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Man, I recognize anyone on Cnet anymore. If not from Brians Tong and Cooley, there wouldn't be one familiar face. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 16:14 2
- Does Yoshi still work on custom computer builds? -- nm - David Jan 16, 16:20 1
  - Heh. I haven't seen him since the old Screensavers days. Related: Comcast pulled G4 off my grid last week. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 16:23
nmb Kelly - JenBro Jan 16, 16:10 1
- Let me add... - CovingtonCat Jan 16, 16:18
Gas bill last month: $133. This month (including unexpected "Winter in December"): $122. - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 16:07
Time to go in the kennel! -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jan 16, 16:05 [youtube] 2
- that's so cuuuuute -- nm - JenBro Jan 16, 16:13
- Heh, looks like he's been taking lessons from the cat. -- nm - Meg Jan 16, 16:08
Giant 3D printer can build a house (from concrete) in 24 hours. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 16, 16:04 6
- It's amazing how much closer we've gotten to replicators over the past 3-4 years. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 17, 04:45
- Oh man, I love this. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 16:09 4
  - I'm always on the lookout for alternative construction ideas, on the off chance that I'll finally own an island one day ... - Beryllium Jan 16, 16:13 3
    - I'm always on the lookout for ways to put people out of work. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 16:15 2
      - I'm a software developer. It's what I do. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 16:20 1
        
        *summons the pitchforks and torches brigade* Let's go burn down the observatory! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 16:24
Guys, GUYS! I'm missing 3 assets! I'M ONLY MISSING 3 ASSETS! - spamlet Jan 16, 15:59 3
- There was a duplicate. I'm missing 2 assets. 2 ASSETS! -- nm - spamlet Jan 16, 16:22 1
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- ABC canceled them, so you'll be missing them indefinitely. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 15:59
sitwap: Last female munchkin from Wizard of Oz died as well... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 16, 15:58 1
- *wins the tontine* -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 16:11
Done: Be insured in Texas. - Qale Jan 16, 15:42 10
- Anyone here not imagine Qale in his driver's license pic wearing a ten gallon hat? -- nm - con_carne Jan 16, 15:48 5
  - Maybe if I'd moved to Dallas and not Houston. -- nm - Qale Jan 16, 15:53 4
    - So ... sequins and heels? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 16:00 3
      - No, that's Austin, sheesh! -- nm - Qale Jan 16, 16:07 2
        
        I can't help it that when I hear "Houston" I think "Whitney" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 16:12 1
        
        i think debra winger humping a mechanical bull -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 16, 16:14
- Ya gotta know when to hold em -- nm - Strongbad Jan 16, 15:47
- and finally to come, move away from Texas when you realize you live in Texas. -- nm - @babybean1128 Jan 16, 15:45 1
  - Politically it's about the same as Georgia. Well, we do have that lesbian mayor. Oh wait. (the Shirley Franklin oh lawd nt.) -- nm - Qale Jan 16, 15:55
- All I know is that if you're gonna play in Texas, you got to have a fiddle in the band. - CQ Jan 16, 15:43
*sigh* Yeah, I knew one of those shooting victims. - ralph wiggum Jan 16, 15:39 8
- I thought of you the instant I saw it was Elkhart. -- nm - David Jan 16, 15:43 2
  - It made the Sydney Morning Herald website last night. My heart dropped when I saw the headline and photo. - ralph wiggum Jan 16, 15:45 1
    - I'm sorry, DB. Everything about it sucks. -- nm - David Jan 16, 16:20
- I wondered....just asked my brothers if they knew any of them -- nm - Remlik Jan 16, 15:43
- which shooting? florida theatre shooting? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 15:41 3
  - Elkhart, IN grocery store, I think. -- nm - TWuG Jan 16, 15:41
  - No, the one in the supermarket in Elkhart, IN. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 16, 15:41 1
    - Ah. Hadn't heard about it. That really sucks. :( -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 15:59
Wolf of Wall Street is 3 hours long without previews? - spamlet Jan 16, 15:35 8
- when you see it, you should ask me after for my required listening podcasts. I liked it so much better after. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 16, 16:09 1
  - It won't be until after it's on DVD. I've never seen the LOTR movies because I can't sit through movies that long. - spamlet Jan 16, 16:11
- Takes a lot of work to get all those f-bombs in there. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 16:00
- It would have only been 12 minutes if they'd not said the f-word so many times.' -- nm - Qale Jan 16, 15:43 2
  - Francis? Freedom? Fred? Follow through???? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 15:48 1
    - Fustigate. -- nm - Was Bar Was, Vampirates Primogen Jan 16, 15:58
- a long street -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 15:36
- 3 hours is the first act -- nm - @babybean1128 Jan 16, 15:36
Plus, it's not like August: Osage County was actually supposed to appeal to anyone -- nm - con_carne Jan 16, 15:33 1
- It's pretty raw, certainly, but it will be hard to find a time . . . - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Jan 16, 15:49
academy-award nominated films that I've seen, by category ... - Beryllium Jan 16, 15:31 3
- Gravity, Frozen - psilotum Jan 16, 16:03
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- 2013, of course -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 15:32
Idiot local reporter causes high school to lock down and scares several other schools to "get a good story" -- (link) - spamlet Jan 16, 15:21 1
- Well, sounds like the school had good reason to be suspicious. Too bad it took over an hour to sort out. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 15:26
The thing with 200 million texts per day ... 1: that was in 2011. 2: Any time someone pops up on their radar, they click once and unlock an entire web - Beryllium Jan 16, 15:08 2
- which is why the NSA is right.... - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 15:15
- Not sure if this picture was linked on B2 as well, but it details the derived info from those 200m texts. Note the line about SIM card swap tracking. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 16, 15:08
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- Gravity is this year's Avatar. It's American Hustle thanks to the huge Actors' portion of the voting block, ala, Crash. -- nm - Qale Jan 16, 15:54 1
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- My heart wants Gravity but its most likely 12 Years a Slave and if American Hustle wins I will TORCH THE ACADEMY TO THE GROUND! -- nm - Buzz Jan 16, 15:49 2
  - I think we should both brace for disappointment. Gravity is the longest of long shots while AH is in the driver's seat. -- nm - David Jan 16, 16:18 1
    - I fell asleep through practically the first hour of the movie, it was that effin' boring to me! I cared for none of the characters in it! -- nm - Buzz Jan 16, 16:21
- American Hustle -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 16, 15:44
- It's American Hustle's to lose but that movie is such a waste that I think it will. I'm going with 12 Years. -- nm - David Jan 16, 15:43 1
  - As an aside, when we do a hard count, I get Gravity winning the most Oscars this year, just not on the upper ticket. -- nm - David Jan 16, 16:16
- Dallas Buyers Club -- nm - CQ Jan 16, 15:34
- 12 Years -- nm - Strongbad Jan 16, 15:27
- I've seen all of them except Nebraska, and honestly I do not know - Guigue Jan 16, 15:26
- the one in the envolope -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 15:13 1
  - this -- nm - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Jan 16, 15:49
- 12 years. -- nm - loosilu Jan 16, 15:09
- American Hustle (NM) - Marlowe Jan 16, 15:08
- American Hustle -- nm - con_carne Jan 16, 15:07
- American Hustle -- nm - Jovian Jan 16, 15:07
- I still think 12 Years. -- nm - Reagen Jan 16, 15:06 3
  - 12 years for BP, Christian Bale for AH for BA. But I think it should be the other way around. - Beryllium Jan 16, 15:10
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    - my podcatsers noted that the actor in 12 years was less acty, but that it was a less acty movie overall. that the actors in 12 years existed within - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 16, 16:07
Last night while tutoring "The Timechart History of the Earth? Looks neat." *opens first page* - Reagen Jan 16, 15:00 3
- look at the bright side - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 15:04 2
  - its terrifying to me that millions believe this. -- nm - Jovian Jan 16, 15:20 1
    - ofcourse dinosouers and humans lived side by side -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jan 16, 15:25
And here's the story of the Best Song nominee where you were like "Huh?" -- (link) - Reagen Jan 16, 14:55 2
- Just reading this makes me less likely to even bother listening to it. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 16, 15:07
- (It only just now occured to me that Lana Del Ray got left out of this category) -- nm - Reagen Jan 16, 14:56
when do they outlaw the belly putters? I thought that went into effect this year. Guess not -- nm - CQ Jan 16, 14:41 1
- ah 2016 -- nm - CQ Jan 16, 14:42
Oscar win you'd most like to see happen? - Reagen Jan 16, 14:41 20
- If anything, Emmanuel Lubezki will FINALLY win a damn Oscar for Cinematography! -- nm - Buzz Jan 16, 15:51 3
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    - Deakins shoulda won already for Fargo if it wasn't for the damn English Patient!! -- nm - Buzz Jan 16, 16:22
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- almost anything for Nebraska, esp original screenplay for - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Jan 16, 15:50
- Lone Survivor: best mixing -- nm - CQ Jan 16, 15:37
- Bad Grandpa for Makeup - timPhone Jan 16, 15:07 1
  - accepting the award while flying across stage in a little red wagon. -- nm - Reagen Jan 16, 15:07
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- Frozen for Best Picture. No one will see it coming. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 14:56
- and yes, like Tron Legacy and Requiem for a Dream, both scores made their movies so much more. -- nm - Jovian Jan 16, 14:54
- Gravity for Score and Picture. and Frozen. and Let it Go for Song. -- nm - Jovian Jan 16, 14:52
- Leto for Best Supp Actor -- nm - Epiphany Jan 16, 14:51 2
  - Maybe he'll finally smile. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 14:56 1
    - Leto dont need to smile!!! -- nm - Epiphany si Jan 16, 15:06
- Gravity for Best Picture. -- nm - David Jan 16, 14:48 1
  - Yeah -- nm - con_carne Jan 16, 15:09
- The Wind Rises.. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 16, 14:48
- Her in any category -- nm - budice Jan 16, 14:45 1
  - Best Song! Muahahahahaha! -- nm - Monkey's Paw Jan 16, 14:47
89 deg. and 13% humidity...and I forgot to take my water bottle to walk to the store. -- nm - Meg Jan 16, 14:39 2
- Unrelated: Have you seen the Cadillac commercial about garages? -- nm - Spawn Jan 16, 14:40 1
  - Is that the one with the Disney garage? -- nm - Meg Jan 16, 14:43
Oh no, the Professor. :( -- nm - loosilu Jan 16, 14:38 1
- :( -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 14:48
Hoffman on my bench. grrrrr -- nm - CQ Jan 16, 14:35 1
- Too foggy. -- nm - Hoffman Jan 16, 14:36
The IRS will now allow you to download a transcript or tax return you filed. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 16, 14:27 2
- How quickly can they get those minions to scan the hardcopy and send you a PDF? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 14:49
- Why not? We're done lookin' at em. -- nm - NSA Jan 16, 14:32
LOL: How The Desolation of Smaug Should Have Ended (link) - Jovian Jan 16, 14:23 [youtube] 3
- Let's call the eagles! -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 14:55
- As big of a waste of time as the movie itself. Good job? -- nm - Qale Jan 16, 14:43 1
  - awww. the dragon bits were funny.. -- nm - Jovian Jan 16, 15:04
"Riccing" is all fun and games till some dumbass dies from asphixiation -- (link) - Beaker Jan 16, 14:20 1
- shocked she could fit her head in there. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 16, 14:22
I don't really get all the Mae Young love. I had never heard of her until she birthed a hand. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 16, 14:15 23
- She *WHAT*? -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 14:23 3
  - OMG Mop, get thee to Youtube. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 16, 14:23 2
    - I really don't want to. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 16, 16:12
    - they revisted that bit a little while ago with AJ Lee... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 16, 14:34 [youtube]
- What kind of drugs does it take to approve that script? -- nm - Reagen Jan 16, 14:20 6
  - In WWE, 80% Vince's ego and 20% Vince's sense of humor. - Will Hunting Jan 16, 14:22
  - How about Big Boss Man dragging The Giant around a graveyard while he rides on his "father's" coffin? -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 14:21 2
    - or serving Al Snow his pet dog for dinner. that was hilarious. -- nm - Remlik Jan 16, 14:26 1
      - I loved him during that time period. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 16, 14:29
  - it was one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen on television. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 16, 14:21
  - Percocet gets em wet. -- nm - budice Jan 16, 14:21
- I respect any person devoted enough to her craft to be doing it at nearly 80years old - Will Hunting Jan 16, 14:20 4
  - what was she doing from 1980 til 1999? - groiny Jan 16, 14:21 3
    - I don't know...she wasn't ever really celebrated until the late 90's.... - Will Hunting Jan 16, 14:23 2
      - see, that is kinda my point. She was nowhere to be seen, when Moolah was still getting pub. - groiny Jan 16, 14:24 1
        
        In 1991, Young quit the wrestling business and moved to California to become a Christian evangelist and take care of her mother, who was sick. - Remlik Jan 16, 14:36
- me either, but any 76 year old woman who can take a powerbomb through a table gets my respect -- nm - Beaker Jan 16, 14:17 6
  - well, she thought she was going to get some oral there for a minute. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 16, 14:19 5
    - I recall hearing Bubba Ray tell the story of that, and how he was so hesitant to do the move till she yelled at him. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 16, 14:21 4
      - "But when she comes up to you and slaps you in the face and tells you, 'Don't be a wuss with me; throw me through; I wanna go through' -- -- (link) - Remlik Jan 16, 14:25 3
        
        I just love the idea of her giving Bully Ray shit about it. -- nm - timPhone Jan 16, 14:32 1
        
        "She has since suggested to me on three different occasions that we do the same spot from the top of the steel cage." -- nm - Remlik Jan 16, 14:32
        
        here is a video of it -- (link) - Beaker Jan 16, 14:29 [youtube]
Board one is recursive. -- nm - David Jan 16, 14:13 2
- One is the loneliest number -- nm - budice Jan 16, 14:15
- Board one is reprint. -- nm - Spawn Jan 16, 14:14

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