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this -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 12:48 2
- this -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 12:48 1
  - THIS!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 12:49
This is kind of exciting for me, I think? I was promoting that new XY Magazine called B on BlueGhostSkater.com and got a shoutout via the editors FB. - Qale Apr 15, 12:48
Per Twitter: Fed shut down Pokerstars, Full Tilt, and Absolute Poker. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 15, 12:45 6
- WSJ link.... -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Apr 15, 12:49
- shit. I can't remember how much I had in PS still. - Reagen Apr 15, 12:48 1
  - I *just* threw $50 into Full Tilt last week and played my first online hands in about a year. My hunch is that it'll still work for Cdns. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 15, 12:49
- latimes: (linky) -- (link) - decline Apr 15, 12:47 1
  - wtf, feds? -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 12:48
- That's per Chad Millman fave gambler, Teddy Covers. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 15, 12:46
When will you see Scream 4 poll: - prayformojo Apr 15, 12:44 7
- 5:25 -- nm - Ender Apr 15, 13:08
- B -- nm - con_carne Apr 15, 12:49
- After I see Scream 2 and 3, I s'pose. -- nm - Jim Apr 15, 12:45 3
  - do not see 3. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 12:49
  - 2 was ok, 3 was horrendous -- nm - decline Apr 15, 12:49
  - this -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 12:48
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When scanning old photos, is there a big difference between 300 and 600 dpi? -- nm - sycor Apr 15, 12:42 17
- Yes but it depends on what you are doing. 300 is baseline. 600 is if you want to make it larger while not loosing resolution - lileve Apr 15, 12:45 3
  - I hate loose resolution -- nm - decline Apr 15, 12:46 2
    - And what of a loosi resolution? -- nm - bc/nc Apr 15, 12:47 1
      - is that noise? nope, just freckles -- nm - CQ Apr 15, 12:48
- 4x file size, more detail but also more flaws, paper texture -- nm - z's replacement droid Apr 15, 12:45
- On screen, not much until you try to blow up the dimensions. Printing at high quality will suffer with lower dpi. File size is larger at higher dpi. -- nm - TWuG Apr 15, 12:44
- well, it's 300 more dpi. - Reagen Apr 15, 12:44 5
  - basically my mom wants to have all the old family pictures scanned in. so I'm trying to get some information for her on what she should be looking at -- nm - sycor Apr 15, 12:47 4
    - 300 is a good enough resolution for most things you'd want to do. - Reagen Apr 15, 12:49 1
      - nope. just to digitize about 10 photo albums. -- nm - sycor Apr 15, 12:50
    - are you doing it or is she getting someplace to do it? -- nm - oblique Apr 15, 12:47 1
      - well, I was thinking about getting her the groupon deal from Scandigital.com. otherwise she would be going on her Brother print/fax/copy. -- nm - sycor Apr 15, 12:48
- depends whether you want to print them. higher DPI looks better. If they're just for the web, you want lower dpi for smaller file size. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 12:43
- I would say about 300 dpi or so. -- nm - decline Apr 15, 12:43 1
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- about 300 dpi. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 15, 12:43
Sure. -- nm - mara Apr 15, 12:41 4
- Huh. Is that bug back? This was meant to be a reply to loosi below. -- nm - mara Apr 15, 12:44 3
  - no, it shouldn't be back. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 12:45 1
    - Yeah, my next one posted fine, so I guess I just spaced out briefly. -- nm - mara Apr 15, 12:49
  - hee. I was scratching my head. All I'm saying is, there's already been too much jumping to conclusions about this girl. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 12:45
Roger Howarth is finally coming back to OLTL and they go and cancel it?! nmbf - Todd Manning Apr 15, 12:41
Writing Poll: I don't write letters in part because my handwriting is atrocious. How's your handwriting? -- nm - TWuG Apr 15, 12:37 21
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- all caps print style -- nm - CQ Apr 15, 12:46
- Chickens can't read it -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 12:45
- My penmanship is like that of a seven year old girl. It's pretty bad. -- nm - con_carne Apr 15, 12:44 2
  - maybe you're possessed -- nm - moles Apr 15, 12:45 1
    - This must be why I find Justin Bieber oddly soothing. -- nm - con_carne Apr 15, 12:47
- Very strong. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 15, 12:44
- I have pretty much abandoned script except for my signature. -- nm - bc/nc Apr 15, 12:42
- it *can* be quite nice, but generally is scrawl. -- nm - Andie Apr 15, 12:42
- great. it's everyone elses ability to comprehend it, which can be a problem -- nm - peglegpete Apr 15, 12:42
- pretty bad -- (link) - amanda jones Apr 15, 12:41
- fine, as long as I'm writing in all caps -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 12:41
- my handwriting has disintergrated into an illiterate's scrawl, and I suspect I get mail returned cause its not legible -- nm - z's replacement droid Apr 15, 12:40
- on a good day? not too bad. On a bad day? even the doctors and pharmacists are scratching their heads -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 15, 12:40
- really, really bad, and rapidly deteriorating -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 12:40
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- Perfect. And honestly, would you expect anything less? -- nm - Jim Apr 15, 12:39
- "Girly." -- nm - JaxSean Apr 15, 12:38
- it's decent, as long as I don't get impatient. But I always get impatient. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 12:38
- Weirdly inconsistent, but often pretty bad. -- nm - mara Apr 15, 12:38
- weird. legible but weird -- nm - moles Apr 15, 12:38
In 30 minutes I'm going to delete all our users from our Google Postini email account - oblique Apr 15, 12:33 11
- That's e-mail hosting? -- nm - lileve Apr 15, 12:44 2
  - spam filtering, specifically -- nm - oblique Apr 15, 12:45 1
    - There is a domain I'd like to buy and run my e-mail through it. Maybe have the data hit my gmail account. Advice? -- nm - lileve Apr 15, 13:04
- On a Friday afternoon? Near 100% -- nm - bc/nc Apr 15, 12:36 2
  - this -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 12:42
  - I thought about waiting until the weekend but then I'm likely to not be able to get any support from Google if things go badly -- nm - oblique Apr 15, 12:39
- pretty high, I'd expect. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 12:33 4
  - DNS TTL is pre-set to 5 minutes. I think worst case is I lose 5 minutes of email but there's not too many ways around that -- nm - oblique Apr 15, 12:35 3
    - Most email servers would queue & retry, I would think ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 12:35 2
      - I think it all depends on what Google's old servers do once our domain goes away. If they reply with "WTF, go to hell" then it's probably a bounce - oblique Apr 15, 12:41
      - I've gotten messages from major domo about trying and failing, sorry we give up -- nm - z's replacement droid Apr 15, 12:38
"�Friday Night Lights�: The end begins tonight. Unless you saw it on DirecTV already. Or DVD" - prayformojo Apr 15, 12:30 1
- *twitch* Didn't see it yet. Can't wait. Love that show -- nm - oblique Apr 15, 12:31
My wife just called me with an update on the hybrid battery we had to replace on the Prius a few weeks back. Toyota responded to our letter. - bc/nc Apr 15, 12:28 20
- send it to consumerist, they love that kind of stuff -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 12:36 12
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  - This combined with that letter I wrote to Toyo tires last summer and getting a full re-imbursement has me feeling confident. Dear Trojan, it broke and - bc/nc Apr 15, 12:39 1
    - but it will only work with companies whose names start with the letter "T" for some reason... :) -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 12:42
  - why would they be interested? The company went beyond their stated responsibility,. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 12:39 7
    - They print positive stuff too. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 12:40 3
      - (You can say a lot more in less words sometimes, znu) -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 12:45 2
        
        Quiet your fornicating feed hole -- nm - znu SI Apr 15, 12:50
        
        so? -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 12:48
    - because it lightens up the relentless barrage of negativity when they're able to post a story about a company doing right by their customers\ -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 12:39 2
      - (not everything they post is doom and gloom "corporations suck" kind of stuff) -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 12:40 1
        
        Correct. -- nm - con_carne Apr 15, 12:40
  - Interesting story, but it's from a guy who calls himself "Hidden Agenda." WTF? *deletes the submission* -- nm - Consumerist Apr 15, 12:38
- Yikes! My hybrid is ... 4 years old. *gulp* -- nm - JaxSean Apr 15, 12:34
- I would be thrilled to get anything back, being you were over mileage. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 15, 12:33 1
  - Absolutely true. They didn't have to do anything but I am glad they recognized that we were, as their own mechanic put it, one of the unlucky ones. -- nm - bc/nc Apr 15, 12:35
- interesting but positive -- nm - Epiphany Apr 15, 12:31
- Wow. Very nice. -- nm - lileve Apr 15, 12:30
- letters: they make things happen! -- nm - moles Apr 15, 12:29
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casting call: "diverse" couples who are scheduled to get married in 2011 (they want to follow you around the first year of marriage) - moles Apr 15, 12:26 1
- ty97 and groiny! now is your chance! -- nm - oblique Apr 15, 12:33
what are words for? - moles Apr 15, 12:23 11
- "Who was the Boss?" -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 12:24 10
  - Angela. -- nm - Ender Apr 15, 12:26 9
    - 9 of 11 fields prove it! -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 12:27 8
      - They need to give Annie more to do on this show. There, I said it. -- nm - bc/nc Apr 15, 12:30 7
        
        They kind of go through phases. We just got through a Pierce-heavy run, now they seem to be using Troy a lot more - Reagen Apr 15, 12:32
        
        That involves jogging and/or trampolines? -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 12:32 5
        
        Too soon to do trampolines again... -- nm - Ender Apr 15, 12:35 3
        
        Although they did bring back Professor Professorson. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 12:41
        
        Heh. Missed opportunity, right? -- nm - bc/nc Apr 15, 12:36 1
        
        It is time for a reimagining! -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 12:41
        
        Greenlight that script! -- nm - bc/nc Apr 15, 12:33
TWuG, thanks for the article on pink. I had no idea. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 12:21
RIM Playbook getting torched by reviewers -- (link) - Beaker Apr 15, 12:20 2
- "RIM has just shipped a BlackBerry product that cannot do email. It must be skating season in hell," -- nm - Beaker Apr 15, 12:21 1
  - Yeah, I don't see the point in pushing out a release if you have an email client coming out very soon after. Just wait and release with the client -- nm - oblique Apr 15, 12:30
*shocked STers are not sending their letters to Santa* -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 12:19 23
- Confession: I always feel I could be writing more to my Congresswoman - con_carne Apr 15, 12:33 3
  - I've emailed/twittered mine before. A form response is a form response no matter what medium it comes in -- nm - oblique Apr 15, 12:34 2
    - i interned in Bernie Sanders's office for a few weeks in law school. the lowest rung intern's very first job is answering constituent correspondence - moles Apr 15, 12:36
    - but i assume it gets logged. and they know that people care about x. -- nm - Andie Apr 15, 12:36
- i'm Jewish -- nm - peglegpete Apr 15, 12:26 3
  - So? Write me! I bring stuff! -- nm - Santa Apr 15, 12:28 1
    - And I am included, free of charge! -- nm - Easter Bunny Apr 15, 12:31
  - I love all the good children of the world! -- nm - Santa Claus Apr 15, 12:27
- email. - znufrii Apr 15, 12:24
- this whole thing makes me want to go buy nice stationary and mail things. -- nm - Andie Apr 15, 12:23 10
  - do you have daiso or morning glory? I am *addicted* to japanese kids' stationery. - amanda jones Apr 15, 12:28 9
    - we have a japanese store here called One. it's just so awesome for pens, paper, etc etc. -- nm - Andie Apr 15, 12:37 5
      - Whoa. Any handmade paper? (But even factory-made paper from Asia can be very cool.) -- nm - mara Apr 15, 12:39 3
        
        i haven't been in a while. not sure if they have it, but we actually have *another* store called... The Japanese Paper Place: -- (link) - Andie Apr 15, 12:44 2
        
        o. m. g. -- nm - mara Apr 15, 12:47
        
        (mara, you might pass out from joy there, fair warning.) -- nm - Andie Apr 15, 12:45
      - OMG now I want to visit. I get all twitchy when my stash of papers run low. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 15, 12:38
    - It's fine. They're all radioactive now. Write away, Gai Jin -- nm - Japanese Kids Apr 15, 12:29 2
      - of course I mean: stationery made of japanese kids. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 15, 12:30 1
        
        still radioactive -- nm - oblique Apr 15, 12:30
- I don't think I've sent a letter since college back in 95-96. Unless you count X-mas cards but my wife usually handles that. -- nm - sycor Apr 15, 12:21 1
  - aka Naughty -- nm - Santa Apr 15, 12:22
- my kids mail those -- nm - Beaker Apr 15, 12:21
wait!! just remembered I sent a letter to my niece when I sent a check for GS cookies, in February. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 12:19
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- I agree with Jack Dawson - there are certain fields where the pressure ( stress) is too much for people - Epiphany Apr 15, 12:24 6
  - Especially if you have a seizure disorder. -- nm - mara Apr 15, 12:26 4
    - meh, it's her choice. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 12:32 3
      - Yup, I'm just saying it looks like she may have chosen poorly. And it affects her colleagues. -- nm - mara Apr 15, 12:38 1
        
        I'm saying, we know zip about her condition or situation, and it's a decision she needs to make with her family and doctor. -- nm - loosilu Apr 15, 12:40
      - Yes and no. -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 12:32
  - But you know, you would think that they would. -- nm - Spawn Apr 15, 12:26
- or maybe she's ESL or just a terrible writer ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 12:20
Blerg. -- nm - sycor Apr 15, 12:18

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