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Chrome could get Firefox-like extensions in May? -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 5, 09:42
I always find it fascinating when you stumble upon a new internet group/society/collective and they're airing their dirty laundry - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:39 1
- Stumble, huh? *You are so sleeping on the ST couch tonight* - HdnAgnda Feb 5, 09:41
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- *moves to WI to vote for Russ* -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 09:38
- I think it's a given that the Dems will lose a few seats in 2010. - ty97 Feb 5, 09:37 13
  - The GOP has to defend a fair # of seats ... but if the stimulus is partisan and it doesn't work in time, the Dems are in for a bloodbath. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 09:41
  - it's situational. The Rs are still having to defend their six year cycle of growth - Reagen Feb 5, 09:40 1
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  - I think even most ordinary folks understand this mess started mainly while the Republicans were in charge -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:40 3
    - Blame W! -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:40 2
      - I don't. Do you?? -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:42
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  - In addition to the overall tendency for the public to vote against the party that controls the WH - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:39 2
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    - That's more true at the 4- and 6-year marks of a new administration -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:40
  - I disagree. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 09:39
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    - That' just my gut feeling. I'm done prognosticating about the Senate in 2010 until at least, oh, 2010. - ty97 Feb 5, 09:42
IGN has a preview of the first 3 acts of RE5. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 5, 09:30 3
- Can't wait. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:37 1
  - Played the demo? I've still only attempted it twice. Too busy with NHL 09. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 09:39
- *salivates a pool* -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 09:35
Just saw the pilot for Kings... not bad. Kinda like Dynasty set in the real world. - secretslacker Feb 5, 09:26 10
- The print ad I have seen makes it look futuristic. -- nm - lileve Feb 5, 09:27 3
  - It really isn't. -- nm - secretslacker Feb 5, 09:33 1
    - I believe it. Just a comment on the print ad. Mixed message. -- nm - lileve Feb 5, 09:36
  - Like Zardoz!!! -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 09:28
- I do like me some Ian McShane -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 09:26 2
  - McShane is great as is Eamonn Walker (Oz) and Dylan Baker -- nm - secretslacker Feb 5, 09:33 1
    - what's the overall premise of the series? - znufrii Feb 5, 09:35
- I prefer Castle to Kings. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 09:26 2
  - has Castle aired yet? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 09:27 1
    - March, IIRC. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 09:27
looks like The Star Wars Kid is at it again... -- (link) - Mel Profit Feb 5, 09:25 [youtube] 5
- Justing Timberlake does it and it's funny... -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 09:30
- I hate you. -- nm - David Feb 5, 09:27 1
  - right around a minute plus is where it cracks me up. - Mel Profit Feb 5, 09:28
- *eyebleach* -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 09:26 1
  - this pleases me as I owe you... -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 09:27
Regarding the book polls...Mrs. CCC and I can't recommend enough getting the book on CD versions of Coraline and Graveyard Book - The Coraline Cat Coalition Feb 5, 09:24 3
- Good, but not as good as Harry Potters. -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 09:36
- Realted: Tony Dungy reading his book is awful -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:32
- Love his voice. -- nm - TWuG Feb 5, 09:31
Mara or anyone else who has a Consumer Reports subscription. Question/request: - con_carne Feb 5, 09:23
Also: That was a weak episode of Chuck by comparison, and Lost is dangerously close to wasting my time again. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 09:22 3
- I would very much like Chuck to be an HBO show. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 5, 09:36
- Lost would be better as an HBO type of show that only had a few episodes a season. These filler ones are garbage. -- nm - David Feb 5, 09:28
- Lost is on my list of shows about to be dropped from DVR scheduled recordings, and I didn't even see last night. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:23
"5.1% of households are still unready" for the DTV switch as of 2/1. Ugh. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 5, 09:22 17
- I hope a bunch of stations just cut over anyway. That'll make the point to people -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 09:38
- So 95% *ARE* ready and it's still being delayed? - Cuzzin Todd Feb 5, 09:35 1
  - and what do they care? I bet a large percentage of the 5% don't vote anyway. -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 09:36
- Screw 'em! They had plenty of time to get a box. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 09:29 4
  - Now they'll have 4 more months to not get a box! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 09:30 1
    - Exactly. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 09:31
  - "But there's no coupons!" -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:30 1
    - "Get a real job and buy cable or satellite tv!" - ...What Krusty Thinks Sometimes Feb 5, 09:33
- The bad puns alone - con_carne Feb 5, 09:27
- I was watching PBS newshour earlier, they said a 6-month delay switching will cost them $22 million. - mafic Feb 5, 09:27
- I'm beyond caring about them now. Cut it, fuck 'em. It's just TV. -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:25 1
  - Word. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 09:26
- Prediction: 4.8% will be unready when we delay it to June -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:24 1
  - 5.8%. - Spawn Feb 5, 09:27
- That seems like a really good number to me. I would have expected a double-digit percentage if I just had to guess. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 09:23 2
  - Yup - when you rephrase it to say "Nearly 95% of the nation is ready for the switch," I don't get why they're delaying it. - JaxSean Feb 5, 09:25 1
    - I'd think you'd hit more than the rim with 95% penetration -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:29
Shocker: Treasury overpaid for bank stocks -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:19
LIR books: Finished "From Dead To Worse" (Sookie Stackhouse #7) -- nm - TaurusII Feb 5, 09:17 1
- Is it good, did you love it? are you reading the one coming out next month? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 09:29
I just looked at the Kobe Bryant 61pt box score...how the hell do you not get a single rebound? - Will Hunting Feb 5, 09:17 6
- Related: Reggie Miller is absolutely right about Knicks fans - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:20 5
  - that might be one of the things that kills me early if I were to see that in the Boston Garden. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 09:26
  - Word! I know they want him to play here but rooting for a player on the opposing team is just something you don't do. - Krusty Feb 5, 09:26
  - They're just trying to impress Kobe or Lebron for when they can become free agents. - Will Hunting Feb 5, 09:21 1
    - Reggie was texting Spike Lee last night during the game giving him crap about it. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:23
  - wow. That's Fan 101. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 09:21
Moving an Arctic city sideways -- (link) - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 09:17
Happy Birthday Darcy! -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 5, 09:16 5
- Happy Birthday Darcy!! and also Happy Birthday to Crank Yanker yesterday! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 09:29
- Woo Hoo! Happy Birthday! -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 09:24
- Happy Birthday Darcy! -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:19
- Ditto. -- nm - TaurusII Feb 5, 09:18
- word -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 09:17
ty, I didn't see that. thanks. -- nm - mafic Feb 5, 09:16 1
- and also: some of the rtw fares go by number of stopovers, not number of continents, but I think the minimum is still three. -- nm - mafic Feb 5, 09:21
"What's up Douche Bigalow?" -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 09:15
Stupid Dell. Why the effin hell would would you send me a server with a 12 GB OS partition? Ridiculous. - Subversive Feb 5, 09:13 12
- Isn't there a checkbox on the customize for a server from Dell to override the default 16GB partition size? -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:21 3
  - Yeah, I could have sworn I checked it. Maybe I missed it though. - Subversive Feb 5, 09:25 2
    - Vmware baby! :) -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:26 1
      - In most cases, yes. This is a server for a client, though. Going on site to be a BES for them. -- nm - Subversive Feb 5, 09:38
- With this latest rootkit resurgence, I am once again considering buying a laptop. After my last experience with Dell ordering, and my coworker's .... - Beryllium Feb 5, 09:17
- I hate DELL Financial with the passion of a thousand Suns - amoxy Feb 5, 09:16 1
  - i have always known it: - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 09:21
- were you ever able to figure out what went wrong with my desktop? -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 09:15 1
  - I still haven't looked at it.... - Subversive Feb 5, 09:20
- vista home basic? -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 09:14 2
  - Windows Server 2003 x64. -- nm - Subversive Feb 5, 09:14 1
    - 2GB for the OS and 34 GB for the service packs :) - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 09:21
"That piece can only be played with twelve fingers." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 09:12
LIR: Lack of big box stores in Manhattan question: - con_carne Feb 5, 09:12 38
- It's not just Manhattan either, none in any of the boroughs either. - Krusty Feb 5, 09:20 12
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    - I don't think so. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 09:22 2
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        Sam's Club is possible, I know there's one in Brooklyn not far from Sheepshead Bay/ -- nm - ...What Krusty Thinks Sometimes Feb 5, 09:40
    - I'm pretty sure that isn't the case. White Plains, maybe. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 09:21 2
      - and 4 on LI -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 09:23 1
        
        link -- (link) - znufrii Feb 5, 09:23
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    - Sure, but nothing like a Wal-Mart thankfully. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 09:23
    - but there's always a big community uproar when they do. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 09:21 2
      - and then people broke the doors down to shop at Ikea Brooklyn. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 09:21 1
        
        pretty much. - znufrii Feb 5, 09:24
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  - have you BEEN to Times Square? -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 09:20
- Big Box stores work because of low overhead costs. Not so much possible in the city with the most expensive land in the world. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 09:14 5
  - my dotcom paid $15 or $20 per square foot for the Park Ave office. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 09:15 4
    - I think it's typically a couple hundred per square foot for retail space. -- nm - mafic Feb 5, 09:19
    - wait, I think I must have grossly underestimated that. $50-75 would have been closer to market rates. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 09:18
    - that would be $16,000 a month for an area the size of my condo ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 09:16 1
      - What a bargain! We'll take ten. -- nm - dot coms in the 90's Feb 5, 09:17
- It -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 09:13 14
  - *sfek* It's resistance, the people here don't want them in or around the city. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 09:13 13
    - coupled with a lack of big spaces as well... - znufrii Feb 5, 09:15 12
      - Sure, the space is an issue but as soon as one gets mentioned the people here start to freak out. - Krusty Feb 5, 09:16 11
        
        they did the same with Times Square and what kind of businesses are there now? Disney, Hard Rock, etc. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 09:18 9
        
        I hate the way it looks now, not to mention the fact that the shows on Broadway have gone downhill since Disney moved in. - Krusty Feb 5, 09:22 8
        
        Word. - znufrii Feb 5, 09:25 7
        
        You mean plays without singing? That would be awesome on B'way -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:29 2
        
        I mean plays without Disney characters. I like musicals. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 09:31 1
        
        there's a couple good ones of those too, including the Hair revival that was in the park this summer. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 09:31
        
        Please keep me informed, I won't remember. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 09:27 3
        
        bookmark this page -- (link) - znufrii Feb 5, 09:30 2
        
        I did not know Playbill was the name of a company, Huh. -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:35
        
        Done and thanks. I would definitely be interested in Waiting for Godot. -- nm - ...What Krusty Thinks Sometimes Feb 5, 09:35
        
        yup. and then they're lining up around the block on opening day. :) -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 09:17
- aren't they usually a big hit when they open? I'd say rent and lack of space. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 09:12 1
  - The resistance is organized mainly by small retailers -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:18
lyc - I have an all day meeting in Northridge tomorrow regarding a possible chauffeur reality show. ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 5, 09:11 8
- wish you the very best of luck -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 09:37
- Wow - good luck!! -- nm - kelly Feb 5, 09:20
- You would be a natural. But then, you know that already! :-) -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:19 1
  - *sues* -- nm - SSPEI Feb 5, 09:31
- be yourself :) -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 09:18
- I'd be famous now if you had brought the reality show to Vegas! - JaxSean Feb 5, 09:17
- break a leg -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 09:16
- I hope it goes well, good luck. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 09:15
Boy with two extra fingers immediately gets four invites to the Prom in 18 years. -- nm - David Feb 5, 09:11 1
- and sees a future as a pianist? -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Feb 5, 09:13
*shoots the moon* -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:10 1
- auchhh -- nm - man in the moon Feb 5, 09:11

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