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oh, my FB just changed too. it is better. -- nm - Andie Apr 16, 09:56
New Star Trek trailer -- (link) - Reagen Apr 16, 09:51 [youtube] 6
- OMG. There's a serious HOLY CRAP moment in that trailer. (spoiler) - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 09:58 1
  - OR.... - Remlik Apr 16, 10:05
- ummm...(spoilers) - Mel Profit Apr 16, 09:56 3
  - no. -- nm - Remlik Apr 16, 10:05
  - Seriously. Holy. Crap. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 09:58
  - *nerd klaxon* -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 09:57
So, what kind of damage is there from Iran's massive earthquake today? It was near a city/town of 60,000 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:49
Boston explosives were in pressure cookers, hidden in duffel bags: -- (link) - Andie Apr 16, 09:38 46
- would take a lot of power to burst those even a little -- nm - zork Apr 16, 09:41
- Nicely done, person briefed on the explosions. I'm sure that leaking this information doesn't impact the investigation at all. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Apr 16, 09:40
- nail bombs. horrible. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:40 41
  - The more information that comes out, the more I lean towards something domestic. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 16, 09:41 40
    - What qualifies as "domestic" these days? - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 09:54 6
      - Well, that depends. As a reference point, Fort Hood was classified as "workplace violence", although the families are suing to have it deemed terror -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:59 3
        
        it's a criminal act. terrorism is political. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 10:03 2
        
        Fort Hood was *definitely* a terrorist act. The Obama admin decided to call work place violence for political reasons. (imo) -- nm - Jovian Apr 16, 10:22 1
        
        This. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 16, 11:37
      - home-grown Islamist do things to support foreign political groups -- nm - zork Apr 16, 09:57
      - not "foreign"? -- nm - groiny Apr 16, 09:54
    - ML's bit of news about Sec. Kerry this morning was interesting... -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 16, 09:48
    - this is my feeling, but I guess we'll see. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:46
    - because foreign-terrorists are better organized, have higher body count? not enough shock value here? I hate that we know to think like this. -- nm - amanda Apr 16, 09:44 9
      - i just think if this was an outside planned event it would have been bigger. i feel this is more Timothy McVeigh than Al Queda. - Andie Apr 16, 09:50 5
        
        depends too on if the other devices that did not go off (if there were more) as well. - groiny Apr 16, 09:52 1
        
        according to the updates, there were only 2 devices, no more. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:53
        
        historically, AQ has gone much bigger. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:51 2
        
        right. and i wasn't be specific, i was using McVeigh and Al Queda as stand-ins for 'types.' -- nm - Andie Apr 16, 09:51 1
        
        *be-ing* -- nm - Andie Apr 16, 09:52
      - there are tons of suicide bombers and IEDs overseas that have the same or lower body counts than this -- nm - zork Apr 16, 09:47 2
        
        but the ones who come over here tend to be pretty good at it. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:48 1
        
        Right. It's a lot more expensive to get them here than to blow up something where the already live. -- nm - spamlet Apr 16, 09:49
    - It's probably bad that I'm hoping this is what it is. Home-grown crazy is a bit less scary than foreign crazy, you know? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:44 15
      - My mother said this same thing, and I admit I found myself feeling the same day. But I can't understand *why* I/we feel that way. - ty97 Apr 16, 09:45 14
        
        home grown is smaller, more finite? you put Kaczinski in jail, it's done. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:46 8
        
        But is it? I mean, since 9/11, we've had far more terror attacks in the US by US citizens - ty97 Apr 16, 09:48 7
        
        I do not include school shootings at all. Terrorism is political. There may be fewer foreign based attacks, but they're big. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:49 6
        
        I don't see why 'terrorism' has to be political, but no matter. And there's only been one really big foreign terror attack in the US. -- nm - ty97 Apr 16, 09:53 5
        
        Sirhan Sirhan and Ramzi Yousef might disagree -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:56
        
        the early 90s WTC bombings were intended to be big -- nm - zork Apr 16, 09:55 1
        
        they were pretty big. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:55
        
        it is the definition used by the government. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:54 1
        
        Thankfully they are not the final arbiter of word definitions -- nm - ty97 Apr 16, 09:58
        
        because if it's foreign, it could mean war? -- nm - amanda Apr 16, 09:45 4
        
        I don't think a possible war with [insert home country of a terrorist here] is the cause of the fear though. - ty97 Apr 16, 09:47
        
        And the foreign ones are generally suicide bombers, as well. That's a whole other level of crazy. - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:47 2
        
        when IEDs are mentioned, that would indicate not a suicide bomber, and it seems to me that most military casualties are from IEDs -- nm - zork Apr 16, 09:50 1
        
        when did this become about military casualties? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:52
    - I'm honestly surprised this doesn't happen more often. It seems relatively simplistic to do - oblique Apr 16, 09:43 4
      - Because most people aren't crazy. - spamlet Apr 16, 09:47 2
        
        also, there's lots of good TV on. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 09:56 1
        
        heh. and music and pron -- nm - zork Apr 16, 09:58
      - I was saying the same thing to someone I was talking to in the office... - Mel Profit Apr 16, 09:44
- someone tried to answer last week's xkcd what-if? -- (link) - znufrii Apr 16, 09:40
- as boodeechay said below. -- nm - Andie Apr 16, 09:39
Possible NCAA Sanctions for Oregon to include a reduction of 5 uniform combinations over 4 years, from 85 to 80. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 16, 09:37 4
- Bacon cannot watch or attend a Duck game for 5 years -- nm - Eag Apr 16, 09:46
- LOL! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 16, 09:39
- all students will be whipped and have to pay $1,000 each. -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 09:38 1
  - except for every third female student, who must spend five minutes each in the ladies room with Phil Knight -- nm - prayformojo Apr 16, 09:40
If you have the new Gmail Compose window, and don't like that it's rooted to the lower right corner, - prayformojo Apr 16, 09:37 3
- or you can just click on the pop-out button -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 16, 09:43 1
  - arrow button in the upper corner between minimize (-) and close (X) -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 16, 09:44
- thanks! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:39
Mandy I don't know if it's the most ever strictly for a movie and not points or merch...Nicholson got a cut of anything Joker - Remlik Apr 16, 09:36 1
- Hayden Christensen will forever make a ton from Vader merch. -- nm - zork Apr 16, 09:40
Beautiful picture. -- (link) - Mop on Mac Pro Apr 16, 09:34 2
- putting the cart before the whores a bit, aren't ye? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:36 1
  - Nicely worded. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Apr 16, 09:41
Reagen, that link is why I'm really not interested in reading the GoT books. - David Apr 16, 09:32 3
- No kidding. Feels like a stretch of the Old Testament there. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 16, 09:36 1
  - albeit with slightly reduced violence and nudity. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 09:36
- If I never hear the phrase "milk of the poppy" again, it will be too soon. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 09:34
The only human being worse than Bruce Campbell is Tommy Shaw. - David Apr 16, 09:32 14
- I think the only thing left is to admit that ELR is the best Survivor player ever. -- nm - Jim Apr 16, 09:34 13
  - That would be like saying Coach was in any way competent. - David Apr 16, 09:36 12
    - You're about to hit Coach? He must have really pissed you off...he's not even on this season. -- nm - Jim Apr 16, 09:37 11
      - It's related to Philip and Cochran. -- nm - David Apr 16, 09:38 10
        
        Are you still hating on Cochran? I understand the Coach and Philip hate...but I've kinda come around on Cochran. - Jim Apr 16, 09:44 9
        
        Yes, he's still the same person. It's hidden by the other bozos surrounding him. -- nm - David Apr 16, 09:48 4
        
        The fact that he's stayed hidden, I think, shows that he learned something last time. - Jim Apr 16, 09:50 3
        
        That's not up to him. That's the editing crew. We have no idea how hidden he is. -- nm - David Apr 16, 09:53 2
        
        Like, Brenda isn't being flown out every day even if it may seem that way. -- nm - David Apr 16, 09:53 1
        
        I don't understand what they're doing with Brenda at all. Seems like they're basically admitting "Yeah, probably shouldn't have brought her back." -- nm - Jim Apr 16, 09:57
        
        He's playing a pretty good game this season... needs to watch who he takes to Final TC. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 16, 09:47 1
        
        I think so too. -- nm - Jim Apr 16, 09:51
        
        I started out liking cochran in his first season ... and then he lost me. I like him this season; but I anticipate shortly that I will not. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 16, 09:46 1
        
        The things about his personality that really annoyed me the first time, he seems to have tamed down a bit. - Jim Apr 16, 09:46
Graphic homemade handheld video footage of the bombing, about 2 1/2 minutes long... -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 16, 09:31 3
- Blech on the sidebar stuff. -- nm - Reagen Apr 16, 09:35 1
  - *kills Don Homer with a pencil* -- nm - thai97 Apr 16, 09:41
- Most of that was nothing. -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 09:34
what program that I likely have a work would let me work on something like this? -- (link) - Epiphany Apr 16, 09:29 [Image] 10
- Google Doc has a tool for flowcharts -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 16, 09:43
- thanks everyone -- nm - Epiphany Apr 16, 09:39
- couple of links -- (link) - zork Apr 16, 09:36 1
  - and -- (link) - zork Apr 16, 09:37
- PPT would be pretty easy. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 16, 09:34
- you could use word and 'insert-shapes' but it's not easy (or fun) -- nm - decline Apr 16, 09:30
- powerpoint. -- nm - colin Apr 16, 09:30
- Visio, Word Templates, sometimes Excel -- nm - budice Apr 16, 09:30
- visio or ppt. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:30
- We use Powerpoint for org charts. It's not ideal but it works. -- nm - spamlet Apr 16, 09:29
does anyone remember when skags was last seen on ST? because there is a death record of someone with his name -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:27 8
- Seems he was long gone before ST ? I know I think about him when I pass Highland on the way to Vegas, but can't remember if he was still - Meg Apr 16, 09:43 2
  - I started toward the end of '05, I think, and he was long gone. -- nm - zork Apr 16, 09:46 1
    - According to Dr. Tron, his last posts were in December of 05. -- nm - Jim Apr 16, 09:49
- Does it say how old? He would have been born 79-81. - spamlet Apr 16, 09:43 3
  - this guy was born in 73. could be too old. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:47 2
    - Assuming what we knew was correct, it's probably too old. - spamlet Apr 16, 09:48 1
      - agreed. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:50
- skagnetti is a horrible name for a kid -- nm - oblique Apr 16, 09:41
AP: Boston Marathon explosives were in 6-liter pressure cookers and placed in black duffel bags, person briefed on investigation says -- nm - budice Apr 16, 09:27
ML, some of the background info released through Pottermore explains why Queen Elizabeth (the first) -- nm - zork Apr 16, 09:27 1
- sfek. never married -- nm - zork Apr 16, 09:27
So, Anna Kendrick wins the internet for today.... WAIT! -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Apr 16, 09:26 [youtube]
LYC: So my father's side has a LONG history of heart disease, and he recently sent blood off to California - Strongbad Apr 16, 09:25 9
- according to "cholestorol diet" guru Mac dougal family histories of bad hearts usually coinside with bad histories of eating habits -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 16, 13:36
- Do you have bad cholesterol and blood pressure? - colin Apr 16, 09:26 4
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  - Yes. Yes. - Strongbad Apr 16, 09:28 2
    - are your numbers improving as a result? -- nm - colin Apr 16, 09:29 1
      - Not enough data to tell yet. I'm due for a physical this Summer. - Strongbad Apr 16, 09:31
- have you had a full work up to see what your numbers are? diet can do *tons* for this stuff. -- nm - Andie Apr 16, 09:25 2
  - Word. I'm hoping that when I lose enough I can stop taking my cholesterol medicine. - Jim Apr 16, 09:28
  - Not to his extent, but yes I have a physical/blood work every other year or so. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 16, 09:26
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- Bright side: it made you feel better about that devastating random wizard at the Leaky Cauldron news -- nm - con_carne Apr 16, 09:28
- We sir can no longer be friends! - Epiphany Apr 16, 09:27
I recently started using Lending Club as a method of investing. Anyone have experience using it? - ty97 Apr 16, 09:22 14
- You're only putting in money you can lose completely, right? - spamlet Apr 16, 09:27 1
  - As with any investment, of course. -- nm - ty97 Apr 16, 09:35
- seems risky... -- nm - colin Apr 16, 09:25
- never heard of it. -- nm - znufrii Apr 16, 09:23 9
  - It's sorta like Kiva except it's peer loans to other US folks and they pay interest - ty97 Apr 16, 09:26 7
    - So, the old Prosper.com? -- nm - znufrii Apr 16, 09:34 2
      - A competitor of Prosper -- nm - ty97 Apr 16, 09:35 1
        
        ah. didn't realize they were still around, they had run into some regulatory issues a while back, I think... -- nm - znufrii Apr 16, 09:36
    - are you guaranteed your baseline investment in any way, or can you have 100% loss? -- nm - colin Apr 16, 09:30 3
      - As with any loan/investment, you can lose up to 100% of your investments. - ty97 Apr 16, 09:33 2
        
        one last question (i'm interested :) ) - how is income from these loans taxed? -- nm - colin Apr 16, 09:38 1
        
        They issues a 1099-OID apparently. It's interest so standard marginal tax rate applies. -- nm - ty97 Apr 16, 09:43
  - Welcome to my club. Loan me $100. -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 09:24
- ~you're going to miss me when the money's gone~ -- nm - Anna Kendrick, clop clop Apr 16, 09:23
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- a whopper on a string? nm -- nm - groiny Apr 16, 09:22 2
  - Now we understand why you miss Skagnetti. - Will Hunting Apr 16, 09:23 1
    - *bobble, bobble* nm -- nm - groiny Apr 16, 09:26
it's when the fat jokes come out, that I really miss Skagnetti. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 16, 09:21 10
- it's whenever pixie makes a lame joke, that I really miss Skagnetti. -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 09:22 9
  - I'll be honest...I haven't really found a time that I really miss skagnetti. -- nm - Jim Apr 16, 09:29 8
    - he came up with some really off the wall, entertaining shit. - groiny Apr 16, 09:30 7
      - agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 16, 09:38
      - I will never think of turtles the same way, thanks to him -- nm - znufrii Apr 16, 09:37
      - seriously, when was he last seen? -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:30 4
        
        ??? -- nm - groiny Apr 16, 09:32 3
        
        I googled his name and came up with a death notice. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:34 2
        
        I guess one of his parolees finally took him out. nm - Jim Apr 16, 09:36 1
        
        no his real name. -- nm - loosilu Apr 16, 09:39
your momma -- nm - Beaker Apr 16, 09:20 3
- is an astronaut. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 16, 09:26
- ...got a wooden leg with a kickstand. -- nm - Jim Apr 16, 09:21
- dresses you funny -- nm - Spawn Apr 16, 09:21

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