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Ok...So...start Fred jackson tomorrow night, or not? -- nm - Jim Dec 2, 12:48 1
- no, although i was peeved i benched him last week. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 12:51
Re: 1st movie ever in a theatre. Mine was E.T. or Empire Strikes Back, whichever came first. -- nm - Shaun Dec 2, 12:47
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- why would I have to? -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 12:48 4
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    - indeed, what would *any* of us do? -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 12:52
    - "Society likes blue? Sweet, I'm a red man now!" -- nm - znufrii si Dec 2, 12:50 1
      - He is a rebe,l Dottie. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:50
School system fires IT admin for running Seti@home, saying they do not "support the search for E.T." -- (link) - Ender Dec 2, 12:45 10
- well it would add to their costs, and CPU wear, but the stated rationale is idiotic. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 12:48 4
  - $1M though? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 12:51 3
    - Divided over 500 machines, that's only $200 per. -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 12:52 1
      - 5000 -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 12:55
    - No, I don't believe that estimate. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 12:52
- Superintendent "says police are conducting a broader investigation" -- nm - Ender Dec 2, 12:47 2
  - *replaces the police's guns with walkie talkies* -- nm - Steven Spielberg Dec 2, 12:51
  - *looks under rock* Nope, not here either. *looks under junked pickup truck* Nope, no ET here either. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 12:50
- *guesses Alabama...* - TFox Dec 2, 12:46 1
  - "I'm the dumbass. I lived in Alabama. Why was I studying Spanish?" - Charles Barkley on the Jimmy Kimmel Show Dec 2, 12:49
oh, wow, I totally forgot I had a pair of socks under my desk - znufrii Dec 2, 12:37 24
- so I don't have to send you anything? -- nm - znufrii' Dec 2, 12:47 2
  - SFEK -- nm - znufrii's secret stalker Dec 2, 12:47 1
    - Phew! I read that as "znufrii Prime" and was worried there was a Future, Alternate Timeline znu running around. -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 12:51
- (i would like to note that i didn't even have to get involved in this thread.) -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 12:45 1
  - Hmm. Lets see who is here. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:47
- You are the reason people find single shoes in the middle of the road, aren't you? -- nm - oblique Dec 2, 12:43 1
  - is that where they go? - znufrii Dec 2, 12:44
- Merry fucking Christmas! -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:41
- When I walked to work I always kept an extra pair of socks and old sneakers at the office. -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 12:41
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  - "A Unicorn in Every Pot" -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 12:41 7
    - nah, I'm saving that one for my presidential campaign -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 12:42 6
      - That is a crapload of unicorns, then. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:43 2
        
        they breed like rabbits if you don't watch out. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 12:43 1
        
        unfortunately, us non-virgins can't get close enough to see them -- nm - zork Dec 2, 12:48
      - Rainbows will light our way to Freedom! -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 12:42 2
        
        Well, a mutually agreed upon symbolic manifestation of freedom or a reasonable facsimile thereof. nm - Dignan Dec 2, 12:44
        
        presidential re-election campaign. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 12:43
- ~whose desk have your socks been under?~ - groiny Dec 2, 12:40
- Oh good. Now I can get on with my day. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 12:39
- *hopes there are no feet still in them* -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 12:39
- Holy shit, for real?! nm - Dignan Dec 2, 12:39 2
  - some bettors in vegas are *very* disappointed right now -- nm - prayformojo Dec 2, 12:40 1
    - Tiger's relieved that the spotlight is on someone else. nm - Dignan Dec 2, 12:42
An equivalently insane ending to WOTW would have been if at the end of Up (spoils) - TFox Dec 2, 12:36 7
- waterfall? I don't remember one. -- nm - zork Dec 2, 12:46 1
  - oh, you're not saying that was in WOTW, right? -- nm - zork Dec 2, 12:50
- I'm not thinking... WOTW? -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 2, 12:41 2
  - war of the worlds (been discussing it for a couple of Boards) -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 12:42
  - War of the Worlds - see discussion below -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 12:42
- In Star Trek.... (spoils) - Will Hunting Dec 2, 12:38 1
  - In Citizen Kane, Rosebud survived the fire. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 12:43
I'd like to watch JP again now to see how well the effects hold up. Anyone watch it recently? -- nm - Shaun Dec 2, 12:36 21
- JP? -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 12:47 3
  - Jurassic Park. -- nm - Shaun Dec 2, 12:47 2
    - Thanks, I don't know why I couldn't figure that one out. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 12:48 1
      - Math is hard. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:49
- I watch it every time it is on cable. - groiny Dec 2, 12:40
- still excellent. you know what else still looks incredible? The Final Fantasy movie. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 12:37 7
  - OK, if that's not sarcasm, I'm wondering if you've seen Appleseed (2006ish) -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 12:42 3
    - wtf is Appleseed? -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 12:44 2
      - It's a movie you need to see. -- (link) - con_carne Dec 2, 12:46
      - A movie from around 2006. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:44
  - The Spirits Within? Too bad the movie wasn't very good. -- nm - Shaun Dec 2, 12:38 2
    - yeah, SheFox watched it on tv the other day. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 12:39 1
      - The Final Fantasy 13 trailers are *gorgeous*. -- nm - Shaun Dec 2, 12:40
- JP1 still holds up well, (I watched a year ago). - Will Hunting Dec 2, 12:37 7
  - What I think is really nice about it is how much of the effects were still physical. - Ender Dec 2, 12:41 1
    - That is my point. JC has been working all this time on them and they still look like crap. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:49
  - I bet it would be a kickass Blu-ray. -- nm - Shaun Dec 2, 12:39
  - And this is my problem with Avatar. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:39
  - agreed, forget how groundbreaking it was for the time -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 12:38
  - I like 3 a lot more than I thought I would. -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 12:38 1
    - after 2, there was nowhere to go but up. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 2, 12:41
ST is particularly fun today. Continue. -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 12:32 6
- Hmm. Lets see who is here. - Spawn Dec 2, 12:35 3
  - And suddenly ST stopped being fun for the day. -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 12:36 2
    - On a dime! -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:36 1
      - Amazing precision, excellent handling... Lousy fuel economy. -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 12:43
- *dances* -- nm - monkey. Dec 2, 12:33 1
  - How cute, he's got a freckle on his bum -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 12:36
LYC: Any hope I had for Nip/Tuck to turn around this season disappeared after watching last week's episode -- nm - MDH Dec 2, 12:31 8
- I suspect the finale will have the big payoff. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 2, 12:50
- I started watching the last couple of seasons because my wife likes it, but I think it just tries so hard to come up with the most outrageous things - pmb Dec 2, 12:35 1
  - I think you're spot-on. for the one I watched last night... - b. Dec 2, 12:38
- that's what I am up to, after last night. should I give up? -- nm - b. Dec 2, 12:33 2
  - er, maybe I'm 2 behind. (spoiler for what I watched.) - b. Dec 2, 12:34 1
    - There's a couple after that. -- nm - pmb Dec 2, 12:35
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- has it really tanked that bad - havent watched any of this season yet...but Dexter is awesome -- nm - Capstern Dec 2, 12:32
Apparently there was a line in Vegas sports books on whether Tiger would admit to an affair by the end of the year - Reagen Dec 2, 12:29 2
- Does his post today count? - pmb Dec 2, 12:29 1
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::rewrites post-it 3 times:: -- nm - b. Dec 2, 12:29
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- Hiram is lucky he's not doing time in jail, his career is over in Queens. -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 12:37
- I had a feeling he was a no vote. Bastard! - Krusty Dec 2, 12:32 1
  - Krusty for State Senate! -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 12:38
Roger More: Munich spoils - Beryllium Dec 2, 12:24 1
- I've seen Munich but can't remember this scene. Maybe I blocked it from memory :) -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 12:26
Groiny, what killed me about the gymkata'ing of the raptor...the follow-up line which was telegraphed miles away. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 12:24 4
- these raptors wipedout a whole squad of military guys, and a 80 pound kid knocked out out a window? - groiny Dec 2, 12:25 3
  - It's Spielberg's love of children.....see the end of War of the Worlds - Will Hunting Dec 2, 12:28
  - although, the scene in themovie where..... - groiny Dec 2, 12:28 1
    - Yeah, this is my favorite. The waterfall scene too....it was like they had 5 scenes they had down pat, and the filler was weak all around. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 12:28
War of the Worlds: yea or nay? Huge nay...hated that POC. -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 12:23 37
- Nay. Some good special effects. Stupid plot. Icky Tom Cruise. -- nm - mara Dec 2, 12:40
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- Yea. I own it on DVD. -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 12:30
- Liked it ok, wouldn't watch it again. -- nm - Shaun Dec 2, 12:27
- I liked it well enough. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 2, 12:26
- Meh, not great, but not bad either. -- nm - Ender Dec 2, 12:25
- unenthusiastic yea. nm - Dignan Dec 2, 12:25
- Sucked. Big time. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 2, 12:25
- Yay. - HdnAgnda Dec 2, 12:24
- nay -- nm - Don Homer Dec 2, 12:24
- Didn't make it all the way through -- nm - J Dec 2, 12:24
- it was OK. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 2, 12:23
- Yay (not a very enthusiastic one though) -- nm - MDH Dec 2, 12:23
- I liked it for 98% of the movie. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 12:23 22
  - agreed. -- nm - Remlik Dec 2, 12:33
  - yep. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 12:25
  - yep - agreed -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 12:24
  - one of the worst endings ever. -- nm - decline Dec 2, 12:24 17
    - which killed it for me. -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 12:26 16
      - I do not remember the end. - groiny Dec 2, 12:27 2
        
        Spoils - Will Hunting Dec 2, 12:29 1
        
        the eqyuivalent would be (spoils for Titanic) - Roger More Dec 2, 12:34
      - Can someone spoil the ending for me? I don't at all remember it. -- nm - Ender Dec 2, 12:27 12
        
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        spoils - Roger More Dec 2, 12:27 10
        
        to be more specific (spoils) - Roger More Dec 2, 12:30
        
        more spoils - Spawn Dec 2, 12:29
        
        and more spoils - Beaker Dec 2, 12:29
        
        Oh come on. Nipick, anyone? -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 12:29 6
        
        The entire theater groaned in unison. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:30
        
        Not at all. When the characters react to something as plain as day as this explosion....allowing the sentimental ending is just sloppy. - Will Hunting Dec 2, 12:30
        
        it reads like a nitpick, but in the movie, not a nitpick. i lost my mind when that happened. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 12:29 2
        
        OK, now that I think about it, I can see how that would take away from the enjoyment of the movie for some, and it may not be just a nitpick... -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 12:35 1
        
        I am not exaggerating with what I posted. - Spawn Dec 2, 12:36
        
        *nitpick* -- nm - con_carne Dec 2, 12:29
  - *ding* -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:23
- trash -- nm - Capstern Dec 2, 12:23
oh, I see - the bing stuff uses Silverlight -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 12:23
LIR: Bing Maps Beta goes live. I've never seen sat imagery look that good -- (link) - oblique Dec 2, 12:22 10
- The sat pic of where I live is at least 4 years old since my house, and even my street don't exist. -- nm - Shaun Dec 2, 12:30
- I find it horrendously slow compared to Google Maps. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 12:26 1
  - It's totally slow, but pretty for sure. And when you search within a town, how it slides across the sat images is a neat trick too. -- nm - TFox Dec 2, 12:27
- Aww... It doesn't work with Chrome. Good thing it ain't all that. -- nm - TWuG Dec 2, 12:26 2
  - I was mistaken - you just can't install the Beta with Chroma. -- nm - Max Dec 2, 12:28 1
    - Yeah, I got it to work. Ariel photos for me area are no more than 2 years old. But no newer than 1 year old. - TWuG Dec 2, 12:34
- Includes "Map Apps": Traffic, Twitter, local content, etc. -- nm - oblique Dec 2, 12:24 1
  - The Twitter piece uses the Twitter geo-location API. Creepy -- nm - oblique Dec 2, 12:25
- some of it is shot from planes, not satellites, of course -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 12:23 1
  - It makes for a really neat effect (at least around Chicago) -- nm - oblique Dec 2, 12:23
B2 is only mostly rolled -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 12:22

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