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oh, snap ... -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 16:53 [Image] 2
- twig is obviously a guy. -- nm - the liioulu with extra bag Nov 16, 16:56 1
  - Why, cuz he's so correct? - Dr.Vermin Nov 16, 17:04
Rachel McAdams NIX SPidey PIX role.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 16, 16:50
Whoo, last minute hotel deals in Jacksonville. FL, from $39/night. Hi, Jax :) - MojaveMeg Nov 16, 16:42 2
- tempting. we need cheap sun. -- nm - kare Nov 16, 16:45 1
  - Of course that price is for a Super 8 :) Still nice down here - but not hot. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 16, 16:50
What is ST watching on TV tonight? -- nm - mara Nov 16, 16:31 11
- House, HIMYM, Castle, Bubble -- nm - Max Nov 16, 17:00
- Ravens game. - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 16, 16:58
- sadly Heroes, but then the 1st episode of Prisoner -- nm - Jovian Nov 16, 16:56 1
  - The Prisoner comes in twos each night - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 16, 16:57
- Some of the game then House, Lie to Me, and Castle -- nm - Stephen Nov 16, 16:42
- House, Prisoner -- nm - nubby Nov 16, 16:40 2
  - house bubble -- nm - Max Nov 16, 16:57 1
    - Oh yeah. -- nm - nubby Nov 16, 17:00
- I am intrigued to see Raw tonight, for the main event. But I'll likely turn it off and just thrash some dungeons in Torchlight. -- nm - TFox Nov 16, 16:35 1
  - Live from the mecca tonight at MSG with the man who changes the answers as soon as you know the questions! Hot Rod himself Rowdy Roddy Piper! -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 16:40
- Castle. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 16, 16:31
Watching the 4th quarter now. It's currently 31-14. -- nm - Shaun Nov 16, 16:27 2
- I won't ruin it for you. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Nov 16, 16:27 1
  - Phew! -- nm - Shaun Nov 16, 16:28
/applies for job/ -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Nov 16, 16:24 [Image]
here's a partial score: Charlotte 3 Orlando 4 -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 16, 16:18 5
- Go Leafs! -- nm - peglegpete Nov 16, 16:20 4
  - o d*rn - the Leafs have to play the Senators and the Canes this week - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 16, 16:27 3
    - We'd be happy to see them in Chicago again. -- nm - the liioulu with extra bag Nov 16, 16:33 1
      - once a year -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 16, 16:56
    - maybe we can at least bring them to OT for the point -- nm - J Nov 16, 16:28
I think most of the people praising belichick are just hoping they can convince him it was a good idea so he'll make the same stupid call again -- nm - dogbert Nov 16, 16:13 35
- I just know that Gregg Easterbrook thinks it was the right decision. That's enough for me to know it wasn't. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 16, 16:44 2
  - Conversely: Jay Mariotti thought it was a stupid call and a no-brainer to punt. -- nm - David Nov 16, 16:58
  - ew. damnit. do i need to change again? -- nm - TFox Nov 16, 16:46
- The call to try to convert wasn't bad. The *play* they chose to run sucked. - TWuG Nov 16, 16:41 4
  - The ball hit his hands a yard and a half past the marker. He was driven back while he bobbled. -- nm - David Nov 16, 16:42 3
    - True enough. Get better recievers, then. - TWuG Nov 16, 16:50 2
      - Dude, that was Kevin Faulk. He's got over 400 career receptions. He almost never bobbles a ball like that. -- nm - David Nov 16, 16:54 1
        
        I dunno. I think every reciever, even the best have bobbles like that. It just usually doesn't make that big a diff. - musubi Nov 16, 17:01
- And more evidence that it was the right call: -- (link) - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 16, 16:25 25
  - I don't buy his math. - musubi Nov 16, 16:42 11
    - Brady's historical performance on 4th down is even better than what he uses. And there is no way that Peyton was only 30% to get in at the end either. -- nm - TFox Nov 16, 16:43 10
      - agree. you give the colts a huge momentum swing, hand the ball to the best qb ever after showing no confidence in your defense. I would say the td was - dogbert Nov 16, 16:51 3
        
        Yes, because a 79 yard TD drive in under 2 minutes gave them no momentum. - the wrong element, bad guy Nov 16, 16:55 2
        
        I can only assume this is sarcasm, but it seems to show even more evidence the choice was poor. yes, indy has tons of momentum which would tip the - dogbert Nov 16, 17:01
        
        Momentum is horsehockey. It was all about field position and time on the clock. - musubi Nov 16, 16:58
      - Yup on both those. I am not convinced there is enough sample size for last minute drives to say those historical percentages are significant. - musubi Nov 16, 16:47 5
        
        There haven't been enough two-minute drills where a team needed a touchdown to get a success rate? For shame, musubi. -- nm - TFox Nov 16, 16:49 4
        
        Starting from the opponents 30? That happens almost never. - musubi Nov 16, 16:52 3
        
        Also, this statement, "But any adjustment in their likelihood of scoring from either field position increases the advantage of going for it." - musubi Nov 16, 16:57 2
        
        I agree with you on that. Drop him a comment and see if he replies. -- nm - David Nov 16, 17:00 1
        
        Maybe after I go home, it's time to roll. 'night TT. (nm) - musubi Nov 16, 17:02
  - I really like that web site and had no idea they were affiliated with the NY Times now. -- nm - David Nov 16, 16:41
  - I wish they had Brady's convert percentage on 3rd/4th and 2 also - stewie Nov 16, 16:36 6
    - That it makes sense with league average performance, letting Brady take a shot, and if you miss having to give Peyton the ball, it's a slam dunk. -- nm - TFox Nov 16, 16:37 5
      - I thought you were against going for it last night. Have you changed your mind or am I misinterpreting you here? -- nm - David Nov 16, 16:43 3
        
        It has been a whirlwind emotional experience for me, David. I reserve the right to change my mind to a better answer when its merited. :) - TFox Nov 16, 16:46 2
        
        As I said last night, the timeout on 1st and 10 was the one everyone should be screaming about. That should never happen. - David Nov 16, 16:51
        
        How about not running on 2nd and 3rd down before the 4th down call? - musubi Nov 16, 16:49
      - And updating the calculation with Spawn's stat earlier, the win percentage jumps to 87% going for it. -- (link) - TFox Nov 16, 16:41 [Backboard]
  - i love you for posting this. thank you. -- nm - TFox Nov 16, 16:30
  - that means it should be the right call all game long then. why are they ever punting? - dogbert Nov 16, 16:30 3
    - No. The statistics that he analyzed are pretty specific as to the amount of time left (and the number of timeouts left). -- nm - mara Nov 16, 16:33 2
      - and the stats are also including QB's from every terrible team in the league in coming up with the 53% TD percentage. I would be willing to bet alot - dogbert Nov 16, 16:40 1
        
        right, but the better qbs skew it even further towards going for it. -- nm - TFox Nov 16, 16:42
- did he not make the same call in Cleveland ? -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 16, 16:19
o wonderful - the sequel to 2012 is 2010 -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 16, 16:10
Let's go Duke! -- nm - nubby Nov 16, 16:03
The "sleeper hoodie", inflatable neck pillow built into the hoodie. -- (link) - Mop (229 lbs) Nov 16, 15:58 8
- I totally love my buckwheat pillow. But I rarely bring it anymore, for a variety of reasons. -- nm - psilotum Nov 16, 16:08
- this is both totally rad, and totally not rad. i can't decide which it is more of. -- nm - kare Nov 16, 16:00 6
  - for $90, i'd lean towards "not rad" -- nm - Guy Nov 16, 16:03
  - Bring your slanket on the flight, and just give in sloth. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Nov 16, 16:01 2
    - *momentarily considers founding SlothAir before remembering that sloths can't fly* - Beryllium (iPhone) Nov 16, 16:04 1
      - 0% on time arrival! -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Nov 16, 16:09
  - Unless you're ty, it' -- nm - psilotum Nov 16, 16:00 1
    - s too specific of a product. -- nm - psilotum Nov 16, 16:01
this is sorta spammy, but i just wanted to make sure those of you who are interested enter to win a $50 gift card - kare Nov 16, 15:58 13
- oh shoot - I'm not sure if my post there worked - I might have hit the enter key too soon ... but the story about your dad and the tomatoe = hilarious -- nm - JenBro Nov 16, 18:35
- kare, thought you might be interested in this. -- (link) - the liioulu with extra bag Nov 16, 16:47
- bah! not spammy at all. and I would know. -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 16:09
- Oh, that's *your* website. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 16:06
- Heh, this is ST. You know that most people will wait 'til 8:59pm on Wednesday, and the rest will email you on Thursday to say they forgot and - MojaveMeg Nov 16, 16:03 2
  - hee. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 16:06
  - heh! :) -- nm - kare Nov 16, 16:04
- Cool giveaway ... An STer could probably set you up with an excel based random winnerpicker ... -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Nov 16, 16:02 2
  - I have dice covering pretty much any number you'd like. - psilotum Nov 16, 16:06
  - hmmm... that would be pretty sweet... -- nm - kare Nov 16, 16:04
- Never heard of Sur la Table before. Upon initial inspection, is there anything on that site that costs less than $50? -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Nov 16, 15:59 2
  - i mean, check this out, hello -- (link) - kare Nov 16, 16:03
  - they have lots of little things too (so: yes.) in fact, they even had a mustang (car) cookie cutter that i picked up on saturday. $1! -- nm - kare Nov 16, 16:00
Father Guido Sarducci -- nm - budice Nov 16, 15:53 2
- In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 15:54 1
  - hard day for francophiles? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 16, 15:56
i didnt know that chicken eggs were used to prevent flu vaccines. -- (link) - Guy Nov 16, 15:41 [Image] 2
- sorry mate, we're out of more eggs and bacon - Danedukenuuk Nov 16, 15:48
- Stop Flu Vaccines Now! -- nm - nubby Nov 16, 15:45
Bery or kilbo, I have a server question for you... - Dr.Vermin Nov 16, 15:40 13
- Thanks, nerds. I have forwarded a couple links to my IT guy... will let you know if he gets this fixed, then distribute Vermin points accordingly! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 16, 16:20
- heres a few links, I dont have IIS runnign here to test against though - Karl_S Nov 16, 16:04 1
  - I do the URL rewrite in Apache for The Trades. the-trades.com takes you to www.the-trades.com. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Nov 16, 16:27
- Well, it's not a DNS problem ... so it must just be ignoring the other hostname. No idea how to fix that in IIS. I hate IIS. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 15:50 1
  - welcome to the club (not the alaskaclub) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 16, 15:52
- I'm neither of the above and I did know how to do this. Maybe the IT staff could learn to google -- nm - Karl_S Nov 16, 15:41 7
  - I would be happy with a useful google search phrase... - Dr.Vermin Nov 16, 15:43 6
    - I just did a search for (URL without www) and some interesting stuff came up, but not sure if it's helpful. -- nm - mara Nov 16, 15:52
    - They are looking for Host header settings in IIS -- (link) - scorpion Nov 16, 15:52 1
      - This is the one. I remember doing this when I was an IIS sysadmin in another life. - Mop (229 lbs) Nov 16, 16:26
    - what about "IIS configuration default domain name" (without quotes) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 15:52
    - Bad Request (Invalid Hostname) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 16, 15:50 1
      - first google hit: Fixing a �Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)� - 400 Error, on Windows IIS Server -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Nov 16, 15:54
i had a very "i shot a [werewolf] once...but by the time i got to it, it had turned back into my neighbor's dog" moment tonight involving a UPS guy. -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 15:38 2
- bleach contaminates the crime scene. use it -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 15:41
- Where's the body now? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 16, 15:40
no, I'm suggesting that the QBs who enjoy themselves on the field are also those who are cool under pressure and execute consistently. - Guy Nov 16, 15:35 1
- So good quarterbacks have more fun than bad quarterbacks because they love what they're doing, not because they're succeeding? - musubi Nov 16, 15:50
I'd like to believe I'm STIFF but I don't think it means what you all intend it to mean. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Nov 16, 15:34
New board poll: Most underrated SNL cast member? nm - Dignan Nov 16, 15:32 35
- I will also add Jane Curtain. -- nm - the liioulu with extra bag Nov 16, 16:52
- Jay Mohr - Jovian Nov 16, 16:29
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus. "I like dee black one" -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 16, 16:20
- Robert Downey Jr. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 16, 16:18
- Nora Dunn - -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Nov 16, 16:11
- Joe Piscopo -- nm - budice Nov 16, 15:45 4
  - He said underrated, not "mostly accurately rated" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 15:51 2
    - I always thought he got a bad rap. - JaxSean Nov 16, 15:53 1
      - Him and Eddie tag-team greats -- nm - budice Nov 16, 15:55
  - Don Novello -- nm - budice Nov 16, 15:47
- Tim Kazurinsky. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 15:44 1
  - I will agree with this. -- nm - the liioulu with extra bag Nov 16, 16:50
- Victoria Jackson always made laugh, but she's unfortunately turned batshit insane. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 15:44
- Tracy Morgan was always a bit player when he was on. - Mop (229 lbs) Nov 16, 15:42
- Current: Sudekis seems to be carrying the show, after watching last week. - Dr.Vermin Nov 16, 15:42
- Current: Forte and Sudekis. (I love my man Heder, but I think he already gets a lot of love.) nm - ralph wiggum Nov 16, 15:39 9
  - I'm going with Chris Parnell. nm - Dignan Nov 16, 15:46 8
    - I've appreciated him more since Dr. Spacemen. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 15:48 1
      - Same here. I'd go with Forte and him as underappreciated current and former cast member. (nm) - musubi Nov 16, 15:53
    - Poor guy was fired twice! (I thought you'd go with Rachel.) nm - ralph wiggum Nov 16, 15:47 1
      - Oh, right. Another good one. nm - Dignan Nov 16, 15:51
    - Has he had any lead roles in movies? -- nm - Max Nov 16, 15:47 3
      - Don't you have imdb Pro? Jesus. nm - Dignan Nov 16, 15:49 2
        
        I was just there! It gives character names, not "above the title billing". I was about to strange he hasn't been in movies - Max Nov 16, 15:52 1
        
        he has a shrine with posters, all right. but I think they're mostly of shirtless Hoff with Parnell's face pasted over top -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 15:53
- Rob Schneider? Will Forte is my favorite and probably not among the most frequently picked by others. I want to go back and look at RDJ's scenes. -- nm - Max Nov 16, 15:37
- Horatio Sanz. -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 15:37 1
  - Chris Parnell was damn good too -- nm - CQ Nov 16, 15:47
- Also...he's not underrated here...but I doubt you'd hear a lot of folks list Phil Hartman as one of the greats of SNL. - Jim Nov 16, 15:36 1
  - He did get a Best of DVD. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 15:42
- Chris Farley. That guy was totally under the radar. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Nov 16, 15:36
- Norm macdonald -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 15:35 1
  - I will also agree with this. -- nm - the liioulu with extra bag Nov 16, 16:51
- Ackroyd. He was way funnier than he got credit for. But he was always upstaged by Belushi and Murray. -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 15:33 1
  - I think he's fairly widely considered one of the greats. nm - Dignan Nov 16, 15:33
Canadians - movie passes back in stock at icoke.ca -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 16, 15:31 3
- feels like they jacked up the price on them. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 15:39 2
  - (but what else am I going to use them for there? Nothing, that's what) -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 15:43 1
    - exactly. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 16, 15:49
save the cheerleader, -- nm - peglegpete Nov 16, 15:31 5
- No. If they had just let her die, the series wouldn't have gotten so dumb. -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 15:33
- spoil the rod - JenBro Nov 16, 15:33 1
  - the inanimate carbon rod? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 15:55
- Shoot the hostage -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 15:32
- eat the cannoli. -- nm - Max Nov 16, 15:32

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