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"For the next couple days, avoid public wi-fi, try to stick with HTTPS sites, and remember to install all patches on your devices as they’re made - decline Oct 16, 07:11 3
- Everyone just run out into the street and start shouting all your credit card numbers. With any luck, the confusion will be impossible to decipher. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 07:22 1
  - That's a very South Park joke. I like it. -- nm - qATLe Oct 16, 07:42
- I don't think my router has ever had a software update and I won't hold my breath for T-Mobile to send out updates anytime soon. -- nm - Krusty Oct 16, 07:21
Red sun phenomenon 'caused by Hurricane Ophelia' -- (link) - LMS Oct 16, 07:02 1
- Poor Superman. He won't be able to enjoy tea with the Queen. - nm - sycor Oct 16, 07:09
I have NO idea what is going on here -- (link) - ty97 Oct 16, 06:56 3
- A fringe candidate complaining about a lack of media coverage? -- nm - spamlet Oct 16, 06:58
- Bo knows. -- nm - CQ Oct 16, 06:57 1
  - Bo(o) -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:57
nm, it's Thursday. -- (link*) - spamlet Oct 16, 06:56 1
- ssssshhhhhhh, don't give the market any ideas! - ty97 Oct 16, 06:56
New Black Panther trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Oct 16, 06:55 2
- African Blade Runner. -- nm - Reagen Oct 16, 07:24 1
  - "You look down and see a tortoise, T'Challa. It's crawling toward you..." -- nm - Spawn Oct 16, 07:41
NEW YORK (AP) - The Weinstein Co. in negotiations with Colony Capital for potential sale. -- (link*) - ty97 Oct 16, 06:53 1
- That would be the company founded and chaired by Tom Barrack, President Trump's best friend -- (link) - ty97 Oct 16, 06:54
For ty97's interests/discussion -- (link) - MDH Oct 16, 06:51
Point -- (link) - ty97 Oct 16, 06:44
I don't care how clever you think your vanity plate is, this guy wins. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 16, 06:36 [Image] 1
- heh -- nm - JaxSean Oct 16, 06:44
The KRACK hack. -- (link) - GregW Oct 16, 06:34
But seriously Giants, what were you thinking? -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:31
Ugh. The QB options are slim pickings in my 2 QB league. Yes, I have Rodgers. -- nm - Shaun Oct 16, 06:30 5
- Yeah, the double whammy is a lot of Rodgers' owners probably weren't carrying a backup QB. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 16, 06:33 4
  - The last time Rodgers went out, I used 3 different QB the rest of the way. All 3 are currently starting and available in our league. - Baronnosaurus Rex Oct 16, 06:58
  - I had OBJ and Rodgers in my money league. I'm screwed. -- nm - CQ Oct 16, 06:54
  - The worst part about this is that the best available QB is easily Eli, so I've added him, but he has the same bye week as GB. - Shaun Oct 16, 06:36 1
    - In one of my leagues, the Rodgers owner has Goff & Beathard - Strongbad Oct 16, 06:39
Destiny 2: Datto's thoughts on Iron Banner & the token system. -- (link) - Shaun Oct 16, 06:26 [youtube] 9
- I only played enough each day to get the milestone and got gloves, armor, too many bonds to count, the pistol, scout and I think one more. Will play - Spawn Oct 16, 07:48
- I'm bored with the game already, especially when I'm playing alone. -- nm - Krusty Oct 16, 07:24
- my thoughts. I feel like the loot/reward system for D2 is basically - lets make them play 2 times as much for 1/2 the value. - tRuMaN Oct 16, 06:52 6
  - I only played on my Warlock, got a Bond and Gauntlets, and got The Hero's Burden *3* times (and none of the other guns). -- nm - JaxSean Oct 16, 07:00 2
    - At least that is a pretty solid smg overall. -- nm - Shaun Oct 16, 07:09 1
      - werd -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 16, 07:24
  - It's not even that it's too grindy after the milestones, it's that it's not worth the time. - Shaun Oct 16, 07:00 2
    - I am hoping that the expansion pass is more Taken then Iron lords honestly. but yeah, i've started to - tRuMaN Oct 16, 07:10 1
      - I got the Rat King three NFs ago or so and I've never used it. Don't have Sturm and don't care. - Shaun Oct 16, 07:24
Pretty strong rumor of airline location shake-up at LGA next month. - ty97 Oct 16, 06:19
Marvel: New poster for Black Panther -- (link) - budice Oct 16, 06:06 2
- New Trailer -- (link) - budice Oct 16, 06:23 [youtube] 1
  - Love it! -- nm - TWuG, neck model Oct 16, 06:32
LGA was a partially evacuated Saturday morning due to a bomb threat. Now, we get some details. - ty97 Oct 16, 05:59 6
- " Spirit Customer" - say no more -- nm - Epiphany Oct 16, 06:19 2
  - oh, but I was going to say "no fly list" because he may be on it now -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:20 1
    - " No fly list?! F it! I'll walk!" *takes off down the tarmac* -- nm - 70 year old grumpy passenger Oct 16, 06:21
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  - How do you book a Spirit ticket and not know about bag fees? -- nm - ty97 Oct 16, 06:17 1
    - He's 70. I bet his bag didn't have wheels either. Just that non descript suitcase with a plastic handle at the top and click fastners. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 16, 06:20
FF FJS: While I like winning - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Eighth Astronaut Oct 16, 05:53
Bery, did something change with the font in the Subject line box? Oh, wait, it's multi-line now? -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Eighth Astronaut Oct 16, 05:51 4
- Yes, Bery announced last week that the new feature had been deployed and would come soon to beta - ty97 Oct 16, 06:01 2
  - btw, we finished our part of the admiral's club per meeting today :) -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Eighth Astronaut Oct 16, 06:09 1
    - About time! That place was so crowded during construction. - ty97 Oct 16, 06:15
- Yep, you can see it all. It's nice for editing. -- nm - volnelk Oct 16, 05:51
In more sucky news for Ireland, awesome comedian Sean Hughes has died at the age of 51. -- (link) - LMS Oct 16, 05:32
Happy birthday, dogbert! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Oct 16, 05:31 1
- Hope you have a great day! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 16, 06:33
How has no one ever made a gif of the "you're an idiot" look Buttercup gives Wesley in the Fire Swamp? -- (edited) - spamlet Oct 16, 05:28
Waiting for the hurricane to hit here. Woman killed already down south tree hit her car. It was so calm last night there wasn't a puff of wind around. -- nm - Loyola Oct 16, 05:05 19
- stay safe. -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:20
- It went right over Valentia. Hoping family is safe. Same to you -- nm - CQ Oct 16, 05:36
- Is it still a hurricane, or is it downgraded to a storm? It's due in about 90 minutes isn't it? -- nm - LMS Oct 16, 05:31 10
  - It's been reclassified as 'post-tropical' whatever that means, but appears to still have hurricane force winds - ty97 Oct 16, 05:36 1
    - The sky has gone a murky colour in London. - LMS Oct 16, 07:06
  - Vid of roof being blown off a school in Ireland -- (link) - budice Oct 16, 05:31 7
    - whoa -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:24
    - Holy smoke. -- nm - volnelk Oct 16, 06:19
    - Bill Clinton is in Dublin -- (link) - budice Oct 16, 06:12 2
      - Dublin is the other side, I don't think they'll see much (i mean, it will rain, i'm sure.) -- nm - Andie Oct 16, 06:25 1
        
        Depends how big the storm is. The island isn't that huge. - ty97 Oct 16, 06:46
    - Regular weather blog from Irish newspaper -- (link) - budice Oct 16, 05:59
    - Soccer Stadium roof brought down -- (link) - budice Oct 16, 05:35
- Be safe -- nm - budice Oct 16, 05:29 1
  - Latest hurricane forecast -- (link*) - budice Oct 16, 05:31
- I assume you can't go anywhere since everything is shut down? - spamlet Oct 16, 05:27
- Stay safe. -- nm - Diva Oct 16, 05:26
- This is still crazy to me. - ty97 Oct 16, 05:09
- Good luck and stay safe -- nm* - prayformojo Oct 16, 05:08
"The Falcons had a 1.8% chance to lose early in the 3rd quarter against Miami" .. sound familiar? -- nm - Beaker Oct 16, 04:49
FF: I need 1 point from TY Hilton tonight. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 16, 04:05 10
- I made ML my bitch in Astro and that's all that matters. - spamlet Oct 16, 06:41
- I have Rodgers and the Vikings D. I didn't want to start my QB against my D so I got a streamer instead. - Baronnosaurus Rex Oct 16, 05:56 2
  - The football gods punished you (and Rodgers' collarbone) for trying to defy them with such trickery -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Eighth Astronaut Oct 16, 05:57 1
    - But I was trying to appease them by not threading the needle. Clearly I should just sacrifice a camel next time. -- nm - Baronnosaurus Rex Oct 16, 05:59
- I only need 30 points from the Colts kicker -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Eighth Astronaut Oct 16, 05:50
- I also need Delanie Walker to not fumble 9 times. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 16, 05:32
- I need 48 from him in my $ league and 25 or so in Astronauts. -- nm - CQ Oct 16, 05:21 1
  - no, wait. I need 63 in the money league, heh -- nm - CQ Oct 16, 05:27
- definitely 1 win and the second is at 99% certainty (Murray would need to go for around 50 pts for me to lose) -- nm* - Beaker Oct 16, 04:36
- If Eric Decker doesn't get at least 18.6 on me tonight, I will have turned around the 3 games I spotted Cavemen. -- nm - volnelk Oct 16, 04:23
And the trend continues. Underdogs were 11-2 ATS for Week 6 with IND +1 tonight to play. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 16, 04:02 4
- Miami, Chargers, Chicago, Giants all won on the road. smh -- nm - budice Oct 16, 05:07 1
  - Glad both of my Survivor Leagues were settled last week. - Strongbad Oct 16, 05:09
- It's crazy. I'd like to think I'm semi-knowledgable and I got 4 right in pick em. FOUR. -- nm - volnelk Oct 16, 04:24 1
  - I am 7-6 ATS this week with TEN going tonight. - Strongbad Oct 16, 04:43
TV PSA: DWTS,Lucifer, Supergirl, BBT, Voice,Raw, 9JKL, Gifted, Kevin Can Wait, Valor, Me Myself & I, Martha & Snoop, Scorpion, Brave, Good Doctor, MNF - Beaker Oct 16, 03:13
Last time Ireland had a hurricane was exactly 31 years ago, 22 dead, and 15million trees down -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 16, 00:37
Here’s a trailer to Amazon’s Jack Ryan series. -- (link) - Mop Oct 15, 23:01 [youtube] 1
- I like it. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 23:17
My eyes see Rey swinging around the lightsaber, but my brain sees Homer whacking things. -- (link) - Max Oct 15, 22:52 [youtube]
Justin Turner has the #2 ops in postseason history, between #1 Babe Ruth and #3 Lou Gehrig. -- nm - jnine Oct 15, 21:47 7
- I'm seeing 1.214 for this postseason and 1.115 for his career which isn't close to Gehrig at 2.433 and Ruth at 2.022 for a single postseason. - Krusty Oct 16, 05:49 2
  - His postseason this year compares to their career numbers, not a fair comparison. -- nm - Krusty Oct 16, 05:50 1
    - it's career to career - Reagen Oct 16, 06:37
- Pfft. Slumming. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 22:31
- All LA Pro Teams won today: Rams, Chargers, Dodgers, Kings, Galaxy -- nm - budice Oct 15, 22:13
- LOLMets but when they non-tendered him at the end of the 2013 season, he had a career .684 OPS and was going into his age 29 season. -- nm - Tim Oct 15, 22:00 1
  - He was a former Red before he was a former Met. They drafted him. -- nm - volnelk Oct 16, 04:21
The Feliz bit on Scorpion is really damn funny. -- nm - David Oct 15, 20:50
Trevor Siemian 19.7 in BF. Take it and move along. -- nm - budice Oct 15, 20:38
Blast from the past for Meg. Firefighters at the Kwinana refinery, 1955. -- (pic) - mafic Oct 15, 20:33 [Attachment] 5
- Walked into the BHP lobby early for a meeting and there was a historic photo display. - mafic Oct 15, 20:44 2
  - That's a shame. He worked at the Refinery right from the beginning and *was* on call at a firefighter. - Meg Oct 15, 20:56
  - Should be below Meg. Oops. -- nm - mafic Oct 15, 20:45
- Wow!! That one in front could very well be my Dad!! Is there any ID or context at all? -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 20:37 1
  - Whoa, that’s pretty awesome! -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 22:30
Crucible...22 kills 7 captures 5.5 effeciacy -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 20:24 3
- As an example that this isn't the old IB, I had a level 9 as a teammate. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 15, 21:01 2
  - agreed. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 16, 06:53
  - Yup -- nm - Remlikindle Oct 15, 22:23
I saw three movies this weekend. Blade Runner 2049 was the best by far. But My Little Pony: The Movie wasn’t the worst. - Mop Oct 15, 20:21 1
- Way to admit your inner Brony -- nm - Bacon Oct 15, 20:26
Inhumans: And now Crystal’s wearing short-shorts and a tank top. Makes as much sense as anything else, I guess. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 20:09 1
- I am OK with this. They all picked new clothes. - Beryllium Oct 15, 20:13
Wow, the broadcast didn't even end before Michaels was already apologizing for the dumb Weinstein comment? -- nm - ty97 Oct 15, 20:03 6
- what's this, where? -- nm - Max Oct 15, 22:41 3
  - I just googled: Al Michaels Weinstein -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 22:52 2
    - That's a *lot* different than the Lorne Michaels Weinstein result I was imagining. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 22:55 1
      - I was afraid it was an SNL flub but given the timing, I assumed it was Sunday Night Football. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 23:09
- That was a bone-headed joke. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 15, 20:06 1
  - twitter went a little mental. -- nm - mud Oct 15, 20:07
Regardless of the effectiveness of Larry Flint’s ad, it’ll push Trump’s buttons. So... there’s that. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 19:58 1
- He should offer it for Donny's full tax returns, someone somewhere knows, but is afraid of loosing their pension, 10m in a swiss bank should cover it. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 16, 00:25
Melissa Etheridge has been busted at Canadian border for pot -- (link) - peglegpete Oct 15, 19:52 1
- To be clear, she was busted entering the U.S. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 19:53
Remlik, before you buy an iTunes movie, check to see that it qualifies. - Mop Oct 15, 19:51 5
- right on. thanks -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 20:11 3
  - FWIW, in my early experiments, every iTunes code has transferred to Vudu AND Movies Anywhere. - David Oct 15, 20:20 2
    - eh...don't care about my group. they buy nothing -- nm - Remlik Oct 15, 20:25 1
      - How many films do you have in your library right now? -- nm - David Oct 15, 20:40
- BTW, opening iTunes app on my iPad triggered propagation. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 19:54
Guess I'm going to Wendys tomorrow. -- nm - Tim Oct 15, 19:51 1
- It must be Monday! -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 19:52
So 'splain this to me. When the myVegas daily spin gives me Loyalty Points I get irritated because I have more than I can ever use.....but - Meg Oct 15, 19:51 2
- Party at the Bellagio! On Meg! -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 19:52 1
  - We're waiting to see what the comps are for April. They've been real stingy about weekend rooms. -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 20:10
The finale of Halt & Catch Fire came dangerously close to sucking. Spoilers - Mop Oct 15, 19:45 3
- I didn't get the closure I wanted for several characters, but the two episodes were excellent. -- nm* - David Oct 15, 20:11 2
  - it's like real life... never get closure. -- nm - colin Oct 15, 21:05 1
    - Really. Cause I’m feeling pretty Gordon right now. -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 22:30
Broncos say, we can lose as many starting WRs as you can Giants -- nm - Bacon Oct 15, 19:43
The Soviet Military Program that Secretly Mapped the Entire World -- (link) - Mop Oct 15, 19:43 1
- There’s a book you can buy, “The Red Atlas” -- nm - Mop Oct 15, 23:11

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