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trade proposals sent in various leagues to Team Autodraft, Los Tigres de Celtic, and Spaceman Spiffs -- nm - crash davis Sep 1, 13:06
MLB: Special happenings in today's PHI@ATL game -- (link) - budice Sep 1, 13:00
Did an ESPN fantasy team because I was bored. Dude took Romo #1. -- nm - volnelk Sep 1, 12:58 4
- Still looking for players for that ika league. Draft is tomorrow night. -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 13:06 3
  - serve it up.. - budice Sep 1, 13:07
  - link me -- nm - crash davis Sep 1, 13:07 1
    - oops, sorry, missed the ika - no longer active there -- nm - crash davis Sep 1, 13:09
50% off Family Meals at Boston Market -- (link) - budice Sep 1, 12:50 4
- Our local store closed some years back - I miss them :( - Meg Sep 1, 12:56 3
  - Got one right around the corner here. -- nm - budice Sep 1, 12:59 2
    - Is that Harbor Blvd in Costa Mesa? That looks like my closest now. -- nm - Meg Sep 1, 13:06 1
      - Nope, maybe this one is closer. -- (link) - budice Sep 1, 13:14
I am totally counting this weekend's hike as part of a healthy challenge for work. It felt nice to be in the mountain forest. -- nm - Qale Sep 1, 12:36
Don't forget. Saved by the Bell behind the scenes movie tonight. -- nm - Dano Sep 1, 12:15 7
- I'm so focused on FF that I had a second where I thought this movie might be about the Pittsburgh ground game -- nm - crash davis Sep 1, 12:42
- should I get vaccinated first ? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 1, 12:31
- Houdini -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 1, 12:31
- ::leaves tv off, just to be sure:: -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 12:23 2
  - Don't worry. I've already programmed your DVR. -- nm - Dano Sep 1, 12:30
  - "Ill take: Things worse than StepUp movies for $500 Alex" -- nm - budice Sep 1, 12:25
- Pass -- nm - amoxy Sep 1, 12:16
If I leave a company and clients want to come with me is it illegal to take them? I didn't actively solicit them. I told them I was giving notice - Krusty Sep 1, 12:12 13
- you did work for them ...thn you have a working relationship, its not a secret - zeitgeist Sep 1, 17:51
- Don Draper that sh!# -- nm - crash davis Sep 1, 12:44
- I'm no law talking guy, same as ML, but if you didn't sign anything, I don't see how you could be. -- nm - David Sep 1, 12:16 10
  - I'm worried about the Trade Secrets Act. I didn't take a client list though. They spoke with me in person after learning that I was leaving. - Krusty Sep 1, 12:21 9
    - Peace of mind to talk to a laywer. I would suggest -- nm - Bacon Sep 1, 12:24 8
      - (except for that need to take a shower because you spoke to a lawyer, but yeah) -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 12:25 1
        
        Except the filth doesn't wash off. -- nm - Bacon Sep 1, 12:31
      - Where's Dawson? ;-) - Krusty Sep 1, 12:25 5
        
        You need a lawyer because they have a lawyer. It's this big ole scam created by lawyers -- nm - Bacon Sep 1, 12:30 4
        
        Great. :-( -- nm - Krusty Sep 1, 12:35 3
        
        My first divorce. I got the papers and paid a lawyer $50 to look them over. I am guessing you won't be paying a ton. - Bacon Sep 1, 12:39 2
        
        Thanks. I'll try and speak with someone asap. -- nm - Krusty Sep 1, 12:42 1
        
        Good man. Tell me how much it was when you are done. -- nm - Bacon Sep 1, 12:43
Six Feet Under Season 5 Episode 5 (spoilers) - amoxy Sep 1, 12:11
ARMAGAYDDON -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 1, 12:10 [youtube]
ORLY? chewing tabacco/dip is legal on a plane? a friend is posting about sitting next to a guy for hours constantly spitting into a bottle -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 12:08 1
- G R O S S -- nm - Bacon Sep 1, 12:08
So...The Strain...spoils. - budice Sep 1, 11:52 1
- yea (spoils) - Jovian Sep 1, 12:39
I might need to upgrade to Tivo Romio (from Series 2) because Time Warner is now all digital. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 1, 11:35 2
- Ive parted ways with DVR and extra charges. -- nm - budice Sep 1, 12:04 1
  - What do you use now? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 1, 12:30
Ugh. 72 degree dewpoint -- nm - prayformojo Sep 1, 11:03 9
- Up until Friday we'd had the best August I can recall in all my years here. -- nm - Max Sep 1, 11:35 5
  - Best July & August. -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 12:58
  - Yeah, only 3-4 days in the 90's....heavenly. - Will Hunting Sep 1, 12:31
  - yup, today has been hotter than all of august put together -- nm - prayformojo Sep 1, 11:59
  - And if you look at data going back to the 1920s, it was probably about normal. -- nm - Mara Sep 1, 11:38 1
    - Don't you wave your science witchcraft at me, woman! - Max Sep 1, 13:34
- Yeah, and the house did not know it was a holiday and turned the AC up to 77 this morning. - Spawn Sep 1, 11:05 2
  - The house has an excuse...I had to stop myself going out to check the mailbox :/ - Meg Sep 1, 11:10
  - stupid house -- nm - Dano Sep 1, 11:07
Need math peeps (have googles not finding what I need) I need to calculate the average value of 6 dice rolled with custom faces (inside) - Capstern Sep 1, 09:59 12
- Assuming you have a 1 in 6 chance, it's 1/6th each value added together. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 1, 10:39 7
  - and the # of rolls is irrelevant to EV. -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 10:41
  - In your case, it'll average 1.5 each dice so it's either 7.5 or 9.0 or 10.5 depending in # of dice. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 1, 10:41 5
    - 4 dice is 6 4 is 7 or 8 and 7 is 10 or 11...so helpful thanks -- nm - Capstern Sep 1, 11:04
    - Thanks - got some help and yes 6 dice average 9 under this configuration each roll - Capstern Sep 1, 11:03 3
      - You really need to not let znufrii write your gaming logic* -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 1, 11:04 2
        
        lol. I wont. This is about building a dice pool that has some perchance to fail even against weak mobs - Capstern Sep 1, 11:09 1
        
        *nods knowingly* -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 1, 11:11
- There'd probably some one-line way to do it in Ruby, like [0,1,1,2,2,3].rand.times(1000).avg (but I'm new to ruby) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 1, 10:24
- There's online caluclators for a lot of this stuff. aka Dice Rolls -- nm - budice Sep 1, 10:02 1
  - Yes I have tried like 5 and I run into the issue that either I cant customize the faces or - Capstern Sep 1, 10:04
- And being honest i found some stuff that might work but the set up and math is beyond me - math is hard -- nm - Capstern Sep 1, 10:01
FML...last night the dog was sick all over the nice livingroom carpet, I spent an hour with rug shampooer cleaning, this morning.... - zeitgeist Sep 1, 09:50
wouldn't a cloud service know someone was brute forcing an account with thousands of password attempts? - zeitgeist Sep 1, 09:47 1
- I think at this point they are just speculating about how it was done -- nm - rollo Sep 1, 09:58
In Pictures: British Wildlife Photography Awards, I like the winner. -- (link) - LMS Sep 1, 09:31 8
- Those are great. Otter eating a puffin? Who knew -- nm - Bacon Sep 1, 10:39
- That fox photo is great, but what does it say? -- nm - CQ Sep 1, 09:48
- I belong to a group on flickr called "Partial Desaturation Is Proof Of Bad Taste" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 1, 09:40 1
  - ... needless to say, this entry would get high praise. - Beryllium Sep 1, 09:42
- Top billing? -- nm - budice Sep 1, 09:40
- I like the discarded Tardis prototype near the bottom. -- nm - mud Sep 1, 09:34 2
  - Have you seen the one used as a library? -- (link) - LMS Sep 1, 09:39 1
    - sweet -- nm - mud Sep 1, 09:51
Speaking of great catches, here was the best from this past weekend. -- (link) - David Sep 1, 09:19 1
- pretty soon video services are just going to be a giant share link and no video. -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 10:47
Way to shave those sideburns, Mattingly! -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 1, 09:18
Someone remind ML to wake up Billie Jo Armstrong 30 days from now -- nm - prayformojo Sep 1, 09:16 1
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MLB-Astros: Fired manager Bo Porter...and so it begins. -- (link) - budice Sep 1, 09:11 1
- Jeff Luhnow is a moron. - Will Hunting Sep 1, 10:32
Trying to watch The Lego Movie, but keep having to pause it because it's pretty dull. -- nm - Dano Sep 1, 09:04 12
- There's gonna be a reckonin' -- nm - prayformojo Sep 1, 09:44
- But... everything is awesome! - Krusty Sep 1, 09:38
- Huh -- nm - amoxy Sep 1, 09:28
- This -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Sep 1, 09:19
- You and Pippy need to go sit in the corner and think about what you did. -- nm - David Sep 1, 09:17 2
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  - I hated it, too! -- nm - grioney Sep 1, 09:18
- It's no unexpected Korean Octagenarian pron. -- nm - droidlet Sep 1, 09:15
- I didn't like it. didn't finish it -- nm - pippy Sep 1, 09:06 1
  - I got through about half way through and havent gone back to watch the rest -- nm - eag Sep 1, 09:10
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  - The kid needs to come out and play. While watching the movie of course. - budice Sep 1, 09:07
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Nice catch. -- (link) - Under the Influence Sep 1, 08:57
Kate Upton's lawyer confirms leak -- (link) - budice Sep 1, 08:47 6
- Ah, now I see. "Leaked" means "hacked + stolen." -- nm - Mara Sep 1, 09:48
- Now I am wondering how much of a sh**-storm Apple is going to have to deal with -- nm - amoxy Sep 1, 09:29 1
  - "Buy our new iphone 6 next week. Look it's shiny" -- nm - Crapple Sep 1, 10:00
- If that one picture was her, Justin was the one with the leak - rollo Sep 1, 09:10
- my eyes confirmed the leak -- nm - pippy Sep 1, 09:08
- Wait, brute force was left as a hole in a password system? In 2014? -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 09:01
It's the last few days of Collinsworthlessness, everyone. Enjoy 'em while they last - prayformojo Sep 1, 08:40
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY took in an estimated $22.18M over the 4-day weekend. Domestic total now stands at $280.48M. -- nm - budice Sep 1, 08:35 27
- Full 4-day #'s list -- (link) - budice Sep 1, 09:05
- I know Spawn is the resident "I got this one right" on GotG, but I have to say, I never understood the grief that first trailer earned on here. - Name Withheld By Request Sep 1, 08:53 24
  - I wasn't at all familiar with the source material and the teaser we my first look. It struck me as... odd. - Cuzzin Todd Sep 1, 09:27 7
    - It looked like perfection. -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 10:57 4
      - The first trailer was garbage! I love the movie but that trailer made me put it on my do not see list. - Bacon Sep 1, 11:07 3
        
        The first trailer was a huge hit. - Dignan Sep 1, 12:16 2
        
        *nods* For someone who has drifted from comics and never heard of GotG prior to the movie getting made, I was intrigued to see this. - Name Withheld By Request Sep 1, 12:55
        
        Yup. Hit all the right notes. -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 12:24
    - It looked like Mystery Men. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 1, 10:35
    - It looked like a big risk. Very cool that it ended up so enjoyable. -- nm - Diva Sep 1, 10:20
  - It was *terrible*. - David Sep 1, 09:16 14
    - Your IM is DLC. - Spawn Sep 1, 09:18 13
      - Your IM is just silly. - David Sep 1, 09:22 12
        
        Please don't lime our movie because it hurts our credit. -- nm - The Makers of The Lego Movie Sep 1, 09:26 4
        
        Is lemon okay? -- nm - David Sep 1, 09:29 1
        
        Tablet screwed that all up. " -- nm - Bacon Sep 1, 09:57
        
        like = lime. we are to upset to type on our tablet -- nm - The Makers of The Lego Movie Sep 1, 09:27 1
        
        But also... don't put limes on our movie. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 1, 09:28
        
        good. lord. -- nm - mud Sep 1, 09:24 6
        
        I know, right? - Spawn Sep 1, 10:05 5
        
        I'm not surprised Star Wars fans got suckered again. - David Sep 1, 10:14 4
        
        So, fans of fun movies went to a fun movie again? - Spawn Sep 1, 10:57 3
        
        Remember when the dude's mom ate the pot brownies? - David Sep 1, 10:59 2
        
        "but that doesn`t make any sense, Mister ...Winkle" -- nm - mud Sep 1, 11:34 1
        
        Weird. -- nm - David Sep 1, 12:15
  - People poo poo on change. -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 09:10
- *preps The 312.50 Celebrations* -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 08:41
"Wait a minute kids, you didn't learn how World War II ends!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 08:33
what i've learned from ST and B2 thusfar today . . . the end of the year is rapidly approaching, and . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 1, 08:20 3
- after the Idol/talent wars *all* pop songs feature Kelly Clarkson -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 1, 10:25
- Jennifer Lawrence has naked pictures online and then B2 had a bunch of yadda yadda yadda posted on it -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Sep 1, 09:13
- "what i've learned from ST and B2 thusfar today . . . the end of the year is rapidly approaching, and . . .i'm not dead yet !" -- nm - Spawn Sep 1, 08:21
BPL: ManU :( - budice Sep 1, 08:01 1
- they need some defensive minded mids and their d is suspect at best. Di Maria looked really good in his debut. He'll add a lot -- nm - CQ Sep 1, 08:12
Yahoo sports ranks AFC West as 4th toughest division, after 3 NFC divisions -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 1, 08:01 1
- Credit due - an actual decent set of rankings. -- nm - budice Sep 1, 08:06
Simms McElfresh! -- nm - David Sep 1, 07:57
Three Days of the Condor: A- (among other things, Faye Dunaway was smokin') -- nm - prayformojo Sep 1, 07:55 4
- Have you seen Bonnie and Clyde? -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 08:33 2
  - I have not -- nm - prayformojo Sep 1, 08:35 1
    - You really ought to ReL your second point. -- nm - Reagen Sep 1, 08:41
- Also, Sons of Anarchy S6: A-; that might have been the most Shakespearean season they've had -- nm - prayformojo Sep 1, 07:56

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