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Clueless Gamer Super Bowl Edition. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 5, 05:53 [youtube]
Dawson, this is your work vicinity, yes? -- (link) - ty97 Feb 5, 05:41 10
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  - A huge crane collapsed. It took out all the parked cars on Worth St. Going to be a big mess down there. Not sure if anyone was injured. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 05:51 8
    - scanner data said one DOA apparently. Undoubtedly more injuries. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 05:58
    - dayum -- nm - Diva Feb 5, 05:56
    - Although it's not an everyday occurrence by any means, cranes collapse here far to often. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 05:56 5
      - It does happen too often and I'm curious why it keeps happening. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 06:02 2
        
        Another corruption scandal in the buildings dept.? -- nm - Znufrii Feb 5, 06:05 1
        
        My guess is laziness in securing the cranes as well as non-union labor without quality safety standards. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 06:07
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        sure, but cranes should be secured to handle that. -- nm* - ty97 Feb 5, 05:58
Jobs day. Forecast is +190k jobs and unemployment rate unchanged at 5%, +0.3% on average hourly earnings. -- (link) - ty97 Feb 5, 05:28 3
- Actual = +151K (miss). Unemployment rate down to 4.9%. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 05:31 2
  - average hourly earnings, +0.5% -- (link) - ty97 Feb 5, 05:37
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It's snowing -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 05:18 13
- same, we are supposed to get a ton -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:02 3
  - Really? I thought 'up to 15cm' was our forecast. -- nm - Shaun Feb 5, 06:03 2
    - Weathe Network says 20, and Moncton is scheduled for 40+ so might shift and give us more. snowing right now -- nm* - Beaker Feb 5, 06:04 1
      - ! -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 06:05
- Toronto, still nuthin'. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 05:59 3
  - (Today's WeatherNetwork headline: "This winter could be Toronto's greenest EVER.") -- (link) - Andie Feb 5, 06:00 2
    - Can you stay a Canadian city without much snow? Do you get a warning and then if it's two years in a row you get kicked out? - Krusty Feb 5, 06:09 1
      - Poor Victoria. -- nm - Andie Feb 5, 06:17
- congrats! -- nm - colin Feb 5, 05:37
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  - Wind is definitely annoying but is not as bad as I experience during the blizzard. - ty97 Feb 5, 05:35 2
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      - Fair. You are in a much windier area of town than me right now. -- nm - ty97 Feb 5, 05:36
WA Post: Sanders campaign says it was denied paper records of Iowa caucus vote -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 5, 04:55 9
- The backwards looking focus on Iowa seems a misguided waste of effort to me. Technically Santorum won IA four years ago... - ty97 Feb 5, 05:08 8
  - Because his losing has been turned around on him - this is one of the states he was expected to win, and he didn't (or "didn't") -- (edited) - Roger More Feb 5, 05:47 2
    - But the spin is spun. There's really no unspinning that at this point. - ty97 Feb 5, 06:01 1
      - I think this fits those priorities. Voters don't support losers, but they do support an underdog who was cheated. -- nm - Roger More Feb 5, 06:34
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    - As I said below, I have no idea what the campaigns are entitled to get. If he is entitled to the records, yes, give them, and give them now. -- nm* - ty97 Feb 5, 05:35
  - More important than "momentum", it'd give him, at best, 1 more delegate? In a race where he needs 2300+ -- nm - TWuG Feb 5, 05:25 2
    - Yeah, that's why I don't understand the focus on IA. - ty97 Feb 5, 05:28 1
      - Last night in the debate he said he thinks the results should be audited to make sure the system works correctly, but that the results aren't really - pmb Feb 5, 05:47
Trump Donald Trumpet Donalding site... -- (link) - colin Feb 5, 04:42
Peytons lawyers sent 2 hired goons to "visit" the HGH witness against him prior to the report coming out -- (link) - Beaker Feb 5, 03:44
TV PSA: Sleepy Hollow, Last Man Standing, Vampire Diaries, Undercover Boss, Dr Ken, Grimm, Gold Rush, Shark Tank, Originals, Second Chance,other stuff -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 03:40 1
- UK gets Dickensian, Shetland, Lip Sync Battle UK, Graham Norton (Stiller, Wilson, Cruz, Jack Black & Elton John) -- nm - LMS Feb 5, 04:12
Tschubbersz -- nm - Covington Feb 5, 03:30
Most disappointing post on B8. -- (link) - Todd Manning Feb 5, 03:16 [Backboard]
I listened to a podcast today where CGP Grey gave his review of the Force Awakens. He loved it but his biggest critique was... - Mop Feb 4, 22:24 5
- this is what happens when George Lucas doesn't write & direct. the fans get very confused :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 23:20
- Or... - nic to be determined Feb 4, 23:16
- I explained it away as - Max Feb 4, 22:46 1
  - yup, watch when he - spoils - Beaker Feb 5, 03:08
- also - mafic Feb 4, 22:42
Sent a scholarship announcement email to ~125 archaeology instructors. Of 3 to one college one came back as 'no such domain'? And of all of them one - Meg Feb 4, 22:07 4
- Did you send one to my school? -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 22:14 3
  - Sorry, we restrict it to California residents or students. If you have any Californians majoring in anthropology they'd qualify :) - Meg Feb 4, 22:26 2
    - Well, we're a school in Oregon, so only about 90% of our students are from California. -- nm - Mop Feb 5, 00:54
    - In case anyone knows of a student that does qualify - Resident or student in California, junior or senior this fall - details here.... -- (link) - Meg Feb 4, 22:30
Lucifer is an excellent companion to Constantine, and vastly superior. - Mop Feb 4, 22:02
I wonder if Trebek snickered inside when he saw "Reach For The Top" as a category. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 21:48
Paul Ryan to Tea Party: You are the problem -- (link) - amoxy Feb 4, 21:25 9
- "It's their fault we're such monsters." is spot on. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 5, 03:47
- I mean he's right, but the Tea Party just thinks they need to Conservative harder and they'll get everything, so... -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 21:47 3
  - I'm sure Ryan's complaint is more along the lines of "stop saying in public what should only be said in private". - TWuG Feb 4, 21:56 2
    - I don't think so. He is tasked with governing and by all accounts is a policy guy. - Will Hunting Feb 5, 05:39 1
      - If anything, you've got it backwards. In private, no one competent says forcefully "We'll repeal Obamacare!" because they know it's crazy. - Will Hunting Feb 5, 05:43
- I'm sure that will fix things -- nm - mr plow Feb 4, 21:39
- "why won't you all just listen to me?" -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 21:33 1
  - It worked for John Kasich! -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 21:48
- video -- (link) - Max Feb 4, 21:30 [youtube]
Guess what Jose Bautista's baseball card is this year? -- (link) - Reagen Feb 4, 21:18 3
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- that's not necessarily official. it is awesome, though. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 23:17 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 03:09
So apparently remaking classic Nintendo levels in Unreal Engine 4 is quite a common thing now. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 20:52
Here, watch the first 4 minutes of this video. That'll give you a taste of what VidCon is. -- (link) - Mop Feb 4, 20:49 [youtube]
David Draiman + Breaking Benjamin Perform 'Under Pressure" -- (link) - Remlik Feb 4, 20:38
does anyone know how to check very old stocks to see if they're still of value? - call me Ishmael Feb 4, 20:33 8
- assuming you have the actual stock certificate, see if it mentions who the transfer agent is, they'll be the ones you need to reach out to - znufrii Feb 5, 05:05
- you might own 1/10,000th of a hole in the ground, or maybe your now partners with the hoffmans... - zeitgeist Feb 4, 22:03 1
  - If those are his choices, he'd better pray for the hole in the ground. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 22:12
- also check vintage stock certificate collectors. even if it turns out to be a dead stock, this could be important to them -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 21:07 1
  - It's probably worth a couple hundred dollars...I'll give you five bucks for it. -- nm - Rick from Pawn Stars Feb 5, 06:04
- There may be some considerable research necessary. On the one hand, you might one a million shares of Exxon now. On the other hand... - Mop Feb 4, 21:03
- I think '50s predates CUSIP, which would've been my advice. basically a number that could've tracked the history of the company, - mafic Feb 4, 20:53
- I know there is a way, but that's all I know. -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 4, 20:43
Thing I learned today: Do you know the proper typographic term for these {} brackets? -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 20:29 12
- they are apparently called - Reagen Feb 4, 20:33 8
  - Only kinda. In the Netherlands. In English, they're just "braces". -- (link) - Mop Feb 4, 20:51 5
    - and in the Oxford dictionary, so... -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 20:55 1
      - Fortunately, I have full access to OED. So here's the entry. - Mop Feb 4, 21:10
    - the dutch are strange. tulips, cheese, clogs, land reclaimed from the sea... boy... I don't know. -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 20:55 2
      - when you read into the tulip thing it's way weirder than it seems from the outside - Reagen Feb 4, 20:57 1
        
        yep. it's a big deal in economic history circles. first commodity bubble, basically. -- nm - mafic Feb 4, 21:02
  - Noooooooooo way. That's great. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:34 1
    - {Bery} -- nm - budice Feb 4, 20:35
- yo. - mafic Feb 4, 20:32
- Curly braces. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:31
- curly brakcets? -- nm - budice Feb 4, 20:31
Which series has gone further over the top since their first movie? MI or Fast and Furious? -- nm - amoxy Feb 4, 20:27 5
- F&F by a mile. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 5, 04:43 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:03
- MI, though it really has nothing to do with the premise of the show other than the theme music and the masks. - nic to be determined Feb 4, 20:42
- FF just got greenlit for 8, 9, & 10 -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 20:34
- M:I started out batshit and stayed there. F&F was a Point Break ripoff and is now basically a superhero movie mixed with Ocean's Eleven. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 20:27
A little pop quiz: Do you know the names of the directors of the Mission: Impossible movie series? -- nm - Max Feb 4, 20:18 13
- Antoine Fuqua, John Woo, ......... JJ? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:32
- nope, ask me another easy one like that -- nm - dogbert Feb 4, 20:29
- Sure... - Roger More Feb 4, 20:22 7
  - That's a hell of a list. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 20:39
  - yep on all. I failed to name 1 and 3. -- nm - Max Feb 4, 20:24 5
    - Cruise's blurb on JJ Abrams in Time's 100 Most Influential list of 2006 is the Tom Cruisiest thing ever written -- (link) - Roger More Feb 4, 20:26 4
      - Whoa, we almost saw Hollywood end his career because he took two days off to watch Alias. -- nm - Max Feb 4, 22:35
      - "And one day, he will revitalize the Star Wars franchise!" -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 20:42
      - So much cruise factor. But it rings true, at least. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:34
      - It's like he's about to break into a tone poem there for a minute. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 20:32
- all except the most recent. - mafic Feb 4, 20:21
- Wu was the horrible one -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 20:19 1
  - Woo boy, it was bad -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:32
Swell, the UCLA archaeology department page appears to have been hacked :/ -- nm - Meg Feb 4, 20:17 3
- "jesus' iphone found at dig site!" -- nm - dogbert Feb 4, 20:28 2
  - he's a time traveller! -- nm - Remlik Feb 4, 20:57 1
    - there's a message here from a former school teacher in New Mexico, says Jesse Let's Cook -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 22:07
LA Metro subways to get Underground Cell Service starting next month -- (link) - budice Feb 4, 20:17
Andy Enfield has recruited his guys and perhaps sooner than expected has turned USC into a PAC-12 contender - JD Feb 4, 20:16
I am off for 5 days. 3 of them I'll be in Louisiana doing some kind of SCA event. I don't really know too much about it. - Qale Feb 4, 20:10 2
- I knew people in the SCa 30 years ago. expect no modern comforts -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 20:33 1
  - I went to an event a year and a half ago, but it was so poorly managed and attended, it just felt like camping. -- nm - Qale Feb 4, 20:40
Two more islands added to our Zika itinerary, so Aruba is the only safe one....for now. I might as well just inject the virus into me and get it over -- nm - Bacon Feb 4, 20:01
Meg, a new article & theories on Arroyo Hondo -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 4, 19:55 2
- Surprised James Snead wasn't mentioned. He's done recent work in that area. -- nm - Meg Feb 4, 20:26 1
  - Although his focus was more on the Gallisteo Basin a few miles south of there.l -- (link) - Meg Feb 4, 20:33
About that CDC article on drinking. It was from Vital Signs which appears to focus on women's health. If you go the the main CDC site you see this - TWuG Feb 4, 19:48 4
- They're referring to an infographic poster they released and not what's in that release. The poster's much worse. - nic to be determined Feb 4, 21:20
- yea, to me it just seems like the author is lookin for something to be mad about or has an agenda - dogbert Feb 4, 19:55 2
  - I'm willing to accept that I'm not seeing something that would be readily obvious to someone female. - TWuG Feb 4, 19:58 1
    - It looks more general to me. It's part of a list of who shouldn't drink, not an outright statement to women on that topic. -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 4, 20:37
KFC getting another new Colonel? - TWuG Feb 4, 19:41 22
- It's me isn't it? -- nm - LMS Feb 5, 03:36
- Col. Klink -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 20:29
- Col Oliver North (at least he's a real one) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 20:02 3
  - Colonel Jessup: "You want potato wedges with that!? You can't HANDLE potato wedges!" -- nm - TWuG Feb 4, 20:04 2
    - DID YOU ORDER THE RED SAUCE? -- nm* - zeitgeist Feb 4, 20:20
    - Colonel Mustard - Qale Feb 4, 20:17
- Melissa McCarthy -- nm - budice Feb 4, 19:55
- I thought Norm McDonald did a good job especially after the creepy colonel by Hammond. -- nm - Krusty Feb 4, 19:49 10
  - Which I think was entirely intentional. - TWuG Feb 4, 19:51 9
    - Though why would KFC want Col. Sanders to be creepy? (Though I suppose creepy mascots haven't hurt McDonalds, or Burger King) -- nm - Roger More Feb 4, 19:53 8
      - To get people talking about the character. Hammond was only the Colonel for about 3 months before Norm was brought in. - TWuG Feb 4, 19:56 3
        
        Next will be Fred Armisen to complete the trinity of shitty. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 4, 20:07 1
        
        I was thinking Schwarzenegger for the characteristic of "war-crazed". -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:10
        
        Because there's nothing off-putting about Norm MacDonald! -- nm - KFC si Feb 4, 19:58
      - "We're meeting you halfway, Millenials!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 19:55 3
        
        "God dammit, eat some fried chicken you hipster shit-sacks!" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 20:12 2
        
        that sounds like Dennis Leary's Col Saunders 'just open up your pie hole pal' -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 20:23 1
        
        This is a winning idea. I can almost hear it now. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 23:00
- Kate McKinnon. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 19:45 2
  - I'm hoping for Tracy Morgan -- nm - Roger More Feb 4, 19:58 1
    - That'd be aces. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 19:59
- I initially thought that Darrell Hammond and Norm McDonald would have a Colonel-off during the Super Bowl. -- nm - Tim Feb 4, 19:43

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