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ST Broadway Trivia: There are 4 shows currently on Broadway that debuted pre-2010. 1 from 80s, 2 90s, and 1 2000s. Can you name them? -- nm - MDH Aug 19, 13:00 8
- Wicked -- nm - Diva Aug 19, 13:07 1
  - Correct, 2003. -- nm - MDH Aug 19, 13:08
- Lion King, probably. -- nm - Roger More Aug 19, 13:04 1
  - Correct, 1997. -- nm - MDH Aug 19, 13:08
- Phantom of the Opera. -- nm - Inigo Aug 19, 13:03 1
  - Correct, 1988. -- nm - MDH Aug 19, 13:08
- Chicago -- nm - peglegpete Aug 19, 13:01 1
  - Correct, the revival (current show) debuted in 1996. -- nm - MDH Aug 19, 13:02
GLOW: the Former WWE Women's champion AJ LEE joins..... - Remlik Aug 19, 12:44
never mind -- nm* - prayformojo Aug 19, 12:36 1
- Fine, be that way!!! -- nm* - Spawn Aug 19, 12:37
I can now build Ring Worlds and Dyson Spheres in my Stellaris game. - Jovian Aug 19, 12:29 2
- so much DLC - oblique Aug 19, 12:30 1
  - This is the first major expansion for it (Utopia Expansion) on the console. A couple of small DLCs prior to it too. - Jovian Aug 19, 12:41
Ok, need some of that sweet, sweet ST tech support. So - as I mentioned earlier - Cam's in the Netherlands. - Uncle Six Aug 19, 12:24 12
- Tell your son you ain't no punk b-word helicopter parent and he has to figure these things out himself! - Roger More Aug 19, 12:35 6
  - Well, stores are closed there right now. He's planning to go get a router tomorrow. - Uncle Six Aug 19, 12:40 5
    - If you help out on questions like this, hows he going to cope when he has questions he can’t ask you? - Roger More Aug 19, 13:01 3
      - Why can't he ask me that? nm - Uncle Six Aug 19, 13:03 2
        
        Jim, it's the Netherlands. - Will Hunting Aug 19, 13:24
        
        Because he wants a Eurotrip style sex dungeon, not a polite Midwestern values type sex dungeon. -- nm - Roger More Aug 19, 13:07
    - One of the brothers at my son's house works in the help desk on campus. Was pretty happy to hear my son is going to see about working there this - oblique Aug 19, 12:41
- Basically yes. I'd probably check in with the campus IT first to make sure they don't have any prohibitions on it or if they would prefer you just - oblique Aug 19, 12:29 4
  - Cool...thankee -- nm - Uncle Six Aug 19, 12:31 3
    - Wirecutter recommends this for the inexpensive side -- (link) - oblique Aug 19, 12:40 2
      - I just did some searching...apparently there's a Cool Blue store in The Hague where he can get one of these. - Uncle Six Aug 19, 12:46
      - very nice..thanks -- nm - Uncle Six Aug 19, 12:41
TIL Kiefer Sutherland is on tour -- (link) - oblique Aug 19, 12:23 1
- "caused him to cancel the remaining three stops on his European tour" - Spawn Aug 19, 12:25
Edward Norton and Matthew Perry both turned 50 this weekend. -- nm - Max Aug 19, 12:14 1
- Coincidence? -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 12:15
Destiny 2: Season of the Undying -- (link) - Shaun Aug 19, 12:12 [youtube] 4
- Destiny 2 : The Season of Uncaring. -- nm - groiny Aug 19, 12:22 3
  - It's all I play lately - J Aug 19, 12:27 2
    - I have not played an XBox game (more than once) since February. I debate firing up the Guardian. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 12:34
    - you should play Blackout! - groiny Aug 19, 12:29
do any of you have an external laptop monitor like this one? portable? -- (link) - amanda Aug 19, 12:07 3
- No, but I saw this one once and still think about getting it. -- (link) - pmb Aug 19, 12:13
- Yep - I have that exact one. It works well enough - good picture. Just don't drop it - the screen will break fairly easily -- nm - prayformojo Aug 19, 12:12 1
  - oh nice; thanks. (now I just have to figure out how to buy it in policy...) -- nm - amanda Aug 19, 12:14
Good riddance to now former officer Pantaleo. I wasn't expecting the commissioner to fire him but I'm very glad he did. - Krusty Aug 19, 12:07 2
- I mean - I'm glad he finally got shitcanned...but he's been earning 6 figures for 5 years after killing a dude. On camera. In broad daylight. nm - Uncle Six Aug 19, 12:18 1
  - Yup. He should have been fired years ago. There's a lot of rot in the NYPD that needs to be taken care of. - Krusty Aug 19, 12:22
Who is seeing The Evil Abyss? -- (link) - Spawn Aug 19, 12:06 [youtube] 3
- Ya know...much like the Hurricane Heist ....(spoils) - Will Hunting Aug 19, 12:20
- I'm trying to decide if I want to go see the Matrix re-release. Hey groiny! You want to go? -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 12:08 1
  - Semi-related: My theater is not having it, or I might. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 12:11
Sony buys Insomniac Games. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 19, 12:04
Ray tracing in Minecraft really changes the look of the game. -- (link) - Mop Aug 19, 12:03 [youtube]
I’m with Jack. Pretty meh on OUATIH. Spoilers. - Volnelk Aug 19, 11:59
The Morning Show trailer (Anniston, Carrell, Witherspoon, Duplass) -- (link) - Remlik Aug 19, 11:53 5
- That article making The Office comparisons is just weird. There is nothing in that trailer that seems reminiscent of The Office other than Steve - pmb Aug 19, 12:19 2
  - Oh come on. - Spawn Aug 19, 12:23
  - Exactly. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 12:20
- Pete! - Spawn Aug 19, 12:10
- Much more drama than comedy which is what I was hoping for with that cast. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 12:09
Tubefilter has a good perspective on the ViacomCBS merger: Even combined, ViacomCBS remains undersized compared to competitors... - Mop Aug 19, 11:34
lyc: Office Outage - Spectrum-Charter doesnt know where their Network device is -- nm - budice Aug 19, 11:32
Marvelous Ms. Maisel drops in December! -- (link) - Remlik Aug 19, 11:29 5
- spoiler - Diva Aug 19, 12:30
- Oh good! (spoilers) - Inigo Aug 19, 11:52
- yes! -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 11:49
- WOO! -- nm - Mop Aug 19, 11:47
- Someone catch her -- nm - rollo Aug 19, 11:43
All Japan Wrestling: Hellboy (Movies and comics) Will Make His Wrestling Debut In Japan -- (link*) - Remlik Aug 19, 11:20
its weird to me that a piece of tech from a large company came out at the end of July and I cant find reviews. - tRuMaN Aug 19, 11:14 5
- Here you go -- (link) - oblique Aug 19, 11:17 2
  - thats the one review I can find. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 19, 11:26 1
    - I follow that blog as he stays pretty up to date on Tivo, etc. - oblique Aug 19, 11:28
- You can't fool me, those are just random letters. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 11:17 1
  - isnt everything just random letters that sometimes we can decipher? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 19, 11:27
Faculty member stabbed to death in the parking lot at Cal.State.Fullerton. Looks like a personal targeted incident. -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 11:08 2
- Whaaaaaaat? (My sister is a faculty member there) -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 19, 12:40 1
  - Oops sorry. Asian male faculty member. What dept is she in? -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 13:08
Gears 5: 4k/60fps in the campaign on the X. -- nm - Shaun Aug 19, 11:06
LYC. Loved Come From Away so much we're gonna see it again before it leaves Chicago. Floor seats this time. -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 11:05 22
- Somewhat related, I just saw "Dear Evan Hansen." I was not impressed, at all. -- nm - MDH Aug 19, 11:33 12
  - Hmmm...bummer. We'll be seeing it in October, I think. -- nm - Uncle Six Aug 19, 11:52 11
    - Here's some of my thoughts: I'll try and avoid plot spoilers, but the plot is a mess so anyways... - MDH Aug 19, 12:17 3
      - You're not wrong about all of this. Still enjoyed it but you're not wrong -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 12:47
      - A lot of this things you allude to are the reasons I never felt compelled to go see this. (spoiler) - Diva Aug 19, 12:37 1
        
        OMG Diva, you used the words I almost put into my message, seriously. - MDH Aug 19, 12:43
    - We very much enjoyed it. -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 11:55 6
      - yeah, I really liked it. -- nm - groiny Aug 19, 12:11
      - Sweet. It's one of the ones on the season ticket schedule we're really looking forward to. nm -- nm - Uncle Six Aug 19, 11:58 4
        
        Looking at your upcoming season, I'd rank: Hamilton, The Band's Visit (awesome), Hello Dolly, DEH. Haven't seen: Summer, Cats, C&CF -- nm - MDH Aug 19, 12:23 3
        
        oooh, cool. We swapped out of Summer and traded those tix in for Jersey Boys. We've never seen it, so we're pretty excited about that one too. nm - Uncle Six Aug 19, 12:28
        
        The Band's Visit is stunning to be quite honest. -- nm - MDH Aug 19, 12:23 1
        
        I want to see this. -- nm - Diva Aug 19, 12:41
- i saw it this year on my birthday, and last year on my birthday. it's the best. -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 11:27
- Is this a South Park bit? -- (link*) - Spawn Aug 19, 11:26 1
  - *subscribes to your newsletter* -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 11:41
- I would like to see this, but the entertainment fund is pretty tapped right now. -- nm - Diva Aug 19, 11:25 2
  - The Music Man on-sale this October, that's my next show purchase I think. If I can get tickets. -- nm - MDH Aug 19, 11:44 1
    - My next paid tix are for SIX, Freestyle Love Supreme and Hugh Jackman. - Diva Aug 19, 12:41
- Ooh, that’s coming to Philly in October. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 19, 11:09 2
  - I think DC/Kennedy Center is the stop right after you! Second show of the next theater season. -- nm - MDH Aug 19, 11:34 1
    - If we weren’t seeing Hamilton next month and about to drop a significant figure on our kitchen renovation, I’d probably have already bought tickets. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 19, 11:47
gamescom Opening Night Live is streaming now. -- (link) - Shaun Aug 19, 11:00 [youtube] 1
- i find it amusing that Nvidia is hyping RTX for minecraft. - tRuMaN Aug 19, 11:03
Business Roundtable, representing 170 of the largest US corporations, admits that enriching shareholders is not the only purpose of business. -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Aug 19, 10:59
From B2: Man, don't mess with Disney people lest they send in the Murines. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 19, 10:50
You are now the Emperor of the known world, and can remove one Music album from existence, what would it be? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 19, 10:50 27
- Hotel California - Max Aug 19, 12:07
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication -- nm - Pippy, Xanadu resident Aug 19, 11:37 3
  - Really? - eag Aug 19, 11:43 1
    - I'm serious. I can't stand how much play this album still gets to this day. ENOUGH. -- nm - Pippy, Xanadu resident Aug 19, 11:46
  - 'Have you ever paid money to hear music performed by California funk rock band "The Red Hot Chili Peppers"?' -- nm - prayformojo Aug 19, 11:40
- Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke -- nm - eag Aug 19, 11:30 2
  - Overruled. No Blurred Lines, no Blurred Lines video. -- nm - rollo Aug 19, 11:31 1
    - here here -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 11:32
- I'm sure that third White Zombie album actually turned me into a worse person. Astro-Creep 2000 -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 11:11
- Kenny G's Christmas album: "Happy Birthday, Jesus! Hope you like Crap" -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 11:08
- Boston debut -- nm - mud Aug 19, 11:08
- Drake "Thank Me Later" for many reasons. AMong them, precursor to the mumble rap genre (which is awful), and started the streaming era. -- nm - MDH Aug 19, 11:06
- Whichever Kanye album had Bound 2. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 19, 11:00
- dunno. But this reminds me that I really disliked the soundtrack for Plus One. It was the one weakness of the movie, but it was really ugh -- nm - prayformojo Aug 19, 10:57
- Does this affect the timeline, e.g., any derived music fundamentally changes? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 10:53 2
  - nope - tRuMaN Aug 19, 10:54 1
    - no? then what good is it? -- nm - mud Aug 19, 11:52
- Whatever started Nickelback. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 10:53 4
  - as this isnt an album, you have now lost your position and must live in a world where Nickelback is the greatest band every known to human kind. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 19, 11:00 3
    - Considering I have never even heard that Old Time Road song, I bet I could survive that wasteland. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 11:02 2
      - I haven't either. -- nm - jnine Aug 19, 12:22
      - I join your cult of No Old Town Road and name you my messiah -- nm - rollo Aug 19, 11:06
- Whatever album Ace of Base made. -- nm - Mop Aug 19, 10:52 2
  - i believe they had more than 5 albums, so you just lost all your powers and have been replaced by Ace of Base as Emperor. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 19, 10:54 1
    - Yeah, that was why I said, "started". -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 10:57
- Pass. The Emperor is benevolent and understands different strokes for different folks. That said, I ain't listening to any fucking reggaeton -- nm - rollo Aug 19, 10:52 1
  - Heh -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 11:07
That Stadia Connect didn't help anything. Here are games that are everywhere else that you still have to buy anyway! - Shaun Aug 19, 10:50 1
- it really should have just been $20 a month with a free library of like 200 games or something. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 19, 11:03
Mario Brothers movie has an extended cut! -- (link) - Remlik Aug 19, 10:29 6
- Speaking of, do we yet know ho much footage will be added to SMFFH for the re-release? -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 10:58
- Fuck that. Check out this sidebar story from a girl's Bill & Ted Make-a-Wish. -- (link) - Mop Aug 19, 10:38
- In this deleted scene, you can identify the precise moment Bob Hoskins lost what remained of his sense of shame. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 19, 10:33 3
  - Drugs make everything better. -- nm - Mop Aug 19, 10:37 2
    - Except, apparently, Super Mario Bros. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 19, 10:58 1
      - Can't improve on perfection. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 11:15
LIR: Thanks for the well wishes on B2, everyone. - ReluctantCynic Aug 19, 10:26 1
- How will he ever get re-elected without you!!? - jnine Aug 19, 14:09
OMG: Farming Simulator on Stadia! -- nm - Shaun Aug 19, 10:23 5
- Well ... hot damn ... - ReluctantCynic Aug 19, 10:41 4
  - They're up to version *19* of this game?! -- nm - Mop Aug 19, 10:44 3
    - No, but would you be surprised that it is the 11th version? The game originally came out in 2008. -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 11:02
    - no. its the 2019 farming simulator, not the 19th edition. - tRuMaN Aug 19, 10:53 1
      - It has the option of letting you try to get Trump money. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 11:00
Disney + reveals which devices on launch it will work on... - Remlik Aug 19, 10:23 9
- And not on my Tivo either apparently -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 11:02 3
  - Tivos are still around? -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 11:03 2
    - Certainly. I use mine for everything. Record OTA HD out of Chicago plus Netflix/Amazon/Hulu/Vudu -- nm - oblique Aug 19, 11:04 1
      - I thought David shuttered the company a while back. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 12:46
- Heh. And here we just replaced our roku stick with a fire stick -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 10:50
- No Samsung Smart TV? Meh. -- nm* - Super Daddy Princess Aug 19, 10:27 1
  - Get with the program, Roku up - con_carne Aug 19, 10:46
- "EEEVERYONE!" -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 10:26 1
  - Yep. Pretty much. Memo to Tivo, though... - Mop Aug 19, 10:27
Mortal Kombat 11 is coming to Stadia. That's a fairly solid addition. They must be pretty confident in Stadia's backbone. -- nm - Shaun Aug 19, 10:21
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Official trailer -- (link) - Shaun Aug 19, 10:15 [youtube]

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