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roomba-riding cat vs. pit bull. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 11, 11:47 [youtube]
EW's Ken Tucker calls NBC's Leno move as potential brilliance-by-accident. -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 11:42 8
- So glad to see that guy's comments about Ferguson. He is lights out the best late night host going right now. -- nm - Jim Jan 11, 11:46 3
  - I've missed him since going back to work. -- nm - b. Jan 11, 11:50
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  - agreed. I watch late night very rarely anymore, but he is excellent at it. -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 11:47
- Ken Tucker is an accident. Leno's "sheer tonnage of humor?" Uh, no. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 11, 11:44 1
  - 'tonnage' is an odd new spelling of Dearth. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 11:45
- That's a solid observation. If I still watched late night TV, I'd consider watching half of Craig and then switching to Conan ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 11:43 1
  - er, wait, I mean Dave. Whatever. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 11:44
Sitwap; Oliver Stone says Hitler an "easy scapegoat" -- (link) - Loyola Jan 11, 11:40 3
- You know who else thinks Hitler is an easy scapegoat? -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 11:41 2
  - L4 -- nm - nubby, male Jan 11, 11:42
  - Tupac? -- nm - Loyola Jan 11, 11:42
What's the website for the cantor real-money thing? - Will Hunting Jan 11, 11:39 4
- futures.cantorexchange.com -- nm - ceregon Jan 11, 11:42
- I would've signed up but you need to be living in the great satan apparently. The suck. -- nm - Loyola Jan 11, 11:41
- http://www.cantorexchange.com/ -- (link) - Dano Jan 11, 11:40
- cantorexchange.com it's all still practice right now -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 11, 11:40
Opinions? Cubs promise to retire Dawson's number only if he wears a Cubs hat in the HOF. -- (link) - TFox Jan 11, 11:33 23
- Why is JackDawson being put into any hall of fame? - JaxSean Jan 11, 11:39 6
  - the Liver Disease Hall of Fame. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 11, 11:41 5
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      - I though *I* was the most notable outdrinkee? :( -- nm - znufrii Jan 11, 11:49
      - we should have called it "outdrink and not be completely obnoxious" contest. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 11, 11:46
      - You mispelled, "The I can outdrink all of your asses, if it's cheap ass liquor" Hall of Fame. :) -- nm - Jim Jan 11, 11:43 1
        
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- I do not really care, I do not think he should be in there in the first place. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 11, 11:37 6
  - Well, they had to induct *somebody*. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:38 5
    - They came awfully close to not. Has there ever been a year that they didn't vote any players in? -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 11:43
    - Well, they did have one of the top 5 or 6 second basemen ever to play the game, and one of the best pitchers ever..... - musubi Jan 11, 11:39 3
      - *sends in a blank ballot* -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:41 2
        
        You and Jay Mariotti, congratulations. (nm) - musubi Jan 11, 11:42 1
        
        Mine was so the Hall could fill it in, silly. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:44
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  - yeah -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 11:37
- Eff the Cubs if they don't wanna retire his number becuase of that. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 11:36
- If anything I hope this makes the HOF more likely to choose Montreal as his cap. - musubi Jan 11, 11:35 2
  - Boggs as a Ray would have been a travesty. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 11:36 1
    - I'm hoping that they call Clemen's bluff, and put him in as a Red Sox when he gets in. - musubi Jan 11, 11:37
- it's my understanding that it's not up to the player. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 11:34 2
  - The HOF has bascially said they're torn and will take Dawson's input. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 11:35
  - ultimately no, though their opinion is considered. -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 11:35
on that NY Times-Netflix map, you can also look where 100 different titles were rented. -- (link) - fatsquatch Jan 11, 11:25 4 1
- Obsessed in the DC area cracked me up -- nm - MDH Jan 11, 11:29 3
  - Its fun to find the films that are not in the top 50 anywhere in a given city. - znufrii Jan 11, 11:33 2
    - Yeah, literally his movies E of DC are huge, W, not so much -- nm - MDH Jan 11, 11:34 1
      - similar distinctions cam be found in the south Bronx and parts of Brooklyn - znufrii Jan 11, 11:36
I really hope you're able to sell off profitable films once the Cantor Exchange goes live. - Inigo Jan 11, 11:24 30
- can't you just hold them and let them cash out? -- nm - ceregon Jan 11, 11:33 5
  - Yes, but I'd like to be able to come close to day trading. -- nm - Inigo Jan 11, 11:35 4
    - it's tough on these margins. even one trade of 10 shares can make a stock move a point up or down -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 11, 11:38 3
      - I think once they go real $ the market will expand and there won't be so much volatility, except - ceregon Jan 11, 11:46
      - Yeah, that's where I'm hoping the margins getting smaller when it goes live. - Inigo Jan 11, 11:43 1
        
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- i'm up 3k on the new challenge and gonna get 8500 when Avatar cashes out. -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 11, 11:26 20
  - up 3800 in part 2, i'm going to miss those avatar sized returns -- nm - ceregon Jan 11, 11:36
  - You mean you'll have $8500 more in cash once Avatar's gone, right? - Inigo Jan 11, 11:28 18
    - The trick is to get out of your positions to stop you making more money. -- nm - HSX si Jan 11, 11:30
    - So your dilemma is to sell/cover for less profit and use that time to make new profit, or wait for the security to cash out? - TFox Jan 11, 11:30 1
      - Yes. Or the third option: hold the films until they open, then sell/cover. -- nm - Inigo Jan 11, 11:37
    - oui. it'll be interesting to see how much $$ there is to be made in the doldrums - fatsquatch Jan 11, 11:30 7
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        I adapted to a more short term strategy of playing based totally on my box office expectations. That way I don't have to worry about other traders. -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 11:33 5
        
        i'm all about short term at this level -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 11, 11:34
        
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        short term in that I only played stocks for movies that were already out or coming out within the next two weeks -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 11:35 2
        
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        I had made the mistake of shorting Youth in Revolt in the 40s a while ago and couldn't get out of it at a profit until fairly recently -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 11:37
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      - i think what he's saying is that it would be nice to be able to sell for actual value before waiting for settlement - fatsquatch Jan 11, 11:32 5
        
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        How are the bids lagging? Examples? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 11:32 3
        
        Avatar won't settle until Wednesday, but will only include box office through yesterday. - Dano Jan 11, 11:34 2
        
        So...$429'ish, right? What are the bids and current price? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 11:36 1
        
        Avatar estimate is $430,846,514 through Sunday. Right now I could sell it at $431. -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 11:39
- You need a buyer, right? Like real life? So it's not "real" profit? -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 11:25 2
  - It's be as real as anything on the NYSE. But yes, you need a buyer. -- nm - Inigo Jan 11, 11:26
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I didn't mind the Repo Men trailer. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 11:16 4
- But did it give the whole movie away? -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:18 2
  - No, it took it back. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 11:19 1
    - ~Yep~ -- nm - JTIMB Jan 11, 11:21
- I want to see Grown Ups. -- nm - Shaun Jan 11, 11:17
The Karate Kid trailer is all sorts of horrible. Kick-Ass was cool though -- nm - MDH Jan 11, 11:13 8
- I didn't like the main one. The Hit-Girl specific one was better though. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 11:17 4
  - i've only seen the Hit Girl one, it looks fun. (I just watched Karate Kid after the post above, it's beyond boring looking.) -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 11:21 2
    - I have to warn you...it's a very adult story. I mean brutal violent and very hard language... - Remlik Jan 11, 11:36 1
      - Andie was a founding member of the seminal Ontario street gang Da Blondz. I think she'll be all right. nm - Dignan Jan 11, 11:38
  - The main one fell flat both times I saw it with an audience. People laugh at the name, though. -- nm - con_carne Jan 11, 11:19
- Kick-Ass may be my fav film of the year. I (also) waited on it and saw it yesterday on the big screen. - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:15 2
  - I'm convinced this movie will energize parental groups against super hero films. -- nm - Remlik Jan 11, 11:36 1
    - thank god -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 11, 11:47
""Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible"??? Pussies. -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 11:13 4
- "I even contemplate suicide thinking that if I do it I will be rebirthed in a world similar to Pandora and the everything is the same as in 'Avatar.'" - TFox Jan 11, 11:14 3
  - He would come back as Jar Jar Binks. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:18
  - I hope the big corporate baddies nuke your Pandora from orbit. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 11:16 1
    - It's the only way to be sure. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 11:16
Up: (B-), Sons of Anarchy Season 1: (B-). nm - Dignan Jan 11, 11:12 2
- I think that's exactly what I gave Up -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 11:30 1
  - I think the Pixar name hypnotizes people. nm - Dignan Jan 11, 11:34
Were the WGA nominees announced here yet? Here. - Max Jan 11, 11:11 25
- Here's an updated list of the 2009 movies nominated by the major guilds so far - Max Jan 11, 11:18 21
  - 9, soon to be 10. (Hurt Locker is shipping today.) -- nm - kelly Jan 11, 11:32
  - 11. Hurt Locker is on dvd tomorrow, Serious Man 2/9, and Education/Blind Side/Precious release in March. -- nm - Max Jan 11, 11:31
  - 15 -- nm - Dano Jan 11, 11:26
  - 6 -- nm - JaxSean Jan 11, 11:26
  - Just not an appealing group of films this year, IMO. 4. -- nm - con_carne Jan 11, 11:25 5
    - i actually think this year is better than average. there isn't one 'this film will get nominated for everything' film, but there is a solid group of - Andie Jan 11, 11:26 3
      - I think it's a bad year; the reaosn there's so much spread around is there's lots of meh films getting publicity/pushes. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 11:28 2
        
        I'm just noticing a distinct lack of star power in this group. Maybe that's part of it, for me anyway... -- nm - con_carne Jan 11, 11:36 1
        
        It's got as it's 2 leads, it's favorite recent son (Clooney) and the 2nd biggest movie ever....there's star power there. It's just not excitement. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 11:41
    - Make that 5. -- nm - con_carne Jan 11, 11:26
  - 6 -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 11, 11:25
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  - only 8. i am so behind. -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 11:24
  - 11. nm - Dignan Jan 11, 11:23
  - 9. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 11:22
  - 3. I dare someone to be less with it than me. -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 11:21 3
    - I'm at 3, too. was 2 before holiday week. -- nm - b. Jan 11, 11:29
    - That would have been me before Xmas break -- nm - con_carne Jan 11, 11:24
    - 2...but I have at least 4 of them sitting in my house right now. -- nm - Jim Jan 11, 11:22
  - 7/19 -- nm - znufrii Jan 11, 11:20
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  - not able to what? -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 11:15
  - Eh the WGA is a mess anyway with all their Ineligibility rules -- nm - MDH Jan 11, 11:15
Irsays pay with another Super Bowl win. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:08 23
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  - For a team that's won 11 in a row, the Chargers are getting very little respect. -- nm - Inigo Jan 11, 11:21 7
    - Hit that hole! -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:25
    - If you give them the respect, you deprive yourself of getting to hear them whine about not having it. Which is where the real entertainment lies. -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 11:23 1
      - I can't wait for the inevitable shot of LT on the bench with a towel over his bowed head. - Jim Jan 11, 11:25
    - Like I said earlier today...the Jets are maybe the worst possible matchup for San Diego. - Jim Jan 11, 11:23 2
      - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:24
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    - It's all based on Norv! but that's a shaky place to hang your hat. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 11:23
  - Honest question: if you were asked to pick a winner between, say, the Saints, and Revis playing by himself, you'd struggle for a minute, wouldn't you? -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 11:11 1
    - I don't get it. -- nm - Jim Jan 11, 11:21
  - I'm rooting for a Jets-anybody matchup. As long as the Chargers die a slow painful death, I'm good to go. -- nm - Jim Jan 11, 11:11 4
    - normally i'd be with you. but i dislike the other 3 *so* much, that i'm reluctantly pulling for the chargers, i guess -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 11:17 2
      - *thud* -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:19
      - The only way a Chargers win will be acceptable to me is if they go to the Superbowl and Drew Brees kicks their ass. - Jim Jan 11, 11:19
    - I like this. -- nm - Shaun Jan 11, 11:11
  - or, you know, the real Baltimore team v. the Jets (especially with the Rex Ryan factor) -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 11, 11:11
  - I'd buy that for a dollar! -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:11 5
    - you know who had gotten good protection all season too until yesterday? - fatsquatch Jan 11, 11:11 3
      - Hit... -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:12 2
        
        "I feel better about Indy beating the Ravens than anybody next weekend. If I had to bet on any of these games and I had $100 to save my life . . ." -- (link) - Terry Bradshaw Jan 11, 11:15 1
        
        Uh oh. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 11, 11:16
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