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On the Outage Board: Some users unable to receive external calls in Teams. (On a Friday afternoon, I consider that an enhancement, not an outage) -- nm - Dano Sep 22, 12:17 3
- You're welcome, America -- nm - Microsoft Sep 22, 12:52
- oh man, we only do internal Teams calls. not that i really get any calls on my desk phone either -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 12:20
- It's a feature. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 22, 12:19
if any Obama-appointed judge made even one ruling as bad as this Texas asshole's brief body of work he/she would have been impeached long time ago -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 12:10 1
- (and because Durbin won't yeet the blue slips, Cornyn & Cruz get to block any new additions to this district court) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 12:13
it is only 3pm but i am *over* today. -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 12:05 4
- I have one more thing that is technically "due" today, but it won't be seen until Monday. Debating whether I would rather just work a bit on Saturday. -- nm - Dano Sep 22, 12:20
- Yeah. Stick a fork in today. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 12:13
- Lets call it a weekend -- nm - budice Sep 22, 12:10
- Agreed. I say we all go home. -- nm - sycor Sep 22, 12:07
ST cameo in today's NYT Xword -- (pic) - Baron Hardcoden Sep 22, 12:05 [Attachment] 1
- ha -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 12:13
forecast shows us getting *soaked* this weekend. 1.5"+ tomorrow, with a bit more on Sunday -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 22, 12:04
Heather Locklear, 61, stepped out in Calabasas -- (link*) - budice Sep 22, 11:57
NYC people: I'll be flying there in a week's time, and I'll be there for about a week. More than willing to meet whoever is there. (NM) -- nm - Marlowe Sep 22, 11:54 3
- Sweet! I'd love to meet up for something to eat while you're here. I'm in Chelsea most of the day but - Krusty Sep 22, 11:56 2
  - I'll be staying in Midtown but Chelsea is definitely somewhere we plan to go anyway. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 22, 11:59 1
    - Cool. I'll reach out as things get closer - Krusty Sep 22, 12:04
Google has paid Apple an estimated $120B since 2010 to be the default search engine on Safari/iOS -- (link) - budice Sep 22, 11:53 2
- but how many apple users actually make safari their default browser? (i never have, just Chrome it) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 11:57 1
  - Edge and Bing! -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 12:13
Reminder: Fat Bear Week starts on October 3rd. - ReluctantCynic Sep 22, 11:51
Imagine if he was allowed to do more. So far, the Biden administration has canceled more than $117 billion in student debt for 3.4 million borrowers. -- (link) - Qale Sep 22, 11:45 2
- also taking steps to remove medical debt from folks’ credit scores -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 11:46 1
  - Now if he could get Jerome to taper back down those interest rates, please. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 12:14
CHI Bears had over $100,000 worth in equipment stolen from Soldier Field overnight -- (link) - budice Sep 22, 11:32 4
- OH FOR GOD'S SAKE! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 22, 12:24
- LOL, all they need is someone shot inside the stadium to match the Sox Week from Hell in August at this rate. -- nm - spamlet Sep 22, 11:43
- they had asked the o-line to stand guard but they missed the whole thing -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 22, 11:35
- FBI raid? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 11:33
i don't know bout the rest of you mf'ers but finding an open Moderna slot this weekend was tight - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 11:31 3
- The choices through CVS went from almost none yesterday to a veritable surfeit. - Baron Hardcoden Sep 22, 11:44 2
  - I have to drive all the way down to Venice Blvd for mine tomorrow. that’s crap target -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 11:45 1
    - Also the CVS search tool is weird. Results differ greatly if I use city name or ZIP, and the latter yields more hits. *scratches head* - Baron Hardcoden Sep 22, 11:50
the fact that someone took "We didnt start the fire' and updated bits of it for the "todays" is fine, the bad is the band that did it - tRuMaN Sep 22, 11:25 2
- That, and most of what they mention is barley, "meh" level. - Spawn Sep 22, 11:42 1
  - true. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 22, 11:58
huh. I don't remember ever seeing this R2/C3PO anti-smoking PSA -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 22, 11:25 [youtube] 2
- It is the reason I don't smoke. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 11:35
- Chopper would be pro-smoking -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 22, 11:26
“I guess we’ve got a pilot in our house," -- (link) - JD Sep 22, 11:04 [youtube] 5
- I feel there should be a better avenue of communication for these people than... you know... just calling 9-1-1. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 22, 11:15 4
  - They probably have something equivalent to an EPIRB on the ejection seat or in their kit, but the pilot landed in a back yard. Easier - TWuG Sep 22, 12:21
  - Like what? I'm pretty sure the exact same thing happened in Top Gun: Maverick right after the kid said: Earth -- nm - JD Sep 22, 11:17 2
    - Call the office line? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 22, 11:18 1
      - "If you've accidentally ejected from an F-35 over South Carolina, press or say 9." -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 22, 11:52
Paywall is probably going to ruin this, but it’s time to play Is This Racist? -- (link) - Qale Sep 22, 11:01 10
- "in bad taste" is enough to get them taken down -- nm - rollo Sep 22, 11:38 1
  - Truly. I give folks a lot of benefit of the doubt, but this is a very bad look. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 22, 11:47
- I saw the photo for a second before the paywall thing came up. - ty97 Sep 22, 11:25
- Looks racist to me. Might not have been the intent, but it looks bad. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 22, 11:24 5
  - I got to see it a few seconds longer when I reloaded the page, YIKES, they spent some time and attention to crafting it all. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 11:39
  - So the homeowner was visited by a city council member(!) to help alleviate concerns in the predominately black community. Was shut down. - Qale Sep 22, 11:31 3
    - Then yup. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 22, 11:36
    - Sounds like, yep. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 22, 11:32 1
      - I’ve met that city council woman too as she’s come through my line a couple of times at the grocery store. She’s pretty down to earth. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 11:43
- I don't think so, but I can see it being considered racist. - JaxSean Sep 22, 11:05
"Marshawn Lynch improvised most of his lines." - David Sep 22, 10:56 5
- "I assume that means he didn't read the script or memorize anything that was scripted for him." "Yes." -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 22, 11:11 2
  - acting is reacting - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 11:12 1
    - he was our favorite guest on that murder mystery show netflix did -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 22, 11:28
- Improvise The Rainbow! Taste the Rainbow! -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 11:01
- he's 95% comic support. didn't need to "act" -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 10:58
We need more of this. Teacher's unions to give out free books to kids and teachers in Harlem. -- (link) - Krusty Sep 22, 10:55
Andy Reid will pass Tom Landry in head coaching wins on Sunday, barring a shocking upset. - David Sep 22, 10:50 1
- but ESPN told me that someone playing the season via Madden said the Chiefs were going to lose big this weekend. - tRuMaN Sep 22, 11:00
I think it’s about time for another remake of Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 10:45 5
- Sandler for Sid Caesar or Phil Silvers / Carvey & Spade in the plane / Melissa Mcarthy for Ethel Merman -- nm - gort Sep 22, 11:26 1
  - I was thinking younger for the Gen-Z gang. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 11:31
- I sold the Jack Davis poster painting to the film about 30 years ago. I wish I had it back now. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 22, 10:53 2
  - I remember giving Rat Race a good grade and people were like, you dummy. But honestly, the genre is dried up and there’s a new gen of cameos to use. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 11:02 1
    - Think of all the poop jokes! And vomit jokes! And belabored jokes! -- nm - TWuG Sep 22, 12:23
Dermatologist confirmed (as ST had) that the covid/flu viruses are 'not live' -- (edited) - ty97 Sep 22, 10:35 6
- OMG... *ZOMBIE* viruses?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 22, 10:55 1
  - google zombie cells (new theory about aging, cells just stop working, no dying but not working, which is better than turning cancerous, but... - zeitgeist Sep 22, 11:06
- pretty sure he just called you an old man -- nm - decline Sep 22, 10:41 3
  - I appreciated that he looked at me and said "At our age...." because I'm certain he's younger than me, probably by a decade or more -- nm* - ty97 Sep 22, 11:26
  - now I'm picturing the dermatologist yelling this into ty's ear trumpet -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 22, 10:42
  - Maybe the derm is just out of school and 25? -- nm - spamlet Sep 22, 10:42
Kind of impressed that the latest Moderna covid shot has me feeling feverish and pained. The last couple did not do such. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 10:29 5
- After first two Pfizer, I switched to Moderna, it hit like a truck, 4 n 5 were no big deal -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 10:32 4
  - I’ve been Moderna the whole way. I mean, it makes sense if the composition is changed enough it *ought* to cause a stronger reaction. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 10:37 3
    - They say that there is no correlation between the effectiveness of the vaccine and the severity of the reaction. It just hits people different at - pmb Sep 22, 10:44 2
      - I’m not talking about effectiveness, more like what variations are made in the spike protein. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 10:46 1
        
        Ok, but lots of people will get the same vaccine with no reaction. It really doesn't mean anything. -- nm - pmb Sep 22, 10:48
What's the most memorable (non-Band of Brothers) role for these Band of Brothers actors: Damien Lewis, Ron Livingston, Neal McDonough. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 22, 10:28 19
- Billions, Office Space, Arrow (Damien Darke) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 22, 11:49
- Why are you making me chose between Office Space and Swingers? Ugh. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Sep 22, 11:41 1
  - Go with Office Space. He's lead there and supporting in Swingers. -- nm - Dano Sep 22, 11:51
- To me personally, Life, Swingers, and Boomtown. - David Sep 22, 10:53
- Homeland, Office Space, Quarles -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 10:49
- Billions to me, Office Space, Justified (personal), but more broadly people would know him from Captain America likely. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 22, 10:46 1
  - Yeah, Dum-Dum would be my second choice -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 10:50
- Just those 3? We could be here all day with that cast. -- nm - LMS Sep 22, 10:41 1
  - There's definitely some a-listers, certainly. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 22, 10:54
- Homeland (no question), Office Space (no question), I have no idea, maybe Suits? -- nm - MDH Sep 22, 10:40
- Justified for Neal. The rest have already been nailed. -- nm - Jovian Sep 22, 10:37
- Homeland, Office Space (I'd put this as his signature), no idea -- I only know him from Walking Tall so not much. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 22, 10:36
- Billions, Office Space, that really bad NBC show they made him the lead on way back when -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 10:32 2
  - Hack? No, wait, that was the other guy. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 10:50
  - MI: Medical Investigation! -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 10:48
- You shouldn't even have to ask about Ron. Office Space. -- nm - VMan Sep 22, 10:31 2
  - Agreed, and for Damien Lewis I always think of "Life" -- nm - JaxSean Sep 22, 11:08 1
    - Life was great but Homeland is better. You need to watch S1 if you never have. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Sep 22, 12:28
- Lewis - probably Homeland, or maybe Billions now. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 22, 10:31
ST is made up of a really good group of people. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 22, 10:20 5
- You seem to have forgotten that pixie has reappeared. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 11:52
- Yup. The bad ones didn't survive The Purge. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Sep 22, 11:42
- Indeed. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 22, 10:25
- You mean *I'm* good people too? *blush* -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 10:22
- yup -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 22, 10:21
Sound editor poll: what are some sounds in movies/TV that are distinctly and instantly recognizable -- (edited) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 22, 10:20 40
- Darth Vader's breathing. Samantha's nose twitch sound from Bewitched. Lecter's teeth sucking sound. -- nm - TWuG Sep 22, 12:30
- thanks, gang...these are terrific -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 22, 10:40
- Johnny Weismuller Tarzan yell -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 22, 10:37
- a guy I know the other day said that he could hear a photo of an xwing fighter. what about the guitar squeal from bill and ted? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 22, 10:34
- Movie Sign. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 10:30 2
  - how's that? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 22, 10:30 1
    - I guess it does require lights and freaking out to *really* get the point that the movie Joel can’t control is about to begin. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 10:38
- Kim Catrell howling like Lassie -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 22, 10:28 1
  - Meg Ryan's fake orgasm. -- nm - VMan Sep 22, 10:41
- knocking 2 coconut shells together are a horse -- nm - Monty Python Sep 22, 10:27
- the *bong* from top gun. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 22, 10:25 2
  - DX-7 tubular bell patch -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 10:27 [youtube] 1
    - i really thought that that should have been a downloadable text tone when maverick was being marketed. like, the studio should have pushed it out ther -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 22, 10:32
- psycho weerretnt weereetnt sound. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 22, 10:25 2
  - the Wilhelm Scream (as a type, probable lots of the same thing happening, but not always the same voice). -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 22, 10:26 1
    - king-kong roar. godzilla roar -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 22, 10:28
- Netflix da-DUM -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 22, 10:24 3
  - the NBC sound is recognizable as well. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 22, 10:35 2
    - THX. MGM roar. -- nm - VMan Sep 22, 10:36 1
      - buzzing neon signs -- nm - VMan Sep 22, 10:39
- Shattering glass -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 10:24 5
  - Gimmie a ‘hell yeah’. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 10:30
  - Clip clop of horses hooves -- nm* - zeitgeist Sep 22, 10:25 3
    - *ding* -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 22, 10:35
    - Law n order clang clong -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 10:27 1
      - Theramin for alien communications, also European police or Ambulance sirens often used for aliens -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 10:30
- Star Trek transporter, beep-beep from Road Runner, the Ceylon noise, wiggity wiggity from Lost in Space, Sit Ubu Sit, the TARDIS, This is CNN, - The Allfather Sep 22, 10:24 2
  - Star Trek doors -- nm - VMan Sep 22, 10:32 1
    - Good one -- nm - David Sep 22, 10:50
- PeeWee Herman laugh. -- nm - Andie Sep 22, 10:23
- Wilhelm scream -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 22, 10:22
- Water drop -- nm - VMan Sep 22, 10:21 4
  - Tie-fighters. TV Cylons @ KITT LED "scroll". -- nm - VMan Sep 22, 10:25 3
    - Digital typing of location and time on screen. Old modems. Typwriters/teletypes. -- nm - VMan Sep 22, 10:29 2
      - Phone ringing -- nm - VMan Sep 22, 10:32 1
        
        Crack that whip! -- nm - VMan Sep 22, 10:46
- the “ping-weeee” gunshot ricochet sound they’ve used for 80 years -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 10:21 3
  - The ratcheting sound when a round is chambered -- nm - decline Sep 22, 10:32
  - all of those Hanna Barbara sound FX they used across all their different shows (the sound of Fred’s feet winding up to run fast) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 22, 10:24
  - similarly, the *skink* of a knife being drawn menacingly - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 22, 10:23
woo -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 22, 10:17

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