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Oh, from yesterday, re: Wallpapers, I completely blanked out about National Georgraphic's Photo of the Day -- (link) - con_carne Jan 27, 09:33 1
- heh, I tried to take almost that exact picture, but it was pretty much impossible without a tripod. -- nm - mafic Jan 27, 09:37
Western Digital unleashes 2TB Hard Drive -- (link) - budice Jan 27, 09:32 16
- what was the time frame from from Giga to Tera? -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 09:36
- Cool. -- nm - Jelly Jan 27, 09:33
- What comes after Terabyte? -- nm - amoxy Jan 27, 09:33 13
  - Orpahbyte. -- nm - David Jan 27, 09:38
  - Kennedybyte. -- nm - Willow Jan 27, 09:37
  - Jennabyte -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:35 1
    - YSMM! -- nm - con_carne Jan 27, 09:35
  - Petabyte, IIRC. -- nm - Jelly Jan 27, 09:34
  - Gigabyte, Terabyte, Petabyte, Exabyte -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 09:34 5
    - Wow, I am such a nerd for knowing this. (petaflop barrier, etc.) -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 09:36 1
      - aw, that's not what makes you a nerd -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:43
    - Were any animals harmed in making a Petabyte? -- nm - PETA Jan 27, 09:35 2
      - Lots and lots of sea kittens. -- nm - TWuG Jan 27, 09:35
      - Yes. - Beryllium Jan 27, 09:35
  - Pornabyte. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 09:34 1
    - Boom-chicka-WoW-WoW -- nm - amoxy Jan 27, 09:34
ST Medical advice request! - Strongbad Jan 27, 09:30 21
- Sometimes I get these from allergy shots. Usually means the nurse is no good. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 09:38
- GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM!!! -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 09:37 1
  - THERE'S NO TIME!!!! -- nm - Jack Bauer si Jan 27, 09:37
- I had blood drawn from both arms and then headed over to the gym. The next day my arms looked like they'd been run over by a car. - Max Jan 27, 09:36 1
  - I don't think you're supposed to lift heavy things for like an hour after getting blood drawn. bad Max! -- nm - mafic Jan 27, 09:38
- lupus -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 09:36
- you have five mintues to live. Use them well. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 09:35
- holy crap!!! - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:34 4
  - aren't you supposed to recommend amputation? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 09:35 3
    - my lawyer has informed me that I can't recommend anything that can be traced back to me -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:38
    - Is amputation the recommended treatment for Lupus? -- nm - amoxy Jan 27, 09:36 1
      - sometimes you just want to be sure -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:44
- You'll be fine. Same thing happens to me sometimes when I give blood -- nm - con_carne Jan 27, 09:34
- nope. just means the nurse wasn't too gentle and didn't apply pressure to the vein after taking the blood -- nm - decline Jan 27, 09:33 2
  - oh I see, it's always the nurses fault, huh? - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:36 1
    - heh -- nm - decline Jan 27, 09:41
- Nah, that happens on occasion when I get blood taken - amoxy Jan 27, 09:32
- Nah, it happens to some people. -- nm - krusty Jan 27, 09:32
- IANAD, but I don't think so. - JaxSean Jan 27, 09:31 2
  - It was pretty gross, I wish I had taken a picture. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 27, 09:32 1
    - reminds me of a pt I had on sunday. 94 year old, fell getting out of bed and had what we were told was a "skin tear" to her left elbow. after CT's and - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:42
"she came in through the bathroom window" -- nm - amoxy Jan 27, 09:28 1
- there's a great early version of that song on the Anthology cd's that I like much better than the final version. -- nm - Remlik Jan 27, 09:32
Google GDrive could mark the end of the PC. Thoughts? - JaxSean Jan 27, 09:27 10
- *tries to edit 7GB of video using Gdrive* - oblique Jan 27, 09:31 4
  - Our high speed internet in the US would have to vastly improve, that's for sure. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 09:34
  - yeah, cloud computing is an interesting concept (and works for somethings) but it's just not plausible for everything -- nm - decline Jan 27, 09:34 2
    - I agree that most businesses wouldn't use it. For personal, casual users, though, it would be much easier. - JaxSean Jan 27, 09:36 1
      - It'd better have offline access -- nm - oblique Jan 27, 09:37
- Data and programs would be stored on their computer? - amoxy Jan 27, 09:31 1
  - Yes, pretty much. Like using Google's "office" suite of items, I'd guess. I would assume the monthly fee, yes. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 09:33
- no good for me until there's some kind of universal, mobile broadband internet access. - mafic Jan 27, 09:30
- this constant crashing followed by a well placed swing of a hammer could mark the end of my work PC. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 09:28 1
  - The "cloud computer" would be the end of that, so it does have that benefit. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 09:29
LIR to prayformojo. I wonder if I can talk to her about wearing a big girl pull up through the night and see if she'll keep that on. Hopefully it will - HdnAgnda Jan 27, 09:15 3
- we - prayformojo Jan 27, 09:18 1
  - I'm not even starting potty training until his language skills get better. - Amy Jan 27, 09:30
- too bad Stacy isn't up yet -- nm - pigby hearts the blart Jan 27, 09:16
Oh, and lyc, but I figured out why the nutritional information in the caf. says the balsamic vinaigrette dressing has 45g/fat per serving. - kelly Jan 27, 09:15 11
- stupid metrics! -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:23
- Oil is fatty. -- nm - Shaun Jan 27, 09:19 4
  - Well, yeah. - kelly Jan 27, 09:22 1
    - I still think they screwed up the numbers even for 2 oz. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 09:23
  - Mmm... fat. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 09:19 1
    - *wraps stick of butter in bacon* -- nm - Shaun Jan 27, 09:20
- hmmm, google converter says 2 ounces is 56 g total. Hard to believe the dressing is 80% fat by volume. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 09:19 2
  - well, vinaigrette should be about 3:1 oil to vinegar, and oil is pretty much entirely fat. -- nm - mafic Jan 27, 09:25 1
    - hmm. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 09:26
- holy cow -- nm - Epiphany Jan 27, 09:18
- That sounds like a lot, but I wonder how much I actually put on when I make salads... -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 09:17
I'm pretty impressed by the role Alexa Davalos got in Defiance. -- nm - David Jan 27, 09:14 6
- i keep forgetting that she was in the mist -- nm - prayformojo Jan 27, 09:16
- She was pretty good too. -- nm - Diva Jan 27, 09:15 4
  - who was she? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 27, 09:32 1
    - Daniel Craig's girlfriend...she was electrogirl Gwen on Angel. -- nm - David Jan 27, 09:37
  - I think that's why I didn't recognize her at first. -- nm - David Jan 27, 09:17 1
    - she's hot in a leather catsuit, which is all that ever mattered to me for that show. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 09:32
So I took cough syrup for the first time since I was like 6. I'm kind of buzzing right now - Guigue Jan 27, 09:14 6
- Those are narcotics -- nm - con_carne Jan 27, 09:21
- dude, you're not supposed to drink the whole bottle. -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 09:15
- Nyquil is laced with booze. -- nm - Shaun Jan 27, 09:15 3
  - I love you great big fucking "Q"!!! -- nm - Dennis Leary Jan 27, 09:16 2
    - "I get high and stare at it. "The Q is talking to me! The Q is talking to me!"" -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 09:16 1
      - NyQuil is the 13th fucking step. -- nm - Dennis Leary Jan 27, 09:19
LMS - I've seen Starter For Ten before and loved it. I wanted to see it again now that I know who Rebecca Hall is. - kelly Jan 27, 09:13 1
- Haven't seen Frost/Nixon yet but she's also in that. - LMS Jan 27, 09:30
So Johnny and Jenny Canucks...What are you going to spend your tax cut on? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 27, 09:13 17
- paying down my l.o.c. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 09:18 5
  - love of c... ? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 09:19 3
    - you can never pay that down. - Reagen Jan 27, 09:20 2
      - Guy? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 09:22
      - Guy -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 09:22
  - Same. Damn LOC. It's been handy though. -- nm - Shaun Jan 27, 09:18
- harper has lost me forever now. $100 billion in deficits over the next 5 years means no tory voting for me till he's gone. - mafic Jan 27, 09:16 1
  - Me too. I've already said, I'm sitting out until he's gone. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 27, 09:27
- spend? what is this word? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 09:14
- "paying less taxes." - Andie Jan 27, 09:14
- Explain. -- nm - Shaun Jan 27, 09:13 6
  - Today's budget is going to include a tax cut for the first $80K a year to promote consumer spending. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 27, 09:16 5
    - I'll probably selfishly benfit from the home reno credit, but I think it's a bad idea overall. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 09:17 2
      - From what I've heard/read, one of the fastest ways to inject money back into the system is thru home building/refits, so it might... - Name Withheld By Request Jan 27, 09:25 1
        
        I just remember it being a disaster for some reason when Grant Devine tried it in the 80s. - Reagen Jan 27, 09:28
    - So I'll make more money per paycheque starting when exactly? -- nm - Shaun Jan 27, 09:17 1
      - We find out at four EST, but I'm assuming it'll be March or April 1st. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 27, 09:22
Shipping today: Northern Exposure Season 2 Disc 1 and Darkon; arriving today: The Rocker -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 09:11 4
- I liked The Rocker, it didn't deserve to get overlooked so much. - con_carne Jan 27, 09:14 3
  - Never seen it? Loved the show back when it was on, but it went south fairly quickly. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 09:15
  - Nice. Amy brought home a free copy yesterday and I was trying to remember if anyone had said anything about it. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 09:15 1
    - The TV commercials did it a disservice. I laughed quite a bit. -- nm - con_carne Jan 27, 09:18
Kindle 2 being announced February 9th? -- (link) - Callisto Jan 27, 09:10 9
- Amazon should strongly consider selling them in retail stores imo. It'd be killer. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 27, 09:27 4
  - I've seen the Sony one in Borders. I'm just not spending $300 on something that I still need to pay full price for each book. - JaxSean Jan 27, 09:29 3
    - Except you aren't paying full price for a book. Can also get magazines and newspapers at a steep discount. -- nm - TWuG Jan 27, 09:30 2
      - Here's the Kindle library. Most seem to be discounted off the harcover by about 40%-50% -- nm - TWuG Jan 27, 09:34 1
        
        Link -- (link) - TWuG Jan 27, 09:34
- poor sony. I did a ton of research for them on their e-readers and why they were failing. - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 27, 09:14 2
  - Sony had an e-reader before the Kindle, didn't they? - ty97 Jan 27, 09:14 1
    - Yes, but I think they're more expensive. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 27, 09:16
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HDN, ignore it completely and she'll just stop doing it. -- nm - Amy Jan 27, 09:10 1
- if that doesn't work, ground her from her car for a week - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:14
mailing back today: henry poole, the visitors -- nm - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 27, 09:09 2
- I want to support local directors, but Henry Poole was just bad. -- nm - Inigo Jan 27, 09:11 1
  - It annoyed me but I liked the soundtrack. -- nm - Max Jan 27, 09:14
f*ckers. - znufrii Jan 27, 09:09 4
- Why can't you get them, do you think? - con_carne Jan 27, 09:11 3
  - they do a random drawing every week -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 09:12 1
    - and it's usally anywhere between a couple dozen and a couple hundred tickets per performance. -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 09:14
  - spoiler - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 09:12
JaxSean - con_carne Jan 27, 09:09 2
- Heh. The guacamole thing happened to my Mom. - JaxSean Jan 27, 09:15 1
  - *glop* -- nm - con_carne Jan 27, 09:19
The Super Bowl is Sunday? -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 09:08 8
- Bacon Explosion!!! -- nm - Shaun Jan 27, 09:11
- Yes, 6:30ish. -- nm - Inigo Jan 27, 09:09
- Hopefully. - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 09:09 4
  - *Moves it to Wednesday.* -- nm - Super Bowl Committee Jan 27, 09:11 1
    - on Halloween. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 09:12
  - Right, like it makes sense know. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 09:10 1
    - CROWN THEIR ASSES!!!! -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 09:11
- Well it'll happen, but I wouldn't count on it being all that super. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 09:09
From what I remember, at least in NYC, I usually saw kids either with parents or in groups, with older kids. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 09:08 3
- There are school buses for kids in elementary school, but from junior high on you have to get there on your own. -- nm - krusty Jan 27, 09:35
- Also, students get provided with a metrocard for a set number of rides per day to go to/from school. -- nm - znufrii Jan 27, 09:13 1
  - It has a set number of rides? What if they have to go do research for school at a better library than the crappy ones they have in the school? - krusty Jan 27, 09:31
Shipping today: Pride and Glory, The Lucky Ones -- nm - Max Jan 27, 09:07 7
- part of the lucky ones was filmed at my hospital. someday I'll watch it for no other reason -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:09
- I really dug The Lucky Ones... highly underrated. -- nm - secretslacker Jan 27, 09:08 5
  - I have to watch it to see a specific scene. if they pan out enough you might just see me in a window blowing off my job to watch them film -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:10 4
    - Wait, that was you? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 09:11 3
      - standing at the window while everyone else was running around screaming 'code blue" or something like that? yup, that was me -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:15 2
        
        You were quite surreal. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 09:17 1
        
        thanks! I wasn't sure if I could pull that off -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:18
Boo? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09!!! Jan 27, 09:07 4
- Boo... -- nm - Ender Jan 27, 09:21
- Kitty! -- nm - mara Jan 27, 09:08
- urns -- nm - Dano Jan 27, 09:07 1
  - mpl -- nm - dogbert183 Jan 27, 09:07

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