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(Survivor spoiler) I'm guessing Russell had an idea how the vote was gonna turn out long ago. -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 21, 16:11 3
- it doesn't say it's his site? fwiw, it was registered on 12/11. -- nm - b.festive. Dec 21, 16:16
- I like the music on the site -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 16:15
- you could see it on his face from the moment the switched to live in LA -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 21, 16:13
Michigan wants to cut off the Great Lakes from the Mississippi. -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 21, 16:08 1
- If only there were another way to keep the asian carp from spreading into the Great Lakes -- nm - The JenBro Who Stole Christmas Dec 21, 16:27
I'd hate avatar, right? -- nm - mary christmas Dec 21, 16:01 6
- I don't think there's a single pair of tights in the whole film. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 16:14
- the character animation is 95% lifelike if that's your concern - mr. squiggles Dec 21, 16:14 2
  - Then why did they use the 5% in all the ads? -- nm - Let it Spawm, let it Spawn, let it Spawn Dec 21, 16:41 1
    - You weren't wearing your 3D glasses while watching the commercials. -- nm - Red Nosed Reindeer Poop Dec 21, 16:47
- Yes. You seem to enjoy more substance over style, I think. - JaxSean Dec 21, 16:12
- I'm not gonna watch that silly stuff either -- nm - CQ Dec 21, 16:05
Cracked: 5 Gaping Plot Holes Hollywood Knows You Won't Notice -- (link) - con_Kringle Dec 21, 15:55 1
- I want the time back that I spent reading that article. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 16:10
Is it wrong for me, or any of us, to actually tune in to watch Intervention? It doesn't feel right... -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 21, 15:52 4
- I disagree in that maybe, just maybe, it might help someone. -- nm - Qale Dec 21, 17:23
- Afraid to spot someone you know? -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 21, 15:53 2
  - I'm sorry. That was cruel and in bad taste. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 21, 16:09 1
    - ::hands you a candy cane:: -- nm - b.festive. Dec 21, 16:10
It is weird seeing a trailer in the preshow for the movie you are about to see. -- nm - Dano Dec 21, 15:50
this weekend i drove this road (was all snowy of course) -- (link) - marcel Dec 21, 15:45 3
- Innocente! -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 21, 16:14 1
  - hee. -- nm - b.festive. Dec 21, 16:17
- *smack* -- nm - b.festive. Dec 21, 15:46
Browns named ex-Seahawks and Packers head coach [Mike Holmgren] their new club president. - nubby Dec 21, 15:44
Venomous Dinosaur Discovered (not alive) (linky) -- (link) - CQ Dec 21, 15:44 2
- Very neat! -- nm - MistletoeMeg Dec 21, 16:17
- Thanks for the clarification. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 21, 16:11
ow. -- nmbwhine. - b.festive. Dec 21, 15:43 3
- you need an avatar -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 21, 15:43 2
  - get on it, wouldja? -- nm - b.festive. Dec 21, 15:46
  - Redmond wants to be a Avatar cause he wants to do it with blue aliens:) -- nm - eag Dec 21, 15:45
Russell says pretty much everything that is on his mind -- (link) - Beaker Dec 21, 15:43 1
- My favorite moments of last night pretty much invovled the look on his face... - the liioulu with ice Dec 21, 15:46
what is the spanish word for Trash (garbage, etc)? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 21, 15:42 5
- Dawson -- nm - TFox Dec 21, 15:42 3
  - *smack* -- nm - b.festive. Dec 21, 15:44 2
    - Nope, that's the Colombian word for "the economy". -- nm - TFox Dec 21, 15:50 1
      - Get your lingo right, bub -- nm - Afghanistan Dec 21, 15:52
- la basura -- nm - Hotkiss Dec 21, 15:42
i think this may be premature but LA Times's Envelope column calls Avatar the frontrunner for best pic now -- (link) - mr. squiggles Dec 21, 15:40 2
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- That's awful. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 21, 15:53
Yay! I finally got past Novice and moved onto Apprentice on MouseHunt. - JaxSean Dec 21, 15:38 8
- You can also go to the Harbour and let mice jack your gold and points, which is nice. :) -- nm - TFox Dec 21, 15:41 7
  - Would you be willing to do me a solid and trade some GB with me ? -- nm - eag Dec 21, 15:43 6
    - actually, yes i would. how much? -- nm - TFox Dec 21, 15:51 5
      - Lets go 4 for 4 -- nm - eag Dec 21, 15:53 4
        
        I really hope that is the last order of planks I need. Friggin Comet. (I need an elf, gee damnit.) -- nm - TFox Dec 21, 15:55 3
        
        Ive goten 3 elf mouses - eag Dec 21, 16:00 2
        
        I got today's on my very first hunt after work. -- nm - TFox Dec 21, 16:01 1
        
        I havent - eag Dec 21, 16:03
Can someone explain something for me in Avatar (spoilers) - eag Dec 21, 15:28 11
- I'm pretty sure that (spoils) - JaxSean Dec 21, 15:35 2
  - See thats the one part of the story (spoilers) - eag Dec 21, 15:41 1
    - you see the problem with that in the movie though - mr. squiggles Dec 21, 15:42
- Yes to what? - eag Dec 21, 15:34 5
  - Natives. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 15:37 2
    - But I appear to be in the minority. I may be wrong. - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 15:38
    - smallpox. - Beryllium Dec 21, 15:38
  - they are - Remlik Dec 21, 15:35
  - Should have been under vermin's post -- nm - eag Dec 21, 15:34
- (spoils) - mafic Dec 21, 15:33
- I'm pretty sure, yes. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 15:31
hmm, it only took about 45 minutes to rebuild the old code and add some new functionality. That's worth something. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 15:28
Phil Spector's Christmas album makes me happy. -- nm - CovingtonCat Dec 21, 15:23 1
- Amazing he could do one from jail:) -- nm - eag Dec 21, 15:29
Can we do another watcha reading poll: I'm a few chapters into K2 by Ed Viesturs. Some real crazy stuff. Wicked mountain -- nm - CQ Dec 21, 15:20 12
- Did you ever watch Vertical Limit? - Jelly Dec 21, 16:10
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - a friend loaned it to me and it's not something I would have pictured her reading... -- (link) - MistletoeMeg Dec 21, 15:31
- HP7, again -- nm - marcel Dec 21, 15:27
- Trying to make it through The Lovely Bones. - JaxSean Dec 21, 15:25 4
  - "Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones." -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 15:36
  - and right now i saw the trailer for the film .. -- nm - marcel Dec 21, 15:26 2
    - I think that's what made me not get into the book. (spoilers?) - JaxSean Dec 21, 15:33 1
      - i think the book is not so much about who did it but about Susie and life itself -- nm - marcel Dec 21, 15:36
- Flashforward - Robert Sawyer - CovingtonCat Dec 21, 15:25
- 2666 - roberto bolano. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 15:24
- Bone by Jeff Smith. nm - Dignan Dec 21, 15:21
- 2061: Odyssey Three -- nm - Monolithic Vermin Dec 21, 15:21
New DOT rule limits airline tarmac delays - Mop (228 lbs) Dec 21, 15:11
Avatar... I'll give it a C+ overall. I found the 3D more of a distraction than an enhancement to the experience. - Fiiiiiiive Cuzzin Todds Dec 21, 15:02 21
- Did you see it on IMAX or regular? The scenes in the "control room" with all of the computer screens were *VERY* cool in 3D. - JaxSean Dec 21, 15:07 7
  - actually... I thought the screens were the most distracting. - Cuzzin Todd Mobilized Dec 21, 15:18 1
    - Maybe your theater's projector lenses were dusty or something, because this is crazy talk. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 21, 15:27
  - That's something Cameron does better than anyone, in filling out background details on technology without drawing too much attention to them. - Reagen Dec 21, 15:10 3
    - The backgrounds were essentially matte paintings with moving parts. -- nm - Fiiiiiiive Cuzzin Todds Dec 21, 15:49
    - it still blows my mind to think that nothing in the Pandora scenes actually exists in tangible form -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 21, 15:14
    - Regarding your IM - - JaxSean Dec 21, 15:12
  - I think the computer interfaces may have been my favorite part. -- nm - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 21, 15:08
- I'm still trying to decide which format to see this in. Do I want to give 3D another chance. (I haven't liked it in general) -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 21, 15:03 12
  - If I liked it more I'd be willing to go to a 2D showing, to see if I liked that better. - Fiiiiiiive Cuzzin Todds Dec 21, 15:05 1
    - I much preferred Up in 2D. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 21, 15:09
  - Remember, Cameron invented a new kind of 3D camera 'for' this movie. - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 21, 15:05 5
    - I've seen original 3D with a two projector polarized system and liked that, but haven't liked the new 3D. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 21, 15:08 4
      - If it's any consolation, the IMAX glasses were much different than the ones I wore for 3D Up. - JaxSean Dec 21, 15:11 3
        
        IMAX 3D isn't a likely option. It's too far away to be worth it. - Dano Ho Ho Dec 21, 15:12 2
        
        There isn't one in downtown? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 21, 15:13 1
        
        Nope. Have to go to the Mall of Georgia which is like 35-40 minutes away. Atlanta isn't a well venued place for movies. -- nm - Dano Dec 21, 15:52
  - Yeah, you have to see it in 3D. nm - Dignan Dec 21, 15:05 2
    - I actively disliked seeing Up in 3D. I will probably see it in 3D because I'll take my niece and nephew and they've never seen 3D. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 21, 15:06 1
      - (and not because I poked one of their eyes out) -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 21, 15:08
  - my thing with 3d films is that I tend to get a headache, I think because I am not always focusing on what they want me to. - tRuMaN Dec 21, 15:04
So I met up with my friend from HS today for lunch - our first meeting in nearly 15 yrs - we had *such* a good time. - kelly Dec 21, 15:01 4
- my old class (4-6th grade) wants to do a reunion next year and I'm torn - marcel Dec 21, 15:35
- Like when my Australian friend came to visit a couple of years back. Hadn't seen her in over 40 years....she's a lot more - MistletoeMeg Dec 21, 15:27
- YAY ... I found mostly the same with my good friend from long ago - it's like you pick up right where you left off when it's a good friend! - The JenBro Who Stole Christmas Dec 21, 15:03 1
  - Same here when we had dinner with friends from 17 years ago. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 21, 15:09
Well, this is already the most annoying afternoon ever. I lost a page of code. - Beryllium Dec 21, 15:01 5
- did you by chance "hash" mark it? - The JenBro Who Stole Christmas Dec 21, 15:27
- do you blame canada? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 21, 15:02 3
  - I blame my wireless keyboard for deleting the copybuffer i had in vi :( -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 15:03 2
    - oh sure, its the technoglogies fault, not the user. sure sure. I see how you are -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 21, 15:03 1
      - well, it's my fault for not having a separate branch for this project -- nm - Beryllium Dec 21, 15:12
word going around is that Orignal ECW'er Tommy Dreamer has requested a release from the WWE. Signed a new contract in the summer. -- nm - Remlik Dec 21, 14:57
ohh, I forgot, I saw ninja assasin last week. C- - tRuMaN Dec 21, 14:56 1
- and it appears that I am going to see Avatar tonight, 6:45 3d imax. sadly not at the theatre that lets you order drinks from your seat. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 21, 14:57
Will what's the error you are getting - stewie Dec 21, 14:53 3 1
- parametrised queries seem to be the solution -- (link) - marcel Dec 21, 15:28
- Thanks, I'll bookmark these and look at em tomorrow. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 15:22
- there are some examples here that seem right - stewie Dec 21, 14:56
Avatar (3D IMAX) gets a definite A grade for visuals, but a C+ for story. (minor spoils) - JaxSean Dec 21, 14:53 11
- I really like... (spoils) - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 21, 14:57 9
  - read some non-dune frank herbert. - mafic Dec 21, 15:04
  - spoils - Dignan Dec 21, 15:00 3
    - I agree, but I also thought the (spoils) - JaxSean Dec 21, 15:05 1
      - It walked the line. nm - Dignan Dec 21, 15:06
    - Indeed. I'm sure I'd be the first to get annoyed if it was too preachy or even too direct. -- nm - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 21, 15:03
  - one distracting thing - Reagen Dec 21, 14:58
  - you mean like deep thought planning for the other computer to solve the problem of the ultimate question? - tRuMaN Dec 21, 14:58 2
    - Heh! Quite right. -- nm - Eight Tiny Vermin Dec 21, 15:00
    - sadly, I have no idea if I just posted something spoilerish. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 21, 14:58
- It's *really* hard to separate the movie from the experience. nm - Dignan Dec 21, 14:55
tangent - i just read a tribute to Brittany Murphy that called her an 'icon.' - Elf Andie Dec 21, 14:51 4
- depends what you think she's an icon of. -- nm - mafic Dec 21, 14:54 1
  - "mid 90s Alicia Silverstone movies"? "mimicing sex with Eminem in abandoned houses"? -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 14:55
- Yeah, just a little bit. -- nm - kelly Dec 21, 14:53
- I read one that called her husband an iCon. nm - Dignan Dec 21, 14:52
Re-looking at Titanic's box office run is amazing all over again. It was still in the Top 10 in mid June. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 21, 14:51
"Francoeur talks offseason, thumb, possible long-term deal with Mets" - David Dec 21, 14:50 2
- one wonders if you do this to torture the mets fans. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 21, 15:00
- Hmm...how does one talk thumb? - the liioulu with icicles Dec 21, 14:51
i am actually considering taking my mother to Avatar (Imax, 3D) on Christmas Eve. Is this bad? -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 21, 14:50 12
- Not bad, just make sure you use the restrooms first. -- nm - ceregon Dec 21, 14:58
- My mom specifically told me she would see this if it weren't for her vertigo. - con_Kringle Dec 21, 14:56
- I say yes. It's well worth it (but don't get a large drink.) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 21, 14:56
- there were a bunch of old people at the sold out screening I went to. -- nm - Remlik Dec 21, 14:54 1
  - *laughing*, i was thinking more 'she's coming to spend Christmas with me and instead of hot chocolate by the tree i'm taking her to a movie" -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 21, 14:57
- it'll probably be the least crowded screenings from then until New Year's Eve. -- nm - Reagen Dec 21, 14:52
- Not at all. nm - Dignan Dec 21, 14:51 4
  - i decided to call just now, she said 'that sounds great!' (no imax where she lives.) -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 21, 14:53 3
    - I'm definitely going to see it again when we get it on Imax. nm - Dignan Dec 21, 14:54 2
      - they have one in Winnipeg? -- nm - mr. squiggles Dec 21, 15:12 1
        
        Well, we have a projector and a large ice wall. nm - Dignan Dec 21, 15:13
- Only if she hates it. -- nm - the liioulu with icicles Dec 21, 14:50
Hi there! -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 21, 14:49 1
- Ho ho there! -- nm - the liioulu with icicles Dec 21, 14:50

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