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Seriously, does anyone *NOT* own a Roomba at this point? - secretslacker Oct 22, 06:12 1
- *raises hand* (though, i'm somewhat tempted.) -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 06:27
Now *this* is a way to go. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 22, 06:12
Wanna know how bad SAW5 is? - secretslacker Oct 22, 06:12 8
- people will go anyway... SAW series has not been about quality -- nm - colin Oct 22, 06:13
- critic proof though isn;t it? It'll be on par with prior openings and then drop like a rock after Christmas -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 06:12 4
  - I don't think it'll open as well... last movie made less than the previous two (not opening but in total) - secretslacker Oct 22, 06:13
  - Halloween even -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 06:13 2
    - Not sure why they didn't just open in on Halloween, which is also a Friday -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 06:14 1
      - extra week. get the opener goers and then the Halloween goers the week after (who don;t care about reviews) -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 06:15
- you were expecting it to actually be good? -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 06:12 1
  - WEll, I was expecting that they'd at least give critics a chance to see the movie before making up their mind. -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 06:13
Oh, mafic, bad news. In another book I'm reading the murder victim was a geologist. - Amy Oct 22, 06:11 1
- the truth is slowly being revealed - zork Oct 22, 06:17
Great news! You can break out your Canadian Dollar jokes! Just dropped below 80 cents US. -- (link) - Beaker Oct 22, 06:06 1
- and oil dropped to $69.40 per barrel -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 06:07
uh, wow. The new hsx is really the suck. -- nm - decline Oct 22, 06:03 10
- yeah, I think I'm just staying away forever. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 22, 06:03 9
  - besides the crazy load times, I've had 3 server or page load erros already in 5 minutes. What did they do, have mokeys write their code? -- nm - decline Oct 22, 06:06 8
    - I'm 100% serious that I think we could build our own. - JaxSean Oct 22, 06:09 3
      - It's so dumb. They could have added all the new social stuff, and kept the game functional. There wasn't a reason to mess with the portfolio pages. - Amy Oct 22, 06:18
      - hell, my 12 year old sister could probably build something better -- nm - decline Oct 22, 06:11
      - an excel spreadsheet would be an improvement currently. -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 06:10
    - I just got their database password page again. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 06:08 3
      - MySQL sux - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 22, 06:10 1
        
        it's more that they have the settings set way way to low for the number of connections -- nm - decline Oct 22, 06:12
      - it's all I've gotten all morning -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 06:09
See you on the other side (of the atlantic) and maybe drinks on Saturday (about 8ish). -- nm - LMS Oct 22, 05:53 1
- I wish I lived closer to the coast. -- nm - Amy Oct 22, 05:55
Roomba! -- nm - Jelly Oct 22, 05:53 2
- heh. that's the Roomba we bought and now sits collecting dust. - JaxSean Oct 22, 06:03
- Woot-Off Killer! -- nm - Jim Oct 22, 06:01
On twitter, "hsx" is criticizing the new HSX. It is cracking me up longtime. -- nm - Amy Oct 22, 05:52
eMachines 2.6Ghz Desktop PC $189.99 + $5 -- nm - Jim Oct 22, 05:47 1
- That and the $160 monitor sold out fast. -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:50
Wow, the portfolio page on hsx is craptacular. - Inigo Oct 22, 05:46 6
- agreed.. teeeeeeeny buttons, can't see all your stocks at once. - colin Oct 22, 05:56 4
  - word to the IM. So glad Berry made ST now, even moreso. -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 06:10
  - I couldn't even face the bond adjust yesterday. I never thought I say this, but if this doesn't improve, I won't be playing anymore. Too cumbersome. -- nm - Diva Oct 22, 06:03 2
    - It's unplayable as a game. Even if load time was lightning fast--and the social side duplicates things I already have. -- nm - Amy Oct 22, 06:07 1
      - I guess the objective was to play up the social networking and phase out the game. That's too bad. Oh well - I guess I'll get more reading done now. - Diva Oct 22, 06:14
- I can't seem to get trades through right now anyway... -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:49
My question this morning is, Why *not* reset the fucking ports?? Having a big port is just torture now anyway. -- nm - mara Oct 22, 05:45 7
- i'm a mogul.. there's no way i'm giving that title up. -- nm - colin Oct 22, 05:59 1
  - I want to get one of the fattest ports! -- nm - Roger More Oct 22, 06:13
- Sheesh. Did you kiss ML while you were in Minnesota with that potty mouth? -- nm - Inigo Oct 22, 05:49 3
  - i fear the forthcoming ukelele album will carry a parents advisory sticker -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 05:51 2
    - the title will be "Ukafuckingpalooza!" -- nm - mara Oct 22, 06:01 1
      - chuck E. FUCKING cheese! -- nm - mafic Oct 22, 06:03
- If I had to actually start fresh, there's zero chance I'd bother. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 05:46
Kingston 8GB USB 2.0 Data Traveler 100 $14.99 + $5 -- nm - Jim Oct 22, 05:43 3
- So there is a woot-off? -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:45 2
  - Ayup. -- nm - Jim Oct 22, 05:46 1
    - Crap. -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:49
So I see ML's back...don't make me search backboards. I'm assuming everything's cool w/ V2.0? -- nm - Jim Oct 22, 05:42
So last nite, I started watching Indy4. The fridge scene topped any and all "Are you kidding me!?" expectations. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 05:39 5
- That scene and one more toward the end push the envelope too much for me. - Jim Oct 22, 05:41 2
  - it was lead-lined! it even said so on it! -- nm - mafic Oct 22, 05:42 1
    - Heh. I missed that part. -- nm - Jim Oct 22, 05:43
- Yeah, though that part was at least kind of fun. The last act was outrageous *and* lame. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 22, 05:41 1
  - I haven't even gotten that far. I stopped about an hour in. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 05:43
Philips In-Ear Headphones $2.49 + $5 -- nm - Jim Oct 22, 05:38
Heh. Don't want to buy Guitar Hero or Rock Band? Try Rock Revolution! IGN Review - 3.0 out of 10. -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 22, 05:34
If we *really* want to test the new forums.. - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:25 5
- UNLEASH....SHADES! -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 22, 05:48
- 312.5 Mill H$ in smoozing :) -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 22, 05:27
- I see they don't have IRYS blocked anymore. -- nm - Jim Oct 22, 05:27 2
  - In fact, one of the new games actually allows you to rape a skull... COOL!!! -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:35
  - There are pictures allowed.....IRYS can't compare to the MMike stuff. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 05:28
Hey Will...worse redesign? HSX or Beckett? I know the password thing... - Jim Oct 22, 05:22 12
- Beckett's has a ton of downtime and such...but at it's core, it's pretty useful now. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 05:24 11
  - Beckett pissed on me by eliminating trading in their forum. - Jim Oct 22, 05:26 10
    - I did some calcs on Beckett's trades and sales.....it's actually cheaper with them than trading/selling on eBay. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 05:28 9
      - The bummer for me, though, is when I hit a "Trading Broncos" thread on the old board...if I struck a deal, it was free (save shipping). - Jim Oct 22, 05:30 8
        
        Very nice. What sites do you use? I am so out of the hobby. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 05:36 7
        
        Inside: - Jim Oct 22, 05:40 6
        
        Thank ya! I got a few boxes cheap of Bowman Chrome. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 05:45 5
        
        No problemo. If you sign up to any of those sites and someone starts - Jim Oct 22, 05:47 4
        
        is there much of a market for older stuff? Hockey perhaps? -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 05:47 3
        
        Unfortunately, the hobby has gone almost completely auto-crazy. Even game used cards aren't in demand too much anymore. - Jim Oct 22, 05:53 2
        
        mostly around 78-82 (so AGretzky rookie, Messier, Coffey, the big Oiler guys plus Bossy and a few others)... - Beaker Oct 22, 05:55 1
        
        For stuff like that, I'm sure there's a market. Hell, I'd be interested in the Gretzky. - Jim Oct 22, 06:00
I do think it's funny that the FEedback board is completely gone :) -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:20
Home today with a sick baby. We just had breakfast. Throwing food on the floor is so! much! fun! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 22, 05:17 4
- Oh little Don Homer baby baby...: ( - Diva Oct 22, 05:24 2
  - Oh he'll be okay. :) Wife said it's probably a mild case of croup. - Don Homer Oct 22, 05:28 1
    - good to hear. In other news, I think I may have a case of the croup too. -- nm - Diva Oct 22, 06:01
- goodmorning sunshine -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 22, 05:20
"That's been my forte as the governor of an energy producing state and as a former chair of the, of the energy regulator -- entity up there in Alaska, -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 22, 05:16
is V2 also really really slow on your PC's? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 22, 05:01 2
- yup -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 05:02
- It's better today. -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:01
Im calmed down and I still DONT LIKE IT, specially the shmoozing -- nm - gogreen Oct 22, 04:59
EAP God is up -- nm - KArl_NZ - v2.0 Oct 22, 04:57 3
- OMG!!!! I *HATE* the new look of the EAP God!!! Why did you change it!?!?!? THat sucks!!! -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:03 2
  - :) -- nm - KArl_NZ - v2.0 Oct 22, 05:09 1
    - Karl, Passengers isn't wide this week... but Pride and Glory is. -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:15
I can't believe I'm going to say this, but the overall concept of the new HSX could be useful in my mind. It's just terribly implemented - Will Hunting Oct 22, 04:53 11
- I think it has potential, but as it is it's pretty shit. - mafic Oct 22, 05:12 6
  - heh love the -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 05:17 1
    - IM -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 05:17
  - can you rasta-fy it ten percent?....nm - hsx suits Oct 22, 05:14
  - To your IM: "Pushing Daisies already exists." -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 05:13 2
    - seriously though, it's like they went to focus groups and asked - mafic Oct 22, 05:19 1
      - Sounds about right. I'm only slightly kidding about finding out who got paid to unleash this. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 05:21
- As I just posted on the other boards, I do think that the new version will allow for things to be changed easier. - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:01 3
  - You mean, like a guy who would just keep posting "Word" to get money? :) - Jim Oct 22, 05:16 2
    - Judging by how easy it is to trade...you attempt for hours to spend it. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 05:22 1
      - Is the Schmoozing money separate from your port? I think it is, no? -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:36
Shaun if your around: gas is dropping 4 cents tomorrow. (down to $1.02 or so per litre). -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 04:52 4
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  - $2.68 by my house. $2.79 by the job. -- nm - Jim Oct 22, 05:18
  - When will they start lowering the price of food and groceries (which were raised with the excuse that it was to cover higher gas costs)? - secretslacker Oct 22, 05:02 1
    - fuel costs typically only constitute about 5-10% of food prices, so even if fuel costs go down there's unlikely to be a lot of movement... - x Oct 22, 05:11
Well, at least my browser hasn't crashed yet today... -- nm - secretslacker Oct 22, 04:52 1
- we'll try harder the next time. -- nm - Consultants Oct 22, 04:53
fact of the day: the fall in us net worth from aug 07 to aug 08 was greater in percentage terms than any 12 month period during the depression....nm - x Oct 22, 04:51 3
- Oof. I'm still afraid to look at my tsp account. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 22, 04:53 2
  - i finally looked at my last batch of quarterly statements, and it was really quite harsh.... - x Oct 22, 04:56 1
    - 1% = score!! :) -- nm - Don Homer Oct 22, 05:38
the consensus estimate of financial analysts for wachovia bank's quarterly earnings was profitable @ +$0.02 per share... - x Oct 22, 04:40 2
- They were actually thinking a bank that was teetering on insolvency was going to make a profit? - Will Hunting Oct 22, 04:46 1
  - they must be related to those people who work at the bond rating agencies w/ aaa ratings on companies that collapsed...nm - x Oct 22, 04:54
Anyone posted Scent of a Woman quote in regards to HSX2.0 yet? "I'd take a FLAMETHROWER to this place!" - Beaker Oct 22, 04:38
Yikes! I just looked at the new site. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 22, 04:38
Nuditarian News of the day - Naked man found wedged in chimney -- (link) - LMS Oct 22, 04:22
Billie Piper gives birth to son named Winston James Fox. Her ex-husband broke the news. -- (link) - LMS Oct 22, 04:05
if there were ever a time we needed scapey the goat, this would be it....nm - x Oct 22, 03:57
Did it leave us again, I can't access any part of the new site -- nm - J Oct 22, 03:33 3
- It appears that it is down. Which considering what we saw last night, probably is for the best. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 03:57 2
  - I was just looking at it (forums only and I didn't log in). -- nm - Don Homer Oct 22, 04:51 1
    - The forums are terrible. So much wasted space and everything. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 04:54
there is a petition requesting the old hsx come back on the misc blogs on hsx 2.0...everyone should sign it -- nm - Stacy Oct 22, 02:03 8
- I'm unable to get it to see what all the fuss is about. I'm counting myself lucky. -- nm - LMS Oct 22, 03:34
- I'm also going to post a petition for me to be named the next Pope. We should sign that too. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 02:54 6
  - congratulations again, your holiness. -- nm - mafic Oct 22, 05:39 1
    - "As my first Royal Proclamation...............butt stuff for all; wedlock optional." -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 05:45
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  - "Dear HSX, I love what you've done with the site. Would you care to recommend the web development agency you used?" -- nm - psilotum Oct 22, 02:56 2
    - I take back all the things I said about beckett.com's transition to Web 2.0. At least they didn't give you the database password in an error screen. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 02:58 1
      - heh, yeah really. Hard to complain about other site's now after seeing this mess -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 04:51
SS: If changes are not made, I can see it taking a few years for anyone to win you contest, :o) -- nm - grammar Oct 22, 01:50 1
- You = Your .. sry I'm tired. -- nm - grammar Oct 22, 01:50
Does anyone have Vermin's mobile number? Hes in Melbourne and I want to try organise a meet -- nm - KArl_NZ - v2.0 Oct 22, 01:47
I like that Chef is here -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 01:23 1
- me too, and i agree with your IM -- nm - KArl_NZ - v2.0 Oct 22, 01:40
Nikko Morph’Nator RC Car $29.99+5 -- nm - psilotum Oct 22, 01:13
Stacy--re: your snarky comment on B2 - Trish Oct 22, 00:39 3
- Trish, how is your status for a transplant? I have a friend that was in real bad shape and her cousin donated one of his kidneys (about a year ago) - grammar Oct 22, 01:28
- didn't realize how serious it was - zeitgeist Oct 22, 00:57
- I just mean you are sick alot, I'm not saying you call in for almost any little thing like I do. Im sorry you sick so much, we worry about you. -- nm - Stacy Oct 22, 00:45
btw, I voted today, got my absentee in the mail, There were 8 presidential candidates, six more than the two at the debates - zeitgeist Oct 22, 00:25 11
- yeah I mentioned this two weeks ago when I got my ballot and no one believed me. -- nm - Stacy Oct 22, 00:30 10
  - really? not sure why that wouldn't have been believed, as there are always non-main-2 candidates. - b! Oct 22, 00:34 5
    - well ty tried to tell me there was less than 8 from looking at his sample ballot while I looked at my official ballot. So maybe not everyone. -- nm - Stacy Oct 22, 00:39 4
      - I told you there were less on *MY* ballot. - ty97 Oct 22, 01:19 2
        
        Don't you go being a prick too now, Mr. 97. -- nm - Jim Oct 22, 05:36
        
        ahh ok my bad sorry -- nm - Stacy Oct 22, 02:00
      - there very well could be fewer in texas than in california. others may not have met qualifications to be included in print. - b! Oct 22, 00:46
  - I posted for you on b2. :) -- nm - peglegpete Oct 22, 00:32 3
    - The problem with legalize prostitution in San Fran, they have some strict anti-discrimination laws there, so you'd have to get that blow job from the - zeitgeist Oct 22, 01:00
    - Maybe I could be a pimp and run the girls in the city wants the measure on the ballot passes. I know lots of strippers. -- nm - Stacy Oct 22, 00:40 1
      - *wants* should be *once* -- nm - Stacy Oct 22, 00:41
here's a new one: vote for McCain/Biden! -- (link) - chris Oct 22, 00:15 1
- states tend to have a split vote for gov and v.gov which can lead to some annoying situations - zeitgeist Oct 22, 00:19
[an error occurred while processing this directive means you aren't schmoozing enough] -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 00:15
the one stock I haven't been able to get to is W, all evening i've trying -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 00:12 8
- Don't bother, it is a lame duck stock anyway... -- nm - XChef Oct 22, 00:25 2
  - ba-dum-dum. :) - -- nm - b! Oct 22, 00:36
  - it may be lame but its gonna have legs, lots of older people are going to it -- nm - Stacy Oct 22, 00:31
- usually people stop pounding their heads when there's blood on the wall. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 00:15 3
  - the edge of my desk has gotten rounded off and my eye brow is starting to look like an old wino's -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 00:21 2
    - you only have one eye brow? -- nm - Stacy Oct 22, 00:35 1
      - Unibrow! -- nm - psilotum Oct 22, 01:09
- Vast left wing conspiracy. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 00:14

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