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Today's IPO if fully sold and has started moving. -- nm - GregW Sep 13, 18:27 2
- didn't buy it, figure it will drop down below the 150 IPO price in a month or so -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 18:28 1
  - Maybe after a nice rise. -- nm - GregW Sep 13, 18:30
Go Boilermakers!!! -- nm - budice Sep 13, 18:26 1
- Puck Furdue, as my friend who attended Rose-Hulman likes to say. -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 13, 18:28
RIP Joe Sample, pioneer jazz/funk with the Jazz crusaders (later just The Crusaders) -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 13, 18:10 1
- :(( -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 18:16
That was a terrible spot. He got that easily. -- nm - David Sep 13, 17:37
Miley covers....Led Zeppelin...Babe I'm Gonna Leave You -- (link) - Remlik Sep 13, 17:32 4
- This is not horrible -- nm - Pippy Sep 13, 18:12
- I liked her cover of Dolly's " Jolene" but that is just a fantastic song -- nm - Pippy Sep 13, 18:07
- oh please no .....NOOOOOOOOOOO! - I`m not clicking, no way. -- nm - mud Sep 13, 17:37 1
  - I'm pretty sure all the Joan Baez fans had similar reactions when Zep covered it with their electrical instruments -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 18:04
ISIS has executed a British Aid Worker. Cameron already releasing statements. -- nm - MDH Sep 13, 17:20
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- Dumbasses -- nm - droidlet Sep 13, 17:59
- D'oh! -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 17:45
Wow, what a disastrous offensive series -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 17:16 1
- Big Brother is the worst -- nm - con_carne Sep 13, 17:40
Man, got motion sickness in the movies for the first time since Blair Witch with As Above So Below - amoxy Sep 13, 17:02 1
- Heh to the IM -- nm - Pippy Sep 13, 18:06
Um, why am I down 8million dollars on hsx? Can't just be big iPO? - Andie Sep 13, 16:58 3
- the sky is faling -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 13, 16:59 2
  - I know I am not alone, but, wow. -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 17:00 1
    - atleast it's still a little bit alive :) -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 13, 17:02
Georgia/SC has an outside shot at 100 points -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 16:56
So the only movies up today are the other site are movies starring black actors/actresses. Of course the users would do that. -- nm - MDH Sep 13, 16:40 5
- Well, the only time most of HSX users realize african-american movies exist is when an african-american led movie surprises box office wise. - Will Hunting Sep 13, 16:45 1
  - Yup agreed. No respect to those movies otherwise. -- nm - MDH Sep 13, 16:46
- because? -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 16:42 1
  - No Good Deed does well, so users assume "omg black people go to the movies, every black movie must do well" -- nm - MDH Sep 13, 16:45
- *blink* -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 16:42
Destiny: is there a campaign? Or is it like Borderlands that you complete quests (and can with others)? Or like Titanfall, just shooting matches? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 13, 16:40 2
- It has a campaign of 20 missions. There are even a few cut scenes. - David Sep 13, 17:40 1
  - So the campaign is like Halo? I'm trying to understand the Borderlands-aspect of it. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 13, 17:50
Smash for Wii U's release date now really is November 21st. -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 16:29
Damn, down 1.7M at that other site. - IrishStephen Sep 13, 16:22 10
- I haven't played in years and I'm still in the top #1,400? Huh -- nm - JaxSean Sep 13, 16:37
- lol. Try 9 mil. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 16:23 8
  - 7,7 -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 13, 16:58
  - I was down 7 a few hours ago -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 16:36
  - Are you in the ST League? -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 13, 16:26 2
    - Think so. T.Stamp. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 16:33 1
      - Ah, ok. -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 13, 16:39
  - Yeah, 10m here. Never been down that much in one day before. -- nm - droidlet Sep 13, 16:25 2
    - this -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 17:45
    - Folks selling everything to max out on IPO I suppose. -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 13, 16:31
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- He's still a RB. -- nm - David Sep 13, 16:33 2
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  - They are becoming a scarce commodity in the NFL -- nm - rollo Sep 13, 16:36
- They need him on defense as well -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 16:21 2
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    - and the front seven - prayformojo Sep 13, 16:25
- Gurley Man -- nm - rollo Sep 13, 16:18
Gas prices: $3.49/gal -- nm - budice Sep 13, 14:59 12
- $3.89 for 89 -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 13, 16:29
- $3.39 here. Milk: $4.35/gallon. Killing all the dairy-related items like cheeses. bleh -- nm - JaxSean Sep 13, 16:08
- $1.519/L here -- nm - Karl_S Sep 13, 16:06
- Paid $3.86 on Wed -- nm - JD Sep 13, 16:02
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- $4.06 equivalent. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 15:32
- $3.59 at costco 3.79 at retail stations -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 15:29
- $2.979 -- nm - nubby Sep 13, 15:26
- $1.249/litre here -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 15:20
- $3.16 -- nm - Pippy Sep 13, 15:02
- 3.49 -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 13, 15:01
- 3.14 -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 15:00
3/4 of the GOTG2 IPO shares have already been sold at the opening price. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 14:37 19
- hardly any short -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 15:30
- Um ...wait when did HSX limit the amount of shares that could be sold on a movie stock? -- nm - eag Sep 13, 15:02 15
  - It's not limited overall, just limited at the IPO price. - Cuzzin Todd Sep 13, 15:18 14
    - When did they start doing that -- nm - eag Sep 13, 15:24 2
      - Sometime between 2008 and when Godzilla opened this year. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 13, 15:27
      - I noticed it a few months back. I am not sure then they started this policy -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 15:25
    - what date and time do they IPO now? What' the cap before it starts moving? - Mel Profit Sep 13, 15:21 10
      - Noon eastern and it goes 'live' whenever the last shares sell. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 16:36
      - I think 11AM CT, but don't quote me on that. I know I've tried to buy it early and been unable to do so. - Cuzzin Todd Sep 13, 15:23
      - noon saturday east coast. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 15:22 7
        
        120M..96M have been sold so far. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 15:24 6
        
        120M or 150M? - IrishStephen Sep 13, 16:29 1
        
        Nevermind. Realized the 120M was referring to number of shares, not IPO price. -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 13, 16:32
        
        Ok, that number doesn't totally seem unreasonable. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 15:30 3
        
        next weeks Sandy Bullock IPO cap before moving is 50M shares sold -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 15:36 2
        
        ah, it's movie specific. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 15:47 1
        
        I had no idea about this. -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 17:01
- HSX is apparently down as well at the moment. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 14:46 1
  - probably Spawn crashed it, trying to buy ALL the shares. -- nm - mud Sep 13, 14:56
ydc-the term 'neurotic actor' is redundant. -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 14:09 4
- uh oh. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 14:43 3
  - I'll try not to bore you with the details later. -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 15:14 2
    - you can't tease me like that and then NOT tell me. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 15:16 1
      - it really is boring though. -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 15:52
I will say this: I've had my issues with the Vikings. However, they deactivated AP this weekend. Greg Hardy and Ray McDonald are playing. -- nm - Chris Kluwe Sep 13, 14:03
Six Feet Under Season 5 Episode 9 (spoilers) (and cursing) - amoxy Sep 13, 13:46 4
- Ahh. -- nm - kelly Sep 13, 14:55 2
  - You see likability ranking did change. David made it to the top! -- nm - amoxy Sep 13, 17:02 1
    - I've been eagerly awaiting your review of this episode... -- nm - kelly Sep 13, 18:28
- major spoiler - nubby Sep 13, 13:50
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- AYE OR DIE! - IrishStephen Sep 13, 14:56
Dammit, we're going to be right by Dawson again tonight. -- nm - icolin Sep 13, 13:15
Sad news Frank Torre brother of Joe Torre passed -- (link) - eag Sep 13, 12:53 1
- :( -- nm - budice Sep 13, 12:55
Tips For Playing Destiny -- (link) - Beaker Sep 13, 12:41 5
- The reviews have been underwelming to say the least - eag Sep 13, 12:50
- I just hit level 20. Let there be Light. - David Sep 13, 12:42 3
  - I think I'm about to hit level 5... -- nm - IrishStephen Sep 13, 14:57 2
    - The bounties are the key. - David Sep 13, 15:09 1
      - Yeah, I just completed my first bounty (that had six different missions to complete) last night. - IrishStephen (2013 FJS and QV CHAMPION!) Sep 13, 15:29
St. Louis Rams star defensive end Robert Quinn has agreed to a four-year contract extension through the 2019 season -- (link) - Beaker Sep 13, 12:36
Waiting in line for the bouncy castle -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 12:35
ECU! -- nm - budice Sep 13, 12:21 2
- And that THE Ohio State University loss looks even worse. haha. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 14:49
- = Euro -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 13, 12:41
Tom Brady *thought he'd only roofied* Welker at the Derby, doesn't recycle and puts Gisele's bras in the dryer. - Diva Sep 13, 12:01 12
- Gisele would kill him with a leg scissor move if he dared but her bras in the dryer -- nm - Pippy Sep 13, 14:19 7
  - cant think of a better way to go -- nm - mud Sep 13, 14:57
  - but wearing it on his head while coming up the stairs after retrieving her finished laundry, like a good husband, is totally fine. - Mel Profit Sep 13, 14:44 4
    - smh -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 15:15 3
      - I've heard, heard mind you, that it does two things... - Mel Profit Sep 13, 15:17 2
        
        iz my hat... -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 17:46 1
        
        what tim mie wants, he mostly gets. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 18:03
  - right to the neck. -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 14:29
- Class act. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 12:34
- Jay Cutler has been pretending to be a professional football player. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 12:24 1
  - been there, done that. -- nm - George Plimpton Sep 13, 12:26
- heh. "Tom Brady roofied him at the Derby. -- Spawn Sep 3, 11:02 And then called the NFL. " -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:24
Alot of cake. -- (link) - Tim Sep 13, 12:00 7
- That looks like one of those demon dogs from Ghostbusters -- nm - rollo Sep 13, 13:19
- Fantastic! Why not tweet it to @alliebrosh? -- nm - mara Sep 13, 12:30 1
  - I'm going to. -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 12:33
- In parts of Malaysia and Borneo, the word "alot" means "boat". - nubby Sep 13, 12:28 3
  - In parts of the world, the word "alot" means "lamp". -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:30 2
    - I think you're mistaken about that. -- nm - nubby Sep 13, 12:33 1
      - not just that. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 12:38
Spawn, this is your buy the IPO reminder -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 11:56 4
- Thank you!!! -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 11:56 3
  - Jeebus. Down 5 mil over there, before buying. Oh well. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 11:58 2
    - Typical Saturday - players freeing up cash for a high-priced IPO. -- nm - Meg Sep 13, 12:01 1
      - imagine a scenario where there was no limit on shares bought. the red/black swing would be huge -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 12:22
Calvin: You know what I think I'm gonna do then? Just for the hell of it? - Spawn Sep 13, 11:55 2
- *kicks your ass* -- nm - Hobbes Sep 13, 11:58
- Calvin stares and the cockfighter surrenders. -- nm - budice Sep 13, 11:56
Boxing: Mayweather/Maidana 2 is being shown in theaters this evening -- nm - budice Sep 13, 11:54 6
- no shit? I really want to see Maidana beat the crap out of Mayweather. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 12:09 5
  - I'm seeing "Madonna" and could totally see her doing it -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 15:32 1
    - :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 16:50
  - Here's the cool kicker, I have groupon vouchers for Fandango tix. And they apply here. -- nm - budice Sep 13, 12:26 2
    - I looked it up here and it -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 12:33 1
      - it's nowhere nearby and I also realized...it might be full of Mayweather fans. That's the last group of boxing fans I want to be around. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 13, 12:34

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