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Sign that you are a total dork: Knowing the first name of a DOND case-girl. (nm) - musubi Oct 23, 14:48 3
- Signs you are totally cool, being on a first-name basis with a DOND case-grrl. -- nm - budice Oct 23, 14:49 2
  - ...first thing in the morning. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 23, 14:49 1
    - ...in bed -- nm - budice Oct 23, 14:50
I'd take the money so I could buy NPR and fire Melissa Block. - Max Oct 23, 14:45 1
- L3 -- nm - budice Oct 23, 14:45
What if the amount was $275k? - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:40 4
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- I'd still take it -- nm - budice Oct 23, 14:45
- I'd probably be boring on the show. As soon as the offer got over $100K I'd take it. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 14:43
- I'd take the coin flip. But 416k is way too close to the expected value. (nm) - musubi Oct 23, 14:41
Obvie. (nm) - musubi Oct 23, 14:39
ST DoND Poll -- Which case do you pick? - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 14:28 17
- I save 10 for last to enjoy Anya as long as possible. -- nm - David Oct 23, 14:35 2
  - This is my problem...do I pick #13 for the same reason or... - Mel Profit Oct 23, 14:43 1
    - or not to keep her up there. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 23, 14:44
- The one with the million dollars. (nm) - musubi Oct 23, 14:30
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- I want the one people do not normally pick - you know that show must have run those stats -- nm - Epiphany Oct 23, 14:29 4
  - I'll bet the least picked is 24. Everybody loves 23, so 22 and 24 have to contend with being next to it. I think 22 is more appealing than 24, for - mara Oct 23, 14:30 3
    - You're wrong mara. 24 is more appealing than 22 - Loyola Oct 23, 14:32 2
      - It's not Christmas. Christmas is the 25th. -- nm - mara Oct 23, 14:33 1
        
        Are you sure? Let's check. -- (link) - Max Oct 23, 14:49
- kobayashi maru. -- nm - Max Oct 23, 14:29 1
  - What an excellent name for the yacht I would buy. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 14:34
- #11.....by far my favorite number. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:28 4
  - You're my favorite number soulmate. If I happen to look at the clock at 11:11, I know it's going to be a good day. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 14:30 2
    - hrm. I am amused whenever I look at a clock and it says 11:21 or 10:13. Loosi should know why. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 14:34
    - Egoism: Starts #1, ends #1. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:31
  - mine is the highest prime number on the board. -- nm - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 14:29
Maybe I'd take the money, put it in a case, go to an orphanage with a second case, and tell them to choose one. - Max Oct 23, 14:26 3
- *calculates the tax implications of all the cases and the offer.....* - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:26 2
  - This is Max. There are no tax implications. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 14:27 1
    - I'll get to my To Do list on Sunday night. -- nm - Max Oct 23, 14:28
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- ST doesn't matter. The fact that that particular contestant did what he did is what proves it. -- nm - mara Oct 23, 14:24 1
  - Ehhh, that guy coulda just had bigger stones than normal. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:25
- I've flipped my mind. I'd risk it. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:24
take the fucking money. -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 14:21 11
- Did David tell you the guy turned down $ 603k at one point and then after that $ 423k? oh yeah. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 23, 14:34 2
  - Question, if you remember... - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 23, 14:45 1
    - Amen, because he had to be bucking some serious odds to get an offer that large. (nm) - musubi Oct 23, 14:49
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- I did. (nm) - Jenna Jameson Oct 23, 14:23
- I'd make sure is was US Dollars -- nm - budice Oct 23, 14:23
- yes -- nm - nubby Oct 23, 14:22
- what was the banker's offer? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 14:22 3
  - Over $400k -- nm - mara Oct 23, 14:22 2
    - I'd fucking take the money and run. And then buy a yacht. And sail. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 14:22 1
      - Ditto...it's not even a question to me. - Mel Profit Oct 23, 14:33
Hmmm, HSM3 midnight screening still has tickets available. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 14:16 4
- Geez...If they had dancing in Rambo 5 you'd be all over it -- nm - budice Oct 23, 14:18 1
  - That would be AWESOME! -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 14:24
- 8 year olds are not allowed out that late -- nm - Epiphany Oct 23, 14:17 1
  - Oh, I'm just trying to decide if I should go. -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 14:18
Jack, I'm not saying that the expected value is lower than 416k, it's only an absolute "right decision" if you accept that the difference in outcomes - musubi Oct 23, 14:12 41
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  - I suppose I could look at it this way: if someone handed me that money in cash, would I then spend it on a public thrill? - Max Oct 23, 14:17 19
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      - I love the crazy. -- nm - Max Oct 23, 14:18
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        You're about to jump off a bridge. Either a strong bungee cord or a skinny thread is tied to your feet... -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 14:21 15
        
        Except you're not going broke here if you pick the skinny rope. - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:21 13
        
        so, my choice is basically $400,000 for sure. or a 50/50 for $1,000,000 or $1? - Danger Girl Oct 23, 14:29 12
        
        and then you'd SOO put the money into BORING things like treasury bills and BROWN cars. where's your joie de vivre!? -- nm - Max Oct 23, 14:31 10
        
        hey! look at my nick! i'm super risky and crazy! - Danger Girl Oct 23, 14:32 6
        
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        Your as edgy as Danger Mouse. Into the suburbs, safe queen! -- nm - Max Oct 23, 14:33 2
        
        (the above error makes me cry) -- nm - Max Oct 23, 14:34 1
        
        see, i just assume people are doing it on purpose now. it's a meme. i never think it's an accident. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 14:34
        
        BUt what about a million chances for fun? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:32 1
        
        not worth risking 400,000 for. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 14:32
        
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        I'd love to hear that blurted out from the audience during the decision. That or "Oh sixty nine." -- nm - Max Oct 23, 14:32 1
        
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        Yeah. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:30
        
        "Or, you can jump using whatever's in *this box*." -- nm - Monty Hall Oct 23, 14:21
  - If one of you fuckers mentions Monty Hall, I'm taking a pole-axe to wiggum. -- nm - David Oct 23, 14:16 19
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    - Seriously, it's all about the additional infomation given by opening the first door. (nm) - musubi Oct 23, 14:18 10
      - What bugs me about it is that you presume that people will consider that Monte will not willingly open the door with the car. In other words, he KNOWS - Trish Oct 23, 14:32 3
        
        It doesn't matter if Monte knows. By opening a non-car door, it's information regardless. (nm) - musubi Oct 23, 14:37 1
        
        Yes, but that's only true if he opens a non-car door. He has to have advance info, because as Mara said, he's never opened the prize door. - Trish Oct 23, 14:42
        
        Monte obviously knows. All those years on the show and he never opened the door with the grand prize. -- nm - mara Oct 23, 14:34
      - On Deal or No Deal, you pick a case and every other case except 1 is opened with $1M not revealed. If given the opportunity to swap cases, should you? -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 14:23 5
        
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        On deal or no deal, this is true, but not in the Monty Hall problem. (nm) - musubi Oct 23, 14:28 3
        
        i had a statistician explain this to me, it's pretty interesting. -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 14:30
        
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        See David! It's "obvie"! (nm) - musubi Oct 23, 14:32
    - Monty Hall will give you the pole-axe....which door do you think it's behind? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:18 3
      - Quick, start playing Halo so that I can betray you. (nm) - David Oct 23, 14:19 2
        
        When i get home this evening, I probably will play for a while - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:20
        
        The out of context connotations of this post make me laugh and laugh. -- nm - Max Oct 23, 14:20
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    - Change Doors! -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 14:16 1
      - heh - That's exactly what I thought of. ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 14:18
Store in Palin's $150,000 shopping spree has no record of any transaction or combination thereof the size of the one reported. -- (link) - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 14:11 3
- so she's a shoplifter, too? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 14:16 2
  - or someone faked a receipt to get reimbursed for something they never purchased... -- nm - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 14:17 1
    - that of course is the only explanation... -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 14:19
A post from misc on HSX. - Loyola Oct 23, 14:09 20
- "signed, D.Mac" -- nm - nubby Oct 23, 14:21
- Whoever that is needs to be invited here. ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 14:19
- I don't want to keep beating a dead horse, but you have to wonder if the consultants even understood HSX before they redesigned it. - Mop Oct 23, 14:12 17
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    - I disagree. I think he had a decent grasp of the game's appeal, just that he wasn't high enough to corporate food chain to do anything about it. (nm) - musubi Oct 23, 14:43
  - As much as the consultants deserve blame, they aren't alone. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 23, 14:21 2
    - You know the approval came from someone at Cantor, people who probably didn't even realize their owned hsx.com. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 14:26
    - Can't we just blame nubby like we usually do? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 14:22
  - That was my comment immediately after looking at the beta. - David Oct 23, 14:15 11
    - And did much even change based on the beta input? - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 14:20 10
      - Yes, schmooze points went away. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 14:21 9
        
        I knew that... but anything else? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 14:23 2
        
        It looks exactly the same. I don't think much input from the Beta was implemented. -- nm - David Oct 23, 14:28
        
        Breadcrumb navigation was put in -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 14:26
        
        To be replaced by H$? -- nm - mara Oct 23, 14:21 5
        
        Yes. I believe that was suggested during the beta. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 14:22 4
        
        Who the flick suggested that?? -- nm - mara Oct 23, 14:29 1
        
        I don't know. I hope it wasn't me. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 14:35
        
        so, that was a *USERS* idea? so they did listen! -- nm - Danger Girl Oct 23, 14:27 1
        
        yep, they managed to combine the worst of their own ideas with the worst and most game-balance-changing ideas of the community. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 14:28
oh my god. won't someone bring me coffee? -- nm - frankenstein loves mandy lane Oct 23, 14:08 2
- speaking of coffee, i had a meeting with a travel agent last week. she called on the way and said "how do you like your coffee, i'm at Starbucks." - Danger Girl Oct 23, 14:16
- Craigslist a request and offer them some of your coffee cards for their effort. -- nm - Max Oct 23, 14:11
David...can't help on Huntress 4 or Army Darkness/Xena 3. ... - Remlik Oct 23, 14:08 3
- Where would I go for this stuff then? - David Oct 23, 14:12 2
  - hm....ebay. or if you give me a few days I can check a couple of other stores here in town.... - Remlik Oct 23, 14:19 1
    - No rush. -- nm - David Oct 23, 14:19
McCain - 4%, Obama - 7%, Crying - 89% -- nm - Dano School Musical 3 Oct 23, 14:06 2
- newborn snap poll? -- nm - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 14:06 1
  - ML's the Onion post on B2. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 14:08
I'd take the money. -- nm - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 14:06 8
- I think these people are so caught up in the moment that all rational thought flees their head - Epiphany Oct 23, 14:16 1
  - sure, there's definitely a psychological aspect to it. and "The Banker" knows that as well... - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 14:17
- Yeah, me too. - Jelly Oct 23, 14:08
- My gut feeling...I came with nothing...I could walk out with a lifetime of money for my purposes. - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:07 4
  - heck, $416,000 is enough to set me up good and proper. sure I wouldn't be able to retire on it, necessarily, but would set me up in a good situation. -- nm - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 14:08 3
    - $416k couldn't even detail Monocle's horses for a month! -- nm - Max Oct 23, 14:12
    - I play poker the same way. Push every time I think I have the advantage - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:11 1
      - *calls* -- nm - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 14:12
Speaking of The Onion, this article made me splurt coffee today -- (link) - celedhrymandias Oct 23, 14:06
Mel, I'm having the same problem in Chrome. It's driving me nuts. -- nm - David Oct 23, 14:05 2
- I only use Chrome to watch the Daily Show and Colbert, cause FF tells me I don't have Flash installed. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 14:15
- it's maddening. - Mel Profit Oct 23, 14:10
I wonder what the average movement in the DJIA over the last hour of trading has been recently - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 14:04 1
- I get the sense that traders don't want to stay in the market overnight - so they're bailing right before the close. - MojaveMeg Oct 23, 14:10
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- very funny. -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 14:11
I'm pretty sure if the offer had been less than 400k, I woulda gone with the coin flip. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:03 11
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  - I go back and forth. There's days I would flip the coin for anything offered less than 500k. - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:12 7
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      - End of the day, I'm on a game show....I'm free rolling. Any money is more than I came with. - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:17 2
        
        To extend the freeroll analogy, you're just outside making the payout limit in the free roll, do you risk it on a coinflip? - musubi Oct 23, 14:21 1
        
        Me? Hell yes. I play to win the big prize in anything that's a free-roll. - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:23
    - fwiw, I would love to see you on that show. -- nm - znufrii wants pie Oct 23, 14:13 2
      - More I think about it, the more I think Max is onto something with the risk it factor for being the first. - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:16 1
        
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- Under 400 would've been rough to take. (nm) - musubi Oct 23, 14:07 1
  - I'm cheap...anything over 6 figures I would have considered. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 23, 14:12
stewie... - Mel Profit Oct 23, 14:03 4
- I'm not sure if its fixed in the newest version, I fixed it by downgrading - Stewie Oct 23, 14:05 3
  - Try the post labeled "alternate solution" here - Stewie Oct 23, 14:06 2
    - Hey, that worked. Thanks! -- nm - David Oct 23, 14:14
    - thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 23, 14:10
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