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DIVAAAAAAAA! Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski To Cover Fashion At Kentucky Derby For NBC Sports -- (link) - moog Apr 22, 13:32 1
- *snort!* -- nm - Diva Apr 22, 13:35
Kooky! Heading to a conference in San Francisco next week, and I just discovered colinski will be there presenting! Awesome! {nm} - Banzai! Apr 22, 13:26 4
- Be sure to hit us up for some excellent questions you should ask -- nm - oblique Apr 22, 13:28 1
  - word -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 13:29
- Yall work in the same field? small world -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:28
- cool! -- nm - Diva Apr 22, 13:27
yikes...Ice Road Truckers' star kidnapped, beat Las Vegas prostitute -- (link) - Remlik Apr 22, 13:20
Graphene 'wonder material' made with kitchen blender -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 22, 13:20 1
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another wap? Most Popular Athlete in Each State, per besttickets.com -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 22, 13:18 4
- So cute that Tiger still gets a state. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 13:31
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- 1) I thought the big takeaway that jumps out from this is very interesting. 2) Oh, Hawaii....... -- nm - prayformojo Apr 22, 13:19 1
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wap? "The College of Charleston’s production about a gay man bothers Republicans so much they voted to cut $52,000 in school funding" -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 22, 13:17
@RobertDowneyJr: "You asked for it! My first tweet from the set of Avengers: Age of Ultron with exec producer" -- (link) - budice Apr 22, 13:13 4
- Somewhat related, Vin Diesel posted a picture from the set of FF7 with Paul Walker's brothers. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 22, 13:21 3
  - this is related and super interesting. -- (link) - moog Apr 22, 13:33
  - Somewhat related, I found a video of a cat eating an ice-cream cone. -- (link) - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 13:23 [youtube] 1
    - Blockbuster material! -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 22, 13:31
Is it just me or are the eHarmony ads with Dr. Warren getting increasingly creepy. - TWuG Apr 22, 13:05 11
- Agreed. I've seen the one with Caroline too much. I really like kids and all I want to do is punch her in her smug little face when that ad airs. - JenBro Apr 22, 13:09 1
  - makes me think of one of those obscure mormon sects, please find him another wife before he marries me -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 13:48
- someone needs to do one of those without the audio. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:09
- The one with the couple by the pool and him on the lounger between them was all I needed to be creeped out. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 13:06 7
  - the one where they share popcorn with him in the middle is the WORST ... who shares popcorn with an old man like that? ewwwww - JenBro Apr 22, 13:10 6
    - poor Pixie. you just called him an old man -- nm - Remlik Apr 22, 13:17 3
      - I actually don't share popcorn with anyone. I'll share wrapped candy ... but not my drink or popcorn. - JenBro Apr 22, 13:24 2
        
        *makes notes for Godzilla viewing* -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:28
        
        Not popcorn? We will change that. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 13:28
    - Yeah, next we will have one in the bedroom. - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 13:12 1
      - we make sure you are truly compatible -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 13:14
The most unrealistic part of Man of Steel is that the Kansas football team was ranked #12 -- nm - Volnelk Apr 22, 13:01 4
- really? thats comforting then! -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 22, 13:12
- I rewatched the Justice League Unlimited episode "Clash" last night, and the battle between Captain Marvel and Superman might have been the ... - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 13:04 2
  - Perfect, something I can watch to pass time, thanks for the idea. -- nm - Heisenberg Apr 22, 13:17 1
    - JLU is bomb-diggity. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 13:20
Download Vudu for watching on the go: American Hustle, Wolf of Wall Street, Mr. Banks, Walter Mitty, Life of Pi, Cloud Atlas. What do I watch first? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 22, 12:59 6
- American Hustle -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 13:11
- Wolf of Wally Street -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 13:08
- Saving Mr. Banks -- nm - David Apr 22, 13:07 2
  - I find this one compelling if only because of the historical narrative. The true story was pretty much the opposite of what was said in the film. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 22, 13:09
  - BOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRIIIIIIINGGGGGGG!!!! -- nm - Mr. Torgue Apr 22, 13:09
- Life of Pi. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 13:01
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are mary's gloves on sale yet dot com? -- (link) - moog Apr 22, 12:56 5
- $30 - Charcoal Cashmere Fingerless Gloves -- (link) - budice Apr 22, 12:59 3
  - no skulls, man! -- nm - moog Apr 22, 13:00 2
    - just draw them on -- nm - decline Apr 22, 13:02 1
      - what is it with you stepping on my joy today?? -- nm - moog Apr 22, 13:03
- $115? They didn't even finish the fingers!!! -- nm - Ender Apr 22, 12:59
I see the Community folks are, like fetch, trying to make #sixseasonsandamovie happen. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 12:51 2
- That's been a thing of theirs for a while. I think it started in reference to The Cape. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 22, 12:56 1
  - I'm all for more Alison Brie, you can be damned sure of that. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 12:59
Memo to Olympians in the 2016 sailing events... don't fall in the water. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 22, 12:49
TMI? Felicia Day ‏@feliciaday 2m Talking gender politics and global warming while getting the hoohaw waxed. #modernwoman - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 12:40 4
- This should crash the nerd webz. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 12:42 3
  - Only if there are pics - Beryllium Apr 22, 12:44 2
    - You are no fun. - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 12:45
    - All the pics!!!! -- nm - Nerdz Apr 22, 12:44
I don't know if e-voting can be done over the Internet. It might need a parallel network. - Beryllium Apr 22, 12:34
In 2012, police tested cutting edge wartime aircraft surveillance technology on a local city to help catch a necklace snatcher -- (link) - con_carne Apr 22, 12:34 21
- Lindsay Lohan must be stopped. -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 12:49 4
  - OMG, have you seen her reality show? it's actually really well done. I watched most of an ep last night. -- nm - moog Apr 22, 12:54 2
    - i haven't seen any. but i heard all about the miscarriage excuse... we don't buy that, right? -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 13:04 1
      - I don't. She's a lying liar who tells lies. -- nm - Diva Apr 22, 13:12
  - Such an unfortunate descent...so sad. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 12:54
- Oh no! Someone can see what you are doing in public! How awful! - TWuG Apr 22, 12:39 15
  - Is the article's author suggesting that people in public places have an expectation of privacy? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 22, 12:47
  - It's LA County. Not only could it be, but it would be. Regularly. With beatings. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 12:42
  - right...because the capability to abuse drone coverage is the same as...a coffee maker. - Mel Profit Apr 22, 12:41 12
    - Cell phones can be used to surveill people *by* regular people. You can video or snap pics of people w/o - TWuG Apr 22, 12:51 8
      - Your country stands accused of operating the largest and most penetrative global surveillance apparatus in the world, and you think it's A-OK? - Beryllium Apr 22, 13:09 5
        
        I disagree that the system was mature. In the tech, yes, but in it's use, no. To be mature it needs to be known about and overseen. It won't/can't - TWuG Apr 22, 13:12 4
        
        so you agree that the tech is outpacing the use and oversight? -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:16 2
        
        Yes. Which means the laws need to be adjusted, created or changed. Thus is it always so with new tech. -- nm - TWuG Apr 22, 13:27 1
        
        Now apply this to the really big security concerns out there. - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:34
        
        ... and LA County already demonstrated that they cannot be trusted to open such a system to oversight. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 13:13
      - No one is avoiding tech... - Mel Profit Apr 22, 13:09 1
        
        Yes, it is outpacing the laws. Your answer seems to be to eschew the tech while I'd prefer to adjust the laws. - TWuG Apr 22, 13:20
    - Some sucka will just eventually shoot down those drones. -- nm - Shaun Apr 22, 12:44
    - Paramilitary force and panopticon surveillance is not the way to reduce crime. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 12:43 1
      - we need Robocop! -- nm - decline Apr 22, 12:44
Cycling - Lance Armstrong Team Mgr Johan Bruyneel handed 10 year ban -- (link) - budice Apr 22, 12:27
If e-voting happened now, the GOP would lose a hell of a lot of elections. -- nm - MDH Apr 22, 12:25 2
- The indolent masses will still be too lazy to vote, even if they can vote in their underwear. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 12:27
- Shhhh. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 12:25
would you like to know more? - moog Apr 22, 12:23 4
- She "doesn't wan't to give them a dud" but she was quite happy with you having to deal with it :/ - Meg Apr 22, 13:19
- win ! -- nm - Andie Apr 22, 12:50
- good luck! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 22, 12:37
- neechay -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 12:25
7, 7:30, 8 and 10 Eastern. The NHL does a fantastic job of spreading their games out so you can see the ending of them all if you want -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 12:18
Is there a name with a greater variety of pronunciations than Koch? There's the Sam Adams guy who pronounces it "Cook", there's the NY Mayor "Cotch". - TWuG Apr 22, 12:18 4
- Koch is german got Cook / Chef.... if it been a maritime family name it's german counterpart would be "Smutie" -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 22, 12:26
- the kochs from my HS say "cuck." -- nm - moog Apr 22, 12:23
- Coach (had a russian immigrant working for me that pronounced it this way) -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 12:21 1
  - That is how Remlik says it. - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 12:25
Hacking computer ballots doesn't have to be at the collection end (even though we know the company is owned by the son of the guy who ran last time) - zeitgeist Apr 22, 12:17 10
- 93M people didn't vote in 2012 - all you would need is probably around 3% of those to vote the other way and Romney is the President - decline Apr 22, 12:27
- Hell, with 2 year old vulnerabilities in OpenSSL whose to say that even the voting system itself isn't easily compromised -- nm - oblique Apr 22, 12:18 8
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    - Allegedly. They deny it. - Beryllium Apr 22, 12:26 5
      - That kind of backdoor acces had to be a godsend for keeping tabs on the bad guys. I'd sit on the knowledge, too. - TWuG Apr 22, 12:35 4
        
        Dozens of home routers also have backdoors - wide open ones. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 12:38 3
        
        hell, who needs a backdoor when probably 1 in 5 routers still have the default login id and password? -- nm - decline Apr 22, 12:39 2
        
        downtown, I can't steal wifi from a stranger to save my life. but at my mom's in the burbs, there are six open networks I can see. -- nm - moog Apr 22, 13:04
        
        Indeed. And that's optimistic. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 22, 12:41
  - Because if it were EASILY compromised then idiots would be doing it and there'd be million vote margins for local dog catcher. -- nm - Ender Apr 22, 12:22
Death toll from Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) hits 79 -- (link) - Beaker Apr 22, 12:16
Hmm, you have my interest now. Dragon Age: Inquisition gameplay trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 22, 12:15 [youtube]
UCL: Chelsea @ Athletico Madrid spoils... - budice Apr 22, 12:06 1
- Good, I want them out of it -- nm - J Apr 22, 13:09
I think you'd need at least two-factor authentication for internet voting. - Inigo Apr 22, 12:05 21
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  - nothing is ever 100% secure -- nm - decline Apr 22, 12:16
- I won't be happy until I can decide the fate of my country on my "device" at 3am inbetween binge watching Game of Thrones -- nm - con_carne Apr 22, 12:12 3
  - I CAN HAZ BALOT -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 12:14
  - I saw the Koch brothers referred to as the American Lannisters the other day. It seemed spot on. -- nm - TWuG Apr 22, 12:13
  - *changes name to Khaleesi Stark...gets all the votes* -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 12:13
- More ID requirements, but bigger government. The Republican Party must be so conflicted. -- nm - Roger More Apr 22, 12:11
- I'm okay with in-person voting spread over the 3 or 4 weeks prior to election day, Election Day being a Federal holiday, and liberal - TWuG Apr 22, 12:11 2
  - I'd like to see more early voting, more flexibility in where you can vote (not being tied to your precinct). I'm not big on a national holiday, but - pmb Apr 22, 12:14 1
    - We can vote anywhere in our county now. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 12:15
- dna sampling - everyone gets a spittoon to attach to their PC -- nm - decline Apr 22, 12:08 2
  - "pee in the cup" -- nm - budice Apr 22, 12:12 1
    - I'ma gonna vote your brains out -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 12:12
- As your new leader all I demand is strict obedience. -- nm - STUXNET Apr 22, 12:08
- A $10 fee that you get to claim on your tax return. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 12:07
- "My voice is my passport" -- nm - budice Apr 22, 12:06 2
  - BING! -- nm - Inigo Apr 22, 12:09
  - mmmmm passport -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 12:07
- And a sobriety test. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 12:06 2
  - "What's the square root of 64?" (participation rates drop to 2%) -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 22, 13:04 1
    - "Why is kumquat not one of the answer choices?" -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 13:05
Spawn: A change I made recently (that is, removing the username/password from the comment form once auth'd) might have altered the workflow - Beryllium Apr 22, 12:05 2
- Dammit Bery, would you stop changing the Matrix! -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 12:07 1
  - A Mop is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when bery changes something. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 12:11
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- If I keep singing this all day, I'm hunting you down. -- nm - spamlet Apr 22, 12:18 1
  - on a jet airliner? -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 12:19
- You're that Bubblegame Tate? -- nm - David Apr 22, 12:10
BTW, Remlik is evil. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 11:58 4
- what did I do now? -- nm - Remlik Apr 22, 12:19 3
  - Bag it, you. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 22, 12:20 2
    - Free Comic Book Day? -- nm - Remlik Apr 22, 12:23 1
      - or "Who is the Hot Ad Girl" twitter? -- nm - Remlik Apr 22, 12:24
Maple Syrup producers in New Brunswick having a crappy year... -- (link) - Beaker Apr 22, 11:58 4
- Are they finding their profits drip, drip, dripping away? -- nm - amoxy Apr 22, 12:03 3
  - It's a sticky situation. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 22, 12:04 2
    - I'm such a sap for these kinds of stories. -- nm - pmb Apr 22, 12:11 1
      - I know, its because you are so sweet -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 22, 12:19
woof -- nm - Beaker Apr 22, 11:58

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