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Once again, George Carlin has this all figured out. - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 11:05 2 1
- we are still going to remove from society many of our more annoying citizens. - Danedukenuuk Oct 21, 11:12
- "Then what's partricide?" "Killing a partridge." "Victimless crime." "No it's not, Shawn!" "Then who's the victim?" "The partridge!" -- nm - Max Oct 21, 11:09
Grackus....Something more cheerful. -- nm - Remlik Ceaser Oct 21, 11:02
This should be nice. Tonight I bring my son to Durham Bulls ballpark to celebrate being AAA champs for 2009. We get to have a catch on the ballfield. - HdnAgnda Oct 21, 11:02 6
- cool, that is one minor league team I'd like to see play one day -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 11:02 5
  - Make your way to the area and I'll make sure to get you there with tkts behind home plate. My wife has a nice work related benefit for these seats. -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 21, 11:07 2
    - Well, technically to the right of home plate, but still good ones. -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 21, 11:11 1
      - NC is one of the ten states I haven't been to. I've got to get there someday -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 11:13
  - I am making a plan next summer to take him to all the NC minor league parks to see a game. - HdnAgnda Oct 21, 11:04 1
    - that sounds like a blast -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 11:06
ST Fantasy Hoops '09 - More teams needed! - Krusty Oct 21, 10:59
i'd pay handsomely for a brain cleanser right about now. -- nm - b. Oct 21, 10:58 9
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Anus. -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 11:00 3
  - Ooooh, who we talking about? -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 21, 11:05
  - i'd shake my fist at you for that, but it's too risky. -- nm - b. Oct 21, 11:04 1
    - he might sit on it! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 11:04
- heh. Sorry, I thought people knew what that was by now. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:59 4
  - i now remember it being mentioned but never went there or saw descriptors. -- nm - b. Oct 21, 11:06
  - Heh, Sterling K was mad at me because I mentioned "2 girls 1 cup" in passing, and then he went and looked it up. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 11:02 2
    - Yeah, not a good thing to look at. -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 11:13 1
      - I remain unspoiled that way. woo. -- nm - b. Oct 21, 11:14
Ticket poll as extension of ML's poll (tee hee) below. How many tkts have you gotten in your lifetime? - HdnAgnda Oct 21, 10:57 29
- two or three I think. -- nm - Stephen Oct 21, 11:13
- 4, I think, plus 1 photo radar. None in the last 4 years though. -- nm - Subversive Oct 21, 11:13
- More than 15 -- nm - Loyola Oct 21, 11:08
- Two. One for doing 46 in a 35 (on college campus) and one for doing 65 in a 55. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 21, 11:08 2
  - No, wait, three. Forgot about the other one in N. Carolina a few years ago, 55 in a 45. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 21, 11:09 1
    - They can spot a Floridian. :) -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 21, 11:10
- One. Unsafe left turn when i was 17. - Andie Oct 21, 11:08
- I used to get a couple a year at a YA (traffic school was a LOT looser and if tix were from different counties you could wipe several away with 1 day) - zeitgeist Oct 21, 11:07
- I think 5. Gotten off with warnings 3 times. -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 11:05
- Wow...no idea. A lot. -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 11:04
- one for speeding when I was 17, and the juvenile court judge had to look-up the rule to see if I really should have rec'd a ticket. - b. Oct 21, 11:03
- 6 in 57/58...called in to discuss matter with a judge...my excuse was that I had a 57 chevy... -- nm - BAD Oct 21, 11:03 2
  - "I'll let it pass, this time ... on the condition that you let me drive it around town this afternoon." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 11:03 1
    - Was put on restriction...only drive back and forth to work... -- nm - BAD Oct 21, 11:06
- One, for running a red light. -- nm - kelly Oct 21, 11:02
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- Zero. Shoulda gotten one, but the cop was an old family friend who gave me a warning. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 11:01
- None. Although I did get a warning (written) once for driving without insurance; just had to reinsure the car and present proof of insurance to them -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 11:01 1
  - (avoided a 600 dollar fine) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 11:02
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- Mechanical warning for a bald tire, and one illegal left turn... - MojaveMeg Oct 21, 11:00
- None. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 10:59
- 2 -- nm - TWuG Oct 21, 10:59
- Four. I deserved three of them. - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 10:58
- if I count photo radar, probably two dozen. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:58
- I've been pulled over probably six times for moving violations. I think I've been ticketed three times. -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 10:58
- none -- nm - CQ Oct 21, 10:58 2
  - I've never even had a parking ticket -- nm - CQ Oct 21, 11:00 1
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the olympics are torturing me. - Andie Oct 21, 10:54 6
- Next time give it to Chicago! *click* -- nm - Andie s.i. Oct 21, 10:58
- "There's an opening in Inuvik. Can you make that?" -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:56 2
  - everyone love the polar riveria no stupid palm trees to make shadows :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 21, 11:02
  - basically. -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 10:57
- Do I enter the "FREE GOLD MEDAL" contest? Or do I want in on the ice skate giveaway? -- nm - Andie si Oct 21, 10:55 1
  - I read an article about 2010's medals ... they sound pretty cool. And they weigh over a pound each. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:56
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- Nope. I slam on the brakes, change lanes and get off at the next exit. -- nm - Stephen Oct 21, 11:12
- Yes. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 21, 11:07
- Of course. And give him the finger. -- nm - Loyola Oct 21, 11:01
- Nope. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 11:00
- and this is the first time I have EVER seen a cop go the speed limit. -- nm - CQ Oct 21, 10:59
- No. -- nm - kelly Oct 21, 10:57
- Me yes, and I got a warning for it. -- nm - budice Oct 21, 10:57
- Yeah. Unless my tags are expired or something. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 10:57
- my actual answer is yes, I've done it a couple of times and above the limit (but within flow margin of error) -- nm - Max Oct 21, 10:56
- yep -- nm - zork Oct 21, 10:56
- Nope. -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 10:56
- I slow the fuck down -- nm - some black dude Oct 21, 10:55
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- no, I'll go exactly the speed limit -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 10:55
- no -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 10:54
- yes, but I ease off the gas. -- nm - b. Oct 21, 10:54
- Cruise up next to him, shine spotlight in his face, run badge number, drive on. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 10:54 2
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    - flash your highbeams at him - zork Oct 21, 10:55
- Me (and almost every other driver I've seen): No. - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:54
- I have. I do. I will. -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 21, 10:54
*gets ready for a rumble tomorrow morning with the Inventory Dept* - Beaker Oct 21, 10:52
Well, that's going to be a few days baggin' and taggin' a few thousand photos in Adobe Bridge. - celedhring Oct 21, 10:44 1
- i think my iPhoto has something like 9,000 photos in it -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:45
Senator David Vitter, standing up for the rights of his constituents... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 21, 10:41 2
- AKA the "That was way more than 100 pounds of meat" defense. - Reagen Oct 21, 10:44
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This story doesn't sit right with me. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:40 52
- Agreed. I also dislike that a myriad of offenses of vastly different degree all get the same label and restrictions. - TWuG Oct 21, 10:59 3
  - There's also a difference between a serial rapist and the guy who gets a packet of kiddie porn uploaded to his computer when he's - Jim Oct 21, 11:11 1
    - Likely excuse! "I swear I was just looking for some Creed, officer!" -- nm - TWuG Oct 21, 11:14
  - often, for life. -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 10:59
- how do you feel about all the Native Americans our govt. relocated in the 1800's every time we wanted land? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 21, 10:55 2
  - Not the same thing. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:59
  - "Pretty bad ... but at least we gave them some blankets." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:56
- Yeah, that's a tough issue. - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 10:48 26
  - Part of my dismissal of the lists are how non-realistic they are. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:57 5
    - I agree the system needs work. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 10:59
    - another thing, assuming some recidivists among them, I see the value of 90 plus in one spot versus being scattered around the city -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 10:59 3
      - although you run the risk of a slum, there. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 11:04 1
        
        I'm going to be a bit harsh here, but its a mobile home park. How much worse can it get? -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 11:05
      - Which is spoken to in the article...and is a pretty valid reason. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 11:02
  - There's a "not in my backyard" mentality here, where people want problems to simply go away rather than realizing they are your problem, too -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 10:55 19
    - and the all-too-common perception that these individuals are the lowest of the low, and have no value whatsoever. -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 10:56 18
      - I will concede that too many people are labeled 'sex offender', but for those correctly labeled... yeah, I don't know how one can get lower. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 11:01 17
        
        the scarlet letter sticks, regardless of whether or not it was deserved. - znufrii Oct 21, 11:04 3
        
        Fire is the correct way. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 11:07
        
        Nah, but this nation has a problem with shooting those reasonably a threat to children. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 11:05 1
        
        Fortunately I don't subscribe to the common societal paranoia when it comes to those kinds of people. - znufrii Oct 21, 11:10
        
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        What Will said. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 11:06
        
        My rough description...those who violate others against their will. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 11:05 10
        
        Different states' laws vary few topics more than the definition of sex offense. It's a frickin mess -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 11:13
        
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        kiddie porn producers, yes. - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 11:12 1
        
        that does not sound less dangerous. -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 11:12
        
        Those as well...... - Will Hunting Oct 21, 11:12 1
        
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        but what if it is willing, yet an abuse of authority, like teachers who date students? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 11:06 3
        
        You figure those out when you come to them. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 11:07 1
        
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        the authority issue calls into question whether willingness can even be given in those situations. -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 11:07
- The Economist did an excellent, excellent look at this problem earlier this year. One of my favorite things I read in that magazine. -- (link) - TFox Oct 21, 10:45 5
  - *bookmarks for later* Thanks -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 11:09
  - Very interesting. Thanks! -- nm - Guigue Oct 21, 11:03
  - Wow, did they mean to mean to create a goatse as the illustration there? -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:48 2
    - ack! do not click on the first wiki hit for goatse if at work, or ever. -- nm - b. Oct 21, 10:53
    - probably. did you scroll down and see the second one? -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 10:50
- yeah, move the damn bus stop -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 10:43
- It's almost as if marginalizing people ends up making them desperate and pushing them back into crime! - Reagen Oct 21, 10:42 10
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    - When the law forces sex offenders to go live on the edge of society, it makes them harder to simply keep tabs on, sends them off the grid, so to speak - con_carne Oct 21, 11:08
    - It would be more along the lines of "I lost my home, how am I going to afford to eat, I know i'll steal money from this cashier..." - znufrii Oct 21, 10:59 1
      - One thing interesting in the Economist article is that it seemed to force some people to live in shady places - Guigue Oct 21, 11:03
    - not rape, but robbery and drug use. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:59 3
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        to clarify - I wasn't implying that at all. The article made mention that a lot of them are drug abusers. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 11:05 1
        
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    - I kind of think it should be illegal to grant a license to an area already occupied by an offender. peeps, don't use your kids as human shields. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 10:58
  - In a democracy where people get to demand stuff of their lawmakers, people sometimes think with their emotions and demand stupid shit. -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 10:54
*secretly downloads a bunch of Creed Rock Band songs to Reagen's XBox* - crash davis Oct 21, 10:40 7
- You would be entering a world of pain. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:44 6
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    - ...would subject you to instant flaming death. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:52 3
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        The alt-rock station here has a "No Nickelback guarantee" - Reagen Oct 21, 10:57
      - well, not quite instant. Gotta subject them to two years of "something in your mouth" on infinite loop. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:53
  - seriously though, I don't own any Creed but I never got the hatey for them. Probably because I've ignored them (but I do like 'Higher') -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 10:46
LIR - has anyone compared the nook to the kindle ( besides price ) ? -- nm - JenBro Oct 21, 10:39 5
- There's a page at the Nook site that compares them, but I haven't seen an independent analysis. - TWuG Oct 21, 10:41
- Do you mean us peronsally or in general? - oblique Oct 21, 10:40 1
  - I clicked the link and watched the thing - but ST is faster, smarter, sexier and yeah ... I was looking for a lazy way out of having to learn it on my - JenBro Oct 21, 11:07
- barnes and noble has. gizmodo labels it "biased but fair" -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:40 1
  - ahhh there it is - I wondered if it would have the "lend between friends" ability - that's a big advantage -- nm - JenBro Oct 21, 11:10
I do like smartfilters. They let me divide my collection by camera type ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:38 2
- I should do that for my ***Brand new (used) D80***!! -- nm - Guigue Oct 21, 10:40 1
  - Slick. :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 10:42
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