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I think Win 7 has a different default font. Things look different in an unpleasant way. Anybody know where that setting is hidden? -- nm - TWuG Mar 30, 07:19 3
- This might help. -- (link) - mara Mar 30, 07:21 2
  - Yikes. I can move files properly and you want me to edit the registry!? Are you nuts!? :-) -- nm - TWuG Mar 30, 07:23 1
    - In addition to being unable to move files, I also can't type/spell. "can't" not "can" -- nm - TWuG Mar 30, 07:24
After a month of vacation, I have to head back to work 2 hours after my plane lands, ugh. -- nm - Hotkiss Mar 30, 07:19 5
- Clearly, the answer is to stay drunk all day -- nm - con_carne Mar 30, 07:22
- I think I hear the stirrings of the world's smallest violin. - TWuG Mar 30, 07:22
- Must be rough -- nm - Bacon Mar 30, 07:20
- You don't expect a lot of sympathy after a month vacation, do ya? :) -- nm - Jim Mar 30, 07:20 1
  - Especially since the flight was, presumably, her own choice. -- nm - mara Mar 30, 07:22
Hmm. Reading Newegg, I see that "Recertified" is the new "Refurbished". -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 07:17 1
- Has been for a long time now. Dell tried to sell me recertified memory just yesterday. - David Mar 30, 07:21
Rumsfeld is giving his view of Libya on CBS This Morning. He's now an expert on war!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 30, 07:11 5
- I wanted to punch him in the face. He had no value to the discussion. " ...it is harmful....blah blah...harmful!..." it's his new favorite word. - Epiphany Mar 30, 07:21 1
  - I am waiting for his Fog of War documentary where he admits he's full of shit. - Bacon Mar 30, 07:22
- "Whatever Obama thinks or does, put me down for the opposite. Kthxbai!" -- nm - TWuG Mar 30, 07:13
- Unless he starts with, "I hope they learned from all my failings." -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:11 1
  - He wants to put in ground troops to search for Ghadafi's weapons of mass distruction. - Bacon Mar 30, 07:13
Hey, look at that...Auburn boosters are paying players. - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:09 26
- Ooh, the handshakes have gone up. They were hundred dollar handshakes when I was at UT. -- nm - David Mar 30, 07:16 7
  - Did any of these guys play on the 2004 team? Article says 2007 is the latest, but not the earliest? - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:19 6
    - Yes, I'm sure Utah is perfectly clean. - David Mar 30, 07:22 3
      - But I still fooled you, didn't I? (heh-heh-heh...) - Urban Meyer si Mar 30, 07:24
      - *grin* Well, i'm just going down the list till we can get Duke/Vandy for the national title - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:23 1
        
        You think Cutler didn't get paid? -- nm - David Mar 30, 07:24
    - And yep, 2 of them were on that 2004 team. - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:22 1
      - Still, they were clearly the best team. - David Mar 30, 07:23
- At this point I think I'd be more surprised if there was a program that wasn't paying players in some way. - TWuG Mar 30, 07:11 13
  - They're awesome at enforcement whenever barbecue is involved. - David Mar 30, 07:15
  - Some from column A, some from column B. - Kim Pine Mar 30, 07:14 2
    - Except Vanderbilt..... - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:14 1
      - ouch -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 07:17
  - The latter, I think, when there's this much money involved. -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 07:14
  - I think the latter.....but the former doesn't deter anyone. - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:14 6
    - If there is value in the players being true amateurs, then, yeah, be militant in enforcement. But is there value in - TWuG Mar 30, 07:15 5
      - and to take that line of inquiry one step further... - znufrii Mar 30, 07:19 3
        
        Yep. Let's be honest, the higher mission of higher education is get paid. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:20 2
        
        but usually that doesn't happen, if at all, until after you graduate... -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 07:21 1
        
        When you are drowning in student loans. Well not the athletes on scholarship. Which means they do get paid. -- nm - Bacon Mar 30, 07:23
      - Doesn't matter in my mind; the NCAA feels so, so actually do what it takes to keep it clean. - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:17
  - right. and both for the IM -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 07:13
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- They are doing it for the Trees.... -- nm - Bacon Mar 30, 07:10 2
  - Oh, no comments from the Bought and Paid For section - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:10 1
    - Quack Quack!! - Bacon Mar 30, 07:12
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- no an opinion is just that - Danedukenuuk Mar 30, 07:10
- Doesn't stop STers (including myself), why would it stop lawyers? :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 30, 07:09
Google has some fast internet -- (link) - TWuG Mar 30, 06:58 3
- "a typical HD rip of a movie, running 4 gigabytes, would be downloaded in full in around 2 minutes." Welcome to the future. -- nm - David Mar 30, 07:17
- dang. I thought my 50.44 up/61,07 down at work was pretty good. -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 07:08
- So does Google's Mom. -- nm - Bacon Mar 30, 06:59
DML -- In NYC tomorrow and Friday. Do I drink with friends tomorrow night and go to work hungover on Friday, or do I drink Friday night and drive home - znufrii Mar 30, 06:50 10
- or do I play hookey from work tomorrow and go to opening day at the Stadium? -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 06:58 9
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    - saw a pair of upper deck seats on stubhub yesterday for $27 -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 07:00 7
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        Hardly. - znufrii Mar 30, 07:01 5
        
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        at this point we pretty much just assume that's your recommendation. -- nm - mafic Mar 30, 07:11 3
        
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        for me it's strictly a pragmatic choice of consequences - znufrii Mar 30, 07:16
        
        my only question was if someone else would beat him to it. - znufrii Mar 30, 07:11
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- this is pretty much guaranteed to end in a messy public murder, right? - mafic Mar 30, 07:04 6
  - I would love it. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 30, 07:04 5
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      - I want to hang out with Chase Utley - groiny Mar 30, 07:06 1
        
        *looks at you, looks at him* Oh trust us, we'll be on him, all night long. - Hookers Mar 30, 07:07
      - "Can you believe what Kenny Williams gave me at the trade deadline?" "Ozzie, shouldn't you be in the dugout?" "Oh, my kid's doing it." -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:06
    - I probably would for the first month or 2...after that, the reality would be setting in. - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:05
- *every* game? *shoots self in face* -- nm - Jovian Mar 30, 07:00
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  - There's a chance that's a 70-80 hour work week, just watching the games - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:01 1
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- sounds great but i'd guess i need to learn the rules first - Danedukenuuk Mar 30, 06:54
- Damn, I wasn't selected. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 06:50 3
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    - Way too much chance I'd free-lance. - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:00 1
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- remember seeing the job posting here. Didn't realize it'd be two people - znufrii Mar 30, 06:45
- ugh -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 06:44
Japan to scrap stricken nuclear reactors -- (link) - Pro7 s.i. Mar 30, 06:38
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- Whatev. We'll relaunch/reboot again in 5 years. -- nm - WB si Mar 30, 07:01 1
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- *climax* *splurt* -- nm - Batman si Mar 30, 06:45
Insidious does not look like it's worth going to a 10pm screening tomorrow night, does it? - Andie Mar 30, 06:36 3
- no way. surprised it's not a straight to DVD - SM keeps asking me what " Insidious" means - Epiphany Mar 30, 06:48 1
  - Latin for crappy horror film? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 06:48
- I butt love this trailer. nm - Dignan Mar 30, 06:41
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- she is someone special... -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 06:36
Thank me later. Justified's Natalie Zea (Winona) in an Esquire photoshoot -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 30, 06:32 4
- I adore her - but she is a member of " eat a sammich already" club - Epiphany Mar 30, 06:50
- this is to hot for the workplace??????? -- nm - Pro7 s.i. Mar 30, 06:49 2
  - see through nipplage -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 06:50 1
    - i need new glases - Danedukenuuk Mar 30, 06:55
Unilever's Vaseline Men is launching an online "Keep Your Grip Challenge" game on Wednesday linked heavily to the NFL and next month's NFL draft.... - Walt_ Disney Mar 30, 06:29 1
- "keep your grip"? Happy Hump Day indeed. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 06:31
Since Bery mentioned the BOP Power Rankings on B2. Just did mine for tonight's Survivor...what are your PRs for Survivor? - Jim Mar 30, 06:24 2
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  - Rock on....thanks. Just ordered. -- nm - Jim Mar 30, 06:44
also, here is a *serious* LYC: I'm wearing birthday tights today. I missed my birthday the last two years so I am owed two wearings - amanda jones, transitarian Mar 30, 06:19
New Netflix streaming: Saving Grace S1-3, Gangs of New York. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 30, 06:14 2
- is Saving Grace worth watching? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 06:24 1
  - I have no idea. :) - JaxSean Mar 30, 06:30
Wasn't someone thinking of getting a Nintendo Wii soon? Buy.com has it for $159.99 shipped. -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 30, 06:11
Stupid sexay Angry Birds. *yawn* - JaxSean Mar 30, 06:02
State tax refund - deposited! - Diva Mar 30, 05:49 5
- yeah, the state is fast. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 30, 07:18
- woot - ~money, money, money - MONEY!~ -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 06:14
- Nice! See you at 12:30 right? -- nm - MDH Mar 30, 05:54 1
  - Yep! -- nm - Diva Mar 30, 06:05
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jz and I were talking about that photo of lindsay posted by remlik last night. there's this bar here that is notorious for - amanda jones, transitarian Mar 30, 05:39 1
- I'm now seriously grateful for my years of skin care. -- nm - Amy Mar 30, 06:57
Eric Clapton is 66 today -- nm - Remlik Mar 30, 05:37 1
- I think his wife is 33. -- nm - lileve Mar 30, 07:05
Sweet fancy moses. I maintain a database that collects data samples from a few dozen meters. Samples are generally collected at the rate of once - prayformojo Mar 30, 05:33
Karen Gillan to play 60s supermodel Jean Shrimpton in We'll Take Manhattan about the explosive love affair between Shrimpton & David Bailey. -- nm - LMS Mar 30, 04:35 1
- ~ She had hair like Jeannie Shrimpton back in 1965...~ - bc/nc Mar 30, 05:08
Mel Alert: US worker sues boss over height jokes -- (link) - Beaker Mar 30, 04:24 2
- First Up: I'm going to retain one of the ST Law Talkers to sue groiny. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 30, 04:34 1
  - well, at least I know I will never have to pay a dime. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 30, 06:33
Currently trending - the house that looks like Hitler -- (link) - LMS Mar 30, 03:48
Wake up -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 03:23
hmmm... dilemma. I have a friend coming back from canada in a little over a month. a new iPad might just make it by then, and I could save 10% - mafic Mar 30, 01:34
Regis on Letterman again, so who didn't show up and he had to fill in? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 00:19 1
- Snoop was the only scheduled guest. Probably just couldn't find anyone to schedule. -- nm - not2fast Mar 30, 06:17
heh, my friend's sister just flipped off the prime minister in traffic. - mafic Mar 29, 23:10 11
- That's awesome -- nm - Karl_S Mar 29, 23:59
- and with that two former allies go to DEFCON2 -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 29, 23:52
- "The Deep End was overrated!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 29, 23:24 1
  - "Cate Blanchett deserved that oscar!" -- nm - mafic Mar 29, 23:37
- Uh oh, she's going to get "the boot". -- nm - Trish Mar 29, 23:15
- Loosi, did you go to the Irish Embassy this year? -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 23:12 5
  - for like the third time, no. -- nm - loosilu Mar 29, 23:14 4
    - wait, you didn't go three times? Is that like Yes, We Have No Bananas? -- nm - Reagen Mar 29, 23:23
    - sorry. I must have missed them -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 23:14 2
      - they moved to Rome like 4 years ago. -- nm - loosilu Mar 29, 23:17 1
        
        I definately missed seeing that post :) -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 23:25
hey Bery! when you click on "your stats" it used to have a responses to your posts section. where'd it go? -- nm - mafic Mar 29, 23:07 5
- The query must be broken. Good catch. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Mar 29, 23:36 1
  - yep, that's exactly what it was. Fixed. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 23:44
- No one responds to your posts anymore? -- nm - psilotum Mar 29, 23:09 2
  - I wish I had that problem. -- nm - loosilu Mar 29, 23:18
  - *sigh* demoted off the C-list. -- nm - mafic Mar 29, 23:10
Monsters Inc. 2 will be a prequel, Monsters University, showing how Mike & Sully met before working together -- (link) - moles Mar 29, 23:06 7
- are there peoplee in this movie? -- nm - amanda jones, transitarian Mar 30, 05:32
- I have a Dixie cup dispenser from this movie! Still in the box even:) -- nm - JenBro Mar 29, 23:10 2
  - Talking Boo doll. She sings a babble version of the Beauty and the Beast song, and shouts "Mike Wasowski!" -- nm - Mop Mar 29, 23:29 1
    - i bet that never gets old -- nm - moles Mar 29, 23:30
- Some day I want to meet the pixie from the other dimension with a soul patch who actually like things. -- nm - Reagen Mar 29, 23:10 2
  - i love their movies that have been good - moles Mar 29, 23:11 1
    - We'll always have our devout love of "Ratattoille" in common. -- nm - Trish Mar 29, 23:16
I think Roger More mentioned this a few days ago, but couldn't remember the name. Bunchies! -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 29, 23:01
Jordan battles to regain 'priceless' Christian relics -- (link) - Pro7 s.i. Mar 29, 22:56 2
- How does he have the time while he tries to get the Bobcats into the playoffs.. -- nm - Bacon Mar 30, 07:03
- thanks. very interesting. -- nm - peglegpete Mar 29, 23:11
buy for a dollar, sell for two -- nm - proposition moles Mar 29, 22:53

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