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LYC: one of my favorite bands (whom I've seen 3x) are doing a small tour and the DC venue fits 300 ppl! Last time I saw them with 5,000 - MDH Jul 2, 10:00 1
- The Spice Girls are reuniting? -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 10:06
Bing may have trumped Google. They're going to search Twitter tweets. -- (link) - Mop Jul 2, 09:59 7
- Google is very concerned about Bing; there are a number of things that it does better. I read a week or two ago that the Google execs have moved a - Don Homer Jul 2, 10:01 6
  - I used it once. Does anyone here use it over Google? -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 10:03 5
    - Well, that's the thing. A usability study showed that most of the participants found Bing better in a number of ways, yet still said they would keep - Don Homer Jul 2, 10:05 1
      - Here's a link. -- (link) - Don Homer Jul 2, 10:07
    - I tried it once. Outside of it looking pretty, I don't see any major advantage - Mr. Havens Jul 2, 10:05
    - I'll switch to Bing sometimes when Google doesn't immediately give me what I want. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 10:04
    - For real estate hunting, I prefer Bing Maps over Google Maps, because Bing has aerial photos of my area - Beryllium Jul 2, 10:04
Asteroids the video game. To be a movie? -- (link) - HdnAgnda Jul 2, 09:59 4
- It's no different than what Bruckheimer did with Pirates of the Caribbean. Take a generic idea, throw a marketable name on it and run with it - Mr. Havens Jul 2, 10:01
- I liked it when it was called Armageddon -- nm - Beaker Jul 2, 09:59 2
  - *send Jack to make animal crackers prance across Beak's belly* -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 2, 10:01 1
    - *blush* But I'm ticklish!! -- nm - Beaker Jul 2, 10:04
Speaking of drunk, Jack, we owe each other gossip from the other night when we were drunk. This weekend? -- nm - mobile browsing loves mandy lane Jul 2, 09:58 1
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ST Poll: How many more days will it be before we can go 24hrs without mentioning Michael Jackson? - Mr. Havens Jul 2, 09:58 3
- Any catastrophes natural or otherwise coming up? -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 2, 10:00
- 69 -- nm - Beaker Jul 2, 09:58
- *resets the clock* -- nm - zork Jul 2, 09:58
Darren Dreger (tsn hockey putz) can type and perform fellatio on Brian Burke at the same time! -- (link) - Beaker Jul 2, 09:57 2
- and in what world is mike komisarek an upgrade from pavel kubina? - mafic Jul 2, 10:05
- when your big signing is fvcking Colton Orr and he gushes all over you, yeah, time to take a step back there buddy. -- nm - Beaker Jul 2, 09:58
64-bit Firefox is a 3rd party project. I can't find a 64-bit Bit Torrent client other than Vuze, and that needs a 64-bit JRE installation... - Mop Jul 2, 09:57
so many things require a cheque to set up automatic payments. how do you do that without a chequing account? -- nm - zork Jul 2, 09:51 3
- all they need is the account number, branch number, and the bank transit number. that's all that's on the cheque anyway. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 09:56 1
  - well yeah, but some people are kinda dumb that way and want a cheque -- nm - zork Jul 2, 09:58
- you just give them the bank routing number. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 09:52
Hotkiss, was your mom's credit card stolen by a couchsyffing denizen, maybe? -- nm - mobile browsing loves mandy lane Jul 2, 09:44 42
- No, I had apparently drunkenly stuffed it into a small pocket one night and found it a month later while rummaging. - Hotkiss Jul 2, 09:48 39
  - as far as security measures, unless you cancel the card, it's party time for the person who stole it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 09:52 10
    - Yeah yeah I know. -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 2, 09:53 9
      - and I take it that she has not idea that you misplaced this latest one for a while -- nm - zork Jul 2, 10:03 8
        
        did you tell your parents about any of the goofs you made when you were her age? - 'lia Jul 2, 10:06 4
        
        my parents never gave me a credit card or cash starting freshman year of college. all goofs were mine. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 10:07 1
        
        tell me about it - 'lia Jul 2, 10:11
        
        different story when you're not carrying your own credit card -- nm - zork Jul 2, 10:07 1
        
        not for a lot of young girls - 'lia Jul 2, 10:13
        
        No I called her to cancel when I realized it the next day and told her. - Hotkiss Jul 2, 10:04 2
        
        i've never thought that but most people your age have some trouble taking responsibility for some things -- nm - zork Jul 2, 10:05
        
        I think some people are making assumptions. I don't think you sound retarded with money at all. - loosilu Jul 2, 10:05
  - first thing. Get a wallet. Always put your card in it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 09:51 27
    - Wallets are inconsequential when you're drunk. -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 2, 09:52 26
      - This post should be a pretty strong lesson. - Will Hunting Jul 2, 09:55 7
        
        i don't think any of us can say anything about doing something stupid drunk, we've all done it. -- nm - Andie Jul 2, 09:57 6
        
        Of course. - Will Hunting Jul 2, 09:59
        
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        Exactly. Most lessons are learned by doing stupid shit, not by having a bunch of people 10-20 years older than you tell you how to be safe -- nm - con_carne Jul 2, 09:59 2
        
        What separates humans from other animals is that we don't have to make every mistake *ourselves* in order to learn. We have collective learning. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 10:04
        
        True, but some lessons learned by doing stupid shit are irreversible. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 10:01
        
        of course, and then hopefully we learn. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 09:58
      - i'm thinking you shouldn't carry a credit card at all. have one, yes. carry it, no. - Andie Jul 2, 09:55 8
        
        another reason why i only use cash... -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 2, 09:56 7
        
        but that's backwards. you carry your tuition in cash, and lose it, it's GONE. - Andie Jul 2, 09:56 6
        
        it's not like she's carrying her tuition money with her out to a bar... -- nm - znufrii Jul 2, 09:57 3
        
        but on the other hand, I once had someone leave an envelope with $1200 in cash stuffed inside on the counter at Starbucks... - znufrii Jul 2, 09:59
        
        of course not. but she's saying 'she feels safer with cash' is silly. -- nm - Andie Jul 2, 09:58 1
        
        (my point, i would never carry cash i couldn't afford to lose. credit cards are wonderful for security, if you are able to notice it if you've lost i -- nm - Andie Jul 2, 09:59
        
        yes, very risky to carry large amounts. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 09:57 1
        
        I rarely carry more than $60 on me in cash. There's no way I'd spend more than that on a regular day. If I am, that's bad. - Hotkiss Jul 2, 09:59
      - OH! OH! Where's my soapbox? I've got something to say about being drunk! -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 09:54 4
        
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        Hi, I'm Mop. Have we met? - Mop Jul 2, 10:00
        
        shut it, you're next. ;) -- nm - znufrii Jul 2, 09:56 1
        
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      - if you are losing your money and cards, you can't handle drinking that much. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 09:54
      - nbot if you're always in the habit of putting it back in your wallet. - znufrii Jul 2, 09:53 2
        
        yep, I was never too drunk to do that. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 09:54
        
        Ding* -- nm - MDH Jul 2, 09:53
- Either way, hopefully she told her mom immediately so she could cancel it. -- nm - Spawn Jul 2, 09:47
- Surfing, obvs. Damn iPhone. -- nm - mobile browsing loves mandy lane Jul 2, 09:45
Invitees unveiled for Canadian mens Olypmic hockey team camp. -- (link) - Subversive Jul 2, 09:43 7
- Our cast offs could form a team that would make the world weep. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 09:45
- *splurt* -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 09:44
- Also, Milan Lucic is Canadian? -- nm - Subversive Jul 2, 09:44 4
  - vancouver boy. they always mention it when he plays the canucks. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 09:46 3
    - Strange. I always assume with that name that he was Czech or something. -- nm - Subversive Jul 2, 09:46 2
      - A name like that, sounds Serbian. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 09:47 1
        
        Score! Serbian parents. -- (link) - Mop Jul 2, 09:48
alec, william, daniel, stephen, and adam. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 09:43 12
- see my post below for the Wayans -- nm - Beaker Jul 2, 09:54 1
  - and I forgot Kim -- nm - Beaker Jul 2, 09:55
- You forgot Skippy, Fredo, Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo and Gummo Baldwin -- nm - Mr. Havens Jul 2, 09:54
- Martin, Emilio, Michael and Barry. -- nm - LMS Jul 2, 09:51
- hmmm, I can't name all of the acting Cusacks. John, Joan, Amy, aren't there at least two more? -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 09:46
- david, patricia, rosanna and courtney cox -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 09:43 6
  - you forgot the tranny -- nm - decline Jul 2, 09:45 5
    - that's true. was it Stephen? -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 09:47 1
      - was Robert, now Alexis -- nm - zork Jul 2, 09:49
    - he said Rosanna. -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 09:45 2
      - Alexis -- nm - zork Jul 2, 09:47
      - oh, duh me. -- nm - decline Jul 2, 09:46
You know, they don't make 64-bit apps easy to find. I think there's an iTunes 64-bit version, but I'm not sure it's what I'm running. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 09:42 2
- There isn't. Or, there wasn't last time I looked. -- nm - Subversive Jul 2, 09:45 1
  - It's a little deceiving. There's a Windows Vista 64-bit installer (but what does that mean?) - Mop Jul 2, 09:52
Maybe I've never had a need for a checking account because now is the first time I've ever paid real rent in my life. -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 2, 09:42 4
- what did you do last time you lived in NY? -- nm - loosilu Jul 2, 09:46 3
  - It was sort of an under the table sublease from a friend of a friend, so cash. -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 2, 09:49 2
    - unsolicited advice: Never live with anyone who is not on the lease. I know everyone does it, - loosilu Jul 2, 09:53
    - I ended up paying for the entire summer in one payment the day before I went back home. -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 2, 09:49
Anyone seen Sex Drive? Not bad, certainly better than I was expecting. Better than any of the American Pie sequels or Superbad. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 2, 09:38
when I was a kid my mom used to write cheques for everything. like groceries, gas, clothes. I use 13/year. 12 for monthly building maintenence and 1 - mafic Jul 2, 09:38 3
- before I moved out of my last apartment they got an Interac machine but you couldn't pay more than $1000 in a day so it was worthless. so Ipaid online -- nm - zork Jul 2, 09:41
- the condo I moved away from did automatic bank withdrawls for condo fees. -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 09:41 1
  - ours does that -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 09:46
Poll: do you "sign" your name to e-mails? (that is, type your name at the bottom) Do you have an automatic "signature"? Me: no name or sig at the - mara Jul 2, 09:38 13
- Nope. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 09:49
- Yes, for both work and home, even when there is a signature. I type either first plus last name or my initials -- nm - con_carne Jul 2, 09:44
- For my work I do. For regular mail, no. I generally type it. -- nm - Subversive Jul 2, 09:44
- work: yes - 'lia Jul 2, 09:43
- automatic at work -- nm - Beaker Jul 2, 09:41
- at work yes. personal email I usually sign with a 'D' -- nm - decline Jul 2, 09:40
- depends on the length of the email, the recipient, and the subject. have a signature file for work things. -- nm - mafic Jul 2, 09:40
- yes. autosignature at work and on gmail. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 2, 09:40
- Work: has signature Personal: Type "Michael" -- nm - MDH Jul 2, 09:39 1
  - Word. nm - Jim Jul 2, 09:40
- I usually manually type my first time for personalization. -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 2, 09:39
- yes, and yes -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 09:39
- No. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 2, 09:39
We're counting Randy Jackson, dawg? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 09:36 2
- not of the clan. -- nm - Reagen Jul 2, 09:38 1
  - Well...not THAT Randy Jackson anyway. -- nm - Jim Jul 2, 09:39
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Nice Peter Gabriel remix of Games Without Frontiers -- (link) - LMS Jul 2, 09:35
Jackson siblings? That's easy: - Jim Jul 2, 09:35 11
- you're still missing a couple -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 09:36 9
  - Only one missing is Rebe unless you count Marlon's twin who died at birth -- nm - eag Jul 2, 09:37 8
    - And the half sister from Joe's affair -- nm - Terrence 'Doc' Williams Jul 2, 09:38 2
      - Nah...she don't count. -- nm - Jim Jul 2, 09:39
      - SFAN -- nm - Scorpion Jul 2, 09:38
    - right...and I've never heard of Rebbie before. -- nm - Jim Jul 2, 09:38 4
      - She had a minor hit centepiede in the 80's -- nm - eag Jul 2, 09:38
      - neither had I (I cheated - and was astonished that there were 9) -- nm - Roger More Jul 2, 09:38 2
        
        i'm shocked that the mother let Joe close to her that many times -- nm - zork Jul 2, 09:39 1
        
        I'm sure she didn't always let him. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 2, 09:40
- eag got the bonus prize on B2. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 09:36
Fun fun Joe Jackson news: I hear that he and Mama Jackson have been separated for years. - Mop Jul 2, 09:34 3
- I say reality show: So You Think You Can Raise Michael Jackson's Children -- nm - Dano Jul 2, 09:43 1
  - Kate Minus Jon Plus Eight Plus Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael the Second. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 09:53
- Although, granted, keeping the kids as far away from Joe is a good thing. -- nm - Mop Jul 2, 09:35
I can't fathom using cash for everything now. I withdrew $60 a few weeks ago, and almost half of it remains in my wallet. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 2, 09:34 11
- I use cash 90% of the time. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 09:36 7
  - I'm waiting for someone here to admit that they use checks for everything. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 2, 09:37 6
    - It surprises me every time I see someone paying for their groceries with a check -- nm - decline Jul 2, 09:37 5
      - I think what is missing from the discussion is the things that *need* to be paid with a check. - Spawn Jul 2, 09:45 1
        
        on time? Hell, I'd be happy if he just paid me for June *some* time -- nm - decline Jul 2, 09:50
      - no grocery stores here take cheques anymore but gladly accept debit and CCs -- nm - zork Jul 2, 09:39
      - back in the early days at Starbucks, I had a regular who would pay for a $.95 cup of coffee with a personal check -- nm - znufrii Jul 2, 09:38
      - That is the *worst*. Holds up the entire line! - Hotkiss Jul 2, 09:38
- Oh, I use cash for day-to-day expenses. Single digit, types. -- nm - Spawn Jul 2, 09:35
- I earned $60 fixing someone's computer a week ago, and I only have about $15 left -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 09:35 1
  - *checks* Wait, no. Impressive: I actually have $35 of it left. Yay me! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 09:35
Shaun, Marlon, Damon, Keenen Ivory! -- nm - Beaker Jul 2, 09:34
CASH!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 2, 09:33 5
- TANGO!!! -- nm - Don Homer Jul 2, 09:33 4
  - UNIFORM!! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 09:34
  - MERENGUE!!! -- nm - mara Jul 2, 09:34 2
    - PIE! -- nm - Beaker Jul 2, 09:35 1
      - IN THE SKY! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 2, 09:49

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