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Happy Mr. Robot evening, everyone! What are you doing to celebra.... - prayformojo Jul 29, 16:04 2
- Shoot up. -- nm - Mop Jul 29, 16:20
- watching Tyrant from last night -- nm - Remlik Jul 29, 16:15
Bery, were you looking for suggestions for the profile page? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 29, 15:56 8 1
- I guess it's currently called "Your Activity" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 15:57 6
  - huh. not on Beta. anyway, about 93% of the time I look there, it's to see - prayformojo Jul 29, 16:01 5
    - I mostly look at replies, too, but I use faves quite a bit for ... well, exactly this kind of conversation. - Beryllium Jul 29, 16:07 4
      - is there still a limit on favourites? -- nm - zork Jul 29, 16:12 3
        
        define "limit"? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 16:12 2
        
        I may be wrong but I think that at the beginning if you saved more than 10(?) the oldest one was dropped. -- nm - zork Jul 29, 16:14 1
        
        I might just not have had the "older" link at the time -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 16:16
- and the leaderboard, yes -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 15:56
Streaming Xbox games to your Windows 10 computer? Sure. What about PC games to your Xbox One? OK, that too. -- (link) - Mop Jul 29, 15:55
NTO: Mom Throws Dream Party for Personal Injury Lawyer-Obsessed Toddler -- (link) - ML Jul 29, 15:48
So, does anyone on ST live in Ottawa? - Imperator Jul 29, 15:37 8
- Do you mean the Ashley Madison capital? -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 15:56 6
  - Yes, I just watched John Oliver. Those numbers are astounding. -- nm - Imperator Jul 29, 16:00 5
    - I have some reason to doubt that all are real accounts - Reagen Jul 29, 16:02 4
      - Diplomatic immunity -- nm - zork Jul 29, 16:10 1
        
        It's been revoked! -- nm - Murtaugh Jul 29, 17:30
      - It's basically an entire metropolitan area of swingers if those numbers are even *half* true. -- nm - Imperator Jul 29, 16:02 1
        
        Also, it's where all the politicians go. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 16:12
- AJRimmer -- nm - zork Jul 29, 15:41
"AP, CNN: Debris found on island in Indian Ocean belongs to same type of aircraft as missing MH370." - ML Jul 29, 15:35 13
- There are no other missing 777s so unless they are wrong......... -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 15:53
- That orgasmic sound you heard coming from Atlanta was CNN. -- nm - Mop Jul 29, 15:50 1
  - Now if only we can find Amelia Earhardts plane -- nm* - eag Jul 29, 15:56
- False flag to throw us off the trail of Obama's terrorist plane. -- nm - spamlet Jul 29, 15:50
- this rules out 99% of my 'taken by aliens' theory -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 15:37 7
  - If the aliens are smart enough to build an inter planetary spaceship, I think they're smart enough to throw some debris in the ocean to throw us off - Loyola Jul 29, 15:51
  - Hey, 99% of the plane is still missing. -- nm - Mop Jul 29, 15:49 2
    - *finger to nose* -- nm - Aliens Jul 29, 15:53 1
      - Maybe they'll stop looking now. -- nm - Kang Jul 29, 15:55
  - What was the other 1% -- (edited) - eag Jul 29, 15:44 2
    - until the rest bof the plane is found, I will now consider my aliens theory a maybe -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 15:55 1
      - Time to call in Shield -- nm - eag Jul 29, 16:12
- Now we can have endless stories about ocean currents and drift patterns for locating the wreck -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 15:36
Clinton: Keystone... Boy, I don't know... -- (edited) - Ender Jul 29, 15:30 2
- Video players with volume controls that boil down to "off" and "DEAF" are the devil. -- nm - Mop Jul 29, 15:33
- what a profile in courage -- (edited) - ML Jul 29, 15:32
Oh Khloe..."I think at 16 I was probably f*****g someone that was in their 20s... I wouldn’t say I was even dating, probably just sleeping with them." -- (link) - Mop Jul 29, 15:29
I had no idea that the Winter Classic was going to be Montreal/Boston, or that it would be held in Gillette. - Mop Jul 29, 15:23
Fascinating story about 2 Sea Shepard ships (the Bob Barker and the Sam Simon, named for their patrons) pursued an illegal fishing trawler for 110 day -- (link) - Mop Jul 29, 15:15 8
- read it earlier today. great article -- nm - decline Jul 29, 15:50
- assholes.....*yoo have read 10 articles free this month. you must now subscribe or wait unitl august* -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 15:25 2
  - Switch your browser to incognito/private browsing. -- nm - Mop Jul 29, 15:26 1
    - Sometimes that doesn't work for me. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 15:39
- OK, so who else reads this and thinks "Yeah. I want to do THAT."? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 15:24 3
  - if I am on a ship for 4 months, i'm looking for sunk 16'th century Spanish treasure ships, or won the lotterry & on a world cruise. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 15:27 1
    - I'd be doing a lot of programming. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 15:30
  - That was pretty awesome. -- nm - Mop Jul 29, 15:26
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- They actually have pretty good food at Lolla. The food vendors are "curated" by Graham Elliot. Lou Malnatti's is there and several others. -- (link) - pmb Jul 29, 15:12 1
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- If you only have a one day ticket, not sure you can leave. Weekend wristbands can leave and reenter at will. - ty97 Jul 29, 15:11 5
  - (me wrong): "All passholders are allowed to re-enter the festival 3 times per day after initial entry." - ty97 Jul 29, 15:12 4
    - That's new. It used to be as you described. -- nm - pmb Jul 29, 15:15
    - Lou Malntati's will be onsite at Lolla -- (link) - ty97 Jul 29, 15:13 2
      - And this is the one you want anyway. - spamlet Jul 29, 15:23 1
        
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I don't have a spoon, so I am going to attempt to eat a small yogurt with a plastic fork. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 15:03 4
- Amanda? -- nm - jangles Jul 29, 15:06
- I think you will be surprised at how manageable that is. -- nm - Loyola Jul 29, 15:05 1
  - It worked fairly well indeed. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 15:06
- Can you post a picture of it? -- nm* - eag Jul 29, 15:04
WWE: Layla just retired -- (link) - Remlik Jul 29, 15:03
"Today, Sri Lanka announced that it’s the first country to ever get universal internet access from Google’s Project Loon." -- nm - Imperator Jul 29, 15:03 3
- Future Scene Two of a Bond Movie. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 15:06 2
  - Quantum of [buffering ...] -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 15:07 1
    - Heh, this is funny. I'm knocking 12 hours off of Spamlet's sentence for this joke. -- nm - Imperator Jul 29, 15:09
Dallas Zoo in mourning. Bad week for animal news, so skip this if you don't want more of it. -- (link) - GregW Jul 29, 15:02 1
- Meh. -- nm - Copenhagen Zoo Jul 29, 15:38
This looks like a great way to learn how to ice skate or longboard. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 29, 14:59
10 best pizza places in US....#1 in brooklyn -- (link) - Trump Insult Generator Jul 29, 14:53 25
- Pizzaria Regina is OK. I'm surprised someone thinks it's top 10 US. -- nm - Covington Jul 29, 16:19
- As long as you never leave a coast. -- nm - spamlet Jul 29, 15:24
- been to 9 and 10. really good pizzas -- nm - CQ Jul 29, 15:02
- I've never had pizza from any of those places. All fancy joints. No slices? - Krusty Jul 29, 14:59 2
  - I probably don't love pizza as much as you, but I'm with you on the "slice" thing - con_carne Jul 29, 15:05 1
    - Yup. I like to grab it and keep going. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 15:13
- . -- nm* - ty97 Jul 29, 14:56 10
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    - the original seems much better than any of the other ones....nm - x Jul 29, 16:04
    - On Bleeker? I hear very good things but I eat by the slice. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 15:00 6
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        You don't need to ask twice. I'm always down to meet up for pizza. - Krusty Jul 29, 15:08 3
        
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        Yeah but there's nothing else to do in those neighborhoods. It's all boring and residential. - Krusty Jul 29, 15:43 1
        
        well, that opens the door to totonno's!....nm - x Jul 29, 16:10
        
        Pizza party at Dawson's place! -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 15:05
    - Yeah, I misread (link wasn't loading at first) -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 14:59
- Without looking it's going to be DiFara's at #1. It should be like 10 other places before them. - Krusty Jul 29, 14:55 2
  - do not listen to this man....nm - x Jul 29, 16:03
  - It doesn't even make the list! Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 14:56
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  - hell that's a just a plus for me. -- nm - Remlik Jul 29, 15:07
  - Have you had the New Haven one? -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 14:59 2
    - pepe's is awesome. the boston joint on there is fine, but it's no top 10 in the u.s. place....nm - x Jul 29, 16:02
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the civilian side of being dragged, a guy here in tacoma saw some punk stealing his car, he runs out, is half in the window when he drives off - zeitgeist Jul 29, 14:52 1
- A young guy near here tracked his lost cellphone and ended up getting dragged to death by the car that the people who had the phone. Not worth it. - zork Jul 29, 14:59
NHL Winter Classic 2016. Canadiens v. Bruins January 1st. Gillette Stadium -- nm - Diva Jul 29, 14:52
Kimmel on Cecil the Lion is definitely worth a gander - con_carne Jul 29, 14:46
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- I'm an extremely cautious person, so the slightest uncertainty can spike my anxiety - often for no reason. - Beryllium Jul 29, 14:49 1
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- not sure if it's true but I saw something that showed that in England about 54 people have been killed by police in 115 years; in the US, 115 days. -- nm - zork Jul 29, 14:44 1
  - According to ongoing data tracking by WaPo, 558 people have been shot and killed by police in the US in 2015. - ty97 Jul 29, 14:51
New Lego Dimensions trailer -- (link) - Remlik Jul 29, 14:35 [youtube] 1
- I'm Batman! -- nm - Mop Jul 29, 15:25
I don't get why he drew and fired his gun. Was the suspect holding onto his other hand and about to drive off dragging the cop along? The video is - Loyola Jul 29, 14:32 5
- all we know is the engine revving, and there'd be no dragging if he removed his hand. - b. Jul 29, 14:36 4
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    - I don't either, just addressing the query. I just watched that part again. starting at 1:49 here. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 29, 14:41 1
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    - Yeah, I didn't really but it happened so fast, thus my initial comment that everyone seems to have to watch it multiple times -- nm - zork Jul 29, 14:41
If I get pulled over, my hands are on the window sill while he approaches, on the wheel otherwise, and I say everything with sir/ma'am/constable. -- nm - zork Jul 29, 14:29 8
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  - True, but police shouldn't kive in a sta -- nm - Max Jul 29, 15:48 1
    - Live in a state of fear during traffic stops either. -- nm - Max Jul 29, 15:51
  - Oh, I'm not afraid of them in that situation. I'm just letting them know that they are in charge and letting them not have to worry that I'm reaching - zork Jul 29, 14:55 1
    - yeah, i totally do this too...nm - x Jul 29, 16:12
- I'm going to go ahead and not call LAPD officers constable - con_carne Jul 29, 14:33
- Then they'll definitely shoot you in the head because they think you won't complain. -- nm - Loyola Jul 29, 14:33 1
  - your honor, as I approached the viehicle, I could see some metal object held firmly in his hands and he was acting kinda nervous -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 14:47
I just powered up my Windows 8 laptop and it's just sitting there, taunting me. What the f*ck are you waiting for? Update to Windows 10! Do it! -- nm - Mop Jul 29, 14:28 3
- Im sorry Mop im afraid I cant do that -- nm - Mop's laptop Jul 29, 14:42
- And here's how you force the Windows 10 update. -- (link) - Mop Jul 29, 14:38 1
  - I needed to do part of that as the initial download of the files was corrupt. - Karl_S Jul 29, 20:13
I really regret having to ask this, but does Trump really believe his own B.S.? - Mop Jul 29, 14:27 17
- He probably attends a lot of cocktail parties, board meetings where this schtick works great like a standup routine/talk show patter, who is going to - zeitgeist Jul 29, 14:43
- Losers such as Mop use me for publicity for themselves. They are strictly third rate. -- nm - Trump Insult Generator Jul 29, 14:37
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  - oh, I saw that. it's the top link here. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 29, 14:39
  - "Delusional/Crazy/Rude" sounds like a lost TLC album -- nm - con_carne Jul 29, 14:37 1
    - or Ozzy Osborne's next reality show -- nm - zork Jul 29, 14:39
- I'm sure he always thinks he's right and can do whatever he wants. He's all ego. He also apparently wants Sarah Palin in his cabinet so that would - pmb Jul 29, 14:34 1
  - because she's the classiest dame he knows -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 14:44
- I can't answer the OM, but I think the IM sounds correct. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 14:28
- I just saw a headline about him. he's now doing his best to make all women turn against him. keep going, donald! - b. Jul 29, 14:28 7
  - Believe me, Donald. She did not want to expose herself to you. Also, her losing the case has nothing to do with your issue. -- nm - zork Jul 29, 14:31
  - That goes well with the story that he forced himself on Ivana. He'll be great on women's issues. -- nm - jnine Jul 29, 14:30 5
    - I saw another headline (I've become that person for people like him, often not reading more) that she backed off from that and says they're great - b. Jul 29, 14:32 3
      - She said it in her deposition when they were getting divorced, after he gave her money, she backed off. It was a pretty detailed account in the depo. -- nm - jnine Jul 29, 14:42 2
        
        right, I remember thinking she was likely paid off; but my point still stands. - b. Jul 29, 16:12 1
        
        I just went and read the full Ivana statement - it's even worse as fodder about the story than I thought from - b. Jul 29, 16:25
    - Ivana immediately said that was not true. -- nm - zork Jul 29, 14:31
The obvious solution is for OCP to hurry up and get Robocop into the market. -- nm - zork Jul 29, 14:26
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- What if you were driving a Lincoln? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 14:27
- He meant to say "loco" -- nm - CQ Jul 29, 14:26 2
  - Now I'm picturing Reagen taunting the cop like the beginning of Cypress Hill's Insane in the Brain - con_carne Jul 29, 14:30 1
    - The effect would be similar to DJ Qualls in Road Trip in the club. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 14:35
- ugh -- nm - zork Jul 29, 14:26

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