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Hey tru, I googled and found this. -- (link) - David May 22, 09:18
4 years ago today. Joplin. - spamlet May 22, 09:12 [youtube] 9
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- You think you're watching a found footage horror movie for the first minute and then oh my god. -- nm - Tim May 22, 09:18 1
  - Exactly. It looks like a ghost reading a magazine for a little bit. -- nm - volnelk May 22, 09:43
- I had never seen that before. wow. -- nm - amanda May 22, 09:16 5
  - There is another one from a gas station but I couldn't bear to watch it again. -- nm - spamlet May 22, 09:17 4
    - with the people? yeah, I'll skip that too. -- nm - amanda May 22, 09:18 3
      - They are fine, though. -- nm - Spawn May 22, 09:21
      - A bunch of people crowding into a freezer, yeah. - spamlet May 22, 09:20 1
        
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Have we seen or discussed this? I think it's all kinds of brilliant. - pmb May 22, 09:07 1
- looks interesting, but i'm guessing the cost would probably pay for heating and cooling for a few years. -- nm - colin May 22, 09:10
Canadian PSA: Lotto Max is $50M tonight with 33 $1M draws (lump sum, tax free) -- nm - Beaker May 22, 09:05 4
- Powerball is $138M and Megamillions is $194M -- nm - decline May 22, 09:06 3
  - after tax that is like $50 bucks -- nm - Beaker May 22, 09:06 2
    - "Do you trust your wife?" -- nm - Andy Dufresne May 22, 09:50
    - well, yeah. -- nm - decline May 22, 09:07
People who are "working from home" today are bugging me to go ask the Manager for Early Release. Yes, I'm one of the 3 people in the office - Diva May 22, 09:00 8
- You should send them all a message that he Manager has requested an emergency meeting and they all need to be in the office by 2PM -- nm - decline May 22, 09:05 2
  - I love this idea. -- nm - Diva May 22, 09:08
  - (4PM) -- nm - Beaker May 22, 09:06
- that is...odd. -- nm - Epiphany May 22, 09:04
- what's to stop them from just... early releasing themselves? -- nm - colin May 22, 09:03 3
  - Exactly-Nothing at all. But they haven't been given permission from their own managers and they could end up with a deliverable after logging off - Diva May 22, 09:07 2
    - "sorry, i'm really busy covering for 12 other people, don't really have time..." -- nm - San Andreas May 22, 09:09
    - set up a paypal account.. see how much it's worth to them. -- nm - colin May 22, 09:07
speaking of cars, I had a Versa Note yesterday. Seemed like a great little car. - spamlet May 22, 08:50 2
- I'm really hoping that next year when my son starts driving that the Chevy Bolt will be available. My Cobalt (now at 188k miles) will end up with him - oblique May 22, 08:59
- We had one of the original Versas (2007). It was suprisingly roomy. -- nm - Shaun May 22, 08:52
Life hacks from the dawn of history (I'm curious to see if the splinter one actually works) -- (link) - prayformojo May 22, 08:41 1
- oh life hacks, how i wish you didn't exist. -- nm - colin May 22, 09:05
Can the blame be laid at Damon Lindelof? I mean its his script for Tomorrowland right? - Jovian May 22, 08:39 1
- It's a team effort. Brad Bird gave up Star Wars because he wanted to do this, and he wouldn't have done that if he didn't believe in the project -- nm - Roger More May 22, 08:47
Xur is in the the left side of the new Reef social location that was released with House of Wolves. - Spawn May 22, 08:34
Chasing Jonah has a merch store now with her first t-shirt design. -- (link) - Magic JaxXL May 22, 08:24
Destiny: Hunter is now 33. Looking forward to ToO tonight! -- nm - Shaun May 22, 08:21 2
- Ran the nightfall with three characters, got no light. -- nm - David May 22, 09:20
- Finished the quest missions last night (amazed how much harder it seems). - Spawn May 22, 08:24
Yes, I am a GFB, but I am getting excited for Fantastic Four. -- (link) - Spawn May 22, 08:20
Adult Friend Finder database was leaked, including orientation and extramarital affair willingness. Even for deleted accounts. Yikes. -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 08:18 1
- 4 Million-ish users -- nm - decline May 22, 08:38
Good News Friday: Did my daily morning banking, and noticed that my car payment was ever do slightly less than usual. Car. Is. Paid. Off. - Shaun May 22, 08:18 5
- awesome. -- nm - Diva May 22, 09:16
- nice! -- nm - Beaker May 22, 08:49
- !!! -- nm - Epiphany May 22, 08:31
- heh, congrats! Mine is all automated. Someday I will notice that the preset payment period has finally ended. -- nm - Spawn May 22, 08:22 1
  - It was an easy catch after ~5 years of the identical payment. -- nm - Shaun May 22, 08:27
Since I wasn't around yesterday when I heard this MLB Triva: Who was the last GM to take over the reigns as manager (prior to the Marlins)? -- nm - spamlet May 22, 08:15 3
- Spoiks - Will Hunting May 22, 08:28 1
  - *ding* -- nm - iSpam May 22, 08:35
- I think I heard this answer on the radio so I'll put in in my IM. - volnelk May 22, 08:24
Michael Sam, NFL's 1st openly gay player, signs with CFL's Montreal Alouettes -- nm - Beaker May 22, 08:07 2
- Nice -- nm - Epiphany May 22, 08:26
- the Montreal Cheeses? -- nm - decline May 22, 08:08
Has ST seen Neville Longbottom's recent photo shoot? -- (link) - Beaker May 22, 08:04 1
- WANG -- nm - colin May 22, 09:07
It annoys me if Tomorrowland comes in weak, its producers will think "optimism is dead" when they should be blaming themselves for the movie. - Max May 22, 07:57 5
- I think the same person who came up with the John Carter marketing is working on this one too. nm -- nm - groiny May 22, 08:14 2
  - Tangent: Played Destony with David and truman last night. The changed audio setting worked. - Spawn May 22, 08:18
  - It is an impossible line between showing enough in the trailer and giving away too much. - Spawn May 22, 08:16
- But... optimism *is* dead. -- nm - Spawn May 22, 07:59 1
  - I guess I did just prove it. -- nm - Max May 22, 07:59
oblique cell update. Since our last report, we have quit FreedomPop and have moved to Ting - oblique May 22, 07:56 2
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725 for tomorrowland and 1.4 *mill* for poltergeist. what? -- nm - amanda May 22, 07:49 9
- Short both. -- nm - Shaun May 22, 08:03 1
  - Yeah, did that a bit ago. I like that Tomorrowland is called 1952. And Bird's other film is 1906. -- nm - Spawn May 22, 08:07
- Tomorrowland was limited to IMAX only, and had 1 show at most theaters. -- nm - MDH May 22, 08:03 5
  - Yep. THR came up with $2.7M as a comparison # by taking the PTA and applying it to 2500 screens - though it would probably be a little lower because - Roger More May 22, 08:18
  - at current price it only has to make 44M over a long weekend. i can't see that *not* happening. -- nm - San Andreas May 22, 08:06 3
    - so you think its a long? -- nm - Epiphany May 22, 08:26 2
      - i do. but i also think it will drop a bit more today. i sold when it looked like it was going to go down, but i plan to rebuy, soon-ish. -- nm - San Andreas May 22, 08:27 1
        
        I think bad wom makes this a post-adjust short, so even a small long doesn't matter. -- nm - amanda May 22, 09:22
- yeah, I think I am out on both of these. Maybe short poltergeist. nm -- nm - groiny May 22, 07:51
Question about AC routers: Are they compatible with older tech? - sycor May 22, 07:48 3
- Yes. It is backwards compatible with N -- nm - oblique May 22, 07:49 2
  - Ok. I was looking at the product description and couldn't find anything saying that. Thanks! -- nm - sycor May 22, 07:50 1
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Weekend: not going to the Lake :( breaking out kid clothing totes to get out summer clothes -- nm - Beaker May 22, 07:44 26
- My weekend - Cleaning out our big storage room and turning it into a recording studio. Hiking tomorrow. Dinner with friends Sunday. Trying to talk - pmb May 22, 07:50 22
  - re IM: yikes - good luck. this is stuff isn't easy. -- nm - Diva May 22, 08:00 7
    - Thanks. It's not fun. - pmb May 22, 08:09 6
      - Not to butt in, but three kids. Are you all in the area? My grandmother is 94 and still lives alone. - Spawn May 22, 08:12 5
        
        We all live in the area, but it's a little more complicated than that. - pmb May 22, 08:19 3
        
        Ouch. I was thinking them being together would make it easier, but in ways it sounds the opposite. - Spawn May 22, 08:27 2
        
        On the one hand they get along great with each other (better than I remember when I was a kid). They're like this cute old loving couple now, but my - pmb May 22, 08:31 1
        
        Yeah, that is very similar to how mine were before my grandfather passed. - Spawn May 22, 08:43
        
        it really depends on the people that need help, and how much they need. -- nm - San Andreas May 22, 08:15
  - *subscribes to the pmb recording studio newsletter* - oblique May 22, 07:50 13
    - Very cool. Where are you releasing it? Soundcloud? So far we have bought most of the equipment. We got a Focusrite Sapphire Pro 40 audio interface - pmb May 22, 08:02 12
      - we release via Tuncore to iTunes, Amazon, Xbox Music, Google Play and Spotify. It's $30 to release, $50/yr after - oblique May 22, 08:06 11
        
        Very interesting. I wasn't aware of that option. I like that better than Soundcloud. I may ask you for more info on that when we have something to - pmb May 22, 08:11 10
        
        Sure. It's about as easy as it gets when it comes to distribution. There's other options like CDBaby - oblique May 22, 08:16 9
        
        What is the royalty arrangement with itunes and amazon? What percentage goes to you? -- nm - pmb May 22, 08:27 8
        
        So we have to pay 0.09 per licensed copy for CDs and digital distribution to the author. Nothing to do with Tunecore. On Tunecore we get 0.70 cents - oblique May 22, 08:34 7
        
        Interesting. I thought the artists got a higher percentage from amazon and itunes that that. No wonder artists can't make any money selling music - pmb May 22, 08:41 5
        
        Remember, that's *royalty* from us to the artist for the cover. As an original artist, you'd be getting the 0.70 from 0.99 via Tunecore from iTunes - oblique May 22, 08:42 4
        
        Sorry, when you said 0.70 cents I thought you meant less than a penny, but apparently you mean 70 cents. That makes more sense (and cents). -- nm - pmb May 22, 08:49 3
        
        Ah. No, it's Spotify/streaming that really is kinda crappy. 1/10th of a penny usually per song. I'm sure it adds up when you're getting - oblique May 22, 08:51 2
        
        Actually I think it's even less than that and it doesn't really add up. Last year's most streamed song (Avicci "Wake Me Up") was streamed 128 million - pmb May 22, 09:05 1
        
        I think you're right. I had my decimals mixed up! :) -- nm - oblique May 22, 09:06
        
        Oh, and I should not that if you're doing covers and only distributing on Spotify you don't have to pay the 0.09 royalty to the artist - oblique May 22, 08:35
- I don't miss lugging around the clothing bins. I do miss not having to buy clothes like I do now - oblique May 22, 07:46 1
  - we've whittled it down alot, but with two girls the younger one is almost relegated to hand-me-downs :) -- nm - Beaker May 22, 08:41
- even though the weather has Fing sucked so far for May -- nm - Beaker May 22, 07:44
Casey Wilson had a baby boy. Congrats to her! And congrats to us for now we most likely wont have to see her on any sitcoms this upcoming year. -- nm - Jovian May 22, 07:23
What's the rate at Ally? - spamlet May 22, 07:21
LYC - this was a 1st - Jesus bought my Starbucks this am - Epiphany May 22, 07:21 8
- "He looked like Jesus." "He had long flowing hair? He had a beard?" "He was wearing sandals." -- nm - Magic JaxXL May 22, 07:45
- Jesus told me to slap your ass. nm -- nm - groiny May 22, 07:28 1
  - ** giggling** - Epiphany May 22, 07:32
- :) -- nm - Diva May 22, 07:22
- Jesus told me to follow you home too -- nm - Beaker May 22, 07:22 3
  - (happens a fair bit around here at drive-thrus. Car ahead will pay for some stuff for the cars behind) -- nm - Beaker May 22, 07:22 2
    - and then the car behind follows them home? -- nm - decline May 22, 07:27 1
      - only if Jesus tells them too -- nm - Beaker May 22, 07:28
Oh goodie: Mama June (mother of Honey Boo Boo) considering suing TLC as they dropped her show but are keeping the Duggar's after molestation allegatio -- (link) - Beaker May 22, 07:16 1
- Good idea. -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 08:26
Andie, the debate right now is 1) Sell as is and walk away 2) Rent for a couple years, eventually renovate and sell for higher price. - volnelk May 22, 07:16 5
- if you rent now, as-is, would you lose or make money each month? (all bills/taxes considered) -- nm - San Andreas May 22, 07:44 2
  - Make money. But not enough where we would be saving up for renovations. Just building more equity. -- nm - volnelk May 22, 08:12 1
    - ah -- nm - San Andreas May 22, 08:15
- you have to wonder how realistic that price is. also, scott mcgillivray would say reno to ultra high end and rent as corporate housing! -- nm - amanda May 22, 07:20 1
  - Yeah, that's something to consider as well. They are basing their price off of a sq/ft price of a previous sale - volnelk May 22, 07:24
This is rather upsetting. CBS has already demolished the Letterman set, save for a few key pieces. - TWuG May 22, 07:14 8
- Stops people from misusing it. -- nm - ty97 May 22, 07:37
- Why not sell that stuff? Seems like a missed opportunity. -- nm - volnelk May 22, 07:17 4
  - if everyone knows it's not out there, there can't be any fakes on the market. -- nm - San Andreas May 22, 07:29 1
    - Until people claim to have dumpster dived it. -- nm - Spawn May 22, 07:58
  - They didn't want to piss off Krusty -- nm - oblique May 22, 07:18 1
    - Nice! :-) - Krusty May 22, 07:21
- How very Seinfield of them... -- nm - oblique May 22, 07:16 1
  - heh, was thinking this -- nm - Beaker May 22, 07:17
ST grammar help " ...., but this would not be a point that we should beleaguer. " - Epiphany May 22, 07:04 9
- "on this point I'm a belieber." -- nm - Max May 22, 07:40
- get over it assholes -- nm - Beaker May 22, 07:17
- "but don't belabor this point" - Reagen May 22, 07:15 1
  - yes - you guys are right - thanks to everyone -- nm - Epiphany May 22, 07:19
- major leaguer -- nm - CQ May 22, 07:09 1
  - belieber -- nm - decline May 22, 07:10
- belabor? -- nm - oblique May 22, 07:05
- belabor -- nm - Diva May 22, 07:05 1
  - this -- nm - decline May 22, 07:07
My dad still can't get the idea to post things on Facebook and sends me email forwards. Usually I ignore but this one did have a pic that made me -- (link) - oblique May 22, 07:04 5
- 403. That’s an error. Forbidden That’s all we know. -- nm - Krusty May 22, 07:05 3
  - here. Apparently I suck at posting too -- (link) - oblique May 22, 07:06 [Image] 2
    - Brilliant. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron May 22, 07:55
    - Heh. :-) Cute. -- nm - Krusty May 22, 07:07
- ugh. and I need to first better (it's not that funny) -- nm - oblique May 22, 07:04

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