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SITWAP: Michael Jackson "This Is It" Trailer -- (link) - con_carne Sep 17, 07:45
ST Poll: From Below, what are you watching tonight? -- nm - MDH Sep 17, 07:42 16
- office, survivor, fringe, already watched bones (yay canada!), SNL Weekend Update thingy -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 07:47
- Bones and The Office. Going to try Community probably too. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 17, 07:46
- Office, Survivor -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 07:45
- There is a new Sasha Grey porno I have been wanting to check out. -- nm - Redmond in California Sep 17, 07:45 3
  - you're probably joking, but have you seen the doc '9 to 5: A life in Porn'? Sje -- nm - Andie Sep 17, 07:46 2
    - She's in it when she was just starting, she's weirdly self assured about it all. - Andie Sep 17, 07:46 1
      - For research purposes only I will have to check that out -- nm - Redmond in California Sep 17, 07:49
- Football -- nm - ty97 Sep 17, 07:44
- Nothing - got a meeting to go to. Am I the only one left here without a DVR :( - MojaveMeg Sep 17, 07:44
- Either Phillies baseball or college football - whatever's on at the pub. -- nm - decline Sep 17, 07:44 1
  - but am dvr'ing Vampire Diaries and Supernatural --nm - decline Sep 17, 07:46
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- Survivor, Bones, Project Runway -- nm - Jim Sep 17, 07:43
- The Office. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:42
- Survivor, Fringe, Project Runway -- nm - MDH Sep 17, 07:42 1
  - We'll be recording P.R., I think, but I'll be "watching it" from another room. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 07:48
Halo 3: ODST preorders pass 1.2 million. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 17, 07:38 2
- That Modern Warfare # is impressive. - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:39 1
  - It's been predicted that it'll be the best selling game of all-time. -- nm - Shaun Sep 17, 07:41
"Kanye West just interrupted Patrick Swayzes funeral to let everyone know Michael Jacksons death was better" - Epiphany Sep 17, 07:35 1
- yeah, I got a pic emailed to me about that. hee-larious -- nm - zork Sep 17, 07:35
JJ Abrams says the next Star Trek movie will deal with "modern issues". With the Federation in a recession, fighting wars againt Cardassia and Romulus - Beryllium Sep 17, 07:23 6
- because we know that the Star Trek movies with endless political debates are the best -- nm - Cloudy with a Chance of Dano Sep 17, 07:45
- "The taxation of trade routes is in dispute." -- nm - con_carne Sep 17, 07:41
- Keep your Federation hands off my health care! -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 17, 07:26 3
  - Their healthcare plan is going to give free care to illegal Klingons at our expense! -- nm - T.E.A. Party Member Sep 17, 07:29 2
    - You Lie! - Khan -- nm - Redmond in California Sep 17, 07:47
    - Klingons will be the alien trash of the Federation -- nm - Admiral Cartwright Sep 17, 07:33
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- Crayton. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:17 10
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    - I ain't sold on Bennett as a receiver; seems his plus-side is he's old pals with Cutler. - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:21 8
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        You went with Bennett, didn't you? - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:26 6
        
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        Bennett is going to be hot money this year. Getting your QB to throw you the ball is an underrated aspect of success. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:29 4
        
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        I had to try to get there. He was not helping. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:37 2
        
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        It's like collecting scalps. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:40
STIS&F: I know you can use DVI to HDMI cables to output a computer to a TV, but can you use HDMI to DVI cables to output HDMI to a computer monitor? -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 07:16 6
- electrically, probably, since HDMI just encapsulates DVI ... however, there are encryption/DRM restrictions sometimes -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 07:22
- I think the answer is sometimes. -- nm - decline Sep 17, 07:20 4
  - for example here is a splitter to do hdmi-to-2-dvi - decline Sep 17, 07:22 3
    - Yeah. I was planning on getting myself a new monitor for my computer and taking my old 19" LCD upstairs to hook a Roku to for exercise - oblique Sep 17, 07:25 2
      - Look at the DVI cable. DVI-D looks different from DVI-I (you can find examples on the interwebs) - decline Sep 17, 07:27 1
        
        Seems I could also spend $100 on an HDFury to go from HDMI to VGA w/ HDCP. *sigh* - oblique Sep 17, 07:32
TV PSA: Big night: Bones, SNL Weekend Update, Survivor, Parks and Rec, Office, Community, Fringe, Philedelphia -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 07:14 3
- I thought NBC was next week (24th) -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 17, 07:17 2
  - I think next week are the new shows like Truama and Mercy, etc. -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 07:19
  - Whoa it really is tonight! -- nm - HdnAgnda Sep 17, 07:18
Radiation risk too great for manned missions to Mars -- (link) - oblique Sep 17, 07:09 1
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lawsuit seeks to expand House of Representatives to as many as 1761 seats. -- (link) - znufrii Sep 17, 07:08 44
- I'm generally in favor of it. If there were the same ratio of reps per constituent today that they had at the founding there'd be over 9,300 representatives. -- nm - Ender Sep 17, 07:38
- The obvious solution is to merge the less-populated states -- nm - Roger More Sep 17, 07:20 2
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    - the no-brainers are consolidating the Dakotas, Carolinas, and Virginias. Also, IdaWyoTana -- nm - zork Sep 17, 07:32
- Because the House churns out such useful stuff now. This would obviously make it so much better. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:10 1
  - In one vein, it potentially could. Majority of the assclowns' time now is spent on money-raising. - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:15
- oh hell no -- nm - ty97 Sep 17, 07:09
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  - and it still doesn't fix what I see as the main flaw in the system, namely that any competetive system deprives the losing party of representation - znufrii Sep 17, 07:12 35
    - You should have seen the last Canadian election when the winning party was elected by only about 35% of the voting public.... - Walt_Disney Sep 17, 07:22
    - they should then try harder to not lose. (unless you want to create the House of Special Olympics? "good job with third place, here's a ribbon?" -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:15 23
      - actually... - znufrii Sep 17, 07:19 22
        
        Doesn't solve your issue at all. It's frankly impossible to solve your issue. - pmb Sep 17, 07:20
        
        i know. and it's dumb. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:20 20
        
        why? -- nm - znufrii Sep 17, 07:22 19
        
        Because any amount is arbitrary and will likely be set up for a constitutional challenge before its even law. - Walt_Disney Sep 17, 07:25
        
        1) harms smaller/non-media driven regions 2) creates a system where money-raising is the sole job of these people. - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:23 17
        
        if anything, I'd think a threshold neutralizes the fund-raising arms race, because once you have sufficient support, there is no further incentive - znufrii Sep 17, 07:31 7
        
        Never leave it to chance. Run up the score every single moment. - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:33 2
        
        I just thought of the perfect disincentive for this. - znufrii Sep 17, 07:42 1
        
        So you'd throw out people who are clearly a choice of hundreds of thousands of people. - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:47
        
        Well, except to keep others under the threshold, and thereby give your own vote more power. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:32 3
        
        okay, I can see that being a valid concern. - znufrii Sep 17, 07:37 2
        
        you do not have to worry. it will never leave your own head,. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:38 1
        
        I don't have any doubt about that -- nm - znufrii Sep 17, 07:40
        
        and it also gets fucking Carrot Top and Fred Phelps elected, if you just need a viral Youtube video and 1,000 crazy fucks from anywhere to vote for yo -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:27 8
        
        I was thinking more like 500,000 - znufrii Sep 17, 07:29 7
        
        500.....in a voting pool of 100million tops = at most 200 representatives. - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:32 3
        
        i'm stopping now. every post i make, i realize it's akin to explaining why an ice cream flavor can't be Secretary of State. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:33 2
        
        Depends on which flavor. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:34 1
        
        Chunky Monkey would be a great ambassador to the international community, and a bastion of foreign policy ideals. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 07:45
        
        You would need to set the bar either at the "top 400 vote getters", and it would curve steeply like presidential races... - TFox Sep 17, 07:30 2
        
        I'd think about 300 would be ideal, but it should be a fixed number regardless, pegged at a certain percentage of the decennial Census count -- nm - znufrii Sep 17, 07:33 1
        
        i know you are smart. i wish you would use that to generate smart ideas. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:34
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      - example: Representative Joe wins 51% of the vote in an election. The remaining 49% don't get a voice in the House of Representative - znufrii Sep 17, 07:17 5
        
        this is where you ought to occasionally consider practical limitations on governing. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:18 4
        
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        even I'm not delusional enough to think that's practicable, currently. - znufrii Sep 17, 07:20 2
        
        It would never not suck. Ever. Even if my brain had wifi that could hack the planet. -- nm - TFox Sep 17, 07:21 1
        
        you're actually entirely correct here. - znufrii Sep 17, 07:22
      - The losers don't have anyone representing them. - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:14 2
        
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        Think about the losing side's feelings ML. - Will Hunting Sep 17, 07:16
Advice colum of the day: My neighbour keeps harshing my maijuana buzz and calling the cops on me. What should I do?.....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Sep 17, 07:07
Heh. Video of Obama calling Kanye West a jackass -- (link) - oblique Sep 17, 07:03 [youtube] 3
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- I have to admit, of all the things he could've called Kanye, 'jackass' is pretty mild. -- nm - znufrii Sep 17, 07:04 1
  - and yet, deadly accurate -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 07:04
aww, the protruding heart baby died :( -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 17, 06:58
Hmm, so they actually arrested that yale student/lab tech suspect -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 17, 06:58 4
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  - Above the drop ceiling isn't a foolproof hiding place?! -- nm - PsiTouch Sep 17, 07:06
- I guess we know who JackDawson is dressing up as for Halloween -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 06:58 1
  - Good. I could use a break this year. -- nm - Morissey costume Sep 17, 07:01
Glee thoughts (spoilers?) - oblique Sep 17, 06:58 19
- BBs were right that this show is a hot mess. That whole (spoils) - HdnAgnda Sep 17, 07:04
- Right now, it's all over the place. The whole Accafella thing seemed like a storyline for later in the season. - Jim Sep 17, 07:04 10
  - I don't know if every bit of singing is done by ever actor, but overall the answer is yes. - ty97 Sep 17, 07:06 9
    - and, for example (spoilers?) - ty97 Sep 17, 07:09 8
      - really? cause I hope he plays an instrument & not the lead vocalist - Epiphany Sep 17, 07:11 2
        
        he seems to do both. - ty97 Sep 17, 07:26 1
        
        I will check it out tonight -- nm - Epiphany Sep 17, 07:31
      - and here's a myspace link -- (link) - ty97 Sep 17, 07:10 [youtube]
      - *I bust the windows out your car* -- nm - MDH Sep 17, 07:10 3
        
        That was the only song I did not know. -- nm - ty97 Sep 17, 07:11 2
        
        minor radio hit - I like it a lot - will buy the Mercedes version - Epiphany Sep 17, 07:12 1
        
        "Oh hell no I'm Beyonce, I ain't no Kelly Rowland" is my favorite line of the show -- nm - MDH Sep 17, 07:13
- That last part was a bit subtle, but spot on (spoilers) - ty97 Sep 17, 07:03 2
  - Completely agree. He was great with it too. - MDH Sep 17, 07:06 1
    - I also love (spoilers) - ty97 Sep 17, 07:07
- what was the line about *spoils* - Epiphany Sep 17, 07:03 2
  - Just don't go all chick crazy. -- nm - Cloudy with a Chance of Dano Sep 17, 07:19 1
    - ooops, I mean chick batty -- nm - Cloudy with a Chance of Dano Sep 17, 07:29
- That was such a good moment at the end. -- nm - MDH Sep 17, 06:58
LYC: So my friends now want to dress up for the Lady Gaga concert next week - MDH Sep 17, 06:52 7
- Dude. You *have* to go like this. Please. It will totally be worth it. We'll take up a collection if it helps make up your mind -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 17, 06:54 6
  - Originality is key. This would be a copy, bad idea -- nm - ty97 Sep 17, 07:00
  - Haha omg. My one friend bought 7'' heels, fake blood, neon pearls, and a white lace "thing" - MDH Sep 17, 06:57 1
    - please please go! -- nm - Andie Sep 17, 06:57
  - red queen? or flesh-eating zombie? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 06:56 2
    - Heat Miser's tampon? - MDH Sep 17, 06:57
    - Carrie. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 06:57
TFox, re: U2. I LOVED them up until Joshua Tree and they kinda lost me after that. - Jim Sep 17, 06:51 4
- heh, this is me too. Saw them a few years ago and it was a great show, but don't like them. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 17, 06:55 1
  - I saw Wu Tang clan open for RATM. Great show, but I don't like them. -- nm - lileve Sep 17, 07:46
- I actually really like War. It is probably the only album of theirs I'm a big fan of, and my enjoyment of it is tainted... - TFox Sep 17, 06:55
- My aunt says the excact same thing - MDH Sep 17, 06:53
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- wtf do they need the tooth for? -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 06:53 3
  - it's the holder for the cornea, so the body won't reject it. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 06:57 2
    - in your eye? jeebuz -- nm - oblique Sep 17, 06:58 1
      - Imagine a tissue rejection scenario in your eye. You don't want that. - Beryllium Sep 17, 06:59
These guys are totally right and it goes to show how many companies/brands fail to understand the power of the intertubes -- (link) - oblique Sep 17, 06:50 2
- *hates baseball even more now* -- nm - JaxSean Sep 17, 06:54 1
  - I could understand them locking it down to their own video if they had it enabled for sharing - oblique Sep 17, 06:59
*fires B2 and replaces everyone with cheap contracted labor* -- nm - znufrii Sep 17, 06:48 3
- That article says that the new workers will be paid $8 an hour with no benefits. - Diva Sep 17, 06:50 2
  - That's what happenes when labor is viewed as a commodity. - znufrii Sep 17, 06:56
  - znu's outsourced replacement is still overpaid. Couldn't he be replaced by a bot or something? -- nm - Roger More Sep 17, 06:54
Word. -- nm - Jim Sep 17, 06:48

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