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Thanks NBCOlympics.com headline in 40 pt font. Now I don't need to watch that curling match from last night. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 10:28 4
- The site *always* includes live / the latest results. That's like griping that ESPN had the live Super Bowl score because you were DVRing it -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 10:30 3
  - Mop's just annoyed he's been scooped on breaking new news *again* - Max Feb 8, 10:35
  - There's probably 40 hours of coverage every day, during the Olympics. THAT'S the headline they needed to have at the top of their page? -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 10:32 1
    - It's the biggest USA-centric headline of the moment so yes -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 10:35
Currently chilling in the fridge -- (link) - ty97 Feb 8, 10:15 2
- Who'd you have roast the corn for you? -- nm - Max Feb 8, 10:17 1
  - That one doesn't have roasted corn it, just regular corn. - ty97 Feb 8, 10:18
I don't know enough about Kim Possible to know: who would be the perfect cast for it? -- nm - Max Feb 8, 10:14 5
- Allison Mack? before she went psycho cult -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 10:28
- Alyson Hannigan? -- nm - Max Feb 8, 10:27
- a back-in-the-day Sarah Michelle Gellar -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 10:20 1
  - Not cute enough. SMG is good looking, but you need a really classic girl-next-door. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Feb 8, 10:25
- Jennifer Garner -- nm - IrishStephen Feb 8, 10:19
We're going through a password policy change here at work after an incident. I've been sending out emails to tell people to change their password, etc - just oblique Feb 8, 10:03 2
- Get one of those Self-Service Password Reset Tools -- (link) - budice Feb 8, 10:11 1
  - :) I have their mobile product in place. If they can't figure out how to change a password on a PC - just oblique Feb 8, 10:12
Pistons acquire Jameer Nelson from Bulls, James Ennis from Grizzlies -- (link) - Beaker Feb 8, 09:49 2
- Cleveland is trading Dwayne Wade to Miami -- nm - budice Feb 8, 10:13
- Hawks should trade Baze or Schroeder if they can get anything for them. #tankfortrey -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 09:54
Florida Boy comes through for the win! -- (link) - Mop Feb 8, 09:47
How much do you suppose Simon Pegg was paid for his most recent Star Trek and M:I roles? -- nm - Max Feb 8, 09:25 13
- As writer for Trek he could probably expect 2.5% of budget -- nm - LMS Feb 8, 09:41 5
  - Which would be ~$4.6 mill. (Presumably split with his co-writer.) -- nm* - Ender Feb 8, 09:59 2
    - Yep, it would be split equally among credited writers. -- nm - LMS Feb 8, 10:02 1
      - Then at the end of the year, if you figured the tax wrong, they make you pay out of your own pocket! -- (edited) - Max Feb 8, 10:07
  - Specifically or is that industry standard now? That seems a bit high and loose compared to what it used to be. -- nm - Max Feb 8, 09:46 1
    - it'll vary on type of film (I went middle range), and they'd be a cap, it's typical to get a small percentage of net profits too - LMS Feb 8, 09:58
- At a guess, high six figures for each. -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 09:33 1
  - low 7 figs -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 09:40
- More than he got for Robot Chicken. -- nm* - Spawn Feb 8, 09:31
- Are you counting his ST writer salary? -- nm - Ender Feb 8, 09:29 2
  - ("Simon Pegg writes for Slackertalk??! oh.") -- nm - Max Feb 8, 09:31 1
    - ScottTrade -- nm - Spawn Feb 8, 09:32
- I'm gonna say like $2-3 mil. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 09:28
Pippy (and others): see the 30 Seconds to Mars tour info? - JaxSean Feb 8, 09:22 4
- thank you so much!! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 8, 09:27 3
  - Yup. I preordered the digital download and got a unique code for presale tix on 2/12 instead of 2/16. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 09:31 2
    - "This deal is getting worse all the time." -- nm - Spawn Feb 8, 09:33 1
      - I *hate* all the different Presales there are for tickets now - that is, unless I can be a part of them. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 09:40
Cleveland is sending Isaiah Thomas, Channing Frye and a 1st rounder to the Lakers for Clarkson and Nance -- nm - decline Feb 8, 09:12 10
- Cleveland is trading Dwayne Wade to Miami -- nm - budice Feb 8, 10:13
- Isaiah Thomas stock dropped harder than Bitcoin. -- nm - budice Feb 8, 09:41 1
  - between dumping him and Fultz; Danny Ainge looks like a God. -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 09:46
- So, the Lakers are giving up on Lebron? - Will Hunting Feb 8, 09:15 6
  - Both of the players they got are on expiring deals. They will have even more of a shit ton of money for next year now -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 09:52 3
    - That's true. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 10:01
    - *nod* This. The most probable version is that Thomas won't be with the Lakers after this season -- nm - JD Feb 8, 09:56 1
      - It's a bizarre move. Both teams made the trade in an effort to get Lebron next season. -- nm - volnelk Feb 8, 10:06
  - Getting ready for no Kevin Love. -- nm - Spawn Feb 8, 09:24
  - This was what I was joking about here -- (link) - Reagen Feb 8, 09:23 [Backboard]
YDC: In February this is travel the bf and I have for work: Me: Cincy, Birmingham, Pittsburgh. Him: Kazakhstan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Idaho. He wins. -- nm - MDH Feb 8, 09:00 26
- Where the hell is Hong Kong, Idaho? I thought I knew most of the towns. -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 09:26
- Cincinnati puts it over the top for you. -- nm - volnelk Feb 8, 09:08
- Also, we need an ST HongKongPalooza -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 09:02 10
  - I'd be up for that. - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 09:05 9
    - oh and RC - ty97 Feb 8, 10:12
    - I love HK. And it's surprisingly cheap to get there from the US. - ty97 Feb 8, 10:02
    - are there casinos in Macau? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 8, 09:07 6
      - It's the Vegas of Asia. Wynn Resorts makes 75% of its money there -- nm* - ty97 Feb 8, 10:01
      - Hell to the yes. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 09:11
      - Not only are there casinos in Macau ... - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 09:09 2
        
        Oh. MY. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 8, 09:15 1
        
        To be fair, everything’s pretty torrid in the summer in Macau. -- nm - Qale Feb 8, 09:22
      - Yep.. -- nm - Marlowe Feb 8, 09:08
- Birmingham AL or Birmingham UK? (But either way, you still lose) -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 09:01 5
  - Hey, Birmingham UK has more canals than Venice! - LMS Feb 8, 09:07 2
    - "ditches" -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 09:55
    - Sure, but then you have to spend your time in the canals looking at Birmingham. -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 09:11
  - AL. -- nm - MDH Feb 8, 09:02 1
    - You can be my bodyguard. -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 09:03
- He wins by a lot. -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 09:01 5
  - every single one of his flights this month is United too. -- nm - MDH Feb 8, 09:03 4
    - That just might be worse than being rerouted through New Jersey. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 09:07
    - hrm,that changes the equation. :) -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 09:03 2
      - Though if this is business (i.e. work paying) they might spend enough to get him some status, which is nice -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 09:04 1
        
        Here's hoping. Turkey is up in March, so I'm like "find another United flight" -- nm - MDH Feb 8, 09:06
- he's going to some amazing places! Idaho!! -- nm - decline Feb 8, 09:01
Okay let's talk about Altered Carbon--Holy Crap that one STer was right.. - Matrix_Mafia Feb 8, 08:50 5
- I am finding it kind of slow. I keep getting squirreled and not paying attention. (am also on Episode 2) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 09:12 1
  - It's crawling for sure. -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Feb 8, 09:19
- I really appreciate the gratuitous nudity and sex. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 09:04 2
  - It's never gratuitous.. - Marlowe Feb 8, 09:07 1
    - It's very tuitous. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 09:25
SlackerTalk 2018-02-08 Outage: Root Cause Analysis and Post Mortem -- (edited) - Beryllium Feb 8, 08:50 5
- interesting. I had a similar problem for awhile w/ a server where it was not setting the default gateway on reboot -- nm - decline Feb 8, 09:09
- It gave me time to freak out about my film-going schedule during Carnaval.. - Marlowe Feb 8, 09:04
- Me and ST have a lot in common then with that Root Cause. -- nm - Qale Feb 8, 09:01
- Just as long as you committed seppuku, it’s fine. -- nm - David Feb 8, 08:57
- thank you - sounds complicated. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 8, 08:52
Eagles! It has been deleted but it was majestic. -- nm* - Spawn Feb 8, 08:47 4
- Deleted. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 09:02
- Nice! -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 08:50
- there's a nude guy at the Eagles parade who has covered his body in cream cheese. "we covered the spread so now the spread's covered me!" -- (link) - decline Feb 8, 08:48 1
  - pics!?! -- nm - Moop Feb 8, 08:48
I really really really hate this trend of a 5 second flash of clips before a trailer - Reagen Feb 8, 08:42 1
- I honestly will be expecting a dance routine out of him. -- nm - Spawn Feb 8, 08:44
WW Box Office Update (it's big!): Jumanji may hit $900M, Coco crosses $700M & Post $100M. Showman nears $300M, Maze Runner $200M, 3BB/Commuter $100M - MDH Feb 8, 08:42 14
- we still have the last jedi. wow. -- nm - amanda Feb 8, 08:47 1
  - We have All the Money in the World at one of mine still (leaves today though). No Star Wars here effective tomorrow. -- nm - MDH Feb 8, 08:54
- Also, ST can be honest - do you all care about this? Or is a post I should stop? -- nm - MDH Feb 8, 08:44 11
  - I care, particularly when one of my films makes the list. -- nm - LMS Feb 8, 10:01
  - I like it -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 09:48
  - I love it. never stop never stopping! -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 09:48
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  - I like it -- nm - Max Feb 8, 09:15
  - Take it to the Mov-- ... nah, I care. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 09:06
  - I care -- nm - decline Feb 8, 09:04
  - I care. is that enough? -- nm - amanda Feb 8, 08:45 1
    - 1 is enough ;-) Thanks you three! -- nm - MDH Feb 8, 08:46
  - I like it. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 8, 08:45
  - Take it to the Movies Board! - Spawn Feb 8, 08:44
btw, whoever's job it was to remind me that Rise and Fall was released yesterday is fired, soooo Fired -- nm - just oblique Feb 8, 08:40 7
- hey kilbo - decline Feb 8, 08:47
- nmbKilbo - Epiphany Feb 8, 08:46 2
  - They're down -- (link) - just oblique Feb 8, 08:46 1
    - I'm not going to put it out in the air - but you know what I'm thinking - Epiphany Feb 8, 08:51
- Too soon! I still haven't played all the released civs yet. -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 08:45
- It was released today, and I've been yammering about this for a while. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 08:40 1
  - Steam says 2/7 but whatever. I'm downloading it now :) - just oblique Feb 8, 08:42
"We’re excited to let you know that as of Monday, February 26, your Scottrade brokerage account will transition to TD Ameritrade." - ty97 Feb 8, 08:34 12
- It's beeon on their log-in page for 3 months :) -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 08:40 3
  - I haven't made a trade in my Scottrade account in probably at least six. -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 08:40 2
    - just checked, looks like 2/11/16 was my last trade in Scottrade. I've just been letting it ride. -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 08:42 1
      - In fact, I didn't buy/sell in any of my brokerage accounts in 2017 (other than automatic dividend reinvestment) - ty97 Feb 8, 08:47
- That's what happens when two companies love each other very much. - spamlet Feb 8, 08:35 7
  - I don't think I realize this merger even happened. -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 08:35 6
    - It was big news here because ST was founded here. - spamlet Feb 8, 08:38 5
      - I admit Scottrades's interface was.......well.....you know. But I've never used TD Ameritrade. - ty97 Feb 8, 08:43 3
        
        I saw it yesterday( step dad is a penny stock guy), I like way better than stupid Etrade -- nm - Epiphany Feb 8, 08:44 2
        
        I haven't used my Etrade account in many years. It has $21 cash in it. - ty97 Feb 8, 08:54 1
        
        they suck - I've yet to do one single trade with them -- nm - Epiphany Feb 8, 09:02
      - ST was founded in Canada, I thought. -- nm - Spawn Feb 8, 08:39
ST Poll: What did you do during the nightmarish ST outage of February 8th, 2018 to stay sane? -- (pic) - just oblique Feb 8, 08:31 [Attachment] 4
- It ain't over yet - SSL is still busted. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 08:44 1
  - OK, it's over. SSL is fixed now. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 08:47
- I was in a meeting. what did I miss?? -- nm - amanda Feb 8, 08:34
- I actually had to work - the gall. Bery, I will never forgive you! - Epiphany Feb 8, 08:32
Sneaker online marketplace GOAT buying Flight Club and raising $60m. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 8, 08:28 7
- Flight Club is so overpriced. Their sneakers are marked up by a lot compared to online sites. -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 09:50
- I thought that said “Fight Club” and I got really excited. I want a real Fight Club... or is there one, already? -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 09:03
- I've literally never heard of either of these companies. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 08:32 4
  - I check GOAT nearly daily. They're a sneaker app for the latest releases. -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 09:44 1
    - I buy one pair of shoes a year typically. I'm actually due - just oblique Feb 8, 09:53
  - I really should have put the Krusty signal on this. I only know them because I went down a rabbit hole one time on this. -- nm - spamlet Feb 8, 08:34 1
    - 👍🏻:-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 09:44
it's totally possible -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 08:26 4
- I'm skeptical. -- nm - volnelk Feb 8, 08:27 3
  - It *could* be bunnies. -- nm - Spawn Feb 8, 08:29 2
    - It's not about the bunnies! Wait... IS it about the bunnies?! -- nm - Deputy Hawk Feb 8, 09:21
    - The *might * be giants. -- nm - mara Feb 8, 08:40

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