340. Jake (ny-norwich1a-263.aburny.adelphia.net) – 20 Oct 2002 22:21:12 [ Quake 3 Done! ]

I just finished the last of the levels on Nightmare. I think hunter with the lighting was the toughest. The last level was hard though but I out foxed him.

339. Anonymous (rstr-164-107-229-98.resnet.ohio-state.edu) – 20 Oct 2002 15:30:58 [ The Party Of Helicopters ]

yeah.... these guys kick ass.

338. Tom 7 (h-64-105-108-15.phlapafg.covad.net) – 19 Oct 2002 00:35:01 [ Slashdot and Your Rights ]

Certainly it's a good thing that RSADSI has a contest with cash prizes for cracking their cipher. But somehow the difference between "it *would* take 8 bajillion computers ..." and "it *did* take 8 bajillion computers" doesn't seem worth all that computing power. That's all I'm sayin'.

337. Hock (p-proxy-1-int0.net.wisc.edu) – 18 Oct 2002 18:14:04 [ Slashdot and Your Rights ]

Re RC*-cracking: It is a waste of time to you and me, but it helps convince actual people (e.g. the unenlightened masses) about the true difficulty (as it stands today) of breaking encryption. "It took eight bajillion computers eight bajillion days to break this, so I guess I can safely send my credit card info over the web." This is presumably why companies are willing to sponsor this stuff. And if I get a chance at the prize for participating, why cough at it? Then again, GIMPS also has prizes associated. Finding giant prime numbers is sort of helpful because it may help establish a pattern which will lead to a conjecture which will lead to a cool proof, which allong with a collection of other proofs will lead to a comprehensive theory which will fundamentally change the way processes are undergone and thus revolutionize people's lives. But far, far likelier than not, all of those giant primes (which are produced at an excruciatingly slow rate) will remain an intellectual curiosity to a comparatively very small set of people.

Of course, I like GIMPS much more than distributed.net.

336. Tom 7 (h-64-105-108-8.phlapafg.covad.net) – 10 Oct 2002 21:52:47 [ My Brain ]

That's where I keep all my stuff.

335. Jeff (phd15.cs.yale.edu) – 10 Oct 2002 14:28:37 [ My Brain ]

What's that big hole doing in the middle of the second slice? You should have that checked out.

334. MrBawn (polystyrene.weh.andrew.cmu.edu) – 09 Oct 2002 23:26:28 [ My Brain ]

Tom's brain is WRINKLY! Which means he's smart. Big surprise there!

333. Tom 7 (h-64-105-108-8.phlapafg.covad.net) – 09 Oct 2002 09:53:28 [ My Brain ]

Don't touch it!!

332. ASA (cobamide7.bio.pitt.edu) – 09 Oct 2002 09:43:52 [ My Brain ]

Yes, That is concrete evidence... Tom has a brain. Now if he would only stop using his amazing mental capacities for evil ...

331. bot the bot (amarseille-107-1-6-90.abo.wanadoo.fr) – 09 Oct 2002 05:10:57 [ My Brain ]

groovy :)

330. Anonymous (63-100-210-100.reverse.newskies.net) – 09 Oct 2002 02:32:24 [ FLAMING TEXT ]

IMRAN

329. Anonymous (couch2-52.reshall.ou.edu) – 09 Oct 2002 02:21:06 [ My Brain ]

Neato and yet strangely unsettling....

328. Zombor (the zombie) (hsa038.pool023.at101.earthlink.net) – 08 Oct 2002 03:02:29 [ My Brain ]

Rrrrrarrrrr....sweet....delicious....braiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnsssss.

327. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 07 Oct 2002 13:12:39 [ D.O.B. ]

Who you callin' skinny!

326. jetfuel (yahoobb218176130008.bbtec.net) – 07 Oct 2002 06:35:56 [ D.O.B. ]

All geeky creative skinny white guys are born in the same 2 month span, I swear.

325. master kabuki (proxy2.iu13.org) – 04 Oct 2002 08:44:29 [ KILLER JAPANESE SEIZURE ROBOTS ]

they were cool man, i enjoyed every seizure it gave me

324. Tuuur (to-kamst.edte.utwente.nl) – 02 Oct 2002 08:57:40 [ D.O.B. ]

Congrats!!

323. Anonymous (62.254.173.251) – 30 Sep 2002 04:54:14 [ FLAMING TEXT ]

oi

322. Tom 7 (h-66-167-9-197.phlapafg.covad.net) – 29 Sep 2002 20:15:16 [ Make the Pie Higher ]

Nope, just some reporter guy.

321. Karthik (cache-dh03.proxy.aol.com) – 28 Sep 2002 09:48:40 [ Make the Pie Higher ]

Like, Richard Thompson the Fairport Convention guitarist?

320. satan (212.219.39.163) – 24 Sep 2002 06:07:31 [ KILLER JAPANESE SEIZURE ROBOTS ]

im epileptic and i fuckin love it!!!!!

319. Tom 7 (h-64-105-68-189.phlapafg.covad.net) – 18 Sep 2002 23:56:08 [ NEW: AAD-11: S-P-E-C-T-R-E ]

Marc, you know our tastes are famously incongruent. But you're right, AAD 3/4 are my favorites, and my favorites on AAD-11 are 10, 1, 8, 16 in that order. I thought #5 "S-P-E-C-T-R-E" was a good song when I was recording it, but now I find it really annoying, I dunno why.

318. Marc (user-2ive1ng.dialup.mindspring.com) – 18 Sep 2002 11:18:37 [ NEW: AAD-11: S-P-E-C-T-R-E ]

Oh, it just occurred to me that you probably were saying that AAD 3 and 4 are your favourites, not song 3 and 4 on AAD-11. Yeah, in that case our tastes match up 100%!

317. Marc (user-2ive1ng.dialup.mindspring.com) – 18 Sep 2002 11:08:29 [ NEW: AAD-11: S-P-E-C-T-R-E ]

Tom: Are your favourites seriously 3 and 4? Those are easily my least favourite two on there. I like 5, 16, and 10 best. Maybe you hate those 3, heh, maybe our tastes are completely opposite on this one...

316. Marc (user-2ive1ng.dialup.mindspring.com) – 18 Sep 2002 11:04:52 [ News about penises. ]

Heh, that article is a damn good example of how phalocentric/boy-dick-focused the average boy scientist is. While they claim that they've found genetalia over 500 million years old, it didn't matter to them much until they found a penis (not nearly as old), and the only way they can conceive of sex before the penises is with protruding phalic appendages like horns and such. Yuck...