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" A minute ago this was the safest job in the world. Now it's turning into a bad day in Bosnia" -- nm - Epiphany Sep 30, 07:39
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- How is it not CHI? -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 07:37
Video of a 29 year old girl hearing for the first time -- (link) - Guigue Sep 30, 07:25 [youtube] 15 1
- love her sleeve, and she is pretty cute too. - groiny Sep 30, 07:31
- Heartwarming. Interesting thought from the comments though. It is kinda interesting that she understands spoken language just fine - oblique Sep 30, 07:30 8
  - Photoshopped!!! - Guigue Sep 30, 07:37
  - And she speaks clearly as well. -- nm - Elvis Sep 30, 07:32 4
    - That's .. weird. -- nm - mara Sep 30, 07:39
    - hmmm, then I would think she had hearing when she was young and then lost it. - loosilu Sep 30, 07:36 2
      - Description of video (from her) says born deaf -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 07:37 1
        
        I know, I'm just questioning it. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:37
  - can't view, but is she lipreading? -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:32 1
    - some of the questions maybe, but the first question she answers she has her eyes covered because she's crying -- nm - dogbert Sep 30, 07:42
- from last year ... 8 month old baby hears mother for first time when his implant is activated. -- (link) - loosilu Sep 30, 07:30 [youtube] 2
  - wow, is this feel-good friday? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 07:33 1
    - there's another one of him where they activate the other ear. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:33
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  - I can't imagine what it's like -- nm - Guigue Sep 30, 07:29
Yes, I will take Francona please. - groiny Sep 30, 07:24
Played maybe 20 or 30 minutes of BF3 Beta last night on the Xbox. I wasn't impressed - oblique Sep 30, 07:17 9
- need.....more......Black Ops...... nm -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 07:24 5
  - I checked it out from the library so I have it at home right now. Maybe this weekend? I was going to join in last night when I saw you guys on - oblique Sep 30, 07:24 4
    - Yes, do some Combat Training when you have some time. - groiny Sep 30, 07:26 2
      - typically i will play a game of combat training to get warmed up for black ops. - tRuMaN Sep 30, 07:27 1
        
        and for oblique, DO NOT EVEN BOTHER WITH THE SNIPER RIFLE. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 07:29
    - and your hand was tired? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 07:25
- Whoa...there's an Xbox Blood Feud game? -- nm - Jim Sep 30, 07:18 2
  - That explains all the "START THE DRAFT" shouting on the headset -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 07:19
  - I am making a Vampirate to beat you all!! -- nm - Bacon Sep 30, 07:19
Even Flow is playing over the speakers at my doctors office. That's an odd choice. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Sep 30, 07:16 3
- did that thought arise like butterflies? -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:17
- ...for a gynecologist -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 07:16 1
  - ~when I see you smile.......~ - groiny Sep 30, 07:25
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An airstrike killed U.S.-born Anwar al-Awlaki, known for his ability to leverage the internet and indoctrinate impressionable youth for terrorist caus - Bacon Sep 30, 07:03 85
- Link? Where was he, in Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq? -- nm - TWuG Sep 30, 07:07 4
  - Trenton, Ohio -- nm - Beryllium Sep 30, 07:10 1
    - Now *that* I'd take issue with. Posse Comitatus. -- nm - TWuG Sep 30, 07:11
  - Yemen -- (link) - znufrii Sep 30, 07:07 1
    - Cool. We got the editor of Inspire, as well. Also a US citizen. Guess the take away here is don't turn your cloak. -- nm - TWuG Sep 30, 07:10
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  - i don't necessarily in this case, but the building of secret drone bases and the increased roboticization of war... - x Sep 30, 07:20 28
    - Cylons. -- nm - Diva Sep 30, 07:24 4
      - ok, we've done the terminator and battlestar galactica jokes, so i guess we can stop talking about it now.....nm - x Sep 30, 07:30 3
        
        talk about whatever you want to talk about. if i want to make a joke, i will. -- nm - Diva Sep 30, 07:33 2
        
        now now, i didn't say you couldn't....nm - x Sep 30, 07:37 1
        
        there are plenty of serious responses within the thread that can be and are being commented on. - Diva Sep 30, 07:45
    - My concern is with what will happen when Skynet goes online and the are 50 bazillion drones flying around not in our control -- nm - decline Sep 30, 07:23 13
      - i honestly think this sort of response is part of the problem... - x Sep 30, 07:28 12
        
        I have no problem with it. Either the pilot is in the plane controlling it, or somewhere else controlling it. - Bacon Sep 30, 07:31 11
        
        i would say the experience of being a pilot over a country dropping a bomb on a target..... - x Sep 30, 07:35 6
        
        I have no problem with it still. It's still a person making the decision. They can see something on the ground and decide to call off the attack. - Bacon Sep 30, 07:39
        
        The guys flying B-52s out of Diego Garcia might as well be drone pilots. - Mel Profit Sep 30, 07:37 1
        
        this is true enough. but i still think it's a lot different to pilot drones all day, and then go home to your family.... - x Sep 30, 07:39
        
        FWIW, I have read that drone operators suffer pretty severe trauma. will have to look it up. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:37 1
        
        I've read this too. - Mel Profit Sep 30, 07:39
        
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        for now. But AI is coming. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 30, 07:35 3
        
        Then we can have this discussion and I may change my mind. -- nm - Bacon Sep 30, 07:36 2
        
        The trend is inevitable but if you don't want to acknowledge and discuss it that's fine. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 30, 07:39 1
        
        What I am saying is that if computers start making the call, I would probably have a problem with it. However, it's not relevant to what is happening - Bacon Sep 30, 07:41
    - this. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:23
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      - I'm fine with drones being used wherever the rule of law can't reach. RoL reaches London just fine. RoL barely has a toehold in Yemen. -- nm - TWuG Sep 30, 07:27 6
        
        how do you justify drone attacks in Pakistan, then? -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:31 2
        
        OBL hiding out there for two years+. If the RoL existed in Pakistan he'd never have hidden there. -- nm - TWuG Sep 30, 07:36 1
        
        And he wasn't even in the rural tribal regions that are even worse. -- nm - Ender Sep 30, 07:41
        
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        yep and not many thing AQ qualifyes for protection under the laws - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:33
        
        Right. Drones are just a more effective SEAL Team. - Mel Profit Sep 30, 07:29
  - *raises hand* - spamlet (iPhone) Sep 30, 07:18 3
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      - Yep. I'm not generally a slippery slope kind of guy, but you just need to keep pushing a little farther to get scary. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Sep 30, 07:24 1
        
        awwwwww, push it! -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 30, 07:25
  - I'm probably perceived as Chicken Little here when it comes to the rise of the Imperial Presidency but... - Mel Profit Sep 30, 07:11
  - Please don't give the Tea Party any other ideas. I cannot handle them anymore. -- nm - MDH Sep 30, 07:11 1
    - It ain't the Tea Party who'd be pissed. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 30, 07:12
  - due process says what? -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 07:06 42
    - Traitorous bastard killed on the battlefield. -- nm - TWuG Sep 30, 07:08 41
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      - what battlefield? are we at war with Yemen and I didn't notice? -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 07:08 38
        
        wherever his front door was, that battlefield -- nm - dogbert Sep 30, 07:21
        
        So we can never target al-Qaida because they're not an actual country? -- nm - mara Sep 30, 07:13 26
        
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        war and the rules thereof are defind for being conficts between nations - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:30
        
        I've never said I'm okay with it. I was just wondering what znu's position was. -- nm - mara Sep 30, 07:27 1
        
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        in certain places you can but i doubt Yemen qualifyes for that sticktly speaking -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:15 21
        
        This guy in particular was a well-known anti-US jihadist. Since he declared war on the US, I think he qualifies as being at war with the US. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:16 10
        
        no actually it does not -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:19 9
        
        Well, the U.S. isn't at war with him....now -- nm - Bacon Sep 30, 07:21 8
        
        so AQ is dead now? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:24 7
        
        "him" -- nm - Bacon Sep 30, 07:24 6
        
        both the targeting of single individuals AND hitting in soverign states are illeagal - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:27 5
        
        Yeah, it's not now. Have you read all the new laws on the books that were originally given to Bush? -- nm - Bacon Sep 30, 07:29 4
        
        Bush or the US or NATO dont set the rules - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:30 3
        
        Well if you are right then Obama will be in jail soon. Waiting.....still waiting......still waiting..... -- nm - Bacon Sep 30, 07:32 1
        
        i doubt ANY us official will be in jail for this or for any other violations done in the "war on terror" - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:34
        
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        Qualifies for what? -- nm - mara Sep 30, 07:16 9
        
        as a rouge state -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:21 8
        
        My post had nothing to do with that. -- nm - mara Sep 30, 07:23 6
        
        ask better questions then -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:24 5
        
        My question was to znu, trying to clarify his position. Your replied did not clarify it. They never do. -- nm - mara Sep 30, 07:26 4
        
        ohh sorry i thought your question posten under my post was meant for me - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:28 3
        
        It was a very, very misguided attempt to understand what the fuck you were saying. Believe me, I won't make that mistake again. -- nm - mara Sep 30, 07:29 2
        
        so the question was NOT for Znu after all? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:35 1
        
        You're having a lot of difficulty following this thread. This is a common problem with you. So is being an asshole. - mara Sep 30, 07:44
        
        as amusing as this is, you mean a "rogue" state. - loosilu Sep 30, 07:22
        
        we're at war with Yemen AQ. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:09 9
        
        Yemen is a rouge state now? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:13 8
        
        more of an eye shadow state but I won't split hairs with it. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 30, 07:16 3
        
        Yemen is a borderline case sure - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:17
        
        and a leader whose desperate for us to keep him in power in the face of civil uprising. -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 07:17 1
        
        officially they don't support AQ, but, who knows. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:17
        
        no. Yemeni Al Qaeda. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:14 3
        
        i just hope there is no AQ in Warzaw or London -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:15 2
        
        London for sure. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:16 1
        
        duck and cover! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:18
      - Ding. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 30, 07:08
lyc: personal update - budice Sep 30, 06:56 5
- nice....nm - x Sep 30, 07:22
- congrats! -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:03
- congrats! (we should have long distance drinks to celebrate! saturday at 8:30pm is good for me.) -- nm - amanda jones Sep 30, 07:01
- good luck - I hope you find a happy place - Epiphany Sep 30, 06:59
- that's good news. - colin Sep 30, 06:57
Couches, sold. Spinning wheel, sold. Guitar pedals, sold. Camera equipment, computer, tv, all sold. This feels great. - colin Sep 30, 06:56 1
- Congrats. I don't know if I could do it. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 30, 07:07
Interesting. One of the reasons the Kindle Fire is only 7" ? There is a big shortage of 10" screens -- (link) - decline Sep 30, 06:52
gaming deal: HP has the Tritton TRIAX-720 AX 720 Dolby Digital Surround Sound Headset for $130 - $25 off (coupon code 25OFF100) = $105 with free ship -- (link) - tRuMaN Sep 30, 06:51
LIR: kilbo.. thankya!!!! -- nm - colin Sep 30, 06:50 1
- Hobbit action is smooth! - oblique Sep 30, 07:00
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- Surprised that they'd collapse before the Big 12 (and in fact, this may give new life to the Big 12). -- nm - Mop Sep 30, 06:53 2
  - The Pac not expanding really helped the Big 12. -- nm - Ender Sep 30, 06:59 1
    - And I'll bet that's only temporary because that decision smacked more of "We aren't willing to play by Texas' rules" instead of "We don't want to." -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 30, 07:01
- well, at least dave gavitt doesn't have to see it happen....nm - x Sep 30, 06:50
- that makes me sad. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 06:48
oops - Covington Cat - LIR - 2 posts on B2 for you about your trip here. -- nm - JenBro Sep 30, 06:44 1
- All sounds great. - CovingtonCat Sep 30, 06:57
Tobacco companies hid presence of radioactive Polonium-210 in cigarettes for 40 years. -- (link) - znufrii Sep 30, 06:38
I work my first eight-hour retail shift in like seven years on saturday. it's going to be *not* awesome. - amanda jones Sep 30, 06:36 10
- What kind of store? -- nm - lileve Sep 30, 06:38 9
  - department. I float between accessories (giving me great access to the clearance jewelry section), home (giving me great access to the clearance glass - amanda jones Sep 30, 06:46 6
    - B&N took back most of my paycheck when I worked there. -- nm - lileve Sep 30, 07:04 2
      - I'm not in this for the cash really. I just want the discount over the holidays. I fully expect to give my paycheck back to the store. -- nm - amanda jones Sep 30, 07:08 1
        
        Yes. It was amazing the deals I found. -- nm - lileve Sep 30, 07:14
    - they all float, and when you work here, you'll float too -- nm - pennywise the department store manager Sep 30, 07:02
    - heh - sometimes I check out and the clerk is all like " oooh, I should go grab a pair of these" -- nm - Epiphany Sep 30, 07:00 1
      - molly in shoes tells me there's a whole room upstairs of one-pairs. I can't wait to see if there's anything that fits me. - amanda jones Sep 30, 07:03
  - retail -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 06:40 1
    - I know that silly. -- nm - lileve Sep 30, 07:04
PUJOLS!!!! -- nm - Jim Sep 30, 06:36 3
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  - FERRIS! -- nm - lileve Sep 30, 06:37 1
    - ALVIN!!! -- nm - colin Sep 30, 06:58

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