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sitwap? this is totally fascinating. gang used 3d printers for atm skimers - x Sep 30, 08:37
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Can we talk Beastie Boy Top Chef - Just Desserts - I'd be pissed if I were those contestants. *spoils* - Epiphany Sep 30, 08:31 2
- However, he also pulled that off. - JaxSean Sep 30, 08:49
- kinda glad I fell asleep and missed this one :) -- nm - JenBro Sep 30, 08:47
Canadian PSA: Lotto Max is $40 mil tonight (lump sum, tax free) -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 08:26 1
- Megamillions 113 mil tonight -- nm - amoxy Sep 30, 08:28
LYC: I'm sold! - OAE Sep 30, 08:24 2
- Sorry - here it is -- pilot error. - OAE Sep 30, 09:08
- link fail :) -- nm - JenBro Sep 30, 08:48
Re-post: German guy doesn't know daddy long legs (vid) -- (link) - con_carne Sep 30, 08:22 9
- He looks like that porn actor -- nm - Guigue Sep 30, 08:26
- you really liked this, huh? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 08:26 6
  - There's no part of that video that isn't funny, IMO. - con_carne Sep 30, 08:28
  - its funny as shit - Epiphany Sep 30, 08:27 4
    - well, yeah, as I posted it. - groiny Sep 30, 08:29 3
      - it was awesome - I didn't go for Blink but I was impressed by Blink - I have a new respect for Travis Barker as a drummer. Amazing. - Epiphany Sep 30, 08:33 2
        
        saw this concert a few months back.... - groiny Sep 30, 08:35 1
        
        the cool thing that I had never seen before - the video monitors showed them in Comic Book - almost Sin City style - it worked well for them. My Chem' - Epiphany Sep 30, 08:38
- I need Roo to watch this -- nm - Epiphany Sep 30, 08:26
another thing to think about is that there are now more than 40 countries operating drones, so it's not like we have any sort of monopoly on this... - x Sep 30, 08:18 1
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Warren Buffett doesn't seem like a very big fan of the Buffett Rule. - Ender Sep 30, 08:16 13
- That's 1.98%; that's a good start. -- nm - David Sep 30, 08:35 3
  - And yet how many times have we heard the counter to that argument? - Stephen Sep 30, 08:52 2
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      - Not surprisingly you conveniently ignore how this argument is used against cutting funding to non-entitlement programs as well... - Stephen Sep 30, 09:09
- Some of the people who have signed up for their giving away half their fortune. They are only that rich on paper. The Facbook guy is one of them. -- nm - lileve Sep 30, 08:25
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  - Also, it's as if you're forgetting that the tax cuts for the rich "job creators" was extended at the beginning of this year - con_carne Sep 30, 08:50 1
    - This was, of course, a controversial move which obviously didn't result in many jobs getting created. - con_carne Sep 30, 08:53
  - It's not about targeting anybody. It's about fairness. Buffett used his secretaries as an example of that. -- nm - con_carne Sep 30, 08:40 1
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  - I think your statement doesn't take into account corporate taxes, even though they might count as a "taxpayer". Correct me if I'm wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 30, 08:27 1
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Ken Fryden on the NHL and what they need to do to prevent head injuries -- (link) - Beaker Sep 30, 08:07 3
- ken dryden haunted my childhood....nm - x Sep 30, 08:20
- Dryden (stupid fingers) -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 08:07 1
  - I was just about to correct you because ken fryden doesn't give a damn about head injuries -- nm - dogbert Sep 30, 08:10
Video of stupid people biking through waves and getting knocked over in Chicago yesterday -- (link) - oblique Sep 30, 08:06 1
- I have to admit that when I was in high school I did this once. We were having a blast until one huge wave literally came over our heads. Fortunately - pmb Sep 30, 08:37
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- Hating America is all we need as justification. -- nm - Mop Sep 30, 08:16
- Jack, stop asking questions and just celebrate that we killed the bad guy like a good American. -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 08:11 1
  - wow -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 08:23
- he was "editor" of the English Language AQ website/magazine I believe. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 30, 08:09 21
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  - U.S. intelligence had identified him as "chief of external operations" for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), considered the most dangerous of -- (link) - mara Sep 30, 08:11 19
    - the stories I've read have suggested he was actively involved in multiple operations. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 08:13
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      - and, if I'm remembering correctly, these accusations didn't come out until we were already targeting him and he had gone into hiding. - znufrii Sep 30, 08:20 13
        
        maybe you should read the wiki article on him. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 08:21 12
        
        Yeah, wikipedia's got a pretty good rundown on him. -- nm - Ender Sep 30, 08:27 11
        
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        well, I think the answer to "b" is obvious now... -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 08:34 7
        
        or last year when Obama gave the "dead or alive" order on his ass. -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 08:37 4
        
        Apparently he was also being tried in absentia in Yemen and a Yemeni judge had also issued a "capture dead or alive" order. *NM* - Ender Sep 30, 08:54
        
        unlike with Osama bin Laden, I don't think there was ever any pretense we would take this guy alive... -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 08:49 2
        
        he was on the capture/kill list. I'm sure there are many factors going in to the choice. - loosilu Sep 30, 08:53
        
        "alive if possible...dead just as good" -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 08:50
        
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        as heartwarming as it is to see you guys be civil to each other, in this case, you're wrong. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 08:37
        
        he's a well documented bad dude. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 08:30 1
        
        Right. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 30, 08:36
      - like mara said, I'm sure that shit is classified. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 08:14 2
        
        I am getting really tired of everything being classified - amoxy Sep 30, 08:21 1
        
        I get this. it seems like this particular area would be appropriate for classification, thought. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 08:25
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- Yeah, it looks like he just doesn't want to be back. - TFox Sep 30, 08:21 11
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    - Honestly, sounds like we built a clubhouse of dickholes and he's just done. - TFox Sep 30, 08:25 7
      - I didn't know until I read Jackie Mac's column today that as little as 2 months ago Youk was still publicly giving Ellsbury shit about going to heal - Diva Sep 30, 08:46 1
        
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      - you guys are funny. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 08:30 3
        
        do you not get that impression? - TFox Sep 30, 08:48 2
        
        I agree with that IM. No way was one person or one element the cause of this collapse. -- nm - Diva Sep 30, 09:03
        
        no, just your befuddlment amuses me. - groiny Sep 30, 08:52
      - agreed x 2. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 30, 08:26
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    - yes please. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 30, 08:30
The US economy is either in a recession, or a recession is imminent - Brian Sep 30, 08:04 4
- That's the best news I've seen all week -- nm - ML SI Sep 30, 08:09 1
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- i'm not totally convinced. i'm starting to think more that it's just that we're not anywhere close to back to trend, and that weak + low growth.... - x Sep 30, 08:07 1
  - this -- nm - ceregon Sep 30, 08:27
Raymond Rougeau uses his plane to find lost hunter -- (link) - Beaker Sep 30, 08:04
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- Okay, that is freaky as I was working up an offer for him. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 30, 08:04 3
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    - OMG! OMG! OMG! -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 30, 08:12 1
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PSAto those that care: I went Best Buy route for BAC. The guy working there actually got to play the game at one of their corporate what nots. - The Ruiner Sep 30, 08:00 3
- Robin will be DLC at some point -- nm - Remlik Sep 30, 08:19
- So, Best Buy has an exclusive edition of the game, or am I missing something? -- nm - con_carne Sep 30, 08:03 1
  - exclusive dlc item for like 30 days or something, -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 30, 08:48
RE: the deaf girl understanding the spoken word. She can speak English so she's getting feedback in her own head for what words sound like - TWuG Sep 30, 07:56 8
- Gotta see documentary "Sound and Fury" (streaming on Netflix) all about the cultural and political implications of these hearing implants. - Mop Sep 30, 08:15 1
  - Sounds like they had fear about it. -- nm - lileve Sep 30, 08:31
- from what I have learned about people getting implants as adults, they generally cannot interpret sounds. - loosilu Sep 30, 08:15
- How does she know what the words are *supposed* to sound like? -- nm - mara Sep 30, 07:57 4
  - Because she has spoken them and her brain knows what patterns they make -- nm - TWuG Sep 30, 07:57 3
    - I'm thinking the patterns her brain learned were less perfect sounds. -- nm - mara Sep 30, 08:18 1
      - I have serious doubts she was born deaf. I have seen a lot of videos of cochlear implants being turned on, and have read some accounts. - loosilu Sep 30, 08:20
    - The whole thing is fascinating -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 07:58
LIR: Glad to hear it, budice -- nm - con_carne Sep 30, 07:49
this is an excerpt from the p.w. singer book that helps underline the sort of thing i get concerned about.... - x Sep 30, 07:47
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- i wonder if they will have demo models soon as we can play with them -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 30, 07:58
- on the day of the amazon announcement, i went in to best buy and mocked the sales kids at the kindle counter. -- nm - colin Sep 30, 07:52 1
  - Poor Barnes & Noble, they're even overlooked for e-book mockery. -- nm - Ender Sep 30, 08:03
- The tax would be an acceptable price to get hands-on with each model before purchase. -- nm - TWuG Sep 30, 07:47 15
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    - if you barcode scan the item and the amazon price comes up BB matches it, and you get BB points. -- nm - Remlik Sep 30, 08:42
    - You go there to play Rock Band while you shop, of course -- nm - con_carne Sep 30, 08:04
    - I was doing this last night. Playing with their laptops then looking them up on amazon, on their laptops. -- nm - lileve Sep 30, 07:54
    - Yup. I actually think amazon is pretty much my favorite business out there right now. Invariably it has the best selection and usually the best - pmb Sep 30, 07:53 9
      - I was blown away when they started having better pricing on motherboards and other computer parts than newegg -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 07:54 8
        
        I love this line from the amazon homepage introducing the new kindles. "There are two types of companies: those that work hard to charge customers - pmb Sep 30, 07:57 7
        
        I like it so much I want to tweet it, but it's too long. -- nm - mara Sep 30, 08:16 2
        
        "There are two kinds of social networks..." -- nm - con_carne Sep 30, 08:33
        
        use TFox' summary below -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 08:17
        
        oh yeah - that cracked me up. -- nm - Diva Sep 30, 08:07
        
        It cracked me up. "there are two kind of companies: those familiar with subtlety, and Amazon." - TFox Sep 30, 08:04
        
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        (and/or Netflix) -- nm - Beaker Sep 30, 07:57
    - I like this analogy a lot -- nm - Epiphany Sep 30, 07:49
- bummer. That would've been a nice use to get rid of my stupid $25 best buy gift card - oblique Sep 30, 07:46
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- spoilers - znufrii Sep 30, 07:47
- Not even sure what "Boy Drama" is - amoxy Sep 30, 07:46 2
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    - I really want to make a Cappie joke - Epiphany Sep 30, 07:49
Halo: I got my first spree last night - oblique Sep 30, 07:44 2
- Awesome! -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 30, 08:02 1
  - and it was on that stupid Asylum map that I hate and usually suck on -- nm - oblique Sep 30, 08:03
I respect people that don't like or question the drone attacks. I think it's very healthy to question the Government on this. - Bacon Sep 30, 07:42 18
- Except when it was Dubya? -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 30, 08:02
- Makes me think of that original Star Trek episode where the countries - amoxy Sep 30, 07:49
- problem is that is is an "too easy" solution often -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:45 14
  - In this case, that guy is dead. I am glad he is dead. The Ft. Hood shooter had contact with him in messages (if I remember correctly) - Bacon Sep 30, 07:48
  - irrespective of trauma to the pilots, I think the lack of risk to human life makes it easier to choose to go in. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:46 12
    - risk to "own" human life if the intel is faulty you got a problem - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:48 2
      - In Pakistan if we had gotten permission (we did this once and it backfired) they would have sent Osama Binladin packing for another safe place to stay -- nm - Bacon Sep 30, 07:55 1
        
        yep thats one of the reasons drone attacs are the easy solution - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:57
    - at least, the risk to our human lives. how many innocent civilians have been killed by drone attacks? -- nm - znufrii Sep 30, 07:48 8
      - Probably fewer than were killed in errant bomb drops or crossfire from humans. - TWuG Sep 30, 07:51 3
        
        all strikes are obliged to do that convetional war or not actually - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:54 2
        
        The U.S. did it in Japan though - Bacon Sep 30, 07:56 1
        
        yep and the japaneese in china, the germans an italians in spain etc. etc. etc. - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:59
      - To be fair more civilians have been killed by bomb strikes by planes with pilots in them. - Bacon Sep 30, 07:50 2
        
        I belive this. they don't have the luxury of careful targeting. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 08:17
        
        and drones are far less armed -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:51
      - well if it was a "war" the attacket was obliged to keep count - Danedukenuuk Sep 30, 07:49
- very much agreed. I have a lot of concerns. -- nm - loosilu Sep 30, 07:43
sigh, i forgot that ike days are earlier than my days -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 30, 07:42
Many people assume drone attacks are like video games, but the Air National Guard says drone pilots are suffering the same as those who fly in combat -- (link) - loosilu Sep 30, 07:41
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