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IS/IT Folks: having a brain freeze. What's the buzz word used when you have a plan if something fails? - Mel Profit Apr 12, 08:02 16
- golden parachute -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 12:39
- Provisional? -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 12, 08:05
- disaster recovery or business continuity -- nm - oblique Apr 12, 08:04 1
  - BC feels more like what I remember. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 08:05
- fallback? failsafe? -- nm - mud Apr 12, 08:04
- disaster recovery -- nm - decline Apr 12, 08:04
- Fallback? rollback? -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 08:04 3
  - "rollback the changes" is the answer I'm planning. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 08:04 1
    - If it's software/code based? Yeah we always use 'rollback'. -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 08:06
  - Failover? -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 08:04
- Plan B, Fallback, Backup -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 08:03
- contingency? -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 08:02 4
  - this -- nm - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Apr 12, 08:04
  - Or fallback? -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 08:04
  - maybe but doesn't feel like the word I'm looking for. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 08:04 1
    - yeah, I think contingency is more a general word. I can sense what you are thinking of specific to the field but having trouble placing the word. -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 08:05
Lucifer was great last night. -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 08:01 2
- I need to watch it at lunch today -- nm - groiny Apr 12, 08:05
- I think it's my current favorite show -- nm - decline Apr 12, 08:04
Family convinces girl who just got her wisdom teeth out that there has been a zombie outbreak. -- (link) - Ender Apr 12, 08:00 [youtube] 2
- LOLOLOL this is so funny ... that poor kid -- nm - JenBro Apr 12, 08:42
- Millicent?... "THE CAT, YOU IDIOT!!!" -- nm* - Spawn Apr 12, 08:01
I'd like to understand how a Beastie Boys track is in the TMNT trailer. I thought they were 100% against that type of stuff. -- nm - volnelk Apr 12, 07:59 3
- I may be wrong, they didn't want in advertising for products. But for movies it's ok. -- nm - Remlik Apr 12, 08:05
- Did you not see the Star Trek reboot? - Spawn Apr 12, 08:00 1
  - I didn't think it was about the source material exactly, just commericalism in general. Perhaps their stance has changed. Maybe it was MCA driven. -- nm - volnelk Apr 12, 08:02
George Stephanopoulos looks exactly like a Thunderbirds puppet now. -- (link) - Andie Apr 12, 07:59
Similar to ty's question, our Presidential ballot has both the Dems and also delegates, but broken down by gender - Will Hunting Apr 12, 07:57 6
- omg -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 08:01
- As far as the ballot goes, my guess (for both yours and mine) is that the Prez line is meaningless* and the delegate lines are all that will matter - ty97 Apr 12, 08:00 3
  - The prez line determines how many delegates from each candidate's list are chosen. I think. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 12, 08:03 2
    - ????? Then why vote for the delegates at all? - ty97 Apr 12, 08:05 1
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- "The [Maryland Dem] party also requires a nearly equal number of male and female delegates, and it tries to balance its delegation along racial lines. -- (link) - ty97 Apr 12, 07:59
Me: I'm out from 4/15 to 4/25. Other Admin: So you're gonna be out all next week??!!! Me: I'm out from 4/15 - 4/25. -- (edited) - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Apr 12, 07:56 2
- You could hear the panic I bet. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 07:59 1
  - Yep. She's a good worker but she takes me for granted. A bit annoying. -- nm - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Apr 12, 08:05
So seriously, someone figure this out for me because googling is failing me. - ty97 Apr 12, 07:54 9
- I don't know how NY splits their delegates, but generally in these cases the first is to decide delegates awarded at the state level, and the latter.. - Ender Apr 12, 08:04 1
  - All of our pledged (non-super) delegates (for the Dems) in NY are district level. -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 08:07
- holy crap I just looked at PA. I have both as well and have to choose not more than 7 delegates, not more than 3 Male and 4 Female -- nm - decline Apr 12, 08:03
- in the wrong place. -- nm* - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Apr 12, 07:56 2
  - So you'll be here next Monday for the thing, right? -- nm - Other Admin Apr 12, 07:57 1
    - heh, heh... -- nm - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Apr 12, 08:06
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  - Ivanka didn't remind me to change my party registration in time! -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 07:55
- If you leqve something off and vote wrong, they will throw your ballot out. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 07:55
Tickets for Leicester's last home game of the season, which isn't the last game and isn't necessarily when they will win the title are going for $15k -- nm - volnelk Apr 12, 07:51 1
- There's a good chance they clinch then -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 12, 08:01
Did we know that today is "Be Kind To Lawyers Day" ? -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 07:44 11
- And #EqualPayDay -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 08:03
- IDGAF - ain't doing it. plaintiff attorneys have really been giving it to me hard lately - Epiphany Apr 12, 07:52 1
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- national grilled cheese day too! (yesterday was national chubbers day.) -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 12, 07:51 1
  - ~Everyone knows it's Chubbers!~ (Chubbers: That's me!) -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 12, 07:53
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- i have some ideas -- nm - the brain Apr 12, 07:47
- aka the worst day of the year -- nm - spamlet Apr 12, 07:45
- I feel we're too nice to them in general here. We should be allowed to celebrate "Be Mean To Lawyers Day" today as a result. -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 07:45 1
  - This is the equivalent of 'White History Month' -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 07:48
- L3! -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 07:44
Deutsche Bank halts planned job expansion of 250 bank jobs in North Carolina -- (link) - decline Apr 12, 07:43 1
- What a deutsche. -- nm - NC Apr 12, 07:44
Map of the Day: Literally every goat in the United States -- (link) - ty97 Apr 12, 07:40 11
- Let the record show, Texas likes its goats. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 07:54 1
  - Likes, or likes likes? -- nm - volnelk Apr 12, 08:00
- "literally every goat" "1 dot = 500 goats" *brain explodes* -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 12, 07:51 2
  - literal explosion? -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 07:52 1
    - Figuratively literal. -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 12, 07:54
- ... in 2012. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 07:46 3
  - Do you think we can afford an annual goat census?! -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 07:48 2
    - my mother grew up in a town that had a cow census. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 08:03
    - Afford? No. - Spawn Apr 12, 07:48
- booo! old data! (no baby goats on the mountain this year, but last year we had seven!) -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 12, 07:41
- oh, dios mio! -- nm - Juan Castillo Apr 12, 07:41
So like a week and half ago I got sick. Not awfully sick, but enough to be dragging and hurting - ty97 Apr 12, 07:38 4
- whiskey -- nm* - decline Apr 12, 07:39
- drink more. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 07:39 2
  - ...water -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 07:40 1
    - in the whisky. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 07:40
I'm kinda fascinated by the Maryland Democratic Senatorial Primary -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 07:29 6
- Screw Van Hollen. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 07:51
- You know we were kind of joking before when you focused on just the Presidential primary but i think we're gonna have to have an intervention for you. -- nm - spamlet Apr 12, 07:44 2
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  - Heh. I mean, I've spent no more than 15 minutes reading about it over the past few weeks, so I'm not obsessed (yet!) - ty97 Apr 12, 07:46
- you're excited?!? feel these nipples!! -- nm - ML Apr 12, 07:30 1
  - Sorry, you're not a grandfather. Sexiness denied. -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 07:31
The other thing the Colorado stuff does is put paid to this notion that Trump is a guy who "gets stuff done" - Reagen Apr 12, 07:28 3
- Its something I'd like to see thrown in his face the next debate or interview -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 12:45
- the counter oxygen sucker, however, is the corrupt process he's exposed there. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 07:32
- Good point -- nm - volnelk Apr 12, 07:30
Sunset forecasts. YES -- (link) - ML Apr 12, 07:23 2
- but what does it mean ? -- nm - decline Apr 12, 07:29 1
  - Thank you -- nm - Bacon Apr 12, 07:30
The Deadspin guy who writes about horrible kids tv shows needs to do a write-up on Mutt and Stuff. - kelly Apr 12, 07:18 2
- random caps and swears! -- nm - ML Apr 12, 07:24 1
  - Stupid Milan family. -- nm - kelly Apr 12, 07:43
ty97 needs this: -- (link) - decline Apr 12, 07:13 5
- It is nice to see crap coming out of his ears instead of his mouth. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 07:46
- About the O'Reilly reference in the tweet: is there some forehead tattoo trend I am oblivious to? - ty97 Apr 12, 07:15 2
  - IIRC there was some guy who got a Mitt tattoo on his face in 2012 -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 07:44 1
    - This guy -- (link) - Roger More Apr 12, 07:46
- That might actually be the best birth control ever. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 07:15
Brazil is so f*cked. They are attempting to impeach President Rousseff for breaking budget laws. Her successor would be VP Temer who may be impeached - decline Apr 12, 07:11 18
- meh...we had Spiro Agnew and Nixon resign just before the torches and pitchforks of empeachment -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 12:44
- Well, to put things in perspective. - Marlowe Apr 12, 08:01
- I wonder why any of them would want to push impeachment since they all seem to be involved. - Mop Apr 12, 07:24 7
  - many are calling the presidential impeachment a coup - decline Apr 12, 07:26 6
    - is it a coup if no one is planning on stepping in? at this point Edurado the janitor is going to be the only guy left in the place to take over - Epiphany Apr 12, 07:37 4
      - Marlowe for President! - spamlet Apr 12, 07:47 3
        
        I'm too divisive... - Marlowe Apr 12, 08:03
        
        Someone had to say it. But I already threw my lot in with Sanders. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 07:53
        
        its a viable option -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 07:53
    - ~Be prepared for the coup of the century!~ - Scar Apr 12, 07:29
- But after that, it's Bernie Sanders. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 07:21
- eek! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 07:17
- I see nothing wrong with this -- nm - FIFA Apr 12, 07:15
- And the VP was caught on audio practicing the speech he would give after the President is/would be impeached. -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 07:15 2
  - okay, i laughed at that. that's like a scene from a movie. -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 07:16 1
    - He's an old fox. I would say it has 75% odds it was calculated. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 12, 08:04
- that's.... crazy. -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 07:13
- *feels right at home* -- nm - IOC Apr 12, 07:13
Did you know there's a TV show about wine presented by Matthew Goode & Matthew Rhys? Me neither -- (link) - LMS Apr 12, 06:57 9
- There's a TV show about cocaine presented by Johnathan Rhys Meyers. Or, at least he thinks there is. He's pretty high right now. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 07:23
- how do I know about this and you don't? oh, right: chris and andy. suckit insider info; I have channel 33. -- nm - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 12, 07:06 1
  - I barely check what's on ITV4's schedules at 7pm. Hell I barely check what's on anyones schedules at that time. -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 07:09
- Oh yeah, it's 65 minutes an ep (with ads) and there's 13 episodes! -- nm - LMS Apr 12, 07:03
- Oh, dear. I have to watch this, don't I? -- nm - znufrii Apr 12, 07:02
- i am already in love with this show and i haven't seen one earthly second of it. this review is quite funny. -- nm - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Apr 12, 07:01 1
  - "I hope they make The Caviar Show next. There’s no way that could be good." -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 07:03
- i love Matthew Goode. Love him. -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 06:59 1
  - he is actually my current movie star boyfriend. I started seeing him when he was on the good wife. - sleep commander amanda jones Apr 12, 07:06
The hardest quest in Skyrim -- (link) - Reagen Apr 12, 06:56 6
- "That's hilarious! I have to share this with my son... Oh. Oh no. No no no..." -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 07:53
- "(I play a lady cat-wizard)" -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 07:42
- "months have passed by in the game, the world is being invaded by dragons, and I'm just focused on real estate" -- nm - ML Apr 12, 07:36 1
  - I think that was Trump's epiphany. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 07:49
- The Babel fish puzzle from HHGTTG approves. -- nm - Robert Barontheon Apr 12, 07:10 1
  - That Babel fish can go f&$k itself!!! -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 07:30
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- no way ... really? that's so awesome! I'm betting a dollah he takes his grandchild to their first rock concert -- nm - JenBro Apr 12, 07:26
- No. I'm not turning into a GILF, dammit. - JaxSean Apr 12, 07:15 15
  - Congrats! -- nm - amoxy Apr 12, 08:06
  - Congrats old man. -- nm - pmb Apr 12, 07:54
  - GrampST is hawt. -- nm - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Apr 12, 07:54
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  - Congratulations, pop-pop! -- nm - Roger More Apr 12, 07:48
  - \m/ -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 12, 07:39
  - Congratulations!! -- nm - kelly Apr 12, 07:31
  - congrats to you all -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 07:22
  - Congrats Grandpa! -- nm - iSpam Apr 12, 07:22
  - conga-rats!! grandpa! -- nm - decline Apr 12, 07:19
  - I dub thee, JaxStamos. -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 07:17 2
    - Rise, JaxStamos. Rise. -- nm - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Apr 12, 07:18 1
      - "NOOOOOOOoooooOOOOOO!!!" -- nm - Darth JaxStamos SI Apr 12, 08:00
  - too late. -- nm - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Apr 12, 07:16 1
    - !!!! -- nm - ML Apr 12, 07:27
- man, I feel old -- nm - decline Apr 12, 07:12
- not stopping me - so go right ahead -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 07:08
- Congrats Jax! -- nm - Shaun Apr 12, 07:04
- yonh. -- nm - Divaerys Targaryen the Unburnt Apr 12, 07:02
- Congrats, Jax! -- nm - znufrii Apr 12, 07:02
- Next Step is Bingo, Shuffleboard, and AARP -- nm - budice Apr 12, 07:00 2
  - Many of us on this board are less than 10 years from AARP eligibility -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 07:05
  - we really should get our names down for a good Retirement home soon.... -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 07:01
- Definitely. STers are getting older, and want to still feel attractive. -- nm - Inigo Apr 12, 06:57
- GPYLTF -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 06:56
- Pretty sure that's the plot of a FOX comedy so, yeah :) -- nm - oblique Apr 12, 06:51 1
  - But John Stamos doesn't have nearly as much grey in his beard. - Will Hunting Apr 12, 06:56
- i hope so... -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 06:51

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