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With more than $70B in cash, Apple could buy Nokia, RIM, HTC, and Motorola.., -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 17, 11:16 1
- talk about a poison pill -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 11:16
Arrested at 2am? LawyerUp! -- (link) - oblique Jun 17, 11:11
For those of you who listened to the latest This American Life, this happened this week -- (link) - nubby Jun 17, 11:09 1
- Nice! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 17, 11:18
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- of all those descriptors, "unjust" is the oddest. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 11:13
- They know that gays are gonna keep living together and fucking anyway, right? -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 11:11
- That's kind of funny -- if it were embedded in every man and woman, the desire same-sex marriage wouldn't exist. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 11:10
OMGOMGOMG I get a new work computer TODAY! No more 512K of RAM! -- nm - Amy Jun 17, 11:03 4
- winning! -- nm - Tandy Corporation si Jun 17, 11:03 3
  - Let's kick this Optiplex GX 520 to the curb. -- nm - Amy Jun 17, 11:08 2
    - hahah! My work computer is an Optiplex 330. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 11:14 1
      - (2.2GHz, 2GB RAM, 2 slow for Windows Vista) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 11:14
still no word from newton's physician. ridic! -- nm - the feel bad poster of ST Jun 17, 11:00 1
- he's too busy doing this -- (link) - Max Jun 17, 11:11 [youtube]
The cinnamon, it does nothing! NOTHING! - Dr.Vermin Jun 17, 10:58 4
- you're allowed some faux sugar. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 11:07
- "Ack! I can't believe Silly Sailor beat us both up and imprisoned us in his floating Aquaworld" (nm) - Brian Jun 17, 11:06 1
  - "I've said Jiminy Jilikers so many times, the words have lost all meaning!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 11:07
- add some nutella -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:59
Turntable.fm sounds like a lot of fun. If you know anyone on Facebook who has it, join, so I can! -- (link) - mara Jun 17, 10:57 3
- "Sorry, we're temporarily not letting new people in." RAT TURDS! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 17, 11:10
- I second this - con_carne Jun 17, 11:03
- That *does* sound cool! -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 11:01
I wonder if you could recut Johnny Cash's Hurt with 2Cello's music for it? - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:55 1
- I still much prefer the NIN version. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 17, 10:57
why is my outlook being stupid all of the sudden? - znufrii Jun 17, 10:54 1
- Just be thankful it isn't Lotus Notes. Blech. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 17, 10:56
Gun to your head....right now, even with play not yet completed in R2, if you have to take the current leader at the Open or the field, who'd you take - prayformojo Jun 17, 10:51 11
- Field but it's close. -- nm - David Jun 17, 11:19
- Leader. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 10:56
- Leader -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 10:53
- after watching that dude fall apart at the masters, i'll take the field....nm - x Jun 17, 10:52 2
  - sorry if this is spoilerish for anyone...nm - x Jun 17, 10:54 1
    - i'm sure a few STers had been planning on watching that off their pvr - zork Jun 17, 11:07
- Field -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:52
- Federer. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:52 3
  - *tennis clap* -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:53
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    - is it played out already? -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:53
sitmop - McCourts settle their divorce agreement. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 10:50 3
- and link -- (link) - Diva Jun 17, 10:50 2
  - $650,000 a MONTH for her! -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:51 1
    - She can buy so many bodyguards now. -- nm - David Jun 17, 11:18
I hadn't seen this photo before ... this gives you a really solid idea of how proper fucked Joplin truly was ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:49
Unemployed for 18 months and need a bachelors degree? Benedictine University in Lisle (outside Chicago) will give it to you for just the cost of books -- (link) - oblique Jun 17, 10:47 2
- did you get the Halo disc yet? - groiny Jun 17, 10:53 1
  - not as of yesterday -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 11:01
base hit.....base hit...... - prayformojo Jun 17, 10:47
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- This is an interesting sentence: "Not bad, its certainly readable, but pure garbage." -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 17, 11:01 1
  - they may mean garbage in the artistic sense of the word -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 11:03
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- Wait, what? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:47 1
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- Monkeys. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 17, 10:47 1
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/rents out my equipment/ - Dr.Vermin Jun 17, 10:46
SITMOP: cool story about a guy who recycles hotel soap for countries and ppl who cannot afford soap -- (link) - sycor Jun 17, 10:45 3
- oh and who in the hell pays $27 for a bar of soap? freakin' rich people. -- nm - sycor Jun 17, 10:45 2
  - We're selling their own fat asses back to them. -- nm - Tyler Vermin Jun 17, 10:46 1
    - hehe -- nm - sycor Jun 17, 10:48
ST music poll. What was the first album, tape cassette, 8-track, or CD you bought for yourself? - bc/nc Jun 17, 10:44 21
- It was Xanadu. First one I had though was Rio, a gift from my cousin. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 11:26
- I'm not sure, but it might have been this... -- (link) - znufrii Jun 17, 11:04 2
  - I would never have guessed that for you, even given a thousand chances :) - con_carne Jun 17, 11:06 1
    - Like I said, I can't say for sure. -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 11:17
- The Aladdin soundtrack. -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 11:04
- Michael Jackson Off the Wall. -- nm - Amy Jun 17, 11:02
- Counting crows, august and everything after. - TFox Jun 17, 11:00
- It was four: Appetite for Destruction, Hysteria, Open Up and Say Ahh and ...And Justice For All - con_carne Jun 17, 10:54
- Lords of Acid, Voodoo U was probably the first CD. -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 10:53 2
  - Are they still together? - JaxSean Jun 17, 10:57 1
    - Their 2011 tour seems to be completed already. -- (link) - Qale Jun 17, 11:02
- I want to say 'Born in the USA' by Springsteen, but not totally certain that is correct. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 17, 10:52
- hendrix, are you experienced...nm - x Jun 17, 10:51
- My first CD was Mellon Collie by Smashing Pumpkins. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 10:50 1
  - My first CD was Front 242 - Headhunter single. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 17, 10:57
- Cheap Trick - Dream Police on cassette. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 17, 10:50
- Tragically Hip - Fully, Completely - cassette -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 10:48
- Weird Al in 3-D -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 17, 10:47
- I think Sgt Pepper. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:45
- Soundtrack album, on cassette, of Jesus Christ Superstar. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:45
- The Rocky IV soundtrack. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 10:45
The Moneyball hate is so strange to me. Beane did popularize OBP and OPS, the two big stats in the game now. - David Jun 17, 10:42 26
- They won with an MVP who went against all he stood for; his genius draft led to no one outside the box being good - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:44 25
  - He won a division and 103 games with a $41 million payroll. I've never understood your irrational hatred of this book. - David Jun 17, 10:47 24
    - And with regards to your comment about Tampa and Minnesota... - David Jun 17, 10:52 4
      - Minnesota -- 5 playoff appearances. Oakland -- 4 playoffs since 2000 - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:55 3
        
        That would mean a ton if they played in the same division. Since they don't and you know Oakland has had the better record 7 out of 12... - David Jun 17, 10:59 2
        
        I'm factually pointing out Beane was "God" in 2002 when he got the keys to the car...which he promptly missed on his draft. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 11:03 1
        
        Well, I agree with your last statement. That's the first thing you've said right in this thread. -- nm - David Jun 17, 11:05
    - He's not a genius. Thinking outside the box is only good if you excel and honestly, he didn't per se. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:51 10
      - One of the top 3 talent drafts? I was just looking at their first round options and cringing. - David Jun 17, 10:56 9
        
        Granderson was in that draft...Votto was a 2nd round pick....it's legitimately one of the top 3 drafts in talent (behind 2005's) - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:59 8
        
        If conventional scouting had pegged those guys, they wouldn't have gone sooner. - David Jun 17, 11:03 7
        
        You could easily make a pennant winning team with the 2002 draft - Will Hunting Jun 17, 11:05 6
        
        No. -- nm - David Jun 17, 11:06 5
        
        Yes. Unquestionably. Beane just missed on most of it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 11:06 4
        
        McCann, Granderson, Votto, Jon Lester..... - Will Hunting Jun 17, 11:11
        
        You're so silly when you get unreasonably hyperbolic. - David Jun 17, 11:10 2
        
        Here's the team you can make *after* Swisher. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 11:18 1
        
        "Weakish outfield" by which you mean it's Votto, McCann and then anybody with a pulse. - David Jun 17, 11:21
    - I just read this article about the Blue Jays. Kinda appropriate to what you're talking about. -- (link) - Inigo Jun 17, 10:49 6
      - Gonzalez may be a worse free swinger than Frenchy yet I don't mind it as much since he's a Gold Glove level SS. -- nm - David Jun 17, 11:13 3
        
        How's he been working out? I liked him, but happier with Jo Jo and Yunel. - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 11:14 2
        
        I would take him over Yunel any day of the week and twice on Sunday. His professionalism is top notch. - David Jun 17, 11:17 1
        
        Yes to the IM. Appears to be a good trade had by all. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 17, 11:19
      - also it's *hilarious* that people are commenting on that saying "well, they lost the last two games so it can't be working!" - Reagen Jun 17, 11:09
      - this is precisely what I've been saying all these years. It's not a baseball book, it's an economics book that happens to have some baseball anecdotes -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 11:03
    - Well not only that, but he also directly led to revolutionizing the way teams and GMa (and fans) think about players. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 17, 10:49
Mmm... french dip with duck fat fries. (Plus Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shutdown Ale.) -- nm - Don Homer Jun 17, 10:41
FYI, O.J. did testify at his civil trial. He had to, iirc. -- nm - Inigo Jun 17, 10:38 6
- FWIW I listened to quite a bit of the trial and I remember thinking at the time that I did not think acquital was a shocking or ridiculous outcome. - pmb Jun 17, 10:45
- the civil trial was not the one with the glove and the sciency stuff -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:38 4
  - I know. I'm saying he did testify at his civil trial. He didn't at the criminal. -- nm - Inigo Jun 17, 10:39 3
    - And I'm saying we were only talking about the criminal trial. Hey, look at that, we're both right :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:41 2
      - Fine! Be right then! -- nm - Inigo Jun 17, 10:54 1
        
        I will then! You be right too! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:54
Did you know that the directors of the New World Order are using Obama to start World War III? -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 10:37 15
- Is this wrestling news? -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 10:39 10
  - Hey, yo. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 10:39 9
    - Obama would be a cool wrestling name. You could have a move called the debt ceiling where each time you use it you have to get higher and higher in - oblique Jun 17, 10:40 8
      - What would his theme music be? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 10:40 7
        
        Born in the USA. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:44 1
        
        Walk Like An Egyptian? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:46
        
        O Fortuna -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:43 1
        
        Imagine the card: Obama and Wallstreet vs New World Order! -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 10:43
        
        Hail to the Chief. duh - oblique Jun 17, 10:41 2
        
        IM, definitely. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 10:41 1
        
        And then his finishing move: Executive Order -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 10:41
- Hit the music!!! -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 10:38
- I did not, but it makes sense. Thanks for the info. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:37
- Yes. -- nm - Praetorian Beryllium Jun 17, 10:37
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BBs: I paid $150 each for tickets to the only concert I've been to, but I got two of my favorite bands, so it was worth it. -- nm - Jelly Jun 17, 10:36 1
- I saw The Who, Heart, J Geils Band, and a local act for $15 ... in 1980 -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:37
"In the District of Columbia, 40% of the surface area of the city is paved." - some possibly knowledgeable dude on NPR -- nm - Max Jun 17, 10:35 3
- "There are 700,000 jobs in the District of Columbia." with unemployment rates ranging from 4% to 23% depending on the ward. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 10:51
- Another 20% is potholes. -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 10:37 1
  - and the next 20% is blocked to traffic. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:38
the food safety cut is bad, bad, bad. The current system is woefully inadequate and in dire need of improvement. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:35
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- Huh. One of my friends just FB'ed that he just got L.A.Noire out of a redbox. - Dr.Vermin Jun 17, 10:52
- We've had it since early in their trial and I've never once seen anything I'd rent. - David Jun 17, 10:39
- Yeah, not very impressed either. -- nm - Jelly Jun 17, 10:36
- *snipes ML* - groiny Jun 17, 10:36 3
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    - *looks down on the Twins in the standings* nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 10:37 1
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- maybe you're just late. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:35
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  - I will never say bad things about our library. Video games, 1 week, cost: nothing -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 10:36 1
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Wonder twin powers, activate -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 10:34

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