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2005-12-12 05:26:28
2005-12-31 23:53:40
usr_hopper
t3_19643
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I'm with you there. This business of x being dumber than y in z years is the most foolish comparision in the last 18 years.\r\n\r\n" } ]
2005-12-18T19:49:00
usr_JimThome
t3_19655
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "*\"There's nothing you can't do with objects. There's nothing you can't do with any Turing Complete language.\"*\r\n\r\nTry picking up chicks with the Turing Complete language of your choice." } ]
2005-12-18T19:51:29
usr_[deleted]
t3_19521
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "[deleted]" } ]
2005-12-18T20:01:44
usr_[deleted]
t3_19640
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "That doesn't have anything to do with whether porn objectifies women. You can go make a video objectifying yourself, if you like. Who has the upper hand, balance of power, and creative control are all irrelevant." } ]
2005-12-18T20:14:47
usr_dipfan
t3_19604
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "When I was at college they didn't even have computer labs ... I think they had girls ... it was a long time ago.\r\n" } ]
2005-12-18T20:52:44
usr_mattknox
t3_19655
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "It is true that there are many environments that simply will not run a perl interpreter, but those domains (including the ones that are too resource-tight even for java!) do offer other, arguably better options. For instance, at a scheme conference in 2003 (http://scheme2003.f...
2005-12-18T21:51:34
usr_[deleted]
t3_19655
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "[deleted]" } ]
2005-12-18T22:45:09
usr_James
t3_19604
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "and a score of 20 means? .. oh thats right.... absolutly nothing. As does trying to guess someones age and social status from a few random comments on a webpage. well done." } ]
2005-12-18T22:47:22
usr_[deleted]
t3_19657
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "[deleted]" } ]
2005-12-18T22:52:23
usr_[deleted]
t3_19619
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "[deleted]" } ]
2005-12-18T22:53:16
usr_mikepurvis
t3_20720
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "No surprises here. The only two I don't already use regularly are the OSX ones featured.\r\n\r\nAwards are great for patting outselves on the back, but this isn't exposing me to anything I wasn't already aware of." } ]
2005-12-22T11:57:54
usr_enjahova
t3_20519
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I don't think you need a step 4 on there, 3 took care of the \"???\"" } ]
2005-12-22T12:08:49
usr_schmengebrother
t3_20469
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "\"Vapid ecumenical messages from the president, who has more pressing things to do and who is constitutionally required to avoid any religious endorsements.\"\r\n\r\nYep, the mountain bike awaits!" } ]
2005-12-22T12:26:20
usr_schmengebrother
t3_20626
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Yep, predicting the past works better every time." } ]
2005-12-22T12:30:50
usr_hopper
t3_20220
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Are you kidding me? This is bullshit among bullshit. Blurry blobs that are only a teensy bit different than the surroundings qualify as seeing one's self?" } ]
2005-12-22T12:39:01
usr_mulcher
t3_20519
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "You obviously are new here.... oh wait... wrong website..." } ]
2005-12-22T12:46:11
usr_[deleted]
t3_20565
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "[deleted]" } ]
2005-12-22T13:13:57
usr_wjv
t3_18778
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Having spent a little (not yet enough) time evaluating the course, I'll have to admit that I'm not entirely blown away by it. This is probably the wrong forum for going into my reasons for saying that, but I thought I'd highlight my one major hangup: the course is *too generi...
2005-12-22T13:15:13
usr_Taladar
t3_20714
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "So they will remove elections from their laws any day now?" } ]
2005-12-22T13:36:19
usr_[deleted]
t3_20448
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I don't doubt that the market is distorted, which probably has many negative effects, but I don't see how these distortions would eliminate comparative advantage (though they probably would shift it to other products).\r\n\r\nLike I said, I'm quite sympathetic, but I'm missing ...
2005-12-22T13:44:09
usr_theycallmemorty
t3_20356
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "So is this guy the new Paul Graham... the guy who everybody will post links to his year-old blogs in hope of getting karma??" } ]
2005-12-22T13:48:32
usr_Taladar
t3_20715
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Fines don't work for Microsoft. Just announce that their copyright inside EU borders will be void if they don't comply within a reasonable time and see how fast they react" } ]
2005-12-22T14:01:00
usr_atlcs111
t3_20663
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Hamachi is not open source, but is free. Software exists for Windows and Linux right now. \r\n\r\nIf you want to know more, check out Steve Gibson's Security Now podcast about Hamachi." } ]
2005-12-22T14:06:46
usr_fnord123
t3_20495
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "No kidding. In this one, he blames the doors being push rather than pull since his moronic friends were trapped for minutes.\r\nhttp://www.baddesigns.com/doors.html" } ]
2005-12-22T14:27:03
usr_enjahova
t3_20519
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I just think the southpark joke doesn't quite apply, since Guido found the mysterious ??? step before profit.\r\n\r\nI voted your comment +1 Funny" } ]
2005-12-22T14:28:04
usr_mckirkus
t3_20519
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Google should be hiring linguists. They're the guys who really understand programming." } ]
2005-12-22T14:35:05
usr_wjv
t3_4530
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I remember reading this at the time. Looking back, it's so scary it's not even funny.\r\n\r\nI once found a site where the original Onion text was marked up with hyperlinks to news articles in order to illustrate how every single \"prophecy\" came true." } ]
2005-12-22T14:42:25
usr_Grue
t3_20798
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Wikis rule!" } ]
2005-12-22T14:43:57
usr_bonsaigiant
t3_20677
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "\"No Kilts\"? Please...we're American." } ]
2005-12-22T14:53:37
usr_e40
t3_20806
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Third article on the same study. Search for \"barbie\" to find the others." } ]
2005-12-22T14:59:23
usr_[deleted]
t3_20519
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "[removed]" } ]
2005-12-22T15:01:30
usr_wjv
t3_20519
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "If Larry Wall is the benchmark, then that statement is provably false. :-)" } ]
2005-12-22T15:21:15
usr_samrobb
t3_20677
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Oh, yah. Some idiot school administrator has a brain freeze, and of course, this means that Americans must be intolerant slobs. Never mind the thousands of Americans that have come out to support this kid...\r\n\r\nThe overwhelming urge to politicize *everything* these days -...
2005-12-22T15:28:37
usr_JimThome
t3_20609
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Wouldn't these people be happier if they just moved to North Korea?" } ]
2005-12-22T15:45:42
usr_hrdan
t3_20826
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Explains how hr figures your raise and what you can do to get a bigger pay increase." } ]
2005-12-22T15:48:13
usr_wjv
t3_5018
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Should be noted that it's multi-protocol at that. Nice." } ]
2005-12-22T15:51:37
usr_enjahova
t3_20519
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "The first part of your comment is quite interesting. I'm not sure who they are hiring, but hiring actual linguists would make sense. Maybe not from a programming standpoint, but from an \"organize the worlds knowledge\" standpoint. With all their powerful computing and brainpow...
2005-12-22T15:53:27
usr_enjahova
t3_20448
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "What your missing is that comparative advantage can only be realized with free trade. Free trade is a theory.\r\n\r\nIn this theory if goods had unfettered access between country A and B, both countries would specialize in what they are good at.\r\n\r\nThe U.S. with its high st...
2005-12-22T16:04:02
usr_aGorilla
t3_20766
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "More examples of why the right to vote should be determined by an IQ test." } ]
2005-12-22T16:05:06
usr_enjahova
t3_20609
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "This reminds me of that one book, whats it called, its got this awesome guy in it, Big... Big, something, Brother? Right and the title was a year, like 9/11/2001, no thats not it, oh yeah, 1984." } ]
2005-12-22T16:07:40
usr_enjahova
t3_20798
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Thats cool. By my college there is a fence on an intersection. Some one originally put \"Honk if ur horny!\" and then it said \"Honk if ur high!\" I don't know what (if anything) it says now.\r\n\r\nCollege town, what can I say?" } ]
2005-12-22T16:15:59
usr_mckirkus
t3_20714
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I imagine they're wiretapping without warrants too. Isn't it comforting to know that if you're on the road on your cell phone your big friendly government knows exactly where you are and what you're saying? Because there could be an incredibly ignorant terrorist driving aroun...
2005-12-22T16:17:09
usr_wjv
t3_20824
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Interesting. Today I posted (for the first time) a fairly varied collection of links to reddit. Bizarrely, every single post that mentioned Python got almost instantly demoted.\r\n\r\nTo test my theory, I posted another bunch of links. Again, all Python-related posts were de...
2005-12-22T16:18:08
usr_dpatch
t3_20846
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "MacOnlinePoker.com now lists Linux compatible online poker software. Finally Linux users can join in on the online poker craze. Tournament poker software for Linux users is also available" } ]
2005-12-22T16:22:24
usr_ntoshev
t3_20775
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "This is a brilliant essay! For me it's the best of the great Paul Graham series so far, because it explains intuitively how economics works on a very fundamental level. I found it a few *months* ago on the O'Reilly's site." } ]
2005-12-22T17:14:06
usr_Electronica
t3_13218
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I agree with you on the three elements that converge into the Web 2.0 phenomena. This is why I suggest < webware > as the term that essentializes what the Web 2.0 is. <web> because it's a participative, social and global phenomena online. <ware> because it's a...
2005-12-22T17:20:09
usr_[deleted]
t3_20869
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "[deleted]" } ]
2005-12-22T17:31:09
usr_theycallmemorty
t3_20792
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Why are gaming websites always so terribly designed?" } ]
2005-12-22T17:31:12
usr_theycallmemorty
t3_20855
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Thats a good idea but what happens if the spammers just remove the +whatever from all of the email addresses in their database?" } ]
2005-12-22T17:34:35
usr_jetboat
t3_20714
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Police will no longer ask a driver their whereabouts anymore, their onboard car 'Tetra' network computer will instruct the officers which government cash generating fine to impose, swipe the drivers id card to obtain bank details, debt the fine from said drivers bank, take digi...
2005-12-22T17:41:42
usr_BioGeek
t3_20556
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "This rationale was spelled out in a memo written by John Yoo, a White House attorney, less than two weeks after the attacks of 9/11. It's a dense read and a terrifying piece of legal contortionism, but it basically says that the president has unlimited powers to fight terrorism...
2005-12-22T18:05:20
usr_michaelneale
t3_20779
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Yeah sad but true. \r\n\r\nI still hear a lot of people following the \"official\" Sun catalogue of patterns, which I really blame for this nightmare. \r\n\r\nJEE 5 seems to have repaired a lot of this, but in a sense the damage has been done. Sun should apologise for these pat...
2005-12-22T18:25:24
usr_Schwallex
t3_20855
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Yepp, plus the idea ain't new at all. I know many people who have been using this approach for some 8 years now. \r\n\r\nAlso, you don't need Gmail to sort your emails by address. Every decent email client on the planet will do that just as good.\r\n\r\nLastly, this approach is...
2005-12-22T18:30:36
usr_[deleted]
t3_20775
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "[deleted]" } ]
2005-12-22T18:58:32
usr_milkk
t3_20869
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Unlike reddit, digg, and del.icio.us, there is no content to look at on this page." } ]
2005-12-22T18:59:11
usr_[deleted]
t3_20829
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "[deleted]" } ]
2005-12-22T19:00:14
usr_mulcher
t3_20860
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "This is great... At first I thought it would be stupid, obvious, or trivial... but clearly there aresome insights \r\nhere that are interesting." } ]
2005-12-22T19:19:20
usr_Schwallex
t3_20766
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Sadly (or thank God), this is nothing specific to America.\r\n\r\nIn Germany, every couple of months you can spot a headline somewhere saying something along the lines of \"50% of Germans don't know the name of their current President (but 95% know the name Arnold Schwarzenegge...
2005-12-22T19:36:07
usr_quamaretto
t3_20779
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Classes that expose data instead of hiding it? Oh NO! Seriously, that isn't a problem at all. Some data is just data, and the most useful way to deal with it is to treat it as data. I'm not intimately familiar with the interface you're talking about, so I can't say whether this...
2005-12-22T20:04:41
usr_lgv
t3_20890
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Every time i think about computer languages, I have to think about people, because that's who the languages are really written for.\r\n\r\nWhat if there's a global human \"Blurb\" paradox? Is it possible for facts and ideas to exist beyond some computational horizion of our cur...
2005-12-22T20:12:23
usr_mvbma
t3_20775
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "My only problem with this approach is that time in which a big bowl of spaghetti code gets created gets compress into a few a years. It takes time to get something right. Why isn't he taking this approach to writing \"arc\" ?" } ]
2005-12-22T20:31:32
usr_paulgraham
t3_20775
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Writing software fast doesn't necessarily yield spaghetti code. In fact, the opposite seems more likely: that the only way to get code written fast is to be constantly rewriting it to keep it as clean as possible. That's what I did, at least." } ]
2005-12-22T21:04:23
usr_japple
t3_20741
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Registration fails with Mozilla 1.7.8." } ]
2005-12-22T21:15:53
usr_flaxeater
t3_20472
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Very Interesting that population growth is said to stop at about 2050. Very interesting." } ]
2005-12-22T21:17:50
usr_bstadil
t3_20918
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Interesting view on Microsoft's underhanded grab for Intenet domination" } ]
2005-12-22T21:20:12
usr_beza1e1
t3_20775
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "So now with reddit we even have a place to start a discussion with the author :)" } ]
2005-12-22T21:21:25
usr_jobicoppola
t3_20919
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/310/5756/1878" } ]
2005-12-22T21:21:37
usr_mrbill
t3_20896
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "So? I'd say that whatever the VP wants takes precedence in HIS PLANE. Not his fault that the reporters don't have extra batteries (or a power strip), nor his responsibility to provide power outlets." } ]
2005-12-22T21:22:32
usr_paulgraham
t3_20519
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Not just great jobs; at Y Combinator we are much more likely to fund a startup whose founders have built some open-source project we've heard of." } ]
2005-12-22T21:28:22
usr_adnam
t3_20775
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "> The resulting technological growth translates not only into wealth but into military power ... The same recipe that makes individuals rich makes countries powerful. Let the nerds keep their lunch money, and you rule the world.\r\n\r\nI never had you down for a patriot, Pau...
2005-12-22T21:31:33
usr_adnam
t3_20816
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Sounds familiar." } ]
2005-12-22T21:39:44
usr_jobicoppola
t3_20926
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Bush: \"...Congress understands we got to keep the...\"\r\n\r\nSigh..." } ]
2005-12-22T21:40:06
usr_adnam
t3_20855
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I've been doing this sort of filtering with PROCMAIL for over 10 years now. I guess the cool thing is that gmail allows you to create sorting rules based on this criteria, that is impossible with other \"free\" email providors." } ]
2005-12-22T21:51:30
usr_[deleted]
t3_13218
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "?!\r\n\r\nI think the point is that inventing a new term for an existing idea (complete with term) is unnecessary. Web 2.0 was one too many. \"Webware\" would be two too many. Just quit it." } ]
2005-12-22T21:55:03
usr_mvbma
t3_20775
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Just playing devil's advocate here. Most of what Paul says is right on. Here is a link to a hacker I respect, with a different view: http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/nscpdorm.html\r\nBe prepare for burnout. Been there, done that. Most of Netscape's code got written while burning both...
2005-12-22T22:47:41
usr_DougBTX
t3_20775
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Some people have been able to comment for longer than others ;-)" } ]
2005-12-22T22:50:49
usr_James
t3_20855
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "thanks for the link! very useful :)" } ]
2005-12-22T22:53:17
usr_fnord123
t3_20714
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "That's possible, but it assumes a lot of competence for a government that can't even run the trains on time (when they were nationalised)." } ]
2005-12-22T23:03:34
usr_lupin_sansei
t3_20677
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "But it's not just one person who has a problem with Kilts, the article sites numerous school staff that have problems with them:\r\n\r\n> Other schools around the country also have wrestled with \r\n> the issue. A principal in Victoria, Texas, ordered two \r\n> boys in...
2005-12-22T23:05:38
usr_bmcusick
t3_20775
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Measurement, Leverage, .... and Property Rights.\r\n\r\n\"Letting him keep it\" is a way of saying that Property Rights are respected.\r\n\r\nI only mention this because it makes it easier to understand why some industries act the way they do. I am a lawyer, for instance. Law...
2005-12-22T23:25:58
usr_borga
t3_20905
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I am still on Web 1.1." } ]
2005-12-23T00:04:24
usr_pricew
t3_20944
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Great article on why foreign savings continue to fuel domestic investment and the need to raise private (business and personal) savings rates from their all-time lows." } ]
2005-12-23T00:09:12
usr_[deleted]
t3_20940
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "dupe... reddit why oh why can't you detect dupes somehow?" } ]
2005-12-23T00:10:24
usr_steeled3
t3_20956
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I had to post this in response to a Gmail spam feature that is currently hot on reddit.\r\n\r\nThis service is so much better... the PCmag review is quite twisted, but the comments on the site speak for themselves." } ]
2005-12-23T00:50:44
usr_[deleted]
t3_20775
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "[deleted]" } ]
2005-12-23T00:58:26
usr_adherent
t3_20775
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Wealth distribution is a different issue from wealth creation. The nerds will probably find they benefit by giving away some lunch money to the bullies - not only in the form of free sofware (which might not be able to use) but also in the form of the medium of exchange (their...
2005-12-23T01:05:44
usr_paulgraham
t3_20775
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "You have to address that kind of argument to governments, because now it's national governments rather than local warlords that are in a position to steal the nerds' lunch money (or decide to refrain)." } ]
2005-12-23T01:10:46
usr_nonex
t3_20964
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "ewwwww" } ]
2005-12-23T01:17:25
usr_chadparker
t3_20855
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "You should use [SpamGourmet](http://www.spamgourmet.com/). It does the same thing but way better.\r\n\r\nI use it for almost every website I register at, no problems, and thousands of spam messages deleted on sight." } ]
2005-12-23T01:30:11
usr_trost
t3_20741
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "WTF is Wink, and why should I care? Not a helpful article title." } ]
2005-12-23T01:42:16
usr_[deleted]
t3_20967
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "[removed]" } ]
2005-12-23T01:56:28
usr_andymoe
t3_20957
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "It's more fun with the shouting." } ]
2005-12-23T02:09:39
usr_lupin_sansei
t3_20677
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "There are so many cultures where traditional male costume doesn't include\r\ntrousers - Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, some African tribes,\r\nGreek, etc, etc. It seems very stupid, then, to say that any man not\r\nwearing trousers looks \"like a clown\" and shou...
2005-12-23T02:21:09
usr_JohnKnight
t3_20962
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Need some instructions." } ]
2005-12-23T02:42:33
usr_wackywendell
t3_20829
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Tell me if I got this wrong: The French may soon be able to share mp3s or movies over the internet knowing they won't get sued. Whoa...\r\n\r\nThose lucky Frenchmen. I wish our US government would do that..." } ]
2005-12-23T02:48:44
usr_[deleted]
t3_20969
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "[deleted]" } ]
2005-12-23T02:53:05
usr_wyclif
t3_20714
reddit
[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "American here, in UK circa 1992 and 2001. On the last trip there the proliferation of CCTV cameras on streets and buildings in London and outlying areas was very noticeable.\r\n\r\nAny thoughts on how past socialism movements in the UK weakened the UK to the point where abuse ...
2005-12-23T03:17:48
usr_dylanm
t3_20946
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[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "I'm so glad that they've clarified this. No preferential results and no graphical ads on google.com. Excellent." } ]
2005-12-23T03:47:11
usr_cboshuizen
t3_20969
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[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "It wasn't posted here because we are all familiar with Paul Graham's site and have probably found it ourselves already. \r\n\r\nAlways ready to answer a rhetorical question, at your service." } ]
2005-12-23T03:54:35
usr_sunson
t3_20860
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[ { "speaker": "SELF", "text": "Very Very beautifully explained. :) I thought DNA will always be a mystery-thing for me unless I decided to study about it full-time." } ]
2005-12-23T04:18:30