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I hate it when I misread instructions - oblique Dec 8, 10:42 1
- It says "lube first, then insert", not the other way around -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 10:43
Spanish clique, I require your assistance. - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:38 13
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  - I'm asking if there's a form for a change of address. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:48 2
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      - Thanks! -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:52
- You know, the friggin' Buenos Aires cosulate has an online form. But San Francisco? They're just at the technology heart of the universe!!! -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:46
- replace "espanol" with "Hispana" -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 10:43 1
  - *snork* -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 10:43
- I am not a spanish speaker, and I get the following from this: - adventy97 Dec 8, 10:43 5
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    - not too bad then, for someone who only speaks one language - adventy97 Dec 8, 10:56
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    - As an English-only speaker, was my translation at least plausibly in the same zip code? -- nm - adventy97 Dec 8, 10:45 1
      - Your translation was very accomplished. Nicely done. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:47
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- If I were one of Tiger's kids, I'd want to stay in the U.S. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:40 6
  - I have not followed this story. Tiger has kids? -- nm - adventy97 Dec 8, 10:43 2
    - Two very small kids. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:49
    - "cubs." -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 10:44
  - so youi could be hounded by paparazzi all day every day for the rest of your life? -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 10:41
  - but sweden has a decent healthcare system, doesn't it? :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:40
  - Say... about 2 miles away from Disney World. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:40
- My only question from all of this: How does she pronounce her name? - adventy97 Dec 8, 10:38 2
  - cha ching -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 10:47
  - Eeeee-lynn -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:38
- so Tiger might lose his kids. - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:38
Cancer sucks: Bryant Gumble reveals he has lung cancer. -- (link) - Beaker Dec 8, 10:35 2
- That sucks. Is he a smoker? -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:39
- shit, that sucks - adventy97 Dec 8, 10:37
Per EW: As The World Turns - cancelled. -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 10:35 2
- ...and the world keeps turning. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:40 1
  - on The Days of Our Lives. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 10:42
ooh, shiny. mousing over the pictures of the other woot sites also shows the status bar now? daddy likey. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:26 2
- Hmm, why are all the products listed in that section all incorrect? - kelly Dec 8, 10:38
- I noticed that earlier, too. neechay. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 10:36
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- those swedish penis enlarger pumps really do work, huh? -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 10:33 1
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Marvel Studios Chairman David Maisel to step down after the Disney deal goes through... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 8, 10:25 3
- Kevin Feige will report directly to Rich Ross, placing Marvel squarely under the movie division at Disney. - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:51
- Man, I forgot Disney bought Marvel. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:37 1
  - deal goes through this month. I expect 1st quarter of next year to have some interesting announcements. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 10:42
A couple things that are bugging me about the whole global warming debate. - Dano Dec 8, 10:22 51
- Word. -- nm - Loyola Dec 8, 10:53
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  - It's similar to what some say about vaccines: prove that it doesn't make anyone sick, or just keep researching the shit out of it. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:44 7
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      - But evolution is a theory. It's the theory that best fits the data as we know, but it is just a theory. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 10:55 4
        
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        Let's just keep our eyes open to possible new data that might fly in the face of current dogma is all I'm saying. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 10:58 2
        
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        i think you have not understood the process of peer review -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 10:59
    - since vaccine is about mass one instance has no meaning - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 10:45
- #1 is redundant and #2 simply not true - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 10:41 2
  - psst. It's not really called Global Warming any more, it's Global Climate Crisis ... - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:49 1
    - being green is actually in many cases good business - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 10:52
- Has ST seen this: Climate scientists accused of manipulating global warming data -- (link) - Beaker Dec 8, 10:33 15
  - Old news by now. Why don't climate change deniers get nailed for manipulating data, though? -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:41 1
    - Inner turmoil sells better than external attacks -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:52
  - bien sure - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 10:37
  - I think this was on the Daily Show. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 10:36 1
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  - /ignores story/ -- nm - NBC, CBS, ABC News Dec 8, 10:35 9
    - well, the whole thing is based on one hacked email from 1999. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 10:37 6
      - from a single institute i might add -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 10:46
      - No, thousands. -- (link) - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 10:39 2
        
        I see one quote in this article that is reprehensible. That they privately discussed ways to rebut "disinformation" is not a scandal - Guigue Dec 8, 10:46
        
        yes, I know thousands were stolen, but they don't actually show any grand data-interfering conspiracy if you know the context. - mafic Dec 8, 10:45
      - There's a lot more than one e-mail at issue here. -- nm - Ender Dec 8, 10:39 1
        
        I'm sorry, out of context quotes from several emails. -- nm - mafic Dec 8, 10:41
    - It's been broadcast nationally in Canada, several times -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:35 1
      - I'm glad. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 10:36
- I concur on both points. Especially #1 - now if you don't believe that the apocolypse is coming, you hate the environment. - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 10:32 6
  - the problem is no weather there is debate or not the problem is - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 10:42 5
    - Heh. "We need to be DOING something while we figure out what the problem is!" - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 10:53 4
      - Well, I agree that it logically doesn't compute when presented that way. - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:56 2
        
        I'm all for new light bulbs. I'm not for new taxes on energy. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 10:57
        
        of course... - znufrii Dec 8, 10:57
      - what if the alternative is "We know what the problem is, but we should've been doing something 30 years ago to fix it, now we're f*cked" - znufrii Dec 8, 10:55
- I think I've said it a few times here, but what bugs me is the race for the scariest stats - Guigue Dec 8, 10:31 7
  - most studies come for some sort of institue and are named, anonymous studies are junk science -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 10:44 6
    - Well if some sort of institute says so... - Guigue Dec 8, 10:49 5
      - thatt why they invented this UN institution that tries to get a combined lookout on what is going on - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 10:54
      - put your faith in peer-reviewed studies, not think-tank press releases. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 10:52 3
        
        I think I'm mostly annoyed at newspaper who print anything as long as it scares people a little more than the last news -- nm - Guigue Dec 8, 10:54 2
        
        i dou't anything the papers can print can be more scary than reality - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 10:56
        
        well, yes. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 10:55
- Yeah, #1 bothers me too. We should take care of our surroundings regardless of impending doom. -- nm - Inigo Dec 8, 10:29 1
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- whatever happened to "save the rainforests"? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:25 2
  - saving the rainforrest combats global warming -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 10:47
  - I think I'm getting my mom and stepdad an acre of rainforest for Christmas. - TFox Dec 8, 10:27
- It seems to me that we are on some road to energy independence, because corporations here have taken steps in that direction -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 10:25 1
  - it's simply good business to combat global warming and GWC's -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 8, 10:48
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- SETEC ASTRONOMY -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 10:36
- Heh. I thought he was talking about Tiger. -- nm - Inigo Dec 8, 10:24
- is he talking about his own behavior, or the corporate goals of Google/ -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:24
- *cancels his gmail account* -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 10:22
- That man's face reminds me of a person who lives in my building, and ... well, it's not a good reminder. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:21
Journeyman!! -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 10:19
What's up with nobody having mentioned BETTER OFF TED season 2 premiering tonight!? {nm} - Banzai! Dec 8, 10:18 2
- I mentioned it yesterday -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 10:37
- A Miser Bros Christmas is on tonight too. Plus a new Disney animated Christmas special. Good night of TV. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:19
mod your iphone camera ... -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:10 1
- FAIL. -- nm - Mop (230 lbs) Dec 8, 10:14
from HWDYK today: Star Trek (Part 1) -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 8, 10:09 5
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  - I thought that as well...however... - Remlik Dec 8, 10:17
- 23 -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 10:15
- ... and Better Off Ted Season 1 -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 8, 10:10 1
  - 29/30 I can't believe I missed the first one. (nm) - musubi Dec 8, 10:33
re: Tiger love, another point: i fully agree that Tiger obviously did not know what it meant to "love" his wife fully. - TFox Dec 8, 10:08 12
- If Tiger has made in the neighbourhood of $1B and is worth hundreds of millions, how is it that she doesn't have enough in her account that ... - zork Dec 8, 10:15 5
  - I totally completely agree - at this point she has enough money to do whatever she wants - Epiphany Dec 8, 10:29 3
    - *should* have enough -- nm - zork Dec 8, 10:31 2
      - Why do you assume she should have enough? That he was giving her an allowance or something? - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:34 1
        
        when I marry someone I share everything with her. If you don't plan to share then don't get married (in my world). -- nm - zork Dec 8, 10:36
  - dammit, I meant this to be a separate thread. -- nm - zork Dec 8, 10:16
- I can agree with this. (nm) - musubi Dec 8, 10:11 3
  - You're wrong. -- nm - Jim Dec 8, 10:11 2
    - Well, I did think the Bronco's were for real, so clearly my faculty for rightness is impaired on some topics. (nm) - musubi Dec 8, 10:12 1
      - 8-4 and large and in charge of the Wild Card race right now...while still having a decent shot at the division. - Jim Dec 8, 10:13
- Sometimes people do stupid stuff as a cry for help. It's cliche, but it's true. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 10:09 1
  - "Help Me" ... "I'm Scared" ... "She's so strong" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:11
Andie, that's why I hated living in a condo. They finally allowed wreaths on the door but ... - zork Dec 8, 10:07 4
- Yeah, tell me about it. I hate it, and I'm the *president* of the strata council. Blech. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:16 3
  - Figure out how to change your governing documents... - OAE Dec 8, 10:58
  - well yeah. you have to be held to a higher standard and can't be the sh!t disturber -- nm - zork Dec 8, 10:18 1
    - I have to deal with all the stuff. As a volunteer. :( I end up procrastinating so much. SO much. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:19
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- "The Obama-shaped ecstasy pills are characterized by causing an intense, brief euphoria, followed by a gradual letdown." - Seth Meyers Dec 8, 10:34 3
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  - I loved that joke. Weekend update was the 2nd best part of the episode behind the Tiger skit. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:35 1
    - Agreed. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:36
- It's a good thing Bush taught us that polls don't matter! -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 10:17 1
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- I don't think McCain would be any higher right now if he was President. To much of the approval number is based on the Economy. So any president - Remlik Dec 8, 10:16 1
  - If McCain was pushing his health reform, it would be lower. Even if his plan was better at cost containment (it was), it would be terrifying to people -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:18
- While I acknowledge that Obama hasn't done anything to deserve high approval ratings...I just wonder if a trend started in sports has finally reached - Jim Dec 8, 10:11 9
  - Quite likely. Short attention spans and the expectation of instant gratification are hardly confined to the sports world. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 10:38
  - Right. - kelly Dec 8, 10:30 1
    - People are stupid. I don't think though a lot of his issues are related to the non-fix...it's the method he's going about it. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:33
  - He's managed to piss off everyone. The liberals for not doing enough about Iraq / Afghanistan and the GOP for not being a Republican. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 10:22 2
    - hmmm...maybe he's on to something there... - znufrii Dec 8, 10:22 1
      - Obama has said it himself: "I didn't become President to bail out the banks or save the auto industry..." All I can say is it will take time. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 10:27
  - It's tough to implement your agenda when there's so many problems to be solved. Also, healthcare took a lot of the remaining effort away. -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 10:14 1
    - then is problem is taking on too much. He's using a shotgun rather than a sniper rifle -- nm - Beaker Dec 8, 10:27
  - I concur. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 10:12
- It' -- nm - Inigo Dec 8, 10:09 2
  - It's pretty crazy how low both Reagan and Clinton's approval ratings were compared to where they ended. -- nm - Inigo Dec 8, 10:09 1
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- I think people are just naturally cynical about the presidency now. Being a president isn't what it used to be -- nm - Guigue Dec 8, 10:08 3
  - Werd -- nm - Dubya Dec 8, 10:13 2
    - Well you and the last years of Clinton are probably the reason for that -- nm - Guigue Dec 8, 10:14 1
      - and nixon, and reagan ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:35
Dictionary definition of love? Look, I said, we agree to disagree, is that not enough? - musubi Dec 8, 10:06 2
- I think I made a pretty valid point. No need to get hostile. - Inigo Dec 8, 10:18
- I don't disagree, but I think your argument here depends on the presumption of a certain level of emotional maturity - znufrii Dec 8, 10:17
"Rich people don't shop in malls" - observation from a coworker. - Beryllium Dec 8, 10:06
*respects B1* -- nm - zork Dec 8, 10:04

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