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- *pops the champagne* -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 24, 09:11 2
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    - Shanny would never trade up for a stud running back; they grow on trees ML. He'd trade up for Tannehill -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 24, 09:14
Speaking of Google: Today's logo is visually amusing - TWuG Apr 24, 09:08 4
- and you can unzip it. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 09:13 1
  - I'm married *and* I barely know you. -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 09:15
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- it is cute. -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 09:08
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- Smart in that you want to avoid black-outs, at least. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Apr 24, 09:10 1
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ST needs this, ASAP -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:06
heh, Rhona Mitra on the Dog Whisperer -- nm - zork Apr 24, 09:04
Herman Cain: "Dirty, gutter politics" - Strongbad Apr 24, 09:04 1
- Oh Herman -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 09:05
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- wait, so (aside from that bill) the Republicans want to make gun owners a protected class, but not gays? - decline Apr 24, 09:14 2
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    - Sure. People that don't own guns are pussies and are lesser men in the eyes of God. -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 09:16
- ahhh the standard bigot refrain, "I have friends that are homosexual." -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 09:10
- whatever happened to "teach the controversy"? - znufrii Apr 24, 09:07
- Even if bestiality's a serious issue in Missouri, brushing it under the carpet won't solve anything. -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 09:06
- the far right just keeps doubling down. Unfortunately, stuff like this isn't as fringey as you'd hope. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 09:05
- wait, what? either your subject makes no sense, or something. how will such a bill lead to that? -- nm - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 24, 09:03 3
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    - ok, so it was just your subject that was confusing me then. cool. -- nm - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 24, 09:14
    - Dear Legislator: Kids don't need logical reasons to jump from Point A to goatfucking. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:13
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- I'm starting to see some (spoilerish) story elements in the promotional materials. (spoilers) - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 24, 09:15
- One of my most anticipated movies this summer -- nm - sycor Apr 24, 09:05
- I'm sure it'll be good, but something about it feels a little Dreamworks-y to me. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 09:04 1
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It takes a special kind of talent to write at the level of crazy required for the B-- in Apt 23. I wonder if they can keep it up. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 24, 09:01 3
- 2.5 Men has gone off the rails. Even for 2.5 Men. - con_carne Apr 24, 09:04 2
  - I saw in a promo that (clean shaven) Walden looks younger than Jake. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 24, 09:10 1
    - Jake is starting to look like he can beat the crap out of Ashton Kutcher - con_carne Apr 24, 09:15
Game of Thrones fans: Kim Pine is doing a quiz-per-episode series for Season 2, and the first quiz was published today -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 24, 09:00 3
- 15/15 - I rock and so does the quiz! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 09:18
- 15/15 (I love me some Thrones) -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 09:14
- 14/15. nice quiz. -- nm - decline Apr 24, 09:07
either google has added a new easter egg, or some people on my fb are just discovering them now. - znufrii Apr 24, 08:57 11
- Kevin Smith? Do. Not. Want. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Apr 24, 08:59
- I think it's an old one that's just getting reposted for some reason. - Krusty Apr 24, 08:59 5
  - anyone remember what some of the other ones were? -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 09:00 4
    - Wasn't there something about snow? That made it look like it was snowing? -- nm - sycor Apr 24, 09:04 2
      - full list of easter eggs here. the snow one is "let it snow" -- (link) - loosilu Apr 24, 09:09
      - "let it snow" isn't working anymore -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 09:07
    - barrell roll -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 09:02
- that's been around awhile -- nm - decline Apr 24, 08:58
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- I think I've seen that. also tilt. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 08:58 1
  - my favorite is still "do a barrel roll" -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 09:00
stupid twitter contest. -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 08:57
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"I love the fact that there are also women out there that don�t have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids" -- (link) - Ann Romney Apr 24, 08:57
Happy birthday, Kelly Clarkson (30) - Strongbad Apr 24, 08:53 17
- Birthday MFK: Kelly Clarkson (30), Barbra Striesand (70), Shirley McLaine (78) -- nm - oblique Apr 24, 08:55 4
  - FMK -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 09:00
  - MKF. (I think shirley is freaky) -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 08:59 1
    - It's certainly in her gene pool. -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 09:07
  - KKK -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Apr 24, 08:56
- I'd tap that -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 08:55
- Birthday MFK: Kelly Clarkson, Melinda Clarke (Lady Heather), Rebecca Mader (the redhead from Lost). -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 08:55 10
  - mfk -- nm - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 24, 09:04
  - KFM -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 24, 09:00
  - KFM -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 08:59 5
    - its hard but I have to go with this. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 09:01
    - -20 SB Points for killing Kelly. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 09:00 3
      - the other two are just hotter. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 09:13 1
        
        Disagree. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 09:14
      - It just makes perfect sense. - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Apr 24, 09:01
  - this one is way better: MKF. -- nm - TFox Apr 24, 08:57 1
    - Clearly, you need to go back and watch Soldier of Fortune, the TV series. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:14
Abduction: D, 30 Minutes Or Less: B -- nm - CQ: Pressure Checker Apr 24, 08:53
~I'm so sick of you, so sick of me. I don't want to be with you~ - Epiphany Apr 24, 08:52
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- he only broke 3 speeding laws and knocked over 2 nuns while in the attempt -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 08:50
- ~Under pressure~ -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 08:48
office poll: when was the last time your desk was "clean"? -- nm - pixitude Apr 24, 08:47 10
- not since I moved into my new office -- nm - ceregon Apr 24, 09:01
- home or work? - znufrii Apr 24, 08:59
- I guess it depends on the meaning of "clean". I did some spring cleaning to reduce my piles down to just 3 about two months ago. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 08:55
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- My desk is always clean since it's not actually my desk. I don't usually use the same desk each day. - Krusty Apr 24, 08:54 2
  - define clean? -- nm - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 24, 08:54 1
    - arg, meant this as a reply to the question, not to krusty -- nm - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 24, 08:55
- last week. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 08:48
- last week. I took photographic evidence. Also, we were moving out of that location, so it was super clean. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:47
- today - it's pretty clean today. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 08:47
is tru left handed? -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 08:45 8
- why? -- nm - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 24, 08:52 4
  - because you draw from right to left. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 08:56 3
    - i'm ambidextrous, - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 24, 09:00 2
      - which hand do you use for DS? -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 09:03 1
        
        typically - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 24, 09:05
- Bery's data doesn't show that either. -- nm - Ender Apr 24, 08:46 2
  - *now* who's being naive, Ender? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 24, 08:51 1
    - I think Alan Turing wrote a paper on using frequency analysis to determine whether a certain hand was occupied whilst a letter was being typed. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 09:00
Is there an android app that will allow me to call landline phones using wifi? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 24, 08:42 6
- Looks like Talkatone is the app for this. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 24, 09:07
- skype -- nm - decline Apr 24, 08:51
- It's called, I'm A Cheap Ass That Does Cheap Thing Because I Am Cheap App -- nm - Bacon, via Vegas Apr 24, 08:45 3
  - Well... I need to call the language translation line but there is no cell phone reception in the emergency room. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 24, 08:47 2
    - They don't have phones for employees to use?? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 08:47 1
      - Well.. they do but I am too low on the totem pole to get one. They have a fancy video conference machine I can use but phone is quicker. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 24, 08:51
Beaker, everyone's still trying to figure it out - Reagen Apr 24, 08:41 1
- Very interesting, thanks for the info. I'm learning as I read articles and some posts here. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 08:48
All Things Considered did a pretty neat story on political party video trackers, people whose job it is to record the opposing party at all times -- (link) - con_carne Apr 24, 08:41
An amusing series of Star Wars mini-infographics... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 24, 08:39
nmb Bery... - Krusty Apr 24, 08:38 5
- The database is the same for all those variations, and the cookie that stores the username is usually tied to the full domain name - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:41 4
  - Thanks for explaining it. - Krusty Apr 24, 08:45 3
    - In chrome, I just uncheck "Save this stuff for next time" when I'm posting a joke nick - then it comes back with my previous info - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:46 2
      - Good to know, thanks. I'll see if I can remember to uncheck the box. -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 08:49 1
        
        It took me a long time to train myself to do it that way -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:50
cute..... -- (link) - groiny Apr 24, 08:37 1
- Very cute. :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 08:42
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Asteroid mining. Science Fiction? not for long. -- (link) - decline Apr 24, 08:35 2
- It's April 1st again? -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) Apr 24, 08:59
- "That's a new one. Blue skies on Mars?" -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 08:37
ST brainstorm! ST should calculate the last post date for users, match that up with the Facebook username/name list on the ST group and then have - oblique Apr 24, 08:30 30
- Interesting - I just ran the numbers, and we have 104 unique users who have posted in the past 7 days -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:42 15
  - that seems really high. -- nm - sycor Apr 24, 08:58
  - How many users posted while naked? -- nm - Bacon, via Vegas Apr 24, 08:46 5
    - Pippy's the only one - znufrii Apr 24, 08:47 4
      - Cheer up znu, you matter too. -- nm - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Apr 24, 08:57 2
        
        ah, but I don't post naked, so that excludes me from this particular question. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 09:02 1
        
        ::looks at webcam archive:: - Spawn - The Blood Feud God Apr 24, 09:04
      - I miss Nudiatarian - Epiphany Apr 24, 08:48
  - Yeah yeah yeah, just lemme know when I get my bonus from the IPO -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 08:45
  - and these users have contributed 87.31% of ST's posts, ever -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:44 1
    - (If I correct it to include loosi's old account, it goes up to 88.21%) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:45
  - Of of curiosity, how many posted, say, 7+ times? -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 08:44 2
    - (out of) -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 08:44
    - the report didn't contain that data. :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 08:44
  - that's too many. please eliminate all but 12 - prayformojo Apr 24, 08:44
  - that's higher than I would've expected... -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 08:43
- nothing wrong with that - and on top of that - we really need to consider a new member drive -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 08:33 13
  - A few HSXers recently admitted to lurking...we need to entice them out of the woodwork. -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 08:46 2
    - Which ones? Name names! -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 08:48 1
      - I have a list... -- nm - Sen.Vermin Apr 24, 09:03
  - One of my best friends saw me on ST on my phone the other day, he goes "What the hell website is that. That looks like a hot mess." - MDH Apr 24, 08:36 4
    - *like* -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 08:47
    - No idea why, but I'm taking that as a real compliment -- nm - con_carne Apr 24, 08:47
    - well, we are a hot mess. - Epiphany Apr 24, 08:45 1
      - /looks around my den/ *that's* why I feel so at home here :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Apr 24, 08:48
  - "And, with your donation of at least 25 quality posts per month, you will receive an orange ST mug and a VHS tape of Slackertalk's greatest moments!" -- nm - Don Homer Apr 24, 08:36 2
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      - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 08:39
  - "ST gives you a special present on your birthday!" -- nm - oblique Apr 24, 08:33 1
    - great minds think a like - look at my IM down below -- nm - Epiphany Apr 24, 08:34
kilbo: 1. the rest of you: 0 -- nm - oblique Apr 24, 08:29 1
- *raised eyebrow* - Epiphany Apr 24, 08:33

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