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A friend of mine who's the international editor of a leading newspaper wants advice on good surveillance thrillers, intelligence community etc. Which? -- nm - Facto Jun 17, 11:02 9
- Among those already mentioned to him: - Facto Jun 17, 11:03 8
  - The others that are already mentioned (among his FB friends, on his profile wall): .. Ps. Loosi?? - Facto Jun 17, 11:09 3
    - huh, what? -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 11:11 2
      - Recommendations :-) Thought you might have some! -- nm - Facto Jun 17, 11:12 1
        
        oh. everything I would think of was already said. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 11:19
  - Vantage Point, for surveillance. The TV show CHAOS for intelligence. Same for Covert Affairs and MI5/Spooks (TV shows) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 11:05
  - I'm not sure how closely the movie relates to the book, but Clear and Present Danger has some surveillance plot points -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 11:04 2
    - Oh. He DOES want movies. Then my answer works :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 11:04 1
      - Exactly - movies;) -- nm - Facto Jun 17, 11:05
Anyone here with a PS3 ever swap out the hard drive? - J Jun 17, 11:00 2
- Yes. I did it a couple of years ago. The only problem I had was with the hdmi - decline Jun 17, 11:06 1
  - I'll keep that in mind, I seem to have misplaced the extra HD at the moment... -- nm - J Jun 17, 11:15
i think i will go work for a while. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:57
ST POLL: Cats will eventually come down when stuck in a tree, right? - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:52 16
- yes -- nm - amoxy Jun 17, 11:04
- Also: gravity. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 17, 11:04
- Suck it, cat. Maybe you should have thought of that before jumping into a tree in the first place. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 17, 10:54 1
  - the image of him just going all cat, getting crazed about a bird or something and... - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:57
- if you shoot them, sure. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 10:54
- I think it's possible for them to not, actually. face down doesn't actually work. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:52 5
  - I've seen it once or twice. - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:55 4
    - maybe if they can "hug" the tree or if it's really low and they';re basically falling. - loosilu Jun 17, 10:56 3
      - Krusty mentioned the claws thing too. - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:58 2
        
        cats don't naturally know how to climb down backwards. they have to learn it. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 11:00 1
        
        I'm guessing this one will learn it. - Mel Profit Jun 17, 11:06
- Not many cat skeltons found in trees. -- nm - GregW Jun 17, 10:52 4
  - Lots of cat skeletons found at the base of trees, though. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 17, 10:55 2
    - Poor things -- nm - Facto Jun 17, 10:56
    - this. they try to climb down and fall. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:55
  - you've checked? ;P -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:53
Very disturbing Mediare fraud allegations -- (link) - mara Jun 17, 10:47 5
- Who has two thumbs, committed Medicare fraud, and doesn't give a crap? - spamlet Jun 17, 11:05
- Stupid too. Do they think no one will notice a huge spike in the number of procedures? -- nm - GregW Jun 17, 10:57
- For profit medicine works great! Nothing to see here. Let's try for profit policing next. Let's see what benefits that reaps us! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 17, 10:54 1
  - More for profit prisons! -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 10:58
- Greed -- nm - decline Jun 17, 10:51
US seizes 7-11 stores over immigration violations -- (link) - znufrii Jun 17, 10:43 1
- And if they get donuts and coffee that would spoil anyway, well, that's just a part of the seizure process. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 10:44
This is the robots.txt file for ST ... I could disallow the whole site from being googleable, but it would take some time to take effect. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:40 5
- I added "Disallow: /", we should be safe from invading robots now. Triffids are another story. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:50 1
  - Day of the triffids! Nightmare of my childhood years - until there was War of the Worlds (same scenario, basically) -- nm - Facto Jun 17, 10:52
- It would also protect us from the inevitable robot text invasion. -- nm - Inigo Jun 17, 10:46
- still searchable through the internal search function, right? -- nm - colin Jun 17, 10:43 1
  - yes, absolutely. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:43
WM - when you get a moment - I have pts showing. Please grab them. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 10:37 2
- lunch. will soon. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 17, 10:40
- cover up your points, lady. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:37
ERC's twitter say Man of Steel was most likely underestimated by 3 million. -- (link) - Inigo Jun 17, 10:35 2
- *wink* -- nm - David Jun 17, 10:59
- Man, it just can't catch a break! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 17, 10:55
That is freaking ridiculous but someone who looks into light fixtures for cameras has some deep psych problems. Likely schizophrenia (I certainly had - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 17, 10:23 5
- If he's bipolar and in a manic phase, that doesn't sound abnormal. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:32
- if they have some problem, you can't say that they are like "this" so they would never do "that". Was ST actually mentioned as the source by the guy? -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:25 1
  - oh wait, there were details that had been posted here. -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:26
- Ceregon said the guy was bipolar and taking (at the time) medication. So that part isn't in question. -- nm - TWuG Jun 17, 10:24 1
  - If he was taking his meds might be. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 17, 10:41
I have seen a good number of STers in the past month and *several* of them have asked me if there is going to be another Vegas - ty97 Jun 17, 10:20
Saw the ceregon post...that sucks and is downright awful. -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 10:19 61
- it is, but, isn't it possible that this tenant is just unbalanced and there wasn't really any phone call? - Andie Jun 17, 10:21 59
  - possible but unlikely - ceregon Jun 17, 10:26 12
    - the one point I'll make is that he wouldn't need to know 'ceregon'. Bery's search tool is very good. A search of 'Vegas' would find you rather quickly -- nm - decline Jun 17, 10:28 11
      - I tried looking on Google and I didn't find lots of stuff until I added "slackertalk", then I had a lot of posts concerning the house - Guigue Jun 17, 10:36 10
        
        I don't think every ST page gets indexed on Google, but I could be wrong. Bery's searcher would seem to be sufficient, anyway. -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:40
        
        but he'd have to know about slackertalk, and he didn't - ceregon Jun 17, 10:40 6
        
        But the results are there even if I don't add "Slackertalk", they're just deeper - Guigue Jun 17, 10:42
        
        from what you've said, I think you're rpobably right. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:41 4
        
        I feel like I'm pretty much the most horrible person here and I would never do a thing like that. I honestly can't imagine anyone would. I mean, - amanda Jun 17, 10:45 3
        
        I'm skeptical that this happened at all. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 10:50 2
        
        I'm in the same boat as well. This requires way too much effort by some STer. -- nm - MDH Jun 17, 10:53 1
        
        Ah yes, the "It's called SlackerTalk for a reason!" theory. I like it. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:58
        
        i hate that our posts are google-able -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 10:38 1
        
        Isn't there a way to stop that in the robots file? -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 10:39
  - My first thought is, a more reasonable reaction might be to discontinue posting potenitally embarassing personal stuff here rather than quit ST; but - mara Jun 17, 10:26 5
    - I haven't posted embarrassing personal stuff here for quite some time -- nm - ceregon Jun 17, 10:27 4
      - I'm glad you're still here trying to work this out. - zork Jun 17, 10:29 3
        
        This. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 10:37
        
        Very much this. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 17, 10:35
        
        This. -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 10:34
  - obvie we can't know what was said, but it sounds like there were details that lead ceregon to believe ST is the source -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 10:24 39
    - He is also unbalanced so it could easily be a telephone scenario where what was said isn't what was meant/ heard. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:28 8
      - Really? - kelly Jun 17, 11:05 1
        
        Kind of like how psychics built a story from tells ... people like to fill in the blanks on their own. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 11:06
      - I agree with your IM, but I am also trusting ceregon vetted the scenario so that the 'details' could only come from ST -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 10:30 5
        
        Maybe. But more to the point this dude flipped out...maybe over nothing - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:34 4
        
        maybe there was no call, maybe it was just voices in his head...voices that somehow knew exactly what was posted here -- nm - ceregon Jun 17, 10:41 3
        
        serious question - do you not share things like that with other people? are we the ONLY people you talk to? -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:48 2
        
        I don't talk about the fighter stuff with many people. Most of my friends around here think the UFC is barbaric. - ceregon Jun 17, 11:00 1
        
        Just realize (to play devil's advocate) a person with a mission (or a mental issue) can easily stalk/hunt for a person's private information online. - MDH Jun 17, 11:05
    - Given some of the things former STers have done over the years, doing this wouldn't surprise me. - TWuG Jun 17, 10:27 28
      - I couldn't imagine any STer doing this. None. - Krusty Jun 17, 10:37 5
        
        I could. I posted something about the middle school kids I mentor and was called a pedophile. - ceregon Jun 17, 10:44 4
        
        Are you referring to this post? It seemed like a joke, to me. -- (link) - mara Jun 17, 10:54 [Backboard]
        
        So strange. I'm so sorry this happened to you and to him. - Krusty Jun 17, 10:52
        
        there is a big difference between ball busting and hurtful actions you mention. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 10:49 1
        
        Exactly. A quick search and I found the middle school mentoring thing. - Jim Jun 17, 10:55
      - See? It would shock the hell out of me. I can't imagine someone from here giving enough of a shit to jot that number down and then call it. -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 10:30 21
        
        I honestly can't think of any current posters who would strikle me as the type to do such a thing. But some ex STer/TTer? Sure. - TWuG Jun 17, 10:35 1
        
        speaking of, has anyone seen foodchem around lately? -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 10:38
        
        i can easily imagine it -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 10:34 9
        
        Seriously? You really think there are people here that are that hurtful and horrible? -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 10:42 8
        
        I think that it appears there might be is why we're so angry. No one is pointing fingers at anyone, but not every person who can - TWuG Jun 17, 10:45 7
        
        i just don't see people lurking here and not participating. even TT holdovers, it has been years. i mean seriously, how boring - Andie Jun 17, 10:49 6
        
        for sure there are lurkers. right bery? -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:50 5
        
        Yes, of course there are. Probably not constantly-refreshing ones, but we know from the drop-ins that our old friends sometimes check in on us. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:51 4
        
        but you mean the people who show up and say 'hi everyone!', not people who just read and never post. - Andie Jun 17, 10:53 3
        
        I have received emails a few times from people I never heard of, who said they were lurkers. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:54 2
        
        what? why would they email you? how do they know your email address? why you and no-one else? -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:56 1
        
        to respond to something I said. - loosilu Jun 17, 10:58
        
        do you remember what someone did to me? -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:33 4
        
        Was that ST or TT? - Jim Jun 17, 10:41 2
        
        ST is nothing if not insolent. - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:42
        
        it was TT. so more people. but ST wasn't a secret. any number of people could be lurking. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:42
        
        Yes. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:34
        
        agreed. that requires some determined dickitude. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:33 3
        
        and. this one person who is so unstable is the person they happen to get? -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 10:33 2
        
        If it was a direct number that was at the web-site, pretty good odds. - TWuG Jun 17, 10:36
        
        I think either scenario is plausible. - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:36
    - i guess. - Andie Jun 17, 10:26
- It does. We really need to see the number of the person who called. -- nm - Inigo Jun 17, 10:21
Somebody in San Francisco's Public Works Department Is Awesome -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 17, 10:16
Anybody?: Anyone have experience giving a T-Bond as a gift? - OAE -- Old Antarctic Explorer Jun 17, 10:14 6
- aren't they basically paying zero interest right now? -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 10:35
- If the instructions on the site don't work, probably you should try a different browser or contact them. -- (link) - mara Jun 17, 10:17
- At this point it's a huge PITA to do so. Just give cash. - TWuG Jun 17, 10:16
- groiny -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 17, 10:15 2
  - ??? -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 10:24 1
    - Oh. "bond". Misread on my phone. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 17, 10:43
A "psychic" who triggered a media frenzy when claimed a Liberty County couple had a mass grave on their property has been ordered to pay $6.8M -- (link) - mara Jun 17, 10:11 3
- when you call a psychic, why does the phone have to ring? -- nm - zork Jun 17, 10:27
- I'm surprised she didn't see that coming. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:19
- "Would you take a check?" -- nm - David Jun 17, 10:14
Man of Steel totally freaked out my son. But he sees a trailer to World War Z and he's "Can we see that?" - Mop (190 lbs) Jun 17, 10:10 2
- Pitt wanted a movie his kids can see. -- nm - Spawndroid Jun 17, 10:16
- They are both rated PG-13 -- nm - amoxy Jun 17, 10:12
Oh I could totally get amoxy into almost anything...don't you worry. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:09 4
- Pops an Altoid into his mouth, thinks, - amoxy Jun 17, 10:10
- why did you point at your asshole when you said this? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 10:10 2
  - Is Mel's as cute as Micheal Cera's? - amoxy Jun 17, 10:11 1
    - you bet your sweet bibby, pal. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:14
Was walking my do over the weekend and a guy walked by with Google Glasses on. - decline Jun 17, 10:08 3
- Is there an X-Ray Vision app yet? -- nm - David Jun 17, 10:10
- you punched him, right? -- nm - charlie Jun 17, 10:09
- 'walking my dog' -- nm - decline Jun 17, 10:08
Malcolm was the only good Survivor player last season. - David Jun 17, 10:08 10
- Let's play a game. It's called "Where's Brenda?" -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 10:11 4
  - I like when the answer is "dancing in her bikini". -- nm - David Jun 17, 10:13 3
    - It's better when she's "dancing in her bikini" with Andrea Boehlke. That's not too bad for the eyes. -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 10:18 2
      - Andrea >>>> Brenda -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 10:31 1
        
        Without a doubt. -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 10:33
- I ... forget who won -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:10 3
  - Someone who is worthy of coming back for a 3rd season. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 17, 10:32
  - Hmm. I honestly didn't expect that to happen so quickly. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:11
  - One of the scrubs. -- nm - David Jun 17, 10:11
- Ah...that's more like it. -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 10:09
Elves. nm - Jim Jun 17, 10:07 8
- Legolas! nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 10:07 7
  - The new trailer actually gives you...(LotR movie spoilers) - Mel Profit Jun 17, 10:10 1
    - yes, I saw that, and also - groiny Jun 17, 10:10
  - Keebler! -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 10:08 4
    - Stacy! - groiny Jun 17, 10:08 3
      - full circle. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 10:08 2
        
        pre-madonna. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 10:09 1
        
        poop chute -- nm - mara Jun 17, 10:11

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