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Someone should check to see if these copyright measures made it into the stimulus bill. -- (link) - Mop Dec 21, 22:04 1
- sounds like it would be felony violation of the copyright to tell what they wrote -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 22:14
Daniella Pineda looks so much like Northern Exposure-era Janine Turner at times. -- nm - David Dec 21, 21:57
The plan was to finish up a newsletter column tonight. Didn't happen - WTH have I been doing instead? -- nm - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 21, 21:55 2
- I had a lot of things I should have been doing. But I feel tired and cold. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 22:14
- that wine ain't drinking itself -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 22:01
So somehow, we've used all 1.2 TB of data on our Xfinity plan for December already, with 9 days to go. - JaxSean Dec 21, 21:46 14
- Do you watch Amazon Prime Video? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 22:10 2
  - sure, we stream all of them; netflix, hbogo, amazon prime. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 21, 22:11 1
    - The reason I ask is that I think Prime's default resolution is about 7gb/hr. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 22:53
- is your wifi open or password protected? maybe your neighbors are pirating? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 21:57 2
  - google for a site that can run a scan of your 'ports and sockets' to see if your computer is being used as a zombie relay -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 21:58 1
    - you stay away from my ports and sockets! -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 22:11
- Terabyte? For realsises? -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 21:48 5
  - yup -- (pic) - JaxSean Dec 21, 21:51 [Attachment] 4
    - I don't really know about this stuff, so an ignorant guess: could a neighbor be stealing wi-fi or a daughter's boyfriend be accessing the account? -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 21:55 3
      - Nah, we do have it fairly secure. - JaxSean Dec 21, 22:10 1
        
        Hopefully it is just a mistake like David said. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 22:12
      - Nah. It is probably Russians. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 22:01
- Often, it's a mistake. Contact them. They should give you a courtesy extension. -- nm - David Dec 21, 21:47 1
  - The first 50gb over is no charge, but after that, they're charging $10 per 50GB, up to $100 max. - JaxSean Dec 21, 21:53
$4 Billion Down, $8 Billion to Go: The Stimulus Temporarily Saves the Subway -- (link) - ty97 Dec 21, 21:40
Started ‘Flight Attendant’ completely blind and that was NOT what I expected the first episode to be like. At all. Cool though. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 21, 21:36 3
- The "flashback" technique is something I've never seen before. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 21:38 2
  - That's when they replay a memory as a scene that takes place in the past. -- nm - Mop Dec 21, 22:00
  - They use a time-lapse twice in one episode. - David Dec 21, 21:58
Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes 'next level' battery technology - sources -- (link) - ty97 Dec 21, 20:50 4
- Apple's not gonna dick around when they launch, and consumers are gonna eat it up. - Mop Dec 21, 21:34 3
  - I wouldn't mind getting one of the very first, to resell on ebay to the Apple cultists -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 21:47 2
    - wouldn't it already cost twice as much as any other EV? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 22:00 1
      - But it will be worth it. Because Tim Cook and Mop said so. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 22:02
"passenger forced open a cabin door while his Delta Air Lines flight was taxiing at LGA, eventually sliding out with his companion and service dog" -- (link) - ty97 Dec 21, 20:45 22
- I always tell my friend, an ex-flight attendant, that I'm worried about someone doing this at 30,000 feet and she always tells me it can't happen. Ha -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 21:04 13
  - It's all but impossible to do at altitude due to the design of the door and differential between pressurized cabin and the much lower pressure outside - JD Dec 21, 21:14 12
    - That's what she says. I bet an angry, drunk, 400 pound Samoan could prove otherwise. -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 21:16 10
      - Close to 24000 lbs of force required at speed -- (link) - Reagen Dec 21, 21:22 9
        
        Are you calling The Rock a bitch? -- nm - David Dec 21, 21:33
        
        So, this is like Charlie Brown and you're the teacher, and all I hear is wah wah wah. I will still worry about it. -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 21:24 7
        
        Well, I guess you'll just have to have your bottles of wine at the ready -- nm - JD Dec 21, 21:25 6
        
        Vodka for this one. -- nm - jnine Dec 21, 21:27 5
        
        Not to drink - JD Dec 21, 21:32 4
        
        I was on a 7 am flight from Vegas to NY with a bunch of huge guys who had been at a pipe fitters convention and had stayed up drinking all night. The - jnine Dec 21, 21:40 3
        
        yikes -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 22:11 2
        
        I'm not worried about the door part (it would have happened by now if it was possible). But that's just a bad flight experience -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 22:11 1
        
        One of the guys was smashing into it and looked like he was going to open it and then some people were screaming and I was thinking this wasn't the - jnine Dec 22, 00:00
    - Also trying to open the door against 500 mph winds. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 21:16
- I hope the dog is okay -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Dec 21, 20:53
- I know there are several things wrong with this. Still, I'd like to see a dog use the slide. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 20:52 6
  - I am here for you, friend -- (link) - ty97 Dec 21, 20:54 [youtube] 5
    - I like to think this cat has an action theme playing in its head -- (link) - Reagen Dec 21, 21:10 [youtube] 1
      - Cats are so effen weird that I can't help but love them. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 21:15
    - God bless you for this. -- nm - David Dec 21, 21:02
    - This is one of the most awesome videos ever. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 20:56 1
      - That dog is *so* happy -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 20:58
Senate passed the $900B COVID Stimulus Bill (91-7). House Vote was 359-53 -- (link*) - budice Dec 21, 20:23 16
- Did the corporate meals tax break survive? -- nm - Mop Dec 21, 21:35
- Looks like we're getting two new Smithsonian Museums -- nm - MDH Dec 21, 21:21 7
  - Which means I'll have more Smithsonian junk mail to ignore. I support the Native American Museum and get constant membership mailings from Smithsonian -- nm - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 21, 21:32
  - I'm all for that, and I don't even know what they will focus on. 😺 -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 21:23 5
    - They should build one for Nicolas Cage movies. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 21:26 2
      - "The Smithsonian Museum of Shit That Nicolas Cage Found". I'd buy a ticket. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 21:29 1
        
        "What's that sound?" "Oh, that's the freakout room." -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 21:30
    - American Women's History Museum and Museum of the American Latino -- nm - MDH Dec 21, 21:26 1
      - cool, thanks for the info -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 21:27
- There is something in there about the Dalai Lama's reincarnation apparently? -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 20:28 5
  - Big hitter, the Lama -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 21, 20:40 1
    - Keeping the Higher Power options open in case one is actually The One -- nm* - budice Dec 21, 20:42
  - China says they get to pick the next one, Dalai Lama says no. US has said in the past they're with the Dalai Lama. looks like just a reiteration. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 20:32 2
    - ah, ok. Strange bill for it, but okay -- nm - ty97 Dec 21, 20:39 1
      - seems like "inoffensive, universally agreed upon, tack it on so we don't have to have a special vote." -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 22:11
- Page 4545: Donald Trump is now the emperor supreme of america. Quoth the emperor, "SURPRISE, BEACHES!" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 20:26
Imagine what Joe Burrow would have done to them tonight. -- nm - David Dec 21, 20:20 3
- Browns are the favourite to win the division now, no? -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 20:45 2
  - Pitt still has a one-game lead with two games left and beat the Browns in the first match-up. - David Dec 21, 20:49 1
    - Colts vs Pitt next week and Jets/Browns. Steelers are an absolute wreck—not sure what’s going on—Big Ben playing through an injury? Back issues?? -- nm - flavorize Dec 21, 20:52
Id kick the FG -- nm - budice Dec 21, 20:17
holy smokes, Steelers -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 21, 20:13
the Carolina/49'ers game is ONLY on Amazon Prime?????????? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 21, 20:05
Ali's Pissed. -- (link) - mud Dec 21, 19:43 1
- What about Kate? -- nm - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 21, 19:54
Trish received a gift basket from Knoxville tonight. She is going to be thrilled! Thank you so much! -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 19:22 8
- You were driving Kim crazy by not answering the polls! - David Dec 21, 20:05 5
  - I apologize to Kim. I really couldn't think of anything. And most polls were conducted when I was away. And Hugo Chavez deleted my answers. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 20:09 4
    - Well, if there's anything else she wants, let us know! -- nm - David Dec 21, 20:19 3
      - She wants someone to slap Monica, the bitch nurse. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 20:20 2
        
        That was a bad joke given the season. I apologize. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 20:22
        
        Sorry, Kim has tiny arms that would never stretch that far. -- nm - David Dec 21, 20:21
- nice -- nm - budice Dec 21, 19:32
- sweet -- nm - mud Dec 21, 19:25
donnie vs mitch -- (link) - mud Dec 21, 19:18 6
- here is what was sent -- (link) - Jovian Dec 21, 19:34 1
  - :-] -- nm - mud Dec 21, 19:38
- Pat Robertson telling Trump to give it up. -- nm - Remlik Dec 21, 19:19 3
  - When you’ve lost the Christian Right.... -- nm - Pippy - Dec 21, 19:30 2
    - ...you must being doing something right. - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 21, 19:58
    - He was 'round when Jesus Christ Had his moment of doubt and pain Made damn sure that Pilate Washed his hands and sealed his fate -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 19:32
another brutally underthrown ball from that Bengals QB -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 19:11
I was having a grand time with my telescope until some young woman spotted me and drove over to park by me. She had to tell me that she read on Facebook that this meant Jesus was coming back. -- nm* - crash davis Dec 21, 19:09 13
- "it's pronounced Hey Zeus" -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 20:04
- “I hope so. I gave him 20 bucks to buy the beer!” -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 19:49 2
  - "Can you head down towards the truck stop and see if you see him? I'm getting cold waiting." -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 19:54 1
    - “I’m eager to what he can do with Miller Lite given that water into wine trick.” -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 19:59
- "That's right, he did. You just missed him." -- nm - Max Dec 21, 19:41
- I cannot imagine the thought process that makes you think you have to share that with a stranger in a field looking through a telescope. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 19:40 1
  - It baffled me as well. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 19:57
- Where was he in 1284 when this last happened? Maybe this is the start of a new Dark Ages, ya ever think of that you crazy ass? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 19:16 4
  - I tried to be as nice as possible, but in the summer I'm going to drive way out in the desert to be alone. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 19:27 3
    - no wonder I can't get a date, all the hot chicks are waiting for return of jesus -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 19:29 2
      - You shouldn't date women who want to believe everything they read on Facebook anyways. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 19:39 1
        
        odds are good but... -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 21:13
- Cheap camera phone mounting apparatus failed so I have no pictures to share. -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 19:10
GSN starts their annual 2 weeks of WHAT'S MY LINE and I'VE GOT A SECRET tonight at midnight pacific. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 21, 19:08
Should I drive in the dark and possible (but unlikely) slush to pick up my fluorescent light order? -- nm* - Beryllium Dec 21, 18:58 6
- (Even though it's less than 1km, I'm thinking it can wait until tomorrow) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 19:00
- Are you going to use it tonight? If not, I'd wait. -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Dec 21, 19:00 4
  - Good call. Only reason for doing it tonight would be to get the jellybeans I ordered at the same time. - Beryllium Dec 21, 19:01 3
    - You didn't mention the jellybeans. Definitely go out! ;-) -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Dec 21, 19:02 2
      - hrrmmm, jellybeans... -- nm - homer Dec 21, 19:03 1
        
        Mmm, gummi Venus ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 19:09
Texas Instruments! Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 21, 18:54
Somewhere this week, there was a FF Playoff game featuring Rams DEF vs Steelers DEF. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 21, 18:43
Mike Tomlin needs to start seriously thinking about benching Roethlisberger (nm) - Brian Dec 21, 18:31 3
- Mike Tomlin in the Steelers locker room right now -- (link) - budice Dec 21, 18:54 1
  - ! -- nm - mud Dec 21, 19:04
- I wonder if he is hiding an injury cause he has been terrible tonight -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 18:34
Moral of the story. Don’t dance on the logo. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 21, 18:29
Finley 5/7 75 yards, 1 TD, Roethlisberger 5/13 -2 yards, 1 Int -- nm - JD Dec 21, 18:29
House passed the $900 billion pandemic relief package -- (link) - budice Dec 21, 18:28
[snork] -- (link) - mud Dec 21, 18:27
this MNF game is drunk -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 21, 18:24
"You usually high-step into the end zone, don't ya?" -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 21, 18:23 1
- I think they are playing mad with Juju dancing on their emblem to start the game -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 18:23
sweet -- nm - mud Dec 21, 18:21 1
- CLEAR THE BENCHES! -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Dec 21, 18:22
I'll be interested to see the details on that support for music venues and museums. Will that extend to our little 501(c)3 organizations? - Mistletoe Meg 🎄🎅 Dec 21, 18:21 1
- I don't know if you're going to get funding, but here's the email they sent with details about what it covers. - jnine Dec 21, 21:26
director, we don't give a shit to see the ball being thrown. we want to see the close up of the reciever being hit by 3 of the defense -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 21, 18:15
both teams preferred play tonight seems to be running into the line at half speed -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 18:13
if the bengals were good they'd be up 21-0 right now -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 18:04 2
- good point -- nm - mud Dec 21, 18:08 1
  - and this is more a shot at the Steelers who look like dogshit -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 18:11
Ouch That looked like it stung a bit -- nm - JD Dec 21, 17:57 1
- I don't see how it wasn't a catch and fumble -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 17:58
Today I am the king of the hipsters. Just made myself an anaerobic Nigerian dwarf goat milk flat white. Also I have goats now. This is Evie. - mafic Dec 21, 17:46 [Attachment] 11
- Very very cute -- nm - crash davis Dec 21, 20:41
- She's so cute! -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Dec 21, 19:46
- She’s adorbs. You never go full hipster. - Pippy - Dec 21, 18:40 8
  - really flat white is just what Australians call lattes. they're pretty much identical. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 19:17 7
    - ok, but if you start drinking cat poop coffee we're gonna stage an intervention -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 19:24 6
      - had it last time I was in Bali. it's fine. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 19:26 5
        
        Ewwww -- nm - Pippy - Dec 21, 19:30 1
        
        *shrug* it's roasted. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 19:38
        
        was there anything distinctive about it? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 21, 19:30 2
        
        smoother than most other coffee I've had. less bitter. I think a lot depends on the quality of the beans pre-civet. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 19:37
        
        Cat. Poop. -- nm - Pippy - Dec 21, 19:31
Yea and Nay vote pending. -- nm - znufrii Dec 21, 17:46 3
- Are you not entertained?! -- nm - Qale Dec 21, 17:50 2
  - spoiler - znufrii Dec 21, 18:00 1
    - Though I'm very curious why they are having to vote on this in parts. -- nm - znufrii Dec 21, 18:01

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