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YDC, but if the book is called "C++ for Everyone" and it costs $99.40, either the title or the price is absurd. - mara Feb 24, 10:25 1
- Is it just out of print? Probably should get a different book anyway. -- nm - spamlet Feb 24, 10:27
Black Sails was much better this week. -- nm - Jovian Feb 24, 10:23
It's quite the tangle to try to find and then make it through the sign up for the WWE Network. But once done, seems good. -- nm - Qale Feb 24, 10:17 8
- The most recent RAW replay is from Jan 19th. Smackdown is Jan 23rd. So unless you always want to be way behind, not a viable replacement for SyFy/USA. -- nm - Qale Feb 24, 10:20 1
  - Most recent PPV is TLC in December 2013. -- nm - Qale Feb 24, 10:59
- Has it launched yet? -- nm - David Feb 24, 10:18 5
  - 9am today --- sign-ups were taking an hour or so.... -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 24, 10:29 3
    - Important to know that the free week trial is actually in real time. So it's this week only starting today. -- nm - Qale Feb 24, 10:31 2
      - Yeah, is there just a simple sign-up for the free week or is it just download the app and go? - Will Hunting Feb 24, 10:33 1
        
        It's the former. Though I think they'll still take billing info like most places. I just went ahead and signed up. -- nm - Qale Feb 24, 10:44
  - Yes. But I mean it's being beat like a government mule right now. -- nm - Qale Feb 24, 10:18
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- you really need to get a diaper... -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 24, 10:29 1
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- they don't care about wonderlic anymore? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Feb 24, 10:18 2
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    - (yet) -- nm - David Feb 24, 10:20
LYC: Seattle hotel booked! Looking forward to seeing the west coast for the first time this April. - Strongbad Feb 24, 10:06
Cancer sucks. Jake "The Snake" Roberts has cancer, will undergo emergency surgery tomorrow. -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 24, 10:01 1
- he has fought other foes of similar difficulty. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 24, 10:03
This chart seems relevant to ST's interest. It's about Heathers. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 24, 09:50 1
- Haha. -- nm - volnelk Feb 24, 10:09
"Got Milk?" tagline replaced -- (link) - ty97 Feb 24, 09:40 9
- Such White. So Milk. Wow. -- nm - mara Feb 24, 10:23
- "Frankie Say Milk" -- nm - Diva Feb 24, 10:22
- Ugh - hate it. How is the milk prices increase going to affect the booming Almond Milk,Soy Milk markets? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 24, 10:21
- arb? -- nm - Truman Feb 24, 09:56
- "Milksteak" -- nm - kelly Feb 24, 09:54 1
  - Milktoast? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 09:55
- Time to save some cash and give you nobody! -- nm - Big Milk Feb 24, 09:42
- downgrade! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 24, 09:41 1
  - Shut up and identify with it!!! -- nm - Big Milk Feb 24, 09:42
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- It kind of strikes me that the play has gone horribly wrong if a lineman is chasing someone down with established speed. Is there an explosiveness - JD Feb 24, 10:13 3
  - Yes, there is a 10 yard split. Clowney had the best among defensive linemen with a 1.56. - David Feb 24, 10:18 2
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      - I got it. I was chuckling to myself that my literal, no common sense engineer self was at work. Of course, just take the 10 yard split - JD Feb 24, 10:34
- I'm honestly a little surprised it wasn't below 4.50. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 24, 10:01 1
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- Jeeze, that's the best he could do? -- nm - decline Feb 24, 09:38
- Freeney was 260. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:34
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- That sucks so much. :-( I can hear his voice in my head as I type this. -- nm - Krusty Feb 24, 10:31
- ahh man. RIP -- nm - Beaker Feb 24, 10:26
- Just saw this on Twitter. Man I loved seeing him pop up in a role long after he was primarily a director. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 24, 09:56
- oh man :( -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 09:50
- oh, what a shame. -- nm - loosi in the sky with diamonds Feb 24, 09:46
- that blows. -- nm - Jovian Feb 24, 09:46
- Dammit! -- nm - TWuG Feb 24, 09:45 1
  - I *just* said that outloud about it. Time to log off for a while. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:46
- AV Club had a nice appreciation of his work a while back -- (link) - con_carne Feb 24, 09:43 3
  - IIRC they did not put Stripes as one of the 5 essential so it is FAIL! -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:45 2
    - "Quick, what happens in the second half of Stripes?" -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 09:49 1
      - dude, EM-50!!!! -- nm - groiny Feb 24, 09:51
- Crap. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 24, 09:39
- :( -- nm - ty97 Feb 24, 09:37
- So sad. -- nm - LMS Feb 24, 09:35
- Crap. -- nm - kelly Feb 24, 09:30 2
  - a staple from my youth. I watched Stripes like a thousand times when I was young. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 24, 09:36 1
    - Mine started with SCTV. And yeah, I learned a lot about who I am from Stripes. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:37
- A shame. I hadn't realized it had been that long since he directed. -- nm - Inigo Feb 24, 09:26 1
  - I knew he had been sick for a long time but had hoped for a turn around. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:28
- Damn -- nm - prayformojo Feb 24, 09:26
- damn. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 24, 09:24
- this SUCKS> -- nm - Andie Feb 24, 09:24
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  - I had no idea he was the director of NL's Vacation. - Will Hunting Feb 24, 09:26 8
    - Yup. Writer on Animal House, too. - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:27 7
      - So basically, any of the seminal comedies in the last 40 years, he was involved in some vital manner. - Will Hunting Feb 24, 09:28 6
        
        Yeah, just pulled to look and saw some surprises (and I thought I knew his resume) -- (link) - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:29 4
        
        Directed: Caddyshack, Vacation, Groundhog Day, Analyze This - Inigo Feb 24, 09:32
        
        Wow. His last work was 4 episodes of The Office. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:31 2
        
        Or rather, the last of four. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:31 1
        
        (And yes, I was searching for something *after* Year One.) -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:32
        
        Seth Rogan is quoted as saying - Andie Feb 24, 09:29
- Oh no. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:23
Michael Emerson will do an AMA today at 5:30pm EST. @reddit_AMA -- nm - loosi in the sky with diamonds Feb 24, 09:22
Xbox one is now price matched to the ps4? Interesting. - Beryllium Feb 24, 09:00 3
- Where?, don't tease me bery. -- nm - J Feb 24, 09:35
- + 50 £ -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 24, 09:10
- You mean in the UK? -- nm - Inigo Feb 24, 09:02
25 maps and charts that explain America today -- (link) - ty97 Feb 24, 08:59 23
- My blasphemy for the day: I don't know why we need a constant supply of new microbreweries/brews. - con_carne Feb 24, 09:33 3
  - some people like to try new things. no-one says you can't buy the same beers you like over and over. -- nm - Andie Feb 24, 09:39
  - We already have a lot of books. Why would anyone write another one? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 24, 09:34 1
    - Also see, wine. -- nm - Roger More Feb 24, 09:50
- Why is #16's map all warped looking? -- nm - Inigo Feb 24, 09:24 3
  - The cartogram? They remove the land area as a factor and use something else. -- nm - mara Feb 24, 09:31 2
    - I'd never heard of a cartogram before. It makes my brain want to punch my eyes out for looking at it. -- nm - Inigo Feb 24, 09:40 1
      - Sadly, I have. I did not even look at it. - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:40
- #20 WTF, ML? -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:15 2
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    - It broke the map! -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:22
- "No Promo Homo Laws" -- nm - volnelk Feb 24, 09:10 4
  - Yeah, I did a double take at that -- nm - prayformojo Feb 24, 09:11 3
    - That phrase has been around for a long time, and I wouldn't be surprised if lawyers coined it, due to its pseudo-Latin construction. -- nm - mara Feb 24, 09:15 2
      - Also, it pretty much sums up the maturity level of thinking behind these laws. -- nm - ty97 Feb 24, 09:18 1
        
        It also drives me nuts because when I read "Homo" I always think homo sapien. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:21
- It's eye-opening to me how "rich" Maryland is. I don't see us as a wealthy state, but apparently we are. -- nm - Inigo Feb 24, 09:07 4
  - I imagine the portion nearest DC is skewing the results. - ty97 Feb 24, 09:12 3
    - Don't overlook the fact outside the metro corridors, there's a lot of farmland....land = $$$$. - Will Hunting Feb 24, 09:27 1
      - this. and isn't Maryland kind of hor$ey? -- nm - Diva Feb 24, 09:52
    - Oh, definitely, but I didn't think it would make us the richest state. -- nm - Inigo Feb 24, 09:23
- I love these. Thanks -- nm - prayformojo Feb 24, 09:02 1
  - YW. I enjoy stuff like this too. My biggest surprise was that NY ranks rather low on the alcohol excise taxes. -- nm - ty97 Feb 24, 09:17
FaceOff spoiler question from last week's ep - Diva Feb 24, 08:54 15
- Spoils - TWuG Feb 24, 09:50 6
  - that doesn't explain her motive or reason behind it if she did set him up. why him? it's not like he was any great shakes or a real threat. - Diva Feb 24, 09:55 5
    - Sure it explains it. (spoil) - TWuG Feb 24, 10:08 4
      - but there would always be one person less between her and victory automatically because she was immune and someone was going home regardless. - Diva Feb 24, 10:20
      - and maybe..... spoils - groiny Feb 24, 10:13 2
        
        hm - that's a possibility. -- nm - Diva Feb 24, 10:21 1
        
        or people just did not like him all that much too. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 24, 10:32
- another observation... - Mel Profit Feb 24, 08:59 6
  - Yep. That was a really good makeup. -- nm - TWuG Feb 24, 09:51
  - Threadjack: Mel has mail. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:02 3
    - reviewed: need to mull over my thoughts and will get back to you. It is reassuring however. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 24, 09:08 1
      - Exactly this. - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:09
    - male? -- nm - groiny Feb 24, 09:02
  - yeah, it really was the one I liked the most. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 24, 09:00
- why? I am not sure, but that is what it looked like to me. sp - groiny Feb 24, 08:56
'Biggest observed meteorite impact' hits Moon -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 24, 08:48 2
- amateur -- nm - Ray Rice Feb 24, 08:49
- At least we found the missing asteroid! -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 08:49
Walking Dead spoiler thought - Beaker Feb 24, 08:46 9
- I think that....... - volnelk Feb 24, 08:55 2
  - Mayor McCheese! -- nm - groiny Feb 24, 08:56 1
    - From another article about the episode........ - volnelk Feb 24, 09:18
- I fast forwarded through the Talking Dead and they taped an interview with the actor about the scene. spoil - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 08:48
- spoils....,. - groiny Feb 24, 08:48 3
  - heh -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 08:49 2
    - loser. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 24, 08:49 1
      - Mine painted a more precise picture. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 08:54
- Random. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 08:46
Uptight private school parents. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 24, 08:44 13
- Do any of the school offer before-care? It's expensive, but it would cure your issue for good. -- nm - Inigo Feb 24, 08:56 9
  - We do after care at all 3. Before care consists of hanging out in the gym until the bell rings, so I guess that qualifies. No charge for that. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 24, 09:15
  - speaking of this, it's crazy to me what school rules about pickup and dropoff are here. kids aren't allowed to walk home alone until 7th grade. - peggy ann mcamanda Feb 24, 08:58 7
    - what? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 24, 09:11 1
      - Until America arms all its children, none of its children will be safe! -- nm - NRA Feb 24, 09:34
    - I walked home myself in 5th grade. - groiny Feb 24, 09:02 4
      - i did it in kindergarden. about 6 blocks (with a neighbour, also in kindergarden). -- nm - Andie Feb 24, 09:06 2
        
        When I was 5 and my brother 7, we walked about 10-12 blocks to and from school. - mara Feb 24, 10:01
        
        Oh yeah, and walked in first grade. Two blocks. Small town and the school was at the entrance to our subdivision. - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:11
      - After the divorce we moved to the big city. 6th grade. First day, I tried riding the bus home for the first day in my life. - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 09:05
- We have curbside and there are two teachers standing out there all morning. - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 08:46 2
  - hmm, my son's school has varied start times, so the traffic going in is not horrible for him. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 24, 08:49 1
    - His start time is 9:05. So the parents that work at 9 get there before. I know that if I wait until 8:55 it will not be bad. - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 08:52
Ooga chakka ooga chakka ooga ooga ooga chakka -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 24, 08:43 2
- *urge to kill receeding* -- nm - Truman Feb 24, 09:56
- Kahn? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 24, 08:45

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