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do you know what "snow rollers" are? -- (link) - Andie Jan 23, 08:27 4
- Is it anything like snowballing? (the surprise Humpday post nt.) -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 08:32
- I do now. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 08:29
- yes -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:28 1
  - Though I have always called them snow rolls. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:29
Hillary Clinton goes off at some insane Tea Party Senator at the Benghazi hearing this morning -- (link) - MDH Jan 23, 08:27 5
- good. And of course crazy ol' McCain isn't satisfied. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 08:30
- "Give me a break, Senator Johnson. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen." - amoxy Jan 23, 08:29 3
  - Someone must have increased her aggression levels during her cryo sleep. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 08:30 2
    - Loved she pounded her fist on the table. He pretty much shut up after that -- nm - amoxy Jan 23, 08:33
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long time halo'ers have you played the Shutout map on the Forge playlist? -- (link) - oblique [223] Jan 23, 08:25 [youtube] 4
- I thought that was a halo 3 map. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 08:30 1
  - It was "Lockout" in Halo 2, then "Blackout" in Halo 3. -- nm - volnelk Jan 23, 08:37
- It is. Takes some getting used to because it's still Beta, but it's the same map. Loved it. - volnelk Jan 23, 08:28
- no. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:27
Free Triton Engines is bomb-digity. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:21
st gaming quiz. What were the top 10 xbox live games (by number of players) during 2012. - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:18 29
- the top 20 - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:29
- something old, like GTA IV. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 08:29
- Battlefield 3 -- nm - Shaun Jan 23, 08:28 1
  - #8 -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:28
- MW1, MW2 -- nm - Shaun Jan 23, 08:27 1
  - mw2 is #10 -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:28
- Just cheated. Yikes, plus there's two nobody will get. -- nm - Tim Jan 23, 08:24
- FIFA and Borderlands 2 -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 08:24 6
  - have to be more specific, sorry (for fifa) -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:27 4
    - I guess '12 and '13 -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 08:28 3
      - that's the two I thought we'd miss. Biggest sports game by a decent margin. -- nm - Tim Jan 23, 08:29 1
        
        I used to play them but the controls got too difficult. - Krusty Jan 23, 08:33
      - $7, and #7. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:29
  - Madden -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 08:25
- Skyrim. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 23, 08:24 1
  - # 13 -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:24
- Gears 3, Mass Effect 3 -- nm - Shaun Jan 23, 08:23 1
  - #15, not in the top 20 -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:25
- Black Ops 1, 2 / Halo 4, Reach -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 08:22 1
  - #1, #5, #3, #9 -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:25
- Halo 4, Halo Anny, Halo Reach -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:22
- Castle Crashers, Minecraft, Street Fighter, Trials Evolution. Fez and The Walking Dead. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 08:21 2
  - n/a. #4, n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a. there is a seperate list for that -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:26
  - I was thinking of XBLA games. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 08:22
- Black Ops 2, Halo 4, Minecraft, Modern Warfare 3, Borderlands 2 -- nm - Tim Jan 23, 08:21 3
  - me3 is #2 -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:28 1
    - are, mw3, sorry -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:28
  - bl2 is #11 -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:26
- specifically, its the "average Unique Users per day " that is tallied (in case that helps) -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:20
Good article in the new issue of The New Yorker, "How Much Military is Enough?"... -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 23, 08:18 1
- covers a lot of ground: standing armies, militias, the wars, Lockheed Martin, Armed Services Committee, post-9/11, etc. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 23, 08:20
Checks in to Stubhub, sees the seats in front of his for Reds Opening day listed for $225 each, smiles. - volnelk Jan 23, 08:14
"Is that Terry Bradshaw?" - groiny Jan 23, 08:02
David they are close to being done shooting Dr. Who (except for the Anniversary special).... -- nm - Remlik Fontaine Jan 23, 08:01 18
- per this update they wrapped in December (future episode spoils at the link) -- (link) - znufrii Jan 23, 08:02 17
  - Since we are talking Who. -- (link) - Spawn Jan 23, 08:06 1 1
    - *splurt* -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 08:07
  - I am waiting for River Song to go through the regeneration process -- nm - amoxy Jan 23, 08:05 14
    - *spoils* - Ender Jan 23, 08:07
    - spoils - znufrii Jan 23, 08:06
    - she already did (twice) and she used up the rest. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 08:06 11
      - They have gotten around worse -- nm - amoxy Jan 23, 08:09 9
        
        It would have to be a pretty major reset though since... *spoils* - Ender Jan 23, 08:10 5
        
        Spoils - amoxy Jan 23, 08:12 3
        
        spoils - znufrii Jan 23, 08:25 2
        
        Dude, you have a career in politics if you can spin like that -- nm - amoxy Jan 23, 08:29 1
        
        heh. -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 08:35
        
        true. spoils - tRuMaN Jan 23, 08:11
        
        Just like the Doctor having a set number of regenerations. - Spawn Jan 23, 08:10 1
        
        If Moff thinks he can write his way out of ... that Sherlock ending, he can do anytyhing. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 08:11
        
        Moffat is pretty clever like that. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 08:10
      - (for now) -- nm - David Jan 23, 08:06
Nebraska approves reroute of Keystone XL pipeline -- (link) - znufrii Jan 23, 07:55 2
- Ugh! Do not want. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 08:01 1
  - eh, I don't find some of the arguments against it all that compelling - znufrii Jan 23, 08:18
Interesting article... "Siri Rising: The Inside Story Of Siri's Origins - And Why She Could Overshadow The iPhone" -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 23, 07:52 44
- Does anyone actually use Siri? -- nm - Ender Jan 23, 07:53 43
  - I use it to check sports scores, set reminders. My wife uses it constantly to dictate texts -- nm - oblique [223] Jan 23, 08:11
  - I do to set reminders for myself. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 08:01
  - I use it to text while driving, but find it unsafe. -- nm - amanda Jan 23, 07:57
  - No apple products but I never use the voice search on my S3. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 07:56 37
    - I use the voice search a lot. it's pretty great. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 07:59 20
      - Rather impressed by how few mistakes it makes. - Spawn Jan 23, 08:01 19
        
        my *one* big issue with siri is that I have a contact in my phone called "the spectacular mr. fabulous," and whenever I try to text that contact, siri - amanda Jan 23, 08:06 2
        
        I have told you to just call me SpecFab. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:08
        
        "No editorializing, Siri!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 08:08
        
        I use it in the car when I need something local. I can say "pharmacy" and go to the maps, and there it is. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 08:02
        
        What do you use it for? I don't even see a need for it. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 08:02 14
        
        Like if I need to call a store, or if I need to find an address. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:03 6
        
        oh, I also use it to make phone calls when I'm driving I find this to be a great feature. -- nm - amanda Jan 23, 08:04 5
        
        I also use it for traffic maps while driving. Their traffic maps are shockingly accurate. - loosilu Jan 23, 08:06 3
        
        they use crowd source data from everyone else using maps who have gps turned on. -- nm - decline Jan 23, 08:21 2
        
        I knew it! you can really tell. It's accurate enough that I can pick the right exit to bail out. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 08:22 1
        
        yeah. I love how useful it is. -- nm - decline Jan 23, 08:24
        
        I use the handsfree for that. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:05
        
        try "how do you say I love you in italian" -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 08:02 6
        
        It's fine for a phrase or two but that wouldn't work as a translator. Driving is where it seems to get the most use and that doesn't do anything for - Krusty Jan 23, 08:11 5
        
        I use it while walking, too! -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:17
        
        I feel like asking my phone to do something in a public place is kind of douchey. like, I just type. I don't need to hear your searches, you don't - amanda Jan 23, 08:15 2
        
        Agreeance. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:18
        
        I talk into mine like a speakerphone all the time. SOrry if I look like a douche. I find it easier to hear it that way. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 08:18
        
        I have fun with it for searches, even when not driving. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 08:12
    - I use the voice search on my droid. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 07:58 14
      - In my experience using that versus my wife's use of Siri, the voice search wins every time. It's more accurate and faster. -- nm - pmb Jan 23, 08:03 1
        
        (and won't give you no lip!) -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:04
      - For what? I'm curious. - Krusty Jan 23, 08:03 11
        
        OK, in November I was in bumfuck WV and needed a drugstore. I got the nearest one, with directions, in seconds. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 08:04 9
        
        I use "around me" for that. I don't tend to not be able to stop driving for two seconds to look. I don't know if we have a similar directions voice - amanda Jan 23, 08:08 7
        
        what is that? -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 08:09 6
        
        same thing as google local -- nm - decline Jan 23, 08:11 1
        
        all google is local! :) -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 08:12
        
        It is just Apples cutesy name for what android has been doing for ages. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:11
        
        lin -- (link) - amanda Jan 23, 08:10 2
        
        I use it instead of gmaps if my destination is a business. And I like how the arrows point to it from your location, so I can identify which chain - Max Jan 23, 08:11 1
        
        when I'm on the road, I think it's faster than google for like, nearest PO or nearest movie theatre or whatever. -- nm - amanda Jan 23, 08:16
        
        Okay, here I can see where it's useful. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 08:05
        
        above -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:03
    - S Voice is totally useless, but I've found Google Now to be quite good. -- nm - decline Jan 23, 07:58
  - occasionally -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 23, 07:55
  - Religiously. -- nm - David Jan 23, 07:54
Need SL collective info system....who was the rock band singer/drummer/guitar guy who had that long narrow pointed "beard" - Capstern Jan 23, 07:47 7
- I don't think Celine Dion's husband is actually in a rock band. -- nm - Ender Jan 23, 07:50 1
  - *rimshot* -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 07:50
- Scott Ian from Anthrax? -- (link) - Will Hunting Jan 23, 07:49 1
  - ding thanks -- nm - Capstern Jan 23, 07:52
- Ian from Anthrax? -- nm - groiny Jan 23, 07:49 1
  - thats it !!! thanks -- nm - Capstern Jan 23, 07:51
- Alice in Chains? -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 07:48
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- I have a shirt like that (only with the name tag like a real nametag) and had someone think Montoyo was my last name when checking my daughter into - oblique [223] Jan 23, 08:09
- I'm only intimidated by Inigo when we're playing Foxes&Hens. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 23, 07:51
- "Sir, you are making the six-fingered man in Row 6 nervous." - Reagen Jan 23, 07:51 2
  - That does put a damper on our relationship. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 07:58
  - "Anybody want some peanuts?" -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 23, 07:52
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- Defendant -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 07:52
- Assuming the intent of the statute is to punish stealing from a financial institution, I'm with the defendant. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 23, 07:51
- Defendant. Unless people are stuffing money in coffee cans in their basements, this would essentially add 2 years to any case involving over - pmb Jan 23, 07:50 10
  - But how does the penalty clause exist without financial instutions? Gold coin ponzi schemes? -- nm - Max Jan 23, 07:56 4
    - Not sure what you're asking, but I think I get at it in my post below. Essentially the use of a financial institution is irrelevant since the - pmb Jan 23, 08:02
    - the main charges at hand would be wire fraud, I'd imagine, so I'm assuming that's where the penalty clause is attached. - znufrii Jan 23, 08:01
    - If this guy got money from a financial institution (say investment loans or whatnot)...that would qualify imo - Will Hunting Jan 23, 07:58 1
      - In that case if I were the judge, I'd award the extra penalty in hopes that it would eventually kick back to the legislature for better wording. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 08:02
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  - I don't have a real problem with that. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 07:52 3
    - But then the crime itself should just have an extra 2 year penalty or they should just add 2 years for any crime over $1,000,000. The financial - pmb Jan 23, 08:00 2
      - money laundering prevention, like committing fraud through the postal service. The USPS doesn't suffer, but the penalty is higher, isn't it? -- nm - Max Jan 23, 08:08 1
        
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- defendant -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 07:50
- defendant -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 07:48
- Defendent -- the initial source of the money was the victim's and the banks were never on the hook - Will Hunting Jan 23, 07:48
- give five more years for being a smartass. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 07:48
- neither. then many should be beaten with a spatula daily for the rest of his life. - tRuMaN Jan 23, 07:47
- Defendant under the theory that words in a statute mean something. - spamlet Jan 23, 07:47
- +2 - oblique [223] Jan 23, 07:46
- Without thinking too mucg about it, I'm with the government. -- nm - volnelk Jan 23, 07:45
- Add one year on the sentence and we'll call it even -- nm - CQ Jan 23, 07:45
Gone Baby Gone on USA right now. Solid flick and I think I've only seen it once and can't remember the fallout -- nm - CQ Jan 23, 07:44 1
- My basic thoughts on it where nearly got too cute for it's own good, but still a very good movie. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 07:45

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