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Man I wish I was working from home today -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:58
*checks current real-time referers for Slackertalk* century-plaza.com (I stayed there in vancouver earlier this month, weird), swagbucks.com (huh?), - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:51 2
- swagbucks is mine and/or Qale's. -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 09:56
- Also, when I started watching the stats an hour ago, we were at 50 users, and now we're at 90 -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:52
Remlik, REB2: I'm sure it will be required for some games, but expect it will be optional or nonexistent for most games, just like the Move. -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 09:49
RE B2: Amazon's PS4 bundles: If you were planning on getting Killzone anyway, might as well get $10 your PS+ sub. -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 09:42
well, i*was* going to see what folks thought of my new consulting website... but i think i'll be keeping that private. -- nm - colin Jun 17, 09:40
B2 Mop: The 2 were Alito and Thomas. Scalia wrote the majority decision. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 09:37 2
- "I was betrayed by my personal hero Scalia this morning." quote I heard on the radio this morning. - Jovian Jun 17, 09:48 1
  - I haven't caught up with what this is about, but that sounds like good news to me. -- nm - GregW Jun 17, 10:00
B2: NFL is Too Big to Fail. No way it's gone in 20 years. - Strongbad Jun 17, 09:36 18
- It won't go away, but it will be a lot different than what it is today -- nm - amoxy Jun 17, 10:04
- the odds of actually making any money playing professional football is minuscule compared to the potential risks as they are becoming more fully known -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 09:38 16
  - It's not about players making money, it's about the size of the business overall. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 09:40 15
    - you still need a labor pool to draw from, unless you're going Cyberball. what rational parent is going to think that risk/reward is worth it? -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 09:41 14
      - polls of Olympic athletes show that most would take something that guarantees a win even if they die very early - zork Jun 17, 10:03
      - At times like this, I can tell you've never spent any time in the south. -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:50 7
        
        what the parents don't do, lawyers and insurance companies will -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 09:51 6
        
        I don't say this often but there is 0% chance of football going away in the south. Absolute zero. - David Jun 17, 09:52 5
        
        ask the asbestos manufacturers how they're doing these days -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 09:57 3
        
        or liquor companies -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 09:58 2
        
        I hear the tobacco companies are struggling these days too. -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 09:59 1
        
        domestically. overseas they are working hard to get new, young smokers. -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:01
        
        We need to start talking Survivor again...cause I'm agreeing with you an awful lot lately...and it frightens me. -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 09:55
      - Even if this is the case, there's about zero chance it's gone within 20 years. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:48
      - So you think that kids are just going to stop playing football? Just stop altogether? That high schools and colleges will just close up their - Jim Jun 17, 09:45 1
        
        tomorrow? no. over time, yes. especially as the studies on the effects become more numerous and conclusive -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 09:49
      - I think it all revolves around college football. Youth football will continue as long as college ball does, as will professional. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 09:43 1
        
        I think a more likely reason would be that upcoming lawsuits (concussions, etc.) end up bankrupting the league (not saying that's likely) -- nm - zork Jun 17, 09:52
Very uncool. Somebody from ST contacted one of my tenants and called me a... - ceregon Jun 17, 09:24 112
- It's a pretty shitty STer who would do this and I hope they get a fatal case of crotch rot. -- nm - TWuG Jun 17, 10:04 4
  - dude - groiny Jun 17, 10:05 3
    - that was a fast curse TWuG.... -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:07 2
      - heh -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 10:20
      - he only lives a few hours away! nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 10:09
- most importantly, I think we all wish for the former tenant to be able to pick himself up and get back on track. can we do a collection for him? -- nm - zork Jun 17, 09:59
- I fully understand your feelings. You never know what some net denizens might do, maybe even with good intentions. - GregW Jun 17, 09:59
- this is terrible. :( -- nm - Jovian Jun 17, 09:57
- just logged in for lunch here and am so sad to read this - and I really hope you don't go - I would miss you very much. - JenBro Jun 17, 09:56
- That's despicable. I'm sorry to hear about this. - Dr.Vermin Jun 17, 09:56
- this is awful. please reconsider leaving us -- nm - peglegpete Jun 17, 09:56
- Goddam WTF? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jun 17, 09:46
- awful. - decline Jun 17, 09:44 37
  - a very long shot, yes. - znufrii Jun 17, 09:57
  - I think it's unlikely. They don't know anything about the ceregon nick. - ceregon Jun 17, 09:53 23
    - so whoever called, did not identify themselves at all? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 09:54 22
      - he won't tell me, not even the gender -- nm - ceregon Jun 17, 09:56 21
        
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        while it sucks, I am really, really, skeptical of his story. - groiny Jun 17, 09:58 6
        
        There's no reason for him to make it up - ceregon Jun 17, 10:02 5
        
        i fully understand why you are so upset, of course you are, but i can't see why ST is *necessarily* the source. unless i missed something. - Andie Jun 17, 10:07
        
        people with mental issues very often don't do the logical thing and trying to rationalise it like that doesn't work. -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:07
        
        There's no reason to flip the frig out either but he's done so in large part due to his mental state. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:04
        
        to be blunt, it is his own fault that he is living under a tarp. - groiny Jun 17, 10:04 1
        
        agreed. sometimes people just don't want help... - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:07
        
        sure. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 09:56 12
        
        yep. nm - Jim Jun 17, 09:59 11
        
        Of course you are, you called and Diva wrote the script for you to follow. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:59 10
        
        I never use a script...I'm all imrpov! ;) -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 10:01 9
        
        That also might explain the hesitancy to pick a gender based off the voice. ;) - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:02 6
        
        Word. nm - Jim Jun 17, 10:06
        
        *points at amoxy accusingly with a dramatic flourish* It was YOU! *thundering with umbrage* -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:04 4
        
        Wait, how did I get dragged into this? -- nm - amoxy Jun 17, 10:05 3
        
        If it was by Mel, we can assume, very slowly with lots of grunting and hair pulling. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:06 1
        
        chawl. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 10:07
        
        too much smog inhilation. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 10:06
        
        jim is freestylin' this stuff... - Diva Jun 17, 10:02
        
        apparently, you never use rear view mirrors either. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 10:02
  - I really hope that this is the case. ceregon is one of the nicer STers I know. His stories of charity are legendary. - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 17, 09:52 1
    - this -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 10:21
  - y'all are smart. I had never even thought about this. -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 09:50
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    - Yeah, there's a fair bit of mentally unbalanced in his actions all the way through. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:49
  - I like the way you think. (And yes, this is awful and I have a hard time imagining that anyone here would be so ... passively vindictive.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:46 1
    - I guess passively is the wrong word. Indirectly. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:46
  - Googling his own web site may have turned up the link on ST. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 17, 09:46 4
    - Or seeing a website referral report. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 09:47
    - Even just google analytics (or any analytics engine) would have picked up the incoming hit referers - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:47 2
      - True. That actually seems more likely. I use it to find out where the traffic at The Trades comes from. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 17, 09:48 1
        
        This is why I always visit porn sites before going to The Trades. -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 09:49
- WTF?! This makes me sick to me stomach. Any way we can find out who did this? - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 17, 09:43 14
  - If they didn't do something to mask their IP, ceregon could look at the header of the email. - Inigo Jun 17, 09:47 8
    - I don't think there was an email, was there? -- nm - mara Jun 17, 09:48 7
      - Oh, duh. They called him? Easier to trace then. -- nm - Inigo Jun 17, 09:50
      - Or phone #..... -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:49 5
        
        Right. If there was a phone call (especially a cell phone), then it got logged and probably showed up in the guy's phone bill. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 17, 09:51 4
        
        a guy living under a tarp isn't lugging around cell phone bills -- nm - zork Jun 17, 09:53 3
        
        He wasn't living under a tarp at the time. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:53
        
        No, but why didn't the phone number show up in the cellphone? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:53 1
        
        this obviously happened a while ago now. probably not still in there and he's not about to let ceregon root through his phone in any case. -- nm - zork Jun 17, 09:56
  - hopefully the person will admit it. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 17, 09:44 4
    - Chances of that happening ----- 0%. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:45
    - lmao, not a chance in hell someone would own up to it. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 09:44 2
      - if it really happened. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 09:48 1
        
        well, yes, of course. - groiny Jun 17, 09:49
- That's awful. -- nm - Inigo Jun 17, 09:41
- whoa -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 09:40
- damn, jenbro - charlie Jun 17, 09:40
- I just don't even know what to say. I can't comprehend how anyone here would feel the need to do something like that to you. - Kim Pine Jun 17, 09:40
- wtf. something like this happened to me once. it sucks. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 09:40
- Wonderful. This sucks. Really sorry to hear this -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 09:37
- dude.. - colin Jun 17, 09:37 1
  - I agree with Colin. Don't go. I enjoyed the one time we met (Planet of the Apes in SJ), hate to see people leave over this -- nm - amoxy Jun 17, 09:38
- This is horrible. You and I have had our differences, but nobody deserves this. -- nm - amanda Jun 17, 09:35
- Yikes, I'm very sorry to hear that man. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 17, 09:35
- Wow. :( -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 09:33
- Sorry to hear that Man. That sucks that somebody would do that -- nm - amoxy Jun 17, 09:32
- well, that sucks. - znufrii Jun 17, 09:32
- That's horrible and I wish I knew something to say that conclusion is a mistake. This feels like a stab in the heart. -- nm - zork Jun 17, 09:32 1
  - and I truly wish that the last line is not true - zork Jun 17, 09:35
- Just wondering...how do you know it's an ST person that called him? He listed his phone number on the interwebs? -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 09:31
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  - Lord knows I've had my share of beefs with several people on the ST...but I honestly don't think ANY one here would do that. nm - Jim Jun 17, 09:36 12
    - someone did something to me on TT. I never found out who. but I believe it can happen. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 09:42
    - oh i'm sure there's at least one person that petty and small -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 09:39 8
      - I find this very interesting. Like I said...even the people here that I outright dislike...I wouldn't peg them for this. -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 09:40 7
        
        There have been some truly deplorable statements made to people here. It wouldn't take much escalation to see the next step being taken. -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:48
        
        This has always been my thought. You keep your personal beefs personal. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 17, 09:45
        
        right, I have had my fights over the years with several people on TT / ST, and I would never think - groiny Jun 17, 09:42 4
        
        Yeah, it would take someone posting that they enjoy killing babies or something to illicit anything beyond the realm of ST. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:45 3
        
        Remember the person who basically accused Jim of child abuse? We all would have had trouble keeping our composure with her. -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:51 2
        
        How hard is it to check your mirror!?!?!?!?!?!??!!?!?!?!?!??!?!/!?!!?!?!?? !!?/! -- nm - leeya Jun 17, 09:52
        
        well, that was sure out there, and easy for everyone to see the disfunction. - groiny Jun 17, 09:52
    - maybe someone who was banhammered trying to get revenge? -- nm - zork Jun 17, 09:37 1
      - that is a longshot at best. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 09:38
- whoa. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 17, 09:30
- Considering that ST posts are basically open to the entire internet, you're absolutely sure the caller was an ST regular? -- nm - Max Jun 17, 09:29 7
  - It's somebody who has been reading ST for a while - ceregon Jun 17, 09:36 3
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      - Yep. -- nm - ceregon Jun 17, 10:22
    - reading doesn't have to be participating - zork Jun 17, 09:41
  - that's true but seems like a longshot. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 09:31
  - google sucks -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 09:30
  - yeah, I find that kind of hard to believe, myself. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 09:30
- I recall when someone was going to contact my HR depatrment about something I said once..... - groiny Jun 17, 09:29 1
  - 100% this. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:37
- I swear you absolutely never know what you are going to read when you come here. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 17, 09:28
- Holy crap! -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 09:28
- we can never have nice things -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 09:27
- This is awful. Betrayal sucks and none of us is immune. . . - OAE -- Old Antarctic Explorer Jun 17, 09:27
- I don't know much about what you're talking about, but there will always be villians. Should you reject the heroes because of them? -- nm - Qale Jun 17, 09:26
- Good lord. -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:26
So, weekend movies? Much Ado About Nothing, B+ - znufrii Jun 17, 09:22 11
- Man of Steel: B+; Frances Ha: A-(Provisional, pending full review) -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 09:46
- Now you See me B+, This is the End A-, Man of Steel B -- nm - capstern Jun 17, 09:36
- Now You See Me: B/B+; The Incredible: B -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 09:32 2
  - I'm only halfway through Incredible. We took a break but forgot to go back. - David Jun 17, 09:34 1
    - Yeah. I thought they did a good job doing a story in microcosm while not letting you forget the bigger picture. That first 45 minutes or so is just - prayformojo Jun 17, 09:41
- This is the End B+ -- nm - amoxy Jun 17, 09:31
- The Red Violin: B+. Disappearance of Alice Creed: C. This Is the End: A-/B+. Before Midnight: An emotional A. - David Jun 17, 09:29
- Man of Steel - B - J Jun 17, 09:26
- Warm Bodies: Aish, my favorite movie of the year so far. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 09:24
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- Man of Shit (F) -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 09:22
Ongoing Work Convo about Man of Steel (spoilers) - capstern Jun 17, 09:17 2
- In a prequel, is the established/famous value system never developed? - OAE -- Old Antarctic Explorer Jun 17, 09:19 1
  - If I understand what you are saying - in all iterations of SM - capstern Jun 17, 09:37
roll word -- nm - OAE -- Old Antarctic Explorer Jun 17, 09:17 1
- Summertime Rolls (Jane's Addiction) -- nm - Facto Jun 17, 09:18

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