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Do you wish y ou could knit a hat just by rocking in your favourite chair and reading? Well, now you can! -- (link) - Moneypandie Nov 9, 10:02
County Sheriff Race here in Georgia: Dude loses 76% to 23% (35k votes) and demands a recount -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 9, 10:01 2
- most states have a trigger level for an automatic recount, like one% otherwise you have to pay for it -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 10:12
- Huh -- nm - amoxy Nov 9, 10:02
People who start Halo campaign on Normal are pussies. -- nm - David Nov 9, 10:00 2
- ha! I started mine on Heroic. - groiny Nov 9, 10:01 1
  - That's what men do. -- nm - David Nov 9, 10:03
Also, I am despondent... - ThunderProfit Nov 9, 09:56 5
- Despondent? I would think you would want to go full postal... - amoxy Nov 9, 10:01 4
  - I would go full frontal. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 10:02 3
    - You want people scared, not defad -- nm - amoxy Nov 9, 10:03 1
      - ^dead - amoxy Nov 9, 10:03
    - "Is that a PayDay bar?... No? Ye gods, see a doctor." -- nm - TFox Nov 9, 10:02
today is morphine day. I don't have night on spotify and it's freaking ten dollars to buy the mp3s vs $5 for the disc. argh. - amanda Nov 9, 09:54 1
- youtube? if you really need it now. -- nm - Moneypandie Nov 9, 09:58
Amanda: here's the Whole Foods/Cracker Barrel Detail (it was tweeted before the upcoming full article) - MDH Nov 9, 09:44 2
- thanks; will you post the article when it comes out? or gaymail it to me? -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 09:52 1
  - Yup! -- nm - MDH Nov 9, 09:57
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Interesting Wired article about the Iranian Pilots trying to shoot down the American drone - amoxy Nov 9, 09:39 1
- This would make for a great reality TV show -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 09:42
GTA:V - Los Santos is bigger than the worlds of Red Dead Redemption, San Andreas, and GTA:IV *combined*. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 9, 09:33 18
- Yikes. -- nm - Tim, the world's worst Halo player Nov 9, 09:38
- When I played GTA:VC it seemed massive to me. - ThunderProfit Nov 9, 09:37 5
  - Liberty City was freakin massive. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 09:46
  - Vice City still the best. (coming out on ios and android soon, fyi) -- nm - Don Homer Nov 9, 09:44 3
    - I loved just cruising in VC. -- nm - Max Nov 9, 09:49 2
      - ditto. I'd pop the radio on and just drive around, crash into crap and see how long I could get the tank to chase me around. -- nm - ThunderProfit Nov 9, 09:55
      - yep -- nm - Don Homer Nov 9, 09:54
- and twice the amount of hookers to maim. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 09:34
- That is not an enticement for me. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 09:33 9
  - There are three playable characters in this game that you can switch back and forth between at any time. - Dr.Vermin Nov 9, 09:39 1
    - The problem I have with it is that GTA:IV spent too much time on "the world" and not enough time on "the story" or "making me give a shit". -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 10:02
  - while Red Dead was a very cool game, the vast amount of time riding around doing nothing - groiny Nov 9, 09:35 6
    - RDR was far beneath any of those open-world style games. Average at best. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 09:42
    - RDR was boring as f**k. -- nm - Shauntum of Solace Nov 9, 09:41 3
      - I liked the concept of it, the execution was a bit flawed. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 09:53 2
        
        I think the soundtrack and wide expanse of the open map were very effective at creating a sense of loneliness, which I liked, but did become a downer. -- nm - Max Nov 9, 10:04
        
        I think I mostly didn't like it because the horse riding was useless. At least in GTA driving around was solid. -- nm - Shauntum of Solace Nov 9, 09:58
    - I'm sure even a videogame of white collar crime would be more interesting. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 09:35
PSA : Jax curses like a truck driver when he plays Halo 4. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 09:30 4
- True. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 09:42 2
  - sidenote: I was also on my 5th or 6th beer by that time. - JaxSean Nov 9, 09:44 1
    - at least you did not lose your camera in my cleavage. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 09:53
- you could have stopped after 5 words. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 9, 09:37
Video shows guy who skidded of road on slippery road and taking pictures almost taken out himself by sliding truck...(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Nov 9, 09:29 1
- "this video does contain a lot of swearing" ... no. fucking. shit. Good thing it's in russian. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 09:32
New Eels track - Peach Blossom -- (link) - LMS Nov 9, 09:25
Regional gas chains in NY and NJ were better prepared then the large majors for Hurricane Sandy due to different business models...(link) - Walt_Disney Nov 9, 09:25
hey krusty, the xbox should accept almost any usb drive, it will want to format it first - tRuMaN Nov 9, 09:18 3
- It will only use up to 16GB IIRC -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 9, 09:21 1
  - (the drive can be bigger, it just won't use more than that) -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 9, 09:21
- also per the xbox site, you can only install parts if you want to download them - tRuMaN Nov 9, 09:19
PPP's Democrat Poll of Iowa: Clinton 58% (Game Over), Biden 17%, Cuomo 6%, Warren 3%. -- (link) - MDH Nov 9, 09:17 29
- Warren is by far the most intelligent of all of those. - Loyola Nov 9, 09:23 18
  - What has the 13% number been in past elections? Say 2000/2004/2010 -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 09:39 4
    - I'm trying to find it but turnout factors into it as well. According to this Kerry won 88% of their 11.4 million votes in 04, but in 08 with the surge - Loyola Nov 9, 09:51 3
      - The discussion I heard last night - Strongbad Nov 9, 09:55 2
        
        You can't possibly compare to 06 and 10 because midterms have 40% turnout at best. Given that the white vote will continue to fall if this isn't the - Don Homer Nov 9, 10:03
        
        I think if in 16 it's 2 white dudes going at it, it reverts to the kind of close result like 2000. It could break either way. I suppose that was the - Loyola Nov 9, 10:02
  - Obama (and Bill Clinton) is just going to crush it at the DNC on behalf of whomever the nominee is. - Tim, the world's worst Halo player Nov 9, 09:25 4
    - I'm all in for the Barry and Bubba show. - ThunderProfit Nov 9, 09:26 3
      - IK,R? My god, the tickets they'll sell. -- nm - mara Nov 9, 09:37 1
        
        as a traveling show they'd rock. But at the DNC they'd destroy. - ThunderProfit Nov 9, 09:44
      - "I'm a little bit country..." -- nm - Barry and Bubba duet Nov 9, 09:37
  - 93% will drop, but not that much, and no reason to think the 67% will fall. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 9, 09:24 7
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      - Obama 95% apparently, Kerry 88%. -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 09:38 3
        
        Which of an electorate of say 110 million (I'm guessing) , is a difference of around half a million votes. I'm surprised Kerry was that high. -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 09:43 2
        
        Actually it's a million votes. I'm stupid. -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 09:45 1
        
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    - 67 was the number that surprised me. It's a sound victory. I wondered how much had it to do with social (choice) issues over Obama's likability. -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 09:26 1
      - Also, for instance, Romney won 52% of married women. -- nm - Loyola Nov 9, 09:28
- A lot can change in 3-4 years. see also McCain. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 09:18 9
  - Hillary must win the Dem nomination (full disclosure: I was a huge Hillary 2008 supporter) -- nm - MDH Nov 9, 09:21 1
    - So was I, but I am not sure she will be the best option 8 years later. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 09:22
  - I think the chances of John McCain winning the Democrat Caucuses in Iowa in 2016 are very slim. -- nm - Ender Nov 9, 09:19 3
    - The Double Reverse Zell Miller maneuver! -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 09:29
    - I think 4 years gives Romney enough time to change completely and run as a Dem. -- nm - MDH Nov 9, 09:21
    - You never know! - Spawn Nov 9, 09:20
  - Clinton may have even been higher than that early in the 2008 cycle. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 9, 09:19 2
    - in fact she was up 20-30 points (depending on the poll) as late as Fall 2007. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 9, 09:24 1
      - But MDH says it's game over. No need to talk or post about it all any more. (Hopefully.) -- nm - mara Nov 9, 09:36
"Obama won single women by THIRTY EIGHT PERCENT! The message to Republicans was clear: Get off of me." - Bill Maher ... nice. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 09:13 1
- LOL -- nm - Pippygalore Nov 9, 09:15
Spawn...get Skyfall Imax tickets for tonight... - You Only Remlik Twice Nov 9, 09:12 9
- Skyfall IMAX has been sold out here for days, I'm stunned they are still available. -- nm - MDH Nov 9, 09:15 2
  - Well, Romney won here if that tells you anything. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 09:16 1
    - heh. -- nm - Deev Another Day Nov 9, 09:22
- I have a meeting in the morning. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 09:15 2
  - What about Saturday night? -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 09:17 1
    - sure that's fine. off work at 8p -- nm - You Only Remlik Twice Nov 9, 09:21
- I see who wears the pants in this relationship...... - groiny Nov 9, 09:13 2
  - Amy. -- nm - Tim, the world's worst Halo player Nov 9, 09:16 1
    - true. I have to run everything by her to see if Spawn can do it. -- nm - You Only Remlik Twice Nov 9, 09:22
WarMachine... - ThunderProfit Nov 9, 09:12
new Battlestar: Blood and Chrome.... -- (link) - You Only Remlik Twice Nov 9, 09:11
I know I can count unique values using an array formula, but can I say - amanda Nov 9, 09:10 3
- try adding something like *(A2:A2000="fayette") to the condition of your if function -- nm - zork Nov 9, 09:47 2
  - I did this: - amanda Nov 9, 09:51 1
    - thanks as always for being willing to help. I have SRAA documentation in the next week or so so might reach out to you for VBA assistance. - amanda Nov 9, 09:53
groiny and spawn should apologize to st today for the hilarity that will be their halo 4 arguments next week. - tRuMaN Nov 9, 09:06 17
- it took me 6hours 34 mins to complete the campaign on normal - tRuMaN Nov 9, 09:46
- I had a wicked sword spree playing solo before you guys jumped on...... - groiny Nov 9, 09:12
- cough. -- nm - Tim, the world's worst Halo player Nov 9, 09:10
- *pets my 1.26 K/D ratio in Halo 4* nm -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 09:09 7
  - *goes to look, starts laughing, drops the mic, walks away* - tRuMaN Nov 9, 09:12 6
    - you using waypoint to see this? - groiny Nov 9, 09:16 5
      - yes, and i agree. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 9, 09:17 4
        
        where the hell are you getting assist stats? -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 09:18 3
        
        When he plays the game, he injures an opponent before a teammate kills him. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 09:21 1
        
        but that's not important right now -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 9, 09:21
        
        on the left, i selected War Games Matchmaking from the slide out menu. - tRuMaN Nov 9, 09:21
- Well, groiny does have a head start, so I expect him to excel. So next week may be too early for such arguements. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 09:09 5
  - we all bought it on the same day. I played almost no campaign - groiny Nov 9, 09:12 3
    - I haven't even looked at online yet. -- nm - David Nov 9, 10:03
    - Agreed. But if the campaign was never ending, I would play it most of the time. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 09:19 1
      - I knew you really liked playing with yourself. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 09:25
  - ^excuse #1 -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 09:10
Sorry for the potential spoilers in the Weekend Forecast guys. - Tim Nov 9, 09:06 4
- Have you even seen the movie? -- nm - David Nov 9, 09:58
- RUINER! - Spawn Nov 9, 09:10 2
  - The sky falls! -- nm - Tim, the world's worst Halo player Nov 9, 09:10 1
    - I mean, it's right there in the title! -- nm - prayformoJaws Nov 9, 09:53
thanks, ML. -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 09:02 1
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spammy, fwiw, some posters on this board say it works well on a 2012 MBA... -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 9, 09:02 10
- Ah, the reviews are...not kind. - spamlet Nov 9, 09:05
- threadjack - spamlet - tRuMaN Nov 9, 09:05 2
  - iOS 5 or 6? I have a 4s running 6 and have had zero problems with it. - spamlet Nov 9, 09:06 1
    - 6, sorry, whatever the newest is. - tRuMaN Nov 9, 09:07
- looks like mine is above the minimum reqts, though below recommended. Oh well, probably don't need to spend the money anyway. -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 9, 09:04 5
  - Do the new Airs have something better than the Intel GMAs? I guess I was assuming that they still had those cards. - spamlet Nov 9, 09:07 4
    - my 2010 macbook pro plays civ 4, torchilight, etc. with no problems. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 9, 09:08 2
      - Yeah, the Pros do but not the white Macbooks or the Airs (up to the latest generation). -- nm - spamlet Nov 9, 09:10 1
        
        aww, well why did you buy such an inferior product then? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 9, 09:16
    - hmm, stronger than I thought. Mine has: Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB -- nm - Don Homer Nov 9, 09:08
hahah .. sick burn. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 9, 09:01 [Image]
Who tracks this: "President Obama won 77% of counties with a Whole Foods, and 29% of counties with a Cracker Barrell." -- nm - MDH Nov 9, 09:01 10
- can I have a link for that? -- nm - amanda Nov 9, 09:07 2
  - Friend sent me the quote via gchat, dropped him an e-mail for it -- nm - MDH Nov 9, 09:11 1
    - Thanking you. -- nm - Amanda Nov 9, 09:17
- To answer your question, I have little doubt that both campaigns had those factors in their models. - Spawn Nov 9, 09:06
- probably wide margins on both sides too. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 9, 09:02
- "Romney has won the Confederate states." -- nm - Jon Stewart Nov 9, 09:01 2
  - except Virginia. :) -- nm - loosilu Nov 9, 09:08 1
    - (and Florida) -- nm - Don Homer Nov 9, 09:09
- Arby's. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 09:01
- You can write that line without even researching it. -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 09:01
pmb, unfortunately I think that solution is too nuanced for the general public. - ty97 Nov 9, 09:00 1
- I don't think it's that hard to explain. Particularly with all the discussion that occurred during this election cycle about eliminating deductions - pmb Nov 9, 09:06
Is Mel around? - WarMachine Nov 9, 09:00
Oh lord Hucakbee got 8% of that poll. -- nm - MDH Nov 9, 08:59
Thanks, Ender and LMS -- nm - prayformoJaws Nov 9, 08:58 1
- No problem, my general rule, it's it's not in the trailer, it's a spoiler. -- nm - LMS Nov 9, 09:04
Cover up your mossy bank!! - Pippygalore Nov 9, 08:57
Probably fairly accurate in regards to Wreck-It-Ralph. -- (link) - Shauntum of Solace Nov 9, 08:57
zoom zoom -- nm - Master Kilbo Nov 9, 08:56

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