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The sell-outs known as U2 got $10,000,000.00 up front for their Sphere residency. This is of course in addition to their 90% of the box office. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 11:38 2
- And this is problematic because? -- nm - pmb Feb 16, 11:46
- amy indicated on FB she's up for u-20 next year if they're playing, so vegaspalooza y'all - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 11:44
Disney is building F4 around Sue Storm's casting and if they don't get Janelle Monae they're crazy -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 11:38 4
- I'm pretty sure an offer is out for Reed Richards. -- nm - David Feb 16, 12:37
- Good suggestion. Though I would also like Alicia Vikander... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 12:13 1
  - That one I would support. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 13:31
- I like that suggestion -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 11:45
ignore -- nm* - Remlik Feb 16, 11:37 1
- Never! -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 11:39
John Fetterman's office says he checked himself into Walter Reed hospital last night to receive treatment for clinical depression - decline Feb 16, 11:32 2
- There was an article in the NYT the other day about his struggle to recover. Largely because what he needs is an extended rest period and he hasn't - pmb Feb 16, 11:45
- 45 days around Ted Cruz will do that to a man -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 11:33
Tetris, The Movie. This feels like it walks a verrrrry fine line between drama and spoof. -- (link) - Andie Feb 16, 11:27 [youtube] 1
- Looks pretty good. - -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 11:31
And more sad news. Bruce Willis doesn't just have aphasia but has Frontotemporal Dementia -- (link) - decline Feb 16, 11:24 7
- Is Bruce's current wife also reporting the info? I almost forgot he was married. I think it's really nice that Demi is informing on Bruce's behalf. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 11:39 2
  - i can see that she could be the spokesperson. They have 3 kids together. And current wife may not want to deal with all that. -- nm* - Andie Feb 16, 11:40
  - Demi has the followers. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 11:40
- (a more specific diagnosis) -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 11:30
- That's sad -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 11:29
- :-[ -- nm - mud Feb 16, 11:27
- that is very sad. -- nm - Andie Feb 16, 11:25
Sad news. Tim McCarver passed away. -- (link) - decline Feb 16, 11:14
Ex-Suns owner Robert Sarver giving $20K to team employees also donating $5 million to the team's charity -- (link) - Beaker Feb 16, 11:06
PA Gov Josh won’t take part in the state-sponsored death machine anymore -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 11:05 1
- Less murdery states are a good thing. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 11:07
What do you do when an 11yo sexually assaults a 6yo. In this case, they're charging them. But I don't think there are really any good options. -- (link) - Qale Feb 16, 10:58 1
- Hopefully you can charge, then mandate family therapy. -- nm - mara Feb 16, 11:03
Extra geek report from our trip: I got to see the EVE Online monument in Reykjavik but sadly most of the names have been worn down so didn't have a - oblique Feb 16, 10:51 [Attachment] 4
- also: *sigh* I really should unsubscribe from the Visiting Iceland subreddit. Aurora posts the day before we arrive and now more from yesterday. - oblique Feb 16, 11:15 3
  - yeah i still check in the Yosemite webcams even though we visited in November and no idea when i'll get back next -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 11:24 2
    - i always follow a few local instagram accounts for places before i go there, i never unfollow later. it's both great and a little depressing when you - Andie Feb 16, 11:30
    - I'll admit, I've low-key been contemplating a direct flight from ORD to Fairbanks, Alaska. I can outrun the sun, land, pop an aurora tour and be back - oblique Feb 16, 11:29
Wow. I forgot this: A stunning 51.69 million viewers tuned in to watch the season finale of the first season of Survivor. -- nm - Jovian Feb 16, 10:10 15
- It was a critical turning point in television for the worse -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 10:37 1
  - Counterpoint: But cheaper! -- nm - TV Producers Feb 16, 11:20
- Wonder who would have won if it wasn't for stupid alphabet strategy guy. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 16, 10:37
- it was awesome -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:23 3
  - and then they just cast only hot young people -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 10:39 2
    - thats been changing though fortunately. Past few seasons have been very diverse. Especially this last season. -- nm - Jovian Feb 16, 10:40 1
      - and it has improved the gameplay and the watchability along with itr -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:52
- Not bad for a summer replacement series. -- nm - Mony Baroney Feb 16, 10:17
- i was on a plane back from London -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 10:16
- That legitimately is a lightning in a bottle tv season. They couldn’t have scripted it better with the personalities and action. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 10:11 5
  - i mean it was scripted in the edit -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 10:20 2
    - Yeah, but the raw material was gold, pixie! Gold! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:11
    - indeed. -- nm - mud Feb 16, 10:25
  - it was huge. I remember having multiple TT boards talking about Survivor some days. -- nm - Jovian Feb 16, 10:12 1
    - Ru-dy Ru-dy Ru-dy -- nm - budice Feb 16, 10:22
Tesla recalling 362,000 vehicles -- (link*) - mud Feb 16, 10:05 26
- More, including the text of the recall. - TWuG Feb 16, 11:03
- Explain to me as if I was a 4 year old why this news only has Telsa stock down 3 points today? - Jovian Feb 16, 10:41 11
  - Less murdery cars are a good thing. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 11:06
  - Because upgrading the software isn't bad news, it's good news. -- nm - mara Feb 16, 10:49
  - It’s a quick fix so less pedestrians get run over and sue. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 10:48 1
    - :—) -- nm - mud Feb 16, 10:49
  - Because it's a software update that will go out within days, not a hardware fix that could take months or years to complete. -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 10:47 1
    - Yeah, it's not the same as "car can be stolen with only a USB-A cable" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:57
  - Tesla has a recall pretty much every week so these things are already baked into the stock price -- nm - decline Feb 16, 10:46 3
    - “Full-Self Driving Software May Cause Crash” seems different for some reason -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 10:48 2
      - "May" is not the same as "has" or "will" and it's software with a quick fix. -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 10:49 1
        
        lol -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 10:50
  - Free press means the stock should be up -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:44
- I'll probably have the update by Monday and receive the mandatory letter by mail sometime next month. -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 10:21 6
  - so which is it, the FSD software was always as safe as you claimed or this is just a routine normal software fix to FSD? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 10:46 5
    - That 28% is probably the uptake number for owners buying FSD, and there have been no reported accidents attributed to the - TWuG Feb 16, 10:53 4
      - i had a Lyft in a Tesla once. the interior at least felt cheap as shit, so it doesn’t give me confidence about the rest of its guts. anyway giving a - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 11:00 3
        
        We all have our "problematic favs". There are still STers giving money to Rowling, for example. Or Amazon. Or Disney. - TWuG Feb 16, 11:05 2
        
        do we? and even Disney or Rowling don’t charge $70k for Ant Man tix or a copy of Harry Potter - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 11:15 1
        
        What's the retail on the newest HP game? Also, I honestly don't care if you hate Tesla. No skin off my nose. But between the two of us - TWuG Feb 16, 11:27
- I blame those union guys they fired -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:09
- Fixed with a software update. Probably completed before next week. There really needs to be a distinction between hardware - TWuG Feb 16, 10:09 4
  - makes Elon's tweets come up first on the screen at ignition -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 10:16
  - (sorry) -- nm - mud Feb 16, 10:10 1
    - No worries. -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 10:18
  - agreed to the im. -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:10
Don Lemon: Female politicians are only in their prime if they're 49 or younger. (Though he doesn't seem firm about the 40s either...) -- (link) - Ender Feb 16, 10:02 5
- he's got a history of saying crap like this about women. -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 10:58 3
  - he's got a history of saying crap like this about anything and everything. -- nm - mud Feb 16, 11:02 2
    - I’m starting to think all these TV newsrooms are just populated with asshole dudes who don’t like women - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 11:04 1
      - He apologizes.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 16, 11:18
- Good on her for smacking him down for that stupidity. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 10:03
Oh, and also on the EV front. Lots of EVs and PHEVs in Iceland which was pretty cool to see. -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:46 2
- Adoption in Iceland and Scandinavia is huge. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 16, 09:55 1
  - Considering their energy source and the price of gas, it is no surprise. I think a half a tank was $45 if I'm remembering right -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 09:58
Good finale to The Challenge last night - Jovian Feb 16, 09:41
STIS: Driving to KY tomorrow. Weather is likely to be a high of 24 in Chicago, 38 in Indy, and 49 in KY. EV range suffers in the cold and the first -- (edited) - oblique Feb 16, 09:41 11
- Start the drive at or under the speed limit, keep the heat off and see if Plugshare has anywhere heading toward Lafayette - TWuG Feb 16, 09:59 9
  - gonna be a mighty cold drive if he can't have the heat on -- nm - decline Feb 16, 10:02 8
    - If there's no place to charge before Lafayette, it's either that or end up stranded if his efficiency isn't what he hopes it'll be -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 10:07 7
      - It is a bit of a wasteland, occasional car dealer CCS chargers and one guy in the boonies who has his home charger listed as a "just in case" - oblique Feb 16, 10:09 1
        
        It sounds like it should be okay. I only really get worried when the temps are under 15 degrees, but Tesla has better charging coverage. -- nm - TWuG Feb 16, 10:18
      - Kilbo! quick go buy one of those ecoFlow solar arrays and battery packs! -- nm* - decline Feb 16, 10:09 4
        
        I mean, we can take the PHEV if it really is a problem, just would like to avoid using the gas if we can -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:11 3
        
        joking aside for ice cars we have gas cans in case of a screwup - do ev's have something similar yet? - decline Feb 16, 10:37 2
        
        Not sure how much range you could get from an EcoFlow Delta 1.2kWh powerbank, but not zero ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:39 1
        
        (This is where efficiency becomes an important number, I'd say. Faster to emergency-charge a more efficient vehicle to a useful range.) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:40
- make sure to pack a winter survival kit for when you're stuck someplace -- (edited) - decline Feb 16, 09:51
My world is fire - oblique Feb 16, 09:30 3
- Fire and Ice-land -- nm - budice Feb 16, 09:36
- I don;t get eating or liking spicy things like that -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:36 1
  - Yeah, there's a point when it loses flavor and is just pain to me. I like spicy food but not to the point that I'm pouring sweat and it hurts - Krusty Feb 16, 09:38
Ohio derailment. FEMA can't help yet? Governor talking to the Feds. Which is it? - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 16, 09:26 7
- Some of the stuff I'm hearing is just criminal. NS (the train company) is going around telling farmers to get their water tested (for $10k-$50K) &... - Volnelk Feb 16, 10:02 5
  - I heard a woman interviewed on NPR this morning. NS tested her water and told her it was safe to return to her house. She demanded they test the soil - decline Feb 16, 10:06 3
    - Yep. My buddy has friends that are farmers just outside of town and NS told them that rain would 'wash away most of the chemicals'. - Volnelk Feb 16, 10:12 2
      - This is all so nuts!! -- nm - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 16, 10:29
      - PS: don't eat the fish -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:28
  - "The water is fine" as the guys testing the water wearing hazmat suits hop on a bus at the end of the day and head out of town. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 16, 10:03
- FEMA isn't the only federal agency. -- nm - Ender Feb 16, 09:28
quit now, Kyrsten -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 09:25
interesting subpoena: -- (link) - mud Feb 16, 09:22 2
- They're going to argue that they were acting on the orders of the president? That would be fun. -- nm - pmb Feb 16, 09:50 1
  - That has always been their stance. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 11:08
If a copyright is expired and a work enters the public domain how does having a trademark affect the ability of someone to create a new work with that - Krusty Feb 16, 09:20 14
- IIUC you can sell copies, show it in theaters, etc. And make derivative works from it. -- (edited) - TWuG Feb 16, 10:16
- - -- (link) - Ender Feb 16, 09:27 11
  - Thanks, that's a good explanation. I'm curious to see what people will do with Mickey to get around the trademark. -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 09:34 10
    - i mean, good luck - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 09:35 9
      - What's the point of him entering the public domain if he can't actually be used in anything? -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 09:36 8
        
        you can do whatever you want with Steamboat Willie when it goes public domain. but you can't make money or confuse consumers as to the source - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 09:47 7
        
        So I could make a horror movie with Steamboat Willie since it won't be confused as being a Disney movie? -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 09:49 6
        
        they did it with Pooh, just can't use the Pooh character so as to be confusingly similar with Disney's (trademarked at this point) design -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 10:15 5
        
        I was reading they couldn't use his red shirt as that's trademarked to the character. This is fascinating to me and I'm curious what - Krusty Feb 16, 10:44
        
        So theoretically next year I could release a movie where Pooh and Mickey have sex while Sherlock Holmes watches. -- nm - Ender Feb 16, 10:32 3
        
        Just don't call it "Elementary". -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:36 2
        
        I haven't been fucked like that since grade school. -- nm - Pooh Feb 16, 11:10 1
        
        !! -- nm - mud Feb 16, 11:13
- you can make unauthorized copies of Steamboat Willie but Mickey is still a trademark of Disney the same way the Nike swoosh is a protected logo - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 09:22
With Pooh Blood and Honey coming out: name some other movies you'd like to see in a similar vein. -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:13 14
- Mary Poppins -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 09:49 2
  - where she rips her top off? been done -- nm - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 16, 10:02 1
    - Hey, I got that reference -- nm - JD Feb 16, 10:17
- This question implies that I want to see Blood and Honey. -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 09:27
- a remake of Face/Off with Roadrunner and Wile e -- nm* - decline Feb 16, 09:26 2
  - approved! -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 09:36
  - hmmm -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 09:34
- Eeyore as a patient/killer in a psych ward. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 09:24 1
  - Split personality. His other personality is Donkey. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 09:28
- Mulan as a cyberpunk-neon hacker story. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 09:18
- Teletubbies -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 09:17
- Titanic. -- nm - mud Feb 16, 09:14 2
  - how bout a Titanic / Aliens alternate history mashup directed by Tarantino? - Jovian Feb 16, 09:33 1
    - yeah! -- nm - mud Feb 16, 10:09
Workers at a Tesla plant announce they plan to unionize. The next day Tesla fires 30 of the workers... - decline Feb 16, 09:12 4
- Hopefully the NLRB will do something other than slap Tesla's wrist - TWuG Feb 16, 10:05
- probably the drivers' fault -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 09:13 1
  - (this is really funny.) -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Feb 16, 09:56
- "but that's not very nice, is it?" -- nm - mud Feb 16, 09:13
copyright this! -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 09:09 2
- and carve it in stone! -- nm - mud Feb 16, 09:11 1
  - copyright, patents, and trademarks are enshrined in the constitution because the founders wanted to encourage innovation with limited monopoly power - hollywood big shot Feb 16, 09:16

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