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Does anyone here use Gmail video chat? The first time I used it, I had a full screen. Every time since, I only have picture on the top of the screen. - kelly May 28, 10:33 1
- try double-clicking the video or hitting alt-enter -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 10:39
opinions: wedding photo permits, should i risk it? - Andie May 28, 10:33 3
- usually you just get chewed out and you could get away with it if you are not in obvious wedding attire and your photog is not using a tirpod or fancy - zeitgeist May 28, 11:20
- I'd totally do it for the adventure just as long as you guys are Ok with not getting the pictures. -- nm - Mel Profit May 28, 10:37 1
  - yeah, i guess as long as i have a back up location, i might just go for it. -- nm - Andie May 28, 10:39
Nothing worse than your two favorite teams playing in the first round of the playoffs. -- nm - nubby May 28, 10:32
Roll Poll: Decide my TV: Burn Notice s4 ; The Pacific or Dexter s5 -- nm - Beaker May 28, 10:30 2
- Don't bother with Dexter. -- nm - Reagen May 28, 10:32 1
  - Season 5 is alright. It's the latest, Season 6, which was completely blah -- nm - flavorize May 28, 10:34
Nice cover of the Girl from Ipanema is today's free song at Google Music. -- (link) - Mop May 28, 09:51 2
- Vi beklager, men det dokument, du anmodede om, er ikke tilgængeligt i dit land. -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 28, 10:14 1
  - ~ Du. Du hast. Du hast meche...~ -- nm - Diva May 28, 10:18
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- sunavabitch... - Mel Profit May 28, 09:58
because the ST Advice Column is always the best in the world ... I ask, "What would you do ..." - i'm not dead yet ! May 28, 09:14 5
- talk to the mom first -- nm - Beaker May 28, 09:22 4
  - this -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer May 28, 09:36 3
    - And, be aware that if you do show up -- you may be... - Old Antarctic Explorer May 28, 09:44 2
      - Id be more concerned with the mom thinking you to be a stalker of some sort. -- nm - Beaker May 28, 09:45 1
        
        that's why it's so key to chat up the mum, to reveal one's self-- - Old Antarctic Explorer May 28, 10:52
Is MIB3 worth the 3D? -- nm - amoxy May 28, 07:30 6
- Our theater didn't even offer the option of 2D. At $13.50 a ticket for 3D, I can understand why. - TWuG May 28, 10:01
- It's the rare film shot entirely in 3D. You cannot remove your glasses and still watch it. I say yes. -- nm - David May 28, 09:07 3
  - So the 2d version is 3d downgraded -- nm - amoxy May 28, 09:21
  - Like Step Up 3D! -- nm - Dano May 28, 09:10 1
    - But with plot structure! -- nm - David May 28, 09:13
- i saw it in 3D. i don't think it would suffer at all without it. -- nm - Andie May 28, 07:32
full video of William Shatner at Phoenix Comicon -- (link) - Remlik May 28, 07:28 1
- Dorn, Burton and Sirtis video... -- (link) - Remlik May 28, 07:29
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GoT spoiler question? - Name Withheld By Request May 28, 06:59 8
- I wondered too, cause he didn't quite look the same -- nm - Epiphany May 28, 07:56 2
  - See, I didn't see that as an issue per se because I thought I recognized him. However... - Name Withheld By Request May 28, 08:51 1
    - Agreed -- nm - Epiphany May 28, 08:53
- it's partly that and also - Reagen May 28, 07:26 1
  - Right. I assumed it is a straight vengence play for him. - Name Withheld By Request May 28, 07:34
- yes -- nm - Remlik May 28, 07:12
- Yes. -- nm - Kim Pine May 28, 07:07
- spoils - Roger More May 28, 07:05
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- amen -- we are blessed -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer May 28, 09:37
- this -- nm - Beaker May 28, 07:42
The results are in: The best British film during Queen Elizabeth II's reign is....... -- (link) - nubby May 28, 06:23 2
- I got screwed -- nm - Sir David Lean May 28, 09:20
- With 6% of the vote! -- nm - Roger More May 28, 06:28
Anyone else notice that last night's episode of Game of Thrones was directed by Neil Marshall, who did The Descent, Dog Soldiers and Centurion. -- nm - LMS May 28, 06:10 2
- I really liked Centurion. -- nm - Beaker May 28, 07:14
- only when I was reading about it on EW. the producers were ecastic that he was available. -- nm - Remlik May 28, 07:13
So my daughter forced me to watch season #1 of Sherlock this weekend. I really should start watching some of these shows you'all are raving about ;) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 28, 06:00 3
- Luckily you have the luxury of not having to wait a year for season #2, spoilers - LMS May 28, 06:05 2
  - Daughter wants to know how you're dealing with the wait 'til Christmas 2013 for season 3 :) -- nm - MojaveMeg May 28, 06:14 1
    - Well, for my Benedict fix there's the series Parades End starting soon, then Star Trek & Hobbit. There'll be some Dr Who too. - LMS May 28, 06:22
SITWAP: Green Lantern to be revealed as the DC comics gay character. Wow. -- nm - MDH May 28, 05:03 7
- Do not want. -- nm - Qale May 28, 10:30
- not the main one which is Hal Jordan. it's an alternate universe Green Lantern....in the previous version of this character it was his son who was gay -- nm - Remlik May 28, 07:14 3
  - it will be interesting to see if he still has kids in the re-do DC Universe -- nm - Beaker May 28, 07:15 2
    - nope. 1st issue of Earth 2 was release a couple of weeks ago and he's single. -- nm - Remlik May 28, 07:44 1
      - Jade fans gonna be pissed. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy May 28, 08:59
- Okay, Ryan Reynolds, now I'm ready for a sequel. -- nm - Dano May 28, 07:06
- it's the Earth 2 GL, Alan Scott... if Guy Gardner came out of the closet, it would explain a lot. -- nm - secretslacker May 28, 05:42
Jamal Lewis, a former starting running back for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns, has filed for Chapter 11 protection -- nm - Beaker May 28, 04:27
French Open spoilers - Beaker May 28, 04:23
May 28 1964 � The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed. -- nm - Beaker May 28, 03:39 1
- 1892 - John Muir founded the environmental organization Sierra Club in San Francisco. -- nm - Beaker May 28, 04:48
I have now seen Avengers. -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 01:06 5
- Who liked it more? you or the 75-year-old woman in the audience who also hadn't seen it yet? :) -- nm - secretslacker May 28, 04:53
- Also, Thor *really* reminds me of one of my aunts. -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 01:11 3
  - Is she a Viking by genetics? by chance <G> -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer May 28, 09:38
  - *wants to meet one of your aunts then* -- nm - Qale May 28, 01:20 1
    - I'm just saying - she swings a mean hammer, and she's tough as nails. -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 01:26
After seeing a Galaxy Note out in the wild, I don't think I'm man enough for that thing. - Qale May 28, 00:54
OK, "Salt" was pretty damn awesome, but the twist was obvious from very early on. -- nm - Mop May 27, 22:52
that was a weird luis bunuel moment on Mad Men when they seemingly repeated that Don/Joan conversation -- nm - zeitgeist May 27, 22:51 1
- I thought that was fantastic (spoils) - znufrii May 27, 23:05
tonight;s episode made total sense to me, it's like the joke says (Mad Men spoils) - znufrii May 27, 22:45 2
- and for those who have heard the joke... - znufrii May 27, 23:07 1
  - have *not* heard the joke, rather... -- nm - znufrii May 27, 23:08
from the official Jaguar twitter....regarding Mad Men - Remlik May 27, 22:06 2
- Spoilers - JenBro May 27, 22:18
- (spoilers in IM) -- nm - kelly May 27, 22:08
If Tom Waits had released that song from the end credits of GoT, I don't think anyone would have batted an eye. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 21:35 3
- I thought it was Tom Waits. -- nm - Diva May 28, 06:52
- that was a singer from The National....link to soundcloud file... -- (link) - Remlik May 27, 22:24 1
  - a? the. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 22:37
Oh, the face eating was in Miami. Now it makes sense. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 21:26
Loosi, Franz was doing a reading (he's is a vet, but this was someone else's story) but it was no less powerful. -- nm - Stephen May 27, 21:08 2
- aah, thanks. He did it very well, but that should not be a surprise. -- nm - loosilu May 27, 21:37 1
  - and ps., in the reading he mentioned the kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. hell to the yes. the shit they are going through. - loosilu May 27, 21:38
For those with access, a new show premiered in Canada tonight called Continuum. Looks like it could be a fun time-travel series, only - GregW May 27, 20:25 5
- So, like Fringe? -- nm - Mop May 27, 22:52
- The pilot was kind of rough around the edges, but it's got potential. Rachel Nichols in skin tight outfits is enough for a look, though. - Reagen May 27, 21:21 2
  - And Lexa Doig. -- nm - Under the Influence May 27, 21:33
  - Oh, and it did something I don't think I've seen before - Reagen May 27, 21:30
- Just about to watch it. Had to watch game of Thrones first. (spoiler) - Under the Influence May 27, 21:08
Natitude!! -- nm - samara May 27, 20:16
Jeez, Bery you're ruining my night. - nm - JaxSean May 27, 20:12 8
- "maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (113 kph) with higher gusts" Sounds like a good day to stay inside. -- nm - GregW May 27, 20:26 7
  - Buck-buck-buck-BGAWK -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 20:39 6
    - So hey, what'd Kieran think of the deer? -- nm - JenBro May 27, 20:44 5
      - "Gah! Gah!" -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 20:47 4
        
        are they mule deer? -- nm - loosilu May 27, 20:57 2
        
        Probably a Sitka blacktailed deer (which is probably a mule deer) -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 21:17 1
        
        I believe so. -- nm - loosilu May 27, 21:39
        
        :) next time turn the camera after and catch his look of wonder - I bet it was cute! -- nm - JenBro May 27, 20:55
an hour and 20 minutes on hold with Blizzard, but I got there. Whew. - Tim May 27, 20:03
Mad Men spoils - HOLY COW! - JenBro May 27, 20:03 11
- (spoils) - kelly May 27, 22:02 4
  - Please, Don's taking her (and all the women in his life) completely for granted. - Reagen May 28, 07:35 1
    - Oh, I'm not saying he has nothing to do with this. - kelly May 28, 09:23
  - Yeah (spoilers) - amoxy May 27, 22:27 1
    - spoils - znufrii May 27, 22:42
- And one more thing (Spoilers) - amoxy May 27, 21:29 1
  - spoils... - Remlik May 27, 21:47
- Yeah (spoilers) - amoxy May 27, 20:35 2
  - I have to say ... - JenBro May 27, 20:39 1
    - this -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer May 28, 09:41
- Between Game of Thrones and Mad Men, tonight was an AWESOME TV night. - Buzz May 27, 20:06
Subby - Truman May 27, 19:49 11
- I would go one switch as you might max the backplane on a smaller switch if you daisy chain -- nm - Karl_S May 27, 20:50 3
  - The whats a what? -- nm - Truman May 27, 21:09 2
    - blackplane is the capacity of the switch to move data between the ports, most 5/8 port switches can't handle more than 1Gb. - Karl_S May 27, 21:46
    - "it might be slow" -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 21:13
- I think, realistically, as long as they are all gigabit switches, it makes no difference. - Subversive May 27, 19:55 6
  - Well its like, at least a $100 more to get a 16 or 24 port switch - Truman May 27, 19:57 5
    - What I would do is put a gigabit switch right off your router and plug all the devices into that. - Subversive May 27, 20:02 4
      - Here is the detail - Truman May 27, 20:07 3
        
        Well, the router needs to connect to the modem, and I would try not to make things route through the router. - Subversive May 27, 20:22 1
        
        The modem is the router -- nm - Truman May 27, 20:23
        
        Also here is the switch i have -- (link) - Truman May 27, 20:10
Just in case y'all didn't see this on facebook, it's that good. My daughter singing a song of her own creation as I secretly videotaped. -- (link) - Subversive May 27, 19:45 [youtube] 7
- Shes really good. -- nm - Walt_Disney May 28, 05:12
- That is great. How old is she? - kelly May 27, 20:55 2
  - 5. -- nm - Subversive May 27, 21:24 1
    - Aww. Too cute! -- nm - kelly May 27, 21:39
- Ok - YOU MUST TAPE when she finds out about the tickets! 1$ says she cries :) -- nm - JenBro May 27, 20:08 1
  - THIS!!!! -- nm - loosilu May 27, 20:58
- omg, that's awesome. she has a good voice! -- nm - loosilu May 27, 19:47
...Seriously. -- nm - kelly May 27, 19:42 13
- (spoilers) - amoxy May 27, 20:34 2
  - word -- nm - znufrii May 27, 22:47
  - Yeah, he really is. -- nm - kelly May 27, 20:50
- Just where in the world *is* Carmen Sandiego? -- nm - Inquiring Minds Want to Know May 27, 20:10
- who the eff is Pete Campbell? -- nm - loosilu May 27, 19:48 6
  - A seriously warped person -- nm - amoxy May 27, 20:47 2
    - he just wants to succeed in business! -- nm - Remlik May 27, 21:29 1
      - without really trying... - znufrii May 27, 23:08
  - Mad Men -- nm - Remlik May 27, 19:51 2
    - oh. -- nm - loosilu May 27, 20:45
    - fish giver! -- nm - Roger More May 27, 19:53
- you godda be kiddin me -- nm - zeitgeist May 27, 19:47
- I know, right?! -- nm - Subversive May 27, 19:43

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