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3 more Christmas presents - done! -- nm - Andie - 40 shopping days till X-mas Nov 14, 13:58
Gee, this story in Wired seems awfully familiar. - Ender Nov 14, 13:54 4
- can we go cross post and get some crazy moms over here? -- nm - Pippy Nov 14, 14:00
- that's terrific. -- nm - psilotum Nov 14, 14:00
- *laughing* -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 13:57
- *bookmarked* I could do a blog, I guess. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 13:56
Black Friday: do you think there will be any blu-ray machines for under 200? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 13:53 6
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- yes. it should be all out panic price slashing by retailers soon enough....nm - x Nov 14, 13:57 2
  - The companies selling the overpriced Bluray discs should be giving away the machines. -- nm - psilotum Nov 14, 13:58 1
    - what? blu ray is not overpriced! it is the single greatest invention in the history of mankind! be happy we allow you to buy it....nm - ken kutarugi Nov 14, 14:01
- Probably. I have heard of some below that already. -- nm - not2fast Nov 14, 13:55
- I think there's been a few listings saying sub $200 on a machine or two. - Will Hunting Nov 14, 13:54
lir colin - "went well" is a fucking understatement!!! Money, title, position, authority, and choice of office? That's, that's amazing! Congrats!! -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 14, 13:48 3
- He's being honest but fuck yeah thats awesome! -- nm - lileve Nov 14, 13:56 2
  - modest, too :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 14, 13:57 1
    - damn it! Thanks! -- nm - lileve Nov 14, 13:58
How do you people without ReloadEvery keep up with ST? I hate having to click Reload every time I want new ST goodness. - nubby Nov 14, 13:48 10
- Request that Berry reprogram the site with AJAX so it dynamically updates -- nm - oblique Nov 14, 13:58
- well, let me tell you son. we used to have hitch up a team of horses to roll the board when i was a lad....nm - x Nov 14, 13:55 1
  - you big city fellas got horses? they gave me a pry bar to use as a lever and said 'put your back into it, boy' -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 14:00
- this ain't no chat room, besides I bounce from tab to tab anyway, then refresh -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 13:54
- f5 -- nm - emoticripple Nov 14, 13:52
- click [Live] every minute or two. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:48 4
  - Ugh. So much work. -- nm - nubby Nov 14, 13:51 3
    - But think how impressively toned and muscled your clicking finger will get. -- nm - Cuzzum of Toddstace Nov 14, 13:55 1
      - That's what porn is for! - nubby Nov 14, 14:04
    - *click* -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:51
PunditKitchen has got your Prop 8 protest right here. -- (link) - emoticripple Nov 14, 13:46
New desktop computer question #1: we have a shiny new 22" monitor. - David Nov 14, 13:42 18
- Most LCDs you need to run at the native resolution or else the picture looks like crap. As suggested, look for the "Large Fonts" option in Windows -- nm - oblique Nov 14, 13:57
- One tip when web browsing is to hold control and use the mouse scroll button. - psilotum Nov 14, 13:50 1
  - Hmm, that's not bad. -- nm - David Nov 14, 13:51
- You can adjust font sizes and icon sizes independant of resolution -- nm - Stewie Nov 14, 13:48 2
  - I realize that but I didn't want to hard-set this sort of stuff if I could avoid it. - David Nov 14, 13:51 1
    - Right click on the desktop and choose properties. Then click the apperence tab. Font size should be there. -- nm - lileve Nov 14, 13:59
- widescreen? I think I just have mine set to the largest size which is probably too small for you. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:43 9
  - prob. 1440 x 900 -- nm - zork Nov 14, 13:45 4
    - I thought monitors were now basically HD tv, 1080xhowever wide the screen is -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 13:49 1
      - No. Many are higher resolution. (Also, the 1080 is the number of horizontal lines) - psilotum Nov 14, 13:56
    - No, I know it's higher than that. (I'm not at home so can't check.) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:45 1
      - 1680 x 1050 sounds about right (google'd it). -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:50
  - Yes, it's widescreen. -- nm - David Nov 14, 13:44 3
    - which kind did you get? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:46 2
      - Oh, it's just a Dell package. -- nm - David Nov 14, 13:51 1
        
        Ah. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:52
- i'm not a fan of monitors that big. too much neck craning and eye movement -- nm - zork Nov 14, 13:43 1
  - Depends on the distance between you and the monitor. And what you are using it for. ie gaming, graphic design, etc -- nm - lileve Nov 14, 13:55
I wish I would have set the time off for Chuck - amoxy Nov 14, 13:32
UG! trying to lower the mortgage, and I had to fax 20 pages to Countrywide [$1.50 per page] - peglegpete Nov 14, 13:32 15
- Is this for the HOPE program? -- nm - Max Nov 14, 13:38 1
  - yes. in 6 weeks my job ends with Heritage and I am not planning on staying with them -- nm - peglegpete Nov 14, 13:39
- Get a scanner printer and email them. - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:35 12
  - thanks for the tips for the next time I need to fax -- nm - peglegpete Nov 14, 13:38 10
    - I don't use my scanner too often, but it comes in handy from time-to-time. - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:41 5
      - I've an 11" x 17" flatbed scanner for my art for almost a decade -- nm - peglegpete Nov 14, 13:43 4
        
        use that to fax next time. although 20 separate pages would take some time to put together. - zork Nov 14, 13:46
        
        See, could have saved yourself $30! Ask TT first next time! -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:45 2
        
        it's a scanner only. no other functions built in it -- nm - peglegpete Nov 14, 13:47 1
        
        scan, save image, email attachments. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:48
    - *checks batteries in sarcasm meter* - zork Nov 14, 13:41 3
      - I had a cheap Lexmark before (didn't love it), now have an HP one and love it. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:42 2
        
        Canon: mrs. zork worked for a place that sold office equipment and found herself going to the canon machines all the time. -- nm - zork Nov 14, 13:44 1
        
        I hear those are good as well. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:46
  - or, if they insist on a fax, use faxzero.com. you can upload a scanned image and it gets sent to a fax machine. free. -- nm - Andie - 40 shopping days till X-mas Nov 14, 13:36
mop, re: shipping costs. you could order online from a site in the recipient's country - zork Nov 14, 13:29 1
- It sure was! -- nm - TFox Nov 14, 13:30
You know else who wanted to supress smokers' rights? -- (link) - mara Nov 14, 13:27
"We at Recognition Systems wish to first make it clear that our hand scanners DO NOT IN ANY WAY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DETECT THE 'MARK OF THE BEAST'" -- (link) - mara Nov 14, 13:26 13
- for those interested...there's apparently a National Protest against Prop 8 tomorrow... -- (link) - Mel Profit Nov 14, 13:31 10
  - cool, I wonder how many will turn for the one in Tacoma -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 14, 13:47
  - Interesting. There's one in Jacksonville...but it doesn't look well organized. :( -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:37 4
    - The one in Boston is less than 10 mins by foot from us. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 14, 13:39 3
      - I tried to open this but my system didn't allow it. I'm going to look at it when I get home. -- nm - Diva Nov 14, 13:42 2
        
        Tomorrow, Gov Center/City Hall, 1:30pm. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 14, 13:52 1
        
        Yes - we should definitely go. We can use the "new" umbrella. -- nm - Diva Nov 14, 13:53
  - I'll be there. -- nm - znufrii Nov 14, 13:34
  - I'm going for a little while at least. - ReluctantCynic Nov 14, 13:33 2
    - I think Diva and I should make an appearance... - Mel Profit Nov 14, 13:35 1
      - If you go, I'll give you a big, wet, sloppy kiss at the next Vegastravaganza. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 14, 13:55
- mara's killin it with the linkage today. -- nm - TFox Nov 14, 13:28 1
  - Absolutely. Above and beyond her usual stellar abilities, even. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 14, 13:31
I've found the ideal way to promote SlackerTalk. -- (link) - mara Nov 14, 13:24 3
- she's a cutie. not sure i'd actually notice what's *on* the shirt since i'll be concentrating on what's *in* it. -- nm - zork Nov 14, 13:32
- that's enterprising of her -- nm - prayformojo Nov 14, 13:27
- If we can't have girlinyourbed.com or girlinnoshirt.com, this is a solid consolation prize. -- nm - TFox Nov 14, 13:27
My first "busy season" of tax post college graduation has ended today. - MDH Nov 14, 13:21 3
- congrats -- nm - zork Nov 14, 13:34
- now do that for another 45 years -- nm - pigby Nov 14, 13:34 1
  - one second, dammit -- nm - zork Nov 14, 13:36
So I need to write a letter of recommendation for a student applying to grad school. - nubby Nov 14, 13:19 9
- Be sure to spell his name right, and specify the correct major :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 14, 13:24
- Read some of that effing cheeseburger site, it couldn't possibly hurt. -- nm - TFox Nov 14, 13:21 7
  - "He is teh awesomeness at teh phyzzicks!" -- nm - prof. nubbykins Nov 14, 13:29 6
    - I love "prof. nubbykins". -- nm - nubby Nov 14, 13:43 3
      - narcassist -- nm - pigby Nov 14, 13:45 2
        
        Is this some German fan of 70's music? "Janis Joplin is the best ever!" - nubby Nov 14, 13:49 1
        
        German *pirate* fan of *60's* music (*sigh*) -- nm - nubby Nov 14, 13:56
    - The rage this stuff inspires in me is probably unhealthy. Completely in contradiction of the Awesomeness Principle. -- nm - TFox Nov 14, 13:32 1
      - (the type style, not the rage. the rage works in concert with the Principle.) -- nm - TFox Nov 14, 13:33
Doh! I finally figured out who Chuck's sister is - amoxy Nov 14, 13:15 7
- from? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 14, 13:17 1
  - Scubs! And now I just read: -- (link) - amoxy Nov 14, 13:19
- *finger snap* right... -- nm - tim mie Nov 14, 13:16 3
  - that's enough tim mie... -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 14, 13:16 2
    - try to put me on lockdown... *does karate* -- nm - tim mie si Nov 14, 13:18 1
      - two part episode... -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 14, 13:19
- she was awesome on Everwood. - Callisto Nov 14, 13:16
Can one of the TT lawyers explain why this is manslaughter and not murder? -- (link) - Will Hunting Nov 14, 13:12 4
- age? -- nm - kare Nov 14, 13:15
- Intent to beat, not to kill? -- nm - oblique Nov 14, 13:13 2
  - Stabbing pushes it up to me. - Will Hunting Nov 14, 13:15 1
    - Oblique is probably right. - ReluctantCynic Nov 14, 13:25
Terrible: We have to call a client with which we've had a great relationship for 20 years and tell him that he's in default. - Diva Nov 14, 13:12 4
- was he there last night? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 14, 13:15 3
  - No, Baby - this is another client. -- nm - Diva Nov 14, 13:17 1
    - he's late... -- nm - tim mie Nov 14, 13:18
  - *pants tug* Ummmm...your late. -- nm - tim mie Nov 14, 13:15
Isn't about time to start talking about the V word? -- nm - nubby Nov 14, 13:08 3
- Vermin, please. -- nm - zork Nov 14, 13:33
- Did you miss the weekend "what happens with an erection of 4 hours or longer?" question? -- nm - Diva Nov 14, 13:13
- aren't you a little young for viagra? -- nm - Andie - 40 shopping days till X-mas Nov 14, 13:09
What Would Tyler Durden Do? makes a wonderful point about Watchmen star Jackie Earle Haley. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 14, 13:06 6
- coaching Little League? - zork Nov 14, 13:39
- acting is really a feast-or-famine world. - znufrii Nov 14, 13:10 2
  - IMDB has nothing between 1993 and Little Children or whatever that movie was called. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 14, 13:23 1
    - commercials, small-time theatre, etc...there's stuff to do if you're looking for it. -- nm - znufrii Nov 14, 13:25
- Role opportunities dry up does not mean failure. -- nm - lileve Nov 14, 13:08
- Lupe Fiasco? -- nm - nubby Nov 14, 13:07
UFC 91: Who ya got, Randy Couture or Brock Lesnar? - Will Hunting Nov 14, 13:03 2
- I'll take Brock. -- nm - TFox Nov 14, 13:05
- Randy, I think Brock gets exposed yet again -- nm - Beaker Nov 14, 13:04
OMGtehCute! -- (link) - znufrii Nov 14, 13:02 10
- I think every letter typed or posted in this message made my eyes hurt. -- nm - TFox Nov 14, 13:06 8
  - It could have been worse. It could have been ZOMG! -- nm - mara Nov 14, 13:07 6
    - I guess. Remember a time when people learned ways to communicate that made them sound *less* like simpering fools? - TFox Nov 14, 13:10 5
      - Weren't you a rapper? -- nm - oblique Nov 14, 13:22 3
        
        *snork to the nth degree* -- nm - zork Nov 14, 13:37
        
        Kid, my flow was mad clever. -- nm - TFox Nov 14, 13:24 1
        
        heh. -- nm - kelly Nov 14, 13:34
      - do not underestimate the power of teh Cute! -- nm - znufrii Nov 14, 13:11
  - (posted -> pasted) -- nm - TFox Nov 14, 13:06
- Just no. -- nm - Trish Nov 14, 13:04
My list for Black Friday wants: Dress clothes; our home office I'm trying to get to is becoming a lot more formal soon. - Will Hunting Nov 14, 12:59
B2: Congrats colin! -- nm - Beaker Nov 14, 12:56 11
- *Senior* Sanitation Specialist! -- nm - nubby Nov 14, 13:06
- wpphoo!! -- nm - Diva Nov 14, 13:05
- That's great Colin! Congrats! -- nm - lileve Nov 14, 13:05
- Way to go, Colin! -- nm - Trish Nov 14, 13:02
- thanks! now I just have to convince management how indespensible i am ;) -- nm - colin Nov 14, 12:58 4
  - I would've just settled for more money -- nm - znufrii Nov 14, 13:03
  - where are you looking to move? is your girl going to go with you? - kare Nov 14, 12:59 2
    - austin is high on the list, as well as silicon valley. - colin Nov 14, 13:09 1
      - that's awesome. -- nm - kare Nov 14, 13:11
- word. -- nm - kelly Nov 14, 12:58
- yes indeed -- nm - crash davis Nov 14, 12:57
Stupid work. The answer is: Vandy is 0-17 in bowl-clinching games since 1982. - TFox Nov 14, 12:55 2
- heh - you said 'hump'.... -- nm - Diva Nov 14, 13:06
- (depressing roll, unless you are a Kentucky, Wake Forest, or Tennessee fan.) -- nm - TFox Nov 14, 12:57

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