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when we're done breaking down the oj trial can we talk about windows 95?....nm - x Jun 17, 10:33 2
- or duke nukem forever, I hear that game is going to be *hot* when it comes out -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:34
- heh -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:34
This is kind of nifty. If you search "[city name]:Portal" on wiki, you get a nice summary of the highlights in that city -- (link) - con_carne Jun 17, 10:32
the other thing that got OJ acquitted was the "if you are related to or even know someone wrongly hasseled by the police, you can send a message to th - zork Jun 17, 10:30 2
- Yeah, this trial in the aftermath of the Race Riots ('93?) sure didn't help much. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 10:30 1
  - ~ April 26th, 1992 ~ -- nm - There was a Vermin on the streets Jun 17, 10:33
Granted, 20-something pop diva usually means toned and tight body, but my wife would be livid that Britney Spears is getting called out here. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 10:28 7
- Hee. When I saw these earlier I thought she looked my size. -- nm - Amy Jun 17, 10:36
- the daily mail isn't fit to wrap fish in...nm - x Jun 17, 10:34 1
  - literally. too much ink. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:35
- They're both fine, but Minaj better hope her metabolism never slows down. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 10:33
- It's perfectly fine to have that type of body, most people do, but most people also wear clothes. - Ender Jun 17, 10:32 1
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- the UK press is vicious over weight. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:29
I'll post the postives points from the GL review in my local paper. - bc/nc Jun 17, 10:23 7
- bc/nc's local paper on the green lantern: "the best i've seen"....nm - x Jun 17, 10:28 2
  - "It has special effects!" -- nm - TFox Jun 17, 10:28 1
    - It better have something for, what was that number? $200M and how much for marketing? But I would *love* to win that Dodge Challenger that is being - bc/nc Jun 17, 10:32
- i worry that this may do in Ryan Reynolds. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:26 1
  - But then, if that forces him into gay porn, it could be a good thing. -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 10:29
- Ryan Reynolds' abs -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 10:26
- "Watchable" -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 10:23
Food safety gets the axe -- (link) - TWuG Jun 17, 10:20 8
- you can google it, we don't need it! -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 10:33
- I didn't read the article but...really? Right after the German incident? -- nm - bc/nc Jun 17, 10:33
- (from Congressional Republicans... no surprise.) -- nm - con_carne Jun 17, 10:28
- terrible, terrible idea. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:26
- Yeah, don't inspect meat or poultry at all... great idea if you're a corporate stooge - stewie Jun 17, 10:24
- good gravy -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 10:21 2
  - is it good? I'm too scared to try it now. -- nm - sycor Jun 17, 10:25 1
    - try it on this nice steak from japan. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:27
Anyone here have a Motorola Xoom (or any other similar non-iPad tablet)? Heather's wanting to get a tablet for work, but we're new at this - prayformojo Jun 17, 10:18 2
- the Android tablets are still a little green... they might be worth it by Christmas - stewie Jun 17, 10:32
- Yes. I have the Viewsonic gTablet and we use both the Xoom and the Eee Pad Transformer here at work - oblique Jun 17, 10:26
I hate it when people ask "Why wasn't I invited?" then you invite them and they say they can't go. FUCK YOU! -- nm - lileve Jun 17, 10:17 2
- You mean when their first response to your invitation is 'why didn't anyone tell me/why wasn't i invited?' Um, that's what i was just doing... -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:23 1
  - No you tell them you are going somewhere. -- nm - lileve Jun 17, 11:25
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Wow, I just found out that a coworker (my age) just died in his sleep last night. -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:09 5
- damn, that is harsh. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:20
- sorry to hear that. I just found out a woman I went to HS with died suddenly a week ago. She was 34. -- nm - sycor Jun 17, 10:18
- sorry (that's frightening.) Any health issues previously? -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:10 1
  - Not that I know of. Seems that his roommate just couldn't wake him up this morning. - zork Jun 17, 10:16
- Aw, man. -- nm - con_carne Jun 17, 10:09
I'll admit it: I saw a sign for the US Open the other day and immediately thought tennis, until will started telling me boring golf facts. -- nm - kelly Jun 17, 10:08 7
- it's not tennis? - loosilu Jun 17, 10:28 3
  - I think it's golf. -- nm - kelly Jun 17, 10:33
  - oh shit. I didn't realize this until now. - loosilu Jun 17, 10:33 1
    - I tried to follow B2, I really did, but I have no idea what you were confused about or what you thought was being said. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:34
- Wimbledon starts Monday! -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 10:27
- Did it open up your mind? - con_carne Jun 17, 10:26
- Can't blame you, I'd have thought the same thing. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:09
Erph, our daycare is apparently looking incompetent. This is not good - can't really take time off during my probationary period at the new job. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:04
i also hold OJ accountable for the Kardashians. (isn't he in jail right now for a long time, anyway?) -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:04 6
- I don't think I've ever heard of this link before. But then again, I didn't pay attention to most of the OJ crap. -- nm - sycor Jun 17, 10:19 1
  - their father was his very good friend and lawyer. that's the name had some recognizability when the first tape hit. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:20
- yes, but not for that particular crime. -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:06 1
  - the crime of the Kardashians being famous? i know, sadly it's only a misdemeanor. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:08
- Yup, he got 33 years, but is eligible for parole after 9. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:06
- that's kinda interesting -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 10:05
LIR. I would pay over $100 to see Pink Floyd or just Roger Waters. - bc/nc Jun 17, 10:03
Heh. "#Moneyballmoviespoilers During the ending credits, there's a hilarious gag reel where the Giants sign Barry Zito for $126 million." -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 10:03 2
- I can't wait for the montage of the 5 Beane #1 picks working in factories in 2011...and the various people he slagged performing in the all-star games - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:04 1
  - Even if it's claptrap, it's baseball claptrap starring Brad Pitt, who I love when his lines are written for him. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 10:07
Last night I had a dream about Pippa Middleton. She was living a double life as a - prayformojo Jun 17, 09:55 2
- Well don't leave us hanging. Were you successful or is the northeast in cinders? -- nm - bc/nc Jun 17, 10:00
- naked? -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 09:55
Okay, librarians. My sister is the City Clerk of Seward, Alaska, and the city is proposing to build a $10 million library/museum. - Dr.Vermin Jun 17, 09:53 45
- And even if books all do go e-book (no time soon, but let's pretend) you still need a place to loan out the e-reader equipment. - ty97 Jun 17, 10:18 6
  - Libraries can't loan ereaders without violating user agreements. Just sayin'. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:19 5
    - Tons of them do. -- nm - Amy Jun 17, 10:35
    - I realize that's a legal issue which is still being worked out. - ty97 Jun 17, 10:24
    - but ebooks can be loaned for downloading to a PC (assuming the patron has one). -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:21 2
      - Sure, but he said "equipment." -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:22 1
        
        with the (his) assumption that you have to have an e-reader to use the ebooks -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:23
- Do you really want the town weirdos masturbating in the middle of Barnes & Noble? -- nm - Max Jun 17, 10:15
- where else will our winos go to shoot up? your kids play ground? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 10:13
- Tell them that they're selfish f*cks who don't know what's good for the community and just want to hold on to as much of their money as possible. - znufrii Jun 17, 10:10 22
  - I bet most of them are not being selfish - they truly believe that libraries lend books and nothing else. It's an education issue, not villanous. -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 10:15 18
    - *takes tongue out of cheeck* - znufrii Jun 17, 10:26
    - From a condo board perspective, most people are pretty selfish. If they don't use it, they don't want to pay for it. - Max Jun 17, 10:19 1
      - (and they'll almost always choose short term fee cuts over long term equity gain) -- nm - Max Jun 17, 10:21
    - Ironic, then, that they would oppose such a great educational resource. - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:18
    - *shrug* Books are still important. To essentially say, "I can buy the books I really want, so we don't need a library" is still selfish. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:17 13
      - That's not the message I'm reading in Vermin's IM. The argument appears to be that we don't need a building if books are going electronic. - ty97 Jun 17, 10:20 12
        
        Electronic or paper, a user would still have to buy the book if there's no library. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:21 10
        
        I didn't read the argument as "close the library" but rather "do we really need to spend $10 million on a new one" - ty97 Jun 17, 10:23 6
        
        you would have to buy lots of bad ass servers to lend out all these ebook thingies. -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:25
        
        Oh, I didn't realize they already had one. Point taken. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:25 4
        
        And it looks like they just had the groundbreaking ceremony for their new building. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:28 3
        
        I am *very* pro-library (I think that's known). I just don't always think conversations like this (library or otherwise) are good vs evil. - ty97 Jun 17, 10:31 2
        
        I think it's valid to ask what you want a library to really do. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:34
        
        I don't see anything less than civil in this thread, unless you mean znu's toungue-in-cheek comment. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:33
        
        Right, but you're looking at this from teh view that all these people are users when they're not - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:23
        
        yes, this. (I really should go to the library some time - it's *right there* ...) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:22 1
        
        dvds! books! magazines to browse! -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:25
        
        also, the arguer seems to misunderstand that harsh economic times mean less money for gadgets and e-thingies :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:21
  - Ya know, if the Wheaties taste like piss for more then 1 day, i throw the box out and get a new one. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:12 2
    - right? - Andie Jun 17, 10:16 1
      - (spoiler) - znufrii Jun 17, 10:27
- Most libraries have seen an *increase* in usage in the poor economy. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:02 1
  - As well they should! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:16
- Although material loan is a primary library function, libraries also function as community centers, - Amy Jun 17, 10:00
- Libraries also function as community centers, a lot of the time - con_carne Jun 17, 09:57 2
  - classes, film nights, career help, etc. -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:07
  - (multipurpose public works, in other words) -- nm - con_carne Jun 17, 09:57
- is 10 mill a lot for that city? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 17, 09:57
- "In this ecomony no one can afford luxuries like books, let alone e-readers" would be a start. - TWuG Jun 17, 09:56 3
  - Yes. Free access to information is a cornerstone of our civilization. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:16 2
    - Nice! I will quote this directly when I pass on this info... -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 17, 10:27 1
      - Was it over when the germans bombed the library of alexandria?! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:34
- i'm not a librarian, but, libraries do a WHOLE lot more than loan books. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 09:55
- Libraries serve many more purposes than book borrowing - they are community centers - ty97 Jun 17, 09:55
~Times are strange, we got a free upgrade for snakes on a plane. F*ck em, I don't care~ - Pippy the Ditch Jun 17, 09:53 4
- I like their new song too. -- nm - Dano Jun 17, 10:30
- Love them! I mentioned them on B2, I've seen them live 5 times. -- nm - MDH Jun 17, 10:10
- such a great song - prayformojo Jun 17, 09:57
- cobra starship! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:55
so, about Oprah, she says one of her 'dream guests" would be OJ Simpson because she dreams of having him confess to her. - Andie Jun 17, 09:52 32
- I wonder when the statute of limitations ends for OJ? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 09:56 30
  - Murder? Never iirc. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:56 29
    - Ah, okay. Thanks. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 09:57 2
      - But Beaker has it right; he can't be re-tried for it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:57 1
        
        doesn't mean someone wouldn't execute him anyway ... on a golf course next to the real murderers. -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:01
    - but Double Jeppardy applies -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 09:57 25
      - Does Double Jeopardy apply to lesser charges as well? Like, could he be charged with assault against Ron and Nicole? -- nm - Inigo Jun 17, 10:05
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        did he testify? -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 10:02 21
        
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        filing a false statement to police? can they file assualt charges or is that not allowed since it's circumventing 2xjeopardy -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:06
        
        He waived his tight to testify...but did say "I did not, could not, would not commit this crime." But not under oath or anything. -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 10:05 1
        
        wasn't that also 'i am one hundred and ten percent innocent' ? -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:09
        
        I don't think that was him testifying....that was Marcia Clark and Darden doing something stupid - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:03 14
        
        it was totally stupid. every try to put on a pair of leather gloves that are old and stiff and dried out? -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:05 13
        
        I'm in awe of the fact that they got an acquittal ...not even a hung jury. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:06 12
        
        agreed. what a fucking travesty. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:22
        
        Barry Scheck made it about the whole forensic system, and how unreliable it is. - Inigo Jun 17, 10:11 10
        
        Even when the guy is like, it's a billion to 1 it's not him. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:12 9
        
        It's a classic Simmons joke: B/C DNA evidence was so new back then, we immediately doubted. Today, the jury convicts before The Who opening plays. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 10:14 3
        
        maybe so. I think people just don't understand how science works ... that it's never 100%. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:24 2
        
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        oh, they fucked it up good. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:28
        
        IIRC, OJ's defense team made them believe the blood evidence was planted. -- nm - Inigo Jun 17, 10:14 4
        
        That's true, I'd forgotten that. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:15 3
        
        Yes, with the racist cops and such, but I still think it was because 1 in X-million chance was enough for them to have "reasonable doubt". - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 10:17 2
        
        which is a failure of our educational system. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:23
        
        and that the blood collection was done in a way that could have contaminated it. -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:19
        
        I didn't think he had either Civil or Criminal -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 10:02
        
        *slaps him on the knuckles with a ruler* -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:00
- Why did Susan Smith lie? cause she tried to get away with it! - Epiphany Jun 17, 09:54
Coming up on ST Sports Talk, loosi confuses Fenway Park for Wembley Stadium. -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 09:52 1
- Eh...it's all football to her. -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 09:53
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- Let's see him finish one before we annoint him. -- nm - pmb Jun 17, 09:55 2
  - Dude is only 22. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 09:59
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Word. -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 09:51 3
- haberdashery! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:53
- up -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 09:52
- Prestidigitation. -- nm - con_carne Jun 17, 09:52

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