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A radio interview with Arthur Chu mentions something I didn't realize: Jeopardy tapes 5 shows a day. - Max Mar 16, 12:26 1
- Ken Jennings is more machine than man. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 12:27
Duke Sucks! -- nm - eag Mar 16, 12:15
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- I was about to dismiss the tshirt, but attending a trial hours before the incident is relevant, I think. -- nm - Max Mar 16, 12:13 1
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Seeing that Bautista went for $62, I think Stanton at $50 was fairly good value. - Strongbad Mar 16, 11:56 4
- The first round of those drafts are insane and this year's was actually tame. - Will Hunting Mar 16, 12:26 2
  - It's hard to compare previous years to last night. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 16, 12:33
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The big apartment fire (under construction) would not have happened if republicans/developers hadn't removed international standards for six floor - zeitgeist Mar 16, 11:55 2
- San Fran fire last week about the same time as the NY gas explosion...here's the link -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 16, 11:56 1
  - Thank You Arnie & your lobbyists -- nm - peglegpete Mar 16, 12:09
Gonna watch frozen again. Yay. Heheh. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 11:48
PSA: 24 Sundays until football. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 16, 11:20 1
- [groan] that`s too long - 15 Sundays until CFL! -- nm - mud Mar 16, 11:29
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- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un enjoys 100% poll win -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 16, 11:24
Watching now: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. IT's the most referenced movie on ST. I feel so privileged. -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 11:04 1
- is it everything you'd hoped for, and more ? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 16, 11:29
So Max figured out something very cool about the XBox One. - David Mar 16, 10:59 6
- I initially found this out when I was on my headset in a party (conference call, no gaming) and my brother called so I said "bbiab" and muted my mic. - Max Mar 16, 11:55
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  - I'm sorry Jake, I can't do that. -- nm - Xbone Mar 16, 11:10
- This is a scene in "Ride Along" -- nm - MDH Mar 16, 11:02
- Or creepy. Depending how you look at it. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 16, 11:01 1
  - It really is rather Big Brother like. The facial recogntion stuff alone has me freaked. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 16, 11:04
Not sure when it re-airs on NBC Sports, but today's F1 race was a good one. This season looks to be very competitive. -- nm - MDH Mar 16, 10:56 3
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  - There's not some cable package you can get that includes NBC sports? - JD Mar 16, 11:31 1
    - We get it on NBS Sports, and we have a pretty basic sports package -- nm - MDH Mar 16, 12:25
Back in Columbus just 10 minutes and I've seen both a Tesla Roadster and Model S - TWuG Mar 16, 10:41 4
- And now I have sat in one. And it was awkward getting in and out of. - TWuG Mar 16, 11:24
- I've seen a couple of Model Ses around here. Not sure where they are buying them though because Missouri outlawed sales. -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 10:42 2
  - I believe you can buy it online/phone and have it delivered. -- nm - Krusty Mar 16, 10:48 1
    - In NJ, that's what they're telling people to do. They're turning their stores into showrooms but you can't buy the car there. -- nm - Krusty Mar 16, 10:49
Trying to remember. The day and date release for Margin Call was just cable VOD, right? -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 10:36 3
- I'm not sure what you are asking. It was available on Vudu and Amazon. I actually found out about it on Amazon. -- nm - David Mar 16, 10:40 1
  - That's what I was asking. I wasn't sure if it were available on Vudu, iTunes, amazon, etc with the theatrical release -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 11:28
- But even that didn't get 300 screens and it had a bankable star. -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 10:38
An MRI on Corbin's left elbow showed damage to the ulnar collateral ligament, Nick Piecoro of AZCentral.com reports. -- nm - David Mar 16, 10:25
18,11,2,36 -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 10:22 5
- 20-2-22-42 -- nm - Strongbad Mar 16, 11:11
- Are they running today? -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 10:26 3
  - Air Titan on the track now. Driver intros at 2:05 -- nm - sgtmike Mar 16, 10:54 1
    - I'll be shocked if they get the entire race in today. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 16, 11:11
  - no clue. heh -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 10:33
Denver is giving former Steelers WR Emmanuel Sanders a 3-year, $15M contract. -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:16 1
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After having already watched season 1 of "Under The Dome", I just finished reading the novel. *spoils* I guess (not sure if that's necessary). - Heisenberg Mar 16, 10:05 1
- i haven't read the book yet, though I probably will eventually . . . but I too was somewhat disappointed w/ the show . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 16, 10:44
holy crap. Sherlock season 3 spoilers - Beaker Mar 16, 10:05 1
- word -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 16, 10:58
'Frozen' has now been in the Top 10 for 16 weekends in a row. That's the longest streak in over a decade: -- nm - budice Mar 16, 10:01
I suspect tonight would be a great time to launch a liquor-finding app. So I shall. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 09:58
Redmond around? -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 16, 09:26 1
- here -- nm - Bacon Mar 16, 10:44
I'm really disappointed in WB's token release of Veronica Mars. - Inigo Mar 16, 09:08 50
- Again, I'll say I'm surprised it had a theatrical release on any screens. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 16, 12:30
- I have it on my Vudu account for FREE and probably will never watch it. In my house, for free and they can't get my eyes on it. - Bacon Mar 16, 10:47
- The movie made $2m. Calling that a failure is factually incorrect based on how it was funded, etc -- nm - MDH Mar 16, 09:55 6
  - Also, Serenity etc were designed to be movies that expand the audience. VM was solely made for super fans. It wasn't gonna get new viewers. -- nm - MDH Mar 16, 09:56 5
    - Nothing in the Kickstarter campaign said this was only gonna be a film made for the fans. -- nm - Inigo Mar 16, 09:58 4
      - Who, by Jeebus else, was going to turn out for it? -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 09:59 3
        
        You're acting like small TV shows have never expanded their audiences with a feature release. -- nm - Inigo Mar 16, 10:01 1
        
        The extreme makes an impression and all but VM isn't Star Trek. Even if Star Trek was only three seasons and gone for years before the first movie - JD Mar 16, 10:04
        
        Mebbe Krusty? -- nm - JD Mar 16, 10:00
- And for a contrasting view: I see the role -- nm - JD Mar 16, 09:45 11
  - SFEK "release" as a grand experiment. With day and date VOD, the number of screens is larger than I can ever remember - JD Mar 16, 09:48 10
    - I'm not seeing the have to about the day and date release at all. - Inigo Mar 16, 09:51 9
      - I don't know about all the people that supported it, but I wouldn't have paid $35 ($45 really, because Canada) to not have access to the film - Reagen Mar 16, 09:53 7
        
        They could have given the kickstarter people access the day of release, and not released to the public. - Inigo Mar 16, 09:57 2
        
        I would expect that to be completely impossible within UV/Flixster's operation. - Reagen Mar 16, 09:59 1
        
        It would have to be done like those screeners we've gotten where we get linked to a private Vimeo page. - David Mar 16, 10:01
        
        I honestly thought that should have said the codes would be sent out, like, a week after release. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 16, 09:55 3
        
        Yup. "You will receive a digital version of the movie within a few days of the movie’s theatrical debut" -- nm - David Mar 16, 09:59 2
        
        I think regardless, exhibitors would have had a fit. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 10:00 1
        
        Of course they would. They're running a dwindling industry. - David Mar 16, 10:02
      - It was how Thomas and company chose to set up the project. Correct that there isn't anything about Kickstarter that requires that - JD Mar 16, 09:53
- there was never a chance for it to succeed period. -- nm - decline Mar 16, 09:24
- $2 million basically doubles the most optimistic estimates of most people I spoke with. -- nm - David Mar 16, 09:20 22
  - Just because it doubled the lowered expectations of people, doesn't stop it from being a bomb or a release dump. - Inigo Mar 16, 09:26 21
    - I am diametrically opposed to your evaluation and fully expect the VM headlines to validate my belief, not yours. -- nm - David Mar 16, 09:33
    - It's a $5 million budgeted film that was pre-funded, and had to pay for theater bookings - Reagen Mar 16, 09:31 19
      - See below. Serenity. -- nm - Inigo Mar 16, 09:33 18
        
        Firefly had twice the viewership as VM when it was on TV, and was a massive success story on DVD. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 09:36 17
        
        and the Serenity figures (if you compare only against the TV ratings) get it about 35% of the audience opening weekend - Reagen Mar 16, 09:40 7
        
        In faulting the day and date release, you're admitting WB screwed the theatrical release. - Inigo Mar 16, 09:45 6
        
        "Didn't care"? No. They knew it could make money, what they didn't care about was maximizing money. But a 6500 PSA isn't too bad. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 09:47
        
        day and date was how the film got *made*. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 09:46 4
        
        Indeed. WB is not to blame on this point but I feel commended for supporting a theatrical release -- nm - JD Mar 16, 09:49 3
        
        Especially considering they intially approved the deal with a "yeah, sure you'll get the money" deal. - spamlet Mar 16, 10:42
        
        Except they chose this method of release with Rob Thomas. - Inigo Mar 16, 10:06
        
        It's the rare situation where a company put the fans first. -- nm - David Mar 16, 09:57
        
        That still doesn't translate to huge marketing campaign for one vs. dump in 300 theatres for another. - Inigo Mar 16, 09:39 8
        
        It wasn't dumped into theaters. That was all the screens they could get. - David Mar 16, 09:52 1
        
        Exactly. WB had to rent the screens from the theater chains. -- nm - Roger More Mar 16, 12:41
        
        all seasons together? That's not a big number. - Reagen Mar 16, 09:44 5
        
        I assume it was the all seasons DVD, but he didn't elaborate. - Inigo Mar 16, 09:46 4
        
        kickstarter program, yes, but that means I got the film *made* in a small part - Reagen Mar 16, 09:50 3
        
        But it's only a success because 80 or 90 k fans paid for the film to be made. - Inigo Mar 16, 09:55 2
        
        They bought the screens which is kind of a big deal for this type of release - JD Mar 16, 09:58 1
        
        Also, Regal and other companies were never going to show this film. Never. They're adamantly against day/date. - Kim Pine Mar 16, 10:02
- Well, it mkaing on Friday what they thought it would make in a weekend was a good counter punch, at least. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 16, 09:13 4
  - That's PR spin. Plus, it cratered after that. Only the most hard-core VM fans saw it in the theatre. -- nm - Inigo Mar 16, 09:15 3
    - we are not exactly talking about the X-Files at the peak of its popularity here. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 09:26 2
      - Well, no. But neither was Serenity. That was at least given a real release. -- nm - Inigo Mar 16, 09:31 1
        
        and had a 40M budget, which required the extra push. - Reagen Mar 16, 09:34
Come on Hotspurs! -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 08:56 3
- Tottenham Scum! -- nm - J Mar 16, 09:22 1
  - Looking at the table, I think I'm with J on this one -- nm - JD Mar 16, 10:20
- Daryl just scored with his crossbow. wonder strike -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 09:02
It's got to get warmer soon, right? Did the pole shift or something? Still cold brrrrr -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 08:30 5
- They're saying we'll warm up for good this week and that this looks like the end of winter for us. -- nm - Krusty Mar 16, 08:32 3
  - *lights the pitchforks to burn the NOAA offices to the ground to make sure this never happens again* -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 08:45 2
    - *gathers a mob behind Will* -- nm - Krusty Mar 16, 08:50 1
      - *puts on another coat* -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 08:55
- er, It's going -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 08:31
Happy Purim to our Jewish STers. :-) Hamantaschen for everyone! -- nm - Krusty Mar 16, 08:16 1
- A sheynem dank - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Mar 16, 09:55
I love seeing this happen to these pricks. -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 08:14
According to his (ex-communicated) son, Fred Phelps is near the verge of death. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 16, 08:05 9
- Is the son also ex-communicated? I only see that Fred is from that post. -- nm - Inigo Mar 16, 08:12 6
  - He's an outspoken opponent of the WBC - Reagen Mar 16, 08:14
  - I think the son is the one who didn't swallow the crazy kool-aid. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 08:12 4
    - Yeah, he was estranged soon after turning 18; left the cult in 1980. -- (link) - Will Hunting Mar 16, 08:13 3
      - Ah, cool. That's not technically ex-communication, though. He left. - Inigo Mar 16, 08:19 2
        
        The kid is gay? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 10:31
        
        Given the moral high ground of these people....potayto, potahto. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 08:21
- I don't ever root for bad things to happen to people but I'm having a hard time with this situation. Also, I can't wait to see the signs outside his - Krusty Mar 16, 08:08
- *gets his protest placards ready* - Will Hunting Mar 16, 08:08
YDC: Because ST seems to really love the show, I'm starting to watch Veronica Mars. I'm four eps in and it's pretty good. -- nm - Krusty Mar 16, 08:04
Happy birthday, Marcel! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Mar 16, 07:50 2
- Happy B-Day Indeed! -- nm - JenBro Mar 16, 10:36
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 07:50
5 Behind-the-Scenes Facts I Learned as a Pro Wrestler -- (link) - Beaker Mar 16, 07:30
I think this is a better article about the Veronica Mars/Kickstarter Codes process and complications than the Deadline article. -- (link) - Dano Mar 16, 07:30
Stevie G. -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 07:05 1
- again -- nm - CQ Mar 16, 07:36
Unnamed billionaire buys record-breaking $201 million life insurance policy -- (link) - Beaker Mar 16, 06:39 1
- There are worst things. -- (link) - Spawn Lord Mar 16, 09:16
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- This draft should go much quicker. I forget how long auction drafts can take. - Krusty Mar 16, 08:58
- At lunch? -- nm - Mara Mar 16, 08:48
Ah yes. Women's World Curling championship is on. Our sexy ladies team is there. Solid. Too bad it's in Saint John. Yuck. -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 06:35
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- He hid too well. -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 07:38 1
  - It's a tie! -- nm - Olympic hide and seek Mar 16, 12:07
- He's now straight and had a kid. -- nm - MDH Mar 16, 07:24

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