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I think its snowed 2 inches in the last two hours. is that possible? -- nm - amanda Jan 25, 13:09 3
- When I was little, I was obsessed with the question: What if all the rain (or snow) fell at once? -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 13:12 1
  - This led me to what-if.xkcd.com - unrelated, but the most recent entry ends on a very funny note -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 25, 13:16
- I think so. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 13:09
Wow. Local news story about a pedestrian hit by a car, and the county is not disclosing his name. From the Comments: - loosilu Jan 25, 13:09 18
- "Why aren't you making samples of his public hair freely available, so that I may burn it in a Satanic rite of salvation with my coven? -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 13:15
- You owe me a pie for making me read the comments section. Boysenberry -- nm - amoxy Jan 25, 13:13
- I think the hundreds of Christians are overstating their power in the matter. -- nm - David Jan 25, 13:11 7
  - or understating God's power in figuring it out. -- nm - Max Jan 25, 13:12
  - not to mention ... they need his name or it won't work? -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 13:11 5
    - Well there's all the paper work. These things don't just happen without following the procedures. -- nm - pmb Jan 25, 13:13 1
      - they might end up praying for ME! -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 13:13
    - how would God know? who is he, God? -- nm - TFox Jan 25, 13:13 2
      - "Nope, sorry, this petition required 25,000 signatures." *thumbs...down* -- nm - God Jan 25, 13:14 1
        
        those prayers from the Jews don't count either. Only Christians. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 13:14
- now we've all read from the comments section. great. -- nm - Diva Jan 25, 13:10 6
  - $ 59 bucks right into the jar! -- nm - ST. Epiphany Jan 25, 13:12
  - I helped you out by cutting and pasting! -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 13:12 1
    - heh... -- nm - Diva Jan 25, 13:14
  - heh. "ew! ew ew ew! You infected us!" -- nm - Max Jan 25, 13:11
  - shit, you're right. she's just trying to get extra cash into the comment jar, clearly. -- nm - amanda Jan 25, 13:11 1
    - *sets up a paypal link, cashes in* -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 13:12
- WTF? -- nm - Andie Jan 25, 13:09
Gen Y is so pretty -- (link) - charlie Jan 25, 13:05 5
- I've heard of them but I think I mistook them for another band because the song linked sounds nothing like the band I'm thinking of. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 25, 13:12
- I've never heard of them. -- nm - Ender Jan 25, 13:11 3
  - Me either -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 25, 13:14
  - Wow. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 13:13
  - I can do nothing for you, son -- nm - Jeff Bridges Jan 25, 13:13
so, last friday (the 18th) i had my second interview with a company. at what point do i call and inquire? - tRuMaN Jan 25, 12:59 9
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  - not really, just that they were possibly going to invite the final candidate(s) to sit with the board treasurer - tRuMaN Jan 25, 13:11
- Today. One week is a fair amount of time plus it gives them a chance to keep you in mind over the weekend assuming they didn't say "we'll get back to - oblique [220] Jan 25, 13:05
- Yes. It's okay to ask when they expect to make a decision. - ST. Epiphany Jan 25, 13:03 3
  - wow - it's up to 2 people now? Good that you left first, trendsetter. -- nm - Diva Jan 25, 13:07 2
    - All the cool kids are doing it. If my old boss leaves, me leaving will have something to do with it - ST. Epiphany Jan 25, 13:11 1
      - *smh*. glad you're out of there and hope the next place is much better. - Diva Jan 25, 13:18
- Yeah, I would contact them Monday. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 13:01 1
  - I would say wednesday. give them a day to notify the candidate they've picked, another day to maybe get a letter in the mail. -- nm - amanda Jan 25, 13:02
Cover letter is done and sent. Thanks all! *crosses fingers and toes* -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 12:58 4
- good luck! -- nm - Diva Jan 25, 13:05
- Good luck! -- nm - ST. Epiphany Jan 25, 12:59 2
  - If I get it I'll be able to work from home. :-) You guys get more of me. Suckers. -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 13:00 1
    - Sounds like a sweet gig. -- nm - ST. Epiphany Jan 25, 13:04
*Golf Spoilers* - Strongbad Jan 25, 12:58
Why straight men should care about transgender rights (and the rights of any other marginalized segment of society for that matter) -- (link) - znufrii Jan 25, 12:56 2
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- Same arguments go for bullying (also e.g., the Aaron Schwartz, Weev, Turing, and other absurd comp sci witchhunts) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 13:04
amoxy, thanks for the myfitnesspal tip....approaching my 3rd completed week and ahead of schedule with 4 lbs lost....and it's easy. - CrankYanker Jan 25, 12:54
Excel help! This one I think is tricky - Jovian Jan 25, 12:52 9
- I would use FIND and LEFT or RIGHT functions. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 13:08 1
  - I... don't use these. maybe I should learn them next week. -- nm - amanda Jan 25, 13:12
- can you data -- > text to columns --> examine the column withe numbers you want? that's the quickest way, I would think. -- nm - amanda Jan 25, 12:59
- There are lots of ways. Do you know that it will always start with 0 and there will be no other 0 before it? - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:53 3
  - I think so, but I dont have any idea what your inner message means -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 12:58 2
    - See this -- (link) - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:58 1
      - I see what you were saying. Thanks. -- nm - Jovian Jan 25, 13:04
- giggle the cables -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:52 1
  - heheh -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 13:00
"Get this Forrest Gump off of my back, because I cannot deal with an IQ lower than 100!" -- nm - Overheard in the office Jan 25, 12:46
from backboards, Simcity: I played through the tutorial and was only whelmed. It auto-set my graphics ridiculously low. - Qale Jan 25, 12:28 26
- Still haven't been able to get it to start. According to the readme my graphics card is good enough, but the installer doesn't think so. -- nm - Ender Jan 25, 12:54
- Ugh! Do I really want to buy a computer just to play this? - spamlet Jan 25, 12:42 19
  - Seems like with the price points they need to be at the "next-gen" consoles are just going to be good PCs from 2 years ago capability wise - SG3 Jan 25, 13:02
  - use your server computer, just hook it to a tv or monitor or something -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 25, 12:51
  - My Core 2 Duo + GSO 9600 system still works fine for all the PC games I use. That's a 3 year old system I think -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:47 12
    - I think that the DVR would run it but 1. I have no monitor on it and 2. I don't want to tax it while it's doing other things. - spamlet Jan 25, 12:51 11
      - It shouldn't be any problem. 1) Your TV is a monitor :) 2) The hardware encoder that the HD recorder uses takes very little system resources - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:52 10
        
        It's an old TV with no HDMI. Is there something I can do with a VGA output to get it on a TV? - spamlet Jan 25, 12:55 9
        
        if you get a cheap video card, it may have s-video out. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 25, 12:57
        
        does it have DVI? -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 12:55 7
        
        I doubt it. It's a 19" tube tv. -- nm - spamlet Jan 25, 12:55 6
        
        You are now my sworn enemy. -- nm - David Jan 25, 13:07
        
        Isn't the coal to fuel it kind of expensive? -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 13:00 1
        
        Cranking it is a bitch. -- nm - spamlet Jan 25, 13:07
        
        A what? -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:59
        
        *blinks* -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:58
        
        time to buy a new tv then. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 25, 12:57
  - I sort of did. but I was due for an update this year anyway. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 12:45 2
    - *laughs and points* -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:45 1
      - I think I've wrestled Windows 8 to the ground now. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 12:46
  - I somewhat doubt it. I really was wondering that when I bought this PC last Spring would it end up my last desktop ever. - Qale Jan 25, 12:43
- I'm gonna get this one... I think it will be a constantly evolving product and cutting consoles out is only going to make that easier -- nm - SG3 Jan 25, 12:36
- Yes. It's 1 hour at a time. I'm going to give it a shot when I get home before Halo. SimCity though isn't one of those games where one hour is - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:30 3
  - If it turns out to be something I'm not digging, I guess I can look at it like I only spent 20 bucks on it since I'll get 20 in promotional credit, - Qale Jan 25, 12:35 2
    - I've always enjoyed the SimCity games and never feel bad about supporting the franchise, much like Civ -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:36 1
      - A return to Maxis certainly can't be a bad thing. -- nm - Qale Jan 25, 12:40
Mel, you around? - WarMachine with War Drum Jan 25, 12:25 6
- That it is. - Mel Profit Jan 25, 12:41 5
  - Already did. - WarMachine Jan 25, 12:45 4
    - Thanks and Ah... - Mel Profit Jan 25, 12:48 3
      - Yeah, but that is a huge change of principal if it is the case. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:49 2
        
        Yep, it's yet again them moving the goalposts. - Mel Profit Jan 25, 12:57 1
        
        Okay, Rincewind just said they actually multiattacked him last week? - Spawn Jan 25, 13:11
bonus friday hax chat q: he works regular hours, wife works a lot of overtime. she expects him to be available on a moment's notice when she's free - charlie Jan 25, 12:20 33
- That's all right. If you're not available, she'll find someone else. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 25, 12:49 1
  - Yuuup -- nm - ST. Epiphany Jan 25, 12:58
- she ISN"T working overtime. she is having an affair. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 12:46
- even if the 2 of you owned your own business and worked at home, the hours would vary...Get over it! -- nm - peglegpete Jan 25, 12:46
- I wonder if those hours she's working mean she's making more than him? Unspoken resentment there? -- nm - Meg Jan 25, 12:37 2
  - Probably more of a control issue. Even if she is making more, having to work so much cancels it out I would think. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:39 1
    - my guess. -- nm - amanda Jan 25, 13:00
- Man the fuck up. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:30 1
  - he's trying to, but she won't let him be the one in charge! -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 12:40
- I don't get this. Is he resentful he's not as busy or something? If so, get some outside interests. But if he's available with nothing better to do, - Diva Jan 25, 12:25 17
  - I understand the issue slightly because I kinda have had the same situation for years where my wife works lots of odd hours. I'd often get frustrated - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:32 11
    - that's sounds like...*gasp!* a grown-up talking! - Diva Jan 25, 12:34 9
      - *washes mouth out with soap* -- nm - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:36 8
        
        tell the truth - does "a game or a project" translate to 'i was sitting on the sofa playing video games in my underwear and I don't want to stop."? - Diva Jan 25, 12:38 7
        
        In all honesty? If I get home and change out of my dress clothes into comfies, I am not exactly pleased if I have to get dressed again to go out. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:48 2
        
        as stated in the im - i've been there and I get it. - Diva Jan 25, 12:57 1
        
        and I'm no Jack Flash at this time of year either. - Mel Profit Jan 25, 13:03
        
        well, I usually had pants on and was in the basement but pretty much - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:40 3
        
        she took HSXWorld away from us?! -- nm - charlie Jan 25, 12:42 1
        
        sadly, that was my own doing. When I moved to a hosting provider they had an outage that took out my data and it never really recovered - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:46
        
        I believe everything in the above post except for the pants part. -- nm - Diva Jan 25, 12:41
    - beck & kilbo -- nm - charlie Jan 25, 12:33
  - he wants to be the one in the drivers seat. -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 12:29 2
    - then he should take control of his own time. she can't help her schedule, but it's odd for him to resent her trying to make time for them. -- nm - Diva Jan 25, 12:31 1
      - exactly, he's just being a total dick. -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 12:32
  - That's the underlying problem he's not articulating. -- nm - pmb Jan 25, 12:27
  - right? like, no-one is telling you to do nothing in case she is free. -- nm - Andie Jan 25, 12:26
- how horrible that your wife wants to spend her free time doing something with you. - Andie Jan 25, 12:25 1
  - she's smothering him with these spontaneous demands! -- nm - charlie Jan 25, 12:28
- If you have plans you're not obligated to break them if she's free. If you don't have plans, go and have fun with your wife, dumbass. -- nm - pmb Jan 25, 12:23
- offs - znufrii Jan 25, 12:23
- Be thankful she wants to spend time with you, she could be with her bf -- nm - amoxy Jan 25, 12:22
- Taken from the blog post I was reading earlier. If you were dating her, wouldn't you jump at the chance to go out when she was available? - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:22
So gotta love when stepkids dad gives me a call out of the blue - eag Jan 25, 12:18 1
- Will he just go away again? -- nm - ST. Epiphany Jan 25, 13:00
STIS: Does anyone have a good site for help with writing a cover letter or an example of a good cover letter? - Krusty Jan 25, 12:14 11
- we can crowdsource it for you -- nm - charlie Jan 25, 12:20
- To whom it may concern: awright stop whatcha doin', cuz I'm about to ruin the image and the style (of job applicants) that you're used to." -- nm - Dr.Vermin's Jan 25, 12:18 2
  - I look funny, but yo I'm makin money within reasonably negoitiated salary terms -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 12:41
  - Hahaha. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 12:20
- SheFox used this site and I thought it was actually very impressive. -- (link) - TFox Jan 25, 12:18 2
  - (You may need to pay to actually download or print the letter, is the beef.) - TFox Jan 25, 12:19
  - Thanks, checking it out now. -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 12:19
- Unfortunately, no. Did you Google "cover letter [job]"? - spamlet Jan 25, 12:16 3
  - I did but they're all over the place with their advice. Stupid cover letter. -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 12:18 2
    - I'll let you in on a secret. - spamlet Jan 25, 12:41 1
      - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 12:59
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- is your virus protection up to date ? -- nm - decline Jan 25, 12:20 1
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*pictures pfm at his bus stop like Herman in the sewers in Scrooged* -- nm - charlie Jan 25, 12:10
dolphin apparently stuck in Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal :( -- (link) - znufrii Jan 25, 12:09 5
- What a strange animal. -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 12:18
- Damn. That water is nasty. I hope the get free it and get it back to open water. -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 12:16
- Of all the places to get stuck, Gowanas Canal is one of the most poorly named -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:11 1
  - (bah. typo. Oh well.) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:11
- fuckin redmond. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 25, 12:10
I love this assassination at 3:14 -- (link) - oblique [220] Jan 25, 12:08 [youtube] 2
- That's phenomenal. -- nm - David Jan 25, 12:30
- I am shocked we have not been spotted in any of these videos. -- nm - groiny Jan 25, 12:10

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