The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @lopp ever

July 2010

“The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.” - Gene Roddenberry

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Never pass up a bathroom, never waste a hard-on, and never trust a fart.

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Great design does not come from great processes; it comes from great designers.

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tracing a ‘slow page load’ bug: find slow function => slow query => slow internal DAO call => strace process => slow brk (malloc) call => ?

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I rarely dream of the future - it comes along soon enough.

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real men don’t blindfire

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“The man who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the man who is trying to do it.”

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Getting married was the best thing that ever happened to me. Getting divorced was also the best thing ever. Funny how things work out.

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Want to know why divorce rates are so high? Women marry men with the hopes of changing them. Men get married hoping things remain the same.

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new hobby: finding OKCupid profiles of folks claiming to be grammarians and mercilessly editing their grammatical errors. (it’s wiki-like)

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drive it like you stole it (very carefully so that you don’t get pulled over by the authorities)

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do you constantly find yourself stuck in the friend zone? sound advice for breaking out: http://bit.ly/cUmTFJ

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i look forward to watching this fledgling meme grow http://bit.ly/9Jy8bH

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meaningless and overused self descriptive terms: “laid back”, “easy going”, “shy at first but outgoing”, “love to have fun”, “love to laugh”

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knee dragging, OR, how to look cool while riding ANYTHING http://imgur.com/a/08D57…

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in this week's episode of "why we can't have nice things" - the outdoor temperature sensor. ta http://twitpic.com/27zlay

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at last, facebook’s new photo uploader doesn’t lock up firefox like the old java-based one

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hopped up on adrenaline after a night of paintball. time to wind down with a panther joose from @carolinewv

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it’s perfect weather… for KILLIN! @bronto #paintball tonight!!!

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ever type a password into an IM that just popped up? pro-tip: use pidgin as your client and use the text replacement plugin to auto-erase it

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not a sound marketing strategy: advertising your paint job & body work business on the side of a 40 year old rust bucket

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here you go, marketeers - the problem with A/B testing: http://bit.ly/9c45Q3

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measurements indicated i’d have 6” of clearance in the garage. reality had a different opinion… http://twitpic.com/26whhn

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i’m 1/3 of the way to my goal of owning a truck-boat-truck! yeeeeeeehaw! http://twitpic.com/26wd6j

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“I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40 http://bit.ly/b7JTbZ

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the internet would be a better place if there were more 4chans (or more responsible parents) http://bit.ly/deC7bt

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i called it - inception is this year’s matrix. best film of the year by far.

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nothing is any good if other people like it

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extremely glad i went to the trouble of having duplicates of the bike key made because the original just broke off in it

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@tab126 The closest thing would be a clay bar (for paint finish cleaning) but it still can’t beat the ol’ fingernail on the tough spots

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the first person who invents a cleaning tool that acts like the back of a fingernail will become rich beyond their wildest dreams

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“Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free.” - Linus Torvalds

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@braddyg hawt, but i’m guessing it’s ramp jumping days are over :-/

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re: aforementioned truck http://imgur.com/Nw9aY.j… - this person drives around durham with ‘coon hunter’ emblazoned across the windshield

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response to ‘can i have the VIN to pull a carfax report’: I DNT HAVE ENY RECORDS AND I CANNOT GIVE YOU THE VIN JUST COME AND SEE

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personal air bags for bikers are currently in the racing prototype phase. will this open up a new set of riders once they hit retail stores?

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the garage is feeling a lot roomier now… http://twitpic.com/25cio6

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at this rate the next generation won’t know the meaning of AFK

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lies, damn lies, and internet dating. another excellent analysis by OkCupid: http://okcupid.com/z/bc83

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after test driving a few vehicles, i’m actually leaning toward a truck and 2 pairs of doggles http://doggles.com/doggl…

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selling my car in charlotte tomorrow and taking train back to durham. what to buy next? must hold 2 large dogs and tow motorcycle. no SUVs!

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is this an indicator that i ride too much? when walking on a sidewalk, i glance down to check my mirrors…

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@ddahlke [ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / || echo “You live”

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a sound plan for fixing the world cup: http://bit.ly/c5OOkw

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will ‘Inception’ be the next ‘Matrix’ ? http://www.youtube.com/w…

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‘motorcyclist’ magazine fires journalist of 25 years for scientifically proving that Snell helmet standard is bullshit http://bit.ly/cWjeCF

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it has begun. how long until we see the first wave of ‘IQ discrimination’ lawsuits? (not in china, obviously) http://bit.ly/burOZU

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override safety protocols; authorization code ‘shut the fuck up and do what I tell you’

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how are YOU beating the heat? http://bit.ly/TS3Mg

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yes, it’s hot outside - it’s even hotter when you’re straddling a 200 degree block of metal

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it’s not a real tv show until robert picardo has made an appearance

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i just voted North Korea for “Justin Bieber My World Tour” vote! http://faxo.com/t

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why liberals should love the second amendment: http://bit.ly/b9IRNW

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a big thank you to all the folks who refrained from calling the police tonight. no snitchin!

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It has been calculated that since the birth of our nation more lives have been lost celebrating our independence than in fighting to win it.

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two words: street legal. http://bit.ly/9t6MIR

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apparently NCSECU has 3 hours of ‘scheduled maintenance’ every night… smells fishy if you ask me.

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fb won’t implement ‘dislike’ b/c research shows positive networks flourish while negativity flounders… i’m more interested in criticism

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saw a show w/aliens planning to plunge the earth into perpetual darkness by fixing the moon in place during an eclipse. see a problem here?

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