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Did any of our VW owners claim a tax credit? - Covington on Fire Oct 8, 12:02 3
- Nope, mine was after the credit was exhausted. -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 12:11
- Ouch. -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 12:04
- oh man. -- nm - fabulous squad Oct 8, 12:04
Disney won't screen Force Awakens to press until the night before release. -- (link) - budice Oct 8, 12:01 2
- I have zero problem with that. -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 12:05
- that's 'cause it's gonna suck -- nm - decline Oct 8, 12:05
NFL: QB Josh Johnson will be Hasselback's backup tonight, if Luck is unable to play. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 11:56
LYC: Boy, things sure have a way of developing rapidly at this movie theater job o' mine - con_carne Oct 8, 11:55 11
- nice. it's great to be in a job that you actually enjoy and get to do new things. - znufrii Oct 8, 12:06
- your excitement is infectious and neat to see. enjoy! -- nm - Diva Oct 8, 12:01 1
  - Aww -- nm - con_carne Oct 8, 13:00
- Good for you. -- nm - sycor Oct 8, 12:00
- Neechay! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 11:59
- I miss working with people. congrats to you! -- nm - fabulous squad Oct 8, 11:59
- nice. -- nm - Tim Oct 8, 11:59
- !!! congrats!! sounds exciting -- nm - Damn It Pippy Janet! Oct 8, 11:58 3
  - It's an exciting place. Which, as a movie theater, you wouldn't have thought, right? - con_carne Oct 8, 12:03 2
    - I love movies, so I think I could imagine that -- nm - Damn It Pippy Janet! Oct 8, 12:09 1
      - Yeah, the movies are a big plus in this job for sure - con_carne Oct 8, 12:16
'Today' takes an early ratings lead over 'GMA' in new TV season -- (link) - budice Oct 8, 11:52
Prime Minister's Office ordered halt to refugee processing, each applicant subject to direct PM's approval -- (link) - Reagen Oct 8, 11:50 2
- Yeah, I got nothing on this. It's dumb. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 8, 12:13
- That sounds efficient. -- nm - TWuG Oct 8, 11:51
Twin Peaks: Sherriff Truman recast with RObert FOrester... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 8, 11:47 1
- Though it's unclear if the character is recast or if it will just be a new sheriff. -- nm - Ender Oct 8, 11:47
Andrew Luck's injury no accident, blame the OL -- (link) - budice Oct 8, 11:46 4
- He gets more absolution that any other mistake-prone QBs. -- nm - David Oct 8, 11:51 3
  - ST Poll: Will Andrew Luck end up in the NFL Hall of Fame? - Strongbad Oct 8, 11:52 2
    - We don't even know what the NFL HOF will be like in 15 years when he's done. - Will Hunting Oct 8, 11:59
    - No. -- nm - budice Oct 8, 11:56
The Boundary Hunters Uncovering North Carolina's Lost Borders -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 8, 11:45
Halloween problem - marcel Oct 8, 11:45 [Image] 7
- i printed this for a friend who hasn't picked it up yet but it's really unpractical ;/ - marcel Oct 8, 11:59 [Image]
- mime. always easy. -- (edited) - Andie Oct 8, 11:52 1
  - Blue Man -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 11:56
- degree of difficulty for that? 10. go simpler. -- nm - Damn It Pippy Janet! Oct 8, 11:51
- Donald Trump. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 11:48
- I doubt you can pull off the boobs. -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 11:46 1
  - maybe if i shave my chest .. -- nm - marcel Oct 8, 11:47
How Hillary plans on regulating Wall Street -- (link) - znufrii Oct 8, 11:38 8
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- Step One: Delete ALL the e-mails! -- nm - Ender Oct 8, 11:44
- "You guys good? Good." -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 11:44
- Let me guess, Dodd-Frank. -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 11:42 4
  - restore Glass-Steagall more likely -- nm - decline Oct 8, 11:46 3
    - Nope, specifically says not to do that.Her husband signed the repeal. I highly doubt she'd be the one to sign putting it back in. -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 11:47 2
      - ah, good point. Although after reading the article some aspects of allowing the breakups is G/S like -- nm - decline Oct 8, 11:51 1
        
        There's no chance she, as President, does any of what this article suggest given the donors she has... - Mel Profit Oct 8, 12:05
Maybe self deportation works after all -- (link) - iSpam Oct 8, 11:35 1
- Bacon and I have that ticket for pixie. All he has to do is say he will use it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 11:36
One of my NXT tweets sort of blew up overnight. - Tim Oct 8, 11:31
For Will: Leaks abound that Maryland will fire Randy Edsall after this weekend's game (as they enter their bye week) -- nm - MDH Oct 8, 11:28 2
- never should have fired Fridge. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 11:30 1
  - *nods head in agreement* -- nm - MDH Oct 8, 11:31
Have the Leafs been eliminated yet? -- nm - Mop Oct 8, 11:27 1
- they did get alot of shots last night. Thankfully Price stood on his head -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:28
LYC, my day is a gradual sprially descent into being a total cluster frack . . . can i just go back to bed and start all over again? -- nm* - call me The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Oct 8, 11:26 2
- just scratch the rest of your todo list and head to the pub -- nm* - decline Oct 8, 11:28 1
  - #8. Head to the pub. -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 11:30
Some amazing Auroras last night -- (link) - iSpam Oct 8, 11:22 1
- hopefully Heroes Reborn can save us -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:22
My momma loves me. NLDS tickets for Monday night :) -- nm - oblique Oct 8, 11:20 2
- woot! -- nm - budice Oct 8, 11:38
- You're gonna have to do some much dusting and dishwashing to work those off..... -- nm - prayformojo Oct 8, 11:26
Randy Quaid set loose -- (link) - Beaker Oct 8, 11:19
Confirmed: 'Straight Outta Compton' Filmmaker To Direct 'Furious 8' -- nm - budice Oct 8, 11:19
Effing Scottrade -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 11:18
Prep and then student elections. Easiest paycheque ever. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 11:14 4
- "As President, I vow to improve the quality of student lunches in the cafeteria." -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 11:50
- next let the cool kids punch the nerds in the stomach... -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:25
- You sure elections isn't spelled "elequetions?" -- nm - con_carne Oct 8, 11:24
- "Point of order!" "Oh, crap." -- nm - Max Oct 8, 11:17
Did you guy see Chris Pratt vs. Darth Vader yet? -- (link) - oblique Oct 8, 11:12 [youtube]
SITWAP: Daniel Craig would rather slit his wrists than do another James Bond movie -- (link) - znufrii Oct 8, 11:08 9
- I feel the same way about watching him in one. -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 11:08 1
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- angry baby -- nm - Max Oct 8, 11:08 6
  - if you read the whole article, he isn't. that's just a blurb. he's fairly amusing. -- nm - Andie Oct 8, 11:10 5
    - (heh, that was a callback from You're the Worst) -- nm - Max Oct 8, 11:12 4
      - I can't find season 2 episode 4 anywhere streaming. or to download. wtf? -- nm - fabulous squad Oct 8, 11:57 2
        
        I failed to get my dvr to record this season so I haven't seen them at all. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 11:59 1
        
        DTM -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 12:07
      - you ARE the worst. - Andie Oct 8, 11:12
TV PSA: TNF, Bones, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, HTGAWM, Heroes, Vampire Diaries, WWE, Sleepy Hollow, Blacklist, Originals, Haven, The Player, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:05
Kevin Coyle out as Miami Dolphins D-coordinator -- (link) - budice Oct 8, 11:01
At the doctor (spamlet's fault) and be form asked my age. - ty97 Oct 8, 10:59 5
- lupus? -- nm - decline Oct 8, 11:09 1
  - Just a spot of sorta almost skin cancer -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 11:18
- You're welcome for potentially saving your life. -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 11:01 2
  - Always focusing on the little details! -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 11:11
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Max, that's how they used to test here but now they connect to the computer port inside the passenger compartment. That's why my sticker is way expire - zork Oct 8, 10:57
Selena Gomez reveals lupus diagnosis, chemotherapy treatment -- (link) - Beaker Oct 8, 10:56 12
- I had no idea lupus is treated with chemo. -- nm - David Oct 8, 11:02 9
  - Dave's friend is getting chemo to treat his MS. - Andie Oct 8, 11:03 8
    - did he try the Liberation Therapy? Didn't work well for my MIL afterall, but she has serious back and knee problems so likely more related to that -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:25 1
      - he did. only a minor improvement. very very minor. -- nm - Andie Oct 8, 11:44
    - we don't have any cures, so lets poison you a few times and see what that does -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 11:24 5
      - You will try literally anything that has a chance to work. - iSpam Oct 8, 11:29 2
        
        considering he is basically wheelchair bound now, and 44 years old, yeah, he'll try anything. -- nm - Andie Oct 8, 11:46
        
        yup - znufrii Oct 8, 11:30
      - At times, chemo is like modern day leeches. - Spawn Oct 8, 11:26 1
        
        I'll allow it -- nm - book Roose Bolton Oct 8, 11:27
- Was just about to post this. That's why she's been scarce for the last while. - zork Oct 8, 10:58 1
  - I'm sure you saw this then -- (link) - oblique Oct 8, 11:35
The funny thing about the PS4 price drop coming tomorrow is that it's *still* more expensive than launch price up here. - Shaun Oct 8, 10:55
VW's top US exec blames it all on a couple rogue software engineers. Suuuure.... -- (link) - Ender Oct 8, 10:53 33
- I don't see how just a handful of engineers could magically make diesel cleaner and everyone would just say "Great!" - Mop Oct 8, 11:11 1
  - I don't get how other car makers didn't look into it sooner, how they could get significant more power/less fuel - zeitgeist Oct 8, 11:21
- which he knew about since the Spring of 2014... -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 10:55
- *throws engineers under the VW bus* -- nm - oblique Oct 8, 10:55
- People love to think these things go straight to the top, but there's a ton of crap that mid level workers can get away with - Max Oct 8, 10:54 28
  - Two random engineers didn't come up with a complex system of how to identify when the car was being tested on a lark. -- nm - Ender Oct 8, 11:00 5
    - actually the software is probably pretty simple. psuedocode: if(testingport == active) { turn on emissions } else { turn off emissions} -- nm - decline Oct 8, 11:27 1
      - No, it's not as simple as that. They're doing analyses of speeds and running times, and stuff like that. -- nm - Ender Oct 8, 11:30
    - I find that more plausible than the engineers voluntarily breaking the bad news to the CEO and then the CEO directing them to cover it up. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 11:03 2
      - You know there are entire levels of people between the CEO and a software engineer, right? - Ender Oct 8, 11:17 1
        
        Multiple levels of management didn't come up with the Rich Purnell Maneuver! -- nm - Max Oct 8, 11:20
  - (he's known since early 2014) -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 10:59 21
    - That's when that research team discovered and released their findings. Not sure why the story didn't blow up until now. -- nm - zork Oct 8, 11:01 1
      - VW claimed it was a bug not a feature. They didn't admit to the defeat device until recently. -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 11:03
    - everyone's known since it was first reported, but I mean knowing (and directing) it at the time it was implemented. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 11:00 18
      - so the fact he knew and did nothing for a year is OK? I hopefully am missing your argument here -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:02 17
        
        I'm saying, here's the hypothetical situation - Max Oct 8, 11:06 16
        
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        Right. "Our cars aren't going to meet emissions standards" is an issue that has to get elevated. -- nm - pmb Oct 8, 11:22 10
        
        Unless that department made sure it didn't get elevated. -- nm - Max Oct 8, 11:25 7
        
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        true, but in my conspiracy theory I'm picking the most likely culprit, not the public face of the company just because he's the CEO. - Max Oct 8, 11:46 3
        
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        I tend to believe the latter two are more frequently true, and I think the public and especially members of congress tend to want it to be the former - Max Oct 8, 11:56 1
        
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        Again, then, the question is why was it hidden. That's a big corporate problem and you have to look to the top for who is responsible. -- nm - pmb Oct 8, 11:34 1
        
        True, and the CEO should be responsible regardless. - Max Oct 8, 11:42
        
        which is why the Germans raided their HQ. To look for the "smoking gun" discussions on it -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:23 1
        
        or smoking tailpipe as the case may be -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:24
        
        There are many situations where I think that happens. This is a big enough deal where I think it gets to the CEO or upper management in some way. - pmb Oct 8, 11:12 1
        
        "I didn't know about it" is a great defense from a legal standpoint, but opens you up to a whole new world of business shit from the investors. -- nm - Ender Oct 8, 11:43
        
        Oh I agree, but then when WVU released their study and it came out in 2014 he should have known something was up then but did jack shit -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:10 1
        
        till California and the EPA went after them in Sept 2015. He knew in 2014 something was up or should of and did nada -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 11:11
David Ross was involved? He strikes me as one of the nicer players. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 8, 10:50 5
- He absolutely is, but he's a team first guy who saw someone throwing at his pitcher. - David Oct 8, 10:53 4
  - I don't know. From what I saw the pirates player was the guy who came out swinging (but of course there is no way to know). What I do know is that - pmb Oct 8, 11:21 1
    - this. Did anyone even get ejected? Bitch all you want about computerized strike zones but purposfully hitting the opposing pitcher should be more - oblique Oct 8, 11:22
  - Just to be clear - I wasn't suggesting he was in the wrong. Having not seen anything other than a guy with a hatred for Gatorade... - Mel Profit Oct 8, 11:02 1
    - I really want him to manage the Braves one day. Everywhere he goes, the team starts winning. -- nm - David Oct 8, 11:39
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- Also for potential HOU/TEX overlap -- nm - zork Oct 8, 10:58
Boehner has cancelled his Tonight Show gig for tonight -- nm - decline Oct 8, 10:48 2
- But that was only because he thought Leno was back, permanently. -- nm - Spawn Oct 8, 10:57
- lol -- nm - znufrii Oct 8, 10:53
Searches for "iPhone slow" massively spike every time a new iPhone is released. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 8, 10:48 1
- Searches for "Android is awesome" massively spike every time a new Android phone is released. It's true! -- nm - Google Oct 8, 11:24
I mean, when you think about it, this isn't even like, top 5 for worst things we've done as a company. -- nm - VW Oct 8, 10:47 2
- Didn't know you lived in Portland. -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 10:50
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I want my Sleeper Simulant. -- nm - Shaun Oct 8, 10:44 5
- That Kotaku article you linked yesterday, I thought it was somewhat incomplete? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 8, 11:05 4
  - Until today. If you completed the portion yesterday, the final part of the quest is accessible today. -- nm - Shaun Oct 8, 11:06 3
    - Have a look. -- (link) - Shaun Oct 8, 11:08 [youtube]
    - Argh. I was going to log in yesterday but spent the night with my wife instead. -- n m - JaxSean Oct 8, 11:08 1
      - Yeah, I stayed at Remlik's. - Spawn Oct 8, 11:13

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