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ok, someone find the IT motivational tool and hit me in the head with it - tRuMaN Nov 30, 08:04
STISandSexier: So - is 500 GB a good size for an external portable hard drive? -- nm - Diva Nov 30, 07:58 10
- As a side note, how insane is it that there are terabyte+ ones available now? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 30, 08:00 2
  - we use those to store HD shoot tapes on. i can't image a normal person needing that space. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 30, 08:13
  - I know, right? -- nm - Diva Nov 30, 08:02
- These days I would say that is the minimum size. -- nm - decline Nov 30, 07:59 5
  - Dear decline and znu - I was planning pics and music. Should I go larger? -- nm - Diva Nov 30, 08:01 4
    - you'd need to steal a shitload of music to need more than that. -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 08:04 1
      - *keeps this is mind whilst giggling* -- nm - Diva Nov 30, 08:04
    - for pics and music 500 will be plenty. (unless you have an insanely large music collection) -- nm - decline Nov 30, 08:02 1
      - tanks! -- nm - Diva Nov 30, 08:03
- watcha gonna be storing on it? for pics and music, it's pretty good size -- nm - zhu zhu hamster Nov 30, 07:59
hmm, interesting. SCENE (a movie chain perk plan) is going to bring a movie back to theatres (free for members) based on user votes -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 30, 07:52 [Image] 1
- i voted earlier, i voted for The Hangover because it's the only one i want to see that i haven't. -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 30, 07:53
chelsea clinton is engaged ... -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 30, 07:46 4
- This segways nicely into a question I've been meaning to ask; - Loyola Nov 30, 08:00 1
  - what do scooters have to do with anything? -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 08:05
- *makes plans* -- nm - Tareq & Michaele Salahi Nov 30, 07:50 1
  - Oh and on this note, with respect to wanting 500G to tell your story, I think I speak for many when I say... - HdnAgnda Nov 30, 07:52
So ... uh ... I've got a moustache today, evidently in support of Movember. It looks scary ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 07:44
I just got 6 tracking numbers for my 3 pokemon sleeping bag orders from Woot. How many sleeping bags am I going to get? -- nm - oblique Nov 30, 07:39 1
- It's a quilt, some assembly required. -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 07:41
Ikea Cinnamon Roll....yum -- nm - budice Nov 30, 07:35 1
- Did you have to assemble it yourself? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 30, 07:44
As of midnight tonight, Toronto will have had it's first snow-free November since 1937. - Elf Andie Nov 30, 07:34 3
- just finished snowing here... -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 07:38
- it's snowing here -- nm - marcel Nov 30, 07:37
- Global Warming!!! -- nm - decline Nov 30, 07:35
26 minutes left on "today's" Steam deals. World of Goo for $5 (if you missed the birthday sale before) and more -- (link) - oblique Nov 30, 07:34 2
- Pulled the trigger on that yesterday. Friggin Steam. Before Torchlight, I had nothing more complicated than a $1 Amazon game download on my pc. - TFox Nov 30, 07:41 1
  - I bought L4D for $8. I'd have bought WoG if I hadn't already bought it for $5 earlier -- nm - oblique Nov 30, 07:57
SI named the 2009 Sportsman of the Year. Any guesses? -- nm - Don Homer Nov 30, 07:27 31
- It's insane to me that Roger Federer will likely end his career without one of these. - Will Hunting Nov 30, 07:44 3
  - Is the choice based on merit, or selling magazines? -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 07:46 2
    - does anyone buy SI on the newstand though? I can get 6 months worth for the newstand price of around 5 issues... -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 07:48 1
      - Dunno - it might sucker some people in (I don't read SI so I don't know) -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 07:58
- Ponytail-pulling soccer girl. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 30, 07:44
- Lady Gaga -- nm - budice Nov 30, 07:33
- the softball girls who carried the one around who tore her MCL. -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 07:29 2
  - my second choice would be the Texas girl who won the team track and field event...per herslef -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 07:45 1
    - mine would be that pony-tail yanking soccer player -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 07:47
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- I hope it's Tiger. But I'll guess Big Ben. -- nm - Jim Nov 30, 07:28
- FAVRE!!! -- nm - Shaun Nov 30, 07:28
- ARod. -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 07:28 17
  - I'll assume that was a joke response, but right team anyway. The winner is... -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 30, 07:30 16
    - I *love* the Yankees hit record thing as a positive. 2700 hits isn't 'special'.... - Will Hunting Nov 30, 07:47 12
      - unfortunately, none of those team records that were broken were held by Lou Gehrig. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 07:53 11
        
        Cuz, this is the important part.....it's not that impressive a record. - Will Hunting Nov 30, 07:57 10
        
        It's. Lou. Gehrig. - znufrii Nov 30, 07:58 9
        
        So? Gehrig had *1* vital number. 2,130. His other #'s, while impressive (most notably the 493 homers) - Will Hunting Nov 30, 08:03 3
        
        I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just explaining why the number is meaningful, despite your argument to the contrary. - znufrii Nov 30, 08:09
        
        WOO HOO!!!! I'm #53! I'm # 53!!! -- nm - Jeter si # 7 Nov 30, 08:04 1
        
        Exactly! Behind such luminaries as Harold Baines and just ahead of Omar Visquel. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 08:05
        
        If Lou Gehrig had the record for most steals of home plate as a Yankee with two, and then Jeter got his third, would that also be a big deal? -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 07:59 4
        
        no, because that's not a particular record that's relevant on a team-wide basis. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 08:04 2
        
        milk orange terrifically yes horse! -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 08:05 1
        
        This actually makes more sense than znu's argument here. nm - Jim Nov 30, 08:05
        
        This is like comparing Titanic to Gone With the Wind. You're forgetting the inflation factor. 2700 Lou Gehrig hits is the equivilent of 3500 of - Jim Nov 30, 08:02
    - I'd love to see the alternate universe where Steinbrenner wasn't suspended and traded Jeter to, say, Kansas City. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 07:33
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    - ugh -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 07:31
Star Trek (2009): B+; A Christmas Carol @ Ford's Theater: B - prayformojo Nov 30, 07:24 10
- The Changeling: B -- nm - Diva Nov 30, 07:51
- Bruce Almighty, B. Musica En Espera (Music On Hold), B+ -- nm - con_carne Nov 30, 07:44 1
  - 2012, B- -- nm - con_carne Nov 30, 07:52
- "The Shop Around the Corner" (1940) A - SyrDragon Nov 30, 07:43
- A Serious Man: B+ -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 07:35
- GI Joe - D . Transformers 2: C - decline Nov 30, 07:34
- Ninth Gate A, Consenting Adults B, UP A -- nm - budice Nov 30, 07:32
- The Plan: C+. Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure: C (Kids rate: B). Planet 51: B- - oblique Nov 30, 07:28 2
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    - I liked the idea of it alot and it did tie up some interesting loose ends (plus boobies) -- nm - oblique Nov 30, 07:31
so, would anyone have any thoughts on whether getting this monitor and using it as a second tv would work. -- (link) - tRuMaN Nov 30, 07:23 9
- Sure. With HDMI, TVs these days are basically monitors anyways -- nm - oblique Nov 30, 07:26 7
  - well, since it would be mainly my computer monitor, I was looking for a monitor that would work with tv - tRuMaN Nov 30, 07:28 6
    - When it comes to LCD, there's not much difference -- nm - oblique Nov 30, 07:31 5
      - really? - tRuMaN Nov 30, 07:41 4
        
        The biggest difference is going to be native resolution I believe. Most large monitors run at 1920x1080 while many inexpensive TVs of the same size - oblique Nov 30, 07:43 3
        
        so you think if a vizio offers 1920x1080, it would work well - tRuMaN Nov 30, 07:48 2
        
        Yes. Your key features are resolution, response time (ms), and refresh rate - oblique Nov 30, 07:49 1
        
        ok. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 30, 07:52
- Should work fine. My new 24" HDMI monitor works great as a 2nd media centre viewing device. No tv hooked up though. - Shaun Nov 30, 07:26
"What? Fnazr is totally a word in Czech!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 07:20 5
- my favorite part of that detour was - prayformojo Nov 30, 07:22 4
  - I wonder if - Reagen Nov 30, 07:25 2
    - I suspect that - Roger More Nov 30, 07:28 1
      - I loved the bar guy that eventually fell asleep -- nm - oblique Nov 30, 07:28
  - Yeah, the producers did a good job creating that task. I'd like to see more like it -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 07:23
Post-thanksgiving thanks: Thankful I did not gain weight over the holiday :) - oblique Nov 30, 07:20 1
- mmm... biscuits and gravy... -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 07:21
The only thing that pisses me off about Bing is that they're doing a ton of cashback now on stores I already a bought from earlier this month - oblique Nov 30, 07:15 9
- I'm about to buy a $500 tv on Dell. Nothing says anything about Bing Cashback... - JaxSean Nov 30, 07:18 8
  - Did you start by searching for Dell @ Bing.com? -- nm - oblique Nov 30, 07:21 7
    - yep, and it said it was tracking it. - JaxSean Nov 30, 07:26 6
      - should be good then. Some websites don't really make it known that it's going to kick in. Overstock.com does a good job of this - oblique Nov 30, 07:27 5
        
        Right. After I redirected from Bing to dell.com, I never saw a Bing symbol again, but I got a cashback e-mail yesterday. -- nm - Jelly Nov 30, 07:30 4
        
        OK, just pulled the trigger on a 37" Vizio for $499, $399 after cashback. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 07:36 3
        
        (thanks all for your help. If I don't get that $100 back, my wife will be grumpy, so just wanted to be sure[~ish].) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 07:38 2
        
        If it doesn't show up in a few days, you should be able to email your transaction info to Bing and they'll post it -- nm - oblique Nov 30, 07:38 1
        
        ok thanks. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 07:44
Christmas lights Poll: your lighting situation is generally "none", "only on the house", or "includes lawn decorations too"? - TFox Nov 30, 07:13 19
- none yet, i'm considering putting luminarias out in the yard -- nm - 'lia Nov 30, 08:06
- Right now? None. -- nm - con_carne Nov 30, 07:46
- in the past I've done up the apartment with lights, but not recently. - znufrii Nov 30, 07:33
- Just on the tree and mantle. We had some old fashion big bulb lights outside but a few broke and haven't replaced them yet -- nm - SyrDragon Nov 30, 07:29
- None, and you are way too excited about your reindeer. -- nm - loosilu Nov 30, 07:22 5
  - Nope. I am appropriately excited. And its a little doe, dumbass. - TFox Nov 30, 07:23 4
    - you're the one who referred to your doe as a "he" on FB, dumbasser. - loosilu Nov 30, 07:25 3
      - it's too cool to be a "she". -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 07:26 2
        
        then it ain't a doe. -- nm - loosilu Nov 30, 07:27 1
        
        no, it is. it's just one that has overcome his natural limitations. -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 07:28
- Nothing, and this wouldn't change if I lived in a house. Maybe we'll get a small tree (our first) this year. -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 07:21
- none. - decline Nov 30, 07:21
- Only the house, pretty much. Sometimes I'll put up the red & green floodlights on the house. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 07:20
- Only on the Christmas tree (once we get it). -- nm - Don Homer Nov 30, 07:20
- Let's see...we have some lights on the house...wrapped lights around the trunk of the tree in the front yard... - Jim Nov 30, 07:17
- house only (although we have some lighted deer in the alcove above our front door which can be seen from outside) -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 07:16
- minimal lighting on the house but does often include a lawn decoration - oblique Nov 30, 07:16
- if i had a house it would -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 30, 07:15 1
  - *ahem*,... it would be 'trees and house' -- nm - Elf Andie Nov 30, 07:15
I'm listening to the soundtrack of BSG and I just wanna say how much I miss this series (link) - FabioParme Nov 30, 07:09 [youtube] 3
- I watched The Plan this weekend. Meh -- nm - oblique Nov 30, 07:10 2
  - But is it better than Razor? -- nm - FabioParme Nov 30, 07:20 1
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why is my boss yelling at me? - tRuMaN Nov 30, 07:07 3
- it is all Raptors fault. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 30, 07:36
- It's all part of the sexual tension. -- nm - mara Nov 30, 07:20
- he's compensating for something... -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 07:08
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- perfect for obligation gifting! -- nm - conspiracy mafic Nov 30, 07:07
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- $1, ML. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 07:21
- 600 million -- nm - Don Homer Nov 30, 07:19
- 4.5B -- nm - Capstern Nov 30, 07:10
- 13.35billion -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 30, 07:09
- $3.125 billion -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 07:08
- Am I the only one who still thinks "Cyber Monday" is a stupid idea? -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 07:06 7
  - I think they should do it the Monday before Black Friday if they want to rack up sales. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 07:10
  - Considering alot of the online retailers also had Black Friday sales, yeah -- nm - oblique Nov 30, 07:09
  - It's not so much an "idea", as it is "the first day lots of people have a ton of time in front of their computers..." - TFox Nov 30, 07:09 3
    - Right, this wasn't exactly "created", it came out of what people were already doing. -- nm - Ender Nov 30, 07:14 2
      - There are no special prices or sales starting today? -- nm - mara Nov 30, 07:39 1
        
        There are, but it's because people were already doing so much shopping on the Monday after Thanksgiving. - Ender Nov 30, 13:24
  - yes -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 07:09
- 3.5 billion. -- nm - Jelly Nov 30, 07:04
- Do we know what 2009 Black Friday was yet? -- nm - Capstern Nov 30, 07:04
- $2B -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 07:04 3
  - (wait... total sales for all retailers, or just online sales?) -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 07:04 2
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      - ok, then i'm cool. -- nm - TFox Nov 30, 07:05

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