Trapped at Berkeley

I wrapped up an FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) yesterday and learned something new during the inspection: the use of PTFE ‘Teflon’ tape on instrumentation joints is generally banned in oil refineries because the tape can tear off inside a pipe and accumulate at a valve, increasing the chances for equipment failure.

For those who haven’t done much plumbing, PTFE tape is an inexpensive, white, plastic tape that is commonly wound around pipe threads to enhance the sealing of a joint. It also acts as a lubricant of sorts, which can be a big help when disassembling a pipe joint at a later date. Teflon tape has become a staple of the plumbing industry and can be found at any respectable home improvement store. Heck, as a general rule of thumb, I always put Teflon tape on a metal pipe joint just because there wasn’t really harm in doing so in the household — it didn’t harm the pipe, and it ensured a more secure seal.

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Is it OK to make a deal with God? What happens if either side doesn’t uphold their end of the bargain?

(10:38:13) Me: i have to learn harvard asm
(10:38:16) Me: *sigh*
(10:38:35) Friend: lol
(10:38:48) Friend: they gonna have like ivy league jokes in the asm
(10:38:58) Friend: woudl you like some tea and crumpets sir
(10:38:59) Friend: har har
(10:39:02) Friend: indeed i do
(10:39:11) Friend: have you seen the latest football game with yale
(10:39:22) Friend: i say… we did very well in it
(10:39:26) Friend: yes… very well indeed

The following is the log of an online conversation I had with one of my friends when I asked her about the advantages of various IRA accounts:

(22:44:47) Me: hey business major!
(22:44:58) Me: why would someone want a roth ira instead of a regular ira?
(22:46:23) Me: actually, why traditional instead of roth?
(03:13:00) Friend: oh
(03:13:11) Friend: cuz r0th, the total contribution = 4000
(03:13:23) Friend: total;, = roth + traditio
(03:13:33) Friend: whereas thet raditional, the limit itself is 4000
(03:13:42) Friend: roths are tax exe,pt
(03:14:37) Friend: ur contirbutions are after-ax,and the money y get from it arent taxed
(03:14:58) Friend: rtarditional iras, its before tax contribution , and the money u get from the trad ira is taxed
(03:15:06) Friend: sorrry im reALLLLLY cdrunk
(03:15:14) Friend: here is someone who is less drunk ahtn i am
(03:15:57) Friend: um, nm he said what i sed

Financial advice from drunk business majors…

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will also display games in wide-screen, high-definition format. It will be powered by three 3.2-gigabyte processors, compared with a single 733-megahertz processor in the current Xbox.
Eric A. Taub, The New York Times

Three 3.2-gigabyte processors? The new Xbox must incorporate some new computer methodology.

Why can’t a great newspaper like the New York Times hire people who actually understand technology to report about it?

Labor and Tory, originally uploaded by zeroion.

This is the second in my series of UC Berkeley signs missing letters. Find the first here.

I think this picture is appropriately timed, considering the recent elections in Great Britain. For those that don’t get it, think about the two main British political parties.

Penguin Meets A Huge Leech, originally uploaded by zeroion.

Perhaps the penguin represents Linux and the leech represents Microsoft, who has been “leeching” ideas from Apple and Linux. Unfortunately I didn’t have any apples in my fridge…

I’m about as “fuck the status quo, change the dominant paradigm” as you can get. I think what the US did in Iraq was totally illegal, and that Bushie and his gang of international thugs should be treated just like we treated the Nazis after WWII: a perfunctory trial, then hangings all around. If I had to choose between having Bushie in the White House and Saddam Hussein in the White House, I’d pick Saddam without even thinking twice.
“As Seen On TV”, Slashdot Comment

Perhaps “As Seen on TV” hasn’t heard about Saddam’s mass graves…

Stephen deleted the last thing I wrote. I said he was a _____ but apparently he doesn’t like that. He’s hiding something! *gasp*

Kidding. <3

~the blog-napper.

pho shizzle, originally uploaded by Abu.

This is insane and funny. Vietnamese stores just have a knack for coming up with (intentionally and unintentionally) funny names and signs…

via: no_clue’s livejournal