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Verizon next month will more than double the speeds of several of its FiOS Internet tiers -- and introduce two new tiers with even faster speeds... -- (link) - Don Homer May 30, 08:42 1
- sh!t and we just started running those damn commercials. -- nm - xFinity May 30, 08:44
LIR regarding Stanley Cup Finals. What Beak said. Kings in 6. Of course I had the Canucks and Rangers in the final so ya know... -- nm - bc/nc May 30, 08:41
Awesome. Eligible voters being purged from Florida's voter rolls... -- (link) - Don Homer May 30, 08:38 9
- I expect massive voter suppression from the republicans again. - Krusty May 30, 08:48 3
  - Obama's strategy includes an 'All in on FL' plan. I bet big money his people are down there raising hell and getting this sorted out. -- nm - MDH May 30, 08:49 2
    - I'm not sure what you mean by "All in on FL", as he has numerous paths to victory. But a FL win makes it near-impossible for Romney to win. -- nm - Don Homer May 30, 08:50 1
      - Some details inside: - MDH May 30, 08:55
- Ever seen Recount? 20k eligible voters were removed for having the same name as felons. -- nm - David, Treachery Specialist May 30, 08:41 3
  - And the final count showed Bush winning by 537 votes - amoxy May 30, 08:44 1
    - the final "official" count, to be clear. -- nm - Don Homer May 30, 08:45
  - Yeah, great movie. Very sad. -- nm - Don Homer May 30, 08:44
- Of course they are. The efforts have picked up in the past week even when polls is FL showed Obama up. -- nm - MDH May 30, 08:41
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- This is exactly why I have told all of my girlfriend's I will not be in charge of planning anything. -- nm - MDH May 30, 08:48
- My wife's cousin called last night to tell us that her daughter's wedding has been canceled. So, you know, fun. -- nm - Mop (199 lbs) May 30, 08:39
- Start counting down the days -- nm - amoxy May 30, 08:38
- god, I hate people sometimes. nm -- nm - groiny May 30, 08:37 5
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    - but G may not lose her shit - no guarantee right? but does Bridezilla take that chance? - Epiphany May 30, 08:48 3
      - but really, who gives a shit if she does? nm -- nm - groiny May 30, 08:48 2
        
        Bridezilla is going to care if the pianist's hair is out of place - an attendee openly weeping at the ceremony is going to be huge -- nm - Epiphany May 30, 08:49 1
        
        which is why I hate people sometimes. nm -- nm - groiny May 30, 08:50
- hey, is Chun a friend Bridezilla? or different circles? -- nm - Andie May 30, 08:34 1
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  - make sure G comes, sits with you, and drinks heavily - then sit back and wait for the fireworks -- nm - decline May 30, 08:41 1
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  - G won't do anything at the wedding. she's probably horrified already. -- nm - Andie May 30, 08:35 5
    - Agreed. I don't know why anyone even shared the story with Bridezilla. -- nm - pmb May 30, 08:38 4
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        Oh. That's bad. Even so, I'd say she got it out of her system. But G should probably make a point of explaining again to Bridezilla that she's - pmb May 30, 08:44
        
        oh. but it really isn't about R and Bridezilla, it's about where G is in her own life. -- nm - Andie May 30, 08:43 1
        
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ST is musical smarter - what is the basic plot premise behind Les Miz? it looks dreary but interesting - Epiphany May 30, 08:29 15
- It's based on a book by Victor Hugo, and has a pretty involved plot, with lots of characters. - Roger More May 30, 08:42
- It's really a great musical, but the history is awful. It's like a Disneyfied French Revolution. -- nm - Inigo May 30, 08:40
- Hathaway is a fantastic choice for her role as is Jackman. Not so sure about Crowe playing the officer. -- nm - Jim May 30, 08:35 2
  - Sasha Baren Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter should be great fun as the Thenadiers. -- nm - Inigo May 30, 08:51
  - I can see Crowe fitting the role. He seems like a straight-line black-and-white thinker like Javert. -- nm - Roger More May 30, 08:48
- plot spoils - Jim May 30, 08:34 5
  - Jean Valjean is my favorite porn actors name - I must see this -- nm - Epiphany May 30, 08:51
  - of note, it's a different French Revolution that the one most people think it is -- nm - znufrii May 30, 08:41 2
    - It wasn't really a revolution, because it didn't succeed. -- nm - Roger More May 30, 08:44
    - Yes, it's the June Rebellion actually. A student uprising of sorts. My bad. -- nm - Jim May 30, 08:44
  - thats pretty good summary -- nm - Capstern May 30, 08:35
- Pip its very very good - I have seen it 3x. Good songs... - Capstern May 30, 08:34 2
  - If you end up liking it you will also like Fiddler and Notre Dame De Paris -- nm - Capstern May 30, 08:35 1
    - one step at a time - I am a known musical hater - I hated Chicago except for a few numbers. - Epiphany May 30, 08:52
- a bunch of french dudes mope around and act all sad and stuff -- nm - decline May 30, 08:31
znu has never seen Les Miserables? How is this possible? -- nm - Spawn May 30, 08:29 5
- is it about a unicorn? nm -- nm - groiny May 30, 08:37
- That is...weird. -- nm - Jim May 30, 08:36
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  - the operative word is "snob" -- nm - znufrii May 30, 08:38 1
    - Well, he could have just said "znu", but he was trying to explain. -- nm - Spawn May 30, 08:49
Seriously, what the Hell is wrong with some people? -- (link) - amoxy May 30, 08:16 6
- Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction - Cicero -- nm - bc/nc May 30, 08:27
- And they're the ones screaming about 'indoctrination'? - Jovian May 30, 08:27 3
  - this is some of the worst of organized religion. -- nm - Mel Profit May 30, 08:33
  - they'd likely fit right in at the Witch Trials, Spanish Inquisition, etc etc -- nm - Beaker May 30, 08:29
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From what I've always heard I want to punch Billy Corgan in the suck-hole but goddamn did he write some tunes. - Mel Profit May 30, 08:15
Hmm. I could hit the midnight Prometheus. It only has a runtime of 17 minutes -- (link) - oblique May 30, 08:15 2
- for that showing, they decided to just air all the footage that you haven't already seen in the build-up -- nm - prayformojo May 30, 08:17 1
  - "All 4 trailers, back to back to back to back!" -- nm - oblique May 30, 08:18
"Have you ever had good sushi?" - Spawn May 30, 08:14
Water, electric and gas set up for the new place *twitch* - znufrii May 30, 08:12 4
- and, I just realized I requested service at the wrong address...ooops. -- nm - znufrii May 30, 08:48
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  - soon as he gets back from Greece -- nm - Beaker May 30, 08:21 1
    - hee - Epiphany May 30, 08:26
as unlikely as it would be, if the spurs were to win out the rest of the way, they'd end the season on a 26 game winning streak - prayformojo May 30, 08:11 1
- They'd probably be thrown against the 72-10 Bulls for best team of recent memory. -- nm - Strongbad May 30, 08:15
Susan Glenn? -- nm - amoxy May 30, 08:08
NBA Draft Lottery is just screwed up. - Strongbad May 30, 08:08 13
- It's a pretty crappy way to handle the draft. - Krusty May 30, 08:41
- It "solves" a phantom problem. I hate everything about it. -- nm - David, Treachery Specialist May 30, 08:37
- I think I get it. (Some light math inside.) - Was Bar Was May 30, 08:32
- it dis-incentivizes outright tanking -- nm - prayformojo May 30, 08:12 4
  - If ownership wants to tank, let them. -- nm - Strongbad May 30, 08:15 3
    - they can tank all they want. just don't automatically reward them with the #1 -- nm - prayformojo May 30, 08:16 2
      - I don't like the tanking for the pick but the worst team shouldn't end up with the fourth pick behind - Krusty May 30, 08:45
      - and they should have to refund money to season ticket holders as well -- nm - Beaker May 30, 08:16
- yes. I like the way the NHL does it way better -- nm - Beaker May 30, 08:10
- 25% among how many teams? - Spawn May 30, 08:09 3
  - 14, which is the highest. - Strongbad May 30, 08:10 2
    - That is what you get for throwing the season. -- nm - Spawn May 30, 08:12 1
      - to be fair, with Jordan I don't think he actually tried to tank the season -- nm - Beaker May 30, 08:22
I've been meaning to rewatch these before Prometheus. The 6 disc Alien Anthology (Blu Ray) is $29.99 on Amazon today. -- (link) - Ender May 30, 08:02 18
- Are these on Ultraviolet? -- nm - oblique May 30, 08:21 11
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    - So. $29.99 for 5 movies + $10 to upgrade them to UV for $39 total? Aliens alone on Vudu is $23 in HDX -- nm - oblique May 30, 08:26 9
      - I was told that collections can't be converted to ultraviolet. They wouldn't do my Godfather collection. -- nm - Ender May 30, 08:32 8
        
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        $39 for 5 Alien movies in HDX plus I could turn around and sell the collectors edition? - oblique May 30, 08:44 2
        
        (If they take them it would only be $8 for the conversion. 4 movies at @2 per. -- nm - Ender May 30, 08:48 1
        
        Why do I keep thinking there are 5? That's even better! :) -- nm - oblique May 30, 08:50
        
        Right, I would suggest trying a less competent Wal-Mart or even the same one at a late hour. -- nm - David, Treachery Specialist May 30, 08:42
        
        I did Harry Potter that way. -- nm - David, Treachery Specialist May 30, 08:34 1
        
        I was going to say they took my LRDR extended edition just fine but now as I look back I upgraded my theatrical releases -- nm - oblique May 30, 08:42
        
        Though if you put them each in their own generic case I don't know if they'd know... -- nm - Ender May 30, 08:34
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  - the other 2 have their merits but it is drowned out by the bad. My rank: Aliens, Alien, Resurrection, 3 -- nm - Beaker May 30, 08:18 3
    - The Alien 3 work print version is a very solid film. -- nm - Don Homer May 30, 08:26
    - I'll never be able to compare the first two and say which is better. They're so entirely different and yet awesome in their own right. -- nm - Mel Profit May 30, 08:19 1
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- we are watching Alien and Aliens tonight. The other two aren't as important. -- nm - sycor May 30, 08:03
Bootstrap help... how do you get this scrolling effect? -- (link) - colin May 30, 07:55 1
- nevermind. it's a js file. duh. -- nm - colin May 30, 07:57
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- Decker!!! nm - Jim May 30, 08:09 2
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    - Bush, even if Forte reports. - the wrong element, bad guy May 30, 08:33
- Bush -- nm - amoxy May 30, 07:58
- Bush -- nm - Beaker May 30, 07:53
Roger More will enjoy this: Two ads encouraging Australia to invade New Zealand (nmblink) - ralph wiggum May 30, 07:36 [youtube] 2
- It would solve that national crisis of no holidays between June and December. -- nm - Roger More May 30, 07:45 1
  - Yeah, talk about knowing your audience with that first pitch. nm - ralph wiggum May 30, 07:49
That whistling noise you hear is RIM shares dropping like a bomb; down 10% so far this morning -- (link) - Beaker May 30, 07:34 2
- FB is looking at them. FB wants to be in the mobile phone biz -- nm - ceregon May 30, 07:39 1
  - They should buy a company that makes phones people want to buy and apps they want to use. -- nm - Roger More May 30, 07:50
Amazing Horse - funny -- (link) - Capstern May 30, 07:32 [youtube]
*slams on the brakes* Wait, what? Hugh Laurie at the Birchmere? that's just a couple of miles from home. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 07:28 18
- I found out he is headlining the El Rey here. Which of course means - con_carne May 30, 07:46 3
  - Birchmere is a weird little place. It looks like a country restaurant but it has amazing acoustics, and they get all of the biggest names. - loosilu May 30, 07:48 2
    - The acoustics/ size are great, but the food and prices of shows are insane. -- nm - MDH May 30, 07:50 1
      - I don't eat the food. the prices are high, but they're the right level for the acts. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 07:52
- hey MDH, he doesn't seem to be on their calendar yet, where did you get the info? -- nm - loosilu May 30, 07:33 4
  - There's a schedule on his website, but it doesn't go to August. -- nm - mara May 30, 07:40 3
    - She was able to snag me through e-mail. -- nm - MDH May 30, 07:51 1
      - thanks so much! -- nm - loosilu May 30, 07:53
    - yeah, it is listed a couple of other places online. the Birchmere schedule goes out way past August but they have not added him yet. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 07:40
- STIS - I'm aware he plays piano, is he any good? -- nm - loosilu May 30, 07:29 8
  - Perhaps YouTube could help you figure that out. -- nm - mara May 30, 07:31 4
    - Ah. Well, for later maybe, this one's kind of fun, once you get past the stupid intro. -- (link) - mara May 30, 07:35 [youtube] 2 1
      - thanks. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 07:36 1
        
        And an amusing review of the show he's currently touring. -- (link) - mara May 30, 07:38
    - many folks can't YT at work. :) -- nm - loosilu May 30, 07:32
  - from what I've heard he is an excellent musician -- nm - decline May 30, 07:31 2
    - cool thanks. -- nm - loosilu May 30, 07:32
    - yup, the blues album he put out last year is a lot of fun. -- nm - znufrii May 30, 07:31
I really want one of these.. if I can get past the name. -- (link) - colin May 30, 07:21 5
- Is it called Poof! ? -- nm - Roger More May 30, 07:25 4
  - Tada! -- nm - colin May 30, 07:26 3
    - I know you're feeling sparkly today but what's it called? -- nm - Mel Profit May 30, 07:40 2
      - vamprirism? -- nm - colin May 30, 07:41 1
        
        well played. - Mel Profit May 30, 07:42
and now Michelle wants to know what I'm doing tonight... - Mel Profit May 30, 07:19 4
- Straight Up. -- nm - Remlik May 30, 07:21
- are you getting weird campaign emails about "enlarging your voter base"? -- nm - colin May 30, 07:20 2
  - in all seriousness...I want to take my pants off. - Mel Profit May 30, 07:21 1
    - Mel's pants are tight! Mel's pants are tight! -- nm - Beaker May 30, 07:24
Analog to Digital TV signal stuff: did ST have a preferred machine for this? - Beaker May 30, 07:18 5
- your old "analog" antenna should still work, it's the TV that needs to have digital tuning. - colin May 30, 07:19 4
  - cool, thanks -- nm - Beaker May 30, 07:20 3
    - what kind of trailer do you have? -- nm - colin May 30, 07:21 2
      - 36 foot Salem (our lot is rented year round so we don't move it) - Beaker May 30, 07:23 1
        
        ah, that sounds cool! - colin May 30, 07:25

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