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HSX: You can't just leave your port open. Your log in gets timed out after being inactive for a bit. -- nm - lileve Jun 26, 10:40 1
- Yep - and it's a pretty short timeout, too -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 10:44
Really sad, imo. Pics of some species of sharks that are endangered. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 26, 10:39 2
- agreed. although I don't know if "globally vulnerable to extinction" means endangered or not. -- nm - zork Jun 26, 10:44 1
  - Have you watched Sharkwater yet? Some of the things in that movie are absolutely disgusting. -- nm - Shaun Jun 26, 10:46
and I didn't get tickets to go see Twelfth Night tonight. :( -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 10:38 2
- oo, i was in 12th Night once.. - colin Jun 26, 10:40 1
  - nice. - znufrii Jun 26, 10:42
Neat. I didn't know that GMail had added a Forgotten Attachment Detector. - TFox Jun 26, 10:37 1
- Yeah, you have to enable it in the Labs section of gmail. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 26, 10:38
nooooooooo ... I don't even really like the russion dressing on my rueben sandwich ... let alone put it in the soup - that's crazy talk -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 10:33 2
- russian even (whoops) -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 10:34 1
  - "I am russian I do not get drunk!" -- nm - lileve Jun 26, 10:36
The MJ cover band playing in DC tonight (booked months ago) has sold out show 1, added show 2 and sold that out too - MDH Jun 26, 10:33 2
- Do they try to closely mimic, or do they take things their own direction? - psilotum Jun 26, 10:36 1
  - Sort of both, but it's pretty low budget so no extranvagance at all -- nm - MDH Jun 26, 10:44
For those of you who like salsa, this company makes - by far - my favorite salsa I've ever bought in a store. -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 26, 10:28
Subby, yggm. Enjoy the laughs. -- nm - TFox Jun 26, 10:27 2
- stop sending people pictures of your junk -- nm - dug Jun 26, 10:28 1
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I think the important lesson to learn is that when I becoming obscene rich and famous, I'm hiring one of you as The Guy Whose Job It Is To Tell Me No. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 10:26 18
- I've joked for nearly 20 Years that I'm putting my best on the payroll... - Mel Profit Jun 26, 10:39 1
  - *applies for the job* -- nm - dug Jun 26, 10:41
- Jennifer Melfi in Health, Paul Martin in Finance? -- nm - second gary Jun 26, 10:39
- Mop seems to have this down. nm - Dignan Jun 26, 10:30 2
  - /smacks Dignan's hand. NO! -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 26, 10:39
  - It's all fun and games till Steve Jobs needs a liver and then stuff gets real. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 26, 10:30
- Fuck NO!!!!! - Redmond on a phone Jun 26, 10:29
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  - i could see him never wanting to be told 'no.' i bet he didn't handle it very well. -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 10:45
  - Seeing the Thriller era videos make me realize that even then I thought he looked odd. - Mel Profit Jun 26, 10:44 1
    - But back then EVERYONE looked odd. -- nm - nubby Jun 26, 10:46
  - I think maybe the problem was, the people around him *before* the surgeries said he looked monstrous. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 10:29
- I charge a million bucks per decision. -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 10:27 1
  - that's a bargain compared to what he could be spending! -- nm - zork Jun 26, 10:37
- "We're good. Move along." -- nm - JaxSean for hire Jun 26, 10:27
- there needs to be a business that provides this service just like maids, cooks, or gardeners -- nm - dug Jun 26, 10:27
- Yes! -- nm - Todd Manning Jun 26, 10:27
- "An Who Cannot Be Fired No Matter What" -- nm - Subversive Jun 26, 10:27
"The last time the Hawks actually drafted an All-Star was Kevin Willis in 1984. It�s the longest such drought of any team in the NBA." - David Jun 26, 10:25 5
- Is this a bad time to point out you had your choice of Deron or CP3? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 26, 10:25 4
  - Me three months before the draft: I hope we take Deron Williams. - David Jun 26, 10:27 3
    - To say nothing of the greatness that is CP3. - Will Hunting Jun 26, 10:28 2
      - From the Spurs beat writer: "The Spurs were waiting. And almost salivating." - David Jun 26, 10:30 1
        
        I'm convinced there's only 3 or 4 good GMs in the league. - Will Hunting Jun 26, 10:31
I was sad to see one Snopes the Smooth Criminal dance move but it's still cool. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 26, 10:17 5
- Can you link to this? I just searched snopes and not finding anything. -- nm - Subversive Jun 26, 10:42
- That you had to Snopes the move is a pretty good testament to his abilities as a dancer. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 26, 10:18 3
  - I just snopesed it. what move is this? -- nm - campus wifi loves mandy lane Jun 26, 11:43
  - agreed. this is the guy who moonwalked so there was always the possibility it was real. - Mel Profit Jun 26, 10:22 1
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Won't someone think of the children?! OK: What happens to Michael's kids? -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 26, 10:17 12
- Daily News story on Jackson's kids. They're with Jackson's mom right now. -- (link) - Mop (235 lbs) Jun 26, 10:37 1
  - perhaps *I* can be of some assistance... -- nm - Joe Jackson Jun 26, 10:39
- I heard his "spritual advisor" being interviewed last night and thought he was making a pitch for custody from what he said ... but - JenBro Jun 26, 10:23
- I would guess Janet cares for them - MDH Jun 26, 10:20 2
  - or Madonna -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 26, 10:24
  - I want to say he was still in contact with the one mother. Debbie? maybe is her name. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 26, 10:21
- Something tells me Blanket will be in therapy for a long time. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 26, 10:18 5
  - Issue 1: His name is Blanket! -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 10:21 4
    - it's Prince, isn't it? -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 10:24
    - prince michael the second, actually. -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 10:24 1
      - much better -- nm - dug Jun 26, 10:25
    - Issue 2: Fear of heights. nm - Dignan Jun 26, 10:23
I think the theme to Monday's exam will be Michael Jackson songs. -- nm - nubby Jun 26, 10:16 4
- 1) Name 10 of the world events pictured in the M.J. Video - Man in the Mirror -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 10:21 3
  - Remember, most of the kids in Nubby's classes are products of the Real World MTV, not the video-playing MTV. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 26, 10:24 2
    - *changes that from #1 to the extra bonus quiz question* -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 10:29
    - Man they must have been completely lost tuning in yesterday late afternoon/evening. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jun 26, 10:25
I haven't been around some the death of Michael Jackson but all I keep thinking is... - Mel Profit Jun 26, 10:14 31
- i can't figure out if he was only overhyped or really a wasted talent - Danedukenuuk Jun 26, 10:18 15
  - Wait a minute? You don't like him? nm - Jim Jun 26, 10:20 11
    - i always react that way when we discuss paedofiles - Danedukenuuk Jun 26, 10:23 10
      - Alleged. And again. We GET it! -- nm - Jim Jun 26, 10:27 9
        
        I don't want to start something, but frankly I'm more likely to believe that OJ didn't do it. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 26, 10:29 8
        
        i'm not actually sure about this. i could believe that he was so messed up that he just had no sexual impulses at all and was much happier in the - Andie Jun 26, 10:33 6
        
        I agree with this completely. I just keep thinking that he had no idea that what he was doing was wrong. -- nm - campus wifi loves mandy lane Jun 26, 11:44
        
        I used to think he was guilty, but as I've become more cynical, I lean towards a shakedown for cash. nm - Dignan Jun 26, 10:36 4
        
        i think it's a little of both - dug Jun 26, 10:39 3
        
        I have trouble imaging him being that...calculating. nm - Dignan Jun 26, 10:41
        
        Yeah, I'm relatively sure that a couple families baited him. - Reagen Jun 26, 10:41 1
        
        delivering them naked covered in baby oil was the give away. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 26, 10:42
        
        You always gotta be starting something. -- nm - Qale Jun 26, 10:31
  - I definitely feel sorry for him, because I think his parenting was so poor, possibly criminal. I also feel strongly he had tons of talent. -- nm - mara Jun 26, 10:20 1
    - Agreed...I heard on the radio that his father used to call him "Big Nose" -- nm - amoxy Jun 26, 10:21
  - Maybe someday the public will wake up and buy some of his music. -- nm - TFox Jun 26, 10:19
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- All I'm trying to figure out is how someone could somehow spend hundreds of millions in dollars. - Will Hunting Jun 26, 10:16 13
  - borrowing against the big payday at some point in the future... - znufrii Jun 26, 10:17 10
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      - ready as I'll ever be.... - znufrii Jun 26, 10:20
    - but he had plenty of pay days -- nm - zork Jun 26, 10:18 7
      - and plenty of foolish investments to fritter it away, and a lifestyle that couldn't be maintained once they stopped coming in. -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 10:20 6
        
        exactly. he was living like "Thriller" on an "Invincible" cash flow -- nm - dug Jun 26, 10:22 5
        
        I really think he got to the point where money, in particular, simply wasn't real to him. -- nm - znufrii Jun 26, 10:31
        
        hard to imagine that anyone could not live on the income that the beatles catalog generates, but people are foolish -- nm - zork Jun 26, 10:24 3
        
        Or the hundreds of acres of California real estate. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 26, 10:24 2
        
        file that under "foolish investments" - znufrii Jun 26, 10:30 1
        
        bull -- nm - zork Jun 26, 10:39
  - I really don't know but people seem to do it. See: Boxers. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 26, 10:16 1
    - Why they never learned Briefs' sense of fiscal restraint, I will never understand. - TFox Jun 26, 10:17
lunch poll - me = rueben soup ( nummy nummy ) -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 10:14 8
- Noooo!! nm - Danny Partridge Jun 26, 10:19 1
  - Danny, do you want another "milk shake"? -- nm - Mr. Kincaid Jun 26, 10:20
- Now what is that? Corned beef or pastrami and sauerkraut in a broth with rye crackers? -- nm - HdnAgnda Jun 26, 10:16 4
  - it's fantastic ... corned beef, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, I suspect it's a chicken broth base - I top with the deli's croutons they have out - rye is - JenBro Jun 26, 10:20 1
    - Okay but I need to throw a dollop of Russian dressing in there. ;) -- nm - HdnAgnda Jun 26, 10:27
  - Are you seriously asking? - nubby Jun 26, 10:17 1
    - No I really want to know if reuben soup is like the sandwich. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jun 26, 10:18
- Chicken burrito. -- nm - nubby Jun 26, 10:15
I'd like to take a moment to thank Darby Conley, creator of Get Fuzzy comic strip, for giving me the perfect rejoinder to anyone who asks if I have - HdnAgnda Jun 26, 10:14 1
- I had a friend that used to send this comic daily ... I miss it ... the cat is especially funny -- nm - JenBro Jun 26, 10:16
Hmm ... new video game idea: Pitfallout! -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 26, 10:11
Organizing all my music is a pain in the ass. - Will Hunting Jun 26, 10:11 5
- Biographically -- nm - Rob Gordon Jun 26, 10:14 2
  - *golf Clap* -- nm - amoxy Jun 26, 10:20
  - heh. *blasts Walking on Sunshine full volume* -- nm - Don Homer Jun 26, 10:17
- Someone needs to write a program that's really good at finding duplicate files. *looks around for a programmer* - Beryllium Jun 26, 10:14 1
  - er, the IM should say, non-exhausted programmer. (forgive me, I'm exhausted. Heh.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 10:14
~Ben, the two of us need look no more. We both found what we were looking for, With a friend to call my own, I'll never be alone~ - zork Jun 26, 10:11
China 'to block' Hummer takeover -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jun 26, 10:10 3
- I thought everyone liked getting hummers -- nm - zork Jun 26, 10:12 2
  - you don't "get" hummers you buy hummers and "get" globals warming - Danedukenuuk Jun 26, 10:14 1
    - i've had hummers but never paid for any of them ... - zork Jun 26, 10:17
wow, i jumped like 100 places on LTD with the switch -- nm - dug Jun 26, 10:09
~Meet James Ensor, Belgium's famous painter!~ -- (link) - znufrii Jun 26, 10:08
"Krupa swears she's not a monster" - David Jun 26, 10:07 7
- Who? -- nm - amoxy Jun 26, 10:20 1
  - apparently not Gene Krupa. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 10:21
- Had she berated say...Hines Ward or Marvin Harrison like that...she definitely would be. - Jim Jun 26, 10:08 4
  - Yahoo Sports has like a 2k word column about her and him. Such wonderful overkill. -- nm - David Jun 26, 10:09 3
    - You need me to cover this for BOP? Cause I can get right on it. nm - Jim Jun 26, 10:09 2
      - The real story is, "How does MJ's death affect TO?" -- nm - David Jun 26, 10:11 1
        
        He's 1 step closer to being the most influential black man alive. - Will Hunting Jun 26, 10:17
Woah, cool find for my rap workshop I'm running next week. Amazon mp3 has 168 instrumental rap beats for $9. -- (link) - TFox Jun 26, 10:05 16
- you should just get one of those casio mini keyboards from the '80s -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 10:06 6
  - Or a AKAI MPC2000. -- nm - lileve Jun 26, 10:09 4
    - cause that's almost exactly like a $10 casio mini keyboard -- nm - dug Jun 26, 10:11 3
      - can you program samples into it? -- nm - lileve Jun 26, 10:12 2
        
        I'm not sure they are the same thing. -- nm - lileve Jun 26, 10:17 1
        
        Googles my friend. They are similar but I would bet the MPC is an improvement but costs more. -- nm - lileve Jun 26, 10:45
  - If I had more time, I could put some beats together on my computer at home, but I don't. -- nm - TFox Jun 26, 10:07
- Are you seriously a rapper? I would love to hear this, got anything recorded? - Subversive Jun 26, 10:06 8
  - Last verse I had recorded was.... *sigh* the Dre verse on "Forgot About Dre" for the middle of an acappella medley. - TFox Jun 26, 10:09 3
    - Do it, you've got my gmail. Also, if the house sells (it will!) we'll be packing and you should be getting your sports cards soon. - Subversive Jun 26, 10:11 2
      - Oh word, I forgot all about that. When I e-mail you, remind me what the shipping was on that bad boy. -- nm - TFox Jun 26, 10:12 1
        
        Haven't figured it yet. I'll obviously let you know before I send anything. -- nm - Subversive Jun 26, 10:14
  - It's been mentioned before ... I think there might be another rapper on ST, too -- nm - Beryllium Jun 26, 10:07 1
    - Vanilla Ice??? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 26, 10:09
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    - MC No Taste -- nm - dug Jun 26, 10:09
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- Brett Favre at Lambeau in December? -- nm - dug Jun 26, 10:05

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