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that Ben Folds video made me happy. -- nm - znufrii Sep 17, 13:54
Yikes. The Robocop is kinda horrendous (link) - Jovian Sep 17, 13:46 3
- I was just looking at that. Yes, super lame. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 17, 13:48 1
  - I am sure they are gonna CGI the hell out of it.nm -- nm - groiny Sep 17, 13:49
- * outfit -- nm - Jovian Sep 17, 13:47
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- No, yes, no -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 13:52
- No, Yes, No - Old Antarctic Explorer Sep 17, 13:50
- no*, yes, no. - znufrii Sep 17, 13:49
- No, yes, no -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 17, 13:47
- no yes no -- nm - Jovian Sep 17, 13:47
- maybe, yes, no. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 17, 13:46
- Maybe, yes and yes. - Krusty Sep 17, 13:46 4
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    - The first is like a gas mask but instead of fresh air you keep breathing in the smoke from the weed. - Krusty Sep 17, 13:53
  - that was my guess. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 17, 13:48 1
    - I figure they're specially made but just look like a regular gas mask. -- nm - Krusty Sep 17, 13:50
- no. yes. no. -- nm - peglegpete Sep 17, 13:46
- no yes no -- nm - Epiphany Sep 17, 13:46
- no. yes. no. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 17, 13:45
- no, yes, no -- nm - Diva Sep 17, 13:45
- no, yes, no. -- nm - spamlet Sep 17, 13:44
Great news! Your AncestryDNA results are in. - CovingtonCat Sep 17, 13:41 12
- Other than this, what else are you learning about y'self? - Old Antarctic Explorer Sep 17, 13:52 1
  - Well, not knowing any relatives I can't say whether I've inherited any character traits. - CovingtonCat Sep 17, 13:56
- Darth Vader *is* your father! -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 13:50
- "result: marmoset" -- nm - Max Sep 17, 13:48 3
  - laughing. (also would have been funny: "alpaca") -- nm - amanda Sep 17, 13:49 1
    - aw, man, I would prefer alpaca. "I don't need to trim it. Feel it. It's very soft." -- nm - Max Sep 17, 13:51
  - *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Sep 17, 13:49
- $100 -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 17, 13:46 3
  - (answer for loosi) -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 17, 13:47 2
    - is that paternal only? -- nm - loosilu Sep 17, 13:48 1
      - Here's their page about it. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Sep 17, 13:53
- wow, cool! how much did that cost? -- nm - loosilu Sep 17, 13:45
5 insane tails of wrestlers refusing to break character -- (link) - Beaker Sep 17, 13:39 1
- COlt Cabana's podcast last week was week 2 of Steven Regal...just a fascinating career he's had. -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 13:42
Prince has gone with the Lenny Kravitz look... -- (link) - budice Sep 17, 13:38 3
- Everytime he's in the news it makes me think "Huh, I thought he was dead" -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 13:39 2
  - Definitely whiter than Michael Jackson -- nm - budice Sep 17, 13:40 1
    - *hiding in a bouquet of calla lillies* -- nm - shy Prince Sep 17, 13:54
I felt Golden Tate got unnessecarily hyped by Golden Domers in the media and on ST, but it looks like he wants to contribute to the Seahawks this year - crash davis Sep 17, 13:30 5
- Look pal, history has shown us that when Golden Domers get stuck in Seattle it's the Seahawks that drag them down, not the other way around! - Stephen Sep 17, 13:52
- If he's not fined or suspended for that, then I don't know what's illegal anymore. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 13:32 3
  - I could almost make a case defending that compared to other things I've seen -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 13:44 2
    - If you're saying the NFL has been inconsistent in enforcement, I'll agree. If you're saying you should be allowed to try to break a player's jaw with - Reagen Sep 17, 13:49 1
      - I see this and wonder what it is that you guys are seeing that i'm not... - Stephen Sep 17, 13:56
Amusing article... "The Best Meth Anywhere: Could Walter White really gain an edge by selling premium drugs?" -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 17, 13:17
Jeez. Apple hit $700/share in after-market trading today. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 17, 13:14 20
- still cheap. -- nm - SG3 Sep 17, 13:44
- A business analyst made a good Tweet about it: 2M iPhones at $250... Say 50% profit: $250M. Capitalization added: Billions. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 17, 13:25 9
  - That person is astonishingly wrong in their evaluation. - David Sep 17, 13:33 2
    - I don't believe he was going for anything but humour. I should have made that clear. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 17, 13:34 1
      - Ah. Never mind then. :) -- nm - David Sep 17, 13:36
  - It hasn't been officially torn down yet from what I see, but preliminary reports put the cost for Apple at $168 per device -- (link) - oblique Sep 17, 13:30 3
    - and how much is marketing figured into that? -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 13:33 2
      - None, I think that's just the raw component cost -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 13:34 1
        
        gotcha. thanks. -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 13:34
  - I read today that Apple will be sitting on $200 billion in cash by mid 2014. -- nm - Loyola Sep 17, 13:28
  - I'd be interested in seeing what amount it increases market share. It'll certainly move apps, which is where mucho profit is. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 13:28
- Iphone 4 sales after 24 hours = 1 million units. Iphone 5 sales after 24 hours = 2 million. -- nm - Loyola Sep 17, 13:22 5
  - ppl are crazy -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 17, 13:38
  - The chart I saw earlier had 4 sales at about 600,000ish and 4S at about a million. - Don Homer Sep 17, 13:25 3
    - You have to think that LTE is a huge draw for people on the 4 (whose contracts are up) -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 13:28 2
      - what % of people live in LTE areas? do we know? -- nm - amanda Sep 17, 13:29 1
        
        I see something like 370 markets compared to AT&T's 60 - oblique Sep 17, 13:33
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 13:21
- my bet was wednesday. dammit. -- nm - amanda Sep 17, 13:18 1
  - You could still win, I don't think after-market really counts -- nm - ty97 Sep 17, 13:25
Strange Strip Club move I saw Saturday that I'm at a loss to explain... - Mel Profit Sep 17, 13:06 6
- Mel is not a strip club owner -- nm - budice Sep 17, 13:18
- *side kick side kick side kick side kick prance prance prance* -- nm - Psy backup stripper Sep 17, 13:16
- were they tipping? these gals not only work for tips only, they have to pay the club to get on stage -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 13:15 2
  - ironically a couple of guys were "making it rain"... - Mel Profit Sep 17, 13:16 1
    - they figured you shot your wad already -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 13:28
- That's....bizarre. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 13:08
kilbo, from the BBs, what is an auto-recap? -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 13:04 2
- Look in the League page on the matchups box on the right for last week and click "Recap" - oblique Sep 17, 13:06 1
  - danke! -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 13:10
Seve Ballesteros' son Javier wins Madrid Open amateur title for biggest win of Spaniard's career -- (link) - Loyola Sep 17, 13:04
I'm getting sick so I'm stupid right now. help with excel, please? - amanda Sep 17, 13:03 12
- just to keep this all to one thread, I would like to remind everyone that uses excel that "," and "*" are very different. - amanda Sep 17, 13:33 1
  - n,bby* please. -- nm - Max Sep 17, 13:43
- Just email the worksheet to znu ... have a coffee .. and it'll be in your email when you return -- nm - budice Sep 17, 13:18
- =IF(OR(B1=UP006, AND(B1=UP260, C>12)),1, 0) -- nm - znufrii Sep 17, 13:05 8
  - After trial and error, I found that =IF(OR(B1="up006",AND((B1="up260"),(C1>12))), 1,0) works - JD Sep 17, 13:54
  - wait, this doesn't work. it can't be both. -- nm - amanda Sep 17, 13:09 3
    - I've always found nested functions can get flaky. - spamlet Sep 17, 13:13 1
      - I did, I always hose myself with no quotes, so I watch for that. I might just call it a day and go home stupid. - amanda Sep 17, 13:17
    - can't be both what? -- nm - znufrii Sep 17, 13:12
  - Its amazing how well some of you know Excel -- nm - Jovian Sep 17, 13:07
  - I make out with you. (but not really because I'm getting sick.) thanks, znu. -- nm - amanda Sep 17, 13:05 1
    - no prob - znufrii Sep 17, 13:06
muslim rage? lets see, no alcohol and only a 25% chance of ever getting laid yet the rich guy can buy as many 13yo brides as he can afford -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 12:57 1
- Charming as usual -- nm - Guigue Sep 17, 12:58
Yay! Got my coupons for complaining about the Francisco Sourdough. $4 off one package of Sandwich Thins and $1 each off two more. - Meg Sep 17, 12:55 3
- there was an orowheat (arnold's on the east coast) bakery just down the street from where I grew up, got to ride by it every day on my way to school - znufrii Sep 17, 12:57
- Nice!!! (I love companies that do coupons for customer service or quality complaints) - JenBro Sep 17, 12:57 1
  - Exactly - and it was great that he offered me the deal on Orowheat rather than Francisco. That's something I buy regularly. -- nm - Meg Sep 17, 13:08
It's Ben Folds Five! They're back! In Fraggle form. -- (link) - Reagen Sep 17, 12:50 [youtube]
huh. - znufrii Sep 17, 12:48
Anyone else watching Boardwalk Empire - Jovian Sep 17, 12:47 6
- yup. spoiler - peglegpete Sep 17, 12:49 1
  - spoils - Jovian Sep 17, 12:51
- I gave up after 5 or so episodes. Couldn't get into it. -- nm - Loyola Sep 17, 12:48 3
  - Oh season 1? Was plodding and not that interesting. But season 2 kicked that show right into high gear. -- nm - Jovian Sep 17, 12:49 2
    - Cool I'll give it another go then! -- nm - Loyola Sep 17, 12:52 1
      - fyi - season 3 is what just started last night - Jovian Sep 17, 12:53
You'd think that being married to Santa Claus would be great, but no one ever thinks about the fact that you have to have sex with him. -- nm - nubby Sep 17, 12:45 4
- still funny -- nm - CQ Sep 17, 12:51 1
  - Just for fun... the Elves thread. -- (link) - nubby Sep 17, 12:59 [Backboard]
- See Ive heard this arguement before, but he might be like a total freak in bed. He might be very popular with his wife and his female elves. -- nm - Jovian Sep 17, 12:48
- well, you do! -- nm - Don Homer Sep 17, 12:45
DC man arrested on felony animal cruelty charge... - Don Homer Sep 17, 12:42 4
- This post definitely deserves a "Kare Warning" -- nm - Stephen Sep 17, 13:25
- WTF. -- nm - znufrii Sep 17, 12:46
- no way am I clicking. nobody else read this post. -- nm - amanda Sep 17, 12:46 1
  - yeah, I wish I hadn't. -- nm - znufrii Sep 17, 12:59
The Dandy Warhols had one of the top 10 and another of the top 20 albums of the 00s. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 12:39
Pippy, for my $3 lunch I would go to a casino and use accumulated points to pay for the buffet -- nm - peglegpete Sep 17, 12:35 1
- good thinking -- nm - Epiphany Sep 17, 13:06
Kindle Fire HD speed review: B+ - oblique Sep 17, 12:33 21
- Did you get one with ads? -- nm - David Sep 17, 12:41 12
  - So how does that work? When do they pop up? Random times? - Jovian Sep 17, 12:52 2
    - No pop-ups. You see one when you "lock" the device, one when you turn it on, same when you plug it in (see the lock screen) - oblique Sep 17, 13:02
    - they're there when the screensaver is on. -- nm - amanda Sep 17, 12:53
  - Yes, I have not paid the $15 to remove the ads. What I see are: - oblique Sep 17, 12:44 8
    - I have decided to get the least costly paperwhite. I would like amazon offers, yes. -- nm - amanda Sep 17, 12:47
    - We sold our Fire and Kim's about to get a Paper White. - David Sep 17, 12:47 6
      - It's worth it to get them. We've nabbed enough savings on them to make it a no-brainer -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 13:03
      - ha ha. howareyoutoday? -- nm - amanda Sep 17, 12:48 4
        
        heh heh. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 17, 12:50 3
        
        are you doing 3g? I don't even think *that* makes sense, with as much wifi exists in the world today. - amanda Sep 17, 12:52 2
        
        No, I really only need it to download books and I usually buy those on the laptop anyway. - Kim Pine Sep 17, 13:02 1
        
        this is the conclusion I came to as well. it's so unlike me not to buy better features "just in case" but ... - amanda Sep 17, 13:04
- good luck adding that sdcard ... heh heh :) -- nm - budice Sep 17, 12:39 4
  - The only time this bothers me is wanting to view pics taken from my camera. Solution: EyeFi - oblique Sep 17, 12:42 3
    - ...otherwise, pretty much all my data storage is in the cloud these days between Skydrive and Dropbox -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 12:46 2
      - I saw Skydrive & Dropbox open for The Nordic Sex Machine at the Hollywood Bowl in 1993 -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 12:47 1
        
        dude - amanda Sep 17, 12:55
- Cool. Have you watched any video yet? I'm on the fence about replacing my Fire with the 10" in November. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 17, 12:37 1
  - Not yet. I need to log onto my Flixster app and download Hunger Games or something to try it out. I'll report back on that - oblique Sep 17, 12:38
- also: The "FreeTime" kids portion of the OS is due next month in an update - oblique Sep 17, 12:35
Seems we only have 5 McDs here in town - seems like more...although there are at least 25 within 5 miles. -- nm - Meg Sep 17, 12:32 3
- Dawson can vouch for this. There is one a block from my apt. and between 2 bars I go to. Weekend late night is baaad. -- nm - MDH Sep 17, 12:37
- I don't have any McDonalds within walking distance of me at the moment, but that's because I'm at the top of a mountain. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 12:35
- who whoa. we have four mcdonalds? I just checked to verify. who knew?? (there is *nothing* on the east end of town. I swear I've never seen it.) -- nm - amanda Sep 17, 12:33
These images of Muslim Rage are very moving and powerful. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 17, 12:28 6
- The only way to end it is to have the film-makers create similarly inflammatory films about all world religions to whip everyone worldwide into a - Loyola Sep 17, 12:39 3
  - The streets are running red with crushed matzo and wine, my friends. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, live from the Jew-pocalypse Sep 17, 12:44
  - You're at least three days behind the Onion -- nm - Roger More Sep 17, 12:42 1
    - Oh joy. -- nm - Loyola Sep 17, 12:46
- *sh!ts himself in fear* - znufrii Sep 17, 12:37
- No wonder Iraq's track and field team sucks - Will Hunting Sep 17, 12:30

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