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I think I'm roboted out. Transformers 2 (B) I enjoyed it. It was one christmas too long though -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 10:36
reading through the engadget Chrome OS stuff, I like it. it would work great for netbooks, not sure about full desktops (as the sole OS) - tRuMaN Nov 19, 10:29 3
- yup yup. love it on my net book. the extra screen space is nice and it starts up so fast (MUCH faster than IE, firefox) -- nm - fedup Nov 19, 10:31 2
  - I am guessing you are talking about the browser? - tRuMaN Nov 19, 10:33 1
    - oh oops, yeah the browser...didn't see the OS...but was reading about it, seems very, very cool. -- nm - fedup Nov 19, 10:41
MInnesota man only spoke Klingon to his baby for three years -- (link) - giganto Nov 19, 10:25 19
- he should be sent to prison -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 10:38
- May I mambo dogface in the banana patch? -- nm - S.Martin Nov 19, 10:32
- I try to speak in accents to Lil' Vermin as much as possible. - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 10:32 1
  - my British friend's kids have American accents. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:37
- Interesting experiment. I'm surprised the kid didn't pick it up,though. - JaxSean Nov 19, 10:28 4
  - I'm not surprised. There was no reinforcment outside of the dad. - musubi Nov 19, 10:31 3
    - plus, he didn't make the kid participate in the traditional Klingon death match -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 10:33 1
      - this is going to make me laugh off and on when I think of it this afternoon -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 10:44
    - and the dad clearly spoke English fluently, so there was no incentive. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:33
- oh yes, heard about this on the radio this morning. -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:27
- the headline lies, I read that story earlier. he only spoke klingon to his son in certain situations, other times he spoke english. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 19, 10:27 6
  - link to the story with a response from the guy in question -- (link) - tRuMaN Nov 19, 10:30 4
    - Which reiterates that when speaking to his son, he spoke only Klingon. (Other stories emphasize that his wife spoke English to their son, which is - mara Nov 19, 10:32 3
      - but only when speaking to his son when no one else was around, not all the time - tRuMaN Nov 19, 10:36 1
        
        yes, and that makes a big difference. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:37
      - it's also not the dad's native language, which I suspect is a factor as well. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:34
  - that explains why he didn't pick it up. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:29
- dammit, ML. -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 10:26 1
  - "still gets nostalgic when he recalls singing the Klingon lullaby 'May the Empire Endure'" with his son." -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 10:27
*looks around ST for the perfect victim to sing Endless Love with* -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 10:16 12
- *starts to sing* -- nm - zamboni guy si Nov 19, 10:23
- max. -- nm - b. Nov 19, 10:20 5
  - i don't think he knows any songs past the 15th century -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 10:21 4
    - I'm all over the ONJ songs. It looks like we'll hear one next week. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 10:24
    - *nods* he has all of anonymous 4's cds -- nm - 'lia Nov 19, 10:24
    - He has the Xanadu soundtrack tattooed on his back, though. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 10:22
    - '/~hopelessly devoted to you..'/~ -- nm - b. Nov 19, 10:22
- *dims the lights, turns on the disco ball* "OK, couple only skate time!" - JaxSean Nov 19, 10:19
- ~My love, there's only you in my life, the only thing that's bright~ (nm) - musubi Nov 19, 10:19 1
  - holy crap, he's looking at me like he's crazy -- nm - giganto's internal monologue Nov 19, 10:20
- *suddenly becomes very interested in a spot on the wall* -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:17 1
  - heh. -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:21
a majority of Republicans think ACORN stole the 2008 election for Obama, per a PPP poll. -- (link) - Reagen Nov 19, 10:16 10
- I would love to ask everyone who answered "yes", how? -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 10:37 2
  - Voter registration fraud. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 10:38 1
    - and how does that translate into enough actual votes in enough states to swing the electoral margin by the degree that it did? - znufrii Nov 19, 10:41
- Round and round it goes. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 19, 10:23
- they're just angry someon's better than diebold at rigging elections. - mafic Nov 19, 10:22 5
  - actually, after thinking for a second, it's probably quite a few less than 10 million, but figuring it out for real would be too much work. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 10:24 4
    - I got curious and calculated anyway, it's only ~1.16million fraudulent votes in FL, OH, NC, IN, OH, and WI. - mafic Nov 19, 10:33 2
      - except I counted ohio twice. so that'll go up some. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 10:34 1
        
        not that anyone but me cares, but 1.32 million (with MN, and NV plus the others above) -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 10:38
    - just from a quick count it's at least 3 or 4 million in swing states - Reagen Nov 19, 10:32
Remember that coworker I posted about yesterday who couldn't account for 30 hours per week? - Banzai! Nov 19, 10:09 15
- hah, that's awesome -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 10:20
- what is it with people at your company tweeting stupid things? -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 10:18 2
  - The funny part is I found *his* by checking out New Chick's {nm} - Banzai! Nov 19, 10:19 1
    - Nice. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 10:29
- "Videotaping this crime spree was the best idea ever!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 10:15
- Ruh roh. Are you going to report him? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 19, 10:14 5
  - I really don't know what to do at this point. He's historically been a good worker. We hired him from another dept. because he was so well respected. - Banzai! Nov 19, 10:15 4
    - Is he getting the work done he needs to get done? - Cuzzin Todd Nov 19, 10:21 2
      - Not even a little. That's what caused the "What do you do with your other 30 hours" question yesterday. - Banzai! Nov 19, 10:22 1
        
        Halo addiction claims another victim. (nm) - musubi Nov 19, 10:23
    - sounds like someone should have a talk with him. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:16
- i wouldn't fire him for the slacking, i'd fire him for the stupidity. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:13 1
  - word -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 10:20
- Life is going to continue to be hard for that guy. (nm) - musubi Nov 19, 10:12
- Whoa. Never saw that coming. -- nm - mara Nov 19, 10:10
Poll: an important author wills that his unseen manuscript be burned unpublished upon his death. Comply, or publish it anyway? - Max Nov 19, 10:06 68
- Publish. The dead have no rights! - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 10:34
- I think the important parallel is with Tupac's unfinished rhymes. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 10:19 2
  - That would only be true if Tupac were really dea....I think I've said too much. (nm) - musubi Nov 19, 10:22 1
    - "Was Tupac a Narc?" -- nm - internet headline tomorrow Nov 19, 10:27
- my mom is no author, but she's told me I must under no circumstances read her diaries after she dies. - mafic Nov 19, 10:17 3
  - will you be *tempted* to read them? -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:19
  - that line sounds like the opening to a horror movie. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 10:18 1
    - or a lead-in to a Reaper spinoff -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 10:20
- i'd at least read it first to see if it's any good.. -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 19, 10:16
- Profit. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 19, 10:12 1
  - "Joe Jackson si" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 10:13
- adapt it into a screenplay then you technically aren't publishing that work -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:12 1
  - oh, and put your own name on it. Since it's unseen, nobody could prove it's not yours! -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:16
- I'd read it, read it, make a personal copy then comply with the burn wish. (nm) - musubi Nov 19, 10:10 1
  - I think I just textually stuttered. (nm) - musubi Nov 19, 10:10
- probably neither. i wouldn't publish, but i might keep it. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:10
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- Digitize then burn. Send it to selected people. See what they think. -- nm - mara Nov 19, 10:08 2
  - but if it becomes a hit, the original would be worth a fortune -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:10 1
    - Eh. -- nm - mara Nov 19, 10:11
- Comply. -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 10:08
- burn it. -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 10:08
- Like he's gonna know. Publish it. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 10:08
- if he wanted it destroyed he should have done it himself. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:07 43
  - or he kept it around, knowing that it wasn't his best work, but hoping to revisit it at some point... -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 10:11 34
    - right, it means something to him, he knows it's not 'right', but he doesn't want it published as is. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:12 13
      - what if we were talking about a found work of Shakespeare, Twain, Picasso, etc.? -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:20 6
        
        Picasso left crap all over the place and didn't care if it was bad -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:28 1
        
        I was positing if they had given such a provision -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:32
        
        no instructions to destroy? publish away. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:20 3
        
        I meant if it someone this historically important had given these instructions and a "new" work was found? -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:23 2
        
        i know that it WOULD get published, but i really don't think it should. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:24 1
        
        I hear you, although I wonder if lapse of copyright would mean that those estates would be able to control it anyway. -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:27
      - That having been said, however, I do think there is academic and artistic merit in publishing it anyway. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 10:17 5
        
        ST is just not respecting personal wishes today. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:18 4
        
        I like how some people will respect the wishes of the new mom...but not the dead author. Hmmm.... -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 10:32 2
        
        there's one crucial difference in those scenarios - znufrii Nov 19, 10:39
        
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    - ding. I'd bet this is it. -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 10:11
    - then it would be stupid to order it destroyed. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:11 18
      - if he didn't feel it was up to his standards, and it's inferior quality would besmirch his good name, why would he want to risk it being published? -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 10:13
      - Huh? -- nm - mara Nov 19, 10:13
      - he knows it's not his best work as it is, he doesn't want it published in it's current form. seems fair. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:12 10
        
        but by including this provision in the will seems that he's admitting that he'll never revise it -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:14 8
        
        he can always take that out of the will if and when he does complete it to his satisfaction. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 10:16 1
        
        because people are soooo good at revising wills in timely manners! -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:21
        
        Or he includes in the hopes that if he recovers from aserious illness he'll get a chance to revisit. if not.....(nm) - musubi Nov 19, 10:16
        
        not really. things happen, he could be killed by a bus. actually, if i was a famous writer with 'incomplete' works i'd probably make that a standard - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:15 4
        
        The will could also have not been specific. "Please destroy any unpublished manuscripts upon my death." -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 10:16 3
        
        exactly. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:17 2
        
        what if he did revise it without telling anyone, didn't get around to changing the will and then died suddenly? -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:18 1
        
        then too bad for humanity. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:18
        
        ok, I can see that. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:14
      - because after he died he'd be able to revisit it? -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 10:12 4
        
        "I'm sick. If I live, I'll go and revisit it. But in case I die, please destroy what I've done so far" -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 10:15 1
        
        Exactly. -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 10:16
        
        Sure, haven't you ever heard of.....Ghost Writers. *rimshot* (nm) - musubi Nov 19, 10:14 1
        
        I can see I'm not needed on B1 today ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 10:15
  - If your health is failing rapidly, you might not have a chance -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 10:10 5
    - if he was healthy enough to put it in the will, he was healthy enough to do it. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:11 4
      - he could have directed anyone to burn it before he passed -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:13 3
        
        which he did, by putting it in the will :) -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 10:13 2
        
        if he didn't say "burn it now" then he didn't mean it :-p -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:15 1
        
        Who really knows when they are going to die? People die suddenly, or recover unexpectedly. -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 10:16
  - good point. sounds like he wanted the publicity to make it sell more. -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:08 1
    - seriously ... if I don't like a painting, I'll throw it out. wtf. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:10
- Comply. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 10:07
He's done. He had very thick fluid in both ears and his adenoids were growing into his nostrils. - Mop on iPhone Nov 19, 10:06 4
- I hope he feels better quickly. -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 10:09
- phew. poor lil guy. -- nm - b. Nov 19, 10:08
- did they remove the adenoids when they put in the tubes? - Elf Andie Nov 19, 10:08
- Go, Moplet, go! -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 10:07
Apple game -- (link) - zork Nov 19, 10:02 3
- Steve Jobs always wins. -- nm - Mop on iPhone Nov 19, 10:07
- 87 is my high. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 19, 10:07
- I normally love Orisinal games, but that one kind of sucks. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 10:05
How long is this effin movie? -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 10:02 4
- 150 minutes!? jeez -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 10:04 1
  - Optimus has to have all those moments to make speeches and sh!t. -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 10:05
- i felt bad for you when you said you'd started it. -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 10:03
- An hour longer than it shoulda been. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 19, 10:03
deeeevvvvvssssssss!!!!! -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 10:01 3
- yipppeeeee! -- nm - 'lia Nov 19, 10:13
- woo-hoo! WOO-HOO! Wooooooo!!! -- nm - Diva, happy Nov 19, 10:02
- oops - put this under the below post -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 10:01
As Seen On TV. -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 10:00 6
- Your Mileage May Vary. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 10:02
- Funbags? -- nm - zork Nov 19, 10:02 4
  - no silly - the Vag-O-Matic. (keep up!) -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 10:03 3
    - worst salad EVER. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 10:04 2
      - *spits coffee - barely misses keyboard* -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 10:10
      - *laughing* -- nm - Diva Nov 19, 10:04

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