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"Shambo's just a complete Gilligan." - nubby Oct 22, 17:01 1
- Spoilers - Dano Oct 22, 17:06
How do you encourage people to use the stairs? Sweden's got an idea. -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:57 [youtube]
What is about 30 Euro in Dollars? -- nm - Redmond BLT T Oct 22, 16:56 7
- Like we'd ever do business with the fucking French. -- nm - David Oct 22, 17:06
- This is the conversion site I use..... -- (link) - MonsterMeg Oct 22, 17:01
- 45 -- nm - celedhring Oct 22, 16:58
- Type "30 euros in dollars" in Google, and Google says "$45". -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:58 3
  - what, google now charges $45 to answer a simple question like how much 30 euros would be in dollars? sheesh -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 19:30
  - you might want to specify which country's dollars -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 17:04
  - Anytime Redmond uses Google the result comes back "Did you mean: bacon". -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 22, 17:00
Fun with Google Streetview in Canada... -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:51 4
- Hehe, just checked my address in streetview and my super is in the picture, cleaning the entrance. -- nm - celedhring Oct 22, 17:02
- heh, two images away from that one (to the left), it looks like the homeowner is gardening while the van burns ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 17:00
- More fun... -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:53 1
  - the funny thing is, if you go one image away from that (backwards), gas goes up one cent -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 16:56
In 2003, the BBC compiled the "Big Read", a reader's survey of the "Most Loved" books of all time. There's a list of 200. How many have you read? -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:46 19
- 51 -- nm - Callisto Oct 22, 17:11
- 48 (What's with all the Terry Pratchett? Has the list been "edited"?) -- nm - CovingtonCat Oct 22, 17:01
- 35 or 6 40 if you can count ones I didn't finish -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 16:56
- It's a bit Brit-centric. -- nm - the liioulu with rain Oct 22, 16:56
- No Dirk Gently! -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:56
- See, all the Hitchhiker's books seem to be under one umbrella (or did they not make the list?) But Harry Potter stands alone. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:55
- 34 if I counted right. Being a Dickens fan helps on that list -- nm - CQ Oct 22, 16:54
- Also, we have a list for the ST Book Club for the next 200 years. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:54
- And I think 4 out of my 5 favorites of all time are on the list -- nm - nubby Oct 22, 16:53
- Woooooo, Owen Meany! nm - ralph wiggum Oct 22, 16:52
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- 22 -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 16:51
- 45 out of the first 100. -- nm - the liioulu with rain Oct 22, 16:51 2
  - 22 out of the second. -- nm - the liioulu with rain Oct 22, 16:54 1
    - And a good chunk of them were for high school English. -- nm - the liioulu with rain Oct 22, 17:00
- 23-ish. -- nm - nubby Oct 22, 16:50
- I've read 2 and half books from that list -- nm - J Oct 22, 16:50
- A first browse indicates maybe 17 books. I can't remember if I've read many others. - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:47 1
  - After a quick scan, 16. -- nm - Krusty Oct 22, 16:52
I'm ready for an ST Windows 7 review. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 22, 16:43 6
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  - All I got was a hair cut and cleaner tshirt, though it did seem like I lost some weight, maybe its just better posture, yeah that's it -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 19:32
  - also, dean cain moved in -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 16:52
- I've been using Windows 7 Eval on 3 different computers. It gave new life to my old desktop. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:48
- I've been using the RC on my laptop and haven't had any issues. -- nm - psilotum Oct 22, 16:46
- I've been using RC1 inside Parallels under OS X. Works fine. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 16:44
I noticed a few nice butt shots of Mr. Schuester when he was dancing on Glee. -- nm - the liioulu with rain Oct 22, 16:41
*/ It goes on and on and on and on /* -- nm - nubby Oct 22, 16:40
Hmm ... this liquor store robbery sounds pretty damn funny. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 22, 16:36
the SEC is 5-0 in BCS championship games -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 16:36 1
- A couple of the LSU player from the 2007 champions were talking about how they viewed the SEC Championship game as the real title game. - David Oct 22, 16:41
*groan* I really need to sleep. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 16:34
Someone needs to speak to the Bear Hockey manager about their lineup. That goalie is a total stiff. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 22, 16:31 6
- The goalie is stiff? -- nm - Redmond BLT T Oct 22, 16:32 1
  - no, he's a grizzly. He just has really bad hand-eye coordination. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 16:33
- I'm sayin'! Last time I saw goalie play that weak, Milhouse got benched for Lisa. -- nm - David Oct 22, 16:32 1
  - They wanted him to go to rehab, he said "No, no, no" nm - ralph wiggum Oct 22, 16:34
- I think the Russian mafia paid him off to throw the game. - crash davis Oct 22, 16:32
- Uhm...the Bears are playing hockey? That would explain last week's loss. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with rain Oct 22, 16:32
is it correct that next year the world series doesn't begin until november? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 16:30 4
- They should be moving it farther away from Football not trying to compete more with it. -- nm - Redmond BLT T Oct 22, 16:49
- It'll start earlier than this year. It's scheduled to start October 22nd. - Krusty Oct 22, 16:45
- It's part of Selig's plan to bring in Hockey fans. -- nm - the liioulu with rain Oct 22, 16:31
- It' -- nm - the liioulu with rain Oct 22, 16:31
Reagen, loosen your other jaw screw and go as Frankenstein's monster for Halloween. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 16:29
Castle preview for the Halloween episode....Firefly fans will love his costume... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 22, 16:27 1
- I literally squee'd when I saw that last night, and made Crash run it back like five times. - the darcy Oct 22, 16:31
SITWAP; Star Trek Online is accepting Closed Beta apps..nmbl -- (link) - Elybow Oct 22, 16:18
Hmm. My favorite book of all time is being made into a mini-series. -- (link) - nubby Oct 22, 16:17 6
- One of my favorites. Can't wait. -- nm - CovingtonCat Oct 22, 16:28
- yes !!! -- nm - mud Oct 22, 16:28
- Made in Canada? - the liioulu with rain Oct 22, 16:22 1
  - THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES!! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 16:23
- How do the get a mini-series out of One Fish Two Fish? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 22, 16:22 1
  - 1 minute eps. -- nm - the liioulu with rain Oct 22, 16:22
Ika! What level barracks do you need to get Mortars? - GWAA Oct 22, 16:14 12
- 14. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:15 11
  - 2nd question - GWAA Oct 22, 16:17 7
    - You didn't need a level 1 barracks even in the old version. - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:24 6
      - not sure if I read all this wrong or not so... Do I not need a barracks in each of my 5 towns? -- nm - J Oct 22, 16:26 5
        
        I suppose that's true. Come to think of it, I don't see why I have barracks in each of my towns. - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:28 4
        
        Wherever I have two colonies side by side, I only keep one barracks between them. nm - Dignan Oct 22, 16:41 2
        
        Isn't maintenance costs twice as much unless you have a barracks, if not they are garrisoned at double time rates???? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 16:52 1
        
        I don't think so. nm - Dignan Oct 22, 17:06
        
        I considered it, but if an attack comes I want to be able to use my resources to have a beefed up welcome party -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 16:30
  - and that is all you need to build every unit. IIRC the navy yard max needed is level 11. -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 16:17 2
    - in 3.1 there was definitely something up to 22... where is this new list? -- nm - GWAA Oct 22, 16:18 1
      - oh you said navy, not barracks.. my bad -- nm - GWAA Oct 22, 16:18
I'm so torn over the Palin book. I feel it will be good for a laugh (or few) but can't support her financially. Guess I'll - MonsterMeg Oct 22, 16:09 16
- bargain bin or dollar book store, or a garage sale near you next year -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 16:58
- "all work and no Death Panels makes Sarah something something." -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 16:28
- Oh, I'm sure she'll be fine either way. ;) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 22, 16:28
- Turns out she's actually a 40 yr old Estonian midget. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:18 2
  - And she can steal Russia from where she lives. - the liioulu with rain Oct 22, 16:19 1
    - Uhm...that steal shoud be see. Why did I put steal? -- nm - the liioulu with rain Oct 22, 16:19
- Spoiler alert: the last half of the book is blank. -- nm - Tim Oct 22, 16:15 5
  - She just repeats "Screw Flanders" over and over again. -- nm - David Oct 22, 16:17 3
    - ...it's mostly about Ross Perot, and the last two chapters are excerpts from the Oliver North trial. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:27 1
      - Now she's just some shmoe working in a box factory. -- nm - David Oct 22, 16:28
    - All work and no play makes Sarah a dull girl. All work and no play makes Sarah a dull girl. All work and no play makes Sarah a dull girl. - mara Oct 22, 16:26
  - They figured even her most dedicated fans wouldn't read past page 150, so why waste the ink printing those pages? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 22, 16:16
- You might be able to buy a cheap used one from Amazon pretty quickly. -- nm - mara Oct 22, 16:11
- Get the Levi issue of Playgirl instead. -- nm - Redmond BLT T Oct 22, 16:11
- It'll be the funniest book of the year, just not intentionally. - David Oct 22, 16:10
- Steal this book! -- nm - nubby Oct 22, 16:10
FX's show Sons of Anarchy beat Leno in the ratings... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 22, 16:07 4
- Booyah! SoA is one of my few tv shows that is a must see. I also like that they've loosened up on the censorship this season. - Trish Oct 22, 16:19 1
  - yeah it was brutal. -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 16:20
- Best show on tv right now -- nm - J Oct 22, 16:15
- I'll beat Leno. I'll beat your ass too if you don't watch out. -- nm - Gemma Teller Oct 22, 16:12
Going disc golfing again tonight. Will try again to play for a couple hours after it gets dark. - Dr.Vermin Oct 22, 16:02
Deadspin really wants to pick a fight with ESPN, don't they? -- nm - nubby Oct 22, 15:59
David has gmail he should respond to. -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 15:59
that spot of highway where the propane tank exploded in Indy? Closed tonight,Fri morn &Evening due to bridge strut damage. - Remlik Oct 22, 15:56 1
- ~is just the smoke from another fire~ -- nm - Sheena Easton Oct 22, 16:01
FYI... I got the Windows Professional $29.99 student deal and ended up trying the key they gave me with a retail Windows 7 iso - stewie Oct 22, 15:56 7
- Oh, Stewie, the student version is an upgrade. How do they check your previous version? - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:01 4
  - Upgrade editions of Windows installations usually will accept any valid previous-generation windows key and install a clean copy of Windows -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 16:14
  - Nothing at all... I don't think the product key is limited in any way -- nm - stewie Oct 22, 16:05 2
    - Did you install onto a hard drive that already had an OS on it or was it a virgin drive? -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:22 1
      - It gave me the chance to format the C drive before installing, which is what I did -- nm - stewie Oct 22, 17:03
- I got the student deal, too, and was disappointed to discover that the downloadable file was not bootable. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 16:01
- THIIIIEEEEEEEFFFF!! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 22, 15:57
Today ST rated 7/10 on the enjoyable scale --nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 15:56 3
- C -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 16:18
- I wasn't here enough, sorry! -- nm - nubby Oct 22, 16:10
- i was here too much, sorry! -- nm - b.oo! Oct 22, 16:01
"Dodgers' Frank McCourt fires wife as CEO"...this will end well. -- nm - David Oct 22, 15:56 4
- He's trying out the Dr Foreman method of management, eh? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 16:15 1
  - ^^^bery was funny here. -- nm - David Oct 22, 16:17
- He found her in the shower with Manny. -- nm - Will GhostHunting Oct 22, 15:58 1
  - Frank doesn't have to worry about Manny hitting it. -- nm - Redmond BLT T Oct 22, 16:03
from b2, here's a little description of "flavor profile" that's pretty good. - b.oo! Oct 22, 15:55 3
- thanks, I've got the general concept now, but still seem unsure of its practice. Also, acidity seems to be something they add, but maybe thats bitter -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 15:57 2
  - I think that's the sour? - the darcy Oct 22, 16:02 1
    - yah, I think that's what covers it. -- nm - b.oo! Oct 22, 16:04
Will, that steak challenge is in North East, MD. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 22, 15:50 2
- North East.....huh.......they got an OTB there I used to attend. - Will GhostHunting Oct 22, 15:51 1
  - The place is called Steak & Main Oyster Bar-Steak House. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 22, 15:54
sitwap: Magic really, really really dislikes Isiah.... -- (link) - Beaker Oct 22, 15:48 10
- well, it ought to help drive booksales up -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 15:54
- Isiah sucks. -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 15:50 4
  - I have a hard time repecting him or any of his Pistons teammates. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 22, 16:01 2
    - Say wha? - Will GhostHunting Oct 22, 16:07 1
      - Lebron did the same thing the Pistons did when he was bounced from the playoffs. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 22, 16:22
  - yes. -- nm - Callisto Oct 22, 15:54
- PTI beat this story into the ground tonight. -- nm - David Oct 22, 15:49 3
  - every program on ESPN all day beat it to the ground, it's what they do best - GWAA Oct 22, 15:50 2
    - "Brett Favre might come back" -- nm - ESPN for a year Oct 22, 15:54 1
      - They were right! And they broke the story! (nm) - David Oct 22, 15:56
With the first pick in the first ever draft for the NBHL, the Seattle Fooooooooooooddd drafts Little Bart. -- nm - crash davis Oct 22, 15:47
500 line up for Windows 7 in London. -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 15:47 2
- Pre-orders for Windows 7 on Amazon.co.uk beat the previous champ... Harry Potter. -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 15:48 1
  - Which just goes to prove... Germans love David Hasselhoff. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Oct 22, 15:48
So, all these new games...do any of them use the battle engine/play similar to Bakldur's Gate 1 or 2? Merci ST. -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 15:45 2
- was that game like Diablo ? -- nm - GWAA Oct 22, 15:48 1
  - similar I think. -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 15:51
*Punches out B2* -- nm - Tom Cable Oct 22, 15:45
League Gives Away Tickets, Sees Big Growth -- (link) - Todd Manning Oct 22, 15:44

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