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We're having Thai for lunch at work today. Will there be chips? I'll keep you apprised. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:26 1
- rice chips at best i'd vager -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:28
I think I may go Chinese tonight and get a burger with fries. -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 11:23 1
- McD? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:25
Computer / SQL question: Why would something with no value (e.g. '') *not* be Null? - JaxSean Nov 19, 11:23 8
- becourse of the Big Bang -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:26
- depending on the flavor of SQL, an empty appearing cell could not be null - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:26 4
  - Nice, thanks. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 11:29
  - empty is also something and has a value "0" as an example or "space" -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:27 2
    - uh, not in programming. -- nm - decline Nov 19, 11:28 1
      - no in the evaluation of "data" it has since "null" is a property of "data" -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:29
- "NULL" is a special value in SQL that invalidates logical comparisons. '' is just an empty string. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:23 1
  - (this isn't really an explanation of why, but it is an explanation of how to deal with it) -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:25
come sit next to me, ya fine fellow. -- nm - b. Nov 19, 11:22
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- A fine choice. - musubi Nov 19, 11:26
- Wainwright split the vote with Carpenter...most 1st place votes -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 19, 11:24 2
  - yep. 10 points separated the 3. I guess stirkeouts are the determining factor for Cy Young now. -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 11:26 1
    - Better than wins. (nm) - musubi Nov 19, 11:28
- spoils. - b. Nov 19, 11:23
- *sparks up* -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:22
- Are you fuckin' kidding me?? *shakes head* -- nm - Jim Nov 19, 11:22
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Vermin: Binary? Meh. Have you heard of a programming language called BF? -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:20 2
- Huh... that's pretty interesting. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 11:27
- thats what happens when you leave a geeky compilerprogrammer in the office for a weekend with only "cult" and speed and Pizza -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:24
I think I may be secretly in love with the Design on a Dime lady. She's got powerful cannons -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 11:20
Mountie killer in NWT found GUILTY...good. -- (link) - Beaker Nov 19, 11:19
Speaking of Chinese, I'm waiting for mine to be delivered. I ordered chicken with cashew nuts with chips, no rice, and 2 spring rolls. - Loyola Nov 19, 11:17 15
- *perk* rice? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 11:19
- no rice? you're going to be hungry in less than an hour -- nm - 6 Nov 19, 11:18 4
  - Well there's chips, or as you probably call them; fries. -- nm - Loyola Nov 19, 11:19 3
    - I thought you were ordering Chinese. -- nm - psilotum Nov 19, 11:20 2
      - I order what I actually want to eat, not to have some sort of cultural experience. -- nm - Loyola Nov 19, 11:21 1
        
        it's just unusual around here for a chinese restaurant to have chips/fries, that's all. I guess it would be different in ... - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:22
- no rice? Yes, I'll have the Chinese food and could you hold the Chinese, thanks -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 11:18
- I have an orange on my desk. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 11:18 3
  - Julius? -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:18 2
    - no, but after last night I realized I should try to make a dreamsicle shake out of fresh squeezed orange juice. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 11:20 1
      - ::high fucking five:: -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:23
- no flyeed lice??? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:18
- How was the new pub? -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:18 2
  - Pretty good, the Guinness was like fresh milk. Definitely going back to it. -- nm - Loyola Nov 19, 11:19 1
    - Niiiice. -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:19
is Lohan an artificial language? seen the tweets? -- nm - 6 Nov 19, 11:16 1
- When I first saw "Lojban", I assumed Lindsay had a new bf and this was their nickname. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 11:18
Men of the soil! We have labored unending -- from the Danish CBC Farm Forum - 6 Nov 19, 11:14
Poll - which is hotter - Genie Costume or Geisha Costume ( ispired by BB I dream of Jeannie ) -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 11:13 22
- Genie by far. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 11:19
- Genie -- nm - prayformojo Nov 19, 11:16
- if the geisha would get me beers and shit, that. -- nm - TFox Nov 19, 11:16 1
  - but the genie wouldn't have to stop [massaging] you and could just make those things appear -- nm - zork Nov 19, 11:18
- Genie, trumped of course by Princess Leia Gold Bikini. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 11:15
- see.thru.pants. -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 19, 11:15
- how do you get Jeanie out of the bottle? -- nm - 6 Nov 19, 11:15
- genie by far (I know from experience) -- nm - zork Nov 19, 11:15
- genie -- nm - peglegpete Nov 19, 11:15
- Genie. No contest. -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:14
- depends on who is INSIDE -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:14 5
  - In the genie costume you can see that. -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:15 1
    - now the question is: is that an advantage? :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:16
  - Rosie O'Donnell -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:15 2
    - in a costume? - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:17
    - How many times do we have to tell you to keep these fantasies to yourself? -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:16
- genie -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:14
- Genie. -- nm - Loyola Nov 19, 11:14
- genie. there's midriff -- nm - fedup Nov 19, 11:14
- Geisha. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 11:14
- whatever is sluttier -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 11:14 1
  - *ding* -- nm - Shaun Nov 19, 11:15
I hate telco companies. We have POTS lines that we changed to AT&T from another provider and both are billing us for usage - The wraith of oblique Nov 19, 11:13
xkcd, as usual, hits the nail on the head about invented languages... -- (link) - znufrii Nov 19, 11:12 4
- invented languages could be great as a tool of obfuscation for communication ... see: Navajo -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:15 1
  - like this? -- (link) - znufrii Nov 19, 11:16
- *waits for Glenn Greenwalds opinion on languages* -- nm - TFox Nov 19, 11:13 1
  - unfortunately, he usually stick to politics and the media -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 11:13
All that time people waste learning Klingon could be better spent playing Mob Wars -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 11:12 1
- or Tetris -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:13
Whenever I hear or read the word "Esperanto," I have the song "Desperado" in my head for the rest of the day. So, thanks for that. -- nm - mara Nov 19, 11:11 4
- hm. How about when you read the word "Assyrian"? -- nm - Max Nov 19, 11:15 1
  - *starts humming flock of seagulls* -- nm - dogbert Nov 19, 11:20
- ~Esperanto/kial vi ne venas al viaj sentoj~ -- (link) - Reagen Nov 19, 11:13 1
  - Hee! -- nm - mara Nov 19, 11:16
Step 1: develop new language of clicks and grunts...Step 3: Profit. -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:10 4
- Windows! -- nm - Shaun Nov 19, 11:13
- next, you'll be teaching it to south africans -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:12
- ck ck ck ck ugh -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 11:11
- Step 2 write up a patent application - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:11
but really you shouldn't go on sheer numbers alone. the best way to decide what should be the international language would be who you're most likely - mafic Nov 19, 11:06 21
- w3 5h0u1d ju57 u53 1337 45 t3h 14ngu4g3 0f ch01c3 -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 19, 11:08 1
  - D0'N7 J00 m3aN "w3 5h0u1d ju57 u53 1337 45 th3 l4ngu4g3 0f ch01c3"? -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 19, 11:10
- you can decide all what you want about what should be the international language - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:07 16
  - *laughing* Who are you and what have you done with the Dane? -- nm - Loyola Nov 19, 11:09
  - totally agreed ... people study English because it *is* the secondary language, not because it *should* be. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:08 14
    - and when bollywood makes more movies and more wideli distributed movies than Hollywood we will all speak hindi -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:10 3
      - Ironically, more and more Bollywood movies are becoming English and Hindi language, to help try to crack the American market -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 19, 11:12
      - interestingly, English is one of the official languages of India. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:11 1
        
        thank god it's not "tamil" or Sri lankaen -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:12
    - I'm just saying that it both is and - for the time being at least - probably logically should be. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 11:10 9
      - I think in this case they go together. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:10
      - but if you already speak english and want to learn a second language, what then? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:10 7
        
        Binary. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 11:13
        
        going by my rationale above, probably spanish. -- nm - mafic Nov 19, 11:11
        
        language of love. -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:11
        
        then you're a lucky person and you get to choose. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:10 3
        
        "Cockney Rhyming Slang!" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:11 2
        
        even better: Cockney Blank Rhyming Slang -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 11:15
        
        Bristols! -- nm - zork Nov 19, 11:12
- agree. I did not mean to imply that Mandarin should be the one. -- nm - zork Nov 19, 11:07
- agreed. -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:06
Love guessing a random actor from the past. Eddie Murphy's bride from Coming to America was on Castle this week. -- nm - TFox Nov 19, 11:05
Yankees take the next step to a billion dollar payroll, make the call to Toronto about Halliday -- (link) - giganto Nov 19, 11:04 12
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  - Burnett has a WS ring. Roy will be fine, sugar. -- nm - Shaun Nov 19, 11:12 3
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      - Cause Burnett sucks ass compared to Roy. -- nm - Shaun Nov 19, 11:18 1
        
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  - This isn't a serious question. -- nm - TFox Nov 19, 11:11 2
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      - If they knew what was good for them, sure. I can't give my genius to everyone, though. Gotta pick an employer. -- nm - TFox Nov 19, 11:15
- while it's nice to call, i sincerely doubt the Yankees could top what the Sox might offer in prospects. - TFox Nov 19, 11:07 1
  - If I was the Blue Jays, I'd like to see ANY Yankee prospects they trade away amount to even a serviceable major leaguer first. - Will Hunting Nov 19, 11:21
- Halladay. Spell it right!!!! -- nm - Shaun Nov 19, 11:05 1
  - *waves bye bye to Doc* -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:06
There's an Eggo shortage? (linky) -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 11:03 3
- Not at my supermarket, there isn't. One of the many advantages of living in Hollywood - Mr. Havens Nov 19, 11:08
- Has been for days :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 19, 11:06
- no i will *not* leggo my eggo -- nm - giganto Nov 19, 11:04
as the saying goes - if a Japanese person meets a Swedish person in the street - they'll probably speak English to each other. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 11:03 21
- An Italian pilot flying an Italian plane landing in Rome *must* speak English with the controller, etc. -- nm - zork Nov 19, 11:07 1
  - thats becourse even if he is speaking with the controller he is not really only doing that - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:09
- sure since there is language called swapaneese -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 11:06
- Japanese Panty Sign Language -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:05 2
  - you watched Babel recently, too? -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 11:06 1
    - no, nor do I plan to. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:08
- yes, I have seen this scenario many times in many places. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:04 5
  - Is there anything you are not an expert on? -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:13 4
    - what your problem is. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:14 3
      - Actually...that one doesn't seem so hard. nm - Jim Nov 19, 11:17 1
        
        that's what she said! -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 11:18
      - I know you are but what am I? -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:17
- DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME NOW!? -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:04 5
  - Please fondle my bum -- nm - Hungarian Phrasebook Nov 19, 11:11 1
    - "My hovercraft is full of eels." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 11:12
  - "INTERCOURSE YOU!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 11:06
  - RAPIDO! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 11:05 1
    - *waves arms about* -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 11:05
- or communicate through an awesome mutual massage session. -- nm - Max Nov 19, 11:04
- ...and then make a weird-ass porno together -- nm - Dano Nov 19, 11:04
- Or at least try to. -- nm - Loyola Nov 19, 11:04
An error occurred while rolling the board. An administrator will be notified. -- nm - Spawn Nov 19, 11:02 8
- *up* - *down* - *up* - *down* - *left* - *right* - *left* - *right* - *b* ... uh-oh ... -- nm - Telecommuting Coworker Nov 19, 11:06 3
  - ("uh oh" because he got the Konami code wrong, rook?) -- nm - TFox Nov 19, 11:07 2
    - *shrug* Obviously, I'm not that smart to begin with, so draw your own conclusions. -- nm - Telecommuting Coworker Nov 19, 11:09 1
      - A-doy-doy! I just got the Konami code wrong! You'd think I never practiced LOLOL. -- nm - his next tweet Nov 19, 11:11
- ...in esperanto. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 19, 11:03 3
  - *changes ST language to Pirate* -- nm - The wraith of oblique Nov 19, 11:04 2
    - lojban! -- (link) - znufrii Nov 19, 11:06
    - *presses the Rrrr key* -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 19, 11:06
TTC to bill Enbridge for the tunnel accident -- nm - 6 Nov 19, 11:02 1
- great, now my gas bill will go up -- nm - zork Nov 19, 11:08

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