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Anyone want to recommend one Savings Bond type over another? EE or 1? Graduation Present Thinking. - OAE -- aka OAE Mar 18, 09:25
Okay, a bit behind (slept 10 hours last night and no sports radio this AM), but is IU's region the easiest? - Spawn Mar 18, 09:24 2
- I'd say that Kansas' is easiest becuase I'm not sold on Florida or G-Town....Miami is a really solid team. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 09:26 1
  - And toughest bracket imo -- Louisville's....the bottom of that bracket has a Sweet 16 of Duke/Michigan State - Will Hunting Mar 18, 09:29
This is the chocolate shop I visited in Berlin. -- (link) - LMS Mar 18, 09:23 1
- yum. looks like a great place -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 09:33
I don't really watch Harlem Shake videos, but Kilbo's link took me town the rabbit hole. There's a ton of videos of sorority girls doing it. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 18, 09:23 [youtube] 4
- There's alot less nudity in that link than I would've expected -- nm - oblique Mar 18, 09:28
- Bub's class has been doing them or I would have never seen one. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 09:25
- I think there are better videos of sorority girls doing "it" than these Harlem Shake ones.... -- nm - Beaker Mar 18, 09:24
- I'm sorry, I'm so, so, sorry. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 09:24
So, this morning Andrew "weev" Auernheimer was sentenced to 41 months in prison plus 3 years probation for "hacking AT&T". - Beryllium Mar 18, 09:21 3
- To be fair, he's hardly a paragon of virtue ... but the facts of the case as I know them are absolutely ludicrous from a computer science perspective. - Beryllium Mar 18, 09:24
- the one-tweet summary -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 18, 09:21 1
  - He isn't going to prison because he added 1 to a web address, but because he then stole info on 114,000 users. - TWuG Mar 18, 09:25
So, it turns our invasion of Iraq really was about oil, after all? -- (link) - znufrii Mar 18, 09:19
Here, you bastards. Have a 2013 March Madness Trivia Quiz -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 18, 09:17
Happy 50th birthday to Gideon v. Wainwright -- (link) - znufrii Mar 18, 09:06 1
- Hee haw! -- nm - mara Mar 18, 09:12
Feedly's not playing ball this morning. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 18, 09:05 3
- I think I'm sticking with GoodNoows. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 18, 09:10 2
  - I'm listening to last week's Tech News Today podcast. What I'm hearing about Feedly is promising. - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 18, 09:17 1
    - And Tom Merritt just tweeted that Feedly is down. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 18, 09:23
Vegas is a decent little show that I will miss when they announce its cancellation. - Jovian Mar 18, 09:02 3
- Vegas is a decent little editing program that I will miss when they discontinue the software. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 09:06
- yup, I've liked it too although - spoilers - Beaker Mar 18, 09:04 1
  - that's what I've been saying all along ... (spoiler) ... - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 18, 09:06
Spawn: hit me this afternoon in pirates on .com, should have points from a 16hr run by then -- nm - Beaker Mar 18, 09:02 1
- Yum. -- nm - WarMachine Mar 18, 09:02
sitwap: OT Jake Long: 4 years, $36 mil with the Rams -- nm - Beaker Mar 18, 08:57 13
- All about the money - sad. I think they got a LT with Tony Boselli disease IMO -- nm - Capstern Mar 18, 08:59 12
  - But when Mike Wallace signed in Miami...it was pretty cool, wasn't it? -- nm - Jim Mar 18, 09:07 11
    - Heh. -- nm - David Mar 18, 09:14 9
      - I was hoping someone would get it. :) -- nm - Jim Mar 18, 09:14 8
        
        I got it but consider this a apples to sorta different apples comparisson... - Capstern Mar 18, 09:17 2
        
        It's more like comparing Olsen twins. -- nm - David Mar 18, 09:20 1
        
        Are you saying Jake Long killed Heath Ledger? - Will Hunting Mar 18, 09:22
        
        They paid for an Audi, and let go of a Toyota, Jim. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 09:15 4
        
        But Toyota's don't break down as often as Jake Long has.... -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 09:23
        
        I find the people bashing on Wallace odd. Do I think hes a top 3 WR in NFL no but easily top 10 and likely the fastest starter - Capstern Mar 18, 09:19
        
        Shit...that's all you had to say! -- nm - Jim Mar 18, 09:19 1
        
        You feel better now mutha fucka? -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 09:20
    - Well I wish we hadnt had to pay that much for him but fits a need and he didnt end last 2 season on IR, - Capstern Mar 18, 09:10
Breaking: Cooling system at Japan nuclear plant has partial failure -- nm - Beaker Mar 18, 08:53 1
- Super. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 18, 08:55
and it looks like the GoT opening credits music is going to be my earworm for the day. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 08:51
Australia's largest casino has been scammed out of a reported $32m in an Ocean's Eleven-style heist. -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 18, 08:50 1
- Wiggie gotta eat. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:51
Found poetry: an email from IT - mara Mar 18, 08:48
Saw Chasing Mavericks on a flight to west coast recently (didnt have head phones so no sound) and the funny thing was - it was pretty easy to follow -- nm - Capstern Mar 18, 08:48 1
- Film is a visual medium -- every film s/b easy to follow w/o sound. -- nm - OAE -- aka OAE Mar 18, 09:02
Why didn't anyone tell me? Minecraft is basically a sword and sorcery fantasy RPG with really quirky graphics. - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 18, 08:47 7
- You never asked? -- nm - Truman Mar 18, 09:04 3
  - Is Minecraft a Ridge Racer style racing game? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 18, 09:05 2
    - Well, you can make powered minecraft roadways, so maybe. -- nm - Truman Mar 18, 09:07 1
      - Minecart, not craft -- nm - Truman Mar 18, 09:30
- "reminds me of Ultima Online" this made me seriously twitch. - Jovian Mar 18, 08:48 2
  - Anybody here remember Drake from TT/#HSX? He used to be a self-proclaimed kingpin on UO. -- nm - David Mar 18, 09:02 1
    - barely. nice though. I wonder if he was on Napa Valley server. - Jovian Mar 18, 09:07
2nd mention of this: but Arcade Craft on Xbox live (240 points) is worth checking out. -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 08:42
Last week's movie - Welcome to the Punch - B, -- nm - LMS Mar 18, 08:40 6
- So help me Jeebus, I thought that Project X was a pretty well-done movie -- nm - prayformojo Mar 18, 09:01
- Pitch Perfect (2nd viewing A-, 3rd viewing - A) - Will Hunting Mar 18, 08:49 3
  - It's gone down in my estimate since finding out the producer's didn't give a credit to a mashup DJ they 'borrowed' a song from. -- nm - LMS Mar 18, 08:53 2
    - does this make it less entertaining? -- nm - amanda Mar 18, 08:54 1
      - It takes the tarnish off slightly, I mean if you can't trust a movie producer, who can you trust? -- nm - LMS Mar 18, 09:13
- sounds like the Asylum films' version of Here Comes the Boom. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 08:41
from b2 - It's definitely Gates McFadden posting on that tumblr. I got the link from Wil Wheaton. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 08:39
Mel: I may be able to pop into the war if needed this week. If things heat up on 59:56 let me know as I could get involved - Beaker Mar 18, 08:38 5
- Very excellent. - Mel Profit Mar 18, 08:53 4
  - depends. My time will still likely be limited and all my army/navy are in that area -- nm - Beaker Mar 18, 08:55 3
    - Ok, we'll keep you in the 59:56 area. - Mel Profit Mar 18, 09:04 2
      - at worst I'll just login for the weekend again and hit and run -- nm - Beaker Mar 18, 09:05 1
        
        Good. I don't think I'm going to have much time either of the last two weekends. - Mel Profit Mar 18, 09:06
Are there any legal ways for me to watch Season 4 of Justified (besides buying each episode on Amazon)? - Inigo Mar 18, 08:36 2
- It's my experience that if you torrent them, Netflix will add them to Watch Instantly the next day. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 18, 08:42
- not that I am aware of. That is how I had to watch a few of them. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 18, 08:38
Today's xkcd is something I think we can all appreciate -- (link) - znufrii Mar 18, 08:36
Mark Cuban is not a fan of Derek Fisher (and rightfully so) -- (link) - Beaker Mar 18, 08:36
*sigh* Lindsay expected to be late for court again this morning... -- (link) - Meg Mar 18, 08:35 29
- Still not there as of 8:56am. Court started at 8:30. -- nm - Meg Mar 18, 08:57 7
  - I'd have issued a bench warrant for her arrest at 8:31 am and have her clamped into legirons upon arrival. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 09:00 6
    - but, if the California lawyer is there, she's off the hook, right? -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 09:03 5
      - perhaps. i just want her placed under arrest. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 09:07 1
        
        it won't matter. she'll go to jail. for a day. get released. - Andie Mar 18, 09:09
      - did you see that he made a plea via Twitter for her to let him defend her? -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 09:06
      - Only if she agrees to have him join the team. -- nm - Meg Mar 18, 09:05 1
        
        And she had to do that to excuse her from appearing. -- nm - Meg Mar 18, 09:07
- what happens to someone who does this that's not rich/famous? -- nm - colin Mar 18, 08:45 2
  - ridiculed and tossed into jail (like that young girl who talked back to that judge several weeks ago) -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 08:57 1
    - i figured. bummer. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 09:05
- because she missed a flight last night, so she got a chartered jet from a soft drink compnay. - loosilu Mar 18, 08:44 16
  - she had originally been skedded to fly out Saturday but she couldn't leave becasue she had to go watch a band. - Diva Mar 18, 08:48 5
    - Well, as she is about to be unable to go *anywhere*, she has to while she still can! -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:50
    - i almost missed a flight from Seattle once because i was waiting for James Brown to come on. - Andie Mar 18, 08:49 1
      - ~Watch me!~ -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:50
    - is it that british band she's stalking? -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 08:49 1
      - idk. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 08:50
  - Mr. Pink, which i have never heard of, just got their name in a whole bunch of papers/blogs. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 08:45 2
    - yeah, she did some promotion for them. I guess they figure any publicity is good. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 08:46 1
      - name recognition. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 08:48
  - i'm sure she... paid for it. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 08:44 6
    - sure, cause she has tons of money. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 08:45 5
      - The "...paid" could have also been, " i'm sure she... "paid" for it.." -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:46 4
        
        if by "paid" you mean exchanged money for goods and services -- nm - colin Mar 18, 08:48 3
        
        Oh, sorry I meant "paid" as in exchanged services for services. -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:49 2
        
        no no, you're exactly on. or money. whatever she did... she paid with something for something. -- nm - colin Mar 18, 09:01
        
        "sexy" services -- nm - Beaker Mar 18, 08:51
- your IM - pretty much everything about real life. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 08:42
I've also only seen s1 and part of s2 of breaking bad. again, trevor worries it may too violent for me (he has seen me almost throw up one time too - amanda Mar 18, 08:34 36
- SoA is pretty brutal in spots, though they are somewhat scattered through the season -- nm - prayformojo Mar 18, 09:02
- It has to be less violent than The Shield, but that's probably too violent for you. BB more violent than The Wire? seems unlikely. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 08:41 1
  - the shield. ugh. -- nm - amanda Mar 18, 08:43
- Breaking Bad is totally fine. (especially if you're considering SoA) -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 08:40 2
  - wait, so what this tells me is that SoA is maybe not for me. -- nm - amanda Mar 18, 08:43 1
    - its a very violent show. much more so then The Shield imo -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 08:49
- Ok, you need to ignore my suggestion then. Spartacus is not for you. -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 08:37
- The grossest part of the show was in season 1 (spoilers) - amoxy Mar 18, 08:36 27
  - can you explain what is bad about that scene? -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 08:38 26
    - spoilers - Beaker Mar 18, 08:39 22
      - huh. I would have used lye. - loosilu Mar 18, 08:43 21
        
        It wasn't just acid it was - Reagen Mar 18, 09:02 3
        
        as we used to call it, Holy Eff acid. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 09:04 2
        
        part of it was that they wanted to get rid of - Reagen Mar 18, 09:08 1
        
        the injuries from that stuff are horrific. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 09:09
        
        Isn't lye slower? -- nm - Spawn Mar 18, 08:58 5
        
        faster, but it depends on temperature. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 09:00 4
        
        Ah. Thanks. - Spawn Mar 18, 09:07 3
        
        I know they did it for the drama, but HF is horrible horrible stuff and you'd be crazy to have an open tub full of it. - loosilu Mar 18, 09:09 2
        
        without spelling out the whole scene, things do not go as planned. -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 09:13 1
        
        yeah, I'm reading discussion. Great discussion of that scene here, by chemists. -- (link) - loosilu Mar 18, 09:16
        
        If ever I kill a guy, I'm recruiting loosi in the disposal. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Mar 18, 08:55 8
        
        it depends on the situation. acid dissolves it more completely, but lye is a little faster. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 08:59 7
        
        where would one procure a bathtub full of lye? nm -- nm - groiny Mar 18, 09:02 6
        
        Depend on the hardware store, but there. - Reagen Mar 18, 09:05 4
        
        far easier to get than HF. I have lye in my bathroom right now (drano). -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 09:05 3
        
        so a bathtub full of drano will melt a bitch? nm -- nm - groiny Mar 18, 09:10 2
        
        sure. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 09:12 1
        
        (way cheaper to buy the dry form though) -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 09:13
        
        take a bathroom, put lye in it. - loosilu Mar 18, 09:04
        
        Well, (spoilers) - amoxy Mar 18, 08:47 1
        
        gotcha. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 08:48
    - Have you seen it? -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 08:39 2
      - no. -- nm - loosilu Mar 18, 08:39 1
        
        Beaker explains it above -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 08:41
- it's minimal violence compared to a lot of other shows imo. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 18, 08:35
wtf, kilbo. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 18, 08:34 2
- this is what happens when you spend too much time around 7th graders -- nm - oblique Mar 18, 08:51 1
  - boners? -- nm - Cappie si Mar 18, 08:52
Satan is devious. Of course he would take on the appearance of good, in order to trick people into evil. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 08:33 2
- Obama is devious, claiming to be born in Kenya when he was born in Morrocco all this time. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 08:34
- get outta here ya damn hippie! -- nm - colin Mar 18, 08:34

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