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favorite Patrick Swayze movie? Roadhouse of course, best performance? Donnie Darko. -- nm - Remlik Sep 15, 08:28 1
- Darko for me. -- nm - loosilu Sep 15, 08:28
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- was that gus johnson? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 15, 08:24 3
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  - Harry Caray -- nm - Spawn Sep 15, 08:24 1
    - it MIGHT be! it COULD be! -- nm - Remlik Sep 15, 08:25
hmm, i am about to be attacked on the ike test server -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 15, 08:12
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- honestly, I use my HTC touch pro for all of this, its a windows mobile phone - tRuMaN Sep 15, 08:27
- Get an mp3 player that can actually play mp3s :) -- nm - con_carne Sep 15, 08:16
- c) iPhone. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 15, 08:14 21
  - I love my eNv Touch. Unlimited surfing, video etc for $10 a month. -- nm - Spawn Sep 15, 08:17
  - Depends. If you spend a majority of your time in WiFi zones, having the extra cost of the data plan doesn't make much sense -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 08:15 14
    - If you get an iPhone, you are forced to also buy the data plan? -- nm - con_carne Sep 15, 08:18 13
      - This is why I still have (and will for awhile) have a dumb phone. - Cuzzin Todd Carried a Watermelon Sep 15, 08:25 2
        
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        That's the route I'll likely go. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Carried a Watermelon Sep 15, 08:28
      - it's useless without it. however, with the itouch you do not need one. you just need WiFi. -- nm - loosilu Sep 15, 08:24
      - Pretty much. AT&T is moving towards forcing that on all their smartphones from what I've read -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 08:21 3
        
        and thier networks sucks major balls because of it now. -- nm - Remlik Sep 15, 08:26 2
        
        We have great coverage and performance here in Chicago, not sure about other places -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 08:29 1
        
        I've heard lots of complaints about ATT's coverage here. Very spotty. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Carried a Watermelon Sep 15, 08:30
      - I couldn't imagine having it without a data plan. Pointless. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 15, 08:21 4
        
        I know for verizon, you can't even get a blackberry without getting the data plan -- nm - decline Sep 15, 08:21 3
        
        there wouldn't be much point. -- nm - loosilu Sep 15, 08:25 1
        
        well, that's true :) -- nm - decline Sep 15, 08:25
        
        right. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 15, 08:22
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    - AT&T is awful. Just, awful. -- nm - Spawn Sep 15, 08:36
    - I do not like them because of poor hearing aid compatibility. -- nm - loosilu Sep 15, 08:25
    - I always find this interesting. I just switched 160+ lines from T-Mobile to AT&T. Never been happier -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 08:18
    - this is my philosophy as well. -- nm - decline Sep 15, 08:16
- What are the price and feature differences (at a very high level). What are you looking to sue it for? - ty97 Sep 15, 08:06 4
  - Attorneys like to sue? -- nm - Spawn Sep 15, 08:07
  - "sue it for" - oblique Sep 15, 08:07 2
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      - You give my brain way too much credit. -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 08:08
- Do I have to pick one of those? What exactly are you looking for your device to do? -- nm - oblique Sep 15, 08:05 5
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    - hmm, not sure what apps are available for the zune hd, so not sure if email or calender are available yet. - tRuMaN Sep 15, 08:11 2
      - Ars Technica says that there will be no 3rd party apps. I wouldn't buy it for app support -- (link) - oblique Sep 15, 08:20 1
        
        sorry. should be "3rd party app ecosystem" - oblique Sep 15, 08:21
    - I'm not sure I could recommend a Zune HD at this point only because it's more of an unknown - oblique Sep 15, 08:09
- I've always been rather anti-Apple, but I broke down and bought a Touch and it really is a great piece of tech. - decline Sep 15, 08:03 2
  - How do you reconcile having a Touch with hving to use Itunes? - Subversive Sep 15, 08:23 1
    - I'm dealing with it. I just avoid iTunes as much as possible -- nm - decline Sep 15, 08:26
Should the Federal government stop giving out campaign money (you know the $ from the tax return checkbox) because some politicians have gone to jail? - CovingtonCat Sep 15, 07:55 18
- That's a voluntary donation, yes? - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:57 15
  - Then let people give it directly to the politicians. Don't have government involvement. - CovingtonCat Sep 15, 08:02 5
    - Or.....don't check the box. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 15, 08:02 4
      - Or save money by not having the government administer it at all. There's still a cost even if it's voluntary. - CovingtonCat Sep 15, 08:04 3
        
        I'm not arguing the validity of the program. Just your comparison. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 15, 08:05 2
        
        It's all politics. Cutting off funding to ACORN is a knee-jerk reaction. I jerking back in the direction of cutting off funding for politicians who - CovingtonCat Sep 15, 08:08 1
        
        "don't bother" ^ -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 15, 08:09
  - Maybe the analogy is: Should we stop paying Congresspeople's salaries because at least three have been convicted of crimes? - ty97 Sep 15, 08:01 8
    - We should stop paying those jackholes for a lot more valid reasons than that. -- nm - Ender Sep 15, 08:04 2
      - When they're not posturing politically or stealing they do run the country, you know -- nm - con_carne Sep 15, 08:16
      - Of course, it's the paradox that the people who would vote to cut their salary is...them. - ty97 Sep 15, 08:05
    - Exactly. What's good for the goose, etc. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 15, 08:02
    - and, more importantly, how many more have committed crimes without being convicted of them? -- nm - znufrii Sep 15, 08:02 3
      - I probably commited a number of crimes on the way to work today - oblique Sep 15, 08:07 2
        
        Everyone kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me, whatever.. -- nm - Terrelle Pryor Sep 15, 08:09
        
        Congress should probably remove the funding for the roads you drove on then ;) -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 08:07
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- I'm pretty sure that money only goes to matching funds for presidential campaigns. - znufrii Sep 15, 07:57
An interesting story about "regulatory arbitrage," the phenomenon that allowed AIG to collapse even though it was being watched by so many regulators. -- (link) - con_carne Sep 15, 07:53 6
- precisely *because* it was being watched by so many regulators -- nm - znufrii Sep 15, 07:53 5
  - I seldom see this topic covered on the news. Also, it is a depressing story. :-/ -- nm - con_carne Sep 15, 07:57 4
    - Because (a) it is boring and (b) in bad times "more regulation" (not better) is what people want to hear -- nm - Roger More Sep 15, 08:00 3
      - Congrats!!! -- nm - con_carne Sep 15, 08:02 2
        
        Thanks! And thanks to everyone who posted good wishes her and on FB. - Roger More Sep 15, 08:09 1
        
        :-) -- nm - con_carne Sep 15, 08:10
"My Little Pony" superhero mods. -- (link) - Beryllium Dawn Sep 15, 07:50 1
- My Apocalypse Ponies were better. -- nm - Spawn Sep 15, 07:51
Did ST know about Google Fast Flip? This is great for any news junkies with limited time....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Sep 15, 07:34 2
- "Melon compound 'reduces stress'". Sure. -- nm - Groundskeeper David Sep 15, 07:47
- I got an article about Fast Flip. Wheels within wheels, man. -- nm - Reagen Sep 15, 07:46
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- A story about Obama doing something right on Fox News? Clearly somebody there is getting fired. -- nm - con_carne Sep 15, 07:49
uefa Champions League Fantasy (sorry for the repost) - Jammed Uzi Sep 15, 07:26 1
- prizes only awarded to people living in UEFA member countries -- nm - zork Sep 15, 07:45
Anytime ty and znuffri are on one side of the argument together. You can bet they are and the wrong and crazy side of the argument. - Redmond Dawn Sep 15, 07:24 16
- Znu and I are making quite different arguments actually. - ty97 Sep 15, 07:26 15
  - And if it gets proven and/or fixed, then they can potentially start getting their money back again. -- nm - TFox Sep 15, 07:31 1
    - Excellent! - ty97 Sep 15, 07:32
  - I haven't been reading it. I just based my opinion on the players involved. -- nm - Redmond Dawn Sep 15, 07:27 12
    - *doesn't bother to read this thread because Redmond is always wrong* -- nm - Roger More Sep 15, 07:31 11
      - Ty admitted to me in person he takes sides he doesn't believe on ST. - Redmond Dawn Sep 15, 07:33 10
        
        Sure - I do the same as ty and I am just teasing you :) -- nm - Roger More Sep 15, 07:45
        
        What I'm posting here is my true feelings - ty97 Sep 15, 07:35 8
        
        I don't think it's a witch-hunt when the organization has multiple incidents in different locations of highly questionable behavior. - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:44 6
        
        I think it's a witch hunt when there has been a string of accusations of varying credibility against the organization. - znufrii Sep 15, 07:46 4
        
        See, one that finally sticks forces me to look at those other accusations for validity, not deem this one invalid. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:47 3
        
        I don't buy into that "the ends justify the witch hunt" kind of thinking. -- nm - znufrii Sep 15, 08:00 2
        
        I buy into the guilty people merit punishment. - Will Hunting Sep 15, 08:04
        
        You buy into thinking? -- nm - TFox Sep 15, 08:02
        
        My IM isn't referring to this situation, it's referring to a completely different conversation Redmond and I had. -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 07:45
        
        Ah fair enough. I never know when you are just posting to take the opposite side of what you believe. - Redmond Dawn Sep 15, 07:37
STIS: Question about a desk chair seat adjustor being broken - MDH Sep 15, 07:24
sigh, I am really tired of the patriots love fest that many of the sports sites have. yahoo sports has one column - tRuMaN Sep 15, 07:23
Neat. Stone age man used giant triangles to navigate. Modern man still gets lost going to the store -- (link) - oblique Sep 15, 07:19 3
- ~Triangle Man. Trangle Man. Triangle man hates Particle Man. They have a fight, Triangle wins. Triangle Man~ -- nm - decline Sep 15, 07:41
- Triangles? I don't need any triangles. Put them away. - Stone Age Man Sep 15, 07:32 1
  - Just stop and ask this guy if you can use his triangle. If this elk spoils because you didn't ask you're in big trouble mister. -- nm - Stone Age Woman Sep 15, 07:38
Yummy -- (link) - oblique Sep 15, 07:16
ty97, if Wal-Mart finds you shoplifting, they turn you over to the authorities...they seek it out. - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:09 41
- I have been in Walmart and the cart in fornt of me had things on the bottom that went unpaid for. When I pointed it out to the cashier she shrugged.. - Spawn Sep 15, 07:59
- i'll *ding* this one right back. -- nm - TFox Sep 15, 07:15
- I think you are assuming both of these things. - ty97 Sep 15, 07:15 38
  - I've worked Wal-Mart. I know they have an active anti-shoplifting program in place. - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:23 7
    - Cool. Now please describe your personal experience with ACORN's control program, so we can compare. -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 07:24 6
      - I don't work ACORN so I have no clue. Given the structure of the organization though, I'd bet it's tiny. - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:27 3
        
        Not an issue? Have you read what I've posted? - ty97 Sep 15, 07:28 2
        
        I believe your comparison is faulty. Shoplifting a tangible product is far far more easy and likely than offering Pimp-Advice -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:31 1
        
        Sure, that's why shoplifting happens tens of thousands of times a year that we know of, and pimp-advice occurs once that we know of. -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 07:33
      - I don't have to have worked or been ripped off by Bernie Madoff to know he is a criminal -- nm - Redmond Dawn Sep 15, 07:26 1
        
        When this posts makes sense on Earth, I'll repsond to it. -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 07:27
  - I am fairly certain Walmart doesn't let it's employees steal. I'd be willing to bet at least $2 on it. -- nm - TFox Sep 15, 07:18 29
    - I figure you're right. I also figure ACORN HQ doesn't allow employees to give out tax evasion advice. - ty97 Sep 15, 07:22 11
      - Of course, the difference is, do they have any apparatus in place to investigate/eliminate this behavior? - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:23 9
        
        well, wouldnt this be answered by an audit report? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 15, 07:29 2
        
        What audit will tell you ACORN's offering advice on setting up illegal activities? - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:32 1
        
        any audit which includes federal funds will include a report on internal controls over programs -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 15, 08:09
        
        I really don't think we can say it's seemingly no without more information. - ty97 Sep 15, 07:26 5
        
        These 3 incidents are enough for me to be quite happy they can't draw a dime of federal money. - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:28 4
        
        If these were finance folks, skirting the law to hit their profit and sales targets, we'd have the whole company facing the wall right now. - TFox Sep 15, 07:29 3
        
        the voter registration thing is a separate issue, but I would note that they're not allowed to not submit any registration forms, for very good reason - Reagen Sep 15, 07:34 1
        
        and they've gotten kicked off of helping out with the 2010 Census to boot -- nm - znufrii Sep 15, 07:34
        
        actually, we'd probably be heralding their success as a harbinger of an economic turn-around until it all falls to pieces years down the road. -- nm - znufrii Sep 15, 07:31
      - I don't do wrong. Not my thing. -- nm - TFox Sep 15, 07:23
    - and I'm pretty sure Target doesn't use entrapment to get Walmart employees to steal, either. -- nm - znufrii Sep 15, 07:21 16
      - If only the two issues were equivalent. My main issue with ty's comparison is they're not. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:29
      - nah, the ACORN employees are guilty as sin of what they did. No defending them. -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 07:23
      - when you were small, did you put Hershey's syrup in your glasses of wrong, so later in life you would find it more delicious? -- nm - TFox Sep 15, 07:22 13
        
        you mean there *is* a giant Target conspiracy against Walmart? -- nm - znufrii Sep 15, 07:23 12
        
        Have you ever seen ads looking for 'secret shoppers'? That's basically what the media people did here, it sounds like. - Beryllium Dawn Sep 15, 07:31 11
        
        I got the impression from the article that it was conservative activists, not the media, that were involved in this. - znufrii Sep 15, 07:33 9
        
        It sounded to me like Conservative Michael Moores. It doesn't change what the employees did. -- nm - ty97 Sep 15, 07:36 5
        
        and I'm not judging what the employees did, one way or another. -- nm - znufrii Sep 15, 07:38 4
        
        You should be. -- nm - Ender Sep 15, 08:11 3
        
        why? -- nm - znufrii Sep 15, 08:15 2
        
        Because even if you don't think it was an institutional problem, what those employees did was absolutely wrong. -- nm - Ender Sep 15, 08:19 1
        
        sure, but how exactly is that point relevant to any of the arguments I was making? -- nm - znufrii Sep 15, 08:24
        
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        yeah, because Senators are known for weighing and judging all the facts of a case before making a decision. *snort* - znufrii Sep 15, 07:37 1
        
        It was a pretty deserved punishment. 1 incident = isolated... 2 = sketchy...3 = a systemic problem. - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:40
        
        Except the Secret Shoppers aren't buying heroin or crack. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 15, 07:33
Some of you may have seen this before, but chipmunk + star wars = hilarious -- (link) - oblique Sep 15, 07:05 [flickr] 1
- And his photostream of how he setups up many of the pictures -- (link) - oblique Sep 15, 07:09 [flickr]
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- Such a weird day for me and my family last year, and almost weirder looking back. - TFox Sep 15, 07:06 1
  - Here we go. My cousin, ex-Lehmanite, one year later. -- (link) - TFox Sep 15, 07:09

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