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MLB.TV Premium $12 for the remainder of 2014 season -- (link) - budice Aug 27, 13:23 3
- I'd be all over this if I wasn't watching my neighbor paint his fence. nm - Dignan Aug 27, 13:30
- First thought: "Would that include the postseason?" Second thought: "Oh yeah, Reds fan. Doesn't matter." -- nm - Ender Aug 27, 13:28 1
  - Exactly. Why would I buy that? It's football season in Cincinnati. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 27, 13:31
My best daughter bought me a ipad mini...might ask what apps this old man that knows nothing might need. -- nm - BAD Aug 27, 13:08 7
- do you use Netflix? you can add that. -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 13:31
- games: peggle, tiny wings, star walk (not technically a game, but VERY cool) - Beryllium Aug 27, 13:31
- Well, to start, hook up your email, Facebook or whatever other app/sites you frequently use. Maybe a newsreader like Feedly. Kindle app? - oblique Aug 27, 13:12 4
  - So far I have email, slacker talk, that other site, msn, and a jillion games set up on it -- nm - BAD Aug 27, 13:16 3
    - tinder!! -- nm - decline Aug 27, 13:20
    - Sounds about right - oblique Aug 27, 13:18 1
      - I still have to get facebook set up, but that will be next time she comes by... -- nm - BAD Aug 27, 13:25
Speaking of pop music, I quite like that Jessie J video Qale posted on his FB -- (link) - con_carne Aug 27, 13:06 [youtube] 7
- boy, she came a long way from Sam and Cat. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 13:25
- ~wake me up/before you go-go~ -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 13:21 1
  - *head explodes* -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 13:27
- It is not awful, I guess. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 13:14
- #9. Meh. -- nm - Tim Aug 27, 13:12
- I heard this about a gazillion times on the drive down from Chicago. - ty97 Aug 27, 13:07
- I haven't listened to this song about a dozen times already today, nope -- nm - prayformojo Aug 27, 13:07
Hmm. A chunk of the net stopped working. - Spawn Aug 27, 13:04 1
- Usually that means a DNS issue. - Beryllium Aug 27, 13:06
The Fate of Galt's Gulch Chile - Or how a Libertarian get scammed out of their Libertarian Utopia -- (link) - amoxy Aug 27, 13:02 1
- The market dictated it, so it's fine. -- nm - David Aug 27, 13:12
so nobody on that plane volunteered to switch seats because they prefered to sit up straight anyway? marge simpson? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 13:02
Snopes takes on the Pumpkin Spice Latte -- (link) - oblique Aug 27, 12:49
You have to shell out $150 for the XBone version of Kinect? That seems... at least $75 too high... -- nm - Ender Aug 27, 12:49 15
- Why buy it separately? -- nm - Max Aug 27, 13:00 5
  - Because they have started selling them without. - Spawn Aug 27, 13:06 4
    - Yes but buying a console without the kinect and then complaining about the price of the kinect is *dumb* -- nm - Max Aug 27, 13:08 3
      - effin' Ender. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 13:08 2
        
        Please, like I'd buy an XBone... This is straight-up PS-fanboy trolling. -- nm - Ender Aug 27, 13:10 1
        
        That's too bad. Thought you were finally ready to upgrade. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 13:10
- dead tech -- nm - decline Aug 27, 13:00 7
  - "dead tech" is dead thinking -- nm - Max Aug 27, 13:00 6
    - *shrug* - no one if developing for it and now no one is going to buy it because the xbone comes cheaper without -- nm - decline Aug 27, 13:10 5
      - no one except the players who want to broadcast with it via Twitch (55 million user base, 40% of live-video internet traffic) -- nm - Max Aug 27, 13:14 3
        
        Or they can do that for cheaper on PS4. -- nm - Ender Aug 27, 13:23 1
        
        Not with Forza they can't! suckers -- nm - Max Aug 27, 13:25
        
        yeah, kinect users can only account for what 10% of the twich user base? - decline Aug 27, 13:20
      - Only those, what, 6 million that were already sold with it? -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 13:12
- Kinect is a thing that I see a use for, but not in any way desirable as a gaming technology. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 12:56
Stephen Colbert Edits Opening Credits to Reflect Emmys Name Flub -- (link) - budice Aug 27, 12:48 2
- i thought that was intentional -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 12:56 1
  - I did not. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 13:00
Another delicious post crying about how dumb @savedyouaclick is. -- (link) - Tim Aug 27, 12:45 5
- People Who Should Switch To Decaf! People Who Know Their Job Is Useless and Are Kind of Defensive About It! -- nm - Let's Play the Pyramid! Aug 27, 12:56
- It's polite of him not to mention how unbearable that column was. -- nm - David Aug 27, 12:50 3
  - A one word answer did not necessitate a 5,000 word long read. SYAC is in the right there. -- nm - Tim Aug 27, 12:56 1
    - If *I* think a column is too verbose, you know it's got a problem. - David Aug 27, 12:57
  - The commenters mentioned it. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 12:55
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This is a shot in the dark, but Question for Spotify users: Can anyone link me to a playlist of pre-Beatles oldies? - con_carne Aug 27, 12:41 9
- peter paul mary, new christy minstrals, bob dylan....elvis, buddy holly -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 27, 13:00
- Go to Browse then select Decades. There is a 50's party playlist near the top - amoxy Aug 27, 12:55 2
  - Just what I needed, thank you. I missed the "Decades" thing -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 13:04
  - Listening to Johnny B Goode right now -- nm - amoxy Aug 27, 12:56
- Would big band stuff work? -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 27, 12:45 [spotify]
- (i have never used Spotify) - is there anything under "wartime" or "post-war" ? -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 12:43 3
  - You know, I just realized the Search provides playlist results so I'm going to play with that for a bit - con_carne Aug 27, 12:48 2
    - there's nothing for 50s? (also, Chuck Berry and Perry Como are two very different styles of music) -- nm - Roger More Aug 27, 12:49 1
      - That's true. I'm not so worried about genre, I'd just like hit music from 50's, 40's - con_carne Aug 27, 12:55
Vamps: Krusty, Samara, NWBR -- nm - budice Aug 27, 12:33 3
- Now we're cooking with gas. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 27, 12:36 2
  - He who smelt it... -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:38
  - BBQ! -- nm - budice Aug 27, 12:37
Plane of Thrones: You win or you fly. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 12:31 11
- A Lannister always pays his jets. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 27, 12:42 4
  - The long awaited Game of Thrones/Planes crossover. Damn you, GRR Martin for killing off Dusty! -- nm - Inigo Aug 27, 12:45 2
    - Game of Thrones/Airplane! crossover. (Captain Oveur didn't survive the Cockpit Wedding) -- nm - prayformojo Aug 27, 12:47 1
      - "Surely you can't be serious" has been on my mind all day. It must suck to be named Shirley. - Beryllium Aug 27, 12:48
  - nice -- nm - prayformojo Aug 27, 12:42
- "Sometimes those with the most power have the least grace." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 12:38
- Brace yourselves, entitled people are coming -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 12:36
- "You know nothing about stewarding, Jon Snow." -- nm - Max Aug 27, 12:35 2
  - "Captain Hodor will be your pilot for this flight." nm - Dignan Aug 27, 12:38 1
    - It's like the Love Boat of the sky. -- nm - Max Aug 27, 12:40
- Get these MF thrones off this MF plane! -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:32
In honour of Friends *20th* Anniversary, a Central Perk pop up coffee shop, with free coffee, will open for one month in Manhattan. -- (link) - Andie Aug 27, 12:22 2
- ... wait, Friends started when Amy and I started? - Spawn Aug 27, 12:30
- Now that Manhattan actually looks like how it was depicted in Friends -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 12:25
I'm tall but I recline. My back hurts the whole time I sit without reclining. -- nm - David Aug 27, 12:17 22
- I'm getting to the point where I dread flying because the whole experience from getting to the airport - TWuG Aug 27, 13:02
- one of the main reasons why I hate hate hate hate flying. - groiny Aug 27, 12:42 1
  - Take a meeting while you are up there. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:42
- we can all agree that there is a difference between leaning back a couple inches and leaning all the way back till you are - Andie Aug 27, 12:23 17
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  - Uhm, planes only let you go back a couple inches. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:26 13
    - there is a range though. and it matters. -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 12:28 12
      - I always feel like there's 2 settings, Slightly Reclined and Really Reclined. - Mel Profit Aug 27, 12:35 6
        
        ::looks down and watches Mel furiously attempt to recline his seat, pushing... pushing... nodding his head and grinning even though he failed:: -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:37 5
        
        If it's one thing I'm Viking at it's Reclining. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 27, 12:38 4
        
        well, you could recline in a matchbox. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 12:38 3
        
        no I couldn't. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 27, 12:39 2
        
        why you gotta be all like that?! - groiny Aug 27, 12:40 1
        
        I bet there are some youtube videos featuring dogs and cats trying to recline in a matchbox. -- nm - Max Aug 27, 13:03
      - It is such a small range. You either are reclined or you are not. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:29 4
        
        see,i don't find that, at all. -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 12:30 3
        
        It is not like a car seat. You push the button, push back on the seat, and it stops. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:31
        
        i assume this would also depend on the plane and airline -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 12:31 1
        
        Mabe that is it. You have flown a lot more than me so very possible. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:31
  - In coach on smaller planes, is the latter even possible? -- nm - David Aug 27, 12:25 1
    - i would expect not/ -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 12:26
- As I said yesterday, I recline my car seat, etc. - Spawn Aug 27, 12:19
Mel: Yeah, the moving out of state seems sane given the goings-on. - Beryllium Aug 27, 12:12 7
- I at least understand the moving out of state but the deleting of social media is a huge red flag (if he did do that)... - Mel Profit Aug 27, 12:17 5
  - It wouldn't necessarily be about the content though, it could just be for general privacy. - Ender Aug 27, 12:21 3
    - agreed. I am hoping it's not about content. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 27, 12:36
    - Agreed, though that doesn't require deletion - ty97 Aug 27, 12:23
    - And more so finding his family and friends through it to go after them. - Spawn Aug 27, 12:23
  - two words: cake nipples - oblique Aug 27, 12:19
- We pretty much expected it, no? -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:17
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- I think most people abide by the working around whoever is there first rule -- nm - con_carne Aug 27, 12:29
- I had a woman at a standing room only show ask me if I could stoop down so she could see. - pmb Aug 27, 12:23 2
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  - pmb: *grinds on her* - oblique Aug 27, 12:24
- Stadium seating, dude. - Reagen Aug 27, 12:14 9
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    - I *love* when I take Logan to a movie (in non-stadium seating) and an adult sits in front of him, even if there are open seats further down the aisle. - Spawn Aug 27, 12:18 2
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        I almost always go to the stadium seating locations, and doubly so if he is going. - Spawn Aug 27, 12:34
    - I'm yet to encounter the movie theater where I'd be blocking someone just by sitting, but: I'd do what I could if I was interfering with someone -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 12:17 4
      - I had a guy at the Tori Amos concert in front of me who I was sure was trying to avoid a headshot by a sniper. - Mel Profit Aug 27, 12:26
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        I was in the balcony railing row for Aladdin and my knees were to the railing. NYC seating sucks. -- nm - Max Aug 27, 13:07
        
        I'm much less likely to go to those style theaters, because: legroom. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 13:02
Jack, I get asked a lot - Reagen Aug 27, 12:11 22
- also, re: seats, I typically don't say anything unless the person is bouncing around a lot - Reagen Aug 27, 12:12 21
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    - You should, but I still think its sort of impolite. Reclining isn't generally a great advantage on a domestic flight anyway and you're getting small - pmb Aug 27, 12:19 7
      - I need as much room as I can get on a plane, so I recline 100% of the time. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 27, 12:34
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        See my post above. You have to make that choice whether it's more important to you than not imposing on someone else. I would suggest turning around - pmb Aug 27, 12:25 4
        
        Come to think of it, I always at least try to make eye contact with the person I'm reclining into, out of courtesy. Give the old smile and nod - con_carne Aug 27, 12:34 1
        
        "Here I come, and there is nothing you can do. (except recline your own seat, too)" -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:35
        
        If someone asked, I'd probably be willing to figure something out. I've never had anyone ask, though. - Reagen Aug 27, 12:28
        
        your last sentence is important. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 27, 12:27
    - If I ask you not to, because you're *hurting* me, you should have the basic decency not to - Reagen Aug 27, 12:15 11
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        Yes, you do have the right to be an asshole. I've never denied that. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 12:18 3
        
        The right exists exactly up until the seat is touching the knees of the person behind them. Then the rights of each person conflict and it's time for battle. -- nm - Ender Aug 27, 12:26
        
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        before the days of cattle car cabins, it was different. today it's just a vestigial feature of airplanes - Reagen Aug 27, 12:23
        
        But I paid for separate pages! -- nm - Max Aug 27, 12:17 5
        
        Then you shouldn't have done that in the bathroom with that copy of Skymall... -- nm - Ender Aug 27, 12:38
        
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        ... then getting into a glorified cattle car at 30,000 feet was a BIG mistake -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 12:29 2
        
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        Yes, it's kind of a like-it-or-lump-it scenario. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 12:44
LIR: Duh Reagan. Money doesn't grow on trees -- nm - oblique Aug 27, 12:10 1
- It actually does but he picks it all off. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:11
"It's like the producers scripted this! " lol -- nm - Beryllium Aug 27, 12:10
boom boom pow -- nm - oblique Aug 27, 12:09 1
- So 2000-late. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 12:10

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