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UCL: Chelsea v PSG, Real Madrid v BVB in 15 mins -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 11:30
CQ, Chelsea is going to Win or Tie, right? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 2, 11:22 1
- (my only other choice is Real Madrid winning by 2 or more) -- nm - Strongbad Apr 2, 11:23
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- Is this baseball? Eh, close enough. -- nm - spamlet (droid) Apr 2, 11:24
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An Oakland A's home game was rained out yesterday--for the first time since 1998. -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 11:16 3
- I guess their drought might be over now? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 11:23 1
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Have we seen the trailer for Lucy? Scarjo in a Besson action flick? - volnelk Apr 2, 11:13 [youtube] 4
- looks really good! -- nm - JenBro Apr 2, 12:53
- Ok, this plus the alien one she's doing both look good. -- nm - decline Apr 2, 11:26
- looks good. if it hits big expect a Black Widow movie -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 11:24
- Looks pretty good. I've been waiting awhile for Besson to start kicking some ass again -- nm - Flavorize Apr 2, 11:22
We got our Start button back. Now we're getting our Start menu back. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 2, 11:12 2
- Penny Arcade's take on Microsoft bring back the Start button in Windows 8.1 says it all. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 2, 11:13 1
  - That is awesome. -- nm - Shaun Apr 2, 11:21
Hump Day: How to pee with Morning Wood -- (link) - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 11:10 [Image] 1
- Points for the Blow Dryer. - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 11:12
Winnipeg parents banned from watching their 8 year old son play hockey for 3 years after starting brawl in dressing room with opposing team coaches -- (link) - Beaker Apr 2, 11:07 16
- Zero tolerance. My policy would be: Parent creates a problem, kid is tossed from the league. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 11:12 14
  - "Because the league administrator's an assh*le, son." - znufrii Apr 2, 11:14 1
    - It would happen to one, maybe two kids. After that, these events would disappear completely. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 11:18
  - I would agree but not fair for the kid that his parents are nutjobs -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 11:12 11
    - Tough. I would rather punish a handful - because it really would be only a handful - of kids in order to make it better for everybody else. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 11:14 10
      - "it really would only be a handful". No, I think this supposition is flawed. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 11:20 9
        
        Most parents aren't going to risk getting their kid kicked out. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 11:22 8
        
        Most parents also aren't going to risk being banned from watching their kids play -- nm - Roger More Apr 2, 11:26 1
        
        Dude. One less thing on the to do list. - con_carne Apr 2, 11:31
        
        No, but unfortunately, an asshole's an asshole. The son of an asshole is just a kid. Taking the sport away from the kid would send him down Asshole Rd -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 11:24 5
        
        See, this is flawed thinking. A lot of people will be jerks if there is no consequences from being a jerk. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 11:26 4
        
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        Yes and no. The stakes are a helluva lot different with this arena (pun intended) compared to knocking over liquor stores. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 11:29 1
        
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        Most parents that are jerks can not control it. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 11:27
- Good. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 11:09
Gotta say I like the Samsung interface. I'm fine with the Galaxy S3 right now. But come upgrade time... - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 2, 11:07 6
- Supposedly the battery on the S5 is double the life of the S3. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 2, 11:30
- I'm pretty sure I'll get the S5 in July -- nm - decline Apr 2, 11:10
- I don't feel like it's missing anything. I have multiple apps going with GPS on and there's rarely any lag. - Krusty Apr 2, 11:10 1
  - I just wish there was... I don't know... something more. We've run out of killer features for our phones. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 2, 11:15
- I'm very happy with my S4. -- nm - pmb Apr 2, 11:08 1
  - I just don't see a big leap, even between the S3 and the S5. But the HTC One M8 is one slick package. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 2, 11:09
Justified spoilers from last night - David Apr 2, 11:03 14
- agreed, the irony of it... - Mel Profit Apr 2, 11:23
- the best part of that whole scene......spoils - groiny Apr 2, 11:04 12
  - spoilers - David Apr 2, 11:05 11
    - spoils - Jovian Apr 2, 11:18
    - BTW (Justified spoilers) - David Apr 2, 11:11 9
      - I loved Boyd's... - Mel Profit Apr 2, 11:20 8
        
        Justified spoilers - David Apr 2, 11:24 7
        
        The annoying bit of that scene was - Max Apr 2, 11:27 6
        
        Link. -- (link) - David Apr 2, 11:28 4
        
        Also... - Mel Profit Apr 2, 11:30
        
        Except he didn't have his phone until it was given to him. -- nm - Max Apr 2, 11:29 2
        
        Link. -- (link) - David Apr 2, 11:31 1
        
        The new smoking thing is kind of weird. -- nm - Max Apr 2, 11:41
        
        (I'm still struggling with English this week, but there it is for the most part) -- nm - Max Apr 2, 11:27
Is there another GOT-like series that HBO should jump on next? Wheel of Time? Dune? -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 11:02 19
- I will find a way to give HBO money if they turn Dragonlance into a series. - spamlet (droid) Apr 2, 11:27
- DarkTower Series -- nm - Flavorize Apr 2, 11:24 1
  - hey, you are inactive on one of the Ika servers -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 11:31
- The Devil and the White City -- nm - Jovian Apr 2, 11:20 1
  - actually, what I would like to see is HBO do an Erik Larson series - 1 season per book -- nm - decline Apr 2, 11:28
- Ex Machina would be damn good too -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 11:14
- Transmetropolitan. Five seasons. Easy peasy with computer graphics nowadays. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 11:13 1
  - hell yes. -- nm - znufrii Apr 2, 11:15
- I would love to see Wheel of Time - (it certainly has the the scope of GoT) - or the Riftwar Saga by Feist -- nm - decline Apr 2, 11:09 1
  - either of these I'd agree with -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 11:25
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- Preacher. - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 11:08
- I'd like to see I, Claudius just so we can add "history spoilers" to the different kinds of spoilers we have to keep track of now -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 11:07 2
  - Robert Harris' Cicero books would be awesome too -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 11:10 1
    - in a historical way. Likely boring on the screen though -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 11:16
- It's a shame Syfy messed up their attempt at Dresden Files. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 2, 11:06 1
  - word. New book only a couple months away! New short story collection coming soon too -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 11:10
- There are lots of things I'd love to see them try. Scalzi's Old Man's War series could be fun. - TWuG Apr 2, 11:06
- I suspect anything fantasy would be too derivative and Dune has been overdone. - David Apr 2, 11:04
FIFA bans Barcelona from signing any players for one year (two transfer windows) -- (link) - zork Apr 2, 10:57 1
- They're the Yankees of soccer. Barca gets all the good players. BTW, is it "barka" or "barsa"? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 2, 11:08
I think there is less than 5% chance Game of Thrones ends after 7 seasons. - David Apr 2, 10:55 23
- Is there another historical case where series writers were waning but the network said "no, you keep making us money"? -- nm - Max Apr 2, 11:22 9
  - I think we're almost three seasons past the original ending of Supernatural. -- nm - David Apr 2, 11:25 6
    - When did they want to end it? After the big showdown with Satan? -- nm - Inigo Apr 2, 11:27 2
      - Yeah, season 5 was supposed to be it.....we're now awaiting renewal for Season 9 - Will Hunting Apr 2, 11:37
      - Lucifer, yeah. Mark Pellegrino's character. Everyone's contract ran out at that point. -- nm - David Apr 2, 11:28
    - 5 seasons. -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 11:25 2
      - Are we in season 8 or 9? -- nm - David Apr 2, 11:26 1
        
        Googling my own answer, we're finishing season 9 and it's been renewed. - David Apr 2, 11:30
  - Max, HIMYN is *right* over there. The body's barely cold. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 11:24 1
    - How I Met Your Nana -- nm - Max Apr 2, 11:30
- I'd agree except the producers have said on multiple occasions that they don't want to go over 7 seasons. -- nm - Inigo Apr 2, 10:59 8
  - The issue they'll run into is keeping some of the actors that long. - TWuG Apr 2, 11:07 1
    - Though I suspect the book characters are aging more than we think they are. -- nm - Ender Apr 2, 11:11
  - I suspect we will all re-evalute the possibility of this in 10 weeks. -- nm - David Apr 2, 11:04
  - Then they better start making more than 10 episodes per season. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 2, 11:03 4
    - This is why I'm sure that either this season or next season a "cut" from the book narrative will take place. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 11:15
    - (Not that there's anything wrong with the "cut a lot of stuff" option. The books to stand to do the same.) -- nm - Ender Apr 2, 11:12 2
      - Not having read the books, I don't know how much is excisable. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 2, 11:18
      - "could stand" -- nm - Ender Apr 2, 11:12
- HBO isn't know for keep series around very long. Isn't the Sopranos the longest at 8 years? -- nm - decline Apr 2, 10:59
- yup, it is the only reason I am keeping HBO currently. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 2, 10:56
- yep. I have two people at work who I got hooked on the series that ordered HBO as a result. -- nm - Jovian Apr 2, 10:55 1
  - I also have people hooked on TWD, Hannibal, and The Americans - Jovian Apr 2, 10:57
That edited ending is boring and the people who are upset now would still be upset about it taking 9 years. - Ender Apr 2, 10:53
groiny, with reference to a FB image you shared yesterday. Am I safe to assume that that was a massive TWD spoiler? -- nm - Shaun Apr 2, 10:51 12
- I was going to ask about that (spoils) - prayformojo Apr 2, 10:54 7
  - that is correct. spoils - groiny Apr 2, 10:55 6
    - spoils - Beryllium Apr 2, 10:58 2
      - spoils - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 2, 11:11
      - dammit, Bery, I had not even considered that, and that item had me curious. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 2, 11:03
    - gotcha. I didn't know if that was something revealed later in the comic -- nm - prayformojo Apr 2, 10:57 2
      - AFAIK, none of this Terminus stuff is in the comic. -- nm - Ender Apr 2, 11:15
      - oh, I have no clue, I am avoiding the comics for that very reason. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 2, 10:58
- no, speculation at best. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 2, 10:53 3
  - Perfect. Thanks -- nm - Shaun Apr 2, 11:01 2
    - yeah, I would not post anything that spoileriffic. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 2, 11:02 1
      - Solid. We are 2 episodes behind. -- nm - Shaun Apr 2, 11:05
So how often do you have a medical appointment and get called in *ten minutes* ahead of you appt. time?? - Meg Apr 2, 10:49 3
- Not sure that I've ever arrived ten minutes early for an appointment -- nm - zork Apr 2, 10:56
- Be sure to arrive one hour ahead of your appointment time so we can laugh at you for two hours -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 10:53
- never -- nm - Pippy Apr 2, 10:51
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 search shows extent of ocean trash -- (link) - Beaker Apr 2, 10:49
Sunday is coming poll: Will you watch Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley or Veep? - prayformojo Apr 2, 10:48 26
- Wrestlemania. DVR the rest. -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 11:27
- Y, Y, Y -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 11:17 1
  - YEAH! -- nm - David Apr 2, 11:18
- No. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 11:09
- FKM -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 11:02
- Y, N, dvr it -- nm - decline Apr 2, 11:02
- N N Y. - kelly Apr 2, 11:02
- No cubed. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 2, 11:00
- Nope. No pay channels. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 2, 10:58
- No, No, and Yes. Seriously people? Veep is fantastic. -- nm - MDH Apr 2, 10:57
- Y, N, N -- nm - Krusty Apr 2, 10:56 4
  - I suck. That should be N, Y, N. I've never seen GoT -- nm - Krusty Apr 2, 10:57 3
    - You should have some episodes available on Flixster through your UV group. - David Apr 2, 11:06 2
      - I'm not a fan of fantasy usually. I'm probably going to end up watching it at some point. - Krusty Apr 2, 11:12 1
        
        As far as fantasy goes, I'd say GoT is pretty light overall. -- nm - Shaun Apr 2, 11:16
- GOT, pass on the rest. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 2, 10:54
- TiVo scheduled for all three. -- nm - David Apr 2, 10:53
- Y, N, N -- nm - znufrii Apr 2, 10:52
- Y N N -- nm - Pippy Apr 2, 10:51
- I will wait till they are available on my device/service/website/app/ereader/watch/shoe phone of choice -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 10:51
- YES, not Sunday night, and no. -- nm - Jovian Apr 2, 10:51
- no, no, no (will watch GOT once it hits DVD though) -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 10:49 3
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    - I wouldn't know how to figure that out to save my soul - Beaker Apr 2, 11:04
    - Like, duh. -- nm - Shaun Apr 2, 10:51
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M.O.D.O.K. -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 10:48 4
- Is this your guest as to who is the claravoyant? -- nm - eag Apr 2, 10:56 3
  - spoil - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 11:21 1
    - Yes but... (spoils) - eag Apr 2, 11:33
  - no, haven't seen last night's epi yet. saw Mot below and made me think this :) -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 11:01
Mot. -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 10:46 1
- Mot is an Irish slang word for 'girlfriend' -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 10:47

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