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IRS employee takes home unencrypted thumbdrive with info on 20k other employees (mostly former) and plugs it into unsecured home network. -- (link) - Catriona Creez Mar 18, 15:10
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- eee -- nm - peglegpete Mar 19, 15:13
- I really enjoy the first half when they build the mystery. Then, it collapses completely. -- nm - David Mar 18, 14:57 1
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Oh, and it's Ana Tijoux drop day as well. First time in a long time I buy one album day and date much less two. -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 14:47
I was going to make a quip about Lenny Kravitz receiving a Medal of Honor today, but in fact, it was his uncle, Leonard Kravitz. -- (link) - Max Mar 18, 14:46
Snort. Today's Jeopardy challengers are named Nick and Nora. No playlist. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 18, 14:42 1
- "Run Nicky!" -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 18, 14:45
2cellos.....$5 at amazon -- (link) - Remlik Mar 18, 14:42 4
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  - I give you this, however... -- (link) - Mel Profit Mar 18, 14:58 [youtube] 1
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  - doesn't look like it's released yet. -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 14:53
RE: The 7-year old joke (Math book one)--I think it would be funnier if it was, "What did the Math book say to the Psychology (or Psych) book?" - Flavorize Mar 18, 14:37 6
- I went the other way. One math book says to the other.... - Volnelk Mar 18, 14:45 1
  - Yes, I like that too! -- nm - Flavorize Mar 18, 14:48
- What did the math book say to the phd level astronomy physics book? - loyola Mar 18, 14:41
- No respect, I tell ya. -- nm - 7 yr old Rodney Dangerfield Mar 18, 14:40
- *7* year old. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 14:38 1
  - I know, I was just thinking out loud. - Flavorize Mar 18, 14:51
Sigh: Alleged Tree Vandal Damaged More Than 750 Trees In Northwest D.C. -- (link) - MDH Mar 18, 14:35
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    - You follow some suckers. -- nm - David Mar 18, 14:34 4
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        It's still annoying that you and I show more attention to detail and skepticism than the people doing this professionally. -- nm - David Mar 18, 14:49 2
        
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        THEY HAVE TO BE FIRST! -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 14:49
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At this point, the only thing that wouldn't shock me re: the missing plane is if we find it on the moon. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:21 6
- I believe in the electrical fire theory Andie posted. I also think the US knows approximately where it went down. Our people were saying pretty - jnine Mar 18, 15:07 1
  - I believe this. - Mel Profit Mar 18, 15:11
- oh, it's already been shown to be there (link!) -- (link) - Andie Mar 18, 15:06
- A friend from high school posted on FB some crazy ass theory that the we, the US, have the plane... -- (link) - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Mar 18, 14:59
- Godzilla tie-in. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 18, 14:32
- I think the Co pilot had a complete mental breakdown, probably over some twisted jilted love story with one of the passengers and flew everyone - loyola Mar 18, 14:30
I love Costco. That is all. -- nm - kelly Mar 18, 14:15 6
- WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO! - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:17 5
  - I don't know where, just that they found him. - kelly Mar 18, 14:20 2
    - I can swing by when I leave here. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:22 1
      - OK, that works, thanks. (They'll have him locked in the closet on the other side of the food court, near the registers.) - kelly Mar 18, 14:24
  - IM Clarification --- him = Roary the stuffed lion, not N. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:17 1
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Stephen! Captain America Trailer....Kids Version.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 18, 14:11 [youtube] 3
- That was pretty cool (even if it was a car ad) -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Mar 18, 15:00
- It's a car ad. I'm thinking about getting a Traverse because of the 3rd row seat. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 18, 14:13 1
  - My buddy has one. It's not bad, peppy and a fair amount of room. - Heisenberg Mar 18, 14:22
just saw a photoshop of MH370 in behind Gilligan, the Skipper, and the Professor -- nm - zork Mar 18, 14:10 1
- Now, now... let's not be too hasty. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 18, 14:11
WWE/Scooby Doo Movie: features the Miz jogging while listening to his own intro music, before being literally backhanded out of his clothes by a demon - Remlik Mar 18, 14:09
If you've ever partied in Wrigleyville (or any similar party stretch of bars) you can appreciate this rundown of police activity for St Patrick's Day -- (link) - ty97 Mar 18, 14:01 1
- This one's my favorite. - spamlet Mar 18, 14:08
of all the crazy theories about the mayalsia air plane, this one on wired actually makes sense -- (link) - Andie Mar 18, 13:54 26
- I don't get how an electrical fire disables all electrics except for the auto pilot. -- nm - loyola Mar 18, 14:12 11
  - Neither do I, but he's a commercial pilot and I'm not. -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 14:20 5
    - he's saying if you have a fire and don't know exactly where, you start pulling the electrical boxes to try to isolate and stop it. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:22 4
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        A combination of your thought of overwhelming and also Andie's line below. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:32
        
        This line from the article was interesting to me - and maybe addresses that? "Aviate, navigate, and lastly, communicate is the mantra in such - Andie Mar 18, 14:30 1
        
        deliberate, fascinate, deviate, reinstate, liberate, moderate -- nm - Max Mar 18, 14:35
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    - lol -- nm - loyola Mar 18, 14:38
  - HE's suggesting a fire in the wheelwell could disable the communications and when dealing with electrical fires, they pull the fuses and reset them... - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:17 2
    - As I understand it the acars on that boeing has a stand alone battery that enables it to stays emitting data unless it's manually switched off. - loyola Mar 18, 14:32
    - i don't think he is suggesting they were 'confused', he is suggesting they were overwhelmed physically, probably by smoke. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 14:18
- snakes; no Samuel L Jackson. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 14:08
- Flying Alien Sharks swallowed it whole. -- nm - David Mar 18, 13:59
- yeah i read that this morning, seems perfectly reasonable - Truman Mar 18, 13:59
- I was just coming to post this. -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 13:55 10
  - And this gives me the chills even more. If the pilot was incapacitated and the flight continued on auto for seven hours did the passengers know? - spamlet Mar 18, 13:59 6
    - if the pilots were incopacitated then the passengers were likely the first to go -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:11
    - I always think of the ghost flight that ended up being Payne Stewart's death. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:10
    - saw a show about a Greek plane that was flying for hours until it ran out of fuel ... - zork Mar 18, 14:09
    - if the smoke was that bad, that it would be the second version of that thought. - Truman Mar 18, 14:01
    - yeah, that's a grim possibility. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 14:01
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    - Yeah, I started with wormhole and am sticking with it. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 18, 13:57 1
      - I've been meaning to post for a few days that I think it's hype for the upcoming season of Dr. Who that went out of control - zork Mar 18, 14:00
Hey,guys. Threes in now available for Android. Anyone playing yet? -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 13:43
Bears cut Earl Bennett today. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 18, 13:41 3
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- he was pretty non-existant last season. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 18, 13:42 1
  - Yeah, ML got it right above. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 18, 13:47
Remember that $3b that Russia gave Ukraine right before the government fell? Yeah, it's likely legally enforceable and Ukraine is screwed. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 18, 13:41 2
- Did the parliment of Ukraine get the money or did the russian puppet pres abscond with it? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:09 1
  - Doesn't really matter. -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 15:12
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- *cries* -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 13:42 6
  - the type of pitcher he is, it always takes a handful of starts before they get in rythem. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 18, 13:43 5
    - Oh, I don't really care. They're going 67-95 this year. -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 13:45 3
      - ye of little faith. -- nm - groiny Mar 18, 13:52 2
        
        Little faith would say 57-105. -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 14:00 1
        
        with 3-4 rookie players in the starting lineup, it is hard to make a guess as to how they will do. - groiny Mar 18, 14:01
    - *screws up his rhythm, has hip surgery* - Dice-K Mar 18, 13:44
I have a scrab against jonathan whose score is 324 me, 261 him. no tiles left. I still may lose. - Moray Gerbson Mar 18, 13:39
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- Yes. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 18, 13:54 [Backboard]
Some ministers of the United Church of Canada joined a union in January of this year....(link) - Walt_Disney Mar 18, 13:35 1
- GOD HATES BEARS -- nm - WBC Mar 18, 14:14
REB?Divergent: shades has a bet with a guy. Over/under 30 M for the weekend. - Spawn Lord Mar 18, 13:31 16
- what idiot did he find to take the under? -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 13:39 3
  - Seriously. At least make it 50. -- nm - David Mar 18, 13:46
  - Max Evry -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 18, 13:41 1
    - Does he have substance abuse issues? -- nm - David Mar 18, 13:51
- I don't even know this movie and everything I've seen is north of 50mil - Will Hunting Mar 18, 13:37
- I wonder what I would bet. I would 100% do 50. 50/50 on 60. but even as I'm saying that, I'm like - Moray Gerbson Mar 18, 13:36 8
  - I feel comfortable at under 60 but I get nervous on a line at 50. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 13:38 7
    - yeah, kind of me too. I feel ok at 62 even. -- nm - Moray Gerbson Mar 18, 13:39 6
      - You guys are *nuts*. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 18, 13:40 5
        
        lofl -- nm - mud Mar 18, 14:23
        
        you don't work in an office full of chicks or take the bus. -- nm - Moray Gerbson Mar 18, 13:40 3
        
        initially I would have bet under 30, but I casually mentioned that I thought it looked derivative to a friend, and she vigorously defended the book - Max Mar 18, 13:42 2
        
        I think the loudest voices are still talking about the HG because it's book plus movie, but the divergent chatter is out there. google "divergent - Moray Gerbson Mar 18, 13:47
        
        My wife loved the book and so did her friends. I haven't read it yet. -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 13:45
- If he loses he has to shave his head. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 18, 13:32
- He's winning that. -- nm - Inigo Mar 18, 13:32
DAMN HIS EYES! He says it's not Hurt Locker! -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 18, 13:31 12
- I think groiny's right with Blackhawk Down. I just reviewed the scene and it matches. I'm waiting to hear back. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 18, 14:01 1
  - Nope. He said... - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 18, 14:20
- And not Jarheads, either. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 18, 13:32 9
  - not one of the Sniper movies (1,2,3 or Reloaded)? -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 13:33 7
    - I'm thinking maybe it was a scene in a TV show. Maybe something with Michael Biehn. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 18, 13:38 5
      - I never watched The Unit but I might research that possibility. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 13:45 1
        
        That was my first guess. There was an episode like this. I think it was toward the end. They lost a guy in that ep. -- nm - GregW Mar 18, 14:05
      - I think it was that one movie with the guy from that one movie everyone liked. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 18, 13:45 2
        
        "I ORDER YOU TO STAND DOWN SOLIDER!" "I CANNOT TAKE THAT ORDER SIR" -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 13:50 1
        
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    - Ballistics: Ecks vs. Sever. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 18, 13:35
  - You know it's going to turn out to be something completely random, like Toys. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 18, 13:32
"about to get mugged" = "maintain a high level of energy" -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 13:26 5
- in real estate, high energy building means there are a couple aholes who blare hip hop music 24/7 and they don't care, life is a party dude -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 13:29
- I mean, it's a pretty area. Historic buildings, cobblestone streets. -- nm - kelly Mar 18, 13:27 3
  - I was surprised at how much I liked downtown Frederick. I was really on one main street, though. -- nm - Inigo Mar 18, 13:29 2
    - That's...it. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 13:37
    - That's pretty much it, heh. -- nm - kelly Mar 18, 13:34
one section of fence up (dug two holes, drilled some holes for deck screws from posts to trellis fence, filled holes with cement, propped up the secti - zeitgeist Mar 18, 13:25
Bonnie Blair turns 50 today. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 13:23 3
- (Rob Lowe's 50th was yesterday) -- nm - Max Mar 18, 13:27 1
  - So those chicks he...ummm, spent time with...are what, 38? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 13:40
- She'd still outperform oru current Olympic team. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 13:24
roll -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 18, 13:22 8
- The list. - Spawn Lord Mar 18, 13:24 7
  - *laughs again* -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 13:26 6
    - I *love* downtown Providence. - kelly Mar 18, 13:28 4
      - I enjoyed the walk we took to the nice stuff...but the traffic patterns make me queasy - Will Hunting Mar 18, 13:39 2
        
        That was a teeny tiny section... - kelly Mar 18, 13:41 1
        
        the light shit on fire and then put it in the river. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 18, 14:41
      - I have never been, but everyone I know who goes there loves it -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 13:32
    - When you're alone and life is making you lonely. You can always go downtown -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 13:28

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