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Future ST winner. What would you make me do by giving me 1 million dollars? -- nm - Bacon, via droid Mar 30, 11:54 21
- Open the club. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 11:58 2
  - I just remembered Amy said she would dance icf I opened up Prospect's Strip Club -- nm - Bacon, via droid Mar 30, 12:01 1
    - I think she just signed up for that pole dance work out class, even. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 12:03
- never shave your beard again -- nm - con_carne Mar 30, 11:57
- Wear Oregon St. gear every day for a year. -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 11:55 11
  - and get fake breasts -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 11:56 7
    - ...and tie his hands behind his back. - Mel Profit Mar 30, 11:58
    - I'd get some for $10 -- nm - zork Mar 30, 11:57
    - wow, sorry I asked now. and no Ty I will not star in your straight to gay porno -- nm - Bacon, via droid Mar 30, 11:57 4
      - I'm not hearing a no. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 12:02 1
        
        I'm thinking dammit! -- nm - Bacon, via droid Mar 30, 12:02
      - just kidding - I would never do that - but it's pretty funny -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 12:01 1
        
        Yeah, but you just gave Groiny a sick idea -- nm - Bacon, via droid Mar 30, 12:02
  - for the rest of his life -- nm - CQ: Mega Disaster Mar 30, 11:56 2
    - You two will star in my new movie, Evil and Eviler -- nm - Bacon, via droid Mar 30, 11:56 1
      - I could have thrown in an Oden and Bowie jersey but that's just salt in the wound. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 11:58
- prepare a bacon buffet for us. at least 30 different bacon dishes -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 11:54 4
  - Done! I make a great clam chowder with big chunks of bacon -- nm - Bacon, via droid Mar 30, 11:55 3
    - that's 1.... -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 11:57 2
      - Yeah, 30 will take some time - Bacon, via droid Mar 30, 11:58 1
        
        google is your friend -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 12:00
Tries to remember whether he's arguing with David, or arguing WITH David... -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 11:53 1
- I wasn't sure either but the lottery joke kills. -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:55
The Busytown Mysteries theme song is an insidious little earworm. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 11:46 4
- Never heard of the show. What channel is it on? -- nm - Don Homer Mar 30, 11:50 2
  - can I ask where I can watch Downtown Abbey - cause people keep raving about it. say its very smart/funny -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 11:54
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4 8 15 16 23 42.....4 8 15 16 23 42.... -- nm - budice Mar 30, 11:39 7
- what numbers are these? cause I used them -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 11:53 3
  - Hurley's lottery numbers on Lost? -- nm - mara Mar 30, 11:55 2
    - okay -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 11:56 1
      - I should've looked them up instead of guessing. Sorry I sounded like a smartass. :-) -- nm - mara Mar 30, 11:58
- Watch all the tickets be eliminated after one number. -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:40 2
  - I'd love to see a live counter of the number of tickets getting eliminated after each successive number. -- nm - MDH Mar 30, 11:43
  - "And the first number is... Purple." - Ender Mar 30, 11:43
Friday Flash Fun. Just because I was sending my 'flash animation' portfolio to a prospective freelance client... -- (link) - MegaVermin Mar 30, 11:29 2
- link has sound. -- nm - iceberg jones Mar 30, 11:31 1
  - Hell yeah it does. -- nm - Vermin Rocks Mar 30, 11:44
33 things you didn't know about the movie 'Titanic'... -- (link) - Don Homer Mar 30, 11:29 4
- i read earlier today that having been to the actual Titanic several times since, Cameron has found details he got wrong. He said - The Unsinkable Andie Brown Mar 30, 11:40
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  - the last one was interesting. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 30, 11:34 1
    - You know he was trying to work it in. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 11:37
test. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 30, 11:24 1
- man, the work filter hates that game thread. - Mel Profit Mar 30, 11:25
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- Nice. I've found it very handy despite not streaming any Amazon content. - Jelly Mar 30, 11:31
The Big Picture: Pope Benedict XVI visits Cuba... -- (link) - Don Homer Mar 30, 11:22
Damn: "HRC Received an anonymous IRS filing from NOM today, detailing Mitt Romney's SuperPAC donations to support Proposition 8 -- (link) - MDH Mar 30, 11:19 13
- Wow, I'm shocked! - spamlet Mar 30, 11:24 11
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    - I don't see how that hurts Romney beyond people that wouldn't vote for him anyway. - spamlet Mar 30, 11:43 7
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        I don't see why it is race baiting? - spamlet Mar 30, 11:49 5
        
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        How is that different than the gay marriage base denouncing white people as bigots? -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 11:51 3
        
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        It had more to do with political alliances then anything else. - spamlet Mar 30, 12:00
    - Also the fact that tried so hard to cover his tracks in the process. - znufrii Mar 30, 11:28 1
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- Launch the gay swift boats! -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 11:20
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- Pretty quickly. After I call my mom, sister, brother and one close friend and I would come here and post. - Krusty Mar 30, 12:01
- my guess is you'll never here from me again. And like that *makes puff sound* I'm gone -- nm - CQ: Mega Disaster Mar 30, 12:01
- I would definately sponsor a gathering...I would guess one of you lawyer types would be the first told about it though -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 12:00
- Like I will tell all you blood sucking begging leaches???? - Bacon, via droid Mar 30, 11:40
- Well, at some point the invitations to the reopeninf of Quark's would have to go out... -- nm - The Most Interesting Stephen in The World Mar 30, 11:34 2
  - errr re-opening of -- nm - The Most Interesting Stephen in The World Mar 30, 11:40 1
    - Has my Alex Smith hatey banned me from Quarks Reboot? -- nm - Bacon, via droid Mar 30, 11:47
- I ask you when it's okay to tell, and run with that. if history is any indication, it'll be years. -- nm - iceberg jones Mar 30, 11:29
- I'd need to get some stuff set up 1st - would likely be a week at least -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 11:20
- never -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 11:19
- depends, how long until you notice I'm gone? -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 11:19 1
  - and this is why I'm glad I'm B list. It'll be a while before I'm noticed to have disappeared. -- nm - sycor Mar 30, 11:47
It's good for you! -- nm - Max's Fresh Grown Rapini Stand Mar 30, 11:16
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- DOB has heard it but can't confirm. That's bad news for Delgado/Teheran if true. -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:19 2
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    - That happened fast. This was seven minutes ago: - David Mar 30, 11:23
- didn't he have a number of quality starts last year? -- nm - Diva Mar 30, 11:16
- How's Moyer's bid going? -- nm - TFox Mar 30, 11:16 3
  - He's been told he's likely to make the team. -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:17 2
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    - 49, yo. Wakefield can suck it. -- nm - TFox Mar 30, 11:20
A thought about the next gen videogame systems: the easiest way to disallow videogame trades without significant protest is to make everything DLC. - David Mar 30, 11:14 49
- Because instead of the desired effect, it would likely hurt game sales. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 30, 11:38
- what does David Loves the Cock have to do with video games? -- nm - zork Mar 30, 11:38
- Storage issues. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 11:21 5
  - the cloud could possibly overcome that. But I would hate to not be able to play a game just because my internet is flaky -- nm - decline Mar 30, 11:23 3
    - Go check out the Amazon reviews for some of the PC games that tried this. They get *blasted* for it -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 11:23 2
      - can you image what would happen if the little ones can't play their games because the internet connect is out - decline Mar 30, 11:25 1
        
        on a totally unrelated note, while at our tax accountants office on Wed I picked up a 3.5" floppy disk and showed it to my son and said "Do you know - oblique Mar 30, 11:27
  - Ah, cloud. Got it. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 11:23
- Because it could lock out up to 1/3 of the people currently buying games who don't have high speed internet - decline Mar 30, 11:21
- Because there would be significant protests :) -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 11:21
- ummm...wow. So that happened. - Mel Profit Mar 30, 11:20
- They'll go that way eventually, but I don't think they believe the high speed internet infrastructure is quite there to do it this gen. -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 11:16 32
  - Having downloaded Reach straight to my hard drive, I disagree. It took about 40 minutes. -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:18 31
    - How large is the Reach file? - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 30, 11:41 6
      - 6 GB. And my download speed at the time was ordinary. I didn't get it here. - David Mar 30, 11:44 5
        
        I think that might be on the smaller side of things. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 30, 12:01
        
        you say it's outdate tech. I'm saying you are over estimating on how wide spread the tech is. 30%+ of the US still used dial up -- nm - decline Mar 30, 11:49
        
        Unless you live in an area without broadband. - spamlet Mar 30, 11:46 2
        
        This circles back to a grudge we had with a high end hotel in Normal. They charged $12.95 a night for wireless. - David Mar 30, 11:54 1
        
        Yeah, they'll be bound by the cell companies which are way more restrictive. - spamlet Mar 30, 11:58
    - so you would be willing to wait 40 minutes between each game play as you download a different game from the cloud? -- nm - decline Mar 30, 11:24 19
      - You only have to download once. -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:25 17
        
        gonna need a really big harddrive to hold all those games. Terabytes. -- nm - decline Mar 30, 11:26 16
        
        Not exorbitantly big. A standard current gen hard drive could hold 10 blu rays worth of games. How many games do you play at the same time? - Ender Mar 30, 11:33 9
        
        Think Children. my girlfriends 2 children easily play 10-15 different games in a given week between the 2 of them -- nm - decline Mar 30, 11:46 1
        
        So, if each of those were a full 30gb blu ray that's still only a 450gb drive. -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 11:49
        
        Assuming they let you redownload it. - spamlet Mar 30, 11:44 6
        
        That's standard practice currently. The games are tied to your account, not your physical console. -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 11:46
        
        That would be a change in policy. Current DLC content can be re-downloaded. -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:45 4
        
        Yeah, I deleted my Reach download to make room for Skyrim (physical install). When I finish it I will redownload Reach. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 12:02
        
        Oh, okay. I don't have any yet. -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 11:50 2
        
        That's not to say they couldn't change the policy down the line, though. -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:51 1
        
        Though I think that would be counter to the current trend in digital content. Most seem to realize the bandwidth cost of letting you redownload is negligible. -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 12:00
        
        So? There are already 4 TB hard drives. -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:31 5
        
        which would add hundreds of dollars to the cost of a console. Doesn't seem economically feasible yet - decline Mar 30, 11:33 4
        
        It wouldn't at all. Prior to the floods in Thailand, a 3 TB drive was $99 commercial. -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:37 3
        
        if TB drives are economically feasible for game console how come the larges drive in a console is only 320MB ? -- nm - decline Mar 30, 11:47 2
        
        Because that's not nearly as much about economic feasibility as it is about just how much hd people currently need. - Ender Mar 30, 11:52
        
        Cost cutting. They have made determinations about the largest drive they need to sell for the average consumer. - David Mar 30, 11:50
      - Well, there'd still be a hard drive. You'd just download it the first time. -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 11:25
    - For the guy with 30 Tivos, sure. - Ender Mar 30, 11:22 1
      - If it kills 100% of the re-sale market, it's a slam dunk way to do that. -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:24
    - Yeah, I thought it was closer to 30 minutes. -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 11:20 1
      - I'm sure it will be slower when thousands of people are also downloading, but a next-gen system *has* to focus on the cloud. -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:22
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  - You mean a read only drive or a hard drive? -- nm - David Mar 30, 11:17 3
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        *flexes* -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 11:28
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- we do need to go to Montreal. you do need to bring Chun. we do need to start taking our vitamins and lifting weights. -- nm - Diva Mar 30, 11:16 2
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  - She'd require him to start up a Four Loko factory for her personal consumption. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 11:18
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- with her luck she'd win, dammit. -- nm - zork Mar 30, 11:37 1
  - I am pretty damn lucky. heh -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 11:38
- this is excellent news! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 30, 11:17
- *likes* -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 11:16
- "Why yes, I would like to play the center of the craps table. A grand on the hard 6's." -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 11:14 2
  - I win more on those than anything else when I play craps. I roll lots of doubles and almost never get my number -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 11:18 1
    - I am not a great roller but I will always roll a hard 4 - so that is my 1st bet when I pick up the dice - Epiphany Mar 30, 11:18
- But remember that gambling losses are a miscellaneous deduction. - spamlet Mar 30, 11:14 1
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Are we there yet? -- nm - lileve Mar 30, 11:12
effin A -- nm - Iron Spawn Mar 30, 11:12

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