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Er, I presume everyone knows what they're doing but what are the odds this ends badly? - Tim Oct 14, 10:35 3
- I assume if the balloon burst that he'd have some opportunity to escape the capsule. That fall will take a fair bit of time. -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 10:37
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  - might even be 20 seconds -- nm - zork Oct 14, 10:37
how high is he supposed to jump? -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 10:33 2
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  - cool, so not long now -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 10:34
Ah, looks like we're getting a live feed from the shuttle again. -- (link) - Meg Oct 14, 10:33
Can you select only the actual countries in this list? Clicking any wrong one is a fail. -- (link) - zork Oct 14, 10:30
The Leg! -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 10:25 3
- OUCH IT HUIRTS! -- nm - Derek Jeter Oct 14, 10:32
- Legatron -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 10:27 1
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PSA: American Horror Story: Asylum isn't recording if you had a season pass for the first season. - JaxS3an Oct 14, 10:25 1
- My tivo has it set. - Spawn Oct 14, 10:40
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Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania has died. He was 82. -- nm - sgtmike Oct 14, 10:05 1
- cancer sucks -- nm - mud Oct 14, 10:25
Is the capsule going to be recovered? Or is it going to plummet to its doom when the balloon finally ruptures? -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 09:50 2
- Recovered. There are data recorders and those HD cameras for a National Geographic special and BBC has a hand in their too. -- nm - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 10:35 1
  - Cool. Thanks. Is the capsule reusable? -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 10:38
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    - The ozone absorbs the ultraviolet rays. I'm pretty sure that's why it gets warmer. -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 10:30
    - vac-uum -- nm - Donnie Oct 14, 10:29 1
      - heh. -- nm - Tim Oct 14, 10:31
- depending on just where he is, it's either the tropopause or the mesopause. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 10:02 1
  - I read that as menopause. I thought that was a reasonable explanation for hot flashes -- nm - zork Oct 14, 10:06
- closer to the sun -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 14, 09:59
- Vac-uum -- nm - Donnie Oct 14, 09:58
- ozone layer? -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 09:55
- It's time to get the friction on! -- nm - Mobile Spawn Oct 14, 09:47
- less atnosphere to block the sun's warmth once you get so high? -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 09:47
- Global warming -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 09:46
Seriously GameDay? Play better at home is a way for the Cowboys to turn it around? How much do you get paid idiots -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 09:42
"I just hope he's in that balloon and not hiding in the attic of his parents house" -- twitter -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 09:38 2
- "@TheQdotFM: I think we're all setting a record too: longest watching of a balloon, ever. " -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 09:45 1
  - it's floating...It's Floating....IT'S FLOATING! -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 09:59
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- I don't understand why they do this. If it's to grow the fan base for the league, that would make some sense. - Krusty Oct 14, 09:34 4
  - It's one home game every 32 years. The home fans will get over it. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 14, 09:50 2
    - unless they are playing themselves it would be at least every 16 years. -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 09:51 1
      - gah, I am dumb -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 09:52
  - Be interesting to see how the revenue is split. -- nm - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 09:42
Out of the house this morning, so I'll probably miss the jump. I hit record on the PVR, but it just occurred to me that the slot might be messed up. - Beryllium Oct 14, 09:31
They had to drop ballast, At its previous rate of assent it was still 2 hours from 120K ft. Now it's about 70 minutes. -- nm - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 09:28
Halo 4's been leaked. Looks like it's coming on 2 discs. The 2nd is the multiplayer part, which you can load on your hard drive. -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 09:25 1
- Wait, really (about that last part)? I know someone that will have it this week, so sweet! -- nm - Mobile Spawn Oct 14, 09:44
Free advice: do NOT wait until level 50 to try the Goliath, Meet David achievement. - David Oct 14, 09:23 3
- Hee. -- nm - Tim Oct 14, 10:07
- Heh. :-) I assume things didn't end well for you. - Krusty Oct 14, 09:26 1
  - They did but only because tru gave me the super weapon last night. -- nm - David Oct 14, 10:08
quiz for Bery: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer -- (link) - zork Oct 14, 09:18 2
- Flash required. Not iPhone compatible. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 09:35
- 8/10 -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 14, 09:25
The Endeavour is still a couple of hours from the Science Center. People who expected it to arrive last night are still there. -- nm - Meg Oct 14, 09:14 2
- Have they given up on the live webcast? -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 09:22 1
  - We're getting it broadcast live but I'm not finding a web link. -- nm - Meg Oct 14, 09:33
While we wait -- shall we debate? Boys or Girls: Who do you expose in a prostitution scandal? - Old Antarctic Explorer Oct 14, 09:13 5
- If they're charged with a crime then I guess it's fair to release all of their names. - Krusty Oct 14, 09:24 2
  - *charges you with molesting children, then drops the charges* -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 09:25 1
    - I understand the downside to doing things like this and I don't like it. - Krusty Oct 14, 09:32
- Yes. -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Oct 14, 09:22
- ummm, adults? -- nm - zork Oct 14, 09:18
Now he's 3 miles in the air, straight up downtown somewhere. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:40 18
- Is there a webcast for this? -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 09:23 1
  - Yes, right here. -- (link) - Mop Oct 14, 09:23 [youtube]
- What height will he jump at? 100,000 feet or 120? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:44 15
  - sounds like they don't actually know. depends on when the balloon levels out. -- nm - zork Oct 14, 09:15
  - 120 feet -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:55
  - And is there an estimated jump time? -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 08:48 12
    - they're saying 120k to 130k feet, and in about another two hours, but it depends on the balloon. -- nm - mafic Oct 14, 08:54 11
      - During football? What idiot scheduled this? - Dano Oct 14, 09:00 10
        
        The same idiot that scheduled playoff baseball. Everybody knows Sunday belongs to the NFL -- nm - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 09:02 9
        
        Are you saying they're not supposed to play baseball on Sunday? - Krusty Oct 14, 09:05 8
        
        Making a funny. Tomorrow night they are up against MNF. Currently I'm watching the jump on the - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 09:16
        
        yes -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:05 6
        
        *smh* Why do you hate America? - Krusty Oct 14, 09:07 5
        
        In fact, baseball play-offs need to be over before NFL regular season begins. - Spawn Oct 14, 09:10 4
        
        Except baseball is the one that's called America's Pastime. - Krusty Oct 14, 09:18 3
        
        Baseball was a good start. - Mobile Spawn Oct 14, 09:42
        
        Except football is the one that makes the most money - zork Oct 14, 09:20
        
        " The one constant through all the years, Spawn, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. - Krusty Oct 14, 09:19
I just realised that there isn't a problem with the metric altitude displayed. They're using the European style with a period instead of a comma -- nm - zork Oct 14, 08:33 2
- felix???? he's swiss so that should be obvious :) -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Oct 14, 08:51
- Ah, they just did temps that way (commas instead of periods), you're right -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:35
Girardi wanted to carry Jeter off the field but he refused saying, "You're not carrying me off the field in front of all these fans." :-( -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 08:30 3
- Why is that a frown? Pretty classy. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:57 2
  - Very sad that it happened not that he refused to be carried off. - Krusty Oct 14, 09:02 1
    - I guess all those PEDs weakened his ankle!!! -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:06
balloon has been released, capsule still being held -- nm - zork Oct 14, 08:30 1
- released! -- nm - zork Oct 14, 08:30
They have now started the commentary on the Stratus jump site, and just moments away from launch. -- nm - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 08:28 1
- and away he goes. -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:30
coverage just start on Sportsnet tv in Canada -- nm - zork Oct 14, 08:27 3
- 2.3 metres? That's ... Oh. Damn. Miles. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:34
- Who ever the director was for that sucked. He actually missed the release while showing different camera shots. Dumbass! -- nm - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 08:32 1
  - plus the announcer was horrible -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:33
inflation is complete, per twitter. here's a size infographic -- (link) - zork Oct 14, 08:22
American Horror Story season 2 is a completely (or at least very mostly) unrelated to season 1 storywise, right? -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 08:16 2
- yep -- nm - Jim Oct 14, 08:21 1
  - I was thinking of giving it another chance, and that makes it easier. -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 08:30
my Red Bull jump prediction - zork Oct 14, 08:11 3
- This is rather brilliant, actually. -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Oct 14, 09:10 1
  - I'll expect a cut when you turn this into a screenplay -- nm - zork Oct 14, 09:30
- Some how this will be Wesley Crusher's fault. - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 08:18
Can Aaron Sorkin yell at Rmoney for using the West Wing font in his ad? -- nm - nubby Oct 14, 08:10
Steelers rookie nose tackle, Alameda Ta'amu, was arrested early this morning & charged with DUI, aggravated assault with a vehicle & resisting Arrest -- (link) - Beaker Oct 14, 07:39 1
- Alameda Ta'amu's blood alcohol content .196... -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 07:40
Record jmp. Still not taken off -- nm - Truman Oct 14, 06:49
5 Weapon Myths You Probably Believe (Thanks to Movies) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 14, 06:36 2
- my uncle used to be a fighter pilot, he told the the dogfight one when top gun came out. - mafic Oct 14, 08:32
- Includes another installment in Cracked's series of "Why Canadians Kick Ass". -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 06:52
Earliest Stratos launch is now 8:45 MDT, and should take about 2 hours to get to the jump altitude. -- nm - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 06:31 3
- Here is a link to the live feed. Launch is now delayed to 10 am MDT. -- (link) - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 07:20 2
  - it's overloaded, no video showing. -- nm - zork Oct 14, 08:18 1
    - The feed seems to be working fine for me. -- nm - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 08:20
Yuck - my NFL games today are Indy/Jets, Dallas/Bal and Minn/Washington - prayformojo Oct 14, 05:13 8
- aka winning. -- nm - Mobile Spawn Oct 14, 07:36
- Bears are on their by week so I'm ignoring the NFL to do other things. And next week I'll be at the MNF game. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 14, 07:11 1
  - "That him?" "Nope." "That him?" "Nope." "That guy?" "Ye...mayb....nope." "What about that guy?" "That's a woman." -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 07:27
- It's all Goodell's fault! And Obama, of course. -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 06:36
- Could be worse, if your only option was to watch the Yankees play, luckily there is F1 from Korea: Gangnam Style to watch. - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 06:28 2
  - Everyone said "The song isn't great until you see the video!" for Gangman Style. Saw it and meh. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 14, 07:10 1
    - The first version I saw was "Gundam Style". That may have helped. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:41
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Jeter - broken ankle, out for 3 months -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 04:34 17
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  - Fake God is wrong. Actually, if Swisher doesn't boot that fly ball and does his job then Jeter wouldn't have broken his ankle. -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 07:20 11
    - *smites Ibanez, Sabathia and Cano* - Fake God Oct 14, 07:34 10
      - Really? Salt in the wound my friend. - Krusty Oct 14, 07:42 9
        
        If there's no sacrifice, you won't learn humility. - Fake God Oct 14, 07:56 8
        
        If you smite a HOFer, the least you could do to balance it out is smite that lump of crap at 3rd base. -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 08:07 7
        
        Fine! *smites Chavez* -- nm - Fake God Oct 14, 08:42 6
        
        Wrong lump of crap. The big guy with the hole in his bat and head. -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 08:47 3
        
        But you said don't hit the HOFer.....but he roided so....*smites him too* - Fake God Oct 14, 08:53 2
        
        Damn it! -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 09:03 1
        
        This thread had me LOL until my eyes were watering. -- nm - Anybody But The Yankees Oct 14, 09:40
        
        I say thee Nay! -- nm - Tebow Oct 14, 08:44 1
        
        You can't beat out Sanchez for my fake dead son's sake.... you want me to take you seriously? *calls in the sunset provision on our deal* -- nm - Fake God Oct 14, 08:45
- Dammit. That sucks. - Will Hunting Oct 14, 05:30
- I just watched the clip. The Jason Segel-sounding announcer is hilarious. "He's alright." *Jeter continues to scream and point at his ankle, which is - Reagen Oct 14, 04:41 2
  - what the hell were you doing up at that time? -- nm - zork Oct 14, 08:13 1
    - He has a kid. -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 09:14
Oct 14, 1322 � Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence. -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 04:22 4
- Isn't this BraveHeart Robert the Bruce? -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Oct 14, 09:11 1
  - yes -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 09:24
- 1773 � Just before the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, several of the British East India Company's tea ships are set ablaze - Beaker Oct 14, 04:23 1
  - 1947 � Captain Chuck Yeager of the U.S. Air Force flies a Bell X-1 rocket-powered experimental aircraft, faster than the speed of sound - - Beaker Oct 14, 04:24
LIR: UFC 153 results (anyone watch?) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 14, 04:21 2
- vid highlights - SG3 Oct 14, 04:38 1
  - I cannot wait till someone takes Silva's head off. - Will Hunting Oct 14, 05:34

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