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Eagles Pro Bowl tackle Jason Peters arrested for resisting arrest and under a noise violation -- (link) - Beaker Mar 28, 08:42
"Hi, I was told to call today for my biopsy results" "Please hold" *music* "Thanks. Name? DOB? Okay, we'll call you back" - ty97 Mar 28, 08:41 7
- does that phrase exist out of ST? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 28, 08:42 4
  - don't think so ... it was a late night drunken Ikariam rant by CQ. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 08:43 3
    - I'm trying to expand it into RL usage. -- nm - ty97 Mar 28, 08:44 1
      - me too. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 08:45
    - (so I guess it exists on Ika) -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 08:44
- oh, thanks for reminding me. - loosilu Mar 28, 08:42 1
  - not ready yet. how lame. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 08:45
"Instead of building robots that go where humans never could," - prayformojo Mar 28, 08:26 5
- this site is spooky - Danedukenuuk Mar 28, 08:43
- I want to be married by a robot. That sounds memorable. -- nm - David Mar 28, 08:38 2
  - "Do you promise to honor and KILL ALL HUMANS?" -- nm - Reagen Mar 28, 08:39 1
    - It's no different from a Futurama suicide booth when you think about it. (nm) - David Mar 28, 08:40
- Aren't the ones in europe purpose-built to do specific tasks in specific environments? - Beryllium Mar 28, 08:33
Anybody use The Learning Company's products? I'm on my 2nd course and am really enjoying it. -- nm - ceregon Mar 28, 08:21 2
- Is that the same as Teaching Company? We used to buy everything from them and then they started screwing up every.single.order. After a year of - Amy Mar 28, 08:27 1
  - I got one of their catalogs just the other day. Some of their subjects looked really interesting. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 28, 08:39
TV PSA: no Chuck, House and HIMYM look like repeats -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 08:19 2
- New episode of Twenty Twelve with Jessica Hynes (from Spaced). -- nm - LMS Mar 28, 08:29
- Event, American Pickers, and Heavy are new -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 08:20
So, we're offsite for the week while they remodel the office and... - Mel Profit Mar 28, 08:12 10
- *hopes it's just a quirk of routing, and the system is actually fine.* Did you jiggle the cables at your offsite location? - Beryllium Mar 28, 08:16 9
  - the programmers did something... - Mel Profit Mar 28, 08:20 8
    - uh oh... - Mel Profit Mar 28, 08:22 7
      - It begins. -- nm - Stuxnet Mar 28, 08:24 2
        
        alternate It Begins. -- nm - VIP Mar 28, 08:27 1
        
        I am actually going to quote Theodan if it does happen just as it starts. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 08:41
      - How many print jobs do you run per hour? Hundreds? Thousands? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 28, 08:24 3
        
        low hundreds at best is my guess... - Mel Profit Mar 28, 08:25 2
        
        could the crash be caused by a full queue? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 28, 08:31 1
        
        not likely. - Mel Profit Mar 28, 08:40
LYC: I tried pho for the first time this weekend (warning, the IM might turn a weak stomach) - con_carne Mar 28, 08:12 1
- White, clear, and gummy, could be tripe? - MojaveMeg Mar 28, 08:21
Mad Men season 4 includes a 3 part documentary about divorce in the 60's? happy happy joy joy -- nm - JenBro Mar 28, 08:04
We may have some casting news that would make Kelly very happy, particularly if you fancy a trip to Ireland in May/June. -- nm - LMS Mar 28, 08:02 6
- Clive Owen? -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 08:05 5
  - Hopefully. -- nm - LMS Mar 28, 08:08 4
    - I'm in London in May, I will fly to Ireland to befriend him - MDH Mar 28, 08:17 3
      - Drinkies while you're over? -- nm - LMS Mar 28, 08:21 2
        
        he's gay, honey -- nm - moles Mar 28, 08:34 1
        
        Jeez, you do one gay role in your career... -- nm - LMS Mar 28, 08:43
b2 celedring: "Juliet, Naked" by Nick Hornby is *all* about the unfulfilled dreams -- nm - moles Mar 28, 07:54 1
- Oh! Story of my life -- nm - JenBro Mar 28, 08:39
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- That right there is some very quality smack talk. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 28, 08:09
European TV networks not airing Simpsons episodes that deal with nuclear meltdowns -- (link) - Beaker Mar 28, 07:49
Morning. I need to replace my wireless router. Anyone have experience with Cisco Valet? It was recommended to me but - bc/nc Mar 28, 07:47 1
- I have had good luck with Buffalo Wireless routers, especially the ones that can use DD-WRT. It has been rock solid at my house -- nm - oblique Mar 28, 08:20
13 of us in my money brackets pool and not a single one of us got Elite Eight points. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 28, 07:45 3
- I am going to win our office pool if Kentucky beats UCONN - no one else is close. - Epiphany Mar 28, 08:34
- I actually had 3 Elite 8 teams (no Final 4) and came in 2nd in our 14 person challenge. - Jim Mar 28, 07:49 1
  - Oh, that's what I meant. We got points for correctly guessing Elite Eight teams in the Sweet Sixteen round, but everybody whifted on getting the... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 28, 07:52
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my boss is drawing some kind of diagram on my whiteboard and muttering to himself. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 07:28 12
- is your boss this kid? -- (link) - znufrii Mar 28, 07:44 1
  - close enough, sometiems. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 07:48
- if he starts dropping things in mailboxes at the outskirts of town in the middle of the night...worry. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:29 9
  - it does appear to be about logistics. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 07:33 7
    - He's auditioning to be the next weird UPS guy -- nm - Roger More Mar 28, 07:52 2
      - He just wrote "CCPs". I asked what CCPs are. he said "Casualty Collection Points" - loosilu Mar 28, 07:53 1
        
        Ah, so he's setting them up close to the trucking depots. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 28, 08:01
    - Fallout clouds? :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 28, 07:36 3
      - My best guess right now is FEMA trucking contracts. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 07:39 2
        
        or identifying chinese operatives in the CIA. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:41 1
        
        true, but my whiteboard isn't cleared for classified. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 07:43
  - Governing Dynamics! -- nm - Bacon Mar 28, 07:32
One of the posts on this board is a true L5. -- nm - David Mar 28, 07:24 3
- Now there are two -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 28, 07:31
- my guess -- (link) - amanda jones, transitarian Mar 28, 07:30 [Backboard] 1
  - How was that an L5? -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 07:32
STIS: I'm working in Adobe and seem to have lost the little "Bookmarks" tab on the left. How can I get it back? -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 07:18
Not sure if it was posted before, but for ST Netflix Kidlets: Sesame Street is streaming -- (link) - oblique Mar 28, 07:15
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- HGH. -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 07:08
nmb Diva - MDH Mar 28, 06:58 3
- nmbmdh - Diva Mar 28, 06:59 2
  - Sounds great! Cosi is in the building I work in... (that Cosi right) - MDH Mar 28, 07:00 1
    - yep - I wanted to meet there because I figured it'd be easy. yay! -- nm - Diva Mar 28, 07:01
for MDH: Make sure to walk across teh Mass Ave Bridge and count the Smoots. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 06:54 10
- and will you go to that oyster place where I lost my barrette when I was in boston in 1998 and see if they have it? - amanda jones, transitarian Mar 28, 07:09 1
  - this is the real reason why you hate Boston, isn't it? -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 07:11
- the what? -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 06:56 2
  - ah, so happy you asked. It's MIT's most famous prank. -- (link) - loosilu Mar 28, 06:57 1
    - I did see those markings, but had no idea what they meant. -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 06:59
- ah, yes, the smoots. - znufrii Mar 28, 06:55 4
  - plus *or minus* one ear. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 06:56 3
    - would never have known that, had I not just read the wikipedia page to refresh my memory. - znufrii Mar 28, 06:58 2
      - how awesome is that? I also just read in the wiki that Google Calculator includes Smooths. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 06:59 1
        
        smoots. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 06:59
I don't think we've updated the Survivor holdings in a while (spoils) - Jim Mar 28, 06:52
Time.com: The 140 Best Twitter Feeds -- (link) - ty97 Mar 28, 06:52
Weekend Movies -- Winter's Bone, A; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, A+ -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 06:49 61
- Underworld 3: N/C (went to bed rather than watch the ending). Man that movie seemed like it was shot in a well -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 07:45
- Twelve and Holding, A- -- nm - con_carne Mar 28, 07:42
- To the Sucker Punchers.... So is it worth seeing at the cheap theatre? You kinda make it out to be an interesting failure worth seeing to know why. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 28, 07:39 5
  - "cheap theater?" The music and visuals are fantastic. If the "cheap theater" has crappy screens and sound, then...no. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 28, 07:43
  - I honestly don't think he missed by much. At some point, you'll want to watch it. -- nm - David Mar 28, 07:42 2
    - agreed. i think people may come back to this somewhat -- nm - Remlik on the new 'droid Mar 28, 08:24
    - I'll be interested to see if the unrated version improves it. - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:43
  - It is exactly that...an interesting failure. - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:39
- Sucker Punch (D-), School Ties (gentlemen's B) -- nm - ceregon Mar 28, 07:33
- Edward Scissorhands A, Dumb and Dumber B -- nm - Bacon Mar 28, 07:21 2
  - I watched a big chunk of Dumb and Dumber and it never fails to crack me up huge. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:31 1
    - this -- nm - Beaker Mar 28, 07:46
- Sucker Punch: Whatever grade you give when the women are very pretty, the action is shiny, and the story is a complete catastrophe. - David Mar 28, 07:20 1
  - A+ -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 28, 07:31
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- Re-watched Season 6 episodes1-13 of Lost. Damn that was a good season. -- nm - MDH Mar 28, 07:17
- Quantum of Solace (again) - C (appalling editing, otherwise it might have been good), Before Sunset - A-. -- nm - LMS Mar 28, 07:14
- The Other Guys: C -- nm - oblique Mar 28, 07:12
- Limitless, B+ -- nm - Andie Mar 28, 07:08
- Sucker Punch - I don't know what to grade it. - Kim Pine Mar 28, 07:03 23
  - the first action sequence is stunning. - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:13 2
    - spoils - Kim Pine Mar 28, 07:17 1
      - I had the same problem with that as well...(spoilers) - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:24
  - I don't know what grade to give it either. It really could have worked well, but missed badly. - Diva Mar 28, 07:11 19
    - I feel like there was an excellent R-rated movie hidden in there somewhere. -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 07:15 5
      - the guy who played the club owner said they cut most of his lines as they were going for pg 13 -- nm - Remlik on the new 'droid Mar 28, 08:23
      - You people need to stop settling. NC-17/XXX or die! -- nm - David Mar 28, 07:22 1
        
        Yes!! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 28, 07:38
      - qale said this -- why did the studio need pg-13? -- (link) - amanda jones, transitarian Mar 28, 07:20 [Backboard]
      - yep. agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:18
    - I was thinking this morning...I really hope it doesn't derail Snyder's ability to get stuff made. - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:14 12
      - He's making the next Superman movie. -- nm - Diva Mar 28, 07:17 11
        
        Supes is going to be a bad-ass then. - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:19 10
        
        Did you see Owls of Ga'Hoole? - Kim Pine Mar 28, 07:24 9
        
        No. I couldn't think of a movie I had less interest in recently. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:25 8
        
        Mars Needs Moms? -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 28, 07:32 7
        
        I think I'd see that, if forced, first. Warrior Owls makes me laugh. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:33 6
        
        that was Snyder, too. It suffers from the same sort of shiny but pointless that Sucker Punch kind of does. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 28, 07:35 5
        
        that's unfortunate. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:40
        
        And has a similarly ill-considered villain. - David Mar 28, 07:39 3
        
        a film director in love with his toys at the expense of character and storytelling? say it isn't so! :) -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 07:45
        
        spoiler question - Diva Mar 28, 07:43 1
        
        Spoilers - David Mar 28, 07:54
- Sucker Punch (C+), Dinner for Schmucks (B) -- nm - nubby Mar 28, 07:02
- Paul: B; Sucker Punch(including end credits): D+; Sucker Punch(excluding end credits): B- -- nm - Ender Mar 28, 07:02 10
  - yeah those end credits were wack. -- nm - Diva Mar 28, 07:24 1
    - "wiggity-whack?" "no, just the regular type." -- nm - znufrii Mar 28, 07:32
  - What happens during the end credits? -- nm - David Mar 28, 07:21 7
    - (spoilers) - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:32 6
      - spoils - Remlik on the new 'droid Mar 28, 08:27
      - [censored by Net Nanny] - David Mar 28, 07:34 4
        
        did you run out of there and miss it? -- nm - Diva Mar 28, 07:35 3
        
        Yes, we had a hectic Saturday, but we could have spared the five minutes if we'd known. - David Mar 28, 07:38 2
        
        No, you're better off for having missed it. - Ender Mar 28, 07:54
        
        it was sort of a head scratcher anyway. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 28, 07:41
- Sucker Punch - C- (spoilers) - Mel Profit Mar 28, 06:55 1
  - *spoils* - Ender Mar 28, 07:07
- Sucker Punch (C) nm - Jovian Mar 28, 06:55
- The Fighter, A-. The Social Network, A-. -- nm - loosilu Mar 28, 06:52
- (today) The Adjustment Bureau - B- for the conceptualized theory, C- for application (spoilers) - Hotkiss Mar 28, 06:52
- Sucker Punch (B), Red (B+), Mystery Team (D), The Crazies (B-), The Secret In Their Eyes (A). -- nm - JaxSean Mar 28, 06:52
just roll the beautiful bean footage already. -- nm - amanda jones, transitarian Mar 28, 06:49

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