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OK, it sounds like the WD Caviar "Red" drives are intended for NAS/RAID uses. I wonder how their MTBF differs from Green/Black/Blue -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:36 1
- these are the ones I got. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:37
Hey babe, this next one might be a little sad but it reminded me of your eyes -- nm - Pony Tail Derek Jan 28, 10:31 1
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower spoilers - David Jan 28, 10:39
College Football: Big 10 considering a 9 or 10-game conference schedule. -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:25 1
- CBS Sports: ACC/Big 12 Scheduling Alliance makes sense -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:32
CBR has a set visit to The Saint. This is the production that CY visited a few weeks back. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 28, 10:25
Do you care and will you watch the World Baseball Classic? Did you even know there was a WBC? - Krusty Jan 28, 10:24 19
- No. Yes. -- nm - spamlet Jan 28, 10:39
- now we'll finally know which nation is superior, Venezuela or The Netherlands. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:36 3
  - Don't sleep on the Dominican Republic! - musubi Jan 28, 10:40
  - I remember being incredibly surprised to see The Netherlands in the tournament last time. - znufrii Jan 28, 10:39
  - Pitcher holds it.....holds it....*holds it*!!!! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 28, 10:39
- Care, as in care who wins? No. Care as in like watching the best foreign players? Yep. And yes, I knew it's happening. (nm) - musubi Jan 28, 10:33
- meh, meh. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 10:28
- no, no -- nm - ceregon Jan 28, 10:28
- No, yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:27
- no, yes -- nm - CQ Jan 28, 10:27
- No, yes. -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 10:27
- maybe. no i wont watch -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 28, 10:27
- perhaps, yes - prayformojo Jan 28, 10:26
- I don't care becuase most nations aren't in full swing ... it's like the soccer leagues and MLS....we're off schedule - Will Hunting Jan 28, 10:26 3
  - I don't see how that is a problem. - musubi Jan 28, 10:36 2
    - I much prefer the WBC to watching spring training games, for sure. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 28, 10:37 1
      - Yup. The level of competition is pretty awesome, and most nations (outside of the US) actually do send most of their best players. - musubi Jan 28, 10:41
- yes, yes. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 28, 10:26
- no. no. -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 10:25
hey mel :China�s Giant Transport Plane Takes Flight -- (link) - tRuMaN Jan 28, 10:14 1
- giants across asia rejoice -- nm - charlie Jan 28, 10:17
LYC: Follow up to music recommendations / discoveries - JD Jan 28, 10:12
NBC News "Exclusive: Boy Scouts close to ending ban on gay members, leaders" -- (link) - MDH Jan 28, 10:09 12
- and the walls keep falling down. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 10:38
- That's awesome. - musubi Jan 28, 10:37
- Thank Christ!! It's about time! -- nm - Jim Jan 28, 10:30 1
  - let your freak flag fly, Jim! -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:34
- Awesome. We may be moving slow, but this country is moving forward. -- nm - Spawn Jan 28, 10:15 2
  - yes - charlie Jan 28, 10:17 1
    - Dude, I am here, holding the door open for the slow asses. - Spawn Jan 28, 10:18
- now you can earn that Fabulous Badge with pride -- nm - charlie Jan 28, 10:12
- Thank God. Their prior decision was sickening. -- nm - David Jan 28, 10:11 3
  - right? they can let them join, then send them into the woods, and -- nm - groiny Jan 28, 10:12 1
    - "forget" them there. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 28, 10:12
  - I guess money talks, and when you lose that much funding, things get moving. -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 10:12
bonus prude chat q: a member of their work team may or may not be a big kiddie porn collector - charlie Jan 28, 10:07 12
- Even if it is the same dude...he was tried, convicted and sentenced...who the fuck are you, Pandora, to feel that he should be punished more? - Jim Jan 28, 10:38 1
  - The latter part of your IM is probably how the person discovered this tidbit of info (via one of those websites) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:39
- none of your business, actually. - znufrii Jan 28, 10:19
- Accusations like this can ruin a person's life, they need more than just a hunch to take any action. - Inigo Jan 28, 10:15 2
  - Very true. My cousin got so far as writing a suicide note over this false accusation. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 10:17
  - yup, and if it were me, you can add "assault" to the list of offenses. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 28, 10:17
- next bonus prude chat: a member of my team may be a nosy busybody - ceregon Jan 28, 10:12 2
  - There was no mention of the search being done on company time. -- nm - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 28, 10:17 1
    - true -- nm - ceregon Jan 28, 10:24
- I would assume this would get you in a whole big legal mess if you brought it up to supervisor/HR -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:09 1
  - as Omar says, if you come at the king, you best not miss -- nm - charlie Jan 28, 10:10
- Find out if it is the same person and if so, bring the matter to the attention of HR. -- nm - David Jan 28, 10:09
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- April 30, on "Queen's Day" -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 10:23
- "Ehhhh? Ehhh? Mum? See this paper here?" -- nm - Chuck Jan 28, 10:08
- *points and laughs* -- nm - QE II Jan 28, 10:08 1
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- It got hit by a MOP. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 28, 10:10 2
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    - ... and the potential for fallout is scary. Both literal and geopolitical. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:21
TN State Senator: Tie welfare benefits to children's progress in school -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:05 11
- Please stop giving this nutjob attention. -- nm - David Jan 28, 10:08 7
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  - For once, it's not in Georgia. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:09
  - at least it's not the other guy, right? -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:09 4
    - This guy is the one who says the most twisted stuff. The other guy is the doctor who is pro-life but forced mistresses to get abortions. - David Jan 28, 10:16 3
      - that was who I meant. I didn't know he left. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:25 1
        
        He was really despised by some folks and couldn't handle it. - David Jan 28, 10:38
      - BTW, we had a local media frenzy last year when a local restaurant refused to serve this nutter. -- nm - David Jan 28, 10:17
- The rich get richer, the poor get taught that they are stupid and poor forevermore. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:07
- what are they even doing in school? they should be out there getting a job to pay back those handouts -- nm - charlie Jan 28, 10:06
- Because if there's one thing the poor don't understand, it's that being poor sucks. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:06
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- Vince Wilfork, Lewis Black, pole vault -- nm - CQ Jan 28, 10:05
- Bill Romanowski, Dane Cook, Curling -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:03
Are you one of the 13 million people whose college degree makes you overqualified for your job? -- (link) - znufrii Jan 28, 09:57 8
- Overqualified is as ridiculous a term as giving 110%. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 10:20 1
  - Overqualified is a term employers use to mean "We can't afford to pay him what he's looking for" - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:34
- (nitpick, 13 million is not "almost half" of 41 million) -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 10:02 1
  - almost a third, almost half, same thing. -- nm - Spawn Jan 28, 10:17
- *adds 1 more tally to the education bubble* - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:02 3
  - How do you make that determination, though, without inviting the accusation that you're unfairly depriving kids of educational opportunities? - znufrii Jan 28, 10:05 2
    - Yes, it's tricky. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:07 1
      - and it's further complicated by the fact that the blue collar economy that supported investment in vocational education has declined -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 10:14
MLB sounds *pissed* at the Dodgers over this deal. -- nm - David Jan 28, 09:56 1
- It's how they structured the risk, given the tv group is assuming the risk, that money isn't revenue-sharing eligible. - Will Hunting Jan 28, 10:24
Soooo ... who wants to send me screenshots of how the beta site renders on their browser? I've tested on OS X (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) and iPhone -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 09:55 6
- what's the password again ? -- nm - decline Jan 28, 10:10 3
  - username: beta, password: st-beta-2013 -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:13 2
    - I've got screen caps from my galaxy S3. Looks good. Want me to email them ? -- nm - decline Jan 28, 10:14 1
      - yes please, slackertalk at g -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:18
- You don't have Parallels or something for testing? -- nm - Guigue Jan 28, 10:01 1
  - My Mac mini doesn't have enough ram to handle it, and my MacBook pro is for work stuff only (no work license of parallels) - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:05
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Voter fraud *does* exist! - TWuG Jan 28, 09:52 1
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B3: Yes, looking into the sky and seeing the smoke from the Challenger is one of my earliest childhood memories. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 09:49
Unusual question I just got that unfortunately I have no way to answer: "Do you have recordings of songs in B flat?" -- nm - mara Jan 28, 09:47 8
- Heh, if you hit the wrong note, we'll all "B flat!" -- nm - Mikey Jan 28, 10:01
- as we learned from the cinematic opus of the same name, 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' was recorded in the key of Bb. -- nm - Diva Jan 28, 10:01
- Say Say Say! -- (link) - Reagen Jan 28, 09:52 3
  - *hate* - znufrii Jan 28, 09:56 1
    - Everything I Do (from Robin Hood) is written in D-flat minor. Pain in the fuckin' ass. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:03
  - all of the lights! -- nm - amanda Jan 28, 09:52
- "no" - Spawn Jan 28, 09:51
- what an odd question. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 09:48
ST Poll: Will JJ Abrams' Star Wars movie be good? -- nm - Inigo Jan 28, 09:47 27
- Yes. -- nm - Stephen, on a Quest for Six! Jan 28, 10:20
- I don't know. I think I'm so over Star Wars that it would have to be spectacular to overcome my disinterest. - TWuG Jan 28, 09:55
- better than the prequels? yeah -- nm - charlie Jan 28, 09:55
- It will be better than any previous Star Wars movie. I say that with certainty. -- nm - David Jan 28, 09:54
- Depends on who writes it -- nm - decline Jan 28, 09:54 1
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- Yes. Not enjoyed as much as the original trilogy, but far closer to that than the prequels were. -- nm - Spawn Jan 28, 09:50
- I'm more hopeful than not that it will be good. - Mel Profit Jan 28, 09:50
- I think it will be seen as being better than it actually is, in comparison to its predecessors. -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 09:50
- most likely yes. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 28, 09:50
- Better than the prequels but not as good as 4 or 5. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 09:49
- Yep -- nm - prayformojo Jan 28, 09:47
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  - Judging by the Empire Strikes Back references in Lost, Abrams is clearly a fan of that particular film. - Inigo Jan 28, 09:51 1
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- define "good"...nm -- nm - groiny Jan 28, 09:47 10
  - Will you like it? Will it be well reviewed like Star Trek was? -- nm - Inigo Jan 28, 09:48 9
    - I think it will be better than any of the 3 latest installments. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 28, 09:49 8
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        the JJ Line -- nm - charlie Jan 28, 10:03
        
        to be fiar, if the storyline is similar to the last 3, no one can make them good. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 28, 09:51 5
        
        If anyone can make galactic tax protests interesting, it's JJ Abrams ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 09:52 4
        
        "Needs more smoke monster" -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:04 3
        
        Intergalactic penguins? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 10:12 2
        
        ~intergalactic - planetary~ -- nm - Strongbad Jan 28, 10:29
        
        We have replaced the Death Star with a big metal hatch...... nm -- nm - JJ Jan 28, 10:14
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i cant stream previously aired cartoons, but i can watch the live tv feed? ok, i can accept that - tRuMaN Jan 28, 09:47
SITWAP: Barnes & Noble to close a third of its stores over the next 10 years -- (link) - znufrii Jan 28, 09:45
Huh. I just used missingmoney.com and found 2 claims I can make for over $100 each -- nm - decline Jan 28, 09:40 1
- Nice. I was just checking as well. Nothing here. :-( -- nm - Krusty Jan 28, 09:42
There's apparently no one here that I won't be confused with -- nm - prayformojo Jan 28, 09:40 6
- Except for an A lister. You'll never be confused for an A lister. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Jan 28, 10:21
- To be fair, there *are* a lot of lawyers on the board and you aren't the only person from ST that lives in Chicago. - TWuG Jan 28, 09:48
- masgter of disguise! -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 09:45 2
  - (that g is a master of infiltration) -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 09:46 1
    - Am I not turtley enough? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 28, 09:47
- That's because you're special, dogbert. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 09:41
I have interviews from 1-5 today, so I'd like to get an email subscription to ST. either that or some B2S's. ok? thanks. you're all great. -- nm - amanda Jan 28, 09:39 1
- RSS was invented for this! :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 09:40

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