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Ikeas Homonkulus -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:52
Fed to maintain its cheap-as-free monetary policy until unemployment gets below 6.5% -- (link) - znufrii Dec 12, 09:51 1
- Until... the debt "crisis" gets resolved? Until... the tax code is fixed? No. It's unemployment, stupid. -- nm - nubby Dec 12, 09:57
Caroline Wozniacki imitates Serena Williams by stuffing her bra and skirt during an exhibition match v. Sharapova. - Diva Dec 12, 09:49 4
- I heard this is a regular thing among tennis players, even some men imitate Serena. Interesting that Serena hasn't commented on it. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 12, 09:56 1
  - Djokovic and Roddick have done it too. Serena sez she doesn't mind it. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 10:00
- Your IM sums that whole bit up -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 12, 09:52 1
  - word - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 12, 11:10
#12: Go home, plane - you're drunk. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:48 2
- heh. -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 09:58
- #2 is the last thing some people have seen. -- nm - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 09:51
BB: I think the Pats need like 138 in the next 3 games to break 600, first time ever if done IIRC -- nm - Beaker Dec 12, 09:46 1
- and the funny thing is...I'm pretty sure they'd know about this. -- nm - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 09:48
Eagles rule out McCoy, Vick, Celek vs. Bengals -- (link) - GregW Dec 12, 09:37 1
- dammit! -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 09:44
"under the camel toe": "camel toe is the new mistletoe" -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:36 5
- sfw? -- nm - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 09:37 4
  - I would err on the side of no -- nm - dogbert Dec 12, 09:38 3
    - I figured as much. - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 09:41 2
      - it's an ad for an app that shows (relatively clean) camel toe pictures in lieu of mistletoe -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:53 1
        
        I'm not sure if it's funny so much as insanely bizarre -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:54
Resolved: we should never talk about math on this board. - David Dec 12, 09:34 7
- Indeed, it's annoying to discuss something where opinions are not allowed. -- nm - nubby Dec 12, 09:41
- what are the odds that we could ever do that? -- nm - dogbert Dec 12, 09:39
- but we can talk about Meth? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 09:36 1
  - as long as there are no more picture of russian Krokodil addicts. -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 09:43
- Nonsense. Math has become a hell of a lot more fun to me now that it's apparent that you can just make up whatever rules you want to. -- nm - prayformojo Dec 12, 09:35 1
  - Pi is exactly 3! -- nm - David Dec 12, 09:44
- Eigenvalues FTW -- nm - Strongbad Dec 12, 09:34
Does anyone have Ticket To Ride on Steam? I'm interested in getting it but I don't want to play with strangers. - Krusty Dec 12, 09:33 3
- Doubtful. Most STers are either iOS/Android gamers or Xbox it seems. Speaking of, are you in the ST group on Steam? -- (link) - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 09:38 2
  - I am. :-) I can't play it anywhere else but on Steam or at home and no one here plays board games with me. :-( - Krusty Dec 12, 09:45 1
    - I need to get into Steam more, I only use it because of Civ V -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 09:49
Spanish authorities arrest a woman who is caught smuggling 3 pounds of cocaine. -- (link) - amoxy Dec 12, 09:31 3
- for when beer-flavored just isn't enough. nm - Dignan Dec 12, 09:37 2
  - i wonder if she could dispense it from her nipples, like a talcum powder bottle -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 12, 09:56 1
    - yes, of course. jesus christ. nm - Dignan Dec 12, 09:58
In local crime news, "fungus fumbler fesses up" -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:31
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I'm working from home today � not because I'm sick or anything. Unless "bugfuck lazy" is a sickness, in which case I'm terminal. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:22 3
- You've earned it - Old Antarctic Explorer Dec 12, 09:33
- I want to take a day or two and just play videogames non-stop. I'm off work from the 24th to the 2nd. I need to start planning my options - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 09:26 1
  - I'm off work from the 21st to the 2nd. I am thinking of bootstrapping a startup. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:28
Abby's white stripe test is today after work. We're still working with her to get the pronunciation of "axe kick" correct - prayformojo Dec 12, 09:13 7
- One of my favorite Futurama bits is that this is the default pronunciation in the year 3000. -- nm - David Dec 12, 09:20
- I wouldn't fault her for pronouncing it "ass kick". -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Dec 12, 09:17
- Here's everything she needs to know: This is Jack -- (link) - TWuG Dec 12, 09:15 [Image] 3
  - This is Meg -- (link) - TWuG Dec 12, 09:16 [Image] 2
    - I couldn't figure out what you were going on about - prayformojo Dec 12, 09:18 1
      - :-) -- nm - TWuG Dec 12, 09:18
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Apparently, despite being a chronic offender, Lindsay Lohan's passport has not yet been seized. -- (link) - Mop (187 lbs) Dec 12, 09:13
JenBro - further to my FB comment - if we do a road trip out of Vegas we shall stay at the La Posada in Winslow and eat here... -- (link) - Meg Dec 12, 09:12 1
- this can only end like Thelma & Louise -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 12, 09:14
12:12:12 12/12/12 - Spawn Dec 12, 09:11 2
- amy's on to your scheme - prisoner 24601 Dec 12, 09:49
- Feel the Base 3 Power! -- nm - Strongbad Dec 12, 09:12
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- You made at least 3 of those names up. -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 09:09 3
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    - I keep reading it as Morgan Spurlock. - amoxy Dec 12, 09:14
    - Logan Dalton, Claire... -- nm - Spawn Dec 12, 09:13
I'd like to nominate the Tommy Tuberville - dinner with recruits story for Funniest Sports Story of 2012 -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 12, 09:06 2
- That's a slap in the face of a different variety. -- nm - nubby Dec 12, 09:09 1
  - It almost makes Bobby Petrino's pig suey look classy. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 12, 09:34
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- Right or wrong, Towers clearly didn't like him as much as some of their other arms. - David Dec 12, 09:13 1
  - As an aside, something I like about this week is that a couple of GMs are willing to trade premiere prospects. - David Dec 12, 09:23
- Jack Bauer is an ass-kicker -- nm - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 09:03
I love cat logic. Laundry hamper with clothes in it = comfiest bed in the word. Box with old clothes in it = "I don't need your charity." -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 09:02 14
- December is the best month of the year for our cats. - David Dec 12, 09:14
- looking for logic from cats is a fool's errand -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 12, 09:04 12
  - Yeah. You ask them if 0.99999999999999.....=1 and they say "that's right, homeboy" -- nm - prayformojo Dec 12, 09:10 11
    - Here's what bugs me about the .9bar = 1 argument. Would .8bar also equal 1? - TWuG Dec 12, 09:14 10
      - no. -- nm - znufrii Dec 12, 09:40
      - 0.8bar = 0.9, no bar. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:20 8
        
        Eh, this is not right. Even if it was, it would have to be 0.888888(acceptable level of precision)88889 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:33 2
        
        That's the thing: "Acceptable level of precision" - TWuG Dec 12, 09:36 1
        
        But, because we know that 0.333bar is 1/3, we could bounce it back to fractional format and get the answer of 1 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:58
        
        *shrug* Maybe. But if one infinity can differ from another infinity then infinity means nothing. -- nm - TWuG Dec 12, 09:23 4
        
        No. -- nm - TFox Dec 12, 09:48
        
        5/6 = 0.83bar ... which is night indistinguishable (at sufficient levels of repetition) from 0.84 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:26 2
        
        night=nigh -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:26 1
        
        No, this is a bad example because it's not a 9 repeating. There's the kink. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 09:28
Did we know that Dante Stallworth hurt his ankle and is out for the rest of the season... - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 09:01 6
- So he had a one game season? -- nm - David Dec 12, 09:20 1
  - yep. and one reception in that game. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 09:37
- yes - but i didn't have a chance to talk to you about it this morning. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 09:06 1
  - I mean...did we, minus Diva, know... - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 09:21
- No, but I did just this second learn that Dante Stallworth was gainfully employed in the NFL. -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 09:02 1
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Facebook helps FBI take down a botnet that cost banks $850 million -- (link) - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 09:00
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- memo to Giants GM: TRADE HIM IN THE OFFSEASON -- nm - Strongbad's Blood Feud Team Dec 12, 09:08
dazzle me this, dazzle me that, who's afraid of the big black math? -- nm - i'm not stocking-stuffed yet ! Dec 12, 08:58
NY Times story on the date "12-12-12"... 1912. -- (link) - Mop (187 lbs) Dec 12, 08:54 4
- fuzzylemon stole my "In Europe, it's 12/12/12" joke. (nm) - nubby Dec 12, 09:08
- I don't get the 4-11-44 reference -- nm - amoxy Dec 12, 08:59 2
  - I think this came from the comments on a story I was reading about the 1912 article -- (link) - Kilbo Baggins Dec 12, 09:01 1
    - Uh... penis? -- nm - nubby Dec 12, 09:04
The Google Magnifier blog is no more. Free songs are now listed only on the front page of the Google Play store. - Mop (187 lbs) Dec 12, 08:54
Obesity in Young Is Seen as Falling in Several Cities -- (link) - Mop (187 lbs) Dec 12, 08:53 1
- Bloomberg! -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 12, 08:54
Ninja Bears can lick my everloving taint. -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 08:51 4
- Save those bots, yo. - TFox Dec 12, 08:52
- Or at least .99999 of it. - David Dec 12, 08:51 2
  - You're a monster! -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 08:58 1
    - I get that a lot. -- nm - David Dec 12, 08:59
The fingerprint of stars. I feel smarter for having watched this. -- (link) - landbeck Dec 12, 08:49 1
- do they have one for 1=0.999999999999999999999? -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 12, 08:50
Worth reposting. The 12-12-12 concert will be streamed live. -- (link) - Mop (187 lbs) Dec 12, 08:45
Just received a version of this in my email so thought it might be time for a re-post. Enjoy your office festivities :) - Meg Dec 12, 08:44 2
- again? - Spawn Dec 12, 08:46 1
  - Somehow I always think of Andie when I read this...can't imagine why...... -- nm - Meg Dec 12, 08:47
Here is my question. How did Republicans gain control of Michigan in the first place? - David Dec 12, 08:43 31
- Answer to your first question is 8 years of Jennifer Grandholm. -- nm - JenBro Dec 12, 08:56 6
  - That's interesting in that she was term limited and is a power player in the national party. -- nm - David Dec 12, 09:00 5
    - She's a hot mess. -- nm - JenBro Dec 12, 09:04 4
      - A hot mess on bath salts. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 09:07 3
        
        DEMOCRACY! I WAS ONLY HIGH ON DEMOCRACY! UUURRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Jennifer Granholm SI Dec 12, 09:12 2
        
        that stuff was great. ha! -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 09:23 1
        
        I thought she was going to eat a turnbuckle. -- nm - Melkor Profit Dec 12, 09:33
- The same as Ohio and Wisconsin. 2010 was a good year for Republicans. -- nm - spamlet Dec 12, 08:47
- the once-a-decade redistricting in 2010 locked in a lot of state legislatures for the GOP through gerrymandering -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 12, 08:46 1
  - But these legislatures were prior to redistricting, so you can't really blame that. -- nm - spamlet Dec 12, 08:48
- Isn't the measure supported by the general public 51-47 or something? -- nm - Ender Dec 12, 08:45 20
  - The two polls I saw last week were virtually tied and within the MOE. Moving forward, the people who voted for this are now targets. -- nm - David Dec 12, 08:52 19
    - After yesterday's assault on supporters of the bill at a rally that's an unfortunate choice of words... -- nm - No. 1 Stephen in the nation! Dec 12, 09:09 2
      - "There will be blood, there will be repercussions." -- nm - Strongbad Dec 12, 09:12 1
        
        Those ruffians! -- nm - The Pinkertons Dec 12, 09:15
    - Like they were in Wisconsin when the recall failed? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 12, 09:07 14
      - Walker doesn't run for re-election until 2014 so I don't understand your point. -- nm - David Dec 12, 09:11 13
        
        You remember? The recall election where Walker won by a larger margin than 2010. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 12, 09:15 8
        
        I say politely that I don't think you're making the point you think you're making. -- nm - David Dec 12, 09:19 7
        
        "the people who voted for this are now targets" - Strongbad Dec 12, 09:23 6
        
        This is only true if we ignore the fact that many of the democrats who voted for him in the recall did not feel what he did was worthy of recall. - David Dec 12, 09:26 1
        
        Ok. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 12, 09:30
        
        ....and? - znufrii Dec 12, 09:25 3
        
        ... and? - Strongbad Dec 12, 09:30 1
        
        The answer to your second question is because of what happened to Wisconsin in 2012. -- nm - David Dec 12, 09:33
        
        ...and? - No. 1 Stephen in the nation! Dec 12, 09:28
        
        They tried to recall Walker. They failed. -- nm - No. 1 Stephen in the nation! Dec 12, 09:14 3
        
        And the fallout was that Obama won Wisconsin despite someone from there being on the other ticket and a lesbian took the Senate seat so... - David Dec 12, 09:18 2
        
        There are any number of reasons why the two you mention occurred. In the most direct way the voters could have shown their displeasure with an actual - No. 1 Stephen in the nation! Dec 12, 09:25 1
        
        See above. This assumes that the recall vote had a black/white outcome, which we know was untrue. - David Dec 12, 09:30
    - the Koch Brothers pay the piper, they call the tune -- nm - prisoner 24601 Dec 12, 08:53
FF Brandon Lloyd owners: Are going with him for a 2nd week in a row? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 12, 08:43 5
- Probably not. -- nm - No. 1 Stephen in the nation! Dec 12, 09:16
- I had actually heard 2 different "experts" say to play him last week. - Spawn Dec 12, 08:45
- Nope. -- nm - nubby Dec 12, 08:43 2
  - and if your only options are Malcolm Floyd or Brian Hartline? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 12, 08:44 1
    - Hartline -- nm - Spawn Dec 12, 08:45
My brothers and sisters, - Spawn Dec 12, 08:41 3
- CAN YOU DIG IT? -- nm - Mop (187 lbs) Dec 12, 08:49
- I don't know what this world is coming to. - Krusty Dec 12, 08:46
- no - prisoner 24601 Dec 12, 08:44

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