quahog211: same @ my school, orges.
lizardlizard42: yeah... wasn't that like super sci / tech?
Ogs731: It is, but kids wanna have funin the summer
Ogs731: what's more fun than SSP?
timlu42: Fun?!
lizardlizard42: psshtt!!!
madwingnut: HEY---ssp is fun!!
quahog211: there's a nasty anti-science stigma at my school.
lizardlizard42: more fun than SSP...
lizardlizard42: ha!
quahog211: :-(
lizardlizard42: ahh... smalltown artsy fartsy?
Ogs731: It makes me so mad
lizardlizard42: just like here...
timlu42: Fun is running on two cans of Mountain Dew!
madwingnut: anti-science? that's sad...few ppl like science at mercy either
lizardlizard42: we specialize in "anti-progress"
MacMan5000: fun is running on two *cases* of mountain dew!
quahog211: :-)
Ogs731: btw, speaking of mountain dew, I gave up sodas altogether
madwingnut: one of my friends took a prism to class and my mortal enemy said loudly "i hate people who like science"
timlu42: Ooo... I ought to bow down to the greater man
madwingnut: she's always saying things like that
lizardlizard42: dudes... you're both wrong... fun is going nuts on the F&G with 5 min before class AND with 2 cases of MD in your sys
timlu42: Hey, cool... you have a mortal enemy!
madwingnut: what is F&G and MD
lizardlizard42: F&G series...
lizardlizard42: that...
timlu42: *gasp*!
lizardlizard42: ummm...
madwingnut: ah, tim--ever the optimist
lizardlizard42: series...
MacMan5000: that *is* pretty cool. i had a mortal enemy once myself...but then he moved. i won! yessssss~
lizardlizard42: we programmed...
lizardlizard42: umm...
madwingnut: no duh
lizardlizard42: before the OD
madwingnut: F&G...i KNEW that
madwingnut: heh heh
lizardlizard42: what??
lizardlizard42: i confoosed
timlu42: Umm... yes... play along guys
timlu42: You know, I haven't touched a can of MD since SSP...
Ogs731: nod and smile
MacMan5000: j.p. hatchey....wonder what happened to that kid....lol.
timlu42: except maybe once... but that was a social occaision! I swear!
madwingnut: there's only 5 ppl in my ap physics class...even though i tried to talk all my friends into it
MacMan5000: lol, peer pressure getting to you?
madwingnut: i haven't had MD since SSP
MacMan5000: i don't do the dew, sorry.
timlu42: 5?! Man, I've got 35 peopl
timlu42: people in my Physics class
jcrabold: You also haven't had to suffer 90 defrees F since SSP ...
madwingnut: DANG that's a huge class
jcrabold: un, "degrees"
Fasd: i think tim stored up all the md he'll ever need for his life during ssp
timlu42: correction... 35 SLACKERS
quahog211: there are 4 at my school this year... and the highest grade is a 78. not that #s matter, but they all cheat off each other and that's the best they can do! kinda sad...
Fasd: he'll be peeing dark green when until he's an old man :-)
madwingnut: true...i miss the hot weather
quahog211: eww...
timlu42: Hey hey...
Fasd: sorry for thedetails :-)
timlu42: You know, speaking of gross urine...
madwingnut: mr rabold...i didn't mean i used to live in socal. i just meant i missed socal b/c ssp was there
MacMan5000: no! no! no
timlu42: You know what happens when you eat asparagus?
jcrabold: oh
madwingnut: oh no, there he goes again...
Fasd: mr rabold? i think you can call him jon ..
Fasd: right jon?
MacMan5000: dude, if you highlight tiff's text it looks halfway normal...white on black...try it! :-)
madwingnut: the bumper stick on my binder says "normal ppl worry me"...
jcrabold: yes, you can call me John
madwingnut: sticker
quahog211: that's the only way I can read it! I get lemon yellow on sky blue when I highligt it... kinda cool...
madwingnut: hmm...i am not used to calling adults by their first names. =)
Ogs731: You know, back in my day we used to call our elders by their last names
MacMan5000: really? i'm jealous now.
Fasd: this has got to be the funniest SNL in the past year!
Fasd: (it might be a recent rerun)
madwingnut: rotfl, very funny orges.
madwingnut: but i was the old fart, remember?>
Ogs731: sure do
MacMan5000: ...she was? i missed that one
timlu42: Orges... dude. You day is to day
madwingnut: awww....my mom wants to watch figure skating. no SNL for me
TopQuark95: haha i'd forgotten how funny Orges is
MacMan5000: hey, suni, where'd you come from???
Ogs731: I had forgotten that too
madwingnut: macman: certain ppl consider me an old fart cuz my bday is 12/18/82
TopQuark95: waiting for stupid friends to pick me up.. they are ultra late
TopQuark95: but that is good ^_^
timlu42: Yeah, and everyone calls me a young 'un
Ogs731: Lady, you is an old fart
madwingnut: "ultra"...very suni-ish word
timlu42: 12/21/83
MacMan5000: 03/22/84.
Ogs731: 7-31-83
MacMan5000: you guys missed my birthday, lol. 'sok
madwingnut: ahaha...macman is the youngun
Ogs731: lol
MacMan5000: what about DAN?
madwingnut: who?
MacMan5000: er, DANNY? heh, sorry
madwingnut: oh ummm...doh
madwingnut: anywayz...
madwingnut: oh hey, the ssp raffle!!
Ogs731: yay
madwingnut: we haven't done that in 2 months
Ogs731: the raffle
Fasd: 11/10/84
madwingnut: lemme find the envelope
lizardlizard42: 07/18/83
MacMan5000: all right!
Fasd: danny wins :-)
Ogs731: Can I win? Can I win?
timlu42: I better win something...
MacMan5000: yes! i'm not the youngest!
lizardlizard42: Noel's the geezer...
madwingnut: haha
lizardlizard42: 08/31/82
TopQuark95: I want a large-size allyourbase harvard poster
quahog211: ???
madwingnut: OH hey...ryan's older than me! yay!!!
MacMan5000: dude, if suni wins i vote we blow one up for him. similar cost. :-)
lizardlizard42: you've heard the techno mix i hope
lizardlizard42: no...
lizardlizard42: that's noel
lizardlizard42: my bday is 07/18/83
madwingnut: yay...noel's older! whatever
timlu42: I'm tired of being the p.o. box for peole who have won something
timlu42: Remind me to whack Huy upside his head
madwingnut: that only happened once, tim
madwingnut: tired of it already? i thought i sent you enuf packages
madwingnut: :P
MacMan5000: you'll make it, tim. at least you're not buried in snow.
TopQuark95: 09/02/83 am I special too?
timlu42: You know, it took us ten minutes to figure out why the poster didn't fit back in the case
MacMan5000: ...out of curiosity, why didn't it?
timlu42: "Hey Tim, there's a card in there!"
madwingnut: ROTFL...the winner is....
timlu42: Oh crap!
MacMan5000: ah
madwingnut: *drumroll* (matt?)
madwingnut: DANNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MacMan5000: *golf claps*
madwingnut: that's pretty funny, considering the raffle was his idea
madwingnut: wanna buy urself a poster, danny? :P
MacMan5000: ....hmmmm.......
Fasd: thank you, thank you
Ogs731: well, it's on this coast
timlu42: *low groans*
Fasd: (danny wins again :-) )
madwingnut: or shall i send u one?
MacMan5000: yes! one more for east!
quahog211: woohoo!
Ogs731: go east go
Fasd: well, i'm kind of broke, but don't feel obligated to send it :-)
madwingnut: hehe, i'll send one
timlu42: Ok let's have another raffle:
MacMan5000: all together now...*awwww*
TopQuark95: hey, gotta go guys
Fasd: thank you very much
Fasd: :-)
timlu42: Later dude
TopQuark95: bai bai
lizardlizard42: later
quahog211: bye!
madwingnut: c ya
MacMan5000: ttfn
TopQuark95 has left the room.
Fasd: bye
madwingnut: oooh...slow reaction time danny
timlu42: As I was saying with *my* raffle:
madwingnut: :P
MacMan5000: who's this band playing, danny? i wasn't paying attention, lol
Fasd: geez, i'm too busy readnig the news and playing online chess
Fasd: (i have the shortest attention span ever)
MacMan5000: i know...they sound weird...
Fasd: radiohead is playing on snl
timlu42: I'm holding a raffle to see which luck winner gets to send *me* a poster
Ogs731: eeeck!
madwingnut: john: danny came up with the raffle idea to continue giving out posters in the tradition of QODs
madwingnut: go right ahead, tim
MacMan5000: i've still got mine hanging in my room. :-)
jcrabold: ok. i'm slowly coming up to speed
timlu42: Well, what's this?
timlu42: *Everyone's a winner!*
Ogs731: I have that Mars poster I bought at JPL in my room
madwingnut: no doh...i forgot!
madwingnut: the staff raffle!
MacMan5000: oh yeah
Fasd: what i find really fascinating is the new census data coming out now and showing just how many people are identifying themselves as multiracial...
MacMan5000: eventually, we're gonna run out of staff...the dogs will be getting their own posters...
Fasd: it's really amazing, race lines are disappearing at a huge pace
madwingnut: lol, macman
madwingnut: actually the dudes in the kitchen deserve some. the food was sooooo good. i never ate better in my life
MacMan5000: danny, FOCUS. :-)
Fasd: the really ugly mtt has to get a poster for sure
MacMan5000: didn't we buy them one before we left? i seem to remember a presentation...
Fasd: mtt=mutt
lizardlizard42: i didn't like them at all..
Fasd: we did give one to them
madwingnut: someone gave em something...
Ogs731: Sayuri bought one
madwingnut: aha
lizardlizard42: they singlehandedly caused a weight gain
madwingnut: i know!
lizardlizard42: :-)
Ogs731: oh yeah, that's what it was
madwingnut: i could've eaten all day if i didn't try not to
timlu42: You know, I was in rice withdrawl the first week at HVS...
Fasd: but i think they'd be happy to get another one from us, know we still have our tummies growling for their food
MacMan5000: i think they bought the kitchen staff the nebula one, the same one i won. that must be why i remembered it so well.
timlu42: And potato withdrawl the week after
madwingnut: rice and potatoes? awww...
MacMan5000: don't forget the fruit punch!
timlu42: I think I'm thoroughly de-potatofied
madwingnut: lol, remember henry's potato gun?
Ogs731: yes!
MacMan5000: heheheh
Ogs731: the James Bont-type thingy
Fasd: henry still had his potato gun when i visited him at harvard :-)
timlu42: You know that reminds me... Huy is now planning on selling fart-machines out of his trunk
MacMan5000: man, i gotta visit him. i couldn't do it last time i was there; had to be back by midnight. what dorm is he in?
Fasd: haha
MacMan5000: lol, that huy.
Fasd: he's in quincy dorm
timlu42: Along with yo-yo's, computers, and upgrades
Fasd: (right across from the hillel center)
timlu42: Hey, you know what? I'm gonna drag his ass in here
MacMan5000: quincy...gotta remember that...
timlu42: I'll be back
Ogs731: Just don't come crashing through the wall in a motorcycle
Ogs731: ok Tim?
MacMan5000: why not???
lizardlizard42: where has that monkey been?
winikits has left the room.
madwingnut: i know...i asked him to defend harvard in one of my emails and he never replied
madwingnut: oh woops...forgot...the winner of the staff raffle is....
madwingnut: MADISON!!!!!!!!!!
madwingnut: ok you know what.
madwingnut: i have no more posters
lizardlizard42: where are THOSE monkeys?
winikits has entered the room.
madwingnut: *turns pockets inside out*
Fasd: is anyone here as freaked out as me by all the earthquakes going on around the world
MacMan5000: uh-oh
Fasd: (re: quake in japan today)
madwingnut: it happened last eyar too...a rash of disasters
madwingnut: quite frightening...
Ogs731: Ok, people, I might get disconnected at any given time, for no darn reason. If that happens, I won't get online again. It would wake up my dad.
madwingnut: i mean think about it...any one of us could be put out of house and home in the next minute...u never know
Ogs731: just in case, you know
MacMan5000: ah, life in the bronx. lol, j/k.
madwingnut: noisy modem?
madwingnut: or beating up the modem?
MacMan5000: well, sure, my dial-up SCREAMS.
timlu42 has left the room.
madwingnut: turn down the volume?
madwingnut: mute it?
madwingnut: muffle it?
Ogs731: hey, no making fun of it
Ogs731: I can't
Ogs731: I tried
Ogs731: It won't work
MacMan5000: i wasn't. my dial-up doesn't shut up either.
timlu42 has entered the room.
madwingnut: hey did anyone get my last email about going to boston?
timlu42: Hey... Huy's mom is waiting for a call till 9:50
Fasd: quote from snl : brittney spears has announced that she is going to have a two part guest appearance on buffy the vampire slayer. the two parts are above her waist and below her neck.
MacMan5000: yeah, you ran into mika, right? weird...
madwingnut: me? no...
timlu42: his sn is "monkyjunky"
madwingnut: crayon
MacMan5000: oops, yeah, sorry
madwingnut: i might visit wellesley april 17-18....
MacMan5000: different e-mail. it's been a long week w/ the b-day and musical and all, k?
madwingnut: anyone be there?
madwingnut: no prob
MacMan5000: you get in there? sweet
quahog211: did you go early evaluation? or are you in?
madwingnut: early eval
lizardlizard42: dangit!
madwingnut: did u?
lizardlizard42: i had the wrong sn
MacMan5000: what's early evaluation?
quahog211: yup!
MacMan5000: i know, us clueless guys, lol
madwingnut: they send you "likely" or "not likely"
quahog211: kinda silly if you ask me...
madwingnut: are you going to spring open campus, meridith?
MacMan5000: weird...
timlu42: Sort of a way of softening the impact, I suppose?
MacMan5000: yeah...unless you get a "likely" and a "reject"
MacMan5000: then it's a regular THUD
madwingnut: that would be hella wrong
madwingnut: (sorry tim) :O
quahog211: not the apr. 17/18 days. seems like every school is having open campus those days and I've already been to wellesley a bunch of times...
timlu42: *rrrrrrr*
madwingnut: i've been there once...
madwingnut: nobody else in boston on those days? :-(
timlu42: You know that would be pretty funny... in a sad, heartless sort of way.
MacMan5000: i *might* be...or my sister is coming here. not sure.
Ogs731 has left the room.
timlu42: In big bold print... *reject*
madwingnut: oops...there goes orges
madwingnut: bye bye
MacMan5000: heh, oops.
madwingnut: *chuckles*
MacMan5000: oh well. and then there were eight...
Ogs731 has entered the room.
Ogs731: thanks tim
madwingnut: hey...he's back!
MacMan5000: oh! orges!
timlu42: and then there were nine... again
Ogs731: lol
madwingnut: (shhh, everyone! of course we weren't talking about orges behind his back!)
Ogs731: sorry about that
Ogs731: hey,hey
MacMan5000: heheh, hello orges!...
Ogs731: knock tha off
madwingnut: :p
MacMan5000: nothing at all, nothing at all
Ogs731: WHy, you little....
timlu42: So as I was saying about Orges when he left...
Ogs731: rascals
timlu42: j/k :-)
quahog211: tim, I can't believe you said that!
Ogs731: I know, how could, you man
Ogs731: ?
timlu42: Hey, Orges! you should have heard what Meredith was saying!
quahog211: shhh!
MacMan5000: yeah, that *was* pretty funny meredith
madwingnut: lol
timlu42: Man, she's got a wicked tongue!
Ogs731: <>
lizardlizard42: jake and i were talking about our "old boy network" from camp....
lizardlizard42: and it was like...
timlu42: I'd write a rap song bagging on her!
quahog211: I swear! they're making it all up! (well, most of it...)
lizardlizard42: if you need someone to set something up on the west coast... management etc... talk to calif / oregon
lizardlizard42: if you need west coast... talk to New Brunswick / Fla / RI / NY
lizardlizard42: if you need someone shot...
lizardlizard42: ...talk to Orges
lizardlizard42: :-)
Ogs731: lol
timlu42: And if you want to start up a cholo theme park in LA...
timlu42: I'm there!
Ogs731: hey, it's not alltha bad anymore
lizardlizard42: cholo?
Ogs731: I'ma changed man
timlu42: slang for gangster
MacMan5000: you forgot NJ! the armpit of america!!!
Ogs731: Really, I am
lizardlizard42: i didn't "forget" :-)
lizardlizard42: j/k
MacMan5000: oooh....ouch...
Ogs731: lol
madwingnut: yes...what is cholo?
quahog211: moded!
quahog211: :-P
MacMan5000: it maybe be because i'm from upstate, but even new yorkers aren't that harsh. usually.
lizardlizard42: how do you get a cholo theme park?
timlu42: cholo is slang for a gangster here
madwingnut: john: might ssp still be moved to new mexico? or has that been ruled out?
timlu42: Well, you start with wall people can spray paint graffiti...
jcrabold: If there is a New Mexico program, it would be a second campus.
timlu42: low-rider conventions...
madwingnut: at the mining institute of tech, right?
MacMan5000: cool. nice to know there'll always be ojai. :-)
madwingnut: or something like that
Ogs731: MIt, lol
timlu42: old cars with big hydrolics...
jcrabold: Short name is "New Mexico Tech".
Ogs731: oh darn
madwingnut: hey, one of my friends actually applied there!
jcrabold: Long names is omething like New Mexico School of Mines and ... ?
madwingnut: weird
timlu42: And you top it off with a drive through shooting range...
madwingnut: is there going to be a new telescope for ssp?
madwingnut: hey i wonder if they have actual mines where u can get firsthand experience...
quahog211: with a CCD camera?
lizardlizard42: tim: you're crazy... call me in 5 years... we'll plan :-)
MacMan5000: tiff, by any chance are you going into journalism?
madwingnut: prolly not...why?
jcrabold: The astrograph you all used is currently being completely refurbished. Optics cleaned, all new wiring, new mounting.
lizardlizard42: Noooo!!! no CCD!!!!
timlu42: Crazy?! Guys, one of my crazy ideas is going to make me a millionaire someday...
madwingnut: nice...
MacMan5000: and an ultra-high-powered holographic laser beam to eliminate the annoying mood once and for all?!?!?!?
timlu42: that, or a debtor.
MacMan5000: er, MOON?
madwingnut: to blow it up?
lizardlizard42: ...need...non...digital... keep...old...ways...coooool....dark..room... must...stop....
madwingnut: geez louise
jcrabold: Then we plan to buy a 10-inch Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain with a CCD camera.
madwingnut: sweet!!!
MacMan5000: yes! blow up the moon! it's too darn bright!....did someone say CCD?
madwingnut: but they'd still use the astrograph and the measuring engines, right?
jcrabold: The CCD stuff would be "on the side". Everyone sees the importance of keeping SSP very "hands on".
timlu42: You know, the Tim Lu way of dealing with the moon is to blast it... but then again, I'm not running the world... yet
MacMan5000: i knew tim would understand. thanks.
madwingnut: yep yep...if we had to deal with the measuring engine...future generations had better do it too
Fasd: you know, we were all the way out in the desert, right next to happy valley, i'm surprised there were no "natural" poppy plants lying around ;-)
madwingnut: har har
jcrabold: Yes, take photos with the astrograph on sheet film. Plates got way too expensive. Develop them. Measure them with the engines.
lizardlizard42: ahhh... cool... Dr. Hammer's Celestron available to us was way cool
timlu42: You know, I didn't mind the measuring engine...
lizardlizard42: it's nice to have something on the side for rec usage
madwingnut: i did. it actually damaged my eyesight
MacMan5000: and they'd better do THREE winds ALL the ways, forwards AND backwards. (sheet film? would that be larger than the plates, or slide nicely onto the engine?)
Fasd: too bad chris and noel aren't online, we could reenact for you guys our measuring engine antics :-)
madwingnut: but my eyesight is quite sensitive, so everything damanges it anway
Fasd: doesn't anyone remember (AGAIN! AGAIN!)
Fasd: ?
Ogs731: lol
timlu42: It's a bonding experience... nothing like a measuring engine, a six pack of cactus coolers, and three guys (or girls) holed up in a room
MacMan5000: the BSB? how could I forget?
Ogs731: I souldn't sleep
lizardlizard42: AGAIN! AGAIN ???????
Ogs731: couldn't
timlu42: for hours...
madwingnut: gotta get laser eye correction someday or i'll go blind...almost am...
jcrabold: The sheet film is exactly the same size and uses the exact same emulsion.
madwingnut: hehe
madwingnut: wow...how many places in the world can one buy plates anymore anyway?
timlu42: Dunno, laser eye correction may *cause* blindness
MacMan5000: does it break upon dropping and rolling down a large hill, lol
Fasd: but the staff can't play practical jokes on us anymore

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