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Now comes that sickening feeling that we're statistically not going to win. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 17:44 4
- comeon, we have so many numbers, we must have almost all of them -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 13, 20:02
- Ignore it! It is almost certainly incorrect! -- nm - Subversive Jan 13, 17:46
- NNNNOOOO! It's like the great pumpkin! The winners are the most true believers! -- nm - iSpam Jan 13, 17:46
- Don't even think about buying the island I am going to buy. -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 17:45
"Dirk Koetter is telling assistant coaches in Tampa he has the head coaching job." -- nm - ML Jan 13, 17:38 2
- good ole Diggler -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 17:39
- "The Giants are hiring OC Ben McAdoo as their head coach." -- nm - ML Jan 13, 17:39
undisclosed loans from Goldman Sachs and Citi helped fund Cruz's 2012 Senate campaign -- (link) - znufrii Jan 13, 17:38
Hee! Message from a friend about the Powerball: - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 17:36 6
- That riverboat gambling ex-receptionist had better watch out. -- nm - Roger More Jan 13, 17:52
- it'd be great if one of the terms of accepting the winnings would be, like, "10% of funds must be used for three distinct acts of revenge" -- nm - prayformojo Jan 13, 17:44 1
  - No one tell Emily Van Camp. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 17:45
- heehee. I've seen posts from some danged well to do people, as well as usual skeptics, saying they're in - someone was doing surveys of pro sports - b. Jan 13, 17:42
- I will consider doing it for him -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 13, 17:38 1
  - I'd totally fund his vendettas. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 17:39
is anyone here still playing the Lost numbers? -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 17:36 1
- sure, i want to split the pot with several hundred thousand other winners -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 17:36
I'm looking at our office pool Powerball numbers. You know these were quick picks because no human would select some of these combos. - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 13, 17:33 14
- and no human would stack books this way. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 17:47
- you'd think that, but.. - b. Jan 13, 17:46
- I bought $20, and have 3 of the same powerball number and 2 of another. -- nm - Tim Jan 13, 17:42
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 is just as probable as any other combination -- nm - ML Jan 13, 17:40 5
  - THAT'S A LIE!....nm - x Jan 13, 17:47
  - so you should play the players. 2 3 4 5 6 7. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 17:42 3
    - Or play the same numbers from the last drawing. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 13, 17:43 1
      - 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 17:46
    - *whoa* -- nm - ML Jan 13, 17:43
- I once got a QP with 4 numbers in a row, I almost was going to give it back and have them print another (they can void a previous tix if it hasn't - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 13, 17:37
- all combinations are equally improbable (i think). so i try not to even dwell on numbers -- nm* - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 17:36 3
  - Yes, all combos are the same. I'm just thinking in terms of human behavior. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 13, 17:42
  - there was a lotto draw here recently where 4 of the numbers were within 5 - Reagen Jan 13, 17:39
  - From what I read though you are most likely to split the jackpot with others for certain scenarios. - Bacon Jan 13, 17:39
i got my first W-2 yesterday -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 17:31
well, at least he wasn't in uniform/in a sheriff's car. drunk s.c. county deputy waved a gun around at a jack in the box. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 13, 17:15 1
- probably ate one of those "tacos" by accident -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 17:16
"nearly stopping the show with her rousing rendition" -- nm - David Jan 13, 17:12 1
- Our Deevs got talent. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 13, 17:15
nbc exec. directly addresses rumors re: jimmy fallon having a drinking problem. spoiler: not that "any of us know about." nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 13, 17:11 3
- if this was an episode of ER we would find out he is being abused by his girlfriend -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 17:16 2
  - or even if it wasn't an episode of ER -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 17:17 1
    - Obviously....Lorne Michaels -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 13, 17:22
I think the worst part of the St Louis P-D site (other than the 95 trackers) is that it's not smart enough to recognize if not on a mobile browser. - spamlet Jan 13, 17:11
heard this a.m. on the radio, today is a good birthday for pretty people, apparently: liam hemsworth (26), orlando bloom (39), patrick dempsey (50) - b. Jan 13, 17:04
LOLOLOL - I'm laughing so hard I'm crying ... it just now occurred to me ... hahahahaha ... oh gosh - sorry Zeitgeist but all those powerball ticket - JenBro Jan 13, 17:01 10
- AFAIK, the slacker group is secret, I don't believe that non members can see the photos...but Ill ask a non slack friend to look -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 13, 17:25 4
  - It looks like it was posted to your wall not a group -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 17:32 3
    - You are a member of the slacker group and so can see it even on my wall, my friend the rose says no photos show of tix -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 13, 20:01
    - fwiw, not viewable publicly, at least. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 17:49
    - This. -- nm - iSpam Jan 13, 17:47
- She's cracking up under the pressure. Pixiefied -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 17:12 1
  - "okay Egon, Ray's gone bye-bye" -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 17:14
- :) - I would be wondering about him, if I saw that and didn't know. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 17:06 1
  - ^this reminded me that, in addition to the financial and legal measures others mentioned as being first moves, I'd add security. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 17:17
- hee -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 17:05
Meg, I just sent a pic of our ticket -- nm - kelly Jan 13, 16:58 2
- and I figured out which new one was mixed with old ones and posted the photo with the rest of todays -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 13, 17:26 1
  - I have a total of 432 tickets, including the ones bought privately. Those are - Meg Jan 13, 17:46
David Bowie's response to his first fan letter from America -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 16:57 1
- that's great - he was 20 then. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 13, 17:01
SW:TFA VFX reel is on Youtube. Very cool. -- (link) - ML Jan 13, 16:55 [youtube] 1
- I like when the VFX and Live shots match up. As in almost identical because the effects are conventional not CGI. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 17:38
El Chapo's texts to the actress he was chasing after -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 16:47 1
- (I totally read his parts as if he was antonio banderas doing puss in boots.) -- nm - b. Jan 13, 16:51
WWE: Shinsuke Nakamura will be headed down to the WWE Performance Center in Feb. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 16:40 6
- That's big time. -- nm - David Jan 13, 16:45 5
  - They just took 4 big guys from there. - Will Hunting Jan 13, 16:53 3
    - Styles actually has WWE training so they probably consider him closest to ready. -- nm - David Jan 13, 16:57 1
      - Granted it was 12 years ago. - Will Hunting Jan 13, 17:09
    - one of the rumors is WWE is pissed the news leaked because Styles (at the very least) will be a surprise Rumble entrant. -- nm - Tim Jan 13, 16:57
  - he still has to pass medical. But it's assumed that if that goes well and the training at the PC it's a deal -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 16:50
More stats fun. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 13, 16:36 16
- So women have a better chance of winning, got it -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 17:01
- We need to buy more tickets. -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 16:56 1
  - and a dog with an untwistable stomach. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 16:59
- this, from "the economist" earlier today, addresses parts of what's below here. - b. Jan 13, 16:49
- do the odds really go up the more people play though? it's not like they add numbers to the pool that they're drawing from when more people buy tix -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 16:38 11
  - Powerball officials go by sales. $$ amounts means a certain % of the chances the winning ticket has been sold. I heard 85% chances it was sold -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 16:43 9
    - clarification/edit: I read earlier today that there is an 85% chance the winning ticket was sold for tonight -- nm* - Peglegpete Jan 13, 16:46 7
      - 15% of all possible combos not covered so a slight chance this could go yet another round, 2Billion pot? - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 13, 17:29 6
        
        I had the same thought yesterday. there will be a $$ amount limit when people say fuck it and stop making as many pools or plunging hundreds each week -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 17:31 5
        
        you're so pretty -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 17:33 4
        
        hundreds is out there, but that was my point re: if there's a limit, at least for the $20 range. - b. Jan 13, 17:39 3
        
        At $2 a play, for ever person who plays $20 today and doesn't at $2B, 10 more people are just as likely to plop down the $2 who didn't before -- nm - oblique Jan 13, 17:41 2
        
        I just meant people who have been playing. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 13, 17:43 1
        
        I have 2 regular numbers I play year round, and plunge a bit when the pot gets hi -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 17:45
    - oh, duh, I misread - yah, that's it. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 16:43
  - I've thought it's that the odds of winning alone change. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 16:42
You know Mario Kart is mad at you when it hits you with two red shells and a POW mere inches from the finish line. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 13, 16:28
Well, my two Powerball tickets are purchased (not including the leftovers from Saturday's Meg-a Jackpot Pool) - ML Jan 13, 16:24 2
- I bought 2 of my own this morning, something made me turn into the parking lot of a place on the way to work. - b. Jan 13, 16:29 1
  - Sorry, but I just bought my 2 and one of them is the winner -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 16:33
I'm gonna be so damn sick tomorrow - prayformojo Jan 13, 16:14 11
- remember. sweatpants. nothing with a closing waist to make you feel encumbered -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 16:23
- and friday all of ST is going to have Ballfluenza -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 16:17 9
  - Worst. STD. Ever. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 13, 16:24 3
    - Really need a new name for that one. -- nm - spamlet Jan 13, 16:51 2
      - Shame that affluenza is taken. -- nm - TWuG Jan 13, 16:55
      - PowerFlu? -- nm - b. Jan 13, 16:52
  - (presuming the jackpot isn't won tonight) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 16:17 4
    - that brings up an interesting, to me, question. how many draws in a row would I give $20 (or a little more) to? - b. Jan 13, 16:41 3
      - a high odds like this, nearly 300m -1 means I would buy one ticket per 300m pot (forgetting its a 2$ ticket so really I should only do 600m or more) - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 13, 17:34
      - My logic is: Any money I use in gambling is being intentionally thrown away for the fun of it. - Beryllium Jan 13, 16:43 1
        
        sure, it's similar that way, and paying for the dreaming-time, etc.; but I wonder how much I/we would do it? :) - the reasons for participating here - b. Jan 13, 16:47
super bowl 50 twitter-posted a link to a bay area bucket list. there are a bunch of inclusions I wouldn't consider part of the s.f. bay area. nm but -- (link) - b. Jan 13, 16:13 2
- you got us tickets, right? - barnaby bear Jan 13, 16:16 1
  - sorry; but no stadium steps for us, b.bear. - b. Jan 13, 16:20
Nick Saban Fact of the Day - Strongbad Jan 13, 16:12 1
- Also, if he won the Powerball Lottery, he would not quit coaching -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 16:15
*bust my pipes* -- nm - Deev Jan 13, 16:12 1
- don't joke. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 17:35
YONH!! -- nm - Deev Jan 13, 16:01 1
- we won? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 16:03
Hue Jackson being introed as new Browns HC as we speak - budice Jan 13, 15:58 2
- why did I first think: Wolverine? cool. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 16:02
- "the Eighth Ring of Ohio Football Hell was getting a little boring, to be honest" -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 16:01
Steven Avery's ex-finance Jodi Stachowski has a few things to say about him (spoiler) - amoxy Jan 13, 15:56 15
- Is she the one that was on the show? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 13, 16:07 3
  - she was the second GF (after the wife he divorced, who we never see, and the jailhouse wife, who we do) -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 16:09 2
    - The ex wife who is now married to Brendan Dassey's bio father! nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 17:31 1
      - oh man -- nm - prayformojo Jan 13, 17:34
- Is this the Making a Murderer guy? I ask for a specific reason. -- nm - David Jan 13, 16:06 10
  - yes, they had an obviously troubled relationship even before the murder -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 16:07 1
    - spoils - amoxy Jan 13, 16:11
  - yes. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 16:07 7
    - Okay, I specifically chose never to watch this because (horrible, horrible notation about the person inside) - David Jan 13, 16:10 6
      - Like Sayed in Serial, he may be guilty, but the investigation and prosecution was utterly flawed. -- nm - Mop Jan 13, 16:21 5
        
        I am much, MUCH more outraged about (spoilers) nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 17:36 4
        
        as an attorney, who has defended a few criminals in my time, it takes a lot to move my needle on the outrage scale (spoils) - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 17:39 3
        
        Is that (spoilers) - Mel Profit Jan 13, 17:42 1
        
        yeah, but even worse than the interrogation (spoils) - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 17:44
        
        He was more heinous than the cops - amoxy Jan 13, 17:40
Amusing, clever, or just kind of pathetic? -- (link) - mara Jan 13, 15:56 9
- I don't think they used it correctly -- nm - Roger More Jan 13, 17:57
- Oh god...is that kid slang I don't get? Please tell me it's not. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 17:45 2
  - *looks away* -- nm - b. Jan 13, 17:47
  - you must be true to bae -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 17:47
- hey if it reaches a kid then it's good. -- nm - Remlik Jan 13, 16:34
- I'm not sure that's going to work with the audience it's intended for -- nm - prayformojo Jan 13, 16:02 1
  - the whole thing smacks of effort. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 16:04
- I misread it as "Books Are Here" at first. I ... I preferred it that way. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 15:59
- I'd say trying very hard. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 15:57
Peyton on news of Al Jazeera shutting down: "I'm sure it's just devastating to all their viewers." -- nm - ML Jan 13, 15:56
NBC claims to have metered viewer numbers for Netflix's flagship shows (spoiler: networks are still awesome!) -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 15:55 12
- Of course some of those numbers are better than NBC. -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 13, 17:14
- huh, I remember reading that nielsen and symphony were starting to track streaming viewership; but I don't remember seeing what symphony is using. ca- - b. Jan 13, 16:26
- the flaw is people who watch 5 minutes or less of a show and think this is shit & turn it off, are still counted -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 13, 16:18
- Revewals? -- nm - David Jan 13, 16:08 4
  - To a larger point, did everyone else who read this feel surprise about Jessica Jones' viewer numbers? - David Jan 13, 16:11
  - I sent a note to the writer. -- nm - b. Jan 13, 16:10 2
    - Heh, I'm just now seeing your post. Sorry! -- nm - David Jan 13, 16:12 1
      - no worries, I was amused. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 13, 16:14
- EVERYTHING IS FINE! NOBODY WORRY! OUR BUSINESS MODEL IS SOUND! - Current CEO's of Best Buy and Barnes and Noble Jan 13, 16:00 1
  - This one's particularly egregious since he doesn't seem to understand the concept of binge watching. - David Jan 13, 16:13
- "revewals"? -- nm - b. Jan 13, 15:56 1
  - we try not to judge too harshly -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 15:58
you have to play to win -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 13, 15:53 1
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