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Now there's something you just don't see every day. - Trish Jul 21, 14:59 4
- See, I was right! -- nm - Lord Asriel Jul 21, 15:00
- thanks! -- nm - Dean Cain Jul 21, 14:59 2
  - Somebody has to watch it, I feel sorry for him. He fell so far, so fast. -- nm - Trish Jul 21, 15:02 1
    - have you seen the IE8 vomit ad? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 15:02
If you're thinking about leaving the house, don't. A dust cloud could get you. -- (link) - Loyola Jul 21, 14:59
SITWAP - Stephen Baldwin files for bankruptcy -- (link) - Andie Jul 21, 14:55 1
- "Brothers, can you spare a dime?" -- nm - Max Jul 21, 15:01
hilarious - months ago, i posted a question on the Google G1 forums. - Guy Jul 21, 14:51 3
- "Dear Google, if it's such abad word why did it take months to warn me about it? - Guy" -- nm - the liiooulu with too many o's Jul 21, 15:01
- "Hi, we are glad you are here, we like your company, but plz be aware to read Forum rules." - Guy Jul 21, 14:58
- He needed to take time to digest it. -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:55
Sidney Ponson's still in the Majors? Huh. Who knew? - musubi Jul 21, 14:49 2
- I'm more surprised about Rodrigo Lopez. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 21, 14:53 1
  - And not sucking. - musubi Jul 21, 14:57
Stephane Jacobsen of Terminator:SCC has joined Melrose Place... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 21, 14:46 2
- What do you know about the new series starting on BBC-A this weekend? - Trish Jul 21, 15:01 1
  - i know: LMS said it's good. :) - -- nm - b. Jul 21, 15:02
An Obama signing statement. -- (link) - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 21, 14:44 4
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- His current arguments are in line with arguments I made when Bush was president. - TWuG Jul 21, 14:51 1
  - Hmm. This says March. I don't remember having the discussion that recently, but the Tron tells no lies. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 21, 14:57 [Backboard]
- If I were on the USSC the ruling would be simple: the president can say whatever he wants but signing statements carry no weight in law. - Max Jul 21, 14:48
Keep the rallyhats on. Apple posted big numbers after the close today. -- nm - Stewie Jul 21, 14:29 2
- best non holiday quarter sales ever - tRuMaN Jul 21, 14:46 1
  - they also said that 20% of Fortune 500 companies have bought 10,000+ iPhones - Stewie Jul 21, 14:51
ST Quiz: Name the top 5 biggest cities in the world ranked by population. 2 of them I would never have guessed -- nm - Hotkiss Jul 21, 14:26 51
- Mexico City, Hong Kong, London, -- nm - the liiooulu with too many o's Jul 21, 15:02 1
  - And none of them are right. -- nm - the liiooulu with too many o's Jul 21, 15:03
- Wolfram Alpha say four of five have been mentioned -- nm - marcel Jul 21, 14:34 3
  - linky -- (link) - marcel Jul 21, 14:35 2
    - I was looking at this -- (link) - Hotkiss Jul 21, 14:38 1
      - according to the UN, Mumbai would be #2 -- nm - marcel Jul 21, 14:40
- answers - Hotkiss Jul 21, 14:34 27
  - this appears to be the source. the next column over tells a different story -- (link) - dogbert183 Jul 21, 14:48 4
    - chicago does not have 9,000,000+ poeple -- nm - dogbert183 Jul 21, 14:49 3
      - "Combination of Chicago, Kenosha and Round Lake Beach�McHenry�Grayslake urbanized areas." - Roger More Jul 21, 14:51 1
        
        elves! it's counting me and I'm not in chicago -- nm - dogbert183 Jul 21, 14:54
      - people even -- nm - dogbert183 Jul 21, 14:49
  - What 2008 estimates? - musubi Jul 21, 14:38 2
    - pretty much - depends on what city boundaries they use, whether satellite cities are included or recorded separately (eg Tokyo-Yokohama), what - Roger More Jul 21, 14:44
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  - I, for one, am surprised that neither Bombay nor Mumbai have a strong showing in that list. - Beryllium Jul 21, 14:37
  - Let's do top 5 cities in the world infected with swine flu! -- nm - Loyola Jul 21, 14:35 4
    - number one with a bullet, Mexico City. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:48 1
      - mmmm, bacon bullets. Fatal ... but tasty. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 14:58
    - USA! USA! -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:38
    - London, Madrid -- nm - marcel Jul 21, 14:36
  - what's your source? If #3 is that high, I think they must be counting the entire metro area. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:35 11
    - apparently, it's wikipedia. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 21, 14:42 7
      - here's the list of world cities proper, by population -- (link) - ty97 Jul 21, 14:48
      - I don't like that they count areas outside the 5 boroughs as NYC. Jersey is not NYC. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 14:44 3
        
        If you're going by political boundaires, sure. If you're going by metro area, political boundaries don't matter -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 14:46 2
        
        What if you're going by elitist boundaries? - Krusty SI Jul 21, 14:48 1
        
        Yeah, F*** Jersey and Connecticut. - Krusty Jul 21, 15:02
      - and it's this "urban areas" list of theirs specifically, well for 2009 estimates. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 21, 14:44 1
        
        here's their page with descrips of and links to their different offerings. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 21, 14:47
    - It's the tri-state area that they're counting... -- (link) - Krusty Jul 21, 14:38 1
      - There's 8.3 million people in the 5 boroughs. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 14:39
    - Yeah, no way they could pack that many Japanese into Tokyo. -- nm - Loyola Jul 21, 14:36
  - I should have guessed #2. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:34
- Bridgeport, CT -- nm - CQ Jul 21, 14:31 1
  - A cultural mecca -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:32
- Mexico, Shanghai, NY, New Delhi, Brasilia, Springfield Illinois. -- nm - Loyola Jul 21, 14:29
- Beijing, Mexico City, NY, Tokyo....LA? (nm) - musubi Jul 21, 14:28
- London -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:28
- Sao Paulo -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 14:27 1
  - oh, never mind, missed it in RM's post below -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 14:28
- Nw Delhi -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:27
- Beijing, Mexico City, LA, New York, Moscow. -- nm - TWuG Jul 21, 14:27
- mexico city, tokyo, Delhi? -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:26
- Mumbai -- nm - marcel Jul 21, 14:26 2
  - Moscow? Kiev? Probably three cities in China nobody can pronounce -- nm - marcel Jul 21, 14:29 1
    - I don't think those two are nearly top 5 material. maybe not even top 10. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:30
- Mexico City, Tokyo, New York, Sao Paulo, Mumbai -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 14:26 3
  - of course, Mumbai. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:27 2
    - checking wiki now - Dehli is #6 urban agglomerations. Not sure is HK is talking about this, metro area or city proper -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 14:30 1
      - I might have guessed right the first time? HK, we need answers. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:30
Ooh. Mall. Taco Bell inside mall. Used CD racks inside mall. Win. I'm gone. -- nm - TFox Jul 21, 14:23
Signs that I need to clean stuff out from under my desk.... - Walt_Disney Jul 21, 14:21 4
- I once kept a tarantula in a small cage in my dorm room for awhile. - Dr.Vermin Jul 21, 14:31 2
  - shoulda told them not to make any sudden moves. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:33
  - and you think it was because of the tarantula? -- nm - marcel Jul 21, 14:32
- Alsosee: signs that Walt_Disney is getting his office flirt on -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 14:23
sigh, lyc. - tRuMaN Jul 21, 14:20
This post is lucky it was made just before the board rolled. (linky) - musubi Jul 21, 14:18 [Backboard] 2
- *looks at watch* -- nm - TFox Jul 21, 14:19 1
  - Hmmm. True. I read the time stamp wrong. - musubi Jul 21, 14:21
A couple with the same name who found each other through social networking website Facebook are to tie the knot. - Loyola Jul 21, 14:18 5
- Good looking couple. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Jul 21, 14:41
- I have a friend who apparently has friended a number of dudes with the same name. it's a little odd. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:19 1
  - There's a group for people with my last name. - Krusty Jul 21, 14:22
- this is their third or fourth marriage. -- nm - b. Jul 21, 14:18 1
  - Ah :) -- nm - Loyola Jul 21, 14:19
and now I missed my bus due to stupid e-mail attachment size limits. so new dinner plan. - TFox Jul 21, 14:17 1
- Your tubes are too small -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 14:18
kilbo inspired poll: If you could go to camp this summer, what kind of camp would it be? I'd go to painting camp, obviously. - loosilu Jul 21, 14:17 33
- Under a tree, kicked back in a lounge chair, seeing the lake all sparkly, reading a trashy romance camp. -- nm - Trish Jul 21, 14:55
- Steak camp. - Stephen Jul 21, 14:48 1
  - The last time I went to the desert, when we got back, two of our group craved steak so bad. Repeatedly. I was like, okay... -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:51
- Creativity class. Really, just a class focusing on enhancing creativity. -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 14:31 1
  - have you ever done the Artist's Way? seriously. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:33
- Canoeing and nature hikes...and someone with a guitar to sing campfire songs. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 21, 14:27
- Banjo/Flash Camp! - Dr.Vermin Jul 21, 14:26 2
  - And use the banjo music as soundtrack to your animations. Perfect! -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:41 1
    - Yup! Like the last few seconds of this one. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Jul 21, 14:52
- music youth camp - marcel Jul 21, 14:24
- I love activities/hobbies, but I'm unclear on how "camp" facilitates these. - con_carne Jul 21, 14:23 7
  - Our photography camp is a couple nights a week for a few weeks with a professional photographer at our church - oblique Jul 21, 14:27 2
    - Is that on wkends, so you can go to work during the week? Cool. -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:31
    - the awesome thing about painting camp is being able to paint uninterrupted for days. you learn a lot that way. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:28
  - At the minimum, it's about setting aside time to focus on a specific activity. If you just take a week's break (or whatever) other commitments intrude -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 14:26 1
    - Well, I think I would do writer's camp -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:27
  - All that stuff you normally do in houses or parks? You get to do it in cabins and woods. - musubi Jul 21, 14:26
  - Well, for painting camp, you hang out for a week or two and have painting class. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:23
- hockey camp -- nm - dogbert183 Jul 21, 14:22
- Space Camp! (nm) - 10 year old musubi's dreams Jul 21, 14:20 7
  - I went to Space Academy. Sadly there was no joystick simulator. -- nm - Max Jul 21, 14:21 1
    - I don't think double entendre's appreciate being abused that way. (nm) - musubi Jul 21, 14:24
  - Space Camp was the *shit*. -- nm - TFox Jul 21, 14:20 4
    - what do they DO there? -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:21 3
      - Play astronaut. Learn about space. Other awesome shit. -- nm - TFox Jul 21, 14:21 2
        
        do you pee in your pants like real astronauts? -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:23 1
        
        No, but you get assigned shuttle jobs and practice for a full launch sim off a script and stuff like that. - TFox Jul 21, 14:24
- I would go out West to search for Curly's gold. -- nm - Loyola Jul 21, 14:19
- Coors Light drinking camp. Just think of the activities! -- nm - CQ Jul 21, 14:18 1
  - 12:00 - Eat tasteless food, drink Coors Light. 12:15 - Sleep. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:19
- Music and creative arts camp. (completed!) -- nm - TFox Jul 21, 14:18 2
  - Maybe I will go next summer. I've wanted to do it for a few years. It's in Indiana. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:18 1
    - I think SheFox is going back next week to run a sports camp. -- nm - TFox Jul 21, 14:19
Is there anything that mayo can't do? (nm) - musubi Jul 21, 14:16 19
- Teach Frenchy the value of working the count. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 14:30 1
  - Thread winner. -- nm - David Jul 21, 14:59
- pay my taxes? -- nm - dogbert183 Jul 21, 14:24 2
  - You can't be sure until you try. (nm) - musubi Jul 21, 14:27
  - the man has a point. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:25
- i noticed on the miracle whip container I bought last night that it had a "new better taste" stamp thingy on it - tRuMaN Jul 21, 14:21 5
  - Benzodiafolacrapityzimnate 30, of course! -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 14:23 2
    - Benzodiafolacrapityzimnate 29 was *crap*. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:26 1
      - Intermittant blindness was a *feature* not a sideeffect! (nm) - Marketing dept. Jul 21, 14:29
  - It couldn't get any worse. (nm) - musubi Jul 21, 14:22 1
    - no, it could decrease in awesomeness. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 14:24
- be BBQ'ed? -- nm - marcel Jul 21, 14:18 1
  - I have BBQ'd fish in a mayo marinade. (nm) - musubi Jul 21, 14:22
- not another round of mayo wars! -- nm - b. Jul 21, 14:18
- taste good? - oblique Jul 21, 14:17
- Taste good. -- nm - jnine Jul 21, 14:17 3
  - The answer was "no", dumbass. (nm) - musubi Jul 21, 14:17
  - *shakes fist in the air* -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 14:17 1
    - ha ha :P :P -- nm - jnine Jul 21, 14:18
interesting clip -- (link) - marcel Jul 21, 14:16 [youtube]
CQ: eat something else tonight. Make fish ceviche. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:16 3
- screw it. It's already cooking -- nm - CQ Jul 21, 14:17
- Oooh, I *love* a good ceviche. - musubi Jul 21, 14:17 1
  - I have not made one in ages. I should check out the fish counter. -- nm - loosilu Jul 21, 14:18

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