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Dear new GMail Inbox: NO! -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 08:49 11
- [moves this to your Fruitless Complaints tab] -- nm - Google Jul 18, 08:56
- I really love them because it allows me to only get notifications on stuff in the "real" inbox on my phone. -- nm - spamlet Jul 18, 08:52 2
  - yeah, I kind of like not seeing all the promotional crap in with the other stuff. -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 18, 08:52 1
    - I'd already set up filters to get rid of most of it. -- nm - znufrii Jul 18, 08:53
- word -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 18, 08:51
- yeah, it sucks - znufrii Jul 18, 08:50 1
  - Custom tabs... maybe we could call them... labels? -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 08:51
- if they are going to tag new emails for me, they need to let it show for more than 2.5 seconds. -- nm - zork Jul 18, 08:50
- what stupid change have they made now? -- nm - Don Homer Jul 18, 08:49 2
  - None that I can see. -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 08:52
  - They threw tabs (personal, social, promotional, etc.) on top. - Reagen Jul 18, 08:51
Watchdogs warn of Healthcare Insurance Exchange Delays (no link, text from tax publication) - spamlet Jul 18, 08:47 2
- I always love seeing "Danny Werfel" in a story and imagining an alternate reality. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 18, 08:48 1
  - It always gives me pause. -- nm - spamlet Jul 18, 08:53
Apparently work blocks sites if it even wikileaks in the url, like say a news article. so dumb. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 18, 08:44 4
- I drive the founder of Websense....he made $$$ millions keeping people OFF the Internet. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 18, 08:46 1
  - I'm not opposed to the existence of those technologies, but I do think they're stupid and doomed to failure. That's OK, right? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:49
- uh, well, hopefully they don't do that based on page contents. Otherwise we'd have to call you a dummy. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:46 1
  - they're not that smart. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 18, 08:47
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- *sound *grader's -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 18, 08:47
- like a first grader's - zork Jul 18, 08:47 4
  - zork, this is a place of emotional support .... - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:48 3
    - (clearly I still need to work on my comedy skills) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:49
    - Well, he *could* have been talking about the sounds that he writes about. -- nm - zork Jul 18, 08:49
    - That emotion we are supporting is Shame. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 18, 08:49
Looks like our Designated Old Guy Making a Charge this year is Mark O'Meara. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 08:42
American Horror Story season 2 had the most Emmy nominations?! LOL. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 18, 08:40 2
- And Skyler got a lead actress nomination?? -- nm - Don Homer Jul 18, 08:41 1
  - Probably for the pool scene, which is ironic because she was stone-cold emotionless for it -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:42
Who knew? Tim Horton's is the fourth-largest publicly traded fast-food company in the world, after McDonald�s, Starbucks, and Yum! Brands Inc. - Walt_Disney Jul 18, 08:35 1
- Tim? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 18, 08:39
Happy Anniversary ST !! I joined HSX in December 1997, but don't think I started posting regularly for a while. I was active on the WBS chat room from - Meg Jul 18, 08:34 4
- I've been CrankYanker since June 2003, but I was on long before that under another name. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 18, 08:44 1
  - Binky? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 18, 08:45
- Happy Anniversary! I think it was late 2005 that I started on TT. -- nm - zork Jul 18, 08:44
- aw, shucks . . . -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jul 18, 08:40
LYC: In caes you've never been there, here's a peek at . . . - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jul 18, 08:32 1
- yergh -- nm - zork Jul 18, 08:43
A new tool could tell surgeons within seconds whether they are slicing through cancerous or healthy tissue -- (link) - zork Jul 18, 08:23
TdeF spoiler - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 18, 08:22
Person of Interest comic con poster.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 18, 08:17 2
- "all the free marketing we're getting out of it" ... no kidding. LOL -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:18
- Speaking of cons, does your store get involved in GenCon Indy? -- nm - mara Jul 18, 08:18
*beginning database migration* darnit, I forgot to time how long it took. Drat. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:16 4
- (The time it takes is going to be the downtime/maintenance mode time while I do the server migration at some point) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:17 3
  - Looks like just under 10 minutes. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:28 2
    - 40 seconds to change all the passwords of active users ... a bit longer to change the ones for inactive/spam users, but they're not important ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:39 1
      - (Did I mention I'm upgrading the password storage mechanism? That's what all this migration talk is about) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:39
You know you didn't get enough sleep when the guy that checked you in to the hotel is the same person that checks you out in the morning. -- nm - colin Jul 18, 08:14
Remember "Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl"? South Carolina Supreme Court orders the return of the girl to her adoptive parents... -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 18, 08:13 2
- I am really hoping he doesn't flee with her. -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 08:17 1
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It worked! Now there's a Candy Crush ad of sorts on ST for Jim. -- nm - colin Jul 18, 08:13
A-Rod coming back to the Yankees on Monday? -- nm - amoxy Jul 18, 08:11 4
- Seems so. :-( He's playing like crap but you only get 20 days w/position players so he has to come up after that point. - Krusty Jul 18, 08:27 2
  - He has to either be called up or demoted to the minors after 20 days. - spamlet Jul 18, 08:29
  - *releases his ass* nm -- nm - Yankee Mgmt Jul 18, 08:28
- bullshit!!!!! -- nm - Yankee Mgmt Jul 18, 08:13
As US cuts funding for psychiatric care, emergency rooms become "holding pens for psychiatric patients" (nmbl) - Brian Jul 18, 08:02
fuckin bery - CrankYanker Jul 18, 08:02 14
- Right on. - Mel Profit Jul 18, 08:15 3
  - Hear, hear. -- nm - mara Jul 18, 08:18
  - I shudder at the thought -- nm - amoxy Jul 18, 08:16 1
    - I shutter at the thought. -- nm - colin Jul 18, 08:22
- huh? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:03 9
  - thanks for the hard work, dood. :) -- nm - colin Jul 18, 08:14 4
    - You're all more than welcome :) Hopefully in this fifth year I can work up the courage to find some customers & get the ball rolling as a real product -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:15 3
      - target the users of free newboard software.. just start emailing and asking if for a cheap cheap amount you can give them something better. -- nm - colin Jul 18, 08:20 2
        
        I'm hoping to target what I know - small teams inside companies that have trouble communicating. - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:28
        
        and we'll help where we can. We can do testimonials. - Mel Profit Jul 18, 08:22
  - Heh, it's this post plus the content of what's linked. -- (link) - mara Jul 18, 08:05 [Backboard] 3
    - of all people, how did he miss that? ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 18, 08:06 2
      - I just woke up and started a database migration, didn't have time to backboard ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 08:06 1
        
        Thanks also to nubby for the reminder.........it's a milestone well-deserving of a big 'thank you!'. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 18, 08:16
Nothing brightens a day quite like "sorry, we'll have to put off your performance objectives discussion a couple weeks". -- nm - Ender Jul 18, 08:01 5
- I've got my mid-year review tomorrow to look forward to. -- nm - znufrii Jul 18, 08:03 3
  - I sort of can't wait for mine.. - Mel Profit Jul 18, 08:06 2
    - They'll find something -- it's their job, yes? - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jul 18, 08:44
    - I'm looking forward to asking for more money - znufrii Jul 18, 08:18
- Mine: Coming into the office late and NOT being bombarded with hysterical emails about IS "crisis". -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 08:02
Indian principal on the run after 22 students die from school lunches -- (link) - mara Jul 18, 07:55
PayPal 'credits' US man $92 quadrillion in error -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 18, 07:51 2
- well, on a positive note, the tax rate on that should clear up our deficit for a while -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 18, 10:04
- (It was only supposed to be $91.5 quadrillion.) -- nm - Ender Jul 18, 07:53
so with the heat wave on the east coast, has krusty done as mel wished? - tRuMaN Jul 18, 07:47 16
- Yup. :-) -- (link) - Krusty Jul 18, 07:48 15
  - i can't see! toss that up on imgur or something... -- nm - colin Jul 18, 08:15 1
    - Here ya go. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 18, 08:22
  - nice! -- nm - znufrii Jul 18, 07:52
  - Awful pic of me. - Krusty Jul 18, 07:49 11
    - and yes, drink a fucking milkshake or two. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 18, 07:50
    - are those pink curtains???? -- nm - groiny Jul 18, 07:49 9
      - Ha, no. It's a blanket that I use to cover the window. I'm so ghetto. -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 07:50 8
        
        I tell this to you all, bare my belly so to speak because I care... - Mel Profit Jul 18, 08:05 5
        
        Heh. :-) I've done that but never using roofing nails. - Krusty Jul 18, 08:08 4
        
        and I did the very same thing in the IM at one of my apts in the North End. - Mel Profit Jul 18, 08:13
        
        I bet you slept well and had a nice chuckle. -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 08:09 2
        
        I slept well...I think Diva did as well. I was chuckling every time we went down the hallway. - Mel Profit Jul 18, 08:12 1
        
        ZZZzzzZZzzzzzZZ!! -- nm - Diva on the Cape last weekend Jul 18, 08:13
        
        cardboard and duct tape too complicated? -- nm - groiny Jul 18, 07:52 1
        
        Since that pic I've done that as well. :-) It's a west facing window so the sun destroys my bedroom in the afternoon. - Krusty Jul 18, 07:57
this song stuck in my head today - its intro "~ Baby squirrel, youz a sexy mother-******~ - Capstern Jul 18, 07:41
Hawaii is amazing, but flying back to the EST is a real bitch. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 18, 07:34 1
- Could you ever live there. The thought of being stuck on a land mass that small seems freaky -- nm - Capstern Jul 18, 07:43
It says something about TomCattt that he's released two videos, and no one has commented on... - Roger More Jul 18, 07:34 2
- his mullet is the least of his problems. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 18, 07:40 1
  - but nevertheless, noteworthy -- nm - Roger More Jul 18, 07:40
I hate getting totally grossed out first thing in the morning. - Trish Jul 18, 07:31 7
- *woo woo woo woo!* -- nm - crash si Jul 18, 08:46
- yeah, I posted a story about that yesterday and crossed Peru off of my list of future vacation options. -- nm - znufrii Jul 18, 08:26
- this post should come with a warning. - Mel Profit Jul 18, 08:14
- you could have been grossed out yesterday allready -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 18, 07:37 [Backboard] 2
  - Don't make me smack you down. -- nm - Trish Jul 18, 07:43 1
    - why? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 18, 07:48
- yikes!! -- nm - Don Homer Jul 18, 07:32
seriously, will 'feel like' 44*C (111*F) tomorrow? f that. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 07:31 7
- We're having a cool spell today, only 99F. Tomorrow it's back to 106-112 for the next 5-6 days. - Trish Jul 18, 07:36 4
  - Yeah, we are supposed to hit 107 by Saturday - amoxy Jul 18, 07:56
  - my naked self would have a date with my AC and my ceiling fan. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 18, 07:46
  - That is the suck! I hate anything 90 or over. -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 07:39
  - well, not having air conditioning isn't helping. :) i won't die or anything, but going back to season 80s would be nice. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 07:38
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  - All the single ladies, all the single ladies... - Shaun Jul 18, 07:39
I have been with you folks since 06/06/97 -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 07:28 8
- 7/5/97 for me. - Will Hunting Jul 18, 07:58 1
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- "It's my first day." -- nm - David Jul 18, 07:34
- I had to be here before 1999 then. - groiny Jul 18, 07:33 3
  - Nov 2008 for me according to Your Profile: who knew I was a newbee? -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Jul 18, 07:34
  - I hit TT for the first time right around the Fight Club release and adjust. - Jim Jul 18, 07:34 1
    - I started playing around the time of FIGHT. - Mel Profit Jul 18, 08:08
- wow -- nm - Capstern Jul 18, 07:30
Well, this sounds like a fun meeting of Senate Republicans on the filibuster deal - Brian Jul 18, 07:28 11
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    - Because then the Republicans have cover to change the rule on passing bills. - Bacon Jul 18, 07:40 4
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        Bush had Congress and the Senate in Republican hands at one time and the filibuster was all the Democrats had to stop some of the worst bills and noms - Bacon Jul 18, 07:44 2
        
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        We just removed the filibuster from the Republican controlled Sentate, and we have the House majority as well. Yeehaaw!! Texas style laws for all! - President Rick Perry Jul 18, 07:52
  - Presumably because they don't really think they'll win. - David Jul 18, 07:35 3
    - Well this is the reason Liz Cheney is running in WY and not VA (where she lives). She knows she can't beat Warner -- nm - MDH Jul 18, 07:41
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    - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jul 18, 07:36
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- hole.y.shit. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 08:11 2
  - this srticle state that Prosecutor's office told him he wouldn't be asked to testify... -- (link) - Diva Jul 18, 08:12 1
    - by the sounds of it, Whitey don't take no chances. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 18, 08:23
- yikes. -- nm - Diva Jul 18, 07:58
- "Police told the Rakes family the death appeared to be a suicide." - David Jul 18, 07:34
- Police believe he accidentally shot himself in the back of the head six times. -- nm - Mop on Nook Android Tablet Jul 18, 07:31
Language Log cracks the code of J. K. Rowlings' pseudonym. -- (link) - mara Jul 18, 07:25 1
- I love the bio she gave "him". -- nm - zork Jul 18, 08:45

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