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First NBA all star weekend, now the combine? - Spawn Lord Feb 22, 10:28
With Ukraine, Venezuela, Syria, Egypt, etc. do you think history will look back at this time as one of major change/turmoil of a scale we're not aware - Dano Feb 22, 10:25 4
- you mean like the Chinese revolution, the russian revolution....the french revolution and of course the American revolution....meh -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 12:48
- In the late 50s/early 60s there were a bunch of former colonial states that achieved independence, then the decentralization of the SSRs in 1990 - Max Feb 22, 10:32
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  - Damn Reagan -- nm - Dano Feb 22, 10:30
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is there a specific word appropriate to "decorative things" left at a grave site (like flowers, wreaths, etc)? as in, a general term? there has to.. - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 22, 10:23 4
- the highway dept complains about the roadside memorials....so that's probably the right word -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 12:49
- Bedazzles -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 22, 10:24
- would "memorial" be appropriate, or is there something else better? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 22, 10:23 1
  - Mementos? -- (link) - mara Feb 22, 10:28
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new arrow revealed -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 22, 10:20 [vimeo]
I feel Ukraine has about 48 hours to stabilize before the Russians move in tanks. - Mop Feb 22, 10:16 3
- not a chance unless Ukraine is already in open civil war. - Reagen Feb 22, 10:26 2
  - I'd argue that it is. I could see Russian tanks moving into pro Russian areas and the Ukrainian military letting them. -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 10:28 1
    - this is a squabble on that scale. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 10:29
wow NOT Orange? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 22, 10:14
House time! What ya think? -- (link) - colin Feb 22, 10:13 2
- I'm having a hard time seeing things with those pics but the place looks large. - Krusty Feb 22, 10:30
- That's a lot of house! Is it connected to that partially sided building on the left? Is that an addition? -- nm - mara Feb 22, 10:18
Bank of Evil (formerly Lehman Brothers) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 10:09
Here's the Oscar Pool: - JaxSean Feb 22, 10:00 2
- Worked for me. Thanks for setting it up! :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 10:14 1
  - Bery - If you get a chance could you throw the details up top for everyone to see? -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 10:14
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so . . . when is Ragnarok supposed to happen today? I'd like to schedule out the final hours of my life if I can . . . -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 22, 09:47 1
- Countdown says in 6 hours -- (link) - mara Feb 22, 09:48
New X-Men:DoFP poster. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 22, 09:45 [Image]
The snow's not sticking much, so that's good -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 09:40
Has ST seen the goat simulation game? -- (link) - mara Feb 22, 09:33 [youtube] 4
- Goat stimulation? -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 09:57
- I have been playing Idle Farmer. Left it running at work over the weekend... -- (link) - colin Feb 22, 09:46
- Disclaimer: Goat Simulator is a small, broken and stupid game. - Krusty Feb 22, 09:41 1
  - Looks like fun though. I wish it was cheaper. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 09:43
Is there an ST Oscar Pick 'Em league? -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 09:21 2
- I keep meaning to set it up. I'll do it a little later today, unless someone else wants to -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 09:22 1
  - Great, thanks! -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 09:23
320 pound OT Greg Robinson just ran a faster 40 than Maurice Clarett. - David Feb 22, 09:19
Ukrainian protestors have the president on the run. Who was it saying an "early" election was the end of that? -- nm - colin Feb 22, 09:14 9
- What, literally? Like he's hiding or something? -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 09:58 1
  - His whereabouts are unknown, but he made a statement earlier today. (See my link below) -- nm - mara Feb 22, 10:05
- and Yulia Tymoshenko has been released from prison. wow. crazy turn of events. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 09:26 6
  - "She is as prime minister as a cow on the ice" -- nm - yanukovych Feb 22, 10:23
  - It will not shock me if Ukraine splits in two. The east is very pro-Russian and will not view this as a liberation. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 22, 09:40 1
    - Right. Easterners are saying they don't want a split, but that may be because they want to retain control of the whole country. -- (link) - mara Feb 22, 09:54
  - I was just reading that. Also, "he is traveling the country to seek advice" made me laugh. -- (link) - mara Feb 22, 09:29 1
    - He's on a holiday! -- nm - colin Feb 22, 09:39
  - Yep. Crazy unpredictable. -- nm - TWuG Feb 22, 09:28
Olympic hockey spoiler - Mop Feb 22, 09:02
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- It gets my vote. - Spawn Lord Feb 22, 10:25
- "I have no son!" -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 09:08
- Heh. :-) - Krusty Feb 22, 09:06
3 Days to Kill, B+: surprisingly fresh and smartly French . . . - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Feb 22, 08:46
DDP on shark tank last night pitching his yoga thang. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Feb 22, 08:46 3
- i missed it despite wanting to watch . . . did he get an offer or anything ? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Feb 22, 09:31
- DDP's yoga thong, available in packs of 3 at your local Walmart. For those too insecure to do yoga naked. - Mop Feb 22, 09:04
- with former staff sergeant arthur gorman in tow. uh.... - peggy ann mcamanda Feb 22, 08:48
Can I just say I'm in favour of the small print floral dress that seems to be in fashion here now? Good choice, ladies. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 08:40 7
- Yoga pants... as far as the eye can see... -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 08:46 5
  - Is that what they are? The Indiana University campus seems to be nothing but black leggings or yoga pants on women. -- nm - mara Feb 22, 08:48 2
    - Yup. HuffPo has it covered. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 08:51 1
      - There's a scene in "Safety Not Guaranteed" that perfectly captures the male attitude towards yoga pants. - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 08:59
  - Git some. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 22, 08:46 1
    - My ass would look awesome. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 08:52
- I'm glad they're still in style! -- nm - mara Feb 22, 08:44
Mel Gibson's Russian model ex-girlfriend lost her settlement because she blabbed on Howard Stern. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 08:32 5
- she is not attractive -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 08:44
- I don't want to side with Gibson and say he deserves a win, but man, I like this. Stop trying to be celebrities, people. -- nm - Max Feb 22, 08:41
- And stories from the sidebar: Questlove gets to cameo on L&O: SVU as a corpse. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 08:34 2
  - The wolf roaming the halls of the athletes village in Sochi was a Jimmy Kimmel gag. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 08:36 1
    - Heh, the vertical frame was a nice touch. Also, that's a nice shot of the wolf on stage. -- nm - mara Feb 22, 08:50
USPS sucks. PA -> CA -> OH -> NY -> NY ?!? You suck, USPS! - Krusty Feb 22, 08:21 3
- Yeah, two NYs suck! -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 22, 08:38
- That's amazing. Can you take a screen shot of the tracking? Post it on Twitter or Consumerist or somewhere and watch it go viral. -- nm - mara Feb 22, 08:37 1
  - When they screw up they do it royally. I've had stuff go west before coming here but never Cali. - Krusty Feb 22, 08:45
Bronze medal hockey spoils - Reagen Feb 22, 08:12 1
- spoils - Shaun Feb 22, 08:14
Crazy US/Fin spoils - Shaun Feb 22, 08:11
Notes From the NFL Combine, Part 1 -- (link) - Beaker Feb 22, 08:00 3
- Men run fast, jump high and hit hard. Got it. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 08:02 2
  - it's a good read, alot about some of the GMs and little known mid-round draft picks -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 08:05 1
    - I'm reading it now. - Krusty Feb 22, 08:10
Hmm, seems like I was sorta wrong about the cause of the outage. It was a legit DB crash ... that's not good. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 07:57 3
- whereas an illegitimite crash *is* good? -- nm - zork Feb 22, 07:59 2
  - It ran out of memory. That's not good - and also unprecedented. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 08:26 1
    - Welcome to SlackerTalk, where nothing can possib- lie go wrong. Uh, possibLY go wrong -- nm - JaxSean Feb 22, 09:21
"Since 1999, the Browns have paid or will pay over $100 million in dead money to fired executives and coaches." -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 07:50
Ukrainian parliament votes to dismiss the president and has scheduled elections for end of May -- nm - zork Feb 22, 07:50
"expects the league (NFL) to institute a rule where players would be penalized 15 yards for using the N-word on the field." -- (link) - Beaker Feb 22, 07:49 16
- What if you're using it in a familial fashion? -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 09:06
- When was the last time they removed a rule? -- nm - amoxy Feb 22, 08:41
- they need a rule for that? wouldn't that be unsportsmanlike conduct already? -- nm - zork Feb 22, 07:51 13
  - What's the penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct? -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 08:13 6
    - 15 yards -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 08:16 5
      - Then the rule change is probably just to specify that the n-word on the field falls under the definition of unsportsmanlike - Roger More Feb 22, 08:21 4
        
        If it's a curse word than it's already covered and just needs to be enforced. Making a specific rule for that word is unnecessary. - Krusty Feb 22, 08:24 3
        
        Looking at the NFL rules, "unsportsmanlike conduct" is defined as " Any act contrary to the generally understood principles of sportsmanship", which - Roger More Feb 22, 08:54 2
        
        The only argument I can make for allowing it, like you would the F word, is that it's not used as a vulgarity between the black players. - Krusty Feb 22, 09:00 1
        
        Yeah. that's the main issue I see with it being applied as an objective test -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 09:17
  - Yes, good point. They don't need to make a rule about a specific word when it's already covered. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 07:55 5
    - agreed. -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 07:56 4 1
      - If they want to define what's a curse word and what isn't that's understandable, I guess. - Krusty Feb 22, 08:01 2
        
        and then why isn't there a special penalty for dropping the F word or the G word. - Beaker Feb 22, 08:04 1
        
        Oh, I agree. If they just wanted to add the word to list of banned words that would be okay, sort of. - Krusty Feb 22, 08:12
      - I want to see the referee gesture to symbolize this new penalty. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 22, 07:58
USA/Finland spoilers - Beaker Feb 22, 07:37 2
- here is the stream if needed -- (link) - Beaker Feb 22, 07:52 1
  - spoilers - Beaker Feb 22, 08:01
here's a question: if you were buying a 50" TV *today,* what would you buy? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Feb 22, 07:36 6
- Movie club is good for the economy -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Feb 22, 10:26
- The last Panasonic plasma off the assembly line. -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 09:12
- we love our Samsung. Check Costco if one is near you -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 08:07 2
  - Yeah, the samsung I won is spectacular enough that I'd pay for one. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 08:42
  - we don't have costco. (we have almost nothing, really.) -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Feb 22, 08:13
- LG plasma. Low cost, looks awesome. Probably spend around $500 on it. -- nm - colin Feb 22, 07:57
oh hey it's snowing -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 07:18 2
- Odd. It's sunny and warm here... Finally. -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 09:13
- a yup: ain't it grande? -- nm - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Feb 22, 08:43
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- Haha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 07:21
*ahem* sorry about that -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 07:13 3
- I ran some DB maintenance in the evening, and then the automatic database backup restarted the DB (afaik) and it didn't go cleanly. - Beryllium Feb 22, 07:17 2
  - ... so that got us nearly six hours of downtime. Yikes. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 07:23 1
    - And thank goodness for us you woke up early. :-) - Krusty Feb 22, 07:26
Stock spam email? Really? *forwards to dawson* ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 00:24
Dogs' brain scans reveal vocal responses -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 22, 00:24
That photo of the child found wandering in the syrian desert alone? not so much, he was following a couple hundred and a dozen were off to the side -- (link) - Cracked exposes 4 not quite as they seem news bits Feb 22, 00:23
Venezuela is really not a place for beauty queens, evidently. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 00:01
Fuck my Playstation 3. Fuck it in the ear. - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 21, 23:45 6
- I'm afraid I've got some bad news: Your PS3 hasn't been worth $400 in quite some time. -- nm - Bad News Qale Feb 22, 08:45
- Get a new hdmi cable. -- nm - colin Feb 22, 07:58 1
  - I tried the HDMI cable from my Tivo and that didn't change anything. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 08:31
- Maybe it's the cords and not the system. I'd try replacing those. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 07:51
- I blame Redmond. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 22, 01:21 1
  - Flick Him! -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Feb 22, 10:27
Feds cut irrigation water to central valley farmers....cut OFF, zero -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 21, 23:20 1
- We'll be up to Visalia for a weekend next month. It will be interesting to see the mood up that way. -- nm - Meg Feb 22, 07:36
You think Obamacare's website sucks? 700 people have been enrolled through Oregon's exchange website so far... with assistance. Utter debacle. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 21, 23:05 1
- Yeah, that's a huge fail and pretty mystifying. Luckily the back-up systems (paper enrollment and navigators) are beefed up. -- nm - mara Feb 22, 08:15
Local-ish music tonight. Whole Wheat Bread (3 piece punk band) and Beebs and Her Moneymakers. *Great*shore -- nm - JaxSean Feb 21, 23:00 1
- shore = show. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 21, 23:01
Hmm, 4.0 earthquake in Nunavut. Scaaaaa - oh, wait. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 21, 22:54
That interesting. The site where I get my WWE until the network starts has an announcerless Smackdown tonight. -- nm - Qale Feb 21, 22:36
Nothing like doing banking at 10:30 on a Friday night...... - Meg Feb 21, 22:24
is your local news unpatriotic by showing Norway with 10 gold as the top medal winner? or is NBC lying to us by showing USA at the top? -- nm - peglegpete Feb 21, 22:22
Ugh. White House Down. - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 21, 22:07 2
- This IM is loaded with spoilers fyi -- nm - Bacon Feb 21, 22:08 1
  - "cookie cutter action movie that isn't worth watching" isn't a spoiler -- nm - Beryllium Feb 21, 22:18
The Venezuela thing is more messed up than either side would have you believe. - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 21, 21:56 1
- so, like democrates vs the tea party? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 22:06
First America, now Italy. The Democrats are taking over the world. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 21, 21:52
That was a weird ass movie. We liked it. -- nm - Bacon Feb 21, 21:50 2
- We turned it off - screen froze 5 minutes after we signed back in once Xbox Live was working again. We had to manually shut off the Xbox bc the - kelly Feb 21, 22:40
- BTW I don't think we would have ever watched World's End without the movie club. Love that! -- nm - Bacon Feb 21, 21:56
My friends and I are 4th in line to karaoke and someone stole the group we were singing? - MDH Feb 21, 21:50

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