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only in Sandwich, MASS. would a seal turn a hatchery into an all you can eat buffet -- nm - durwood Jan 7, 11:15
Uh-oh. Jack may be going soft after all. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jan 7, 11:10 7
- The only thing Jack bauer can't defeat is the colour gray! -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 11:18 2
  - and teenagers -- nm - Roger More Jan 7, 11:19
  - or Chuch Norris -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 11:19
- "Give me 15--no, 20 minutes!" -- nm - nubby Jan 7, 11:15
- He's not apologising - just saying that things should be out in the open. I'm sure he'll be back to his usual interrogation shenanigans soon enough -- nm - Roger More Jan 7, 11:15
- 'I've saved L.A. 5 times!" -- nm - lileve Jan 7, 11:14 1
  - But not *sensitively*! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 7, 11:16
Hey Remlik you might want to check this out who is at the phoenix comiccom in 2 weeks -- (link) - eag Jan 7, 11:08 1
- Erin Gray is 59 today -- nm - peglegpete Jan 7, 11:13
Intel writes off a billion dollars. Give or take 50 million. -- (link) - Mop Jan 7, 11:05
What's odd about bery's new twitter feed is that I was somehow already following it before I even knew of its existence. -- nm - David Jan 7, 11:05 8
- did you invite him to join? -- nm - Callisto Jan 7, 11:08 1
  - If I did, it was many months ago when he created the ST twitter feed. -- nm - David Jan 7, 11:10
- although ... did you give them your gmail password? that would explain it. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 11:07 2
  - Who is them? -- nm - David Jan 7, 11:08 1
    - twitter's signup wizard is 'them' -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 11:08
- yeah, t hat was super-weird -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 11:07 2
  - I also appear to have bought you plane tickets to the Cayman Islands and a hotel suite there for two months. -- nm - David Jan 7, 11:07 1
    - my fiancee and I appreciate that generosity. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 11:08
6 year-old boy misses bus for school, takes mom's car instead. -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 7, 11:03 2
- now that's management material right there. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 7, 11:09
- whoops. link corrected -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 7, 11:06
IT people: Anyone have links to info on how many users on average a given 2003 file server can service? -- nm - oblique Jan 7, 11:02 2
- It'll be hard to find links for that, it's more dependant on hardware and network capacity. The short answer is unlimited given the other 2 factors... - Scorpion Jan 7, 11:33
- uhm, "as many as you have obtained CALs for" is the official answer, I think -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 11:03
From AM board: the YMCA seems to be your best fitness value because they have non profit status and get a lot of government subsidies for health progr - zeitgeist Jan 7, 11:01 1
- ANd of course the 70's disco hit about gay cruising -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 7, 11:04
So is the DRM - Free Itunes stuff retroactive or only on new purchases? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 7, 11:00 8
- I've been wanting to know this. It wasn't clear during the presentation. Does *NOT* look retroactive. - Mop Jan 7, 11:02
- You can pay $0.30 per song retroactive I read somewhere. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 7, 11:01 4
  - Only on "Plus" tracks, and it's been that way for a long while. -- nm - nubby Jan 7, 11:21
  - It's like bizzaro music files -- nm - con_carne Jan 7, 11:10
  - I would do this, just to be done with it forever. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 11:03
  - Cool...thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 7, 11:03
- New. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 7, 11:01 1
  - 30 cents each to upgrade. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 7, 11:01
STIS: Anyone tried the sugar substitute Truvia? What are your thoughts? - Strongbad Jan 7, 10:59 1
- no. my thoughts are "no, i haven't tried it"....nm - x Jan 7, 11:00
Jane Esperson on writing the new Buffy comics storyline with Harmony in it.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 7, 10:58 2
- A couple of twitter feeds you should add... - David Jan 7, 11:01 1
  - danke. -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 11:06
heheh, if you search backboarding on Google Canada, ST is on page 3. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 10:53 4
- are the first two pages links to pr0n? -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 10:55 3
  - 1st page: a method of making back bacon. 2nd page: a form of waterboarding, but using snow. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 7, 10:57 1
    - No, syrup! Using syrup! That's better. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 7, 10:58
  - It sounded more like a variant of wakeboarding, I couldn't tell -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 10:56
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I have a rust colored king size down conforter that I never use. it's on the thick/warm side. If someone wants it free except for postage, let me know - peglegpete Jan 7, 10:47 1
- give it to a local shelter -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 7, 10:49
The title bar tells you when you're backboarding? slick. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 10:47 3
- Welcome to 2009! -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 10:51 1
  - This year rocks already! -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 10:52
- It's cool, because if you reload B1 after reading a post and it's rolled, the word "backboarding" tells me I'm now on B2. -- nm - mara Jan 7, 10:50
Is Bride Wars based on a book? -- nm - Dano Jan 7, 10:46 5
- No - a play by Chekhov -- nm - Roger More Jan 7, 11:07
- I finally saw the Bride Wars trailer this weekend. - kelly Jan 7, 10:50 3
  - It just looks... mean. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 7, 10:54 1
    - Yep. -- nm - kelly Jan 7, 10:59
  - I saw the short version, I think, so didn't get much feel for it. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 10:51
/= Well, the road's sure long when you're tryin' to hide, When you're never far enough from how you feel inside. =/ -- nm - TaurusII Jan 7, 10:46
I missed it, what was the big Apple news? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 10:46 26
- iMacs get a new hat. -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 10:55 1
  - This is so Simpsons meta, it's making my head hurt. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 11:00
- 17" Mac Book Pro after everyone who wanted to upgrade bought the 15". -- nm - lileve Jan 7, 10:50
- I find it disconcerting that Apple is expected to produce 'big news' at each of these events. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 10:49 8
  - They make their money from people who must always have the next new thing. So that's why they chuck out stuff so often. -- nm - lileve Jan 7, 10:55 3
    - They should release an iCar. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 10:56 2
      - The first car entirely powered by pretension. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 7, 11:13 1
        
        You misspelled Prius. -- nm - TWuG Jan 7, 11:16
  - live by the sword, die by the sword.....nm - x Jan 7, 10:53
  - I wonder who we have to blame for this? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 10:50 2
    - you, probably. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 10:50 1
      - I was gonna say Steve but for that, I will say you. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 10:52
- After hormone therapy, Stephanie Jobs will be delivering next year's keynote. -- nm - Ender Jan 7, 10:49 1
  - hehehehe -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 7, 10:50
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  - iRing -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 7, 10:50
- Keyboardless laptop -- (link) - TWuG Jan 7, 10:48 3
  - Good production value on that gag. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 11:00
  - As long as it's shiny and made by Apple, I'll buy it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 7, 10:50
  - BUY! BUY! BUY!!! -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 10:49
- if you get a mac you will now attain nirvana....nm - x Jan 7, 10:47 1
  - that's not news, hyde! -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 10:48
- DRM-free iTunes, I guess. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 10:47 3
  - Wow, what an innovation! - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 10:49 2
    - Yup. Sucked. Not one of the expected innovations made it to the show. Not even Snow Leopard. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 11:01 1
      - I'd rather them get things right then rush crap to market (Hi Bill Gates!) -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 11:03
With Mark Teixeira on the team, ARod is no longer the biggest fraud on the Yankees. -- nm - David Jan 7, 10:46 7
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- I like that the Yankee$ have spent more than twice as much as the rest of the *league* this off season. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 10:47 5
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    - I already considered rooting them like rooting for Vegas. - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 10:51
    - Behind the Orioles and ...? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 7, 10:50 2
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        I just enjoy how no one is mentioning the AL East champs at all this offseason - Will Hunting Jan 7, 10:56
Its probably good thing that CES is a trade show and not a public show - eag Jan 7, 10:45 4
- Technically we could all be journalists. Create a blog here and get credentials. -- nm - lileve Jan 7, 11:12 1
  - One blog that all of us contribute to. -- nm - lileve Jan 7, 11:15
- 150,000 people expected to attend, and less than 50,000 expected to the AVS this week [and that is open to the public] -- nm - peglegpete Jan 7, 10:47 1
  - You mean the Adult Video Convention ? - eag Jan 7, 10:51
Not that I'd ever read it, but I'm surprised it didn't come up. Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" is hitting screens in '09. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 10:45 3
- been living in a cave? it was discussed ad nauseum back when first announced -- nm - decline Jan 7, 10:54 2
  - B2. Books coming to screen in 2009. The Road is not listed. That's what I was addressing. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 10:55 1
    - ah, my bad :) -- nm - decline Jan 7, 10:56
bery, I think it was done on exactly the same scale before -- nm - zork Jan 7, 10:44 1
- hrm? You mean the logo? SlackerTalk started in 2008, so that's what I went with :) - Beryllium Jan 7, 10:50
Ahh, the McPherson Sq metro stop is right next to the White House. I'd call that a good spot. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 10:44
thing about converting to VOB is is takes a long time and slow my computer to a crawl and it's no slouch spec-wise -- nm - zork Jan 7, 10:43 4
- need more ram? -- nm - lileve Jan 7, 10:44 3
  - got 2 GB already or are you offering to peg? -- nm - zork Jan 7, 10:45 1
    - peg you or add ram? - lileve Jan 7, 10:48
  - Geek. :) -- nm - lileve Jan 7, 10:44
I think co-ops/interns just saved my job. - Ender Jan 7, 10:43 1
- *sends in efficiency experts The Bobs* -- nm - Don Homer Jan 7, 10:44
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- Someone's got a word-a-day calendar and a determination to use each new word on that day. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 10:46
- F*ing grandiloquent lawyers, you mean -- nm - nubby Jan 7, 10:42 1
  - sesquipedalian, at times. -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 10:47
Yeah, I'm going to re-read some Holmes stuff too. (Did you know that the movie Zero Effect is based on Holmes?) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 10:42 3
- loved Young Sherlock Holmes, a shame they never did more with that movie. -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 10:50
- I just rewatched this over break. I *love* this movie. I *love* roku. -- nm - the last semester ever loves mandy lane Jan 7, 10:43
- But, of course. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 10:43
You know what? The conclusion to that Kingdom Come storyline in JSA? Not so good. (spoilers) - Mop Jan 7, 10:41 5
- I *semi* agree with you.... - Remlik Jan 7, 10:52
- what do you want for 4 bucks a pamphlet comic? good story?...nm - x Jan 7, 10:51 1
  - Especially from DC. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 11:00
- Yeah, but (spoils) - TWuG Jan 7, 10:47 1
  - ...but (spoils) - Mop Jan 7, 10:51
according to realtimerpi.com, the 10 hardest SOS so far: - prayformojo Jan 7, 10:40 7
- Huh, me too. We've played anybody who would take us. -- nm - David Jan 7, 10:54
- Back to back games vs Pitt and ND and a sprinkling of a few others would help immesnely. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 7, 10:53 4
  - they also played memphis and tennessee non-conference. also uconn...nm - x Jan 7, 10:58 3
    - Which after years of seeing them play Creampuff OOC, that's good. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 7, 11:03 2
      - that hasn't stopped entirely. they did also play maryland!....nm - x Jan 7, 11:07 1
        
        That's Recent National Champion Maryland! -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 7, 11:19
- Oregon? Wow, good for them. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 10:42
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- I always pictured Cedric Diggory as classic good-looks hot. He didn't fit, at all, for me -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 10:48 1
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- i'm actually watching twilight right now on some streaming site while i file. - Andie Jan 7, 10:44
- I agreed that he looked better in HPOTT. I did not even know it was him until Amy said so. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 10:42
HEY! -- nm - kelly Jan 7, 10:39 3
- HO! -- nm - nubby Jan 7, 10:42 2
  - LET'S GO! -- nm - kelly Jan 7, 10:43
  - Hip hop hooray! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 7, 10:42
Ward. - Jim Jan 7, 10:39 5
- I like what you did there. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 7, 10:41
- Sela? F -- nm - CQ Jan 7, 10:41
- Hines? -- nm - amoxy Jan 7, 10:40
- Lame. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 7, 10:40
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