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You want to see people flip out? Change their browser homepage. It is *unbelievable* how many people equate this to their "internet being broken" -- nm - oblique Mar 3, 06:33 2
- Well, it used to be a sign of a virus, so... -- nm - spamlet Mar 3, 06:36
- people are dumb -- nm - decline Mar 3, 06:36
If you're committing accounting fraud and a short seller calls you out on it, maybe you shouldn't demand an SEC investigation into the allegations. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 3, 06:33 3
- Valeant sure is keeping the SEC busy -- nm - decline Mar 3, 06:36 1
  - That's why I laughed so hard when I realized those terrible pharma commercials during the SB were by Valeant. - spamlet Mar 3, 06:37
- I am untouchable! except when I am... -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 06:35
Roll: I need 7 round numbers between 1 and 49 GO -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 06:30 8
- merci. you all get $5 if I win $55 Million tomorrow night! -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 06:45
- 5 -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 06:43
- 3 -- nm - decline Mar 3, 06:34
- 30 -- nm - znufrii, Neko Atsume addict Mar 3, 06:34
- 44 -- nm - Epiphany Mar 3, 06:33
- 8 -- nm - Bacon Mar 3, 06:32
- 48 -- nm - budice Mar 3, 06:31
- 28. -- nm - Cadbarony Creme Egg Mar 3, 06:31
Natural gas hits lowest price since 1999 -- (link) - Beaker Mar 3, 06:24 1
- I'm going to party -- nm - Prince Mar 3, 06:33
Samsung delivers 16TB SSD in 2.5 hard drive form factor -- (link) - budice Mar 3, 06:23
"Donald Trump is insane," she said, then paused, and looked directly at our camera. "Was that clear? Donald Trump is insane. -- (link) - Beaker Mar 3, 06:21 2
- saw my first, non-candidate aligned, anti-Trump ad. It went after Trump U. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 3, 06:34 1
  - does anyone really care what Mitt has to say about Trump? Is he even going to influence anyone? isn't he a non threat? - Epiphany Mar 3, 06:37
GOP: When does the establishment embrace Trump as the candidate? - budice Mar 3, 06:17 2
- I think Drumpf will have a long memory too of those who were against him at the start. The Purge: Drumpf -- nm* - Beaker Mar 3, 06:25
- Around November 1. -- nm - Cadbarony Creme Egg Mar 3, 06:20
A Soaring Symbol of a Boondoggle -- (link) - znufrii, Neko Atsume addict Mar 3, 06:17
Futile Five update: St Francis (NY) lost in their conference tournament. They will remain futile for another year. -- nm - Dano Mar 3, 06:13
Ghostbusters trailer -- (link) - LMS Mar 3, 06:06 [youtube] 11
- Oh look, they remade Wild, Wild West and put ghosts in it. - Cadbarony Creme Egg Mar 3, 06:28
- Huh. That was pretty funZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ -- nm - kelly Mar 3, 06:22
- *sigh* I see they went the "avoid anything clever" route -- nm - TWuG Mar 3, 06:14
- Kinda meh. - budice Mar 3, 06:14 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 06:15
- Weak is the word that springs to mind -- nm - LMS Mar 3, 06:13
- Looks nice but that wasn't funny. -- nm - Krusty Mar 3, 06:10 1
  - This. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 3, 06:22
- I fear to click -- nm - ML Mar 3, 06:06 2
  - well....the effects were good? -- nm - ML Mar 3, 06:11 1
    - Hopefully they left all the bullets in the chamber, cause... -- nm - Reagen Mar 3, 06:12
Happy Birthday Znu!! -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 06:00 7
- Happy Birthday Z! -- nm - decline Mar 3, 06:37
- Happy Birthday to ya! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 3, 06:29
- Happy, Happy, Znu !! -- nm - Meg at Sea Mar 3, 06:26
- Happy znuday! -- nm - spamlet Mar 3, 06:23
- happy happy znu!! -- nm - Diva Mar 3, 06:13
- Happy birthday, Znufrii! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Mar 3, 06:11
- Yes, have a fantastic day! -- nm - amoxy Mar 3, 06:02
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- bring some bug spray -- nm - decline Mar 3, 06:37
- More importantly, what is the bus company's policy on sungas? -- nm - Cadbarony Creme Egg Mar 3, 06:07
- ~Don't drink the water~ -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 05:56 3
  - Tap water is fine. Water from the lagoons or the sea, not so much. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 3, 05:57 2
    - I figured it was. Just joking based on all of the olympics stories. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 06:00 1
      - No worries. I have been making those jokes myself.. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 3, 06:07
- No, he does not. - Marlowe Mar 3, 05:54 3
  - Yeah! SP is the place to be! - iSpam Mar 3, 06:20
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    - Ohh, cool.. - Marlowe Mar 3, 06:38
- Karl couldn't buy Amtrak and Greyhound tickets in advance here with a foreign c.card. Marlowe is active in FB. -- nm - Meg at Sea Mar 3, 05:53
Wolverine III aka Old Man Logan rumor - volnelk Mar 3, 05:45
Heh, got a call from reception to say a hot actor was here for a meeting with the producers. He's 2 hours early. - LMS Mar 3, 05:41 3
- hot as in atractive or hot as in popular movie? -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 06:01 2
  - Both -- nm - LMS Mar 3, 06:11 1
    - Woot! - Epiphany Mar 3, 06:34
Sig Hansen in hospital after chest pains at sea. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 3, 05:41
Anti-Trump Republicans Call for a Third-Party Option -- (link) - ty97 Mar 3, 05:32
Taxes: Filed -- nm - budice Mar 3, 05:30
Geek Deal: 58in LED HDTV for $350 at WalMart -- (link) - budice Mar 3, 05:30 3
- I'd be a little scared of that brand, never heard of it. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 05:34 2
  - for that price buy 4 and hope for the best :) -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 05:36
  - I'm pretty sure that's the Walmart house brand for electronics. - iSpam Mar 3, 05:35
STIS: I'm looking for creative ways to explain "3 millimeters" - Strongbad Mar 3, 05:16 4
- 2 pennies, stacked on top of each other (flat)=3 mm -- nm - Flavorize Mar 3, 05:30 1
  - Great one, thanks -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 05:33
- micropenis - oblique Mar 3, 05:24
- Dignan -- nm* - budice Mar 3, 05:23
Voting With the Stars: Your Guide to Celebrity Presidential Endorsements (List) -- (link) - LMS Mar 3, 05:00 4
- That Donald Trump endorsement list speaks volumes - ty97 Mar 3, 05:02 3
  - It's the White-Trash all stars. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 3, 06:01
  - I had the 'pleasure' of seeing Ann Coulter on British news the first time last night. - LMS Mar 3, 05:07 1
    - She's our Voldemort -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 05:07
NH State Rep. Kyle Tasker arrested for attempting to lure 14 year old girl to public access outpost for sex. Turns out he'd been talking to police for 6 weeks. -- (edited) - Diva Mar 3, 04:53 5
- was he not supposed to do that stuff? -- nm - ML Mar 3, 06:17
- oh my gosh, that picture - ty97 Mar 3, 04:56 1
  - He has somehow been elected to office 3 times. -- nm - Diva Mar 3, 04:59
- Wow. Are the going to find bodies in his backyard next? -- nm - ty97 Mar 3, 04:55
- lived on Smoke St. -- nm - Max Mar 3, 04:54
March 3, 1875 – The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette. -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 04:47 2
- 1923 – TIME magazine is published for the first time. -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 04:47 1
  - 1991 – An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 04:48
First mention of Ted Cruz on ST: August 1, 2012 (?) - Max Mar 3, 04:46 [Backboard] 1
- This would make sense. He wasn't on our radar prior to that date. - ty97 Mar 3, 04:50
I'm not sure anyone gives a whit about Romney's opinion of Trump, but this is apparently an excerpt from what Romney will say today -- (link) - ty97 Mar 3, 04:44 2
- the money people care quite a bit - ML Mar 3, 05:53
- heh I thought one line read: "he gets a free ride to the White House and all I got was a lousy hat" -- (edited) - Beaker Mar 3, 04:52
TV PSA: AI, Legends of Tomorrow, Grey's Anatomy, You, Me and the Apocalypse, Smackdown, Life in Pieces, 100, The Family, Mom, 2 Broke Girls, Colony, -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 04:43 2
- UK gets Murder, The Good Wife, Brooklyn 99, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle -- nm - LMS Mar 3, 05:14
- HTGAWM, Elemenatry, Shades of Blue, Vikings, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Mar 3, 04:44
First mention of Kasich on ST: March 15, 2011 -- (link) - Max Mar 3, 04:32 [Backboard]
First mention of Marco Rubio on ST: October 29, 2009 "Heh. US Senate Candidate falls victim to Twitter phishing scam" -- (link) - Max Mar 3, 04:28 [Backboard]
First mention of Ben Carson on ST: December 30, 2011 (and then a trio of bad political positions in spring 2013) - Max Mar 3, 04:21 [Backboard]
Buffalo Springfield was formed this day in 1966 with Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 3, 01:57 1
- I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 3, 01:59
Well, I finally published that "Fiverr Goes West" blog post. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 3, 01:06 2
- Also updated my "project portfolio" page to try and make the photo store a bit higher priority -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 3, 01:07 1
  - busy guy -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 3, 01:34
X-Files finale: a stupid episode with a stupid ending. - Mop Mar 2, 23:29 6
- Dropped it after episode 1. It was bad tv -- nm - decline Mar 3, 04:34 1
  - Episode 3 was the one to watch -- nm - LMS Mar 3, 05:08
- Yep. Hands down. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 23:36 3
  - X-Files aside, it was either poorly written or horribly edited, or both. - Mop Mar 3, 00:01 2
    - Chris Carter is the george lucas of tv -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 01:03
    - They should have dumped the mythology and gone with just the stand alones. -- nm - nic to be determined Mar 3, 00:16
That "wow" was just a gif that faded between Christie/Trump and ... - Beryllium Mar 2, 22:15
47 Ronin. B+. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 22:12
One night only return to pub trivia. Still got it, baby! Winner winner chicken dinner! -- nm* - Mop Mar 2, 22:11
A scientific view of why Ted Cruz's face is so fucking creepy -- (link) - Reagen Mar 2, 21:55 5
- Did this come up in your news alert for backpfeifengesicht? -- nm - Roger More Mar 3, 05:32
- Great, we're at *that* point of the election. - Strongbad Mar 3, 04:02 1
  - melted cheese -- nm - Max Mar 3, 04:13
- The second pic of him evokes the sad cry of a sickly farm animal. -- nm - Max Mar 3, 03:19
- its right there, nuff said -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 3, 01:37
I cannot lie. I've enjoyed watching the media come to terms with how wrong they got the Peyton Manning incident from the 90s. - David Mar 2, 21:40 5
- Are we squarely in the "Manning did nothing wrong" domain again? - Mop Mar 2, 23:53 3
  - Not at all. He seems to be far from innocent and seems to have gotten away with sexual assault. He definitely did something very wrong. -- nm - Krusty Mar 3, 05:29 2
    - I fall in the middle. -- (edited) - ML Mar 3, 06:05
    - I disagree with definitely. -- nm - volnelk Mar 3, 05:30
- The sheer n;umber of chickens coming home to roost this year -- in entertainment and politics -- is just staggering. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 2, 21:48
Deb from the Brains Tribe is like Survivor Edith Prickley -- nm - sweet baboo Mar 2, 21:32 2
- She's as annoying as Philip, with the social awareness of Shambo -- nm - Strongbad Mar 3, 04:17
- That's it! I kept trying to figure out who she reminded me of. -- nm - nic to be determined Mar 2, 21:36
"This great man was not brought down by my Vagina...okay?" - amoxy Mar 2, 21:23 4
- Hee! - kelly Mar 2, 21:33 3
  - And I just happened to catch this gem - amoxy Mar 2, 21:39 2
    - After Herrmann died, I saw folks online say that was their favorite Richard Gilmore line. :) -- nm - kelly Mar 2, 21:43 1
      - "I...am an autumn." -- nm - David Mar 2, 21:45
LIR: Qale, I got nuthin' to add about your song, but if you find the source, let me know, please. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 2, 21:06 1
- I guess I could make a note to my future self to see if I can't find the CD back home in Atlanta when I go next month. -- nm - Qale Mar 2, 21:16
A chance viewing of WarGames by Ronald Reagan influenced US Cybersecurity policy -- (link) - Reagen Mar 2, 20:55 14
- He also directed the pentagon to cover that exhaust port on the Death Star. (nm) - howie Mar 2, 21:33
- Big, if true. -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 20:58 11
  - That came out too late for him to do anything about it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 2, 21:01 10
    - it says everything about Reagan (with an a) that this question only occurred to him after watching a teen sci-fact movie - sweet baboo Mar 2, 21:05 9
      - Reagan was Trump before Trump. -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 00:13
      - The web wasn't conceived until 1992. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 2, 22:14 5
        
        But some of the Government networks were accessible by phone before that. -- nm* - nic to be determined Mar 2, 22:59 4
        
        "The web" refers to HTTP and the World Wide Web, which was first put online by Tim Burners-Lee in 1992 at CERN in Switzerland. - Beryllium Mar 2, 23:22 3
        
        That is covered to some degree in that article. -- nm - nic to be determined Mar 3, 00:31 1
        
        The IM, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 3, 01:13
        
        (double post) -- nm* - nic to be determined Mar 3, 00:29
      - Imagine being in the room when he started yammering on about Matthew Broderick -- nm - Reagen Mar 2, 21:07 1
        
        "he's in NORAD right NOW, you idiot!" -- nm* - sweet baboo Mar 2, 21:08
- *sigh* - sweet baboo Mar 2, 20:57
I will give Gerald Butler one more chance. This weekend, in fact. -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 20:54 7
- That's no way to talk about the next James Bond! -- nm - Mop Mar 3, 00:02
- One more try? -- (link) - JD Mar 2, 20:58 [youtube]
- but screw that Gerard Butler dude, his movies suck. -- nm - mafic Mar 2, 20:58 4
  - "Take these to the dry cleaner, please." "Already on my way, sir." -- nm - Gerald, action butler Mar 3, 03:16
  - Other than the Dragon movies, his CV is just straight garbage. -- nm - Reagen Mar 2, 21:27 2
    - Dear Frankie is a sweet film -- nm - LMS Mar 3, 03:01
    - He did some decent tv at the beginning. -- nm - nic to be determined Mar 2, 21:37
SEX -- nm - Bacon Mar 2, 20:49 2
- Berlin? -- nm - Qale Mar 2, 20:57 1
  - German dominatrix? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 2, 21:05

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