ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 159

I knew cutting out of work at 5:00 instead of 5:30 was asking for trouble. - znufrii Nov 25, 16:01
They accepted my offer on the house! - nubby Nov 25, 15:56 9
- this is fantastic!!! so happy for you - you have waited so long! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 16:05
- [deleted]
- woohoo! :) - -- nm - b. Nov 25, 16:01
- congrats! -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 16:01
- Congratulations, Homo - wner! - Dr.Vermin Nov 25, 16:01
- yay! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 25, 16:00
- Congrats! -- nm - JenBro Nov 25, 15:59
- very nice! Party at Nubby's House! -- nm - remlik Nov 25, 15:58
- WOOO!! Don Homer! -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 25, 15:57
LYC: I lost my star on Gizmodo. - lileve Nov 25, 15:56 2
- buh-whua? what happened? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 15:57 1
  - Doh, it's back! -- nm - lileve Nov 25, 15:58
YAY. I found a specialty soda store today, and I finally have some strong spicy ginger ale again. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 25, 15:49 7
- Have you ever had English style ginger beer. I miss that. - MojaveMeg Nov 25, 15:57 1
  - I have had ginger beer that's akin to Reed's brews. more real ginger flavor vs. mainstream brands. -- nm - b. Nov 25, 16:05
- Don't you have Vernor's Ginger Ale? -- nm - JenBro Nov 25, 15:53 3
  - Yeah, Vernor's is pretty good (if you can't get ginger beer - CovingtonCat Nov 25, 16:07 2
    - Hey? email me please & thanks - I have to ask you a question - sillyjen07 at the G -- nm - JenBro Nov 25, 16:09 1
      - Done -- nm - CovingtonCat Nov 25, 16:10
- yum. I almost bought some Reed's the other day. -- nm - b. Nov 25, 15:53
LYC: I am currently enjoying some matambre -- (link) - con_carne Nov 25, 15:46
Yup...still working... - Stephen Nov 25, 15:37 2
- Ouch, the commute's gonna be a killer :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 25, 15:52
- bah. humbug. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 15:39
read more books -- (link) - marcel Nov 25, 15:29 [youtube]
[deleted] 2
- " DADA?" - Epiphany Nov 25, 15:33 1
  - [deleted]
For those not traveling and/or in need of something to get you in the T-giving mood -- (link) - CovingtonCat Nov 25, 15:25 [hulu]
winter wonderland -- (link) - marcel Nov 25, 15:25 [vimeo]
pre-Thanksgiving Stalker poll: (I know these have probably been done before, sorry) - favorite drink? favorite color? favorite movie/musician/artist? - kelly Nov 25, 15:20 8
- I haven't answered any of these, so I'm throwing in other stuff. Favorite color is purple, love dark chocolate particularly truffles. I like - jnine Nov 25, 16:07
- 'brown' alcohols - no vodka, gin, etc., desert colors - sage, sand, etc., no real favorite artist/genre..except - MojaveMeg Nov 25, 15:50
- Egg Nog mixed with Pepsi, Hunter Green, Jonathan Coulton -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 25, 15:48 2
  - Egg Nog mixed with Pepsi? what is wrong with you? -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 25, 15:57 1
    - apparently he's related to Dave Lister from Red Dwarf -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 15:58
- real juices. blues (on the purpley side). i need the newest Pink cd. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 25, 15:37
- let's say tea/iced tea; teal or magenta or or or; see link.. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 25, 15:36 [Backboard]
- I feel very mimosa, I like lotions that smell like citrus or margaritas - or ginger. purple. POC my favorite movie -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 15:34
The Running Man will be released on Bluray February 9th - stewie Nov 25, 15:11 1
- only in a rerun! -- nm - remlik Nov 25, 15:28
Have you guys discussed the Linux OS for one hand cellphone web interface? -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 25, 15:06 1
- More impressive than I expected. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Nov 25, 15:09
i could get over the whole married-tom-cruise-as-his-trophy wife thing, but Katie talks through movies? -- (link) - Elf Andie Nov 25, 15:05 2
- Grounds for exile in my house. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 25, 15:13 1
  - Grounds for angry hissing and seat kicking in Wiggieville. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 25, 15:17
which is crazier? going to a grocery store tonight, or going to one tomorrow morning? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 25, 14:59 12
- I'm going tonight at 10. -- nm - jnine Nov 25, 16:13
- go now - 6 Nov 25, 16:03
- I'm sending the kidlet - cause the three cans of cream of mushroom I thought I had? - Epiphany Nov 25, 15:36
- "Nothing embodies Thanksgiving more than people dashing down the grocery aisles trying to kill you with their carts." -- nm - Felicia Day's latest Tweet Nov 25, 15:17
- I'd guess tonight. -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 15:16
- Today might have more people, but tomorrow the people (though fewer) will be more frantic. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 25, 15:14 2
  - less people working at the store tomorrow too. -- nm - TFox Nov 25, 15:18 1
    - another variable: what are you shopping for? some things will be more picked-over or maybe unavailable tomorrow. -- nm - b. Nov 25, 15:34
- are they even open tomorrow? -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 25, 15:07
- tonight, not only will it be crowded but traffic horrid -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 25, 15:04
- Tomorrow. -- nm - TWuG Nov 25, 15:03
- musubi. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 15:00
There's 10 people in the theater - including the 6 of us. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 25, 14:58 9
- What movie? -- nm - lileve Nov 25, 15:48
- is the drop on this thing this weekend going to be massive or what? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 15:36 1
  - i don't know , long weekend, lots of movie time. it's still going to drop, a LOT, but thanksgiving will artificially infllate it. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 25, 15:39
- Serious question: are you the only dude? -- nm - David Nov 25, 15:01 3
  - no. now there's 35. 7 guys. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 25, 15:16
  - Jax only counts for half a dude. - groiny Nov 25, 15:03 1
    - must be Twilight Saga New Moon considering the ratio - 6 Nov 25, 16:04
- weird. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 25, 14:59
- There will be no pouting. - the liiioulu with coffee and extra i Nov 25, 14:59
Roger Federer loses it in an interview -- (link) - marcel Nov 25, 14:52 [youtube] 3
- it's even worse than Ricky Gervais -- nm - 6 Nov 25, 16:08
- I thought you meant in a getting angry kind of way. -- nm - Dano Nov 25, 15:16 1
  - he's way too swiss for that :-) -- nm - marcel Nov 25, 15:24
Okay which of the New York People who have a 347 area code just called me? Dawson....I know its you!! So confess!! - Walt_Disney Nov 25, 14:49 1
- "I LURK SHATZ" -- nm - Daswon Nov 25, 14:50
screw creating an iso image, will attemp to install via bootable usb drive -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 25, 14:42 15
- Making a bootable what? Windows 7? I've done this. I can help you. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Nov 25, 14:43 14
  - windows server 2003 r2 slipstreamed with sp2. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 25, 14:44 13
    - "Good luck with that." -- nm - Microsoft Support Nov 25, 14:44 12
      - Ugh. That was my thought. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Nov 25, 14:47 11
        
        Does this help? -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Nov 25, 15:01
        
        There's a reason I don't do tech support any more. Heh. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 14:48 9
        
        not sure why it shouldnt work. - tRuMaN Nov 25, 14:48 8
        
        create+burn iso doesn't magically make things bootable. Sometimes you can download bootable ISOs, but *making* one is a pain in the ass -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 14:50 7
        
        tis the problem, I need something bootable to install the OS -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 25, 14:51 6
        
        linux. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 14:52 5
        
        (Serious answer, though, this is the sort of issue that requires a 5-page in-depth how-to) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 14:52 4
        
        heh. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 25, 14:54 3
        
        No floppy drive on the PC, 'eh? -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Nov 25, 15:10 2
        
        usb drives can be made bootable, but ... I dunno. I haven't done that, myself. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 15:13 1
        
        (Making a bootable CD from scratch requires a bootfloppy disk ISO and a CD ISO to merge together) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 15:14
hah! nice. The guy who wrote the War of 1812 song might perform it live on desertbus. nice. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 14:39 5
- Tchaikovsky lives??? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 25, 14:40 4
  - no, this version -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 25, 14:41 [youtube] 3
    - Oh, nice. I've heard this before! I think I know another of their songs... - Dr.Vermin Nov 25, 14:47 2
      - Sounds like that's corky and the juice pigs. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 14:49 1
        
        Ah. I get my Canadian comedy musical groups confused. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 25, 14:50
I'm seeing more VCRs built to connect to computers, to transfer VHS to your PC via USB. But I shouldn't need that, right? - Dr.Vermin Nov 25, 14:39 2
- technically, you could use any tv recording/adaptor that accepts RCA input, but yeah. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 25, 14:42
- They do exist, I'm pretty sure. They might be pricey, though. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 14:40
STIS: Airport Express. Can it receive a wifi signal from a wireless routher and send it to something that is plugged into it via cat-5? -- nm - lileve Nov 25, 14:37 2
- "One 10/100BASE-T Ethernet port for connecting a DSL modem, cable modem, or Ethernet network" -- (link) - Mop (230 lbs) Nov 25, 14:47 1
  - I looked there before asking. There are things you can do that apple won't tell you. Looking for users of it for an answer. -- nm - lileve Nov 25, 15:50
Dear new Cubs owners - Last time the team tried blocking out ads on the rooftops they had a nice losing streak. - the liiioulu with coffee and extra i Nov 25, 14:37
LYC: I made it into the mob last night on 1 vs. 100. - Krusty Nov 25, 14:36 3
- I am so jealous!! good luck. I like to play. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 25, 14:41 2
  - It's the only game my gf and I can play together. I love trivia games and I tried so hard last season to get in with no luck. - Krusty Nov 25, 14:46 1
    - at least you knew what was going on - I'd be like " is this thing on? is this live? wait!! this is live! no way!" - Epiphany Nov 25, 15:38
there will be free Uncharted 2 DLC at 1PM EST on Friday... new multiplayer map (vid) - stewie Nov 25, 14:33 [youtube]
Andruw would be in the middle of a $120 million contract if Boras had gotten the Braves to go for it. - David Nov 25, 14:31 38
- Chump change. 500k with 1M in incentives. (nm) - musubi Nov 25, 14:32 37
  - oh, and I value WHIP much higher than that BAPIP shit. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 14:36 34
    - I'm not saying you shouldn't. But BABIP adds to the picture. - musubi Nov 25, 14:40 12
      - there are 30 pitchers in baseball this year who pitched 175+ innings with a WHIP better than his. - groiny Nov 25, 14:42 11
        
        I'm not saying he was Cy Young. He had an off year. It doesn't take advance metrics to see that. - musubi Nov 25, 14:57 9
        
        you were comparing him to the top 3 on the Cards, and I simply - groiny Nov 25, 14:59 8
        
        I didn't compare him. Will did. I don't think he's as good as Carp or Wainwright by *any* stretch. But he's not bad. - musubi Nov 25, 15:04 7
        
        ok, but you did say, despite his awful run in the post season, that you wouldpitch him over Myers.... - groiny Nov 25, 15:06 6
        
        Hell yes. Myers is a mediocre pitcher and beats his gifrlfirend. Hamels is *way* better than him. - musubi Nov 25, 15:10 5
        
        2009: Hamels ERA 4.32, WHIP 1.29 , Myers ERA 4.87, WHIP 1.37 - musubi Nov 25, 15:19 4
        
        did you even WATCH the playoffs? nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 15:20 3
        
        He was pretty terrible. I'd still bet on him being better than Myers *any* day of the week. - musubi Nov 25, 15:24 2
        
        he got shelled every start since the playoffs started. - groiny Nov 25, 15:27 1
        
        Benching Hamels for Myers would be like Guy benching Pujols for being on a 0-25 streak. - musubi Nov 25, 15:31
        
        upon further review make it 40 with 160+ innings. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 14:45
    - Sometimes, people link to fangraphs and it's all I can do not to laugh at some of their "stats". -- nm - David Nov 25, 14:37 20
      - I think BABIP tells a story. - groiny Nov 25, 14:38 19
        
        You're right, BABIP alone tells you absolutely nothing about a pitcher. - musubi Nov 25, 14:42 6
        
        I just don't get how it helps anything. - groiny Nov 25, 14:43 5
        
        See you're already getting it. Like you note, it tells you a bit about the defense behind a pitcher and about luck. - musubi Nov 25, 14:47 4
        
        I can tell that by watching a game and followoing a team. - the liiioulu with coffee and extra i Nov 25, 14:58 2
        
        *pats head* Ok, sure. (nm) - musubi Nov 25, 15:03 1
        
        Cubs Fan, clearly. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 15:04
        
        well, a 1.29 WHIP is not horrible, all things considered. - groiny Nov 25, 14:49
        
        In the particular case of Cole Hamels, it wasn't a fluke that he got hit so hard this year. Anyone who watched him knows his stuff wasn't as good. - David Nov 25, 14:40 11
        
        As good as 2008, no probably not. But it was almost identical to 2007. - musubi Nov 25, 14:44 10
        
        This is that Pedro Astacio nonsense all over again. -- nm - David Nov 25, 14:52 3
        
        No, it's really more like your Babe Ruth nonsense, again. (nm) - musubi Nov 25, 15:07 2
        
        I don't recall ever talking up Babe Ruth's strikeout tally. -- nm - David Nov 25, 15:08
        
        ooh, this is getting good! nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 15:07
        
        strikeouts were not the problem, giving up frozen ropes all over the field was. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 14:46 5
        
        Actually it wasn't. He gave up 20.8% line drives in 2009. In 2008, his banner year? 21.8% (nm) - musubi Nov 25, 14:50 4
        
        he had a gold glover at SS, and a potential GG at 3rd. - groiny Nov 25, 14:51 3
        
        First, surely you'll acknowledge, that just by luck (hello BABIP) even good fielders can't get to all line drives right? - musubi Nov 25, 14:54 2
        
        what stat tells you this? nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 14:55 1
        
        1) My eyes. He takes weird routes to balls, particularly in center. - musubi Nov 25, 15:00
  - I guess that is about the going rate for a .214 BA with 17 homers. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 25, 14:35 1
    - Toss in a decent glove and yeah, that probably the going rate. - musubi Nov 25, 14:39
first star on the right, and straight on 'til morning! -- nm - b. Nov 25, 14:29 3
- 2'nd star to the right. I used to have 2STR2RT as my license plates -- nm - peglegpete Nov 25, 14:48 2
  - mine was a geeky reference. -- nm - b. Nov 25, 14:58 1
    - gotcha. wasn't sure since I had just gotten home -- nm - peglegpete Nov 25, 15:01
Hmm ... Ken Steacy is going to be on Desert Bus again, and he's going to auction "something to do with Spawn". -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 14:28 4
- I'd rather have something to do with his wife. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Nov 25, 14:35 2
  - maybe "something to do with Spawn" *is* his wife -- nm - Roger More Nov 25, 14:36 1
    - I hope Ken Steacy has a hot wife. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Nov 25, 15:10
- tonight, probably in 3 to 8 hours -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 14:28

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)