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P4 1.6, 128MB RAM, 40GB 7200RPM HD, 64MB GF2 MX, Win XP Home, 56k modem, 10/100 NIC, Harmon Kardon HK-195 Speakers.

Are you wondering what the catch is yet?

Only until 11:59pm today!

Wandering Cow Captured in Ohio After Escape

CORNELL POLICE 0001 hrs., 02/25/02
G-2 Barton Hall February 26, 2002 2400 hrs., 02/25/02

MORNING REPORT - SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD INDICATED ABOVE.

02/25/02
BURGLARY
CR# 02-0391
C# 02-013078
LOCATION-D
CRIME TYPE-NA
MAPLEWOOD APARTMENTS
OFFICER TOSTANOSKI, S., CORNELL POLICE, BARTON HALL
Reported receiving a complaint from a staff member that an unknown individual(s) stole approximately $100.00 in quarters from various dryers in the laundry room. Incident occurred between 02/22/02 and 02/25/02. Report is inactive.
Value: $160.00

<---- How do "$100.00 in quarters" have a value of $160.00? Maybe if there was damage to the dryers, but come on, they didn't make that clear.

CORNELL POLICE 0001 hrs., 02/22/01
G-2 Barton Hall February 25, 2002 2400 hrs., 02/24/01

MORNING REPORT - SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD INDICATED ABOVE.

02/22/02
PUBLIC LEWDNESS
CR# 02-0370
C# 02-012895
LOCATION-A
CRIME TYPE-NA
HUGHES HALL PATHWAY
OFFICER O'CONNOR, CORNELL POLICE, BARTON HALL
Reported an individual has been referred to the Judicial Administrator for Public Lewdness at 0122 hours on 02/22/02.

<----Hmmm, getting closer to home. Maybe it was a CJL'er.

New photos posted of the BBQ Saturday night/Sunday morning and the House Meeting Sunday night! Click on the link to your left that says "back to my homepage" and then click on the link that says "photos."

From the Mark Patrick Home Game (the USA Today) dated February 21, 2002:

Sampson's ex-coach ends season over 'prank'
Ralph Sampson's former high school coach ended Harrisonburg (Va.) High's boys basketball season when no player would admit to defecating on or near the shower floor after a Feb. 12 game at Stuarts Draft, Va., the Harrisonburg Daily-News Record reported Wednesday. Roger Bergey forfeited Tuesday's Valley District tournament quarterfinal game. Bergey, 61 and in his 30th year at the school, wouldn't discuss the specifics of the incident, calling it a "team disciplinary problem. The conduct of what occurred is unethical, inexcusable for high school athletic participation."

Elliot is an ass. IM him, wait 'till he replies, then warm him. Hit warn as many times as you can. That will teach him.

I updated my PHOTOS page with photos of the CJL house meeting last Sunday and photos of a train excursion I went on back in 1984.

Cornell alum David Joshua Greenberger `97 BA becomes world famous by being in one of the first known photograph of a train of New York City R-62 class subway cars operating in revenue service on the Flushing (#7) line. David can be seen standing at the "railfan window" in the front of the train. Photo taken by Cleanairbus at SubTalk.

The Simpsons was awesome Sunday night. Best episode in months. Too bad I can't say the same for the CJL.

Lion adopts baby antelope again: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/020216/80/cseo8.html

President's Day Sale at STAPLES: In-Store Specials

DEAL #1
Before Instant Rebate After Product Name
Rebate Savings Value Rebate
$69.98 $0.00 $20.00 $49.98 HP 841 Printer
$49.99 $10.00 $20.00 $19.99 Sandisk 64MB SmartMedia or Compact Flash
$29.99 $10.00 $20.00 -$0.01 Mach 2 Modem
$19.99 $0.00 $20.00 -$0.01 Metro Messenger Bag
$0.17 $0.00 $0.00 $0.17 The World Brand Paper Clips, Smooth Finish, No. 1 - ACC72380
-$30.00 -$30.00 COUPON ($30 off $150)
-$20.00 Instant Savings
$120.13 $80.00 $40.13 Total

DEAL #2
Before Instant Rebate After Product Name
Rebate Savings Value Rebate
$69.98 $0.00 $20.00 $49.98 HP 841 Printer
$19.99 $0.00 $20.00 -$0.01 Metro Messenger Bag
$20.00 $0.00 $20.00 $0.00 Motion Systems Basic Computer Case
$29.98 $0.00 $30.00 -$0.02 Veo Stingray webcam
$6.99 $2.00 $5.00 -$0.01 Belkin Surge Protector
$14.99 $0.00 $10.00 $4.99 Micro Innovations Roll N Scroll Mouse
-$30.00 -$30.00 COUPON ($30 off $150)
$131.93 $105.00 $24.93 Total

DEAL #3
Before Instant Rebate After Product Name
Rebate Savings Value Rebate
$99.99 $0.00 $80.00 $19.99 Visioneer 8100 Scanner
$19.99 $0.00 $20.00 -$0.01 Metro Messenger Bag
$20.00 $0.00 $20.00 $0.00 Motion Systems Basic Computer Case
$29.98 $0.00 $30.00 -$0.02 Veo Stingray webcam
-$30.00 -$30.00 COUPON ($30 off $150)
$139.96 $150.00 -$10.04 Total

I went bowling tonight with Josh, Jon, Nava, Ari, Saul, and later Eli, Pini, Yoni, Erez, Dave Ro and Kadoch. I bowled a 104, which is MY ALL TIME HIGH! Yay!

A Coyote Boards a MAX Light-Rail Train

A coyote rests on a seat after jumping onto a MAX light-rail train Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at Portland International Airport in Portland, Ore. The coyote was lassoed by a wildlife official before the train left the station. The animal was released far away on port property and "ran away and bounded after some field mice," Port of Portland spokeswoman Elisa Dozono said. (AP Photo/Port of Portland, Dennis Maxwell)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020215/168/141dn.html

A lot of HOT HOT DEALS going down this Sunday...preview them here Anandtech Forums and I will post detailed information later on today.

Proof, yet again, of why you should wear your seatbelt, and why that theory about "not wearing a seatbelt can be good in rollovers" is full of sh!t:

One player killed, another injured in rollover accident
February 15, 2002
PHOENIX (AP) -- One player in the San Diego Padres organization was killed and another injured early Friday when the vehicle they were riding in rolled over on an interstate highway.
Another man inside the sports utility vehicle also was killed in the 2 a.m. MST accident, but authorities said they did not believe he was a Padres player.
It was not immediately clear if the two players were major leaguers or minor leaguers. The Padres hold spring training in nearby Peoria.
The identities of the victims were being withheld until relatives could be notified, Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Frank Valenzuela said.
The vehicle apparently drifted into the dirt center median, then the driver overcorrected, Valenzuela said. The vehicle rolled across all three westbound lanes of the freeway and crashed through a fence, coming to rest on a frontage road.
Valenzuela said the driver and front-seat passenger were not wearing seatbelts and were ejected and killed.
The injured man was in the back seat and was wearing a seat belt and was treated and released at the scene, Valenzuela said.

Interesting News Photos/Tidbits:
Cc:, the first-ever cloned cat
People Who Sleep Less Live Longer, Study Finds
The star of "Debbie Duz Dishes'' has agreed to speak at Temple Beth-Ami

Cornellian Travis Mayer wins a silver medal!
Silver's just the ticket for Mayer
Men's moguls results
Cornell's Travis Mayer Wins Silver Medal In Men's Freestyle

Interesting article for all you academic types: Best Sleeping Car on the Subway. Just Don't Lie Down

CORNELL POLICE 0001 hrs., 02/08/02
G-2 Barton Hall February 11, 2002 2400 hrs., 02/10/02

MORNING REPORT - SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD INDICATED ABOVE.

02/09/02
AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT
CR# 02-0255
C# 02-012157
LOCATION-D
CRIME TYPE-NA
ANNA COMSTOCK HALL
INV. BOWERS, CORNELL POLICE, BARTON HALL
Reported receiving a complaint from a student that received false information on an Internet web site. Incident occurred at 1200 hours on 02/06/02. Investigation is continuing.

<----Um, most of the stuff out there on the web is false. What is the issue here?

02/09/02
BURGLARY
CR# 02-0257
C# 02-012174
LOCATION-D
CRIME TYPE-NA
NORTH BAKER HALL
OFFICER TOSTANOSKI, A., CORNELL POLICE, BARTON HALL
Reported receiving a complaint from a student that an unknown individual(s) stole their prescription medicine, bellybutton rings, and various earrings from their unsecured room. Incident occurred between 1500 hours on 02/01/02 and 2300 hours on 02/07/02. Report is inactive.
Value: $83.00

<----Ewwww, who would touch someone's bellybutton rings? They probably smell disgusting!

Thursday, February 7, 2002 Easter Bunny -- Hit and run! by hoover @ 9:58 pm
Today we regret to inform you that the Easter Bunny has been killed in an apparent hit and run accident. The incident occurred at approximately 4:55 p.m. on 2/07/02. Witnesses have stated that he came hopping out of a bunny trail on a quiet road just outside the city limits of Lubbock TX moments before being struck by an unidentified vehicle. This is clearly a tragic accident that has prompted a worldwide halt on Easter celebrations scheduled for this spring. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Mr. Bunny.

Clinck on link to www.uselessjunk.com to see the image associated with this story. Warning: some people might find it a little bit gory/offensive/whathaveyou.

Cheese Racing. Nuff said. Anyone have a treif gas grill we can use? If not, I don't think the KDH really needs two fleishig gas grills...

Timing was everything. As I stood in line waiting to get my Diamond Mine Club Card at the Turning Stone casino Saturday night, I stared off into the smoky gambling hall, thinking about how to make my kill, and about how my clothes were gonna stink like sh!t when this was all over. But that didn't matter, as I had a job to do. I knew my target was four places behind me in line, but I was surrounded by many "community members." I foiled kill would expose me and lay waste upon my scheming plans. Then, after 50 minutes in line (thats CRAZY! I'm BRIAN FELLOWS!) it was my turn to get my Diamond card. I got it, and then was asked by a group of seven gorgeously beautiful women to accompany them into the "high rollers" gambling area. My first reaction was, "OH BABY!" but then my thoughts returned to the seriousness of the Gotcha! game, and what was at stake here. Without a second thought, I brushed off the ladies with the simple and poignant phrase, "What you all need is a teddy bear," and as they walked off into the purple haze, I turned towards my victim. It would be another 10 minutes till he got his card and I would be able to get him away from the crowd. The minutes seemed like hours. Tick...tock...tick...tock...went the giant gold plated "10 Million Dollar Bonus Bucks Game" clock. Finally, my victim received his card, chose his pin number (4387) and left the counter. I went up to him and motioned him towards me, near the $1 slot machines. When he came close, at exactly 10:41pm, I said, "Gotcha." BEN BERGER was devastated. He told me that all he wanted in life was to last more that three days in this Gotcha! game and now it was all over. I acted all macho, punched him in the stomach, and told him to suck it up. As he laid on the floor, clutching his stomach, he tried to tell me something. I could just make out the name of my next victim. I didn't expect Ben to give me this information so easily, but it was clear then that he had moved past this game and was ready to start gambling. That is, after he recovered from...THE KILL! Stay tuned for the next installment in the "Brian Kills Everyone" saga...and a message to whomever has me: I can run, I can hide, I can't drive (no car here), but I have like a 1.1% hearing loss in my right ear, so if you want to even try to get me, yer gonna have to get real close! Ha hah hah ha hah hah ah ha ha! Good night, and sleep tight. Geez, my clothes really stink like sh!t...

---Brian "Killing in the name of" Weinberg

P.S. I won $10 and my sister won big $$$

I'm heading out to Turning Stone Casino now. Wish me luck.

Cornellian Hannah Hardaway does not win a medal
Nearly lost in the Bahrkemania was a disappointing fifth-place finish by the American favorite, Hannah Hardaway.
Struggling with back problems the last several months, Hardaway took a bad approach to the first jump and had to settle for a single helicopter spin. Her second jump was a more difficult double-twister spread, but she landed with a thud -- not good enough to win a medal on this day.
"I pretty much did everything wrong,'' Hardaway said.

What I'm blasting right now:

D:\My Music\REO Speed Wagon--Time For Me To Fly.mp3
D:\My Music\Billy Joel\2000 years the millennium concert disc 1\02 - Big Shot.mp3

Good stuff. Oh yeah, there's 25 YU students coming up here for the weekend. Battle-stations, everyone......and shower early.

CORNELL POLICE 0001 hrs., 02/07/02
G-2 Barton Hall February 8, 2002 2400 hrs., 02/07/02

MORNING REPORT - SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD INDICATED ABOVE.

02/07/02
PETIT LARCENY
CR# 02-0229
C# 02-012006
LOCATION-A
CRIME TYPE-NA
URIS LIBRARY
OFFICER LAZCANO, CORNELL POLICE, BARTON HALL
Reported receiving a complaint from a student that an unknown individual(s) stole their Huffy 18 speed mountain bike and cable lock. Incident occurred between 1900 hours on 02/06/02 and 1200 hours on 02/07/02. Report is inactive.
Value: $105.00

<----What a load of sheeyit! A huffy bike worth $105! No way! Oh, I didn't see the part about the cable lock. So it was a $100 cable lock and a $5 Huffy bike.

02/07/02
GRAND LARCENY
CR# 02-0231
C# 02-012022
LOCATION-A
CRIME TYPE-NA
COMMUNITY COMMONS
OFFICER MONTESANO, CORNELL POLICE, BARTON HALL
Reported receiving a complaint from a student that an unknown individual(s) stole their unsecured wallet, NYS driver's license, CUID, $2.00 in cash, bankcard, various keys, and nylon wind breaker from the Northeast walkway. Incident occurred between 1645-1845 hours on 02/07/02. Report is inactive.
Value: $32.00

<----Ha ha ha ha ha!!!! Too funny! My sides hurt. Heh heh heh ah ha whoa yeah hee. I've always said those freshman were up to no good. Putting them all in one place (North Campus) just allows them to work collectively.

02/07/02
PETIT LARCENY
CR# 02-0232
C# 02-012023
LOCATION-A
CRIME TYPE-NA
NORTHWEST DORM LOT
OFFICER LAZCANO, CORNELL POLICE, BARTON HALL
Reported receiving a complaint from a student that an unknown individual(s) stole their Virginia license plate and frame. Incident occurred between 1530 hours on 02/05/02 and 1600 hours on 02/07/02. Report is inactive.
Value: $5.00

<----Man, this really sucks. I mean we live in the United States of America and you'd think that you can leave your car by itself during the day while you work or go to class and not have your license plate and frame stolen! Especially in Ithaca, NY! Must have been some kind of frat initiation thing.

Dammit to h3ll, I overslept. Maybe I can salvage one class out of this gross error in judgement.

We just had a surprise birthday party for Jen. She was, like, so surprised! Not. But it was still nice.

I lied two posts down about the 5-minute lunch. I actually had time for a zero-minute lunch. I was so hungry during CEE 506. Mmmmmmmmmm.......Linear Programming

I went to the AMD info session and didn't win the computer they were giving away. It was an Athlon 1.33GHz. I also didn't win the any of the three Athlon 1.4GHz chips that they gave out. Although I easily could have. I'll spare you the details. Finally, Oren wasn't in the drawing for the computer because when he submitted his resume this afternoon, they didn't give him a raffle ticket and he didn't realize this. If he had read the fine print on the poster he would have seen that he needed the ticket to claim his prize. I even told him to read the fine print for a different reason and he said, "I don't read fine print." I find this hilariously funny and will josh him about it for years to come. If you see him on campus, after saying "gotcha" to him, make fun of him for not being in the drawing for the computer.

Phew, that was close. Just finished my homework. Now I have to do a 5-minute lunch and head up to class.

CORNELL POLICE 0001 hrs., 02/06/02
G-2 Barton Hall February 7, 2002 2400 hrs., 02/06/02

MORNING REPORT - SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD INDICATED ABOVE.

02/06/02
CRIMINAL TAMPERING
CR# 02-0221
C# 02-011960
LOCATION-A
CRIME TYPE-NA
BAKER LAB
OFFICER O'CONNOR, CORNELL POLICE, BARTON HALL
Reported receiving a complaint from a staff member that received a computer virus through an e-mail that was sent to their computer by an unknown individual(s). Incident occurred on 02/05/02. Investigation is continuing.

<----What an idiot! They should arrest the dumb Baker Lab staff member who opened up the virus-infected email attachment that caused the virus on his computer! What a waste of police resources.

02/06/02
PETIT LARCENY
CR# 02-0212
C# 02-011933
LOCATION-A
CRIME TYPE-NA
WILLARD STRAIGHT HALL
OFFICER BERNHARDT, CORNELL POLICE, BARTON HALL
Reported receiving a complaint from a staff member that an unknown individual(s) stole a movie poster from the first floor display case. Incident occurred on 02/06/02. Report is inactive.
Value: $5.00

<----I wonder which poster got taken, and if the guy had to break the display case to get it? Maybe someone *really* liked Super Troopers :)

**HOT DEAL ALERT** Applies to Cornell students only:
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AMD wants to meet you on Thursday, 2/7! We have full time and co-op positions available for: EE, CE, ChemE, Mat Sci, Physics, and CS majors at all degree levels. Come check us out!

Thursday - February 7, 2002
10-4pm
Philips Lounge
Info booth, demos and technical reps
Drop off a resume and enter to win an AMD Athlon™ System

5-7 pm
Olin 155
AMD Info Session
Pizza, drinks, technical reps
Winner of AMD Athlon™ System will be drawn
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Basically, drop off your resume at the beginning of the info session at 5pm, stay for the info session, and you might win a new AMD powered computer.

On second thought, after going to their website, I've changed my mind. I now think you SHOULD go see Super Troopers in the theatre to show support for the Broken Lizard because they are cool. This isn't a big budget Hollywood blockbuster, this is a film made by a group of guys, marketed at Sundance, and picked up by Fox Searchlight Pictures. But it is ok to go for the matinee and pay the student rate of $4.25 or whatever. Don't pay $8.

I saw a sneak preview today of the movie Super Troopers. It opens in a theatre near you on February 15. I actually only saw the first 45 minutes of the film because I had a class at 5:00pm. The film was ok, some parts funnier than others, but I think it was geting better just when I had to leave. It was cool how the whole event worked - the actual real live actors and the actor/director (the main actors wrote the movie themselves, and together they form a comedy group called "Broken Lizard") all came up to Cornell, with the film, on a bus painted up for the movie. After the movie was over they were going to have a Q&A session, but I wasn't there for it. They gave out some freebies, such as a poster, a Super Trooper head for your automobile antenna, and a sticker. They ran out of handcuffs before I got the the theatre. My take on the movie - don't spend $8 to see it in the theatre - wait 'till it comes out on video. My favorite scene, from the first 45 minutes, was the "meow" scene. Here is the trailer.

I'm getting ferklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic. Microsoft is neither "micro" nor "soft." Discuss.

I uploaded some new photos of my cat, a snow storm in Ithaca, and my new computer.

My new scanner arrived. As you can guess, I got it for next to nothing. After mail-in-rebate, coupon, and AMEX BLUE's "Best Value Guarantee," it comes to about $0. Read about how I pulled this off. Also see my first scan with the new scanner.

AF forever

I wrote a "letter to the editor" of the Cornell Daily Sun and it appeared in today's issue. Below is the beginning of the article and click on "Read More" to see the rest of it.
*Column Misrepresents Traffic Realities*
Danielle Stein's column (Opinion, "Strange Traffic Laws From Hawaii to Pennsylvania," Jan. 30, 2002) seems to imply that the residents of Tannersville, Penn., simply decided that in order to make the world a better place, they would start strictly enforcing the tailgating violations and would do it in the most ridiculous way possible -- with "big white blobs of paint" on Interstate 80 East. READ MORE >>>

Superbowl XXXVI Prediction: I don't care who wins.

Due to some random reboots of my computer, I lowered the overclock again. It is now running at 1530MHz with 133*11.5 @ default voltage. The CPU temperature has dropped down to 46oC.

I'm heading to bed. My computer seems pretty stable at the moment - I'm overclocking it. It is an Athlon 1400MHz which is right now running at 1585MHz by upping the front side bus (FSB) to 138MHz, increasing the cpu muliplier to 11.5, and raising the voltage to 1.775v. The default settings are FSB@133MHz, multiplier@10.5, and voltage@1.75v. Tomorrow I'm going to try raising the FSB one more MHz so I'll be at an even 1600MHz!

There are two undergraduate Cornellians in the Winter Olympics on the US Ski Team! Here is an article about them and it includes the times that their events will be shown on tv. http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicles/1.31.02/Olympians.html Go Big Red!

Hi! This is the first post in my new blog. I will post stuff here whenever the bid of paradise flies up my nose. It should be interesting. :)