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You gonna kick out all the players in the 60s and 70s who were using amphetamines? - musubi Jan 11, 13:08 2
- well.. I think amphetamines, while bad, didn't change the game the way the other enhancers did/have. -- nm - b. Jan 11, 13:10 1
  - I disagree. The biggest difference between the two is the soapbox preaching. - musubi Jan 11, 13:12
They should do an academy awards show for videogames what with it passing out the film industry in revenue. - Loyola Jan 11, 13:06 4
- I've always wanted to see those designer chicks all dressed up on a red carpet.... - TFox Jan 11, 13:07 1
  - Olivia Wild and Felicia Day would likely attend. -- nm - Shaun Jan 11, 13:12
- if only movie tickets cost $69.95 a piece -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 11, 13:07 1
  - They need to review their pricing structure ala some airlines. There's lots of fanboys that'd pay $40 to see a film a month before anyone else. -- nm - Loyola Jan 11, 13:10
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- psst. it's the phone -- nm - oblique Jan 11, 13:05 9
  - Works fine on Rogers. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 13:07
  - NO! Apple does no wrong! -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 13:07 2
    - I'm anxiously awaiting the iPhone going to another US carrier and watching to see if the problems go with it -- nm - oblique Jan 11, 13:10 1
      - It's available at Rogers, Bell, and Telus in Canada, and I haven't heard nearly the complaints that I've heard from AT&T users - Beryllium Jan 11, 13:12
  - I've heard rumors about this. That the antenna is not strong enough in the iphone and coupled with AT&T's lack of towers results in the dropped calls. -- nm - decline Jan 11, 13:07 4
    - i didn't think it was rumor anymore. i thought it was corroborated fact. -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 13:08 2
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        "Eets not a roomah!" -- nm - Governator si Jan 11, 13:11
    - All I can say is that out of 150+ people I've change to AT&T in the past few months *only* the iPhone users have data and voice problems - oblique Jan 11, 13:08
- 11 days? Your voicemails and missed calls from day 1 should be rolling in right about now. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 13:05
- From what I've heard my city has notoriously bad coverage in sections for iPhone users. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 11, 13:04
- I hear nothing but horror stories about AT&T and their cell service. - Krusty Jan 11, 13:04
- In NYC? Yep, it's only going to get worse -- nm - decline Jan 11, 13:04 1
  - Yeah, I've rarely had a problem. -- nm - nubby, male Jan 11, 13:10
- My wife decided not. She returned her iphone. -- nm - pmb Jan 11, 13:03 5
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    - It had a 30 day cancellation policy (I think there was a restocking charge though). -- nm - pmb Jan 11, 13:06 1
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    - Don't you have 30 days? Maybe that's just with my phone company. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 11, 13:05
    - monocle is rich. -- nm - Diva Jan 11, 13:05
- add a second line, get another phone, use that for the calls. - TFox Jan 11, 13:03 2
  - That's insane. Why not just get an ipod touch then. -- nm - pmb Jan 11, 13:03 1
    - wifi isn't as universally covered as a cellular broadband? beats me, I don't have one. -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 13:04
Hear! Hear! "... a U.S. district court judge who asked whether the state should even be in the marriage business." -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 12:59
So....if you're James Cameron...what do you ask for as your fee for your next movie? - Will Hunting Jan 11, 12:58 11
- Michael Bay's head -- nm - ceregon Jan 11, 13:04
- Blake Lively -- nm - Pippy Bells Jan 11, 13:01 2
  - He can just tell her he's got a role for her in his next movie...that one's easy. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 13:02
  - *golf clap* -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 13:02
- the moon! -- nm - b. Jan 11, 13:00
- The rights for the Terminator francise back -- nm - flavorize Jan 11, 13:00 5
  - reboot it! -- nm - Pippy Bells Jan 11, 13:09 1
    - I just picked up the T2 Skynet edition Blu-ray last week. I shouyld watch it asap. -- nm - Shaun Jan 11, 13:11
  - (hello. do we know you? if not, welcome!) -- nm - b. Jan 11, 13:01 2
    - i was just Dr. S.Talking that. Weirdly, sixth post, no one asked before. :) -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 13:02 1
      - I searched first, too. heh. -- nm - b. Jan 11, 13:03
tech. help, please, re: outlook 2007 -- I seem to have lost the organizer rights for a meeting I initiated. any idea how to get them back? -- nm - b. Jan 11, 12:52 4
- I've run into this same problem before...only thing I could do was send out a duplicate meeting and delete the original one. -- nm - znufrii Jan 11, 12:57 3
  - Same here. Ditto. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 13:06
  - ugh. (but thanks.) -- nm - b. Jan 11, 12:59
  - (that's not to say there isn't a fix out there, somewhere) -- nm - znufrii Jan 11, 12:58
I need some more Joe Cocker songs. And maybe some more Fogerty. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 12:50 10
- Both of his (Joe's) Beatles covers are the shiz. -- nm - nubby, male Jan 11, 13:10 2
  - I thought my twin was the only person I knew who likes Joe Cocker -- nm - con_carne Jan 11, 13:11 1
    - I like 'Feelin Alright' because of, well, House -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 13:13
- You Are So Beautiful, You Can Leave Your Hat On. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 11, 12:53 1
  - oh, oops. misread. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 11, 12:53
- and some Billy Squier? -- nm - Max Jan 11, 12:51 4
  - *tests some out on iTunes* ... hell yes. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 12:53 3
    - And some brokeNCYDE? -- nm - con_carne Jan 11, 12:54 2
      - meh, pass on that one :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 12:55
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Poll: Adjusted for inflation, how would you think the rankings would look like for highest paid career filmmakers? -- nm - Max Jan 11, 12:50 3
- Spielberg #1, Lucas #2, #3 Cameron - Will Hunting Jan 11, 12:53 1
  - I meant to limit it to the last 40 years. I suspect Coppola is pretty high up there. -- nm - Max Jan 11, 12:54
- Lucas, Speilberg. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 12:51
From BBs: So from what I gather everyone thinks Avatar is gonna knock Titanic out? - MDH Jan 11, 12:43 10
- I think the consensus is it beats TDK, but it will be very close with Titanic. -- nm - ceregon Jan 11, 12:50
- It's made over $147M in the last 10 days, and that's ignoring the first two weeks of it's run. -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 12:48
- I don't think there's any question as to if, more to when. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 11, 12:47
- Think of it this way, would you think a film with Oscar buzz and great word of mouth that opened to $50 million could make $220 million total? - Inigo Jan 11, 12:46
- MLK holiday should help. The fact that it was only down 9.something percent from last weekend's holiday weekend is impressive. -- nm - Diva Jan 11, 12:46
- Hard to believe but it had to happen eventually right? - Cuzzin Todd Jan 11, 12:46 3
  - I honestly didn't think it would happen for a much longer time and certainly not by the same director. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 11, 12:47
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    - I meant it in terms of paid admissions. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 11, 12:53
- the quick and dirty calculation is that films will do about 3x their most recent weekend's total for the rest of their run. - Reagen Jan 11, 12:46
You don't care, but Lindsey Vonn is having an *insane* run -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 12:40 9
- She's been skiing as well as I've ever seen, just amazing lately. -- nm - Krusty Jan 11, 12:47 5
  - And she's coming off injuries due to the stupid injected snow. Still awesome. -- nm - Diva Jan 11, 12:48 4
    - That's right, she can't push off well at the start due to her injured arm. Go vonn!!! -- nm - Krusty Jan 11, 12:59
    - this is going to be a *long* Olympic season... - Mel Profit Jan 11, 12:52 1
      - I love you so much. -- nm - Diva Jan 11, 12:53
    - *Snow* is roiding now? Science needs to settle down. -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 12:50
- I care, and go girl! -- nm - b. Jan 11, 12:46
- love her. -- nm - Diva Jan 11, 12:43
- *google image search* well *now* I care. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 12:42
From Ausiello's twitter: Cowell says it would've been "impossible" to do both X FACTOR and IDOL. X will debut in 2011 with Cowell as judge/producer - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 12:39 7
- Ausiello is live blogging from some kind of Cowell/X Factor event. It's going to Fox. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 12:45 1
  - Other judges to be annoucned "fairly soon". -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 12:47
- that reminds me - my sister told me last night that howie mandel is replacing david hasselhoff on "america's got talent" -- nm - b. Jan 11, 12:42 2
  - Just a different kind of crazy. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 12:45
  - lateral move. -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 12:43
- Idol goes a few more seasons with decling ratings. (I for one am out the minute Simon is) nm - Jovian Jan 11, 12:40 1
  - With them bringing in Ellen this year, I think I'm giving up on it. -- nm - Ender Jan 11, 12:45
Collectors, so what happens to value of McGwire merchandise? -- nm - budice Jan 11, 12:38 1
- Given that Beckett's the 'price-fixer'. not a damned thing. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 12:41
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- Maddux and Johnson gotta be put in the top 5-8 all time imo. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 12:38 3
  - Four of the top (let's just say) 10 pitchers of all time pitched in the 90s-2000s. - musubi Jan 11, 13:05
  - Very much so. -- nm - Krusty Jan 11, 12:46
  - Agreed. -- nm - budice Jan 11, 12:45
Remember my comparison of Avatar and The Prince of Egypt? - Inigo Jan 11, 12:35
Speaking of puppies, I had forgotten just how amusing they are trying to attack light from a flashlight. -- nm - Inigo Jan 11, 12:32 1
- youtube! -- nm - b. Jan 11, 12:33
timely question from b2 -- san jose's bus options have been cut-back as of today; yet there are still expansion plans in other areas. - b. Jan 11, 12:32 1
- I live in the area, and they are a really messed up bureaucracy that keeps making bad decisions - ceregon Jan 11, 12:41
NWBR...I think McGwire's admission he used throughout his career invalidates pretty much his entire career. He was getting 20-25% with there being - Will Hunting Jan 11, 12:30 29
- I think any player that admits to using performance enhancing drugs or is caught should have all of his numbers removed from the books. - Krusty Jan 11, 13:03 2
  - So to play devil's advocate, you'd rather that players didn't admit to anything and we just live with the gossip about them? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 11, 13:09 1
    - No, I wouldn't want that but I don't want them included with the other players that got their numbers without the assistance of illegal performance - Krusty Jan 11, 13:13
- How long have we waited for this? - OAE Jan 11, 12:56 3
  - Is that your new catch phrase? -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 12:57 2
    - "That'll move the chains!" -- nm - TFox Jan 11, 12:58 1
      - "That's a dealbreaker ladies!!!" -- nm - Diva Jan 11, 12:59
- I don't see any of the existing writers who vote for him not voting for him now and I could see a large percentage of the others being converted.... - Name Withheld By Request Jan 11, 12:39 15
  - Coming clean didn't help Rose. -- nm - Ender Jan 11, 12:47 3
    - Different situation - unless MLB plans to ban MacGwire. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 11, 12:54
    - Now that's one hell of a taint -- nm - con_carne Jan 11, 12:48 1
      - That's what she said -- nm - oblique Jan 11, 12:49
  - His main (only) real claim to fame has been undercut by illegal methods. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 12:42 3
    - But not against the rules of baseball during the time of infractions. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 11, 12:46 2
      - They very well could be illegal; not just against baseball's rules. Like, you should have gone to jail illegal. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 12:48 1
        
        We'll see how it plays out, I guess. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 11, 12:56
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    - We'll see. Hitters from the era will be going in, and once Ken Griffy Jr's in, who's next that doesn't have some taint? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 11, 12:43 5
      - Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Biggio, Jeter, Ichiro, Delgado, Pujols - Will Hunting Jan 11, 12:46 2
        
        We'll see. While some of these guys are definitely in, others like Biggio isn't completely free from doubt and Delgado's not going in. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 11, 12:53 1
        
        If Delgado gets another 25 homers, he'd be a 500 homer guy without much roid talk. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 12:56
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      - hee -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 12:44
- Well I think he probably knew it was a longshot to get voted in - eag Jan 11, 12:32
- Counterpoint: you say "grey area", I say "virtually guaranteed to have been using, plus basically lying about it". - TFox Jan 11, 12:32
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  - Yeah. Bonds will have the added 5-tool talent he carried the first 12 years he was in the league before he ballooned. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 12:31 1
    - And thats the pisser about bonds. he had the raw skills -- nm - budice Jan 11, 12:36
- can we force him to change his name to Hams-For-Arms? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 12:31
Unclear on the concept: Dell/Alienware unleash the M11x "netbook". -- (link) - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 12:29 2
- That's not a netbook. - psilotum Jan 11, 12:36 1
  - ... that's a space station! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 12:39
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- Well, we know what ML had for lunch. Me: Cheese sandwich, you got owned. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 12:50
LIR: Mop. Gameplay video from CES -- (link) - oblique Jan 11, 12:27 1
- Gracias! -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Jan 11, 12:29
"Kenneth's been out there entertaining them with cleaned versions of Garrison Keillor routines." -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 12:26
*plants a claymore outside the door to B2* -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 12:25 4
- *shoots down truman's UAV* - Beryllium Jan 11, 12:27 3
  - *gets pregnant* -- nm - tru Jan 11, 12:27 2
    - hmm, max is having gender issues again. - tRuMaN Jan 11, 12:53
    - damnit. I thought I was shooting blanks. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 11, 12:28
nubby's mom's got it going on? -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 11, 12:24 6
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  - Mara has a boyfriend and its not me?? - Redmond on a phone Jan 11, 12:30 4
    - you should be used to that. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 11, 12:42
    - Ex already. However, you and I will always be good friends. *warm smile* -- nm - mara Jan 11, 12:32 1
      - "You've been put in the Right Guard(TM) FriendZone!!!" -- nm - nubby, male Jan 11, 12:41
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