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Now playing. Season 1 epsidoe 1: 12 Monkeys -- nm - CQ Jan 29, 17:35
Suge Knight Just Killed a Guy on a Movie Set: Report -- (link) - Beaker Jan 29, 17:35 3
- yikes! :/ -- nm - b. Jan 29, 17:45 1
  - I feel dirty now, I clicked on the source story at tmz. hit and run, oof. victim was a friend of his who was walking around the back - b. Jan 29, 17:47
- Doesn't he have a new CD dropping soon? - Ultron Jan 29, 17:38
Odell Beckham Jr. sets world record for 1 handed catches -- (link) - Beaker Jan 29, 17:31 1
- "The 33 catches thrown by Drew Brees nearly doubled his number of completions for the year." -- nm - Ultron Jan 29, 17:34
Three games of trivia crack, Nathan spun the whell and I got 40 in a row. Nathan doesn't spin on 41, I miss. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 29, 17:25 1
- Oddly number 41 was how to spell wheel. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 29, 17:26
49ers choose Geep Chryst as OC -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 17:13 4
- He will provide -- nm - Flavorize Jan 29, 17:21
- "Who are those guys?" -- nm - Butch Cassidy Jan 29, 17:20
- middle name Us? -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 17:15
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Buffy is being RUINED!!!!! -- (link) - nubby Jan 29, 16:48 11
- People not wanting black bars on the left and right is the new people not wanting black bars on the top and bottom. -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 17:17 1
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- The Wire, on the other hand, turned out great. nm - Dignan Jan 29, 17:16
- ever since they turned the movie into a tv show -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 17:13
- she was ruined the day she met Freddie Prinze jr. :( -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 29, 17:07
- It's a litany of crimes against cinematography. They've made a mess of it. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 17:01
- yeah it's crap. I could see them remastering for HD and leaving the aspect ratio alone. but they're fucking it up -- nm - Remlik Jan 29, 16:56 1
  - I agree that the HD images are certainly crisper and cleaner, but everything is a mess. Keep the 4x3 aspect ratio. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 17:02
- again? -- nm - Ultron Jan 29, 16:55 2
  - Yeah, it's not new, but I hadn't seen the side-by-side examples before. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 17:01 1
    - There was a Joss article or something that had them a while back. Absolutely awful. -- nm - Ultron Jan 29, 17:11
Microsoft Office for Android tablets leaves beta and adds Outlook -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 16:41
Poll/request: Recommend something to your fellow STers (either generally or to a specific STer) - ralph wiggum Jan 29, 16:38 17 1
- I reccomend certain STers get read for the weekend. Guess who has Destiny for XBone, now? -- nm - Ultron Jan 29, 17:39 1
  - Until you can beat Atheon and Crota, you're useless to me. - David Jan 29, 17:49 1
- i recommend redshirts by john scalzi for an amusing sci fi read....nm - x Jan 29, 17:37 1
  - oh, also broad city s2...nm - x Jan 29, 17:49
- Reddit worldnews - con_carne Jan 29, 17:23
- Luc Besson's "Taxi," The President's Club (book), DJ Earworm songs (on Legitmix...has lots of stuff not on youtube), and Sumo Tangerines (the food). -- nm - Flavorize Jan 29, 17:17
- I recommend not watching the remastered Buffy. ;) -- nm - tobor.2 Jan 29, 17:15
- I recommend that pfm stay at a hotel this weekend. nm - Dignan Jan 29, 16:55 5
  - What did you end up thinking about Bird Box? nm - ralph wiggum Jan 29, 16:58 3
    - I liked it a lot. (spoil) - Dignan Jan 29, 17:18 2
      - Did you like the bird part or the box part more? -- nm - Max Jan 29, 17:21 1
        
        Grow up. nm - Dignan Jan 29, 17:22
  - The Overlook Hotel -- nm - David Jan 29, 16:56
- thanks for the book rec. - I've been eyeing that for a while, was hoping someone like you would share if it's hype or actually good. -- nm - b. Jan 29, 16:47
- Plum Island by Nelson Demille. great read (the rest of the Corey books...not so much) -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 16:44
- I liked Planet Money better when it was more about news of the day. - nubby Jan 29, 16:43 1
  - I agree. -- nm - spamlet Jan 29, 17:51
Swedish company chips employees -- (link) - Covington Jan 29, 16:35
Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen (a company that hacks Android) -- (link) - droidlet Jan 29, 16:34 1
- I've used their modded code in the past, it's pretty solid. -- nm - budice Jan 29, 16:36
aaaaannnndddd.....I'm in the house for the weekend all by myself for the weekend -- nm - prayformojo Jan 29, 16:27 11
- I'm not sure I can, but would that make this a good weekend for a DC or Bethesda movie road trip? -- nm - Dano Jan 29, 17:18 1
  - I'm waiting for my brother to tell me whether we're doing Sat evening or Sunday for DC Auto Show, but if I'm available, I'm available. -- nm - Max Jan 29, 17:20
- pizza on speed dial -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Jan 29, 17:12
- just you and the box. all alone. so alone. -- nm - b. Jan 29, 16:48
- When I am done with you, you'll be begging for Athena. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 29, 16:47
- Did you just hear a noise? -- nm - David Jan 29, 16:43 1
  - it was the wind. i'm sure it was just the wind... - x Jan 29, 17:39
- Any nudity? -- nm - Qale Jan 29, 16:43
- That's what you think... nm - Athena Jan 29, 16:41
- not quite... -- nm - The Man Jan 29, 16:35
- Weekend at Mojo's -- nm - budice Jan 29, 16:29
I could watch/listen to Jim Ross Fail Compilations all day long. - Mel Profit Jan 29, 16:25
Jeb Bush hires a top Iowa strategis -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 15:55
that josh gordon letter is something. fwiw, based on scanning his twitter over recent months, it sounds like his voice to me. - b. Jan 29, 15:53
NFL didn’t log the PSI of each Patriots football -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 15:44 1
- I'M SURROUNDED BY ASSHOLES! -- nm - Roger Goodell as Dark Helmet Jan 29, 15:50
So it's the Outback. - Reagen Jan 29, 15:39 7
- a set of matching luggage, like Mercedes used to include with their Gull Wings in the 1950's? :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 29, 15:44 1
  - kinda? roof carrier and body mouldings. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:46
- Boo! -- nm - David Jan 29, 15:43
- Canyonero? -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 15:41 1
  - Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts! - Reagen Jan 29, 15:43
- happy/safe driving together! (a coworker, who has driven bmws and lexi as long as I've known him) raves about his newish subaru. -- nm - b. Jan 29, 15:41 1
  - It was pretty close with the RVR, but where we juuuust fit in the RVR, the Outback had room to spare *and* better fuel economy -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 15:51
Veep is a really fun tv show. I'm halfway through season 2. -- nm - Loyola Jan 29, 15:26 2
- atta boy! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 29, 16:24
- I liked it quite a bit -- nm - Remlik Jan 29, 15:44
Austin Collie is heading to the CFL, with the B.C. Lions. -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 15:23 1
- *ugh* dude. retire. -- nm - Remlik Jan 29, 15:24
Stephen I believe your wife gave you the ok for a Lego room! -- nm - Remlik Jan 29, 15:21 3
- That's what I saw! - Scots-IrishStephen Jan 29, 16:01 2
  - Speaking of, have you seen this? -- (link) - Ultron Jan 29, 16:57
  - I don't believe there were more posts after that. at.all. -- nm - Remlik Jan 29, 16:56
Megyn Kelly to Mike Huckabee: 'I Have News For You' About Women -- (link) - Beaker Jan 29, 15:10 4
- she almost makes me want to watch fox news. almost. I'm actually with him, to a degree, about crudeness; but his approach leaves - b. Jan 29, 15:28 3
  - personally I think it's only an issue when you can't modulate your speech for different situations - Reagen Jan 29, 15:50 2
    - "and fuckin' shut it with the Hordor jokes, you lil mouth breathers." -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 16:05
    - that is what it comes down to for most of us, it's just that there's something special in the mix for people - b. Jan 29, 16:05
Stupid Internet...Keeps crashing here -- nm - amoxy Jan 29, 15:05 1
- That happens me...All. The. Time. - Loyola Jan 29, 15:25
Powerball is $298M for sat.... $198M cashout. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 29, 15:03 10
- ST powerball pool? -- nm - Anti-vaxers Jan 29, 15:31 7
  - I have to post to get rid of that handle. -- nm - jnine Jan 29, 15:36 1
    - Just attempt to post without a subject. -- nm - GregW Jan 29, 15:40
  - i'm in -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 29, 15:33 4
    - We need someone to say; "I'm buying tickets. Give me money if you want in" -- nm - Loyola Jan 29, 15:36 1
      - please let it be someone who has a lotto store closer than the 50 miles I have to drive. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 29, 16:04
    - ALL IN? -- nm - groiny Jan 29, 15:34 1
      - no, i'm breaking outta here with Scarlett. it's Suntori time!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 29, 15:37
- for the love of all that is holy. - Mel Profit Jan 29, 15:27 1
  - the monthly ac/heat bill on your new compound is equal to what you previously paid for a years worth of rent -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 29, 15:33
Patricia Todd, gay Alabama lawmaker, threatens to expose adulterous colleagues for "family values" opposition to same sex marriage -- (link) - con_carne Jan 29, 15:00 8
- not that I'm not opposed to hypocrisy and pro-ss-marriage, but how awful. - b. Jan 29, 15:04 7
  - the rank hypocrisy of the opposition and the fact that they do not care a whit for what damage they do makes it seem like fair game to me. - Mel Profit Jan 29, 15:10 5
    - I'm more ok with it when it's someone who's closeted voting against gay rights. - b. Jan 29, 15:37 3
      - I find the "Family Values" crusade so vile that I don't think their opposition is under much responsibility to show restraint. - Mel Profit Jan 29, 15:53 2
        
        fair enough. in this specific case, she admitted she didn't have any proof; so that's that. -- nm - b. Jan 29, 16:07 1
        
        agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 16:08
    - this. She has to listen to those idiots spew their bullshit. wish she would follow through with it -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 15:11
  - breaking up that story, a link to where she's backed off. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 29, 15:05
Seattle pot producer rolling 12,000 joints in "12th Pack" Super Bowl promotion -- (link) - con_carne Jan 29, 14:38 4
- don't forget to ask for your senior or military discount :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 29, 14:41 3
  - Military says F#$% that $&!T....its a fast track to unemployment even to be scene going into a pot shop even for medicinal usage -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 14:48 2
    - retired military is the focus of the discount -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 29, 14:49 1
      - just like student discounts are not given to those under 18 or 21 depending on the state -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 29, 14:55
comcast apologizes to customer who tried to cancel service...what happened next is stunning bad CS -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 29, 14:33 5
- I love the $60 fee to cancel service. That's a great lie. -- nm - spamlet Jan 29, 14:40
- They threw a mud shark at the customer? Who even does that? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 29, 14:38
- It's bad enough, the trials and tribulations you go through to cancel your service. But then they took it one step further. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 14:35 2
  - they make it very hard NOT to be an asshole to them. -- nm - groiny Jan 29, 14:38 1
    - I'm kind of planning on being a dick to them in 48hrs. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 14:50
Business - Forbes: IBM to layoff 100,000+ employees (26% of workforce) -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 14:25 12
- oof -- nm - Remlik Jan 29, 15:05
- Good God, that'll single-handedly affect job numbers reports. -- nm - David Jan 29, 15:03 2
  - It won't all happen at once. It will probably take months. -- nm - GregW Jan 29, 15:14 1
    - Apparently not all in the US either . -- nm - pmb Jan 29, 16:12
- "That'll boost the share price" -- nm - IBM execs Jan 29, 14:50
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- add them to the lying liars who lie list. it was, what, monday? that they said robert cringely's forbes piece that estimated around that was way off. - b. Jan 29, 14:38 2
  - here's a follow-up from him that links to the original and their response. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 29, 14:42 1
    - this page has the specific numbers talk from them. (I trust there will be an investigation into who leaked that very specific and correct 26% and if - b. Jan 29, 14:47
- Jesus, that's huge. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 14:34
- It's called International Business Machines, not IBPeople. Hit the road, biomass chumps. - Max Jan 29, 14:32
- Google missed expectations -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 14:31
Andie....i do believe el salvador is one of those countries so ruled by gangs people do not go out at night, beauty queens get gunned down driving awa - zeitgeist Jan 29, 14:08 2
- i think the beauty queen thing was venezuela... -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 14:13 1
  - (not that it matters, the airfare jumped, so, it's out.) -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 14:14
I had never heard the term Mud Shark before b2 and having looked it up on Urban Dictionary, I'm confused as to how it applies to Jimmy Page. - David Jan 29, 14:07 11
- I think I know a Type II mudshark, according to the definitions offered on the urban dictionary -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 29, 15:16
- Nonetheless, tales of sexual exploits involving groupies and animals are familiar entries in the Led Zeppelin canon of rumors: - groiny Jan 29, 14:26
- the wikipedia write-up is the second hit when you google: mudshark. -- nm - b. Jan 29, 14:21 1
  - (just in case: the entry has some profanity and medical terms for some body parts that may have been utilized.) -- nm - b. Jan 29, 14:23
- spoils...click if you want to know... - Remlik Jan 29, 14:13 2
  - groupie goes into hotel room, band is in the hotel room, shark in the hotel room...... - Quint Jan 29, 14:16 1 1
    - 'splurt' -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 14:18
- they stayed at the edgewater hotel which is on a pier in the seattle and you could fish right out your window, well add drugs, groupies and a 60s - zeitgeist Jan 29, 14:11 1
  - You should be a travel agent -- nm - con_carne Jan 29, 14:12
- He's going to be dead soon. I have an idea of how I want to remember him, and none of it is on B2 -- nm - con_carne Jan 29, 14:09 1
  - agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 29, 14:49
Tom Petty on Sam Smith similarity: "just a musical accident... All my years of songwriting have shown me these things can happen." -- (link) - con_carne Jan 29, 14:00 2
- The reality is that there are only 7 notes so there's only so many combinations. It does happen. I'm actually not convinced that if it went to trial - pmb Jan 29, 14:11 1
  - after the story was posted the other day, I listened to a side-by-side type comparison. yah, this one isn't so cut-anddried -- there was speeding up - b. Jan 29, 14:17 [youtube]
Katy Perry during her Super Bowl press conference: 'Nothing in my performance will be deflated.' -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 13:58 2
- “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.” heh -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 14:19
- b00bs -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 13:59
That's right, you heard right, the Secret Word for tonight is Mud Shark! -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 13:55

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