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Amazon and Google home devices were vulnerable to BlueBorne bluetooth hackery -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 15, 10:12
I kinda love this stuff. Kotaku seems to uncover a twitter user, now referenced by some big news agencies, that was pretending to be an EA employee -- (link) - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 15, 10:10
Just under an hour until the Destiny 2 Twitch stream. -- nm - Shaun Nov 15, 10:05 6
- Link? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 15, 10:35 2
  - ovich Chemofsky? -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 10:37
  - Here you go. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 15, 10:37
- about da dlc? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 15, 10:18 2
  - Aye! -- nm - Shaun Nov 15, 10:21 1
    - hmph. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 15, 10:27
Shep Smith and Sean Hannity live in different realities. That’s a problem for Fox News. - crash davis Nov 15, 10:03 2
- Oh man. Trumpers were losing their shit over Shep last night. -- nm - Jovian Nov 15, 10:05 1
  - Even though Shep and Chris Wallace have to know that they are the lipstick on a pig, I am going to give Shep credit here. -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 10:26
"You're brown, you know what I'm talking about with the kiddies, right? I love diversity." -- (link) - Reagen Nov 15, 09:40 8
- What a fvcking douche, lemon squeezy peezy. ..no, my mother named me Don Lemon. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 13:37
- I swear I kept waiting for "But you're Indian though?" -- nm - MDH Nov 15, 10:06
- His interview with Don Lemon on Friday was just as strange. - Dignan Nov 15, 09:58 1
  - counting coup, but for racists. -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 10:15
- Not everyone is an expert on the strange and forbidding customs of Canada. -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:44 2
  - i hear they also have interspecies marriage with wendigoes....nm - x Nov 15, 10:28 1
    - and I can't support that. Sasquatches, yes, but Wendigoes, never! -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 10:31
- Well that Ali guy has been to other countries! -- nm* - Shaun Nov 15, 09:43
"Why am I being charged for new window blinds?" "Because your dog destroyed them." - Spawn Nov 15, 09:40 1
- smh -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:43
I'm guessing Cohen's articles of impeachment against Trump are just bluster? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 09:36 15
- It took several dozen before the prospect of impeaching Nixon had enough support to force the resignation. -- nm - mara Nov 15, 10:01 4
  - But that was a different era where impeachment was taken seriously. - spamlet Nov 15, 10:18 3
    - Im frankly shocked that no one bothered to ever draw up articles of impeachment against Obama -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 15, 10:36 2
      - There wasn't? I know there were calls to impeach him of course but I really didn't pay attention beyond that. - spamlet Nov 15, 10:39 1
        
        Not according to the Wikipedia article on the subject. -- nm - znufrii Nov 15, 10:41
- It's a stupid short-sighted news story by a guy who's got all the strategic skills of a monkey playing Monopoly. - Will Hunting Nov 15, 09:46 6
  - Is it over Charlottesville or is this a different set of impeachment documents? -- nm - spamlet Nov 15, 09:59
  - I agree with Will. I think the intent is genuine and sincere, but short-sighted and a bit of political dumbf*ckery. - ReluctantCynic Nov 15, 09:55 4
    - I’m shocked to discover that a politician would make an empty legislative gesture to get himself a headline or two! -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 15, 10:02 3
      - You are of course less shocked to discover a Democrat can't think strategically. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 15, 10:02 2
        
        I figure that’s a prerequisite to one holding office. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 15, 10:08 1
        
        I refute the notion that liberals can't think strategically when so many have converted the entire universe into paperclips. -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 10:33
- Nope. He will be impeached next Friday. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:36 2
  - Bury it on Black Friday. People won't even notice. -- nm - volnelk Nov 15, 09:44
  - OK. But I assume that just means they'll be delivering an autographed can of peaches to him? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 15, 09:37
Leaked footage of DICE preparing for their reddit AMA today. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 15, 09:32
B2 Summary: Pippy is sending a girl flowers. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:32 2
- I'm trying to unruin porn -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 09:40
- and she liked it -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:33
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 15, 09:24 [youtube] 5
- That actress with the green eyes at the beginning of the trailer is just stunning. I wonder why I haven't seen her in other films. -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:27 3
  - I worry about you sometimes. -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 09:28 2
    - Wait, was she underage? -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:29 1
      - ^5 - crash davis Nov 15, 09:32
- I have a feeling *this* movie would be better than Justice League. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:26
Re b2 Pippy Flowers--1800 flowers has a pretty big delivery mark-up...Always $10-$20 more expensive than calling direct in my experience. -- nm - Flavorize Nov 15, 09:22 2
- Exactly. I used to send flowers to my mom in Canada and always just called a local florist. - Meg Nov 15, 09:33
- gracias - I went local -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 09:30
What do you get when you cross a joke and a rhetorical question? - spamlet Nov 15, 09:21
Star Wars: The Last Jedi International trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 15, 09:16 [youtube] 1
- I might go. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:20
CFPB Director Richard Cordray stepping down. Hello entrance to OH Governor race. -- nm - MDH Nov 15, 09:14 2
- I went to law school with him. -- nm - pmb Nov 15, 09:25
- I guess it’s better to do this than to wait for Congress to render your position irrelevant. - znufrii Nov 15, 09:19
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- It’s okay to quit reading terrible books. - Dark Callisto Nov 15, 10:14 1
  - its hard though - I feel like I need to see through a commitment. -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 10:20
- "JackDawson, soft on boogeyman attacks" -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 09:15 6
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    - Makes sense. -- nm - znufrii Nov 15, 09:26 4
      - I want to believe -- (link) - crash davis Nov 15, 09:41 [youtube] 3
        
        how about this? -- (pic) - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 10:23 [Attachment] 2
        
        and this! -- (pic) - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 10:24 [Attachment] 1
        
        I want it. :) Is Broken Bow a cool town? It has a cool name. -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 10:35
Finally got around to watching Honor and Glory. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 15, 09:13 [youtube]
Man of Steel easter egg. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 15, 08:55 6
- ZS: "Sure, that sounds good enough to cover up my inability to write a coherent scene." -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 15, 09:24
- "Whales aren't fish." -- nm - Mark Whatney Nov 15, 09:08
- that would have been cool if it actually were in the movie. -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 09:02 1
  - But... rumors!!! -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:02
- Nice rewrite of history, there. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 08:59 1
  - not really been rumored for a long time that was the case. Like Peter meeting Tony at the Stark World's Fair in Iron Man 2 or 3 -- nm - Remlik Nov 15, 09:00
LIR: Pippy, I try to go with a local florist whenever possible. I just Google a couple florists near the delivery point. - ReluctantCynic Nov 15, 08:52 1
- great points - thanks. I went with a local florist. price points seem about the same - which is fine. -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 09:00
E.L.O. with Jeff Lynne is pretty much a must go concert, right? -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 08:50 41
- I know like three songs by them. Pretty enough, but definitely not my thing. - con_carne Nov 15, 09:45 2
  - I am sure you know a lot more than 3 songs. -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 09:59 1
    - That's usually the case in matters like this -- nm - con_carne Nov 15, 10:02
- Saw them twice way back when. Would love to see them again. -- nm - Amoxy Nov 15, 09:21
- OFFS - the nearest to me is either Oakland or Denver -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:16 5
  - Toldja. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:19 4
    - but according to this ticket site Katy Perry will be 4 1/2 hours away from me on Nov 24 -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:22 3
      - Well, there is that. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:23 2
        
        I'm a tad disappointed that Trish didn't want me to get Foo tickets for December. They are actually willing to come within an hour of me. -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:25 1
        
        They'll be back. They tour almost every year. -- nm - jnine Nov 15, 09:31
- meh -- nm - JaxSean Nov 15, 09:05 16
  - this surprises me - you are so musically eclectic, you'd be down for it. tickets won't be cheap though -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 09:10 2
    - They're also coming nowhere near here. - JaxSean Nov 15, 09:58 1
      - heh to the IM - Boston plays at local casinos and seem to do well but not my list of must see - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 10:01
  - Come on, grandpa. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:06 12
    - Sean is waiting for the Glenn Miller tour. -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 09:06 11
      - No groiny, he is anti-old. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:07 1
        
        I'm old that with the exception of Tool or NIN, I'm not going to an arena show at this point. - JaxSean Nov 15, 10:01
      - I don't have anyone left on my concert bucket list, I don't think. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 15, 09:07 8
        
        Lynne has not toured with ELO in like 30 years. -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 09:12
        
        Pelican212? nm - Dignan Nov 15, 09:11 2
        
        *googles* Huh, I thought you were just making sh!t up. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 15, 09:49 1
        
        If they didn't exist we'd have to invent them. - Dignan Nov 15, 10:01
        
        Led Zeppelin? -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:09 3
        
        Not without Bonham. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 15, 09:35 1
        
        your hidden IM answered my next question -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:38
        
        Page/Plant is as close as I will ever get. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:10
- absolutely - when are they coming to Idaho? -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:02 1
  - I think the closest show to you is... England. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:05
- ~A place where nobody dared to go, the love that we came to know, they call it Xanadu~ - Spawn Nov 15, 09:01
- Hell YES - -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 09:00 3
  - thanks for the heads up - I'm going -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 09:03 2
    - in dallas - not IL - haa -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 09:03 1
      - dammit -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 09:06
- Yes. When are they coming? -- nm - pmb Nov 15, 08:56 6
  - tickets go on sale Friday, they are coming August. -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 08:58 5
    - I guess there is an American Express pre-sale going on today. - groiny Nov 15, 09:13 4
      - we have one but I have no idea how to get the promo code for it -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 09:15 3
        
        I think you just need an am-ex card to buy tickets -- nm - groiny Nov 15, 09:16 2
        
        Am-Ex, it is everywhere you want to be. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:33
        
        hmmm - I will try this tonight -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 09:31
NYT - Review: ‘Justice League,’ Better Than the Last One! - crash davis Nov 15, 08:49 5
- "The hoodie he sometimes wears, which can’t help but evoke Trayvon Martin," - groiny Nov 15, 08:56
- "The bar could scarcely have been lower given that the previous movie" -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 08:53
- NYT RECOMMENDATION Justice League / Justice League Unlimited - crash davis Nov 15, 08:52 2
  - Logan and I watched them together. We had to skip some as they were removed from Netflix but we hit all the high points. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 08:54
  - WB has always wanted a ridiculous price for JLU but this month it is on sale on VUDU so I picked up both seasons. -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 08:53
Russia's 'irrefutable evidence' of US help for Isis appears to be video game still - crash davis Nov 15, 08:31 7
- The sad thing is Russia wouldn't even be in Syria if Obama had a set a balls when it came to Syria. -- nm* - Jovian Nov 15, 08:38 6
  - To be clear, Russia did not step in until waay after his Red Line comment. - Jovian Nov 15, 08:59 1
    - I think you're ascribing way too much power to Obama's potential statements, and underestimating by far Russia's strategic interests. -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 09:17
  - The Assad regime is Russia's main ally in the Middle East, so Russia would be there regardless. -- nm - Roger More Nov 15, 08:48
  - I find that difficult to believe. Syria has always been their back yard. -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 08:48
  - "We've secretly replaced cranky old Jovian with cranky old John McCain. Let us see if anyone notices." -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 08:43 1
    - I only partially resemble that remark! - Jovian Nov 15, 08:45
Aliens are only 11 light years away -- (link) - decline Nov 15, 08:26 13
- Life ( the movie) spoils - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 15, 08:38
- *launches paperclip probe* -- nm - znufrii Nov 15, 08:36 1
  - *starts composing an appropriate threnody to commemorate the battle* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 15, 08:46
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  - I have these mushrooms... -- nm - Reagen Nov 15, 09:11
  - 11 years isn't close if they could travel at the speed of light? Next you're going to say Climate Change isn't your problem! -- nm - JaxSean Nov 15, 09:04
  - I often wonder how we will ever surmount the very real problem of communications over distances. Even if you manage to warp speed a ship somewhere, - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 15, 08:59 3
    - Subspace relays the send communications at warp speed. All without packet loss. - sycor Nov 15, 09:03 1
      - Ok Spock -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 15, 09:04
    - worm holes -- nm - decline Nov 15, 08:59
  - they could already be here! -- nm - decline Nov 15, 08:54
  - Twenty five Earth minutes at Warp Four, seems close to me. -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 08:34 1
    - A hop, skip and a (light-speed) jump. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 08:35
Legends of Tomorrow was great fun last night (season really - big guest next week...spoils - Beaker Nov 15, 08:25 4
- When we switched to Directv I had it download season 2. I started to watch and just couldn't. It finally hit me. - Spawn Nov 15, 08:28 3
  - legends is a lot of fun. -- nm - Remlik Nov 15, 08:59 2
    - I watched all of season 1. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:01 1
      - it got better every season. The last one with the villains from Flash and Arrow was fantastic fun -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 10:23
We can preorder Echo devices here now. December 5th release date. -- (link*) - Shaun Nov 15, 08:25 2
- If you order the Echo from Telus, they'll chip in a 1 year Prime subscription. That's pretty decent. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 15, 08:32
- amanda has a ton of them she wants to sell -- nm - decline Nov 15, 08:27

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