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International soccer seems intent on becoming a joke more and more. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:38 15
- Aside: The most entertaining thing about the last World Cup was the videos of Drew Carey (on HDNet? Mojo?) acting as a press photographer. - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 2, 10:44
- The ref had no hope of seeing that handball, and in the absence of video refs, what other avenue is open to them other than to censure the offending - Loyola Dec 2, 10:44 1
  - Fix the system? not punish the player..... - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:46
- I'm still baffled why people are so against (limited) video replay in just about every sport. (nm) - musubi Dec 2, 10:43 5
  - stops the action. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 10:46 1
    - On a contested goal, the action is stopped anyway. (nm) - musubi Dec 2, 10:48
  - Just remember, it would slow the baseball game down (not that the 5 minute manager arguments don't...ya know) -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:44 2
    - *shrug* I'd rather wait 1 minute for a correct call. - musubi Dec 2, 10:48 1
      - I don't disagree with you. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:48
- I'll say this though...in soccer...usually the player will do the right thing. If you know you knocked it down with your hand...you call yourself. - Jim Dec 2, 10:42 2
  - That's true (it's one of the good things about soccer), but *relying* on players to self-police is silly, imo. (nm) - musubi Dec 2, 10:44
  - Even in a game where your national team advances or not? - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:44
- Good thing US sports refs have proven beyond reproach. -- nm - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:41 2
  - Discipline the refs; not the players........ - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:42 1
    - They haven't disciplined anyone yet, but the responsibility is shared by both of the refs and the players - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:46
LYC: Bah. My last name is not found on that name pronunciation website - con_carne Dec 2, 10:38 3
- Curio Shit? -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 10:41
- car-nay (nm) - musubi Dec 2, 10:41
- everyone knows how to pronounce - Meat - Epiphany Dec 2, 10:40
rant: Thanks, group member, for expecting me to shift around my entire schedule for the rest of the week because you neglected to give me a schedule - Hotkiss Dec 2, 10:35 6
- You should totally quit. That'll show him. (nm) - musubi Dec 2, 10:40
- Why are you letting them dictate your schedule .... it's a team project, yes? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:40 3
  - Because he says he's always busy (as if I don't have 293857 things going on too?!?!?!?). So when he says to meet is when we meet. - Hotkiss Dec 2, 10:41 2
    - You don't have to tell him why you're busy...just that you are. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 10:43 1
      - Or you know, be responsible and either find a new time that works for both of them. - musubi Dec 2, 10:46
- If you sit around and WAIT to be GIVEN the schedule of your life... - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 10:39
PSA: ABC Family is showing the Pixar Short Films tonight at 7 and 9. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 10:33 1
- Excellent. Thx! -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 10:40
This is one fucked up commercial for tires. -- (link) - Reagen Dec 2, 10:26 [youtube]
"Underwater homeowners across America are signally failing to take my advice and walk away from their homes" - Loyola Dec 2, 10:20 1
- that's a little more than a ding on their credit score. -- nm - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:21
Susan Boyle sets a U.S. first-week sales record for a female debut album. - Don Homer Dec 2, 10:18 9
- So you're saying Susan Boyle is a bottom and Snoop dogg is a top? -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 2, 10:37
- WTF is wrong with America's ears? - JaxSean Dec 2, 10:32 3
  - no, i think that sounds right. she should have gotten beat by Snoop Dogg. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 10:34 1
    - ICWUDT. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 10:37
  - she debuted at 1st in the UK, too. Rihanna was 6th. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:34
- due in thanks to the 121,000 copies that STers sent to Redmond -- nm - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:22
- Now if she had titled her album the same, she may have gotten the top debut overall. -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 10:19 2
  - "Topping the charts this week is Susan Boyle's 'Bag Over My Head'..." -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 10:21
  - Reverse Cowgirl! -- nm - Don Homer Dec 2, 10:20
Note to self: get a goddamned passport already. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 10:17
I'd like to thank Tiger Woods for making today's Hump Day entertaining, and condemn the rest of you for making it uncomfortable. - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 2, 10:12 7
- You mean like the back of a Volkswagen. -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 10:53
- a couple more ticks and you'll overtake me on the gay rankings. - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:14 4
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    - isn't that how you transfer your power? - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:19
  - You suck on Mop before giving a beejer to make it feel better? - TFox Dec 2, 10:15 1
    - The snack bar at work didn't have enough change for a co-worker, so the gave part of the change in an IOU and part in Mentos. - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:20
- YOUR ALL NGUYEN! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:13
I'm trying to think of what STers could put on FB that would make me want to keep them seperate from RL friends...and I got nothing. - Jim Dec 2, 10:09 32
- I know I get uncomfortable when RL friends want to friend me. I'm not sure I have an ST persona, but my two lives seem very different. - MojaveMeg Dec 2, 10:22 3
  - You should never post something on-line that you wouldn't mind the whole world seeing. - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:26
  - from yesterday... - b. Dec 2, 10:25 1
    - Exactly. I place my friends here on an equal footing with my local friends, but there are people who have trouble understanding that - MojaveMeg Dec 2, 10:31
- There is a simple way around this, you know. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 10:15
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  - Today I saw a dear friend of mine post something in all caps. I winced. - con_carne Dec 2, 10:23 1
    - I have two friends that do that all the time, for every message. So annoying. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 10:26
  - Word. I'd rather STers not see the crap that my friends post. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 10:19
- you are pretty vanilla. - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:12 19
  - skinny, dark brown, and shriveled? -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 10:14 1
    - I really must turn off that webcam in my bathroom -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 10:15
  - Apparently YOU all are vanilla...that's why I'm not scared to have my ST life intersect with my real life. -- nm - Jim Dec 2, 10:13 16
    - ST has respected the line with FB very well. - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:15 14
      - honestly, i'm friends with a lot of you on FB, but interact with y'all rarely there... because it's way more fun to talk here. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 10:16 12
        
        word...like I don't even know if we're FB friends or not. -- nm - Jim Dec 2, 10:25 11
        
        *gasp* - TFox Dec 2, 10:34 1
        
        just checked...we're not. click accept dammit -- nm - Jim Dec 2, 10:39
        
        Have you met the TT/ST group? - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:26 8
        
        Well, I thought I did dude...but I don't know. can you link me to it? -- nm - Jim Dec 2, 10:28 7
        
        just sent you a message on FB -- nm - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:31
        
        You'll have to apply for membership. We're very selective... -- (link) - TWuG Dec 2, 10:29 5
        
        and you're faster than me -- nm - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:31 1
        
        Don't let that get around. I have a reputation to uphold. -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 10:40
        
        whaddaya know...I'm in there. Hmmmm -- nm - Jim Dec 2, 10:31 2
        
        Click Discussons for the relevant posts of names -- nm - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:32
        
        in like jim -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:31
      - Unless you are Redmond. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 10:16
    - Most of us are skilled/experienced in behaving ourselves online, naturally. :) -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 10:14
- Moreover, I *occasionally* have the reverse fear. -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 10:12
- Face it, we are your real friends. Sad, huh? -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 2, 10:10
- Is that a challenge? -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 10:09
soul sucking angels? -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 10:08
Iran's state television will ban makeup for women, "abnormal" music and unruly children. -- (link) - Don Homer Dec 2, 10:08
How would you pronounce nguyen? -- nm - Capstern Dec 2, 10:08 18
- Here you go: -- (link) - TWuG Dec 2, 10:15 4
  - Their phonetic and english audio portions don't at all match the vietnamese audio or the "1 syllable" note. -- nm - Ender Dec 2, 10:23 2
    - the english version is just one of a few ways I have heard people with that name pronounce it. "win" has always been safe for me. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 10:27
    - I think that's because the audio actors are speaking it very slowly so you could hear what they're saying. It is one syllable, though. -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 10:27
  - Whoa, this site seems very useful. Thanks! -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 10:19
- like "when," but with an "n" in front of it. "nwhen" -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 10:13 1
  - *high five* -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 2, 10:15
- nwhen -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 2, 10:13
- "Win" -- nm - Ender Dec 2, 10:12
- noo-en -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 10:11
- New inn. -- nm - Loyola Dec 2, 10:11
- "enn gew when" (i have no idea) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:10
- new-wen -- nm - Don Homer Dec 2, 10:10 1
  - this. -- nm - Jim Dec 2, 10:10
- when or n-when. nm - Dignan Dec 2, 10:10
- I normally hear it pronounced like 'win'. But I grew up with knowing a (hot) girl with that last name pronounced new-jin -- nm - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:10
- Gwin -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 10:09
- "when" -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 10:09
Isn't it ironic that dyslexic is editing a teachers copy? - lileve Dec 2, 10:07
Bery and web developers: question about forcing a download dialog - SyrDragon Dec 2, 10:07 4
- It would be out of your hands, yes. I think you can set a default file name, though. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:11 3
  - (I believe that if they click cancel it shuts down the transfer, but aside from that, it looks the same on the server side) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:11 2
    - If they cancel, I want to inhibit the server side from doing their record cleanup -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 2, 10:14 1
      - you'd have to monitor the HTTP socket, which might be too low-level for some languages -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:21
backboarding: that PacquiOw vs Mayweather fight will be the first boxing match I buy on my own dime. also, ty97... - TFox Dec 2, 10:05 2
- TFox - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:09 1
  - it's why i'm good at what i do. :) -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 10:09
Giant panda sex secrets revealed; -- (link) - Loyola Dec 2, 10:03 4
- Butterstick? -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 2, 10:16
- That is not a giant secret. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 10:09
- somone leaked the infamous groiny video *gasp* -- nm - Capstern Dec 2, 10:05
- Finally! -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 10:04
Since I like end of year lists and will be picking up Time, Newsweek, EW, Forbes, what other magazines should I keep an eye out for? -- nm - Max Dec 2, 10:01 9
- Does Esquire still do the Dubious Achievements? I haven't picked it up in years, but it used to be an annual staple of mine. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 2, 10:35 1
  - they stopped doing them last year. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 10:44
- Wired. Or is that a given? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 10:33
- Movieline - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:11
- Metacritic's compilation of "best of" lists is one of my favorite things on the internet this time of year. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 10:07
- NYTimes -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 10:03
- Rolling Stone? -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 10:02 2
  - yeah, though I'll have issues with their lists, they'll be the ones to gain the most traction. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 10:07 1
    - I find they're pretty good at explaining *why* something is great, at least. -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 10:09
what ethnicity is 'Yajcaji' - adventy97 Dec 2, 09:59 6
- Hottietian -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 10:11 3
  - I patiently await his nudes - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:13 2
    - Like this? -- (link) - Dano Dec 2, 10:17 [Image] 1
      - that's a good start. - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:23
- how is it pronounced? Are the j's silent or spoken? -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 10:02
- I want to say Kosovarian ... but I could be way wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 10:00
b. you mean this facebook story? -- (link) - adventy97 Dec 2, 09:59 4
- yep. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 10:02 3
  - Currently you can restrict your profile so only Friends can see it. This will make it easier to keep certain Friends in the dark for some posts. - TWuG Dec 2, 10:05 1
    - I checked a while back, and there was no guarantee that things I posted would not be shared elsewhere. it sounds like what's being rolled-out - b. Dec 2, 10:18
  - yep, the settings are getting much better - you can control a lot now. - Elf Andie Dec 2, 10:04
this world keeps spinning faster, to a new disaster. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 09:59
TWuG: Well, yes, but then their real life one would also be a persona -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 09:57 12
- Yes. If you compartmentalize like that, you pretty much admit that you have multiple faces (not in a bad way) for multiple groups. -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 10:00 8
  - I totally admit that I am different people in different settings. -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 10:19
  - I disagree - when I joined FB I seriously considered having different pages for STers and people I know IRL - Roger More Dec 2, 10:04 1
    - and now I reread your post, I agree :) -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 10:05
  - It could also be a privacy thing. Some people aren't comfortable having their real name known in an internet forum. - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:02 4
    - How is that different from what I posted? You have a "I feel safe with you" persona and a "I only trust you so far" persona. -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 10:08 2
      - They aren't necessarily different personas. Some people just don't want STers (or internet people) showing up on their doorstep. - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:18
      - Not speaking for ty, but persona seems synonymous with 'fake'. It took me a reread to get that you didn't mean this -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 10:17
    - yep. I'm pretty much me wherever I am, that's not the thing. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 10:04
- i think a couple people have accounts for ST using their ST nicks right? - Elf Andie Dec 2, 10:00 2
  - yep - adventy97 Dec 2, 10:03 1
    - I tried to have one with a version of my username, but fb froze it and made me change. -- nm - b. Dec 2, 10:05
PARTY in the G-A-Y -- nm - adventy97 Dec 2, 09:57
B2 is gay -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 09:57
Word -- nm - Jim Dec 2, 09:57

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