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Internet issues at work. Overheard: "How is reddit still working!?" "Because reddit's the tits!" - Beryllium Apr 22, 14:31
We're totally picketing Fred Phelps's funeral when the time comes, right? - nubby, Astro-lord Apr 22, 14:27 6
- his boyfriend will be the only one there. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 22, 14:35
- I hope no one goes to his funeral and he's dumped in an unmarked grave. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 14:35
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- I really hope the WBC dies with him - amoxy Apr 22, 14:28
- I think the appropriate response would be if no one showed up. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 14:27 1
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That Shefter thing is ridiculous. ESPN's more of a joke than I thought - Will Hunting Apr 22, 14:26 15
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  - The problem is that now ESPN guys are going to be scooped all over the place on Draft Day. -- nm - David Apr 22, 14:31 6
    - Don't worry about facts and timely, we have Mel Kiper Jr, dancing for your enjoyment! -- nm - ESPN Apr 22, 14:32 5
      - Nobody has ever enjoyed Mel Kiper. -- nm - David Apr 22, 14:32 4
        
        Not even Mrs. Mel Kiper -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 14:34 1
        
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        Can't hear you! After that dancing bear gets tired, we have Bayliss and Stephen A Smith to carry us onward. -- nm - ESPN Apr 22, 14:34 1
        
        Even in jest, you need to step away from the computer. -- nm - David Apr 22, 14:35
  - Yeah, that's called journalism. - Will Hunting Apr 22, 14:30 6
    - I am getting really tired of this year round football -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 14:31 5
      - In a decade or two, the only televised sport will be football and it will be 25/8. -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 14:32 2
        
        hmmmmm....I still own the trademarks. -- nm - Vinni Mac Apr 22, 14:34
        
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        Did you ever really care? Did you care about me? My feelings? -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 14:33
Hidden in the Netflix earnings report, Family Streaming coming for $12/month. Right now, you get that for free. - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 14:25
trivia tonight. anything interesting to report about the week? why doesn't beaker love us anymore with his "today in history" posts? -- nm - amanda Apr 22, 14:24 1
- here -- (link) - zork Apr 22, 14:29 [Backboard]
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- I'm with David, I like Barkley. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 22, 14:23
- word -- nm - The Jets Apr 22, 14:22 1
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- I actually like Barkley and Nassib. -- nm - David Apr 22, 14:22
RIP Richie Havens.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 22, 14:18
nmbgroiny&carne - nubby, Astro-lord Apr 22, 14:18 2
- loser -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 14:20
- pfft - groiny Apr 22, 14:20
"Save Ed Douglas" now up to $20k. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 14:17 17
- Peter Sciretta just chipped in $500. Excellent. -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 14:34
- in no way am I trying to be a Debbie downer about this but it's horrible that this is the way you have to pay for health care still. -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 14:19 13
  - Absolutely. Nothing Downer about pointing out our inhumane system. -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 14:24
  - I've almost posted this a bunch of times this afternoon. That's part of the reason I tear up when I refresh that page. -- nm - zork Apr 22, 14:23 1
    - Stop using your eyeballs to press the keys. -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 14:28
  - what is insane, is that it likely will barely make a dent. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 14:22 3
    - this. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 14:27 2
      - I'm expecting that it'll be more for living expenses while he's laid up than directly to hospital bills -- nm - zork Apr 22, 14:29 1
        
        and prescriptions -- nm - zork Apr 22, 14:30
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  - I think we all agree with you. - Epiphany Apr 22, 14:21
  - Definitely. When does ACA kick in? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 14:20
  - The American healthcare system is a disgrace. -- nm - David Apr 22, 14:20 2
    - This. You know who else is uninsured? Jeff Bauman, the guy who lost both his legs in the bombing. -- nm - loosilu Apr 22, 14:32 1
      - *refrains from joke* nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 14:33
- *looks down the board* - Spawn Apr 22, 14:18
- Is Havens contributing negative money? :) (kidding!!!) -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Apr 22, 14:18
gmail is behaving oddly. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 14:17
I'm just saying, 7% is quite a bit of overhead. 3% for CC fees, so 4% for site maintenance? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Apr 22, 14:15 10
- How much do insurance companies take for overhead and profits? -- nm - zork Apr 22, 14:25 1
  - 20% under the ACA, anything above that must be refunded -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 14:30
- $ 1400 so far in fees. it seems like a lot when looked at in that way - Epiphany Apr 22, 14:20 7
  - I didn't understand what it said about refunding the fees. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Apr 22, 14:23 3
    - Do you mean the option to pay the fee? - ty97 Apr 22, 14:26
    - I clicked it and paid the fee on top of it so ed would get my entire donation. - Spawn Apr 22, 14:26 1
      - this. -- nm - znufrii Apr 22, 14:26
  - Wonder what kickstarter takes? -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 14:21 1
    - 5%. -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 14:22
  - I think most fund raising orgs take a lot more (even 30%) for commissions, etc. -- nm - zork Apr 22, 14:21
worst Morgan Freeman is Dreamcatcher, easily. -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 14:14 4
- I'm thinking that the problem w/ Dreamcatcher is that it was a great book, but just doesn't translate at all onto the big screen ... - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 22, 14:32
- there a few people on that cast this applies to. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 22, 14:15 1
  - true, the problems start at saying, "yeah, let's make this." - Reagen Apr 22, 14:17
- YOU'RE NOT JONESY! -- nm - David Apr 22, 14:14
Netflix: $1 billion quarter. 31 cents per share earnings. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 14:07 11
- It's $.31 if you don't count a bunch of "one time expenses" that seem to recur every quarter. $.05 all in. -- nm - spamlet Apr 22, 14:23 2
  - "Original programming"... one time only, I swear! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 14:28
  - "bandwidth again? dammit!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 22, 14:25
- so it's trading at 300x earnings not the 600x it was this morning - stewie Apr 22, 14:13 1
  - and maybe next year it'll be at 150x -- nm - ceregon Apr 22, 14:18
- they are killing it again -- nm - ceregon Apr 22, 14:09 5
  - I honestly can't believe they've bounced back. -- nm - amanda Apr 22, 14:10 4
    - Suck it, Vudu! (even if you were the only way I could watch Remo Williams) I'll stick with my Netflix simplicity! -- nm - Max Apr 22, 14:13 1
      - You used Vudu to get what you wanted then went back to Netflix. Disgraceful. -- nm - David Apr 22, 14:19
    - They seem to be succeeding in an "in spite of Reed Hastings" kind of way. - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 14:13 1
      - heh touche -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 14:18
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Intrigued by a tweet promising the etemology of the term "glasshole", I clicked a link. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 13:55 1
- That is... Atlantic Wire, not Wired. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 14:03
20k. 304 donations. -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 13:53 1
- its spinning out for me - I have to hit it up from home -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:56
Thinking about a new laptop and I'd appreciate some input. Guidelines and thoughts inside . . . - pmb Apr 22, 13:51 19
- Don't get Lenovo. When I was shopping, there were horror stories all over the place. -- nm - David Apr 22, 14:00 10
  - I had a Lenovo for four years until work recently replace my laptop (as part of standard upgrade process). I quite liked my Lenovo. -- nm - ty97 Apr 22, 14:18 1
    - We've actually always used Lenovo at my office and I've found them to be pretty reliable. -- nm - pmb Apr 22, 14:22
  - Thoughts... - David Apr 22, 14:09 3
    - well said. these days a good graphics card is possibly the most important thing even for day to day work -- nm - zork Apr 22, 14:35
    - Thanks. How much lag would I feel for something like this one with an atom processor. - pmb Apr 22, 14:12 1
      - You'd be clinching your teeth a lot. -- (link) - David Apr 22, 14:16
  - I used to hate Lenovo, until my firm upgraded the model. It is lightening fast now. -- nm - MDH Apr 22, 14:04 3
    - When I was researching, people on NewEgg and SD had so many horror stories that I ruled it out. -- nm - David Apr 22, 14:10
    - I think everything is really generational. charlie and I have dells and they're awful; camille's (a year newer) is fine. - amanda Apr 22, 14:08 1
      - my HP is almost 5.5 years old -- nm - zork Apr 22, 14:34
- don't forget that SSDs are easier on the battery too -- nm - zork Apr 22, 13:54
- i really love the HP folio... but honestly, for what you want, go with a Google Nexus 10 and get a USB keyboard. Much more useful, cheap. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:53 6
  - I don't find the pure tablets and the bluetooth keyboards robust enough to do real work. It's an emergency stop gap at best IMO. -- nm - pmb Apr 22, 13:55 4
    - well, you did say light work.. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 14:00 3
      - Mostly it would be, but I need to have the ability to do real work on it. If it's a little slower than I'd like for that it's not that big a deal, - pmb Apr 22, 14:03 2
        
        I think Word is the missing link here. Google Docs is still not a replacement for hard core Word. -- nm - spamlet Apr 22, 14:04 1
        
        true. in that case, a lot of folks here love their win8 tablets. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 14:05
  - er.. bluetooth keybaord -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:53
Have you seen Buster Posey's $325 hipster sweatpants? -- (link) - mara Apr 22, 13:44 28
- Jake Peavy: Yeah, no. I'm not going to do any of your stupid poses. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 14:05
- Posey looks dorky, but Zito looks even worse -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 13:52 19
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    - did you see his AMA on reddit? - colin Apr 22, 13:54
    - no one needs 300 dollar SWEATPANTS. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 13:53 16
      - Esp. some as dorky as those -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 13:58 11
        
        I like Buster, but if someone walked into the batting cages with 300 dollar sweatpants.... - groiny Apr 22, 13:59 10
        
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        Or just steal them from his locker and then sell them....... -- nm - Ruben Rivera Apr 22, 14:33
        
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        but you see, SWEATPANTS, are made to get fucked up. - groiny Apr 22, 14:07 5
        
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        maybe in your circles, in my circles, 300 dollar sweatpants are groungs for mocking. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 14:13 3
        
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        well, that is likely true. - groiny Apr 22, 14:21 1
        
        and your car payment is more than some weekly/annual salaries. - Mel Profit Apr 22, 14:35
        
        They look like they are for a chick. -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 14:00
      - $10 sweatpants, $290 for lap dances. -- nm - Spawn Apr 22, 13:57
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        oh my gawd! no way. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:57
        
        I suppose. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 22, 13:56
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- it begins. i'll send this over to my Posey relatives - they'll get a kick out of it. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:47
- while he's at it he can start hitting any time now. any.time. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:46 4
  - Got his first HR yesterday -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 13:51 2
    - I know. I require more. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:53 1
      - I think he is pressing a bit after signing the huge contract. He will settle down -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 13:59
  - an.y.time. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:51
LIR: Pippy, let me know! We're around town a lot more.. living just south of downtown now. -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:43 3
- awesome! he's down there installing parts of the Aldi grocery stores. Katy, Humble, Spring, Pearland - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:48 2
  - cool. there's so much good food here! i have managed to lose weight though :) -- nm - colin Apr 22, 13:52 1
    - :) -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:53
wait. there's no more such thing as tree mail, right? -- nm - amanda Apr 22, 13:39 2
- Why would you say that? -- nm - M Night Shyamalan Apr 22, 13:43 1
  - I don't think I've seen it this season. have I? -- nm - amanda Apr 22, 13:46
hyde news network: comfort dogs comforting -- (link) - charlie Apr 22, 13:34 2
- Cassie might have been the friendliest dog I've ever met in my entire life. - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:37 1
  - she's in picture #5 on the left. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:39
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- Boston or Canada? -- nm - Max Apr 22, 13:43 2
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    - only if I get my own horse - Epiphany Apr 22, 14:04
- *hears this in a sing-song voice* (I assume that was intentional) -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 22, 13:42
- Poor Canada. -- nm - spamlet Apr 22, 13:39
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- I SAID....GOOD DAY! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:31

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