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Because we were talking about Twitter yesterday, this is a good article about its uses, with recommendations.. -- (link) - mara Mar 22, 07:25
Did we discuss Sarkozy's statement about cracking down on people who follow extremist websites? - Andie Mar 22, 07:20 19
- Viva La Liberte. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 07:28
- The fact that they know where you surf the web is the scary part. - Bacon Mar 22, 07:28 12
  - You think the US government doesn't know where you surf? -- nm - ty97 Mar 22, 07:29 10
    - you think they have to staff to watch regular people? -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:30 9
      - It's not like they're going "I wonder where Jacques Doe is surfing?", it's "Hmm, here's a list of people who went to howtobeaterrorist.net..." -- nm - Ender Mar 22, 07:33 5
        
        what? Charley *does* surf? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 22, 11:52
        
        that's not regular people. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:37 3
        
        I was agreeing with you. -- nm - Ender Mar 22, 08:23
        
        they're regular people until they do that. you need to scan the regular people to find those people. -- nm - TFox Mar 22, 07:38 1
        
        agreed ... this is semantics now. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:39
      - you don't need staff to watch them as they surf. you need data collection. - TFox Mar 22, 07:31 2
        
        Yeah, Data Mining. Hell Uncle Sam doesn't scare me as much as corporations doing it to me. -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 07:32 1
        
        This. not the government. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:37
  - ECHELON is watching. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 22, 07:29
- will be interesting to see how this whole thing shakes out for his reelection prospects. -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 07:26
- Idiot. -- nm - mara Mar 22, 07:25
- thought police state! -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:23
- He may want to follow that up with a law or something rather than, you know, bluster. -- nm - Mop Mar 22, 07:22
- So 4chan is now illegal in France? -- nm - lileve Mar 22, 07:21
Introducing the Romney Magic Numbers Calculator -- (link) - ty97 Mar 22, 07:15 3
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- I don't think that's going to help mandy at all, ty. -- nm - mara Mar 22, 07:15 1
  - right? if there were such a thing? I'd be all over it! -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 22, 07:18
Predicting primaries by looking at evangelical populations. -- (link) - mara Mar 22, 07:10
Celebrity hook ups are getting wild: 1st Ashton and Rhianna, then Johnny Depp and an Olsen Twin - and now Minka Kelly with Wilda Valderama? - Pippy Mar 22, 07:10 3
- i think i might believe one or two of those. -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 07:11
- Fez is a hound -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 07:11
- Wilmer's black book rivals Justin's. he's got something. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:10
Sitwap? Your 2-year old Dancing the Jive Video of the Day -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 22, 07:05 [youtube]
ST Poll -- Have you ever had to buy emergency underwear at a drugstore? - znufrii Mar 22, 07:02 16
- I've gone commando a few times -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 22, 11:53
- god, I'm going away tomorrow night and now I'm terrified I'll forget my skivs. nmbswearing - calculator and sandals jones Mar 22, 07:18
- never. I usually pack enough or don't wear any if I exhaust my supply -- nm - CQ: 13 Seed Mar 22, 07:14
- I had to buy more at Walmart during Hawaii just because we didn't want to do laundry with only 3 days left. -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 07:10
- not at a drugstore, but last easter in alice springs qantas lost my bags. they gave me $100, I went to k-mart -- nm - mafic Mar 22, 07:09
- only socks and hose. -- nm - Diva Mar 22, 07:09
- i've bought emergency stockings at a drugstore a LOT, emergency underwear once or twice. -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 07:07 7
  - you guys make me laugh. There was a time when I was traveling a lot for work, and the majority of my underwear was bought on the road. - loosilu Mar 22, 07:09 6
    - right. at the mall. or at ross dress for less. or at marshall's. not at CVS. no way. -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 22, 07:15 1
      - whatever was available. I was always in the middle of nowhere. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:19
    - see, i always pack extra. -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 07:10 3
      - I always *mean* to pack extra. Somehow, thinking about it translates into thinking I did it. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:11 1
        
        it's too bad they don't make an underwear timer you can wear around your neck. -- nm - TFox Mar 22, 07:14
      - this -- nm - Diva Mar 22, 07:10
- when the scareways lost my luggage, I bought emergency skivs - calculator and sandals jones Mar 22, 07:06
- sure. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:04
i probably should have shaved before i went bare legged today with a skirt. - New spring skirts Andie Mar 22, 06:58 2
- I keep misreading your handle as NWBR :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 07:00 1
  - okay okay -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 07:03
hmmmm... - znufrii Mar 22, 06:52
The TV post below got me thinking. Shows we never see/hear/think about anymore: Riptide, Matt Houston {nm} - Banzai! Mar 22, 06:43 17
- Hey, I loved Riptide. Wasn't that in a programming block sandwiched between A-Team and Remington Steele? -- nm - Mop Mar 22, 07:27
- The Greatest American Hero was the bomb!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 07:06
- Simon & Simon -- nm - Pippy Mar 22, 07:03 1
  - *does the sax solo from the opening song* -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 07:04
- Solid Gold. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 06:54 5
  - Hee Haw -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 07:06
  - imagine how dated this would be. ha ha ha. and star search. -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 22, 07:03 3
    - i loved star search so much. -- nm - TFox Mar 22, 07:19
    - oh, i want to watch Solid Gold now. -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 07:07
    - wasn't Christina on that? -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:05
- Loved Hardcastle and McCormick -- nm - Capstern Mar 22, 06:51 3
  - Gorilla Basketball! -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 06:55
  - Also..Airwolf, Street Hawk (lol) and Automan - odd fact saw the former lead of Automan in a stage production of Jekyl n Hyde -- nm - Capstern Mar 22, 06:53 1
    - Oooh Automan! Forgot about that one. {nm} - Banzai! Mar 22, 07:11
- Matt Houston used to come on CBC IIRC before hockey up here -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 06:45 2
  - can't remember which came first, his moustache or Magnums... -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 06:46 1
    - Magnum I think -- nm - Capstern Mar 22, 06:51
so, remember our flood last month? well, we still haven't finished all the repairs from that - New spring skirts Andie Mar 22, 06:32 3
- Oh, work floods. Phew. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 06:40 2
  - yeah, not in the same realm as the ST home floods. -- nm - New spring skirts Andie Mar 22, 06:42 1
    - But still, I'm sure the logistics can get annoying. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 07:00
The viciousness of the soaps fans in this article about the death of soaps and the Disney owned Soapnet is funny....(link) - Walt_Disney Mar 22, 06:32 4
- Their comments on the TVBTN articles are insane. -- nm - MDH Mar 22, 06:38
- I don't watch GH anymore but I will be pissed if they kill it -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 06:33 2
  - I'm weirdly pissed that it'll be canceled. - Mel Profit Mar 22, 06:41
  - Oh it's done. They've syndicated "Katie" into 97% ofTV markets areleady or something. -- nm - MDH Mar 22, 06:39
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- *shocking* nmbJack - znufrii Mar 22, 06:33 8
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    - ah, probably not going to be hanging in the city that late, but we'll see how it goes. -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 06:39
    - jealous -- nm - Diva Mar 22, 06:37 5
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        I love this idea but that would involve me all of a sudden 'getting sick' here now so I could go home and pack extra undies. - Diva Mar 22, 06:43 3
        
        no need to pack undies, just buy a spare at CVS -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 06:45 2
        
        *laughing at how gross that is* I'm sure they don't have my size. - Diva Mar 22, 06:47 1
        
        I forgot the underscores. -- nm - Diva Mar 22, 06:51
speaking of survivor, the colton issue has a lot of people more interested in survivor than they've been in many years. - calculator jones Mar 22, 06:31 1
- Survivor Spoilers - MDH Mar 22, 06:45
ST Poll: Who sells more jerseys this season: Tebow Jets or Peyton Denver? -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 06:30 5
- Denver fans will probably go nuts - going to be close -- nm - Capstern Mar 22, 06:45 1
  - most just bought Tebow jerseys last year though :) -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 06:47
- Tebow -- nm - Bacon, via droid Mar 22, 06:41
- Peyton by a hot mile. -- nm - TFox Mar 22, 06:32
- Tebow -- nm - znufrii Mar 22, 06:31
i haven't listened to It's a Shame About Ray for a really long time - prayformojo Mar 22, 06:25
Random Question (DO NOT GOOGLE CHEAT) during the early 80s what was the last show in this TV block - Capstern Mar 22, 06:18 19
- I remember WKRP coming on after MASH (the one school night I got to stay up that extra half hour was to watch WKRP) -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 06:48 2
  - That show waqs why I became a DJ for 9 years -- nm - Capstern Mar 22, 06:54 1
    - please don't watch Dexter... - Beaker Mar 22, 07:06
- Joanie Loves Chachi? Mork & Mindy? Taxi? {nm} - Banzai! Mar 22, 06:40 1
  - Taxi was the first but only for the first season I think...in 70s but not the 80s -- nm - Capstern Mar 22, 06:44
- It was Too Close for Comfort with Ted Knight - lasted quite a while -- nm - Capstern Mar 22, 06:39
- The Ropers -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 22, 06:30
- Bosom Buddies -- nm - Inigo Mar 22, 06:28
- Archie's Place? -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 06:27
- forgettable '80s sitcom #7. -- nm - mafic Mar 22, 06:27
- It's a Living? - Diva Mar 22, 06:26
- Love Boat? -- nm - Pippy Mar 22, 06:26 5
  - yeah weekend was Love Boat Fanstasy Island and H2H -- nm - Capstern Mar 22, 06:40
  - that was my first guess. but, wasn't it on the weekends and the others were a week night? (i could be totally wrong) -- nm - New spring skirts Andie Mar 22, 06:28 3
    - Love Boat came on Saturday night and was followed by Fantasy Island. - Diva Mar 22, 06:40
    - It would have to be a half hour show. Love Boat was an hour. {nm} - Banzai! Mar 22, 06:32 1
      - also I think it ran 1st and then Fantasy Island - I'm not good at guessing this stuff -- nm - Pippy Mar 22, 06:38
- Hart to Hart ? -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 06:23 1
  - LOVED that show -- nm - Capstern Mar 22, 06:40
I've decided to have theme nicks until we find me an acceptable calculator. -- nm - calculator jones Mar 22, 06:18 27
- Google is good enough? Chrome has a built-in calculator in the address bar. -- nm - GregW Mar 22, 06:31 5
  - i find if you need to use a calculator a lot, using a computer is unwieldy. -- nm - New spring skirts Andie Mar 22, 06:52 3
    - that's what phones are for. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:01 2
      - again, I have several apps and dislike them all. I think I want buttons. -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 22, 07:04 1
        
        ok ... go to a store and find one with buttons. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:12
  - that works in other browsers too. It's my default. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 06:50
- LYC: I still use my TI-85 graphing calculator that's 15+ years old. It's the best. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 22, 06:26 6
  - my HP 12c is at least that old - maybe 20 years -- nm - decline Mar 22, 06:28
  - mmm, Reverse Polish notation. -- nm - Reagen Mar 22, 06:27 4
    - I never was able to learn it. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:02
    - That's why I liked my TI over the crappy HP's. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 22, 06:28 2
      - ? HPs had RPN. - Reagen Mar 22, 06:33 1
        
        Yes. I hated RPN. That's why I liked my TI. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 22, 07:45
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  - loved playing tetris on my TI-85 in high school - znufrii Mar 22, 06:27
- can we have a Theme Nick Theme Day? Nick yourself re: something you are shopping for. -- nm - New spring skirts Andie Mar 22, 06:25 1
  - try target for spring skirts. no, really. -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 22, 06:32
- functional, FUNctional, or FUN? -- nm - TFox Mar 22, 06:23 7
  - FUNctional. like simple math. (I work in protected spreadsheets a lot so need it for quick calculations.) -- nm - calculator jones Mar 22, 06:24 5
    - oooh, this is cool if, like me, you don't trust your fingers and/or calculators. -- (link) - TFox Mar 22, 06:30
    - this is what's on my desk, which is the opposite of fun, but perfect for the occasional quick calc. -- (link) - TFox Mar 22, 06:26 1
      - and this is that, but business. -- (link) - TFox Mar 22, 06:28
    - idea 1 (rubber!) -- (link) - TFox Mar 22, 06:25 1
      - not bad. not bad at all. -- nm - calculator and sandals jones Mar 22, 06:33
  - ~Conjunction junction, what's your function?~ -- nm - Strongbad Mar 22, 06:24
- Abacus Jones? -- nm - Capstern Mar 22, 06:19 1
  - maybe on the next board if we don't find me a calculator. -- nm - calculator jones Mar 22, 06:21
Survivor spoiler - Guigue Mar 22, 06:17 6
- last night we were talking about his treatment of christina sp - calculator jones Mar 22, 06:20 2
  - spoiler - Guigue Mar 22, 06:34
  - "I know lots of Asians" "name one" "my masseuse" -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 06:31
- What sucks most about that is (spoilers) - oblique Mar 22, 06:19 1
  - *spoils* - Strongbad Mar 22, 06:23
- spoiler - TFox Mar 22, 06:19
Kiss and Motley Crue coming to town. Want to go see them but 117 a ticket after fees - just saw KISS like 1.5 years ago if that on Alive 35..and not - Capstern Mar 22, 06:16 4
- That concert will be on Groupon, don't worry. -- nm - MDH Mar 22, 06:29
- its not - not even 80's Crue is worth 117. I saw them last year - they were good but not that good -- nm - Pippy Mar 22, 06:27 2
  - Hey we need to do family hunger games weekend this weekend -- nm - Capstern Mar 22, 06:41 1
    - I'm seeing it tomorrow but I can see it again - what day are you thinking? we are in town. Lil Pip wants to go -- nm - Pippy Mar 22, 07:22
There's a building in DC that is starting to look a lot like the Jawa Sandcrawler -- (link) - MDH Mar 22, 06:15 1
- that's... tenuous. -- nm - mafic Mar 22, 06:17

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