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So I see the Syrian civil war - which just a few weeks ago was disorganized and isolated - is now raging in the capital. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 20, 10:10
I laughed. -- (link) - mara Jul 20, 10:07 1
- buwhaa -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 10:14
Yesterday, Elizabeth Warren gave the sweet WaPo Op-Ed action. It's about LIBOR -- (link) - con_carne Jul 20, 10:03
Anybody up for a quick game on CC? I set up three - amoxy Jul 20, 10:02
are we still in the mood for a Scavenger Hunt? -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 09:59
where's that streaming media device comparison chart that was linked here? greg, was that you? -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 09:57 3
- Veronica Belmont of Revision3 started this now publicly sourced Google spreadsheet. It's the best source out there. -- (link) - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 20, 10:11
- I don't think so, but CNET had an article on it a couple weeks ago. -- (link) - GregW Jul 20, 10:10 1
  - there was a sexy chart someone linked. it was green. thanks for this though. -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 10:11
LYC: RT fare to Las Vegas just dropped $150 for the weekend I'm going. *flex* -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 09:54 1
- Not Vegas, but the wife and I are getting away to Reno in two weeks! - Stephen Jul 20, 09:57
Oh God. Blogger who died in Colorado wrote about being at site of the Toronto shooting a few minutes before it happened. - GregW Jul 20, 09:44 2
- She wrote about it before it happened! She can predict the future! -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 09:51 1
  - sometimes thats easy, in your case i predict a slap soon :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 20, 09:56
Trials Evolution via xbox live is awesome - (1200 points) - Jovian Jul 20, 09:43 1
- is that the first game (they made a sequel) and yes, many of us have it and loved it. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:44
sitwap: Amazon, Warner deal brings Fringe, The West Wing to Prime Instant Video exclusively -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:38 3
- it's kind of not rational how pissed I still am at netflix. I keep hoping amazon wins this thing. one step closer, here. -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 09:45 1
  - still no amazon video in canada, so I can't side with you there ... yet ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:47
- Other shows specifically named include Dark Blue, Alcatraz and The Whole Truth, -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:39
Who was looking for a dyson? Woot has the DC23 for $205. -- nm - Amanda Jul 20, 09:34 1
- every time that commercial comes on tv, it sound like they use CYLON technology -- nm - peglegpete Jul 20, 09:35
Stable Lithium Air batteries have been successfully tested. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 20, 09:33 2
- By replacing carbon with gold. Yeah, that could get pricy. -- nm - GregW Jul 20, 09:48 1
  - humm, you've won the lotto, which car should you buy, they maybach or prius-G -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 20, 10:04
*dancing and crying* - Mel Profit Jul 20, 09:32 2
- Did you make it to Dick Dale? He came through Chico a couple of months ago, but I didn't find out about it until after the show - amoxy Jul 20, 09:35 1
  - No. But my toilet works now. *waves flag, blows into kazoo* - Mel Profit Jul 20, 09:37
*please don't let Jim post the spider under the skin video here. please* -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 09:27 1
- yikes ... I'm betting my imagination is making this far worse than it really is? -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 09:43
forza 3 has at least 10 free sample car packs on xbox live, you have to hit download on each free sample seperately, just an fyi -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:25 21
- also, use these online suspension calculators to tune your cars - it can make a huge difference in performance and ease of driving - Max Jul 20, 09:44 7
  - that seems complicated, i just want to race to run groiny off the road. - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:46 6
    - That was huge fun in the couple of races I ran. Though, if we turn on damage that won't work real well. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 09:47
    - I drive like I run. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 09:46 4
      - slowly, and with a hobble? -- nm - Stephen Jul 20, 09:49 2
        
        I was going for kind of "all over the place" but yours works too., nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 09:51
        
        L3 -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 09:50
      - in spandex? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:47
- One thing to be careful of with the auction house online - don't buy a DLC car if you don't own the DLC pack - Max Jul 20, 09:38
- Is that the new ST game to play Forza 3 -- nm - eag Jul 20, 09:29 11
  - yes, and i so need to figure out how to cut and share a piece of game film from it. - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:33 6
    - so pretty much like how he drives a warthog? -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 09:36 3
      - you could do MUCH worse as me as a Warthog Driver. - groiny Jul 20, 09:37 2
        
        I have a lot of fun driving the warthog ... but I think I made david throw up once -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:38 1
        
        we all have made David throw up. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 09:39
    - I'll have to go back in to check, but in FM4 you first upload your replay to the server, then save it as a movie, upload to FM.net and download to pc -- nm - Max Jul 20, 09:35 1
      - yeah, im going to look into it, he ended up winning that race by almost a minute - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:37
  - a bunch of us have, yes. - groiny Jul 20, 09:30 3
    - Burnout Paradise would have been better -- nm - eag Jul 20, 09:33 2
      - I think people wanted a racing game instead of an open-world game. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:45
      - Nobody wanted to pay $50 -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 09:34
Sparrow has been purchased by Google. Will no longer update apps beyond security releases. - spamlet Jul 20, 09:22 5
- i have no idea what sparrow is. should i be mad as well? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:22 4
  - The best damn gmail client on Mac and iOS. - spamlet Jul 20, 09:24 3
    - all right, i share in your indignation. - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:34 2
      - though per Sparrow's publisher, their app will still be available and updated - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:36 1
        
        Yes, but it doesn't push and that was one of the big enhancements coming. - spamlet Jul 20, 09:41
Who was looking for a dyson? Woot has the DC23 for $205. -- nm - Amanda Jul 20, 09:21 2
- my co-worker Debi - thanks! (she took the office one we bought home and totally loved it) -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 09:25 1
  - make sure she checks the reviews, esp. re: accessories. -- nm - b. Jul 20, 09:55
Now for something completely different...rediscovered this shirt yesterday from my undergrad days at Cal State. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jul 20, 09:16 [flickr] 3
- So cavemen did hand outlines and animal drawings on more than just cave walls? - Mop (198 lbs) Jul 20, 10:03
- heh -- nm - JenBro Jul 20, 09:26
- Ah, when Antarctica was the center of the universe/ world... - Old Antarctic Explorer Jul 20, 09:21
I agree with groiny. I think if we give up and say nope, gonna take care of mine and hightail it out we're training ourselves to be helpless... - Stephen Jul 20, 09:12 44
- Seriously, I'm from LA, and there is one thing you do to survive a shooting, and nothing else: Belly. To. The floor. Period. -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 09:25 8
  - a drive by, sure. - groiny Jul 20, 09:26 7
    - if someone has the opportunity and ability to stop him, absolutely do it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 09:28 6
      - Funny, I don't recall seeing that on any public service announcements growing up -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 09:30 5
        
        [nods] If it's never been followed by "the more you know" and a melodic chime, it can't be a good idea. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 20, 09:35 4
        
        And I'm not saying you're wrong. As a Sociology major, I'm reminded of the dilemma of collective behavior. - con_carne Jul 20, 10:05 1
        
        We absolutely agree. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 20, 10:14
        
        average citizens thinking they know better than trained law enforcement and emergency response isn't that great an idea either. -- nm - Max Jul 20, 09:50 1
        
        you can run from a knife but its hard to out run a bullet...in the last mass shooting in seattle the cook in the cafe was credited with saving several - zeitgeist Jul 20, 10:08
- What the passengers of Flight 93 did was die, dude -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 09:23 2
  - Yes, while saving countless other lives had the plane reached its target.... -- nm - Stephen Jul 20, 09:24
  - and they knew they would all die regardless. there was no way out. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 09:23
- Probably bad timing to ask this, but do you want ideas for things to do at ND... don't know if you've been to a game before or if it's just your dad -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 09:15 9
  - One of my favorite trips in college, we opened their stadium (post-renovation) in 1997. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 09:21 7
    - Ga Tech? -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 09:23 6
      - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 09:24 5
        
        I remember the away game the year before being close but an ND win. I don't remember how the home game went. -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 09:28 4
        
        Now that I've looked it up, it appears I was thinking of the games in 2006 and 2007. Since the 2007 season never happened, you can see my confusion. -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 09:41 3
        
        Word. -- nm - Stephen Jul 20, 09:48
        
        That home loss really hurt. Stupid Brady Quinn and Jeff Samardzija - Strongbad Jul 20, 09:46 1
        
        GameDay was on campus that day. Tough loss. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 10:09
  - Yes, absolutely! - Stephen Jul 20, 09:18
- In that theater situation my sole focus is getting my family to safety. Until that is done I have no other objective. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 09:15 14
  - Yeah, having the family there definitely changes the scenario. - Dr.Vermin Jul 20, 09:18
  - most midnight shows I see, I see solo. - groiny Jul 20, 09:16 12
    - I'd like to think I'm the person that protects others in that situation. But thinking it and being it are worlds apart. - TWuG Jul 20, 09:20
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      - i think the reality of what happened in colorado, with the tear gas (or whatever it was), and the body armor - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:19 8
        
        I think you'd be nuts to make a run at him. Not only is he shooting, who knows what else he's carrying? -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 09:20 7
        
        Yeah, if I make a move on a person like that, I do so prepared to die -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 09:53
        
        yeah, that is what i am saying - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:21
        
        depends on where you are in relation to him. - groiny Jul 20, 09:21 4
        
        well, since I am female, short, unarmed, and have zero training, I would go nowhere near this guy. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 09:22 3
        
        There is no shame in self-preservation in a situation like this. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 09:26 1
        
        correct. I do not fault anyone for getting out and running for the hills. - groiny Jul 20, 09:27
        
        and I do not fault you for that. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 09:23
      - almost never, in these type situations. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 09:19
- After time to figure out a course of action and the realization that they were going to die anyhow. - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:14 4
  - See, I'd think in that situation more people would think "oh shit he's going to kill us all unless someone does something" -- nm - Stephen Jul 20, 09:19 3
    - Thinking just isn't the best thing people do during situations like this. Your mind is going to resort to gut instincts like fear, survival and - con_carne Jul 20, 09:51 1
      - Yeah, Stephen's one fo the few here I could see reacting with to this degree with competency. - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:57
    - but 99% of people havent had any training on how to do anything in that situation. - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:20
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  - And I think the best answer to that question is...maybe. -- nm - Stephen Jul 20, 09:41
From the backboards about the Paterno statue and the students guarding it...from what they were saying this morning, the students have said... - Jim Jul 20, 09:12
Some facts for the B2 discussion: 11 Years of Police Gunfire in Painstaking Detail - GregW Jul 20, 09:10 8
- New York reports, the hit ratio of officers who committed suicide with a firearm � and, therefore, hit their target 100 percent of the time -- nm - wtf? Jul 20, 10:15
- which is a MUCH better % of hits than your average Stormtrooper. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 09:11 6
  - I think your average stormtrooper was drunk most of the time given their inability to hit anything. - Mel Profit Jul 20, 09:20 5
    - And Worf. "The security officer on the flagship of the federation can't hit a target from 20ft away? Really?" -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 10:00 1
      - I think he got the crap kicked out of him more than any other biped in the galaxy. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 10:03
    - They had bad armor. Luke couldn't see a thing in the stormtrooper helmet. Hard to hit what you can't see. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 09:23 1
      - As clones, they had inferior skills. -- nm - rollo Jul 20, 09:27
    - they have their own training school -- (link) - znufrii Jul 20, 09:23
Our solar system to scale on one (very long) web page. -- (link) - mara Jul 20, 09:09
3million units at $20 a unit makes Notch an even richer man (minecraft xbox sales topped 3 million) - tRuMaN Jul 20, 09:09
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- Anyone able to tell by looking which screw is loose? - Old Antarctic Explorer Jul 20, 09:22
- Looks a lot like Ivan Basso -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 20, 09:10 1
  - here -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 20, 09:11
Is this the story Will and Dawson were talking about? -- (link) - Beaker Jul 20, 09:06 [youtube] 11
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  - I just watched that as well. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 10:00
  - omg, I thought it was the South Park one first -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:12 2
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      - i figured they spliced it together from other parts, but still funny -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:12
  - heh -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:11
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  - here! -- (link) - Beaker Jul 20, 09:09 3
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      - Hell, All In The Family wouldn't get on the air today and it's a classic. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 09:12 1
        
        unless it was animated. Family Guy gets away with alot -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:13
LIR amanda: I'm in NC. We have had Sheetz here for a while. -- nm - sycor Jul 20, 09:05
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Fresh board. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 09:04 9
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  - of course you do. -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 09:14
- Let's fill it up discussing will's point some more -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:05 3
  - *does the quick math on the clip size and the rate of fire to determine now is the optimal time to run like hell* -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:06 2
    - aww, size doesn't matter ...... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:06 1
      - Keep telling yourself that tiny. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:07
- *rolls around in his own filth* -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 09:05
- *runs for the exit* nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 09:04
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