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So it looks like LL Cool J totally pummeled that intruder. -- (link) - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 15:50 2
- mama never told him to subdue you peacefully -- nm - dogbert Aug 23, 15:57
- sexy! -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 15:53
Oh, fuck me. The "Eggs are ___ for you" pendulum swings again. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 23, 15:41 10
- What is coffee right now? That has gone bad good bad good bad good. Where is it now? -- nm - Bacon, Tom Brady owner Aug 23, 15:50 4
  - This kind of reaction to things annoys me. Like it's so outlandish that things could have multiple, competing effects in different situations. - Reagen Aug 23, 15:56
  - coffee bad! daily cup of coffee makes you gain 4.5kg per year. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 23, 15:52 2
    - (not the coffee but the milk) -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 15:54 1
      - I know, it's stupid. -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 15:55
- you're behind! it's already been debunked. -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 15:43 3
  - here. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 23, 15:44 2
    - Oh. "A recent *Canadian* study..." It all makes sense now. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 23, 15:47
    - "mythcrackers" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 15:45
- I don't really care. A world without eggs is a world I don't want to live in. -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 15:42
If the Republican Party really cared about this country, they'd propose a Constitutional Amendement banning chest tattoos. -- nm - ty97 Aug 23, 15:35 8
- Only legitimate chest tattoos though. Not the fake ones. -- nm - Bacon, Tom Brady owner Aug 23, 15:39
- Somehow I read that as "cheetos". You monster! -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 15:37
- I date this one chick who had an iguana tattooed on her breast. Pretty cool -- nm - CQ Aug 23, 15:37 5
  - I dated a girl who had The Scream tattooed between her breasts. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 15:38 2
    - she liked to have them Munched, didn't she? -- nm - CQ Aug 23, 15:39 1
      - Here *hands you Mel Points* have some Mel Points. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 15:40
  - "Don't worry, it doesn't bite." -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 15:37
  - dated! dated! heh -- nm - CQ Aug 23, 15:37
I'm going to win it all!!! -- nm - Bacon, Tom Brady owner Aug 23, 15:34
#5 just brought back a flood of memories. I don't think I ever played any of the other games. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 23, 14:58 4
- I loved that game. it was the only text adventure I ever bothered to finish. -- nm - mafic Aug 23, 15:42
- "No tea dropped." -- nm - David Aug 23, 15:20
- #1 has me giggling uncontrollably in my office. -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 15:14
- Yep. #5 is enough to make me collapse into a fetal position. I own #6 but never played it. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Aug 23, 15:04
from b2: Wrath of the Titans was so bad, Colin watched it in the theater and never bothered writing a review because no one would care/miss it. -- nm - Qale Aug 23, 14:56 8
- Reviews of bad movies are the best. I enjoy re-reading my reviews of bad movies because they're so amusingly bitter. - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 15:10 7
  - I find myself incapable of writing an appropriately acerbic review for movies I really hate. - ty97 Aug 23, 15:32 3
    - F*ck! I just realized I disabled the "search by author" function at The Trades! Damn, I had some good reviews. Some movies made me so angry... - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 15:39
    - When it came time to review Green Lantern, I probably could have just written... - Qale Aug 23, 15:34 1
      - *clap clap clap* -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 15:38
  - It's almost easier to write a review of a movie you hate. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 15:29 1
    - It's certainly more fun. My review for the first Expendables included the term "craptastic". -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 15:33
  - So far, the lowest I've given a movie this year is a D. Huntsman, Campaign. Granted, I've not seen as many movies this year. - Qale Aug 23, 15:13
Irish dictionaries must have an incorrect definition of 'August' in them. - ty97 Aug 23, 14:53 3
- it was actually really nice when I was there in November. I barely needed a jacket at all. except for the rain. -- nm - mafic Aug 23, 15:38
- Heh. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 23, 14:57 [Image]
- Ireland is so poor, they couldn't even afford to turn up the heat this summer. Find Loyola and kick him in the nuts for being so poor. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 14:56
Do your jobs and live. Tell the guests and die. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 23, 14:53
Hey CQ, ever dealt with this? Hippo gets stuck in swimming pool. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 23, 14:49 6
- Kirstie Alley? -- nm - Max Aug 23, 15:27 1
  - bzzzzt...Only one Kirstie Alley joke allowed per week -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 15:32
- only ig live animal we had stuck in a pool was a horse. We had to build a ramp for it. -- nm - CQ Aug 23, 14:52 3
  - I've seen videos of moose in a pool - zork Aug 23, 15:27
  - wow! -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 15:18
  - also, that lodges swimming pool needs some serious work, heh -- nm - CQ Aug 23, 14:53
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I have a new fetish. -- (link) - David Aug 23, 14:26 [youtube] 29
- Morgan Webb, hawt -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 14:36 2
  - See, I'm the opposite. I think the hair doesn't work for her at all. I'm just glad to see she's still alive. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 14:43 1
    - You were looking at her hair? -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 14:45
- I love Felicia but the Elven ears just kind of creep me out. -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 14:34 6
  - I loved those - zork Aug 23, 14:45
  - If Felicia asked me to run away with her, I'd drop my wife in a heartbeat. - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 14:45 1
    - Corpse Bride! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 14:48
  - Legolas was a hotter chick. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 14:35 2
    - See, that's why it's perfect that he's married to Miranda Kerr. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 14:46
    - We're just going to have to disagree here. - spamlet Aug 23, 14:39
- am I supposed to know who these 2 are? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 14:32 11
  - You don't watch Community, so you are so well beyond the curve of people who know. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 14:43 3
    - Neither one was on Community...Don't confuse Groiny - amoxy Aug 23, 14:47 2
      - hows, that WWF game going? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 14:49 1
        
        I am actually winning this game - amoxy Aug 23, 14:57
  - well the chick is Felica Day, you might know her from Dollhouse or Dr. Horrible and even Buffy, the man is from G4 network -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 14:33 6
    - that's a man, baby! -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 14:35
    - man? nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 14:34 4
      - the one with the long black hair that learns archery with her -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 14:36 3
        
        This is why you fail. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 23, 14:37 2
        
        I'm an All Winner! - Remlik Aug 23, 14:38 1
        
        As an aside, her husband is the author of Year Zero so I hate him less now. -- nm - Other David Aug 23, 14:39
- when does the BOP channel start? -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 14:27 6
  - The planned host moved so it is a process now. -- nm - Other David Aug 23, 14:37 5
    - Do I get to host a show or just link incessantly to all of them? -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 14:45 4
      - MOP News: All the news from last weekend that we are just covering now. -- nm - David Aug 23, 14:47 2
        
        Kinda like This Week in Tech! - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 14:56
        
        autotuned! -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 14:50
      - "Aww, christ, BOP's in reruns already?" -- nm - ST Aug 23, 14:46
'Brush' offers clues to fighting lung disease -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Aug 23, 14:25
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GregW: How big is the field you are sorting on, or what datatype is it? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 14:09 15
- a view lets you work with just a few fields at a time, plus you can include data from joins so you're looking at the exact info you need. I suppose th - zork Aug 23, 14:35 2
  - also the view can include a filter like the one you wanted (specific records) or a certain value(s) in a field(s) -- nm - zork Aug 23, 14:37 1
    - Yeah, the goal of SQL as a whole is to get the database to do all the crunching for you, so you only have to deal with the final report output -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 15:01
- It is varchar(22). I don't know why I can't run it with Order By, by I keep getting this error: - GregW Aug 23, 14:15 11
  - bad permissions on /data01/tmp ? -- nm - zork Aug 23, 15:09
  - what is the query that causes that error? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 15:01 7
    - It is a simple select. - GregW Aug 23, 15:05 6
      - and what do you want to do with it? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 15:09 5
        
        I am running a tool that extracts the data to my DB2 server where I will use it to load our new database. - GregW Aug 23, 15:14 4
        
        Really? It doesn't use disk files for sorting? -- nm - GregW Aug 23, 15:21 1
        
        mysql might - but since you're invoking it from java, I think it's trying to create an in-memory result set that is too large -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 15:22
        
        You might want to forget java and just use mysqldump ... or even the mysql command itself to make a CSV -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 23, 15:19
        
        well, it sounds like what you're telling it to do is "select 200 million rows into RAM", which ... isn't useful. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 15:17
  - Are you creating temp tables? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 23, 14:20 1
    - No -- nm - GregW Aug 23, 14:29
it is part flattering and part depressing that I still get calls and emails being asked to play baseball for teams. - groiny Aug 23, 14:09 7
- Hey, if Batman can come back... -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 14:22 1
  - or even Captain America -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 14:23
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  - if it would fix my knee, I would take it. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 14:13
- I can't believe the cubs have gotten so desperate. I know they suck, but come on -- nm - dogbert Aug 23, 14:12 2
  - in my best days, I could have made the Cubs roster this year. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 14:12 1
    - EA MLB 2012 concurs. -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 14:23
ST Poll: Current musical obsession? - spamlet Aug 23, 14:08 26
- Paul Gross/ Due South/ Boutique Albums -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Aug 23, 15:48
- Of Monsters and Men -- nm - Volnelk Aug 23, 14:49
- I should add Ana Tijoux as an alternate obsession. I seem to be rotating the two 65/35. -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 14:27
- Muse. Bought the catalog on Amazon (they're all $5), Deep Purple, Simple Minds, Fun. -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 14:26
- Imagine Dragons. I was *this* close to doing ther preorder for $30. (CD, autographed poster, t-shirt). - JaxSean Aug 23, 14:22 4
  - I was listening to them yesterday with my daughter. I like them. Also, nmb Jax. - pmb Aug 23, 14:23 3
    - Nope, thanks. - JaxSean Aug 23, 14:28 2
      - Ok. - pmb Aug 23, 14:42 1
        
        will do. thanks! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 23, 15:01
- Empathic, 2:54 & Centromatic - I promise to check out Pretty Reckless. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 14:21 6
  - please expand on this post. - JaxSean Aug 23, 14:37
  - That girl can rawk way beyond her age. -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 14:28 3
    - I'm a new rock band discovery adventure - I'm happy to keep it going. - Epiphany Aug 23, 14:35 2
      - octane? -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 14:42 1
        
        Sirius or XM channel - not sure of the # - that is how I found 7 Lions as well. they seem to give small bands some play -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 14:44
  - Emphatic - Bounce - check it out groiny -- pseudo strippers -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 14:23
- Been listening to a lot of the Shins and Black Keys since Lollapalooza. But my head is starting to fill with Bruce Springsteen in anticipation of his - pmb Aug 23, 14:16 3
  - tomorrow night! -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 14:17 2
    - Have you seen him before? Wear comfortable shoes. He's playing loooong shows now. - pmb Aug 23, 14:19 1
      - i have, but it was probably almost 10 years ago. comfie shoes noted! -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 14:23
- AWOLNATION -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 14:10 5
  - They played a few free concerts here. (Son of a Bad Man opened for them once.) They're good. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 23, 14:28 1
    - What I like, I really like. But there's stuff that is like nails on a chalkboard for me as well. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 14:29
  - Although "Mic Check" by RatM has been eating my brain for about 2 weeks. I want to go beat up The Man. - Mel Profit Aug 23, 14:26 2
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      - I'm guessing the guys in the band were trying to process what he'd said for a few minutes... - Mel Profit Aug 23, 14:56
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- wasn't it a clue when he admitted he hates cold pizza? -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 14:43
- all the soccer posts didn't clue you in already? -- nm - zork Aug 23, 14:39
- stange fact...Baseball is also a commie sport - Danedukenuuk Aug 23, 14:18 2
  - Well, there's revenue sharing, a player draft and a government-ordained monopoly. If you want free market, English Premier League is the way to go. -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 14:37 1
    - sure... all i know is CIA used to use spysattelite to count Baseball fields in Angola to see how many Cubans were there :) - Danedukenuuk Aug 23, 14:43
- I didn't think there was anyone that actively hated the LLWS. -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 14:09 10
  - Question about the LLWS post-game handshake. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 23, 14:35 1
    - I don't know to be honest. - spamlet Aug 23, 14:35
  - it's crap -- nm - CQ Aug 23, 14:10 7
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      - I'd rather watch MLS -- nm - CQ Aug 23, 14:12 5
        
        I don't think I'm overstating this when I say you are the worst american ever. -- nm - Landon Donovan Aug 23, 14:16 1
        
        I expect that title actually belongs to me -- nm - zork Aug 23, 14:38
        
        lets not go crazy here. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 14:14
        
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        *deports CQ* -- nm - spamlet Aug 23, 14:13

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