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Hollywood directors make attack ads for McCain -- (link) - Reagen Oct 23, 11:46 [youtube] 1
- That's pretty damn funny. -- nm - Jelly Oct 23, 11:53
The Woot "shirts as costumes" contenders are up. I like em a lot. -- (link) - TFox Oct 23, 11:45 1
- hee. I like the kangaroo one. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 12:15
sitwap: BSG Season 4 DVD 1/6/09 -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 11:44
We're going to attack you to make sure you don't develop the capability to prevent us from attacking you at will in the future. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 23, 11:41 5
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- It's basic Civilization strategy. Go to war and seize their iron mine, then run over them with swordsmen. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 11:45 3
  - or in this case, their uranium. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 11:47
  - its even better to hit them before they develop the phalanx -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:47 1
    - if they discover alpine troops, it's all over. -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 11:47
eternal sunshine now available for mice. -- (link) - pixie loves mandy lane Oct 23, 11:39 1
- Haha. Good! Now Minnie can forget about my "incident" with Goofy. Haha. -- nm - Mickey Mouse SI Oct 23, 11:42
hey pixie, sitwap - first an Eisenhower, then a Buckley, and now a Goldwater -- (link) - crash davis Oct 23, 11:37 3
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- Excellent post. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:41 1
  - here is another, I'll pretend that its important that the McCain campaign pissed off Miss Virginia as its an excuse to look a photos of Miss Virginia -- (link) - crash davis Oct 23, 11:46
Maybe it's not "doody-coloured". Maybe it's "chocolate-coloured". :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:35 3
- "Doodymobile"... - glory Oct 23, 11:37 1
  - nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah... Doody. DOODY. DOODY!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 11:47
- : ) well, you'll all know tomorrow! -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:36
GM suspends matching payments to employee 401K plans. -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 23, 11:29 6
- what about their regular pensions? did the employees give them up for the 401k? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 11:32 2
  - Does it matter? Isn't the first thing to be cut always the pension for retired employees? What are they going to do? Strike? -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:45
  - They may still have that, some places (including fed govt. have both). -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 11:34
- I fell very bad for their employees. I'm going to be pissed when we bail out GM though. -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 11:29 2
  - i don't. they've had a very sweet ride for a very long time. the rest of the world doesn't all get those benefits. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:38
  - Why? If they take AIG's tact, they won't cut anything until forced, and then it will only be vague. wtf - Banzai! Oct 23, 11:31
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- Here's my latest wacky October Surprise conspiracy theory - Reagen Oct 23, 11:29 11
  - Mine - Spawn Oct 23, 11:43 2
    - With his questionable judgement I'd have no choice to vote for him then. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 11:44
    - "You're a better man than I am, you c*nt!!" -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 11:43
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    - Don't insult poor Dubya like that -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 11:34
    - hmmm? -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 11:34 2
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        oh, that...well, the undamental idea is sound - znufrii Oct 23, 11:39
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    - it's telling that I'm not actually sure what would happen from that. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 11:36 1
      - Playing the Bill Simmons game of "How much would you pay?".....Put me down for $500. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 23, 11:37
- It's all over now. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 23, 11:28 1
  - About three weeks ago when the markets starting falling and Palin was exposed. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 23, 11:29
sitwap - Dr. Pepper reveals plans on how its going to make good on its Chinese Democracy offer -- (link) - crash davis Oct 23, 11:26 5
- Sweet! -- nm - psilotum Oct 23, 11:37
- so you have to buy the album to get a Dr. Pepper? -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:28 1
  - Nope/ -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 11:30
- We'll just run the plant an extra ten minutes, get a few thousand bottles ready to go and wait for the hordes of people to yawn and ignore this album. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 11:28
- you're right you should be sorry! -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 11:27
Yahoo.ca frontpage title: VP candidate (Palin) says she is a big reader, wants son named 'Zamboni.' -- (link) - Guigue Oct 23, 11:20 4
- I've got this thread covered, guys. No one else needs to respond to it. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:32
- But the real America hates intellectuals! Reading above a 4th grade level should disqualify you from the presidency! -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:29
- That's it. I can't take this anymore. Sarah Palin, you're fired! -- nm - John McCain, Maverick Oct 23, 11:28 1
  - This can be McCain's October surprise. It'll work better than anything else he's tried so far. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:29
I'm concluding that hsx really doesn't care about the core players, the ones with mega ports because its the small newbie players that tell them more - zeitgeist Oct 23, 11:18 58
- Eh, I'm giving them a chance to fix the ports... - glory Oct 23, 11:40 2
  - I've found that by clicking in the port somewhere you can use the scroll wheel on your mouse without using their scroll bar. -- nm - pmb Oct 23, 11:44 1
    - That doesn't seem to work for me. It will only start scrolling through two stocks at a time... - glory Oct 23, 11:50
- You could argue that the success of TT in maintaining a loyal base (even among those who weren't playing much anymore) was the basis for them deciding - pmb Oct 23, 11:40
- That may be true. But if it was their intention to increase site socialization aspects... - Mop Oct 23, 11:22 36
  - Step 1: Rebuild. ... Step 3: Profit. -- nm - HSX Oct 23, 11:24
  - Why is there a need for social networking? That's not the purpose of the game. -- nm - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 11:23 34
    - The purpose of the game is to make money for the owners of the site. They are apparently trying to enhance that. - ty97 Oct 23, 11:28 22
      - We diehard TTers don't matter anymore because if their site works, they can spare to lose us. -- nm - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 11:29 21
        
        I disagree. They need to maintain an established user base, regardless of who plays the game. - Mop Oct 23, 11:31 20
        
        I don't see how 100 snarky people talking about sex and politics, half of whom don't play HSX, actually benefits them. - ty97 Oct 23, 11:37 16
        
        *ding* -- nm - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 11:39
        
        Then they shouldn't have had a beta. Just roll it out. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:38 8
        
        They basically did. (Cause doesn't look like much if anything changed from the beta version). -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 11:49
        
        Bhe beta was to test the game, not to gauge our support of their new forum model. - ty97 Oct 23, 11:40 6
        
        This, I agree entirely. The beta test was a bug hunt, not a usability test. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:43 2
        
        But it was dumb in this regard, because the main features were so annoying, many of us didn't use it enough to really find bugs. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 11:48 1
        
        *reads in teeny voice* -- nm - loosilu Oct 23, 11:49
        
        That's true - they already knew TTers wouldn't like the forum format -- nm - CovingtonCat Oct 23, 11:42
        
        your IM was more what I was getting at. - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:41
        
        Nor it seems to have tested the game.. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 11:41
        
        ST registrations are at about 200 right now -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:38 5
        
        what is ST -- nm - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 11:38 4
        
        Look around! (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 11:39
        
        Look around! (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 11:39
        
        SlackerTalk. SlickerTalk. What you're currently reading. :) -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:39 1
        
        durrr my bad :) -- nm - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 11:39
        
        I think that over time, we can all leave HSX and others would take our place. All social networking sites have to start from somewhere - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 11:35 1
        
        But they have to offer something appealing. A "catch" or "hook". I can see HSX being an entertainment-based social network. - Mop Oct 23, 11:38
        
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    - not before, but maybe they think they can transition to a movie oriented market place, buy tickets, books, dvds and even fashions and cools stuff you - zeitgeist Oct 23, 11:26
    - i sort of like the idea of the social part.. a community of movie people.. - colin Oct 23, 11:26 1
      - Staying focused on film worked well for TT! -- nm - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 11:27
    - Who was it that said the other day that HSX has changed their business model? The game is no longer the purpose. - Mop Oct 23, 11:26 3
      - did they say that, or is that speculation? - colin Oct 23, 11:27 2
        
        It's observation. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:28 1
        
        ok -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:29
    - That's what "Web 2.0" means, doesn't it? -- nm - HSX Oct 23, 11:25
    - It's the purpose of the corporate initiative, just like Dunder Mifflin Infinity. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:25 2
      - Social networking shouldn't be needed on all sites just because it's "Web 2.0". Trying too hard to be cool... - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 11:26 1
        
        They hired consultants. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:28
- I'm not sure we can assume that megaport holders are the core, and not a minority -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 11:21
- Also, the demographic was skewing older by far, and the studios probably don't give a fuck about old folks :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:20
- That's fine. If they don't care about the vets...that's their business. But I can't see any noob coming upon V3 right now and saying that this looks - Will Hunting Oct 23, 11:20 4
  - The design is too cluttered and hard to navigate. Although, there *is* a lot of information to absorb. -- nm - hotkiss7348 Oct 23, 11:24
  - eh, there's already new players signing up.. already gave one grief over a nonexistent CoC violation.. - colin Oct 23, 11:22
  - HSX does have a couple shills saying how great it is though. -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 11:21 1
    - I wonder when those checks will clear. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 11:22
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- eh, the power players influence the market heavily... people pay attention to what they say - colin Oct 23, 11:19 7
  - has notfabio returned? His info always causes a massive swing... -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 11:21 6
    - i have not seen him :( tracking was great. he should start a blog that just posts tracking. he'd be able to retired on ad revenue! -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:22 4
      - surprised one of the sites hasn;t approached him to write a daily/weekly article or something -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 11:23 3
        
        is he legally supposed to be posting that tracking though? -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:25 2
        
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        heh, true, there is that :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 11:26
    - I think his head exploded when they rolled out the new version. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:21
- Or, appealing to n00bs is the only way to actually grow the game, so they appropriately shifted their focus a bit. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 11:19
Bok choy. Didn't use it all up last night, but might not get a chance to cook tonight as my curling season opens. Will it still be good tomorrow? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 23, 11:17 4
- yep. how did you like it? how did you prepare it? -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:18 2
  - Like you(?) suggested...into the pan with garlic, salt, pepper and some soy sauce. I think I overcooked a little, but was still tasty and... - Name Withheld By Request Oct 23, 11:21 1
    - sweet! me and the gf eat it about 3 or 4 times a week for dinner.. - colin Oct 23, 11:24
- oh, sure. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:18
(Thanks to an RCP ad), 20 countries rank ahead of the U.S. on "the science scale". Canada is #2! Woo! -- (link) - Mop Oct 23, 11:16 2
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  - Go Namibia! -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:19
You paid half for a car that you didn't have input into buying? - Will Hunting Oct 23, 11:15 22
- They have a trusting relationship. I'm horrible and never let Spawn shop for ANYTHING by himself. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 11:17 12
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    - On paper, we should totally be divorced. We do everything "wrong". -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 11:19 3
      - that's what makes you guys a good team! -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 11:30
      - I do everything right and I'm single. -- nm - loosi si Oct 23, 11:24
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  - yeah, well, i won't be letting him do it again either. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:18 6
    - Maybe it's a pretty gold and he's just being a boy. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 11:20 5
      - well... - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:23 4
        
        Oooohhhh. Doodymobile. -- nm - amylicious Oct 23, 11:25 1
        
        i have a feeling.... -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:26
        
        So it's not likely to turn out to be "Shimmering Sand" (like mine)? :^( -- nm - Mazda3i owner Oct 23, 11:24 1
        
        i wish. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:25
- no, no, that's entirely my choice (and, i paid half of what is left owing after the insurance payment for the wrecked car.) - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:17 4
  - I have a Mazda 6s 5 speed. Best, and most fun, car I've ever owned. -- nm - Scorpion Oct 23, 11:22
  - Do you know the model/year details yet? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:20 1
    - no, he called to say it's the best thing he's seen and to 'confirm' it was okay to proceed. - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:24
  - my parents had a brown mazda protege that was really cute.. -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:18
- sounds like a marriage -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 11:16
- yeah. at least he could have driven it to her to look at. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:16 2
  - he tried. i said i couldn't. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 11:17 1
    - oof. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:18
"There were your tasks, and then there were the secret tasks that I didn't even know about." -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 11:14 1
- There are known-knowns, known-unknowns... -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:17
I hate-hate-hate the new gladiator stadium Mazda 6 ad. It is shockingly anticlimactic. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:14 2
- yeah, meh. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 11:14 1
  - The next one had better continue it with a duel of some kind. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:14
I just got a mandy fish. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 11:13
brown mazda mess. Make it work, people, make it work. -- nm - Tim Gunn si Oct 23, 11:12 3
- tranny -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 11:13 2
  - I guess that would work for a car, wouldn't it? Hot tranny mess. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:14 1
    - your tranny is a hot mess: bill to fix $4,500 -- nm - Mike the Mechanic Oct 23, 11:20
hi -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 11:12 19
- stop ripping off my HSX Blog! -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 11:12 18
  - Is HSX down again? -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 11:13 17
    - Apparently, the version for the last few hours was another test version that was never meant to go live. - Will Hunting Oct 23, 11:16 4
      - "I shouldn't be!" -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 11:48
      - All versions deserve a chance at life! -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:17
      - wha? how does that keep happening? is nobody labeling their files? -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:16
      - Not bloody likely. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:16
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      - I'm sorry sir, the correct answer is D) Megan Fox in a casting office. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 11:16 6
        
        We should have a whole board just like this thread. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:18
        
        I'm 95% sure Megan is a virgin. - ty97 Oct 23, 11:17 4
        
        She's been ridden more than the Staten Island Ferry. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 11:19
        
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        Give him hope. ty97 would switch teams for her. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 11:23 1
        
        ick -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 11:24
    - was it ever fully up? -- nm - Epiphany Oct 23, 11:13 2
      - HSX got whiskey dick? -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:15 1
        
        Just give me one more chance! I know I can do it!! -- nm - HSX Oct 23, 11:20
    - oh yeah -- nm - colin Oct 23, 11:13

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