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David alert: The Nashville Predators have signed forward Patric Hornqvist to a five-year, $21.25 million contract. -- nm - Beaker Apr 30, 12:39
AC goes out in the building, my office is next to the server closet with no windows and poor circulation - amoxy Apr 30, 12:33 4
- ~Just take those old records off the shelf~ -- nm - Max Apr 30, 12:40
- do let us know if a bbq chicken sammich shows up... -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:34 2
  - Did you order me one? Excellent! -- nm - amoxy Apr 30, 12:36 1
    - yep. with a beer. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:37
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's signature will soon start appearing on US currency, and some are concerned, according to PRI's The World. -- (link) - con_carne Apr 30, 12:32 [Image] 1
- i dunno, he sure beats tim geithner....nm - x Apr 30, 12:42
UEFA spoils - znufrii Apr 30, 12:29
before Jason Collins, there was Glenn Burke -- (link) - charlie Apr 30, 12:26 2
- there was a really impactful documentary about him a few years ago, aired on the local sports channel, talked about by the giants broadcasters. -- nm - b. Apr 30, 12:30 1
  - (and now I see it's mentioned there - the site kept erroring for me, sorry!) -- nm - b. Apr 30, 12:42
Dallas renewed for Season 3 (Season 2 was so bad I gave it up) -- nm - MDH Apr 30, 12:25
How do you get conservatives to buy energey efficient products? -- (link) - Don Homer Apr 30, 12:21 28
- shooting them in the kneecap usually works -- nm - peglegpete Apr 30, 12:32
- cost helps too... i've seen a lot more telling you how much you'll save. LED has helped a lot over CFL. -- nm - colin Apr 30, 12:27 24
  - also, letting the market decide. outlawing incandescent lights will upset a lot of folks. -- nm - colin Apr 30, 12:28 23
    - banning lead gasoline upset a lot of people too in the 70s - charlie Apr 30, 12:29 13
      - that's a different subject altogether though... banning something for health reasons is one thing. banning them for being inefficient is another. - colin Apr 30, 12:30 12
        
        1) you say that like those aren't related issues and 2) 1 2013 Mustang gets about double the MPG of a 1970 model precisely because we required - Reagen Apr 30, 12:35 9
        
        You think car companies would not increase efficiency unless it was mandated? - colin Apr 30, 12:38 8
        
        They have little incentive to do it. It costs money to create the additional efficiency that they don't see the benefit of. Maybe they would try out - pmb Apr 30, 12:41
        
        they sure as heck figured out how to do it in a hurry. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 12:39
        
        not if people were buying them anyway. -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 12:38 5
        
        most people will buy a more efficient car with rising costs of fuel. companies, who want to make money, will make more efficient vehicles to make - colin Apr 30, 12:40 4
        
        but the more fuel efficient cars have to exist on the market in order for the customers to buy them in the first place. -- nm - znufrii Apr 30, 12:44 1
        
        right. if all cars just have bad mileage, it becomes 'just the way it is.' -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 12:46
        
        That's just not historically true. And high gas prices are a fairly recent phenomenon. We would be far behind in fuel efficiency from where we are - pmb Apr 30, 12:43
        
        I don't know about you, but I can't just turn around and buy a new car just because fuel prices went up - Reagen Apr 30, 12:43
        
        it was for efficiency reasons, since lead wouldn't work in engines with catalytic converters -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 12:32 1
        
        not entirely. it was for health reasons as well. - colin Apr 30, 12:36
    - incandescents were never banned. They just have to be more efficient. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 12:28 8
      - sure they weren't, but that was the threat. -- nm - colin Apr 30, 12:29 7
        
        Imagined, in people's minds. My subject line was the whole of the proposal and law. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 12:30 6
        
        you're oversimplifying. there are bans on all or just inefficient bulbs getting ready to roll out in a number of countries. it's not made up. - colin Apr 30, 12:34 5
        
        GE (Among other companies) already have incandescents that meet the higher standards. -- (link) - Reagen Apr 30, 12:37 4
        
        you're intentionally missing my point. -- nm - colin Apr 30, 12:39 3
        
        Not really. The law doesn't say what you say it does, and the problems people are imagining are already solved. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 12:40 2
        
        there are many laws in many countries. are we limiting this argument to the US only? - colin Apr 30, 12:42 1
        
        I'm speaking of the US only, yes. - Reagen Apr 30, 12:46
- "Freedom Bulbs" -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 12:25
- I was gonna say label it as "energy wasting" but that's close enough. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 12:22
"According to . . . the New York Daily News, [Geno]Smith was under the impression that he should be and would be the No. 1 overall pick of the draft." - charlie Apr 30, 12:14 9
- he mistook it for a Fantasy Draft. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:53
- "no, no, the reason no one's projecting this is because they want it to be a surprise." -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 12:24
- "And the No. 1 pick of the 2013 Elves draft is..." -- nm - znufrii Apr 30, 12:21
- he did fire his agents. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 30, 12:20 2
  - no, i know. and if the agents were actually blowing that much smoke up his ass, he probably should have. but Geno . . . - charlie Apr 30, 12:22
  - (although that has him saying it wasn't because of the draft, the timing is interesting..) -- nm - b. Apr 30, 12:22
- This can't be real. -- nm - MDH Apr 30, 12:19 2
  - WVU proud -- (link) - charlie Apr 30, 12:21
  - ha! -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:19
The Royal They: Fighting Against the Tyranny of Pronouns -- (link) - con_carne Apr 30, 12:10 2
- Yeah, I struggle to use "his or her" instead of "their" when I can, but sometimes it's just too unwieldy. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 30, 12:13 1
  - He, or she, does not simply walk into Mordor -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 30, 12:21
STIS: I'm looking for a panic button - marcel Apr 30, 12:09 [Image] 10
- The round ones like you see here are used on Big Brother for contests. -- (link) - Mop (190 lbs) Apr 30, 12:23 1
  - oh, those look interesting too -- nm - marcel Apr 30, 12:27
- there are foot switches used by photogs (cable release) that could be adapted...old air bulb release -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 30, 12:16
- we have an office supply store chain called Staples that sells their "easy" buttons for $6. (more links coming) nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 30, 12:15 6
  - p.s. for that - if you'd like me to nab one and send it to you, just let me know. -- nm - b. Apr 30, 12:19 2
    - thanks a lot for all the help! i just found out that there's a german staples website -- nm - marcel Apr 30, 12:24 1
      - :) - I also found some inexpensive 3" plain ones on ebay. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 30, 12:32
  - Instructables has various hacks for it, for home game show and other purposes. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 30, 12:17 2
    - ...and there's an inexpensive way to make a remote shutter using a cheapie headset. nm but: -- (link) - b. Apr 30, 12:18 1
      - triggering the camera is the easy part. with the button in the pic i want it to look big and nice -- nm - marcel Apr 30, 12:21
BB: the future shock leaps of 1893-1913 were not as dramatic as 1993-2013 because they spread slowly as the horse drawn carriages that moved them - zeitgeist Apr 30, 12:05 5
- except we're not really looking at the gestation period for any individual innovation to become widespread - znufrii Apr 30, 12:22 1
  - exactly....nm - x Apr 30, 12:39
- The first cell phone was produced in 1973, so really it's the same cycle as you describe for the older technologies -- nm - ty97 Apr 30, 12:06 2
  - lets refine the parameters, sure cell phones were developed in the 70's but not marketed till the 80's and we had computers in the 40's - zeitgeist Apr 30, 12:19
  - The world wide web went public 20 years ago today, and completely changed the marketing landscape ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 30, 12:10
Shaddup, Robert Burns, I'm trying to make haggis here. -- nm - prayformojo Apr 30, 11:59 2
- amazing race spoils for the last ep. - b. Apr 30, 12:07
- makin' haggis just to stab it. -- nm - colin Apr 30, 12:02
I'm disappointed that no one would show the coma patient Awake, just to mess with them. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 11:56 6
- Ooh, or (no way around, spoils for a British series) - Reagen Apr 30, 11:57 4
  - British one had the same ending as the US one then? -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 12:17 1
    - completely different. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 12:21
  - LMS suggested this one -- nm - Beryllium Apr 30, 11:57 1
    - yes, it made me laugh when I read it. -- nm - b. Apr 30, 11:59
- Or "The Matrix" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 30, 11:57
TNT has renewed the Dallas reincarnation for Season 3 -- nm - Strongbad Apr 30, 11:55
TV Tonight: NCIS, Deadliest Catch -- nm - Beaker Apr 30, 11:42 6
- the new Amy Schmumer show starts on Comedy Central. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 30, 11:45 3
  - I watched a bit of the pilot at lunch. It's......raw -- nm - prayformojo Apr 30, 11:45 2
    - watch her comedy special, it's re-airing all week. -- nm - MDH Apr 30, 12:19 1
      - saw it a couple weeks ago, funny stuff... -- nm - znufrii Apr 30, 12:26
- I don't watch either, but I might watch NCIS: Deadliest Catch -- nm - Roger More Apr 30, 11:43 1
  - I'd rather watch CGIS: Deadliest Catch -- nm - Beryllium Apr 30, 11:49
Andie, I'm trying to obtain yellow crystals. - Kim Pine Apr 30, 11:41 9
- yeah, i figured you didn't have any. we need a yellow crystal player/friend! -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 11:47 1
  - I know! How do we wind up with no yellow?! -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 30, 11:49
- Ooh! How exactly does one obtain them? -- nm - kelly Apr 30, 11:42 6
  - oh, do either of your need anything from the Rock Crafting place? i have spares of pretty much everything. -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 11:47 5
    - I think the only things I'm short on now are yellow and red flowers. I have needed to make a lot of dye lately and ran out. - kelly Apr 30, 11:51 4
      - I think I only need a couple of printed circuits at the moment, but I'm working on those. - Kim Pine Apr 30, 12:05 3
        
        i am all about the flooz (i ran out of quests, and i have nothing to upgrade, sooooo....)_ -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 12:14 2
        
        I'm out of quests, too. I bet they'll add more stuff soon, though. They seem to be really good about that. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 30, 12:31 1
        
        i figure there will be seasonal 'special events', which is fine with me. -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 12:34
Bury Your Soul at Sunset does sound like a pretty cool horror film name, Fat Man. - Qale Apr 30, 11:40 6
- I wouldn't see it if I were you :) It was terrible. - colin Apr 30, 11:49 5
  - I have two silver movie passes. I should just buy a ticket for something old and switch up. -- nm - Qale Apr 30, 11:54 4
    - we upgraded to the RPX from normal boring tickets..woo! -- nm - colin Apr 30, 11:55 3
      - I forgot, I guess I could do it legit too. This is the last time I'll be deliberately going to the AMC 24 in Southlake. - Qale Apr 30, 11:58 2
        
        i really really like cinemark, but both of those in GA are in Fayetteville. -- nm - colin Apr 30, 11:59 1
        
        I've been to both of them. The 'dollar' theatre is really nice. Their other is where I saw Manos: Hands of Fate. -- nm - Qale Apr 30, 12:03
5 Ridiculous health myths you probably believe -- (link) - Beaker Apr 30, 11:39
LIR DaneDukeNuk - the commenters seemed to think since it was a cargo plane, that maybe the freight was not secured - it shifted and went to the back, - Epiphany Apr 30, 11:36 1
- Yeah, it would have taken another 5-10k feet to really recover from that stall probably. -- nm - Ender Apr 30, 11:38
fyi, The Following finale was god-awful. - Jovian Apr 30, 11:33 35
- i just don't understand why people stuck with a show they thought was so bad - prayformojo Apr 30, 11:38 31
  - I don't get it either. It's like there's a ton of people who keep watching the shows, for the sole purpose of bitching about it. -- nm - Jim Apr 30, 12:07 3
    - for the record! this is my only bitch show for the season. -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 12:15
    - i barely have time to actually sit and watch the shows i *do* like. -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 12:13
    - to laugh at it. laugh with someone else about it. see how it's going to turn out and how it's going to write itself out of a corner every week. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:09
  - I've stuck with other shows - being a completist, holding out hope that something that was good will be so again, etc. - b. Apr 30, 11:48 4
    - i get stuck watching stuff becasue of hte completist thing too. Like 'Smash'. - Diva Apr 30, 11:51 3
      - it ended on saturday, I think. thank god. I hateloved that show. -- nm - amanda Apr 30, 12:21 2
        
        maybe at least one more, I think. -- (link) - Diva Apr 30, 12:28 1
        
        epguides lists episodes for May 4, May 11, and two hours on May 26 -- nm - Max Apr 30, 12:32
  - and yep, it was renewed after the 3rd episode. (its a ratings hit!) - Jovian Apr 30, 11:41 2
    - (spoils) - prayformojo Apr 30, 11:43 1
      - spoils - Jovian Apr 30, 11:51
  - If I may, I know that on my behalf it is because I now enjoy hate-watching. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 11:39 18
    - I'm a few episodes behind but I'll finish the season. I just wish the tv networks would look at a show like this and say we're going to do this show - pmb Apr 30, 12:03 6
      - limiting could be good; but, maybe even more likely would be shorter seasons, a la the UK series. - b. Apr 30, 12:11
      - writing a network show is like laying down tracks for a constantly approaching freight train - charlie Apr 30, 12:09 3
        
        I imagine that would require tons of antacids. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:11 2
        
        it varies from show to show. CBS procedurals keep bankers' hours because they are pure formula. more ambitious shows can be hectic-er -- nm - charlie Apr 30, 12:19 1
        
        hm. we need you to get on one the more creative/crazier ones and give us all the scoop. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:32
      - yes. I like that AHS does this but I hope they reign in it some for the next season. 'Asylum' was often unwatchable. -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 12:06
    - Which is why I continued to watch. Though I wont be back. Just wanted to finish it out. -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 11:41 10
      - I felt this way about Alcatraz -- nm - Epiphany Apr 30, 11:44 2
        
        heh. yea, I reached my breaking point with Alcatraz. I jumped ship after episode 5 or 6 -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 11:54 1
        
        Another show on target to write itself into a corner and have a lackluster payoff. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 30, 11:55
      - it's funny how much I liked bitching about it, but now in light of what's been going on in Boston it just makes every depiction of the FBI - Diva Apr 30, 11:44 6
        
        one of the reasons I liked Die Hard 4 was their depiction of the FBI - Beaker Apr 30, 11:46 5
        
        Hannibal's depiction of the FBI is pretty spot on (though unfortunately this is the 'thriller' show that will get cancelled) -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 11:50
        
        pretty much. 1. Die Hard 4, 2. Silence of the Lambs...and um, um...:) -- nm - Diva Apr 30, 11:47
        
        (similar to my reading, I am so sick of books with a man/woman being chased by unknown forces who meets a man/woman who needs/provides assistance) - Beaker Apr 30, 11:47 2
        
        same as the 'evil' small town, they always bump into the *one* person who knows and can help but somehow is not in danger themselves -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 30, 11:53
        
        several+ years ago, I had to stop reading "woman/girl has a horrid life but overcomes" books. - b. Apr 30, 11:52
- imagine that. -- nm - b. Apr 30, 11:37
- spoil me on what happened if you would be so kind -- nm - Beaker Apr 30, 11:35 1
  - lol, lets see...(spoils) - Jovian Apr 30, 11:49
LYC: Just got one of those yoga balls for my office. I like it so far. - loosilu Apr 30, 11:33 1
- oooh, maybe I should ge tone of those to replace my broken office chair at home... -- nm - znufrii Apr 30, 11:34
I'd describe "the layover" as anthony bourdain getting drunk and/or high, with some filler about where to eat and drink in each city if you visit. - b. Apr 30, 11:26 4
- oh, i never watched this. i think i answered david's question by talking about parts unknown on cnn....nm - x Apr 30, 11:32 3
  - you weren't alone, but I'm sure he figured it out. I know how you could make up for it, though... *ahem* -- nm - b. Apr 30, 11:33 2
    - heh. today i had: curried lentils & crunchy tempeh, pickled carrots coconut curry socca, cardamom cookie, chips....nm - x Apr 30, 11:41 1
      - "yum!" I've had a simpler socca before, but that sounds even tastier. -- nm - b. Apr 30, 11:43
OK, good. Canadians, do you know of any way to send someone an emailable gift card to Tim Horton's - prayformojo Apr 30, 11:24 6
- i think it's just physical cards. (if you want to Paypal, i could get one for you?) -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 11:25 5
  - I was trying to send one out to somebody in BC. But thank you. -- nm - prayformojo Apr 30, 11:31 4
    - road trip! -- nm - decline Apr 30, 11:37 3
      - I was just thinking I'd so like to be there right now. -- nm - b. Apr 30, 11:39
      - To get to Vancouver by tomorrow morning, I'd have to driverealfast -- nm - prayformojo Apr 30, 11:38 1
        
        well you better get your ass in gear then! -- nm - decline Apr 30, 11:44
roll, i need to ask the canadians something -- nm - prayformojo Apr 30, 11:23

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