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I'd never before heard of the idea of essentially surfing a nuclear shockwave to launch objects into space, but I like it. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 16, 07:20 3
- you should have read the scramjet articles that have been posted this week. -- nm - zork Aug 16, 07:24 2
  - thanks for the reminder. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 07:24 1
    - make sure you change your footy lineup once more -- nm - zork Aug 16, 07:28
new yeasayer CD in my hand. *in my hand.* I am having trouble breathing. someone needs to come here and press *play* for me. -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 07:13 4
- people still buy CD's ? -- nm - decline Aug 16, 07:14 3
  - Yes, but the rate the bank gives you is pretty low. Oh, wait, other CD. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 16, 07:43
  - most cars still have CD players that do not have iPod connectors -- nm - zork Aug 16, 07:24
  - people still give them away. -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 07:23
hey mel - nmbmel - Diva Aug 16, 07:12 3
- excellent! - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:14 2
  - imma get 2!! -- nm - Diva Aug 16, 07:25 1
    - *laughing* -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:25
List of President Obama's accomplishments his first four years in office, with citations -- (link) - znufrii Aug 16, 07:11 2
- interesting - tRuMaN Aug 16, 07:20 1
  - and I found the first point on his legislative success to be questionable, how much of his agenda never even came up for a vote - znufrii Aug 16, 07:22
Disney Store is currently offering an extra 30% off select Cars Clearance Items with coupon code CARS30. -- (link) - tRuMaN Aug 16, 07:00
Through August 21st, Groupon is offering 10 DVD Movie Rentals at Redbox for $4. Or choose 5 DVD Movie Rentals for $2. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 16, 06:59
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- Congress - subject to insider trading laws since April! -- nm - Roger More Aug 16, 07:06
amoxy... - Mel Profit Aug 16, 06:44 3
- I noticed them when my son and I went to see her new place - amoxy Aug 16, 07:02 1
  - That's very very cool. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:04
- me too - so very cool -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 06:54
Have we seen this? Filming at a TRILLION frames/second? -- (link) - Volnelk Aug 16, 06:39 [youtube]
In 1975, in Playboy's annual opinion poll by their readers, who was named Best Rock Drummer of the Year? -- nm - amoxy Aug 16, 06:39 13
- look below pfm's post for amoxy's answer -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 16, 07:22
- Peter Criss? -- nm - zork Aug 16, 07:18
- baby Travis Barker? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 07:13
- Ringo -- nm - Jim Aug 16, 06:44
- Jon Bonham -- nm - JaxSean Aug 16, 06:42 1
  - He came in second -- nm - amoxy Aug 16, 06:43
- Keith Moon - prayformojo Aug 16, 06:41 4
  - Nope, this pick is even worse than Jethro Tull winning over Metallica at the Grammies -- nm - amoxy Aug 16, 06:42 3
    - The drummer for the Bay City Rollers. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 16, 06:43 2
      - Nope, I got to get ready for work so I will spoil it - amoxy Aug 16, 06:45 1
        
        Yikes. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 16, 06:46
- Neil Pert -- nm - Volnelk Aug 16, 06:39 1
  - Nope -- nm - amoxy Aug 16, 06:40
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- I don't think your supposed to ever leave heat on for long periods. -- nm - decline Aug 16, 07:22
my phone normally goes "ding ding" when I get a text. today, it's going "ding" and then a while later "ding" again. it's dingy. -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 06:38 5
- "hey. .....wait for it.... yeah now you realize the importance of this. ding." -- nm - Max Aug 16, 08:56
- Battery Low? -- nm - amoxy Aug 16, 06:39 3
  - seventy something. it was cranky about charging last night though. maybe it's sick. -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 06:40 2
    - iphone ? It's gonna die because the new one is coming out and you need to buy it -- nm - decline Aug 16, 06:53 1
      - not until may. -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 06:55
Elvis passed away 35 years ago today. Here is Steve Martin talking about meeting Elvis -- (link) - amoxy Aug 16, 06:31 [youtube] 2
- "Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me you see." - Krusty Aug 16, 06:46
- spoiler! - prayformojo Aug 16, 06:34
Congressional candidate Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher called for building a fence and to "start shooting" as part of the solution to illegal immigration -- (link) - ty97 Aug 16, 06:26
US defeats Mexico in soccer for the first time on Mexican soil. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 16, 06:24 2
- Finally our superiority to Mexico can no longer be questioned -- nm - rollo Aug 16, 06:25 1
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World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria trailer -- (link) - Inigo Aug 16, 06:19 [youtube] 1
- For the Horde! -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 16, 06:26
Walnuts 'improve sperm health' -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Aug 16, 06:09
speaking of videogames, will a PS3 play PS2 games? I'm feeling the need to get my tekken on. -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 06:00 9
- Unfortunately not. - Stephen Aug 16, 06:03 8
  - though can't you download a lot of ps2 games? they're generally not pricey. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 06:08
  - huh, I always assumed they did. -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 06:04
  - Yeah, unless you have one of the very early ones. -- nm - Ender Aug 16, 06:04 5
    - exactly. they discontinued the backwards compat a few years ago -- nm - decline Aug 16, 06:22
    - I'll just wait until september and get tekken tag tournament 2. I can wait, right? sure, right? -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 06:06 2
      - oooh and I can have that for xbox 360. hello, my pretty. (goodbye, job.) -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 06:40
      - And I'm sure they've got a couple old downloadable versions on the Playstation Network they'd be willing to sell you. -- nm - Ender Aug 16, 06:30
    - I almost posted that (about the early ones) but I couldn't remember if that was just a figment of my imaginatiion.... -- nm - Stephen Aug 16, 06:05
I was in the office for over thirty minutes without opening excel. a record, I think. -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 05:58 3
- Were you working or socializing? -- nm - budice Aug 16, 06:09 2
  - working. crazytown, right? working *without* excel? -- nm - coffee jones Aug 16, 06:11 1
    - that's an exception -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 16, 06:24
Ecuador grants Assange asylum -- (link) - ty97 Aug 16, 05:49 3
- In a related note, Bradley Manning moved from Quantico to Leavenworth amid rumors of harsh treatment - amoxy Aug 16, 05:59 1
  - The more I read about what's happening to him the more I'm convinced he's getting hosed. - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:13
- *gets some popcorn* -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 05:52
because it was mentioned a few days ago, here's a great discussion on the difference between bi- and pansexuals -- (link) - znufrii Aug 16, 05:46 [youtube]
First weekend of EPL coming up. Don't forget to sign up for Slacker Footy and if you've joined be sure to set your team by tomorrow night. -- nm - zork Aug 16, 05:44
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Wednesday, coach Mike Tomlin confirmed. -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 05:41
Article in bloomberg claims that the XBox360 is the biggest selling console of all time. - Inigo Aug 16, 05:27 4
- Hmm, the original blog post called it "one of the best-selling game consoles of all time". I wonder if they changed the blog post or if an editor got to it at Bloomberg... -- (link) - Ender Aug 16, 05:53 1
  - That makes a lot more sense. -- nm - Inigo Aug 16, 06:12
- Just curious, when did it pass the wii? -- nm - Don Homer Aug 16, 05:29 1
  - It didn't in any country. However, it has been the top selling console in the US for the past 15 months or so. - Inigo Aug 16, 05:33
Interesting legal case. A battle for life insurance. Husband brutally kills wife but found not criminally responsible. It goes from there -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 05:23
August 16, 1920: Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the NY Yankees & dies early the next day - Beaker Aug 16, 05:05
We don�t know how much more money Reid has or how he made all of it. For that, we�d have to see his tax returns. -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 16, 04:52 27
- wait, your telling me we should be shocked that a member of Congress is worth millions? - tRuMaN Aug 16, 06:52
- but then he's also not running for president. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 06:02
- And if enough of his constituents have concerns, he needs to address them to their satisfaction or run the risk of not being re-elected. -- nm - mara Aug 16, 05:57 5
  - or maybe stop being a hypocrite and accusing other people of tax "issues" with no documented source. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 16, 06:02 4
    - wait, your telling me that politician have to have documented sources for all their arguments. - tRuMaN Aug 16, 06:53 2
      - These days, almost all commercials come with sources. When it was said, where, etc. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 16, 09:23
      - it would be nice, yes. -- nm - znufrii Aug 16, 06:58
    - agreed. he needs to shut the hell up -- nm - Epiphany Aug 16, 06:17
- heh -- nm - Don Homer Aug 16, 05:17
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  - Don't see as a "counter punch" - Strongbad Aug 16, 05:48 12
    - maybe, maybe not. regardless it's an easy shot to take when his own father released 12 years worth of returns and suggested anyone who wouldn't had - mafic Aug 16, 06:07 2
      - I agree. In today's political climate it's not surprising at all. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 16, 06:39 1
        
        it's not surprising in any political climate. by his own father's deeds and actions he's trying to hide something. - mafic Aug 16, 06:46
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      - Call me when there's something illegal. kthxbai -- nm - Strongbad Aug 16, 05:54 7
        
        I don't think there's anything "illegal" in Romney's returns. However, since he (could) have a direct affect on taxes and laws, - JaxSean Aug 16, 06:42 3
        
        I don't think there was anything illegal done when they were filed, I'm almost positive things he did are no illegal though. -- nm - MDH Aug 16, 06:44 2
        
        as we discussed a few weeks back, i really think he used one of those tax maneuvers that the IRS now deems as illegal - tRuMaN Aug 16, 07:03 1
        
        Exactly. -- nm - MDH Aug 16, 07:11
        
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        I'm not playing your games today. Move along to someone else. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 16, 05:57 1
        
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  - Did you see the report that Paul Ryan's plan would have Romney paying an under 1% tax rate? -- (link) - Reagen Aug 16, 05:13 3
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      - I doubt there's a rule against it, just wouldn't be viewed favorably by many. Can still income other ways like book sales etc. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 16, 05:18
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Surprised it took this long really. Syrian civil war spreads into Lebanon -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 04:39
Yesterday FaceBook stock closed at $21.20 US, down 44 per cent from its IPO price of $38. Today, early buyers and directors can sell.... - Beaker Aug 16, 04:35 3
- and Groupon is down to $5 from $20. -- (link) - CrankYanker Aug 16, 04:46 2
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  - yeah it took a crap kicking earlier in the week. -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 04:49
Maryland football is looking to be a trainwreck this year. Only experienced QB tore his ACL yesterday. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 16, 04:24
Global Firepower ratings for 2012 -- (link) - Beaker Aug 16, 04:23 5
- the surprising thing for me here was China is ranked 3rd behind Russia. Figured that would be reversed. -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 05:23
- I don't think England would get the cakewalk they might expect if they go after Ecuador. - Beaker Aug 16, 04:41 3
  - And the RN is a shell of it's former self. It's barely a blue water navy at this point. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 05:21 2
    - Soon, they'll be sharing aircraft carriers with the French. -- nm - Roger More Aug 16, 07:09 1
      - *finger to nose* -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 16, 07:25
Since my baby left me, I've found a new place to dwell, down at the end of Lonely Street at the Heartbreak Hotel. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 01:29
Home -- nm - Karl_S Aug 16, 00:44
Yes, you are America's next great political prop, YOU are going to Charlotte -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 23:17
Jenbro, 1 Powerball winner, in Michigan according to the Powerball home page -- nm - peglegpete Aug 15, 22:30 3
- the winner can now afford all of downtown detroit. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 04:22 1
  - I hope it's won by a group that can really use it AND spend it locally doing ateast SOME donations to help others too. -- nm - JenBro Aug 16, 04:56
- Really?? Wow - I guess it's Michigan's time to get the cash! -- nm - JenBro Aug 16, 04:11
17th hour of consecutive work... 1 more, then I get 4-5 hours of sleep before it starts again - Guigue Aug 15, 22:16 8
- I used to be able to do 16 hour jobs behind the wheel, now I'm down to 12 max. -- nm - CrankYanker Aug 16, 04:49
- I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest no one is that effective at work after... say 13 hours. - Qale Aug 15, 23:12 1
  - I was doing all right, I'm fairly resistent to sleepiness. Time to go to sleep now though -- nm - Guigue Aug 15, 23:13
- I didn't know you were a doctor! -- nm - Mop Aug 15, 22:39 4
  - My friend was at Arrowhead in Riverside, CA and they still do 36 hour shifts on surgery call. Ridiculous! - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 15, 23:42
  - Ah! At least I'd get some cash for it. We totally get fucked on overtime - Guigue Aug 15, 23:16 2
    - Is everybody who works there a push over? Not a chance I would go along with that -- nm - J Aug 16, 03:28 1
      - I say no whenever I can. Sometimes they ask me if I can come in on weekends for projets, I just don't do it - Guigue Aug 16, 05:13
offs...the 25th high school reunion is on Saturday, somehow I got added to the group... - Remlik Aug 15, 21:59 1
- The last high school reunion I heard about for my class was a golf outing. - the liioulu on a bench Aug 15, 22:05
man having seizure...dog protecting him, cops come, dog won't let anyone approach, cops shoot dog... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 15, 21:40 15
- Nah, not cool, not cool at all. - Stephen Aug 15, 22:11 1
  - just move it, move it along here. Nothing to see, you wanna get arrested? Do ya? -- nm - mud Aug 15, 22:14
- Call me heartless, but...I don't necessarily believe that was the wrong call. - kelly Aug 15, 21:46 2
  - this -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 03:32
  - yeah I'm with you. -- nm - Remlik Aug 15, 21:49
- Couldn't they tase the dog? All the cops I see have tasers. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 15, 21:42 9
  - Could kill the dog too. They should have left it alone. They needed to be a lot calmer. -- nm - the liioulu on a bench Aug 15, 21:48 8
    - So instead, kill it for sure? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 21:53 7
      - no, I don`t think that`s what she means - mud Aug 15, 22:05 1
        
        And I meant the taser could have killed it since it's a lot smaller than a human. -- nm - the liioulu on a bench Aug 15, 22:08
      - No. The dog was feeding off the high energy. Everyone should have calmed down. - the liioulu on a bench Aug 15, 22:04 4
        
        yeah, let the dude having the seizure run its it's course. -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 03:33 3
        
        Even after the dog had been shot the police continued to let the guy lay there.... - Stephen Aug 16, 06:02 2
        
        yeah, they were covering the dog, ignoring the seizing dude. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 16, 07:17
        
        oof, that makes it a different story. -- nm - Beaker Aug 16, 06:05
Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 15, 21:32

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