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Name: Jesse Pino
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User since: May 19, 2005
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Homepage: http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~pino
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U.T. Phys Grad student 2nd Year, Plasma Theory

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pino has posted 68 links and 65 comments on Alkaline Earth since May 19, 2005.

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2009 Jul 20 01:03 (#4172.12610):
"The design selection process for the D.C. Quarter caused some controversy when the District of Columbia since all of the preliminary designs submitted contained the inscription, "Taxation Without Representation." This motto refers to the fact that residents of the District of Columbia pay federal taxes but do not have full representation in Congress. The US Mint rejected the inscription on the basis that controversial inscriptions may not be included on coins. The inscription "Justice For All" is used in place of the controversial statement."

Oh, and 'In God we trust isn't controversial"?

2009 Apr 28 02:07 (#4145.12540):
Dear RNC:
It's not me, it's you.
- Arlen

2009 Feb 07 09:23 (#4108.12397):
Awesome. Dance mix anyone?

2008 Dec 26 02:57 (#4075.12298):
http://laughlines.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/heres-your-08-comedy-stimulus-package/

2008 Dec 11 08:51 (#4068.12231):
I love you, mrflip, 'stache and all.

2008 Dec 03 11:02 (#4062.12204):
They missed one of the best: Castlevania 2's "Get Silk bag from graveyard duck to live longer."

2008 Oct 25 09:53 (#4032.12058):
Also, a list of NY Times endorsements since Lincoln. Fascinating reading.

2008 Oct 09 04:44 (#4017.11995):
In 'Audacity of Hope', there's a spot where Obama does W's voice. It is hilarious.

2008 Sep 23 06:02 (#3998.11911):
If you don't have time to listen to these podcast's you can get the reason behind the crisis in stick figure form.

2008 Aug 23 10:02 (#3971.11809):
ok, first person to record a gospel song about pussy wins a prize.

2008 Aug 14 01:51 (#3961.11763):
Help, my head's fallen off!

2008 Aug 14 01:46 (#3963.11762):
These are not the hammer.

2008 Aug 05 10:20 (#3948.11716):
fivethirtyeight.com puts forward the idea that Obama may announce with national ads during the Olympics. That would be a brilliant move I think.

2008 Aug 04 12:43 (#3951.11705):
Doesn't Funny bunny look like Cheney, and Chumpy like W? Read it that way and it gets even unfunnier.

2008 Jul 22 04:38 (#3936.11640):
It would have been nice to see the cost and expected lives saved per year on these numbers. I'm sure that the 7 trillion number is just because noone is expected to die from wood-preserving chemicals being unlisted, but how much was actually spent would be a good thing to know.

In terms of airport security the article does a good job in stressing that the 9/11 attacks have made passengers more likely to fight back, which is a security measure that costs nothing. All of the measures that have been instituted are reactionary, but future terrorists know that thing that have been tried before are met with more resistance the next time, so likelyhood of an attack along that vector is reduced. It would also be interesting to put the annoying measures (liquids/ shoe removal) in terms of productivity-hours lost.

2008 Jul 19 03:19 (#3929.11627):
I just wish they didn't call him 'fusion scientist' in the headline. It gives the rest of us a bad name. We haven't had that kind of negative publicity since Doc Ocks in Spiderman 2.

2008 May 07 11:29 (#3834.11243):
This would be great with a time dimension, so we could really see how things grow.

2008 May 05 01:42 (#3832.11234):
They forgot some recent stuff, like "Dick in a box" and "Lazy Sunday". I know those are songs, but they included "porcupine racetrack", which is lame. I have to say I think one of the best ones in terms of lasting power and comedy/drama is #29, the argument set to Beethoven's 5th. No words, no current events- very universal.

2008 May 01 11:37 (#3826.11222):
The cuddliest thing I've eaten is roast Cuy (Guinea pig). A lot of bones, not too much meat. I like baby tako sushi, but I don't think i could eat a live one.

2007 Sep 13 10:45 (#3526.10248):
Also check out 'Chuck' before Heroes and 'Journeyman' after it. Mondays are nerd/scifi night. The Chuck pilot has good music, a quirky feel, and Zork references.

2007 Sep 13 10:44 (#3527.10247):
Yes, and the computing power of the Apollo lander is less than that in a Furby. The point is to do it cheap, not new.

2007 Jul 20 10:51 (#3453.10063):
Now I need a sonic screwdriver to erase that from my memory.

2007 Jun 13 06:46 (#3406.9940):
We're gonna need another ~~Timmy~~ Mr. Wizard!

Seriously, this is sad. I idolized him, to the point that Mr. Wizard was my dog's name too.

2007 Jun 07 09:01 (#3402.9931):
You did a great job up there, mrflip.
You might like this BBC show with Stephen Fry

2007 May 11 08:57 (#3360.9778):
Mr. T says be good to your mother.

2007 Apr 14 03:07 (#3307.9612):

For media conversion: ffmpegX and HandBrake

Desktop Manager for multiple desktops (should be native in Leopard, but useful until then.

This site has some great stuff, especially TinkerTool,PrefEdit and Temperature Monitor.

Seismac is fun for laptops, along with NetPong.

I recommend Azureus for torrents.

2007 Feb 02 08:16 (#3195.9184):
From the link, they seem to be including Medical Physicists in that list. I believe that might skew the results significantly, as they are in High demand and the medical profession tends to have inflated wages.

2007 Jan 08 10:03 (#3151.9036):
I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
never heard of it

2006 Dec 22 11:05 (#3125.8962):
I think tis is miscatagorized- Shouldn't it be in Toys, not Science?

2006 Dec 06 04:59 (#3100.8908):
On a related note, the HEB at Lamar and Rundberg has the trans-fat shortening on sale for 85c a tub, in case anyone wants to do bulk frying or needs a lot of lubrication. ;-)

2006 Oct 21 04:42 (#3022.8721):
Or we could just elimanate subtext altogether....

2006 Oct 09 06:27 (#2988.8632):
Dude, I think you misspelled nookular.

2006 Sep 22 11:18 (#2951.8575):
Speaking of Peanut butter...

2006 Sep 15 10:58 (#2942.8545):
Well that's nothing new. Who likes driving next to a transvestite on a bicycle?

2006 Sep 15 10:00 (#2938.8536):
Yes the Popes of Discordia are often high....
An excerpt from the holy book about the Goddess:

What We Know About ERIS (not much)

The Romans left a likeness of Her for posterity--She was shown as a grotesque woman with a pale and ghastly look, Her eyes afire, Her garment ripped and torn, and as concealing a dagger in Her Bosom. Actually, most women look pale and ghastly when concealing a chilly dagger in their bosoms.

Her geneology is from the Greeks and is utterly confused. Either She was the twin of Ares and the daughter of Zeus and Hera; or She was the daughter of Nyx, goddess of night (who was either the daughter or wife of Chaos, or both), and Nyx's brother, Erebus, and whose brothers and sisters include Death, Doom, Mockery, and Friendship. And that She begat Forgetfullness, Quarrels, Lies, and a bunch of gods and goddesses like that.

One day Mal-2 consulted his Pineal Gland* and asked Eris if She really created all of those terrible things. She told him that She had always liked the Old Greeks, but that they cannot be trusted with historic matters. "They were," She added, "victims of indigestion, you know."

Suffice it to say that Eris is not hateful or malicious. But She is mischievous, and does get a little bitchy at times.

2006 Sep 14 02:37 (#2937.8526):
You'v seen Snakes on a Plane. Now see the Prequel, Ratle-Snakes in Virginia - 1657

2006 Sep 14 02:29 (#2937.8525):
I propose a challenge-
Who here can legitimately cite the oldest article in their next scholarly paper?
I'm sure it's not to hard to connect to Hooke's experiments....

2006 Sep 14 02:19 (#2938.8524):
All Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia! Fnord!

2006 Sep 01 01:06 (#2906.8448):
Yeah, kill those tertotaliteritotaliterorrians!

Seriously, KO's speach made me feel so much better. Now we just need to take it to the polls!

2006 Aug 25 01:18 (#2892.8417):
They'll also have to change this old game, which provided me several hours of 8-bit fun when I was about 8. Amazing what one remembers.

2006 Aug 21 11:33 (#2884.8376):
Tires are funny this week.

2006 Aug 11 03:09 (#2868.8328):
No, the level above Red alert is Brown alert.

2006 Aug 04 08:34 (#2861.8263):
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.
--Ambrose Bierce

2006 Jul 30 06:35 (#2850.8229):
Port Chester called - they want their mascot back.....

2006 Jul 26 01:13 (#2840.8198):
It's a bonobo, not a chimp. They are very smart. Kanzi, the one in the video has a vocabulary of 500+ words and can make up phrases. He has also played music with Paul McCartney and Peter Gabriel.

2006 May 28 09:36 (#2741.7932):
Wow. Scary yet interesting. The Israel stuff is old hat, but it still makes me nervous. I'm going there in 2 weeks, partly to see it before it's all gone. The end of the letter seems heavily edited and cut short. I wonder if he had to clear it with the clerics or if that's all him.

2006 May 16 03:51 (#2713.7852):
Honolulu is opposite the Kalahari desert in Botswana. Both places I'd love to go. I am willing to make the sandwich if someone donates $10000 to the Earth Sandwich fund.

2006 May 07 10:01 (#2686.7778):
Please send your comments to ericHP-
There has been a push for awhile to update the website, partially by the gradreps and partially by some faculty. We wanted (and still want) the dept. to hire someone to help, but the funds are `toit like a toiger'.
Basically, many people don't view it as a priority, as some people pointed out (webpages of the dead and gone).
Eric went ahead and did the redesign himself and posted it this weekend so that people would see it annd give more comments, etc.
So don't just gripe here, explain what you'd rather see.

2006 Apr 18 11:45 (#2641.7601):
8:25 hours? That's nothing! Real sports go longer: How about a 43 game-hour Cricket Match. Played over 11 days between South Africa and England in 1939, it was called a draw after 846 first innings and 1135 second innings because England had to go home.

Though they guy's wife not lettitng him in was pretty funny.

2006 Apr 01 01:54 (#2585.7405):
Caltech mice discover secret of lie, universe, everything...

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