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Ah! My Goddess ad on ST! Clicky-click! - Mop Nov 13, 10:25 4
- The ad i see the most is: Beryllium Disease Lawyers - amoxy Nov 13, 10:26 3
  - I'm listening... -- nm - Beryllium's Girlfriend Nov 13, 10:30
  - Unfortunately, Google won't let me block keywords :) (Otherwise, I'd block Beryllium and "nm" immediately) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 10:28
  - 8 Investing Mistakes You Should Avoid This Year. - Mop Nov 13, 10:28
On the bus yesterday, I observed that someone had written "Class War!!!" on the fogged-up portion of the window at my seat. - Beryllium Nov 13, 10:25
I have a school decision problem to discuss next board if you guys want. -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 13, 10:19 9
- or we could talk now. I'm supposed to go to a career fair tomorrow in PHL. I have 35 pages of paper, a 577 quiz, and marketing due on monday. - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 13, 10:27 5
  - Do the homework. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 10:29
  - sorry. I'm starting to think I should not go. how dumb is this? -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 13, 10:27 3
    - Unless you get loads done tonight, I'd nub it. -- nm - mara Nov 13, 10:30
    - You could gauge it on how much you can get done tonight? -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 10:29 1
      - you guys are going to slaughter me for this: I have fifth row tickets for the wolf parade tonight at the state. - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 13, 10:33
- Plaid and knee highs. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 10:23 2
  - tie off the shirt as well. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 13, 10:26 1
    - red high heels -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 10:27
And I think Dane Cook's stand up is pretty damn funny. I'll take my vented coors light can and listen to his comedy any day -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 10:18 5
- you like DMB too, don't you? -- nm - colin Nov 13, 10:21 4
  - Dave Matthews Band? Sure I liked them back in the day -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 10:25 3
    - don't you just love nonconformist conformists? -- nm - Gwaahjo Nov 13, 10:27 2
      - pretty much sums me up -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 10:30 1
        
        not you lol -- nm - Gwaahjo Nov 13, 10:38
Inside is a list of regular/semi-regular STers who answered the political leanings test in 04, that I don't have new scores for - crash davis Nov 13, 10:17 15
- On Non-Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Strong Liberal (17). On Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Centrist (55). -- nm - mud Nov 13, 10:47
- On Non-Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Centrist (49). On Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (33). - lileve Nov 13, 10:36
- The questions are on two different extremes with no middle ground. You are either really for for really against it. -- nm - lileve Nov 13, 10:33
- Let's just make up some numbers for Reagen. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 10:27 1
  - NonFiscal 1, Fiscal 99 - lets make him freaky -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 10:28
- On Non-Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (26). On Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (29). -- nm - amoxy Nov 13, 10:24 5
  - I didn't realize I didn't sumbit a test lasst timee -- nm - amoxy Nov 13, 10:24 4
    - here is a chart from 04, I'm not seeing your name, but I might be blind -- (link) - crash davis Nov 13, 10:26 3
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        I know I took it back then, but I'm not on the chart. *cries* -- nm - Todd Manning Nov 13, 10:32
      - I am not ooon the chataer, so I guess I dddint -- nm - amoxy Nov 13, 10:29
- It's still the same test. -- nm - psilotum Nov 13, 10:18 3
  - different scoring scale, same concept -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 10:29
  - yeah, and some folks scores have changed in four years (some quite a bit), thats the real interesting part -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 10:20
  - but the people may have changed -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 10:20
Lasted an hour and a half at work today before coughing up a lung - amoxy Nov 13, 10:17 1
- heh to the IM. -- nm - Diva Nov 13, 10:18
Apple planning Black Friday shopping deals? -- (link) - oblique Nov 13, 10:14 3
- new macbook for mandy the friday before that. I get student pricing and pay no tax and all my software is free, so... -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 13, 10:18
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  - I need this kind of crazy, I do. -- nm - Diva Nov 13, 10:17
Firefox says I've been to the LA Times Prop 8 "Track the Money" database before. I don't recall. Here's the link. -- (link) - Mop Nov 13, 10:06 10
- The LA Times list is more thorough than antigayblacklist.com but tougher to search. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 10:18 3
  - What I would like is for there to be a list of corporations, with the sum of A) the corporate donations, and B) the total employee donations - Beryllium Nov 13, 10:23 2
    - I agree. I think El Coyote is taking serious heat for what an employee (a senior employee, granted) did. - Mop Nov 13, 10:24 1
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- TRACK THE MONKEY! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 10:15 1
  - *rewrites Shock The Monkey to cash in* -- nm - Peter Gabriel Nov 13, 10:16
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- YOU'RE COMPUTER IS ALL GAY!!! -- nm - Dano Nov 13, 10:10 2
  - My Tivo thinks I'm gay! -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 10:11 1
    - Netflix Recommendations thinks I'm gay. -- nm - Diva Nov 13, 10:14
anyone hear of any major network outages today? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 13, 10:02 5
- Not getting all the spam you expected? -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 10:03 4
  - I can see the result. Normal Gmail spam folder contents 30 days ago, 2500+, 2 weeks ago, 1200+, now, 700+ -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 10:07
  - No we're having issues with our software provider in CA. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 13, 10:06 2
    - As per below, a spammer in San Jose was shut down. I doubt it's related, but it's possible. When a CoLo goes down, there are a lot of ripples. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 10:07 1
      - I'm having trouble getting cnettv.com to play. Seems the Valley is having some connectivity issues. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 10:18
LYC: T-90mins till my wedding ceremony. -- nm - Shaun Nov 13, 10:01 17
- Wpphoo! -- nm - kelly Nov 13, 10:19
- Congrats and have fun!! -- nm - Diva Nov 13, 10:17
- Remember, it is all about her today...Make her shine... Congrats man! - amoxy Nov 13, 10:16
- Good luck! And a link for all the naysayers... -- (link) - psilotum Nov 13, 10:15
- best wishes for a long, happy, healthy life together. -- nm - zork Nov 13, 10:12
- congrats, shaun!!!! -- nm - colin Nov 13, 10:11
- I totally care, shaun. -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 13, 10:05
- On a thursday? where are you, vegas? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 10:04
- dude! go get married! -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 10:03 3
  - "She's walking down the aisle, she looks great." -- nm - shaun, 11:15 Nov 13, 10:08 2
    - She's not wearing much and she's looking at me funny. What do I do? What do I do? - shaun, 7:30 Nov 13, 10:20
    - shaun == stacy? - zork Nov 13, 10:11
- Wow, get off of the internet! Congrats. - lileve Nov 13, 10:03
- So what the fuck are you doing here? -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 10:02 3
  - The ceremony is at our house due to a last minute change in venue. I have tonnes of time to get ready :) -- nm - Shaun Nov 13, 10:04
  - Looks like he's posting. He may be reading and clicking links too. - psilotum Nov 13, 10:02 1
    - I hope his soon to be wife doesn't catch him Berymandering. That might be reason enough to call off the wedding -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 10:04
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- got it - thanks -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 10:08 1
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That's sad. MPC (formerly Micron, who merged with Zeos) files for Chapter 11. -- (link) - Mop Nov 13, 09:58
LIR: A cookbook, and deep purple. -- nm - kelly Nov 13, 09:57 1
- but what kind of cookbook? there are millions! I would like a mexican one, or an indian one, or a vegetarian one, or a bittman one. - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 13, 10:06
A single ISP shut down eliminates 75% of world's spam volume -- (link) - oblique Nov 13, 09:47 3
- I was under the impression that major spammers were located overseas. - Mop Nov 13, 09:50 1
  - I think that's just the host site for the touted web sites, not the source of the outgoing spam, that's the site the embeded links go to. - zeitgeist Nov 13, 10:10
- thats number is amazing, I wonder how much money McColo made off spammers -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 09:49
Royal blue? Is regular blue not good enough for your majesty? -- nm - David Nov 13, 09:45 2
- nope. I deserve the best blue. -- nm - Callisto Nov 13, 10:04
- and who picks royal blue over cobalt? weird -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 13, 09:47
401s are like some magical wonderland where there never seems to be a good reason to withdraw your investment no matter what the market conditions. - Loyola Nov 13, 09:45 45
- the idea is - earn money - agree to put said money away for retirement and don't get taxed on it now - but later when you are in a lower tax bracket - - JenBro Nov 13, 10:15
- No one has to have a 401K. You can do your own investments anyway you want, but if you want to invest *pre-tax* dollars there are going to be strings. -- nm - Dano Nov 13, 10:02
- i believe that you can *move* your investment into different types of accounts within your 401K. and, the POINT is to save it till you retire. -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 09:56
- what you're failing to realize is that you're looking at a 25- or 30-year horizon or more in a lot of cases... - znufrii Nov 13, 09:50 24
  - Jesus. There isn't? -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 09:57 23
    - you can withdraw funds from it when you retire, otherwise there's tax and early-withdrawl penalties to discourage access your funds - znufrii Nov 13, 09:58
    - IT'S YOUR RETIREMENT MONEY. it's not for 'cashing in', there are other ways to invest your money that you CAN cash out if you need them. -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 09:58 21
      - Thanks for the caps. Don't think of it so much as your retirement money, not to be touched. Think of it as your money. Period. -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 10:01 20
        
        i don't even have a 401(K), because i'm Canadian, but i'm smart enough to know why they are a good thing for Americans. -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 10:04
        
        If that's you're thinking, you're putting your money in the wrong place. You should be buying regular investments, not 401k. A 401k is configured to - oblique Nov 13, 10:04
        
        Who says we don't? I know it's my money, and I choose to keep it in a 401(k). Is that acceptable to you? - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 10:03 17
        
        It's not a question of it being acceptable to me. you do whatever you want with your money, it's your baby. -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 10:04 16
        
        I'm curious. What type of retirement benefits does the Irish government provide? - znufrii Nov 13, 10:07 11
        
        I believe the Irish have the same kind of thing as a 401(k) but there it's called a Personal Retirement Savings Account -- (link) - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 10:10 1
        
        interesting, thanks! -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 10:13
        
        Nothing like yours. Although there's talk of some compulsory scheme coming down the line. -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 10:09 8
        
        I see. so basically, you're on your own when it comes to retiring? fair enough. - znufrii Nov 13, 10:11 5
        
        Well unless you go for a private pension, under the public scheme you get about $240 a week non contributory, and around $300 contributory. -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 10:16
        
        also, how prevalent are company pensions, still? -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 10:14 3
        
        I would estimate they're dropping in prevalence. -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 10:17 2
        
        I know they have been in decline here, for quite some time, as companies opt into offering 401(k) plans instead. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 10:21
        
        Couldn't be sure though, might look it up as a matter of interest. -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 10:18
        
        so, what do you have? -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 10:09 1
        
        Contributory, and non contributory schemes under the umbrella of PRSI but defined so as not to pass 4% I think at the moment of gross taxable salary. - Loyola Nov 13, 10:12
        
        So why are you getting your panties in a bunch over it? I'm not the one who has a problem with it - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 10:05 3
        
        I think you missed my tone. -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 10:09 2
        
        If that is the case, then you presented your side very weakly - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 10:10 1
        
        :) gee thanks -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 10:13
- You cash it out when you retire but before that you've gradually moved into stable investments with near-guaranteed yields -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 09:49
- It's crazy to cash out a 401(k) before you retire, because then you get hit with an assload of taxes and penalties - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:47 15
  - Yeah come on Havens, surely you would come out of it financially ahead cashing in in August, suffer the penalties and avoid a large share of the crash -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 09:49 14
    - you wouldn't even need to cash it out, just move it into more stable cash- and bond-based funds - znufrii Nov 13, 09:54 3
      - Which I don't want to do. I want to be able to put away several thousand dollars a year in a relatively safe and secure place - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 10:07 2
        
        nor I. If anything, for me, now is the time to increase my risk profile. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 10:09 1
        
        i've actually been putting a few hundred dollars a paycheck into my RSP account the last 6 weeks or so. - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 10:11
    - No, because I was not retiring in August. I'm not concerned with short-term gains or loses -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:50 9
      - It does seem like a vehicle to allow ordinary Americans put away their cash and enact such early withdrawl penalties so as to make any application of - Loyola Nov 13, 09:56 8
        
        I think you are thinking a 401(k) is one thing, when it's something completely different - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 10:01
        
        You're not tied to the sinking ship here even without invoking the penalties. - Will Hunting Nov 13, 09:58 2
        
        Ok thanks. -- nm - Loyola Nov 13, 10:02 1
        
        he's, like, the 8th person who has said that to you. -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 10:05
        
        it's a mechanism to encourage people to be able to save for their own retirement, and thus be less of a burden on the government or corporate pensions -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:57 2
        
        Just to promote critical thinking, do you think the US government created this scheme out of concern for your financial well being when you reach - Loyola Nov 13, 09:59 1
        
        why do you think it's a scheme? (i know here, in Canada, anything i contribute to my RSP (same sort of thing) i don't pay tax on in that year. - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 10:01
        
        you do realize this is only for retirement plans? no-one is saying that about other investments? -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 09:57
My Christmas list involves mostly toys for the kids (or so I tell my wife). Have Lego figures always been that small? - Mop Nov 13, 09:44 1
- Also, an XPS 420, and Band of Brothers and Serenity on Blu-ray (only because it's got more features than the HD DVD). -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 09:45
re: SS, we need a code word to tron for in polls. also, andrea, you can have my twilight after dano. also, I would love a beginner cookbook for ss. -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 13, 09:44 3
- SSP. Secret Stalker Poll -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 09:48
- Andie pointed out that username searches could be used (since one SS-er gets assigned only one SS-ee, right?), and the search can return up to 5000 - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:45 1
  - i mean, if people want to include "SS" they certainly can, i just don't like being all 'ruley' about it. -- nm - Andie - 41 shopping days till X-mas Nov 13, 09:46
Re: Prop 8 - I'm a little disappointed that the massive organization is happening AFTER the election. - Mop Nov 13, 09:40 11
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- With all due respect, I think it's getting more national play now that the Prop has passed - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:42 8
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  - Would you say that now that Obama-mania is over, the media is looking for a new hook? -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 09:43 6
    - It's possible. I'm thankful there are people out there who are finding out who contributed to passing Prop 8 so I can boycott those establishments - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:50 5
      - Is there a list? -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 09:51 4
        
        If you read some of the sites I do, you'd cobble a list together - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:53 3
        
        antigayblacklist.com has the full list. -- nm - David Nov 13, 10:06
        
        Interesting story. The hang-out is taking the heat for what the manager did. Owner's donating to gay rights. -- (link) - Mop Nov 13, 10:03
        
        The only problem with this is there's not another election upcoming on this issue. All this does is hurt people well before another step can be taken - Will Hunting Nov 13, 09:57
- Laurels are comfortable. That's why people sit on them. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:42
Seriously? AT&T is experimenting with a 20Gb bandwidth limit?! -- (link) - Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindal Nov 13, 09:38 10
- Honestly, what are you downloading 20GB of per month? -- nm - oblique Nov 13, 09:47 1
  - Me? SlackerTalk backups. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:48
- And AT&T will rescind this experiment when they start loosing customers over it - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:40 5
  - why wait? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:41 4
    - Why switch if I don't have to? This experiment could fail long before it gets to my home -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:43 3
      - Ich Bin Ein Auslander. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:44 2
        
        I'm not getting the reference -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 13, 09:55 1
        
        It's a song by Pop Will Eat Itself. Kinda-sorta inspired by the poem "First They Came" -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 13, 10:01
- The new generation of the GOP will be tech savvy. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 09:38 1
  - Well duh! John McCain gave us the miracle of the Blackberry -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 13, 09:41

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