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"Most Wanted" Wii games of 2009. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 5, 10:16 9
- Blocked -- nm - lileve Feb 5, 10:26
- They'll have to screw up badly for Punch-Out to not be one of the most fun games of the year. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 10:18
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  - RE is the only game I really need (though Amy is on the Fit, as I type). -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 10:20
  - Pretty much. Not an interesting year at all. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 10:20
  - Glad I sold mine and used the proceeds to get a 360. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 5, 10:19
  - So much happier with my DS than I imagine I could be with a Wii. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 10:18
- RE5 -- nm - Spawn Feb 5, 10:17 1
  - You're cute. RE5 won't see the Wii my friend. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 10:25
Annoying logic: McCain just stood up and complained that parts of the stimulus package had nothing to do with stimulus - Max Feb 5, 10:10 5
- you expect him to remember what he said from sentence to sentence? -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 10:16 1
  - good point -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 5, 10:20
- ridiculous... -- nm - Jammed Uzi Feb 5, 10:16
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  - I was surprised to learn recently that Pres. Eisenhower warned us about the "military-industrial complex" - con_carne Feb 5, 10:20
I don't know this woman, but I think this is a very good and concise summary of my feelings on capping executive pay: -- (link) - TFox Feb 5, 10:10 6
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- on the other hand, CEOs are in pretty much no position to complain about being rewarded for their fine work. - Reagen Feb 5, 10:16 2
  - and I think she says that, pretty much. If you need taxpayer money, hold those at the top accountable. -- nm - TFox Feb 5, 10:17 1
    - Absolutely, only those at the top that direct an organisation's operational strategy. - Loyola Feb 5, 10:21
- I have zero respect for Carly Fiorina after her behaviour at HP, but she's not entirely wrong in this article. - Beryllium Feb 5, 10:14
I am doing work stealth investigation - can someone call and get the GM's last name? 1st name Margaret - Epiphany Feb 5, 10:09 2
- (spoilers) - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 10:13 1
  - I love you so much for this - thanks -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 10:20
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happy birthday Darcy! -- nm - peglegpete Feb 5, 10:07
I feel so meh today. -- nm - Loyola Feb 5, 10:07
Excel: How do I adjust the row height on a streadsheet for every row at once? -- nm - Mop Feb 5, 10:06 9
- ctrl-a, right click on a row number, row height -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 10:13
- Face the screen and wish real hard for the row heights to adjust. -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 10:13 1
  - Don't forget to click your heels together three times while saying "Row height (whatever)" over and over. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 5, 10:18
- hit the top left corner to select all and adjust any row's height. -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 10:08
- Do Select all (Ctrl+A), and then adjust one row -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 10:07
- Select all, Format -> Row Height -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 10:07 3
  - Thanks. Office 2007 is a *bitch* I knew it was something like that, but I couldn't find "Format". -- nm - Mop Feb 5, 10:08 2
    - Ah, yeah, I'm still on 2003 for those reasons -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 10:09 1
      - Hey, this means I win :-P -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 10:12
Call me crazy, but I doubt the 5.1% not ready for the digital switch are big TV watchers. A certain percentage just don't care. -- nm - Ender Feb 5, 10:02 6
- you are crazy...but probably correct on this one -- nm - The Coraline Cat Coalition Feb 5, 10:09
- When they go digital, frick them, how come they can't just keep on transmitting analog as well as digital? -- nm - Loyola Feb 5, 10:07 3
  - that's how it has been ... two signals. -- nm - loosilu Feb 5, 10:09
  - Partly $, partly because the frequencies have been allocated for other uses post-change -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 10:08 1
    - Ah ok. -- nm - Loyola Feb 5, 10:13
- (Saw in a local article that continuing to broadcast analog would cost a local station an extra $6000 per month in electricity.) -- nm - Ender Feb 5, 10:03
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the cruise is falling into place. details inside - peglegpete Feb 5, 10:01 6
- I found I really wished I had a window when we took a cruise. - Subversive Feb 5, 10:13
- sounds delightful - what type of port events are you looking at? I am just curious - Epiphany Feb 5, 10:04 3
  - ygm, trip itinnerary -- nm - peglegpete Feb 5, 10:07
  - not 100% sure. agreed it sounds fun, I am going because my parents are on it. my father loves to do that research and our love of history is close - peglegpete Feb 5, 10:06 1
    - great yall can shall those experiences -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 10:10
- awesome -- nm - psilotum Feb 5, 10:03
Can somebody C&P the game list? Game stuff is filtered here at work. TIA. -- nm - emoticripple Feb 5, 09:59 3
- not exactly. Here is the last (of 6) pages. But the platforms are images, so I can't paste. - psilotum Feb 5, 10:02 2
  - Thanks very much! -- nm - emoticripple Feb 5, 10:05
  - Road Rash was so fun. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 10:03
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- please! -- nm - kelly Feb 5, 09:59 5
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    - Meet n greet with Tek at Fenway? Awesome! - kelly Feb 5, 10:16
    - Eating contest? -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 10:01 2
      - with Tek -- nm - Epiphany Feb 5, 10:05 1
        
        Hrmmm, does this mean only every 5th bite of his would find his mouth? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 10:22
Unless I can take the rubber feet off my new receiver, it won't fit in my TV stand. (and even then maybe not) - Reagen Feb 5, 09:55 3
- Hey! ST A/V geniuses! ^^ -- nm - Reagen Feb 5, 10:06
- Time to bust out the belt sander? -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 10:06
- That won't work, with all that gangsta rap you like to play -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:58
good grief, my boss is exploring facebook. status messages puzzle her. please god please, let her NOT friend me. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 09:53 9
- See if you can block her even if she's not your friend. -- nm - lileve Feb 5, 10:00
- I find little use for FB since my mother and now other family members are friending me. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 09:55 4
  - Put them on restricted accounts -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:56 3
    - yeah, that's finally gone for me.... : ( -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 09:56 2
      - You can still make a friend list, then put that list in certain places as "Everyone except..." -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:57 1
        
        oh, thanks. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 09:59
- "No, she has the same name as me, but she's a children's book illustrator" -- nm - Roger More Feb 5, 09:54 2
  - genius. I should invent a fake me on the Internet so I can use that -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:55 1
    - that *is* genius. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 09:56
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- is doesn't actually open until March 16th. - znufrii Feb 5, 10:02
- September. -- nm - ...What Krusty Thinks Sometimes Feb 5, 09:57
- Have the updated the music for the revival? - ty97 Feb 5, 09:51 2
  - not to my knowledge, other than perhaps making the lyrics bilingual. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 09:53
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- June -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:51
"I did beat The Legend of Zelda before I could walk. I'm thinking about getting metal legs. It's a risky operation, but it'll be worth it. " -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 09:50
I think for sure the Republicans will make gains in the House in 2010, but the particular Senate races don't seem to line up great for them. -- nm - Dano Feb 5, 09:48
B2 Shaun: Haven't played the RE5 demo yet. - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:46 3
- You need to d/l that demo and they have the FF13 trailer in the XBox live marketplace. It looks *amazing*. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 09:56 2
  - *splurt!* -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:58 1
    - I was going to d/l it on the computer and watch it, but then I opted for the 50" HD trailer instead :) -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 10:06
B2 Jack: All I was stating is a trend over time. - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:45 2
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  - Based on just the vacancies alone, I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:49
Please let someone in Nevada beat Harry Reid. - Will Hunting Feb 5, 09:45 4
- i second that -- nm - Crusty Gorillahump Feb 5, 10:09
- sorry. no assault charges for me :) -- nm - peglegpete Feb 5, 09:57
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- yeah I won't be sorry to see him go. -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 09:49
SITWAP: The greatest game on every platform -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 09:45 40
- Rampage -- nm - Crusty Gorillahump Feb 5, 09:59
- Atari - Pitfall, Intellivision - Baseball, Colecovision - Donkey Kong -- nm - Jim Feb 5, 09:57 1
  - Atari - Qbert -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:58
- NES --- Zelda 1....fail with the SMB3 thingy. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 09:56
- NES: SMB3, SNES: Link to the Past, N64: Ocarina of Time, PS2: God of War 2 -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 09:54
- PS2: God of War. XBOX: Burnout. XBOX 360: Oblivion. - Subversive Feb 5, 09:52
- SNES - Donkey Kong Country -- nm - amoxy Feb 5, 09:50 1
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- PS1: Tomb Raider. -- nm - emoticripple Feb 5, 09:49
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  - The Sims = one of the best games ever -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:51 4
    - Ugh. Are you sure you're not a woman? -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:52 3
      - :) I tend to enjoy "God" games -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:54 2
        
        Populous 3 was fun for that -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 09:56 1
        
        yeah. See, that's a good God game. Sims is just "God, why?" -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:57
  - what about Mario Kart 64? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 09:51 1
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- well, there wa *SUPPOSED* to be a link -- (link) - ty97 Feb 5, 09:49 7
  - C64 = Summer Games. And they did get Colecovision right; that and Donkey Kong go hand-in-hand. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 5, 09:57 1
    - I loved Summer Games for the C64. Winter Games and California Games too. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 10:06
  - Metal Gear Solid. Of course! -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:54 1
    - I agree with this. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:56
  - The Sims? -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:51
  - I agree with the Nintendo and SNES choices, methinks -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 09:50 1
    - No Contra means the list is crap. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 09:51
- Sega Master System/Genesis: That's a tough call between Rampage and Out Run -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:49
- X360: Fable 2 -- nm - znufrii Feb 5, 09:48 1
  - Good, but no. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:49
- NES - Legends of Zelda -- nm - amoxy Feb 5, 09:48 1
  - Metroid -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:48
- B64: Ocarina of Time, very easy choice. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:48 2
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  - errr N64 -- nm - Strongbad Feb 5, 09:48
- PS2: GTA San Andreas -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:47
- PC: Civilization -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:46 5
  - PC: Half-Life. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 5, 09:49 1
    - That's what they chose for PC for the 90s -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 09:51
  - They did PC by the decades, but I don't see Civ -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 09:48 1
    - Travesty! -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:49
  - Can't argue with that -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:47
I think it is rather telling (at least in the Best Buy by me) the current condition of satellite radio. I know there aren't a whole bunch of - HdnAgnda Feb 5, 09:44 1
- I wonder how much that has to do with the prevelance of players integrated in new cars? -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:46
I blame deregulation -- nm - con_carne Feb 5, 09:43
The producer of Rescue Dawn joins Team Bale -- (link) - Reagen Feb 5, 09:43 3
- Good reading, thanks. -- nm - emoticripple Feb 5, 09:58
- Good stuff. I kind of figured this stuff probably happens fairly often on a movie set. -- nm - Subversive Feb 5, 09:49
- Some enterprising t-shirt maker needs to do some Bale-in-the-Lights images. - David Feb 5, 09:46
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- * immediately starts up a protest w/ picket lines.... "Stay out of B2! We like our community the way it is!" -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 5, 09:44
- With online ordering, what do you really miss out on from the B&M store? -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:44 6
  - 1. Instant gratification. 2. The ability to browse. - ty97 Feb 5, 09:46 5
    - But really, do you need a big box store for that? -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:47 4
      - There's not much else left -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 09:54 3
        
        I mean, for like snacks and stuff. Aren't there like a million convenience stores? -- nm - oblique, eighth best slackertalker Feb 5, 09:56 2
        
        (oh also, the convenience stores could be called little box stores. They are all corporate megopolies too) -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 09:57
        
        snacks was an example, Replace with any prodcut you choose. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 09:56
- *Opens a McDonalds in your Walmart* -- nm - Crusty Gorillahump Feb 5, 09:44

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