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Netflix turns a profit. Wall Street goes nuts. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 14:32 3
- Presently showing a 33% bump in stock price in after hours trading. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 14:36
- C'mon man -- nm - Apple Jan 23, 14:33 1
  - Hey, I'm as surprised as anyone. -- nm - Reed Hastings Jan 23, 14:35
LYC: I'm going to work on a new laminated list tonight and I will name my starting five tomorrow. - CQ Jan 23, 14:31 3
- Bery, what do you think of a simple webform with headshots where we could all have five votes... - Dr.Vermin Jan 23, 14:32
- it's good to have goals. -- nm - b. Jan 23, 14:32 1
  - golf clap -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 14:39
I want the James Rollins books series the Sigma Corp books done as movies. Map of Bones was great -- nm - Remlik Fontaine Jan 23, 14:26 5
- I'm good for this too. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 14:28
- They're like a much more entertaining Dan Brown series. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:26 3
  - And Maggie Q better be Seichan. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:29 1
    - *LIKES* -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 14:33
  - totally. -- nm - Remlik Fontaine Jan 23, 14:28
PC Gamers: THQ assets sold, split 5-ways -- (link) - budice Jan 23, 14:25 2
- Shocker, I know. Ubisoft bought the Montreal development studio. - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 14:34
- It doesn't matter how it was split! -- nm - The Rock Jan 23, 14:26
boy do i hate this goddamnsmartphone - prayformojo Jan 23, 14:22
I want to know what happened to adapting Matthew Reilly's "Ice Station" into a movie. Those rights sold super quick. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 14:19 33
- Threadjack: How many books have you read so far this year? (4) -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 14:23 19
  - Ummm. None? I finished Cryptnomicon but started that well in last year. Should finish Sacre Bleu soon though -- nm - JD Jan 23, 14:37
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  - 4 (in the middle of the fifth). -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 23, 14:33
  - Finished one, currently in the middle of two others. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 23, 14:31
  - I think it's 6. -- nm - b. Jan 23, 14:30
  - I'm at 5-6, the Nook really upped my reading -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 14:25
  - 6 or 7 Jack Reacher books -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 14:25
  - This board is full of damned book bullies. -- nm - David Jan 23, 14:25 7
    - I would think Kim would have acclimated you to this. - ty97 Jan 23, 14:31
    - I swear 97 polls it this much just to make me feel like a shitty person. -- nm - TFox Jan 23, 14:25 5
      - fwiw, for me, it's not the size of the list, it's more that there is one. - b. Jan 23, 14:32 2
        
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        I do agree. I go threw fits and starts of book reading. And lots of folks don't read books, but read tons of other stuff. - ty97 Jan 23, 14:33
      - This is not what makes you a shitty person. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 14:30 1
        
        Phew -- nm - TFox Jan 23, 14:30
  - i am on #3 for 2013. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 14:24
  - I'm on book #4 (Sigma series) -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:24 2
    - Oh James Rollins! I like him. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 14:24
    - #4 for the year, #6 in the series. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:24
- You people read a lot -- nm - con_carne Jan 23, 14:22
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  - Your IM is exactly why I want to see just one of his books made into a movie. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 14:24
  - The one with the President at Area 51 is among the most insane things I've ever read. - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:23 6
    - Please tell me you have read David Lynn Golemon's "Event Group Novels?" - MDH Jan 23, 14:25 3
      - oh hell yes. Rollins is still better but the Event Books are fun B Movie books -- nm - Remlik Fontaine Jan 23, 14:36
      - No......should I have? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:26 1
        
        They are in the same vain as a Rollins/Reilly. There's 4-5. I've read them all, decent enough. -- (link) - MDH Jan 23, 14:28
    - The initial setup is so hilariously ludicrous. I love it. - TFox Jan 23, 14:24 1
      - *nods* I swear, the entire time I read it, I was in shocked disbelief. - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:25
- They realized it wasn't that great a book. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:20 2
  - True, but that movie would be a hot mess of action. -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 14:21 1
    - There aren't enough deaths of military operatives by killer whales in Hollywood. -- nm - TFox Jan 23, 14:22
Thanks to Wolfram Alpha's Facebook analytics, I've discovered that one of YOU knows one of my former students. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 23, 14:15 7
- And it's someone... in this room! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 14:37
- I know I had a connection with one of your friends in that we shared a college. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 14:17 1
  - They are neighbors and cow orkers and awesome people. - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 23, 14:26
- hmmm... - znufrii Jan 23, 14:15 3
  - Not you. - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 23, 14:17 2
    - Me? -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 14:22 1
      - Nope. (spoiler) - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 23, 14:27
dont read this - prayformojo Jan 23, 14:14 2
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- I'm a rebel -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 14:14
Jim Irsay Mailed A Fan $8,500 In Cash For Predicting The Score Of The AFC Championship -- (link) - Beaker Jan 23, 14:14
Featurette about "Escape From Tomorrow", the Sundance film shot on the low-down at Disneyland. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 14:08
i wonder how differently this play if it were someone from lsu or usc -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 14:05 6
- rather than notre dame -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 14:07
- If it was Division II or III we wouldn't even know about this. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 14:06 3
  - I think the Heisman stuff made a big difference. -- nm - mara Jan 23, 14:24
  - would it ever even have happened? -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 14:07 1
    - someone would've called elves a long time ago. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 14:08
- Lane Kiffin would be taking the brunt if it had happened at USC. -- nm - David Jan 23, 14:06
I mean, how much money does one person really need? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 23, 14:03 19
- Well, I'm barely scraping by with 19mil a year after taxes; I'm down to not being able to afford a Triple-A team. -- nm - Lefty Jan 23, 14:10
- If we had won the lottery last year, we had agreed to pay off everyone here's credit cards, car payments and mortgages. -- nm - David Jan 23, 14:07 12
  - *buys 2 more houses and waits for David to win* -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:11
  - Eff the renters! -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 14:10 10
    - I guess we would have bought them all a house. I hadn't even considered that. - David Jan 23, 14:11 9
      - Renters don't want houses. We want meth. And effing action figures and shit. -- nm - TFox Jan 23, 14:14 7
        
        just a lifetime of Pabst Blue Ribbon, please. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 14:17 1
        
        "Cletus, check out my brand new video game chair! It has the speakers in the head thing! Hoooooo-eee!" -- nm - TFox Jan 23, 14:18
        
        David's cheque to Remlik would be enormous! -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 14:15 4
        
        I have 2 action figures. -- nm - Remlik Fontaine Jan 23, 14:24 3
        
        In your store? -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 14:28
        
        And 9,873 dolls. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:24 1
        
        nope. I have a few statues (like 4). I do have all the Enterprise Playarts ships except for the Enterprise B. It's $175 -- nm - Remlik Fontaine Jan 23, 14:27
      - "Listen TFox, you're going to take this house and you're going to like it, renter." -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 14:12
- right, so if anyone has extra, feel free to send it my way :) -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 14:06
- Not sure. I've got some hard choices ahead. -- nm - Lefty Jan 23, 14:06
- enough to buy my way onto Team Nigella -- nm - crash davis Jan 23, 14:04 2
  - I take it then that you enjoyed The Taste? -- nm - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 23, 14:06 1
    - I think it had some pacing issues, but other than that, I did - crash davis Jan 23, 14:13
Dawson REB2: The market is efficient in the long term // casino in the short term. - ty97 Jan 23, 14:03 5
- some of the market movement is playing the fundamentals, and some of it is playing the players. - znufrii Jan 23, 14:05
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  - There's no inconsistency. -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 14:05 1
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- One word. - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 23, 14:03
Among the names Morgan Stanley employees came up with to name a collective of mortgage securities in 2007? -- (link) - znufrii Jan 23, 13:57 3
- so not a big deal. -- nm - TFox Jan 23, 13:59 2
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    - With no criminal charges for these activities, the world's smallest violin has a lot of free time. -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 14:18
Really, why can't we get an early Mitch Rapp movie? C'mon! - Will Hunting Jan 23, 13:57 1
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So they're actually doing Without Remorse? Anyone know if it is contemporary or period? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 13:57 9
- It's part of the Jack Ryan reboot, which starts with an original movie, "Jack Ryan" which should have just finished shooting. Not period. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 14:03 2
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    - If she runs out of scalpels, she can just slice people open with those cheekbones. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 23, 14:06
- It better be goddamned period piece. - Will Hunting Jan 23, 13:59 4
  - Kevin Costner and Tom Hardy... -- nm - MDH Jan 23, 14:03
  - Tom Hardy -- nm - Remlik Fontaine Jan 23, 14:02
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  - Agreed. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 14:00
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Artist of Kate's official portrait still trying to defend his crappy work. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 13:56 19
- they've should've gotten Chuck Close to do it. -- nm - znufrii Jan 23, 14:13 1
  - there's a whole stable of Royal Academy artists who could have done it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 14:14
- it's still better than this -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 23, 14:03
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  - She doesn't look 45 and bloated in the photo. At least not to me. She does in the painting. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 14:07 1
    - we were talking about this in my portrait class on Saturday. Our teacher has painted famous people herself and she hates it. - loosilu Jan 23, 14:10
  - as a (wannabe) portrait artist, I completely disagree. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 14:06
  - I'm kinda with you on this. The painting looks very much like the photo. -- nm - Jim Jan 23, 14:03
  - I see a bunch of differences, notably the contrast. He put it all in her face, everything else is washed out, and it brings out all the bad details in - Guigue Jan 23, 14:01 1
    - yep. -- nm - b. Jan 23, 14:18
  - "Mr. Simpson. Let it all hang out... You, conceal it!" -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 13:59
  - Photo? If I'm having a royal portrait done I am posing for that f*cker. -- nm - con_carne Jan 23, 13:58 5
    - That particular artist probalby does not work from life. That's his style. Photorealistic paintings are always done from photos. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 14:07
    - that's a lot of time. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 13:59 3
      - Most of them do sit for the painter at least a few times. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 14:07
      - So a few plaques will go unveiled. We're talking British royalty here. -- nm - con_carne Jan 23, 14:06 1
        
        in most cases, for official portraits, they will sit for it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 14:08
  - but, puffier. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 13:58
- she looks bloated and 45. -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 13:56
REB2Halo: You get the Master Chief armor for completing the campaign on Legendary. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 13:54 1
- Yep. People still ask me where I got the helmet. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 13:55
I just looked up the guy who directed Heigl and Butler in Ugly Truth...he doubled down with her in The Killers with Ashton - Will Hunting Jan 23, 13:54
*writes out IOU to Mop for one betrayal* -- nm - crash davis Jan 23, 13:53 5
- Even better (spoilers) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 13:55
- Can I buy those in advance? -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 13:53 3
  - You need the Costco multipack. -- nm - David Jan 23, 13:56
  - betrayals in general or betrayals of Mop? -- nm - crash davis Jan 23, 13:55 1
    - Since I've started driving the hog in Exile, betrayals are par for the course. - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 14:01
Restaurants are banning taking pictures of your food. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 13:51 10
- LOL - someone mentions the dad taking pics of the food - not them and the grandkids ... LOL LOL LOL -- nm - JenBro Jan 23, 14:07
- they should just say 'no flash photography'. without a flash, who cares? -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 14:04
- oh whatever. It bothers the Chef who is in the back overseeing the Kitchen? offs -- nm - Remlik Fontaine Jan 23, 14:03 1
  - a lot of chefs are *incredibly* whiny about social media, customer-reviews, and more. - b. Jan 23, 14:16
- �It�s hard to build a memorable evening when flashes are flying every six minutes.� - Dr.Vermin Jan 23, 14:00
- They need to just snap every dish that comes out, and then display them to you as you leave so you can buy them - con_carne Jan 23, 13:56 3
  - eff that. I paid for the food, I can take a picture of it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 23, 14:11 1
    - I'm tending to agree with you, but not for that reason. - con_carne Jan 23, 14:29
  - Yeah, but then you have to start monitoring the photo wall in case the food starts flashing or doing other inappropriate things. -- nm - Ender Jan 23, 14:01
- *Instagram value plummets* -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 13:52
Turns out we know woefully little about the company that has licensed the rights to produce new Kodak cameras. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 23, 13:51
Ty is a very smart dude. -- nm - David Jan 23, 13:50
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- It would certainly make for something nice to nap by. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 23, 13:51 4
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    - pfm will back me up! -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 23, 13:52 2
      - I enjoyed the description of NY in the 1890's but the detective story was not that exciting -- nm - amoxy Jan 23, 13:54 1
        
        nope -- nm - CQ Jan 23, 14:09

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