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If ever the FBI is going to show up at my office because of things I searched, today is the day. -- nm - loosi in the sky with diamonds May 22, 08:54
so you know how you're not supposed to use the same password for multiple things? I do, or very slight variations. whatever, leave me alone. ebay - the mystifying virtuoso May 22, 08:52 13
- I make sure that even if some sites have the same or similar passwords, my gmail one is very different from all of those. - zork May 22, 08:55 2
  - Hmmm, this is a good idea. - mara May 22, 09:47
  - yeah, my emails are different. so they can't 'change passwords' if they crack it, and if i want to secure my email it is one to change, not zillions. -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:56
- Somehow my userid for ebay wound up different from my other userids - ty97 May 22, 08:54 1
  - you're the reason my ebay pass is different -- so you can take it away more easily (this is actually true). -- nm - the mystifying virtuoso May 22, 08:55
- "your username can not be the same as your email...." - groiny May 22, 08:53 1
  - They do not want people emailing direct and cutting them out. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 09:10
- i do variations based on the site. but emails and banking and ebay and paypal are all unique. whew. -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:53 5
  - I switched to the convention you mentioned a while back and it's great. thank you. - Mel Profit May 22, 08:54 4
    - That's similar to what I started doing, but also added 2 digits related to the year so that I can change it annually and always know what it is -- nm - Banzai! May 22, 09:03 1
      - nice. -- nm - Andie May 22, 09:06
    - so easy, right? -- nm - Andie May 22, 09:00 1
      - yes and helpful because it makes it easier to remember the p/ws. It's one of the best life hacks I've come across. -- nm - Mel Profit May 22, 09:05
Video from the set of Terminator. Basically, sh*t blowing up. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) May 22, 08:51 1
- Haven't watched, but I imagine the camera just points at things until they explode? I hope one of the things is the catering table. -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 09:03
David just posted that they opened the Snow White Mine Ride for a few minutes, and he and Kim were able to walk right on -- nm - prayformojo May 22, 08:50 3
- I have a friend that works there. They've been doing sneak peeks for cast members for a while. -- nm - Strongbad May 22, 09:14 1
  - (review) - Strongbad May 22, 09:15
- awesome! I look forward to hearing how it was -- nm - Beaker May 22, 08:53
Diva, the Four Seasons just built a new version of the hotel close to the location of the original. Did you know that the company started in Toronto? - zork May 22, 08:49 1
- yes - thanks for the info. :) -- nm - Diva May 22, 08:51
this was probably already know, and certainly expected by now, but Godzilla 2 will IPO next weekend -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! May 22, 08:46 2
- Is this to the Cranston one, or the Broderick one? -- nm - Ender May 22, 08:49 1
  - What Broderick one? -- nm - Dean Devlin May 22, 09:41
If Game of Thrones Were Drawn by Disney -- (link) - prayformojo May 22, 08:40 1
- Nice. -- nm - LMS May 22, 09:10
Truly outrageous. - ty97 May 22, 08:39 2
- Sadly - Banzai! May 22, 08:43 1
  - Truly - ty97 May 22, 08:53
I look forward to hearing more about the drunk lady driving Rob Ford's vehicle. I'm sure his wife is pleased "no honey I just met her at rehab and - Beaker May 22, 08:36 8
- Yeah, I was wondering what his wife would think about Robbie getting close enough to some woman in rehab to lend his Escalade to. Also, I hope FordNat - zork May 22, 08:52 4
  - considering that the last tape included the enclosed exchange, i bet she doesn't care. - Andie May 22, 08:54 3
    - good Lord -- nm - Beaker May 22, 08:57
    - I missed that one. thanks. -- nm - zork May 22, 08:57 1
      - that was all from one night in March. you should read the whole thing... -- (link) - Andie May 22, 08:57
- Have you seen the photo the Toronto Star pulled off her Facebook page? -- (link) - Roger More May 22, 08:40
- I'm thinking that Rob Ford's wife is no more an upstanding citizen than he is. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 22, 08:36
- oh, based on audio recordings, there is no fidelity in that marriage. -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:36
what we're talking about at PPM today: "What's the difference between Fiscally Sustainalbe and Financially Sustainable?" - the mystifying virtuoso May 22, 08:35
Moustakas finally optioned to AAA. - spamlet May 22, 08:27 9
- he is all fucked up right now. nm -- nm - groiny May 22, 08:28 8
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    - yeah, he is killing me too. nm -- nm - groiny May 22, 08:31 6
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        that league is killing me, I like my team as a whole, they just are not pulling their weight. - groiny May 22, 08:36 4
        
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        You don't have half of the HRs of the next lowest team. - spamlet May 22, 08:37 2
        
        Longoria, Ethier are both not hitting homers. nm -- nm - groiny May 22, 08:44
        
        that is one category. nm -- nm - groiny May 22, 08:39
So checking my eBay account led to finding my last transaction (buying a uke) which led to checking the website of that seller (who was great) which - mara May 22, 08:27 2
- You are the amanda of Thursday. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:29
- No doubt part of eBay's diabolical plan. -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 08:28
eBay poll: How many transactions have you made in total? nm - Dignan May 22, 08:25 14
- My rating is 70, I bet a few more so let's call it 80. -- nm - Will Hunting May 22, 09:10
- I think less than 5. -- nm - JaxSean May 22, 08:56
- maybe a hundred or so as a buyer...quite a few as a seller (300+ rating) BUT it's been like 3 yrs or better since the last time I did anything at all -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! May 22, 08:41
- 0 -- nm - decline May 22, 08:41
- No clue. Haven't had an account there in at least 10 years. -- nm - TWuG May 22, 08:32
- 41 ratings. i feel like there might be a few more. -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:32
- I made hundreds with the account that my ex inherited. Just a couple of dozen with my new one. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 22, 08:30
- I have 101 feedback...but I know there are a handful that didn't leave me any feedback. -- nm - Jim May 22, 08:30
- 4 I think -- nm - Beaker May 22, 08:29
- I don't know in total, but I'm pretty sure I've made 0 transactions this decade. -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 08:28
- 5, i think -- nm - mara May 22, 08:27
- You mean the rating? Or is there a way to tell that specifically? -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:26 2
  - I went by # of ratings. nm - Dignan May 22, 08:27 1
    - 983, then. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:28
Survivor spoilers - Dano May 22, 08:24 4
- I totally agree. To take it a step further (spoils) - Jim May 22, 08:29 2
  - spoilers - Beryllium May 22, 08:31 1
    - My kids checked out (spoils) - Jim May 22, 08:35
- I agree. I went back and forth but I agree. It was a chance either way. -- nm - volnelk May 22, 08:27
obviously i need to ask a female - Diva, Pippy, JenBro - who has pics from Vegas? please share. -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:22 5
- Not a female, but here. -- (link) - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:25 [flickr] 3
  - And here...... -- (link) - Meg May 22, 09:01 [flickr]
  - yay! -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:29 1
    - awesome - thanks (and ty really *does* look hungover.) -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:31
- (and Meg!) -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:22
ST visits Lotus of Siam and now a coup in Thailand.....Coincidence? -- nm - Beaker May 22, 08:20 4
- FUCKING MOP!!!!! -- nm - groiny May 22, 08:22 2
  - *still shaking my head* -- nm - Diva May 22, 08:42
  - Where's hotkiss? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 22, 08:30
- Lucky for us there's no poutine restaurant in Vegas. -- nm - Roger More May 22, 08:22
Newfound appreciation for the fact that I have no idea what Alex Trebek thinks about climate change. -- (link) - Ken Jennings May 22, 08:18 2
- I wish Ken Jennings actually posted here. - Beryllium May 22, 08:27 1
  - Pfft. Jeopardy spoils...? - Shaun May 22, 08:34
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- after they opened enough loopholes to fly a C-5 Galaxy through it -- (link) - znufrii May 22, 08:15
- In a way, yes. The phone companies would still hold it for the government to request it. It also extends the PATRIOT ACT. - spamlet May 22, 08:15
"eBay confirms that all 145 million records were stolen" -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 08:10 23
- So... using the same password for PayPal... that was a bad idea. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 22, 08:31 2
  - Jesus, for a site that's had all their passwords compromised, they're not making it easy to find their password change link. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 22, 08:36 1
    - yeah, it took a minute to find. -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:37
- note that reuters has altered the headline to remove "all" -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 08:15
- Gives them negative feedback. -- nm - volnelk May 22, 08:14
- the story at reuters -- (link) - Beryllium May 22, 08:14
- (i guess i should be glad i hadn't changed my address? they did have my credit card info though.) -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:11 7
  - They said CC info wasn't stolen, right? - spamlet May 22, 08:19 1
    - yeah. that is the word right now... -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:20
  - Doesn't look like I had any credit card info there. (Interesting -- my last transaction was buying my uke almost 5 years ago.) -- nm - mara May 22, 08:16 1
    - the story says (take that for what it is worth) that credit card information wasn't taken. emails, addresses, birthdates, and encrypted passwords - Andie May 22, 08:19
  - Did ebay have it, or did paypal have it? Because I'm pretty sure that paypal's data wasn't part of the hack ... -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 08:13 2
    - eBay had it. -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:15
    - If you are a seller, eBay gets your CC number to charge you. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:15
- um. wow. -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:11 1
  - We did not really have any security because, we are just eBay. -- nm - eBay May 22, 08:12
- What color is that? -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:10 6
  - Surprisingly low on the gibson index. Just another popped cloud service. -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 08:11 5
    - I mean, the chinese hacking a US pipemaking company, stealing their designs, and using that as a competitive advantage - that rates higher. - Beryllium May 22, 08:13 3
      - Which pipemaker? -- nm - spamlet May 22, 08:28 2
        
        Westinghouse too - the pipes were for nuclear power stations -- nm - Roger More May 22, 08:32
        
        Hmm. One of the smaller ones. "Us Steel"? Never heard of them. -- (link) - Beryllium May 22, 08:30
    - Thought so. - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:12
NBA: Mike Dunleavy has interviewed with Lakers and Knicks about their HC positions -- nm - Strongbad May 22, 08:08
$7-10k is a lot to pay to hear "Freshmen". -- nm - Reagen May 22, 08:06 4
- (Imagine Dragons, gaze upon your future) -- nm - Reagen May 22, 08:21
- They're actually fairly big children's artists now. It shocked me when I heard them on the XM children's music channel. -- nm - spamlet May 22, 08:11
- AND "Hero". -- nm - Ender May 22, 08:08
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my rank on the hsx is now up one from when I started playing again early this week. nice. -- nm - the mystifying virtuoso May 22, 08:05 6
- I'm up to 557. -- nm - volnelk May 22, 08:22
- yeah, I am up a couple spots as well. Also I like RDOWN 17.09, 155.88. - groiny May 22, 08:12 3
  - TSTAM 20,000 long H$35.60 H$52.81 H$0.13 (0.25%) H$1,056,200.00 344,200.00 (48.34%) -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:18
  - heh, I went in and bought him for Iron Man. Still have him. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:17 1
    - ... until now. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:18
- Wow. I went from 499 to 495 (and did not really do much). -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:10
"What the fuck is a duck turd." -- nm - Reagen May 22, 08:03 1
- It's liquid and may be a duck egg . . . -- nm - OAE -- You Know Who May 22, 08:08
50 US Senators write to Goodell urging the League to change Washington's team name -- (link) - Beaker May 22, 08:02 1
- The other 50 said not to. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:02
I was spoiled this morning on the way to work on next week's episode of GoT (Mountainous Spoilers) - Mel Profit May 22, 08:01 15
- future (major) book spoilers - decline May 22, 08:05 9
  - they kind of have to I think - book spoilers - Beaker May 22, 08:10 8
    - the first book 6 should be book 5 -- nm - Beaker May 22, 08:11
    - plus - book spoilers - Beaker May 22, 08:11 5
      - spoil - decline May 22, 08:12 4
        
        meh - spoilers - Beaker May 22, 08:15 3
        
        oh, yeah. I forgot about him -- nm - decline May 22, 08:20
        
        Beaker is correct, but (spoils) - Roger More May 22, 08:18 1
        
        that might take awhile - book spoilers - Beaker May 22, 08:21
    - true -- nm - decline May 22, 08:11
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  - kind of - pretty big book spoilers - Beaker May 22, 08:08
  - You are right (MAJOR book spoils) - TWuG May 22, 08:07
- Spoils about this - prayformojo May 22, 08:03
- major upcoming spoilers -- nm - Beaker May 22, 08:02
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- "How long does it take to write 'Careless Whisper'?" -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 08:00

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