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sitwap: Jackman says the Japan storyline (Miller & Claremont run) of Wolverine is the basis for Wolverine 2... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 10, 13:57
STIS: cars that say to use Premium fuel - do you actually need to use Premium? -- nm - Guy Aug 10, 13:56 3
- Car Talk says probably not. -- (link) - mara Aug 10, 13:57 1
  - argh - blocked. any chance you could cut and post? (gracias) -- nm - Guy Aug 10, 13:58
- Depends if you're a fan of piston-knocking or not -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:57
"Sydney, Australia? No, this is Sydney, Nova Scotia." -- (link) - Reagen Aug 10, 13:54 1
- omg, I feel bad for the woman who landed there in *december* -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:56
Facebook buys social media aggregator FriendFeed. -- (link) - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 10, 13:54
7.6 earthquake in Indian ocean, with local tsunami warning ... -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:51 6
- 6.4 earthquake near Honshu, Japan -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:52 5
  - 15 foot shark caught in Lake Michigan. nmbl - groiny Aug 10, 13:54
  - probably too far away to be an aftershock. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:53
  - Bery, quit checking that damn website!! -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 13:53 2
    - why? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:53 1
      - There, see! You've stopped and now poof. No more earthquakes. -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 13:56
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- Fortune magazine perhaps? or is the Fortune 500 based on market cap? -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 13:43 11
  - They have both -- (link) - Roger More Aug 10, 13:45 9
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      - yw. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 13:47 5
        
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        Gross. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 13:51 3
        
        right? znu can totally do better than Dawson -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 13:52 2
        
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        Dear JackDawson - ty97 Aug 10, 14:02
    - but obviously only the top 500 :) -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 13:45 1
      - And only public companies. -- nm - mara Aug 10, 13:58
  - yup, by revenue -- (link) - znufrii Aug 10, 13:45
- Fortune 500? -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 13:43
oh, and seeing a school of squid was one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time -- nm - Jovian Aug 10, 13:34 10
- Is a "school of squid" like an older version of a "cackle of cougars"? {nm} - Banzai! Aug 10, 13:39
- very cool! (were you diving or snorkelling?) - Elf Andie Aug 10, 13:35 2
  - Being dragged under. -- nm - Mop (236 lbs) Aug 10, 13:55 1
    - The Old Ones are hungry. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 13:56
- Where did you stay in Aruba? Thought about it for my honeymoon, but I think we've opted elsewhere. -- nm - pmb Aug 10, 13:35 5
  - Mariott Surf Club -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 13:38 4
    - This is where I stayed last time I was there! -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 13:45 1
      - It really is the best choice. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 13:47
    - You went with him? - pmb Aug 10, 13:40 1
      - I feel like I did. - Spawn Aug 10, 13:42
Double Irony - the Onion is reposting the health insurance protestor story as if it was an Onion story -- nm - Guy Aug 10, 13:30 1
- you'll have to be more specific -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 13:34
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- *whimper* -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 13:19
- There are several banks that take scanned checks (though this is the first I've heard of an iphone app). I have no idea how this isn't ripe for fraud - pmb Aug 10, 13:16 10
  - which is why banks have a waiting period for funds to become available in your account. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 13:37 3
    - Generally a shorter period of time than the reality of this problem would become apparent. -- nm - pmb Aug 10, 13:40 2
      - not necessarily, with all-electronic clearing. I've deposited checks where the money is out of their account within 24 hours - znufrii Aug 10, 13:42 1
        
        This kind of fraud would be more difficult to detect (and that's a pretty long time for clearance you've experienced. Usually it's just a fixed - pmb Aug 10, 13:53
  - Well, USAA doesn't allow anyone to join and I'm fairly certain that their @homedeposit isn't a feature anyone gets - GWAA Aug 10, 13:26
  - You'd be pretty easy to track down, no? -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 13:18 4
    - Fake names. Take your cash and run. Not sure how much easier it would be to track down than others who write bad checks and such. -- nm - pmb Aug 10, 13:23 3
      - would have to be very elaborate. you would need solid fake credentials to beat the bank(s) and AT&T and Apple - decline Aug 10, 13:25
      - but you're still depositing it at least once through your iPhone, which presumably has to be connected to a real bank account and a real person. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 13:24 1
        
        Many check frauds involve simply moving faster than the system rather than out thinking it. It takes time for the multiple checks to hit the account - pmb Aug 10, 13:30
Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one who doesn't care one bit about the storyline in Halo - Guigue Aug 10, 13:13 3
- It's not compelling enough for me to pay attention to so I always forget my objective on the levels. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 13:53
- It's fairly meh to me as well. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 13:16
- "I do know how to pick them" is one of my two favorite videogame cutscene moments. -- nm - David Aug 10, 13:14
Tim Hortons backs out of anti-gay marriage event -- (link) - Beaker Aug 10, 13:11 1
- Clearly didn't know what they were sponsoring. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 13:29
I feel a Halo movie bet coming on. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 13:08 16
- I need a cast, first. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 13:09 15
  - well, we know that master chief will be some no name actor, and they will just the guy from the game for the voice. - tRuMaN Aug 10, 13:11 12
    - I'd like Chris Evans. -- nm - David Aug 10, 13:18
    - well ... adam baldwin, nathan fillion, and alan tudyk, for sure -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:11 10
      - (Tank Beats Ghost. Tank Beats Wraith. Tank Beats EVERYTHING!!) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:13 8
        
        That and "Is that your cell phone?" are my favorite voiceovers. -- nm - David Aug 10, 13:18 6
        
        heh -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:24 [youtube] 4
        
        Flipyap! -- nm - Remlik Aug 10, 13:47 2
        
        no, that was yapflip -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:48 1
        
        hmm, I think it was flipyapyap -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 10, 13:51
        
        here -- (link) - tRuMaN Aug 10, 13:38 [youtube]
        
        There's a bunch of great voiceover clips on youtube - like a brute saying "He was my lover!" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:19
        
        not quite, but maybe -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 10, 13:16
      - baldwin could be the osdt guy from the first game - tRuMaN Aug 10, 13:12
  - Kinda hard to "cast" master chief. Cortana, on the other hand ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:10
  - Oh, not soon. But eventually. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 13:10
Guess Keith Urban isn't selling well, Verizon Center just e-mailed me $20 ticket offer -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 13:06 2
- i love Keith Urban -- nm - Hotkiss Aug 10, 13:06 1
  - August 20th Verizon Center $20 haha -- nm - MDH Aug 10, 13:10
umm, its 3:02 here, and it looks like the sun has gone down already outside. - tRuMaN Aug 10, 13:03 4
- The Nothing has crossed the border. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 13:04 1
  - +5 Qale points -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 13:05
- daylight savings -- nm - Danoslam Aug 10, 13:04 1
  - effin government, first healtcare, now they want to regulate my daylight? - tRuMaN Aug 10, 13:04
hey bery, so have you read those books? - tRuMaN Aug 10, 13:02 3
- No; however, when Halo: Combat Evolved was first being developed for the PC, PC Gamer had a ton of the backstory printed. So I read a lot of that .. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:10 2
  - there is a great complete story site on the net, I just cannot remember the name. - tRuMaN Aug 10, 13:12 1
    - oh, I've also read a bunch on the wiki -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:12
Having trouble on the office computer, the cd-rom is not opening on its own, nor does it seem to be recognized by the computer. - Stephen Aug 10, 13:01 8
- Power plug might have come loose -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:06 4
  - You mean inside the tower? (nm) - Stephen Aug 10, 13:11 3
    - Yes, I mean inside the tower - the ATX plug might have popped out, or the one that's plugged in might have blown a fuse/capacitor and be dead -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:12 2
      - Oh, well that's above my paygrade. - Stephen Aug 10, 13:25 1
        
        well, if he does that, might want them to bring a spare - it's entirely possible the drive itself has blown a cap or something. Might need to replace - Beryllium Aug 10, 13:27
- the driver may be either corrupted or missing. you could try a system restore or to reinstall the drivers. -- nm - decline Aug 10, 13:02 2
  - Checked for driver issues, no updated drivers, no driver to roll-back to. - Stephen Aug 10, 13:06 1
    - you don't have to copy everything. And the Device manager doesn't always acknowledge a corrupt driver. -- nm - decline Aug 10, 13:11
Bratwurst and R�sti -- (link) - marcel Aug 10, 13:01 [Image]
Spawn - Guy Aug 10, 13:00 1
- Storm hit, so powered down the computers. - Spawn Aug 10, 13:10
leaving for Mexico in about 30 minutes. see you later, ST :) -- nm - Hotkiss Aug 10, 12:59 4
- hold onto your kidneys!! -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 13:12
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  - thanks for everything, dude. will hit you up if i need anything :) and get Roberto to sober enough to list some suggestions! -- nm - Hotkiss Aug 10, 13:06 1
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Hi. Aruba was awesome and work is not. nm - Jovian Aug 10, 12:58 3
- It's hard to leave. I went around this time last year. Where did you stay? - lileve Aug 10, 13:12 2
  - Marriott - Surf Club nm - Jovian Aug 10, 13:32 1
    - Yes, it was awesome. Is that a time share? -- nm - lileve Aug 10, 13:35
Police called after attendee leaves gun behind at congresswoman's meet & greet -- (link) - znufrii Aug 10, 12:57 17
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  - oops, "dropped" not left behind. - znufrii Aug 10, 13:02
  - I'm willing to bet Safeway had a sign on their door barring concealing weapons. - ty97 Aug 10, 13:01 14
    - (well, not just barring concelaing them...barring them at all) - ty97 Aug 10, 13:01 13
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        I did a little research. It appears that AZ allows private businesses to decide whether guns are alllowed or not - ty97 Aug 10, 13:17
      - Not knowing the specifics, how can that be legal if there's a carry and conceal law on the books? -- nm - Stephen Aug 10, 13:02 10
        
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        Interesting. Would seem to defeat the purpose of a C&C though. -- nm - Stephen Aug 10, 13:08 4
        
        If you can deny someone entry for, say, not wearing shoes, you should be able to do the same for someone carrying a gun IMO -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 13:10 1
        
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        so would dropping your gun. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 13:08
        
        The signs on Austin bars were kind of surreal. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 13:06 1
        
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        Depends how the law is written, I guess. Businesses in Ohio are allowed to bar firearms from the premises whether the carrier has a permit or not. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 13:05
"seriously, mario is the most popular video game character of all time. it's a license to print money. i'm thinking of bobby hoskins..." nm - studio exec circa 1992 Aug 10, 12:56 9
- they took a game based in fantasy and made it real world, which was the biggest overall mistake. - Reagen Aug 10, 12:58 2
  - Halo could be botched horribly. Or it could be this generation's Saving Private Ryan. - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:59 1
    - not saving private ryan, there isnt enough charactor interaction if you just follow the games - tRuMaN Aug 10, 13:04
- Hey, I liked that movie. But really ... why were the brothers in san francisco? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:58
- "the kids already know him, he was perfect in that rabbit thing!" -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 12:58
- Lesson learned: don't cast Bob Hoskins as Master Chief. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:57 3
  - Or The Rock. nm - Dignan Aug 10, 13:00 1
    - He couldn't be any worse than Nic Cage. -- nm - David Aug 10, 13:13
  - We can still cast him as PacMan. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 12:59
Mark Cuban is fiendishly clever. Proposes plan to scuttle Fox News under the guise of selling web content. -- (link) - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 12:55
Your hottie of the day... -- (link) - Danoslam Aug 10, 12:55 [Image] 2
- oh my -- nm - Epiphany Aug 10, 13:44
- Fuck. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Aug 10, 13:03
The gravity hammer was weak. But otherwise that was an astounding recreation of the game. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:54 4
- It's too bad that it only had the spiker and not the needler. - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:57 2
  - It's hard for me to play Halo 2 since the needler doesn't cause explosions. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:58 1
    - and because you suck. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 10, 13:05
- In particular, he understood scale and game dynamics. The warthog/scarab stuff writes itself in an action sequence. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:56
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- "The researchers first design, using massively powerful lasers, was scrapped after several trips to the hospital." -- nm - Max Aug 10, 12:58
- Lucy Liu-bots for everyone! -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:57
- That's precisely where my mind went. -- nm - Mop (still 235lbs... on a good day) Aug 10, 12:56
- Wow. Holodeck here I come. -- nm - pmb Aug 10, 12:55

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