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Hey kilbo and other techies, I need a new computer. Dell is still good right? I figured it'd be easy to just go to Best Buy and get one off the - sycor Jun 15, 12:55 9
- woot -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 13:00 1
  - the woot HP i'm using now is a POS that is slower, balkier, froze, stutter steppin FROZE again no cache nightmare worse than using a cellphone -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 15, 21:08
- Costco. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 15, 12:57
- I only tend to avoid HP, and even then the reason isn't their own fault (Windows Millennium) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 12:57 5
  - That said, for myself, I would avoid buying a desktop. Macbook Pro Retina or Surface Pro with the keyboard thingy is the way I'd go. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 12:58 4
    - I like the processing power and ability of a desktop. I encode my movies to a HDD for my media center. - sycor Jun 15, 12:59 1
      - ... I hear the Mac Pro trashcan is pretty decent. (I have one sitting beside me ...) - Beryllium Jun 15, 13:01
    - Weird. I go HP desktops and have never had a problem with them. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 12:59 1
      - Like I said, it wasn't really their fault. Once I got an NT-based version of Windows on that machine, it was fine. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 12:59
The Pope getting ready to piss off big business very shortly... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 15, 12:45 2
- He's standing on top of a mcdonalds, preparing to "unleash hell"? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 12:46 1
  - Oh, I see. He's sane, in a world where everyone else is batshit crazy. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 12:54
This is my fav video in some time. -- (link*) - Spawn Jun 15, 12:37 2
- I watched it right after the smash mouth video below, but.. - b. Jun 15, 12:48
- life will never ever ever EVER be better for that guy than that moment -- nm - Remlik Jun 15, 12:38
This season of Veep needs to be erased via an it was all a dream plot device. -- nm - Dano Jun 15, 12:34 1
- So she wakes up in bed next to Patrick Warburton? -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 15, 12:40
Apparently lastpass got partly hacked on friday -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 15, 12:32 8
- That's bad. Worse that I had to find out via you on SlackerTalk. I'm a paid subscriber to that service. You'd think they could have told me. -- nm - Qale Jun 15, 12:54 3
  - I was just thinking this. I love that service and have grown fairly dependent on it. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 15, 12:56
  - And I waited ten whole minutes before posting it, so I could mention it on the gibsonindex twitter feed & slack chat at work first. Hah. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 12:54 1
    - It seems I'm unable to change my master password at this time. -- nm - Qale Jun 15, 13:02
- And this is why I refuse to put my password info into the cloud. I'll keep it safe in my password keeper on my phone. -- nm - pmb Jun 15, 12:42 2
  - Analog is the only safe place. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 12:53
  - A strong master pass phrase and two factor authorization means I'm not worried. - iSpam Jun 15, 12:53
- and are changing their name to second-to-lastpass -- nm - decline Jun 15, 12:35
Made the last payment on my car today. yay! - sycor Jun 15, 12:31 13
- I have one more. A valet just put it's first dent in it. Almost made it. -- nm - jnine Jun 15, 13:50
- yay! always such a good feeling. :) - -- nm - b. Jun 15, 12:47
- WTG -- nm - amoxy Jun 15, 12:43
- Shhhhhhhhhhh! Don't say that shit out loud dude. -- nm - Jim Jun 15, 12:40
- yay! -- nm - Diva Jun 15, 12:35
- great! now head to the dealership to buy a new one! -- nm - decline Jun 15, 12:35 1
  - #Merica! -- nm - Qale Jun 15, 13:06
- I hope you mean you finally paid the loan in full -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 15, 12:35 1
  - yes. -- nm - sycor Jun 15, 12:42
- Good luck! - Spawn Jun 15, 12:35 1
  - Yeah I'm kind of worried. Hopefully this one will be like my last one and last another 5 years. - sycor Jun 15, 12:43
- Awesome -- nm - Dano Jun 15, 12:34
- Well done! -- nm - Loyola Jun 15, 12:34
The girl at the front counter just said, "We got company!". The way she said, I thought there were 20 guys armed to the teeth and we needed to get to - the basement - amoxy Jun 15, 12:25 3
- Heh. Here we say, "INCOMING!". -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 12:30
- Don't worry...they heard a rumor you all were going to take their Social Security. - Will Hunting Jun 15, 12:26
- Was it Janine from the Ghostbusters? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 15, 12:26
I'm not sure what's more astounding at this point: families continue to buy that Amityville Horror house or any people still choose to live in - slipping jimmy Jun 15, 12:25
Reading the spoilers on how GoT show and books exist...I'm more and more impressed with JK Rowling (HP spoils) - Will Hunting Jun 15, 12:25
"we've checked your online history, and it looks like you're quite the doomsayer. plus, you know, those pants; but those could be hidden by a long - b. Jun 15, 12:23
Is today someone's birthday? I don't see anything listed on the wiki. -- nm - GregW Jun 15, 12:21 1
- Ice Cube. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 12:23
I'm surprised they were able to fit a shower in one of these units. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 15, 12:19 2
- The bathroom *is* the shower. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 12:20 1
  - hehe that's kind of how the bathroom was at the hostel in Belfast. It was difficult not getting everything wet while taking a shower. - sycor Jun 15, 12:27
As a continued service to this community it behooves me to mention that Bobby Flay was *also* caught dancing in public. -- (edited) - Diva Jun 15, 12:16 2
- With January Jones? -- nm - amoxy Jun 15, 12:17 1
  - At this point, it might be easier to take roll-call of the married men who aren't possible baby-daddies. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 15, 12:21
Apparently I live in the cleanest city in the world. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 15, 12:13
"Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig's Lifetime movie debut A Deadly Adoption..." - Spawn Jun 15, 12:09 5
- oh, hell yes. -- (link) - Diva Jun 15, 12:12 [Backboard] 4
  - Here! -- (link) - Spawn Jun 15, 12:14 3
    - You know what it needs? - amoxy Jun 15, 12:17 2
      - January Jones? -- nm - Diva Jun 15, 12:18 1
        
        She surprised me in the last few episodes of Mad Men - amoxy Jun 15, 12:19
Chris Brown's ex-gf Karrueche Tran will be in a SyFy movie next month called ''3 Headed Shark Attack''. - Diva Jun 15, 12:07
Not that it needed the help. But how quick do you think new Game of Thrones book would fly off the shelves if it by the end of summer -- nm - Jovian Jun 15, 11:45 16
- there would be release parties ala-Harry Potter. It wouldn't sell in those numbers, but that would be event-releasing. -- nm - Andie Jun 15, 11:58
- He should Beyonce it and release on Tuesday. It'd sell 10 million copies in a month. -- nm - David Jun 15, 11:51
- I expect an announcement that it is finished and handed off to the publisher in October or November. - TWuG Jun 15, 11:49
- I think it's a no brainer that he needs to get it published before the show next spring. After, he gets trumped all around. - Volnelk Jun 15, 11:48 12
  - I really have a feeling that he has crippling writer's block - decline Jun 15, 11:50 11
    - Exactly the opposite, I think. -- nm - Roger More Jun 15, 12:12 1
      - Extreme logorrhea. -- nm - TWuG Jun 15, 12:13
    - Hearing him talk and write about it, that isn't the issue. - TWuG Jun 15, 11:58 1
      - It's also worth noting that some of what is written will end up in Book 7, so he isn't just writing the next book, but the next 2 books. - TWuG Jun 15, 12:04
    - how big were the books before the show? -- (edited) - Mel Profit Jun 15, 11:52 6
      - I remember putting book four on reserve fifteen years ago. And then reserving it again when the publishing date got pushed. - landbeck Jun 15, 12:00
      - they were very well known in the scifi-fantasy community. -- nm - decline Jun 15, 11:55
      - They were big enough that I become aware of the series and read the first book. And I don't read fantasy. - ty97 Jun 15, 11:54
      - Sales were big even before the show. -- (link) - TWuG Jun 15, 11:54 2
        
        I can't believe I read the first book almost 19 years ago -- nm - decline Jun 15, 11:57 1
        
        If Batman Begins was 10 years ago today, then 20 does not seem that long ago, either! -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 11:58
The GoT wiki ASOIAF has been down since last night. I think the finale killed it. :-) -- nm - TWuG Jun 15, 11:37 4
- I've kind of been looking at it all afternoon. -- nm - Diva Jun 15, 11:45
- Yeah it was very slow last night. I got on to check out a couple things. Very slow. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 15, 11:38
- I was just reading it a few minutes ago -- nm - Roger More Jun 15, 11:38 1
  - It may be intermittent then, but I haven't gotten in since before yesterday. -- nm - TWuG Jun 15, 11:42
I love the AIG verdict. Even the USFL got $3 - slipping jimmy Jun 15, 11:35 4
- Isn't that 3x what they got in the anti-trust lawsuit in the 80's? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 15, 11:44 3
  - The actual damages were $1, which got trebled to $3 under the Sherman Act provision -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 15, 11:49 2
    - No base? -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 11:50 1
      - Don't be a wiseass -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 15, 11:59
LYC: Doing greeter again today at the cinema - con_carne Jun 15, 11:31 1
- does dino eatin people equal bigger red slushy sales? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 15, 14:30
Smashmouth singer, noooooooooo -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 15, 11:29 23
- Somebody once told me the world will throw a roll at me.... -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 15, 12:46
- my question is why didn't security go after whoever was throwing the bread? that's not ok. - b. Jun 15, 12:22
- 'the world’s shittiest rock band' Whoo!! -- nm - Nickelback Jun 15, 11:49 1
  - Hah. You know what? I'd agree with that. Smashmouth is shittier than Nickelback. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 12:59
- How much of a tool do you have to be to throw a loaf of bread at a performance? -- nm - oblique Jun 15, 11:36 13
  - How much of a tool do you have to be to bring a loaf of bread to throw at a performance? -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 11:38 7
    - It was apparently a culinary street fair and loaves of bread were being handed out to everybody. -- nm - Ender Jun 15, 11:41 1
      - Yeah, was just reading more. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 11:42
    - "Apparently, at Taste of Fort Collins loaves of bread are given out to attendees as party favors, because why not." -- nm - Reagen Jun 15, 11:40 4
      - ... well, here's why. ~ because I'm tacky / Wear my Ed Hardy shirt with fluorescent orange pants / because I'm tacky ~ -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 11:46 3
        
        Nearly completely unrelated side note: I saw an Ed Hardy leather belt for sale at the government auctionhouse near where I work. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 11:47 2
        
        did you buy it? -- nm - decline Jun 15, 11:48 1
        
        No. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 11:51
  - The type of tool that would go see Smash Mouth in 2015. -- nm - ty97 Jun 15, 11:38 4
    - Pretty sure it was a festival, with many bands. -- nm* - Spawn Jun 15, 11:38 3
      - The could have left after the eating contest and the restaurant awards. -- nm - ty97 Jun 15, 11:40 1
        
        "They bought their tickets, they knew the risk - I say, let 'em suck!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 15, 12:04
      - Andy Grammar, The Mowgli's, Atlas Genius. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 11:40
- "Throw bread at Smash Mouth, unleash raw emotion." -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 11:34
- smh... -- nm - Dave Grohl Jun 15, 11:33
- Hey now. -- nm - Reagen Jun 15, 11:32
- ogreish behavior -- nm - ty97 Jun 15, 11:31
- How hard was the crust? -- nm - Ender Jun 15, 11:31
more GoT idiocy spoils - Jovian Jun 15, 11:28 2
- That might have been my favorite moment - slipping jimmy Jun 15, 11:34 1
  - Of the episode, it was definitely my favorite moment. -- nm - Jovian Jun 15, 11:39
"Kristen Stewart: Actress's Mother Reportedly Confirms Daughter Is Dating Alicia Cargile" -- nm - David Jun 15, 11:20 1
- I think the real question to come out of this is "Why was Kristin Stewart's mother being interviewed by the Sunday Mirror???" -- nm - Ender Jun 15, 11:26
*taking a very early in the morning conference call..after having drunk heavily just hours before...making faces into the phone...while fashioning a - Nekkid Crazy Birthday Mel Jun 15, 11:19
Oh man, that Veep episode ended horribly. -- nm - David Jun 15, 11:16 2
- spoils - prayformojo Jun 15, 11:16 1
  - Spoilers - David Jun 15, 11:19
Rock Band 4. October 6th. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 15, 11:15
FYI, Lena Headey had a body double last night for her big scene -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 15, 11:12 12
- I approve of the body double. -- nm - Inigo Jun 15, 11:27
- It looked like her face was CGI'd on in several places -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 15, 11:25 1
  - and spoil - decline Jun 15, 11:38
- I have a question about that specifically - *spoils* - Pippy the Low Sparrow Jun 15, 11:17 6
  - it was all cgi. -- nm - decline Jun 15, 11:25
  - Isn't she covered in tats? -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 11:24 4
    - and pregnant. -- nm - Reagen Jun 15, 11:25
    - she is. back and arms. -- nm - decline Jun 15, 11:25 2
      - They can cover that stuff up though. -- nm - Ender Jun 15, 11:33 1
        
        true. the Rock does it all the time. -- nm - decline Jun 15, 11:34
- SPOILERS!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 11:13 1
  - Agreed. Seriously. -- nm - Shaun Jun 15, 11:34
Game of Thrones question - David Jun 15, 11:11 16
- what's the significance of the last two words in your IM? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 15, 11:17 1
  - Spoilers - David Jun 15, 11:18
- Spoiler guess.... - Name Withheld By Request Jun 15, 11:13 13
  - Spoilers - David Jun 15, 11:30 12
    - *spoils* - Ender Jun 15, 11:34
    - IIRC in the books - Reagen Jun 15, 11:32 9
      - Not really a spoiler question - David Jun 15, 11:37 5
        
        there are lots of fans who have researched this. Here's one that says 552hrs by carriage - decline Jun 15, 11:41 4
        
        Supposedly Westeros is roughly the size of South America. -- nm - Reagen Jun 15, 11:42 3
        
        Ive always explained it as Wintefell is Maine and Dorne is Florida - Jovian Jun 15, 11:49 2
        
        further I've read -- nm - Beaker Jun 15, 12:35
        
        No, it is this. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 15, 11:52 [youtube]
      - Correct (spoils) - TWuG Jun 15, 11:34
      - yup -- nm - decline Jun 15, 11:33
      - I think so too. -- nm - Roger More Jun 15, 11:33
    - spoils -- (edited) - prayformojo Jun 15, 11:30
I'm glad that in this day/age I don't have to watch the e3 as it happens, but can find plenty of recaps, clips, or even the full presentations later. -- nm - Qale Jun 15, 11:10 2
- It also doesn't look like full backwards compatibility. Only selected titles. -- nm - iSpam Jun 15, 11:12 1
  - Tell me Borderlands are among them....right, right? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 15, 11:22
I really don't mind if you sit this one out, you words' but a whisper, your deafness a shout -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 15, 11:08

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