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2nd row for Weird Al on Sunday. - TWuG May 31, 13:20 5
- /jealous. -- nm - De.Vermin May 31, 13:22 4
  - If all goes well, I'm getting backstage, too. - TWuG May 31, 13:24 3
    - tell him "my friend mandy literally cannot tell someone she's mailing them a check without singing 'the check's in the mail.' it's a compulsion." -- nm - amanda jones May 31, 13:31
    - Dude, you are going to get *pussy* -- nm - con_carne May 31, 13:26
    - *double checks* whew, that doesn't say backside -- nm - zork May 31, 13:26
SITWAP: The 25 oldest looking teenagers in movie history. -- (link) - Dano May 31, 13:13 25
- i can't access off my droid, did they get barbara as Yentil -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 13:28 1
  - #2 behind the Grease cast -- nm - zork May 31, 13:29
- wow, I knew that the cast in Grease was in their 20's and all before I looked at this, but Stockard Channing .... - i'm not dead yet ! May 31, 13:27 1
  - i always thought of Crater Face as some guy who never finished high school and was a lot older than the T-Birds. -- nm - Diva May 31, 13:29
- Malcolm McDowell's character in A Clockwork Orange was supposedly fifteen -- nm - con_carne May 31, 13:23 1
  - and he was 25 when "If...." was released -- nm - zork May 31, 13:25
- Goodness Kerr Smith is nearly 40 -- nm - MDH May 31, 13:19 3
  - I see that name and think Kurtwood Smith who is significantly older than 40. -- nm - TWuG May 31, 13:21 1
    - Are you high? Dumbass. -- nm - Kurtwood Smith May 31, 13:21
  - Coop was over 40 when he played Gherig, and looked it -- nm - peglegpete May 31, 13:20
- NO Gary Cooper as Lou Gherig??????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????? -- nm - peglegpete May 31, 13:17
- it would be fun to do this for TV. Most of the FNL cast could be nominated. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 13:16
- Without looking, Jeff Conaway in Grease has to be 1. Travolta too. -- nm - Jim May 31, 13:13 12
  - Didi Conn was the oldest looking of them all, I thought. And whoever played Crater Face. -- nm - Kim Pine May 31, 13:15 8
    - i'm not sure why this made me laugh but it did. -- nm - Diva May 31, 13:17 7
      - poor guy. did he ever get another gig after that? -- nm - moles May 31, 13:19 6
        
        He played Crater Face in Grease 2. He even had a line to sing. -- nm - Diva May 31, 13:25
        
        Lots of fabulous roles. Some examples: - Kim Pine May 31, 13:23 4
        
        I've seen one out of those. Guess which one. -- nm - Roger More May 31, 13:25 3
        
        DC Cab, obvie. -- nm - Jim May 31, 13:26 2
        
        I've seen all *except* that one. - Kim Pine May 31, 13:30
        
        correct! -- nm - Roger More May 31, 13:27
  - imo Stockard Channing looked even older than those guys. -- nm - Diva May 31, 13:15 2
    - she actually has been interviewed and said she felt like everyone's mother during filming. and the rest weren't that young. - Andie May 31, 13:22
    - she was the first that came to mind for me. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 13:16
NBC will air The Voice after the Super Bowl in February -- (link) - Todd Manning May 31, 13:11 8
- I think it's cute how NBC is so sure there will be a Super Bowl. -- nm - Jim May 31, 13:20
- That's quite a gamble. It's successful now, but by February, it could be stale and dead. -- nm - Mop (204 lbs) May 31, 13:20
- That's it, WillHunting and I need to apply to run network television schedules. -- nm - MDH May 31, 13:17 4
  - Can't do any worse than the bozos at NBC. -- nm - Mop (204 lbs) May 31, 13:19 3
    - "Glee's" episode did nothing for the ratings, Voice will be the same. They should air "The Playboy Club" instant ratings. -- nm - MDH May 31, 13:21 2
      - I'm actually surprised they don't premiere the next Celebrity Apprentice after the Super Bowl. -- nm - Jim May 31, 13:28
      - It's NBC, they can't guarantee Playboy Club is on the air come November, much less February. -- nm - Will Hunting May 31, 13:27
- First Glee, now this? -- nm - Spawn May 31, 13:12
Our vending machine is the single most asininely selected thing....40 slots for sodas - Will Hunting May 31, 13:06 18
- BURN IT TO THE GROUND! -- nm - Mop (204 lbs) May 31, 13:24
- Ours is filled with weird stuff like Vitamin Water and Sobes. -- nm - Qale May 31, 13:16
- Seriously. Iced tea fruit punch? Is it iced tea, or fruit punch? What's with this fence straddling? WTF? - musubi May 31, 13:10
- I would quit. -- nm - Spawn May 31, 13:10 3
  - Or write to Boston Love Letters about it -- nm - Roger More May 31, 13:14
  - Or punch someone in the face, at the very least. - musubi May 31, 13:11 1
    - this -- nm - Spawn May 31, 13:12
- that's terrible. -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 13:09
- They're trying to tell you something. -- nm - JaxSean May 31, 13:07
- I don't see the problem. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 13:07
- it would not kill you to drink a diet soda from time to time. nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 13:07 4
  - But why risk it if it does? - Will Hunting May 31, 13:08 3
    - a. its an office, drink coffee like a good worker drone b. labor costs to fill it so stock it once with shit nobody wants and done -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 13:11
    - I drink Diet Dr Pepper. - groiny May 31, 13:10 1
      - I used to until I quit caffeine. (Looooooooved it.) -- nm - Kim Pine May 31, 13:11
- Wait...your vending machine has both coke & pepsi products? -- nm - prayformojo May 31, 13:07 2
  - (i know that's not your point......that just seems odd these days) -- nm - prayformojo May 31, 13:07 1
    - yeah, we have two pepsi machines and three coke machines. -- nm - Kim Pine May 31, 13:10
LYC: Rant, What Then Shall We Do? - OAE May 31, 13:04 4
- i don't know of a single person who is that stupid -- nm - moles May 31, 13:15 1
  - Let me introduce you ... -- nm - OAE May 31, 13:54
- the year is 2011. we live in a consumptive society. everything is more or less disposable. if you want to change the world, run for office. -- nm - amanda jones May 31, 13:06 1
  - You're not disposable, I'm not disposable and ST is not disposable... - OAE May 31, 13:54
I just had a phone conversation with a phone agent for the IRS that felt like something out of a bad sitcom. - David May 31, 13:03 4
- Did you take the snitch job? -- nm - Reagen May 31, 13:08 2
  - I tried to snitch on her but she hung up when I asked to speak to her supervisor. - David May 31, 13:15 1
    - Oh, you must have been talking with Ms Wade. - CovingtonCat May 31, 13:33
- Was her name Ms Sprecker? - CovingtonCat May 31, 13:06
I wonder how this will work out: Coachella 2012 will be two weekends - JD May 31, 13:02 2
- hmmm, isn't Coachella as much about 'making the scene' as the bands? will people be scared they aren't going the 'cool' weekend? -- nm - Andie May 31, 13:03 1
  - it's about parting as much money from the hipsters as possible -- nm - moles May 31, 13:29
remind me again what those scannable black and white things are called, please? -- nm - amanda jones May 31, 12:57 9
- UPC codes -- nm - Jim May 31, 12:58
- Bar codes? QR codes? -- nm - nubby May 31, 12:58
- 2D bar codes? -- nm - Andie May 31, 12:58
- QR codes -- nm - De.Vermin May 31, 12:58 4
  - thanks. (I am so totally getting one.) -- nm - amanda jones May 31, 13:05 2
    - I think it would make a great bumper sticker, too. It occurs to me that I could make one that decodes to ... - Beryllium May 31, 13:05 1
      - I'm getting cards made. who said that last week? I kiss them (hard. on the mouth). -- nm - amanda jones May 31, 13:07
  - this. or the old one-dimensional one, the UPC Barcode -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:58
- Uh... words? -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:57
The coolest thing about ST, I think, is how the search boxes auto-hide themselves when (i'm guessing) the system load reaches a certain point - prayformojo May 31, 12:50 5
- What has two thumbs and not the foggiest idea what PFM is talking about? -- nm - con_carne May 31, 12:54 1
  - the search box is back now, but when the system gets too busy, it goes away. Quietly. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:55
- if you click on the search link, you'll see an ugly error message to the same effect -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:51 2
  - how do you detect this? -- nm - prayformojo May 31, 12:51 1
    - this -- (link) - Beryllium May 31, 12:52
truman: I wouldn't get the WD Green ones, they wear out -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:49 22
- I'd get the WD Black. -- nm - lileve May 31, 12:50 21
  - that is what I keep thinking, but I just wonder if the upgrade in price is worth it really for a media server. -- nm - tRuMaN May 31, 12:51 20
    - a friend mentions that Lower RPM generally means less heat and greater longevity. My two Greens have had decent, but not stellar, longevity. - Beryllium May 31, 12:53 12
      - i have two Blues now. I get some stuttering at times when streaming video - tRuMaN May 31, 12:55 11
        
        I will say that I have a WD Black as my primary drive in my Windows machine and I love it. My media drives are whatever Seagate - oblique May 31, 12:57
        
        I can't remember what I put in my Mac Pro. I think it's a black, I was going for a green though. -- nm - lileve May 31, 12:57
        
        I wouldn't use Windows as a server for the most part, but if I did, I would run the OS on an SSD and only store the served data on HDs. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:56 8
        
        its basically a modified version of server 03 - tRuMaN May 31, 13:00 6
        
        I wasn't trying to knock the choice, I was just trying to suggest another angle of attack for possible lag/weirdness issues :) -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 13:03 5
        
        oh i know what is causing the lag. and really it streams fine - tRuMaN May 31, 13:05 1
        
        There's probably a performance-tracking service you could run on it to see how well it handles the load. -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 13:06
        
        SSD but who wants to pay those prices. -- nm - lileve May 31, 13:04 2
        
        Since it would only be used for the OS code, it doesn't have to be a big one -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 13:04 1
        
        How big are OS's these days? I have no clue. -- nm - lileve May 31, 13:05
        
        Oddly, my WD Black was as highly rated as an SSD when it came to speed/performance but not nearly as expensive -- nm - oblique May 31, 12:58
    - Wouldn't you want a high rpm for streaming media? The cache is what might be over kill. IDK? -- nm - lileve May 31, 12:53 6
      - Even on gigabit networking, you will *never* saturate the bandwidth of the hard drive's top speed. - Beryllium May 31, 12:54 2
        
        Yes. -- nm - lileve May 31, 12:56
        
        yeah, and my network is gigabit mostly. -- nm - tRuMaN May 31, 12:55
      - i asked that earlier, cause I was reading an article that debated that point. Bery and Kilbo disagreed with each other. -- nm - tRuMaN May 31, 12:53 2
        
        I lost track of the thread. My point was basically that unless you're streaming to multiple clients or doing multiple read/write operations to - oblique May 31, 12:56
        
        I don't think their drives ever stop working. That might be part of it. -- nm - lileve May 31, 12:55
Right now there is a segment of Winnipeg women realizing that they now have to upgrade their game from the minors to the majors. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 31, 12:48 1
- Just think, their model of behaviour is going to be vancouver's flasher ... -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:50
I have instructed to betray Truman 17 times in Halo in June. -- nm - David May 31, 12:44 45
- throws a "been" up there. -- nm - Kim Pine May 31, 12:48 3
  - Sorry, boss. As everyone can see, the instructions come from the top of the food chain here. -- nm - David May 31, 13:16 2
    - I'd betray him myself but then they'd all know how awesome I am at Halo. -- nm - Kim Pine May 31, 13:19 1
      - UNTOUCHABLE!!! -- nm - David May 31, 13:20
- Tru really likes when you throw grenades from behind him at his feet. nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 12:47 5
  - yes, its like you all think that by killing me, you might be able to keep up with my kills #s - tRuMaN May 31, 12:48 3
    - I am not sure who, but someone on Friday bounced a grenade off my head from behind. - groiny May 31, 12:55 2
      - That was the sound of my big brass balls. -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:58
      - Yeah, sorry about that. - Will Hunting May 31, 12:57
  - Dance, my little monkey! DANCE!!! -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:48
- well, its good to have a goal in life. -- nm - tRuMaN May 31, 12:47
- All men betray! All men lose heart! -- nm - nubby May 31, 12:45
- Shit, Spawn could do this on *Friday* nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 12:45 32
  - Remember how I promised to betray Crash Friday? - David May 31, 12:47 30
    - Update: My k/d is at 0.98 now. - Spawn May 31, 12:50 18
      - *sidenote* he had 29 kills, but 2 teammates quit. nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 12:51 17
        
        So? Won the game and I was positive on spread. -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:53 16
        
        yes, but your kill total is inflated. - groiny May 31, 12:54 15
        
        Hmm. I noticed that your death average is on the rise. - Spawn May 31, 12:56 14
        
        also, that happens when you do not stand back and hide. nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 13:02 12
        
        Ah, I guess that gets you that whopping .11 more kills per game? - Spawn May 31, 13:09 5
        
        again, your stats are tainted. nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 13:11 4
        
        Do I really need to ask truman to prove you wrong again? -- nm - Spawn May 31, 13:13 3
        
        say what you want, I would be drafted ahead of you in any Halo draft. nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 13:19 2
        
        The First Annual Halo Most Likely To Die First draft? -- nm - Spawn May 31, 13:20 1
        
        Aside: I've had a script for a trilogy blocked out for years now. One of the key aspects of it... - David May 31, 13:27
        
        is that where spawn was friday night? -- nm - tRuMaN May 31, 13:03 5
        
        grifball, probably. nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 13:03 4
        
        And where were you Sunday night? I mean, it is not like you asked on ST about it. - Spawn May 31, 13:11 3
        
        noone responded. nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 13:13 2
        
        Hmmmm... -- (link) - Spawn May 31, 13:15 [Backboard] 1
        
        ok, no one good repsonded. nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 13:18
        
        your grenades, probably. nm -- nm - groiny May 31, 12:58
    - I was so pissed, I got booted last night after ONE betrayal..... - groiny May 31, 12:49 10
      - i love how that happens to us, yet, when we have people actively killing us we never seem to get the option to boot them -- nm - tRuMaN May 31, 12:50 9
        
        right??? - groiny May 31, 12:50 8
        
        you should betray david, just because. -- nm - tRuMaN May 31, 12:51 7
        
        But he doesn't grumble nearly as well as some others. -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:54 5
        
        I've made my peace with the fact that friendly fire causes 15-20% of the damage in Halo. - David May 31, 13:11 4
        
        hey now. crash at least knows who he is damaging, he just doesnt care though. -- nm - tRuMaN May 31, 13:16 3
        
        Oh, as much as I tease Crash, it's all of us. We spent years training one another to throw grenades and now they ramped up the splash damage... - David May 31, 13:20 2
        
        so it is all your fault then. - groiny May 31, 13:25 1
        
        F'n Bungie. -- nm - David May 31, 13:28
        
        I prefer either teabagging him, or doing the meerkat dance. - groiny May 31, 12:53
  - 34 minutes! -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:47
Ahoy 'hoy! -- nm - C. Montgomery Vermin May 31, 12:44

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