of trying to make them.
<ttuttle> I have no design sense.
<ttuttle> Also
<ttuttle> I'm sick of trying to draw things with a clit.
<Boriss> ttuttle: i'm sorry you can't handle a clit well

"I don't _need_ to get laid; I might say that I do, but it's not true. You _need_ to read out the scancode..." - mtomczak@ on the topic of necessity.

kkilgour: Are you good in bed, Matt?
msarnoff: Uh, I'm good at sleeping...

mrwright: "I'm secretly hitting on Wes."
nwf: "SECRETLY?"

"Warning: implicit definition of function 'copy_string_from_userspace'?" Tom, what did you do to my kernel!? - nwf

(Discussing scheduling 15-123 lectures)
eforney: I'd do Kesden over Guna any day.
eforney: ...I mean... fuck.

[in 251 lecture Rudich is in the middle of lecturing]

*Enter Mackey*
*Aplause*

Rudich: And who are you?
Mackey: I am John Mackey.
Rudich: You are the one who teaches concepts, right?
Mackey: Yes.
Rudich: That's great! I mean, your beef is with Luis, not me.
Mackey: To class: Is this not Luis?
Rudich: No...
Luis [in back of hall] : I'M HERE!
Mackey: I'll be back....
*leaves hall*

cgwright: Can you see how many people are watching [the Wikipedia article] Cock?
creidieki: I mean, everyone on Wikipedia is watching cock...

< hugin> duckies!
-!- hugin was kicked from #bantown by cdma [duckies?]

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< ixdy> http://ixdyland.net/pics/duckies2.jpg
-!- ixdy was kicked from #cslounge by huginn [duckies?]

DarkhVorTeX: *Some blond chick is on the screen* "Her IQ is 80, can you beat it?"
DrQuuxum: What does her IQ have to do with you beating it?

[An excerpt from gkesden's distributed systems lecture]
XML is here. XML is not a fad. XML is not hype. If you haven't already, I predict that you will write an XML application within the next few years. I fear that the only ways out are a change of vocation, prison, or death.

< sully> watching movie with girlfriend
< sully> I went to bathroom
< sully> she fell asleep..
< j4cbo> you're watching a movie with your girlfriend
< j4cbo> she falls asleep
< j4cbo> "oh hey, i can get back on irc"
< sully> yeah, I'm going to hell
[later:]
< ixdy> sully: you *might* be addicted to irc when you take breaks from your girlfriend to get back on it

< gopi> Raphael just had his bedtime stories.
< gopi> Wanna guess what book he chose?
< mbrewer> gopi: :)
< thelaptop> gopi: "The C Programming Language" by K & R?
< mbrewer> gopi: the unix manual?
< gopi> Bigger.
< thelaptop> gopi: "Lolita"?
< mbrewer> war and peace?
< DeMarko> the opengl redbook?
< thelaptop> gopi: "120 Days in Sodom"?
< mbrewer> DeMarko++
< gopi> thelaptop: You are pointing out holes in our literary collection, sadly.
< mbrewer> the USB standard?
< DeMarko> oh oh! plan 9 spec!
< gopi> The Unicode 5.0 Standard.
< mbrewer> oooh ooh, the AFS spec?
< thelaptop> ooooooo unicode 5.0!
< thelaptop> shiny!
< kjones> jesus christ
<@jbauman> gopi: sounds like dry reading
< mbrewer> thelaptop: lol
* mjrosenb hates humanity
< mbrewer> more seriously - neverending story?
< gopi> jbauman: he did seem to be a bit let down.
< mbrewer> gopi: are you serious?
< gopi> mbrewer: Yes.

kjones: Let me take off my DM hat for a moment and tell you that Carla will make a return appearance... if you go left.

<efaust> COCK!
<efaust> Speaking of which, Greg...

jcreed: the sound of polynomials
aleffert: I actually think it's the sound of inequality
jcreed: POLYNOMIALS
aleffert: INEQUALITY
jcreed: *POLYNOMIALS*
aleffert: ***!!!!INEQUALITY!!!***
jcreed: GREAT TASTE
Elly: 100% JUICE

mkehrt: ...
mkehrt: I was trying to figure out
mkehrt: why ~mkehrt/bin
mkehrt: was not in my path
mkehrt: and
mkehrt: apparently I never put it there
mkehrt: but
mkehrt: ~aleffert/bin is

"I've never seen fork implemented with lea before..." -mrwright, when lea put a fork in nwf's hair.