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technically, in halo, if you you have the distance to win an assualt rifle vs shotgun battle, you could also win it with the BR - tRuMaN Jan 22, 10:16
"Trish became a fan of Hero House Comics" - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 10:13
Someone told me that if you leave your phone charger plugged in all day without phone hooked up to it, that they overheat and can cause a fire. Is tha -- nm - Loyola Jan 22, 10:00 17
- well, it's not like it will necessarily do that, but it does drain power even with no phone attached. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 10:06 3
  - same as all stand-by gadgets i'm thinking of getting remote controlled power outlets in the home -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 10:11
  - Yes. In fact all plugs with the transformer....like laptop cords with the bricks on them -- nm - SyrDragon Jan 22, 10:07 1
    - yep. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 10:11
- yes all electric apparatus can malfuction -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 10:04 5
  - (Your English is improving like a mofo) -- nm - Loyola Jan 22, 10:06 4
    - english is not the problem right now, stupid german Sports commentators are :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 10:09 3
      - "But they are champions of the heart!" -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 10:10 2
        
        ohh and in fact they are the current World Champions - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 10:14
        
        "Torsten Janssen is to me the best player of this Euro Championship he is consistent and makes lots of goals" - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 10:12
- I heard over time that just messes up the charger. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 22, 10:03
- I'm not going to say it's impossible, but it seems really unlikely. - Reagen Jan 22, 10:02 4
  - That's what I thought. He must have had paper soaked in petrol left beside his or something. -- nm - Loyola Jan 22, 10:05 2
    - the electrical wiring in his house are exposed coat hangers. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 10:08
    - petrol has a relative high ignition point - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 10:08
  - Yeah. Some other factor - like a deficent unit - would be the more likely cause. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 10:04
- t true? -- nm - Loyola Jan 22, 10:00
LYC: I have seen the light that is DVR and I love it. - lileve Jan 22, 09:57
video games being blamed for the return of rickets -- (link) - zork Jan 22, 09:57 2
- you can't ay Video games make millions of people believe they really are great football coaches. - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 10:04
- and 20% of women breaking up with their man according to my morning radio -- nm - SyrDragon Jan 22, 10:01
Amazon Unbox-ers, the Human Target pilot is available for free HD download this week. -- nm - David Jan 22, 09:55
oh, dano - Andie Jan 22, 09:53 2
- I'm imagining that post in a Mary Tyler Moore voice -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:56
- ~ our love, holds on. holds on ~ -- nm - Steve Perry Jan 22, 09:54
New study: cancer survival doubles for smokers who quit -- (link) - Aquaman Jan 22, 09:53 2
- so starting to smake just to be sure to have double change to stop cancer later on is ok? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 09:54
- sfan -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 09:53
thank god Australian Open spoiler - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 09:52
The Big Picture: Faces of Haiti. -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 22, 09:52 1
- wow, 18 day old infant rescued after spending 8 days trapped in rubble (pic 11) -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 09:55
Apparently, ST is full of Fan-ilows. -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Jan 22, 09:48
wow, just wow: new Nikon Coolpix's facial recognition software does not like taking pictures of Asians -- (link) - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 09:48 5
- "You would think that Nikon, being a Japanese company, would have designed this with Asian eyes in mind." -- nm - SyrDragon Jan 22, 10:04
- " the black employee jokingly concludes in the video. "Hewlett-Packard computers are racist." (See the 50 best inventions of 2009.)" -- nm - Max Jan 22, 09:55
- well, at least they phrased it that way, and not "Stop squinting!" - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:54
- first HP hates black people, now this? -- nm - decline Jan 22, 09:54 1
  - thanks, Veridian Dynamics! -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 09:55
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner seeks to break sound barrier -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 09:46
When I design my sci-fi video game, the achievement for the first time you sleep with an alien will be "Achievement Unlocked: Get your Kirk on!" - crash davis Jan 22, 09:45 13
- its strange how weirded out david got by that conversation last night -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 22, 10:13
- i don't think i'll be a consumer of that game i like my games more simulation - like - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 09:52 2
  - to each his own :) -- nm - crash davis Jan 22, 09:57 1
    - i recomend Europa Universalis III b.t.w. - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 10:00
- unfortunately, you'll never be able to finish it because your character will keep violating the prime directive -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 09:49 8
  - Its really more like the "Prime Recommendation" or "Prime Suggestion" -- nm - crash davis Jan 22, 09:50 6
    - why don't you just reprogram a no-win situation simulator to cheat death while you're at it -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 09:51 5
      - no matter how much you snark, you'll still lose - i.e. Me supporter of: alleged repeated violations of the Prime Directive vs. You: midichlorians -- nm - crash davis Jan 22, 09:56 4
        
        nobody in 1977 was even aware of midichlorians when we became supporters - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 10:03 1
        
        so, you've had over 30 years to admit you were wrong and change sides - crash davis Jan 22, 10:09
        
        boom. game over. -- nm - Remlik Jan 22, 09:58 1
        
        yeah, I should have manuevered more to keep the game going before releasing all phaser banks and photon torpedos -- nm - crash davis Jan 22, 10:02
  - or time travel -- nm - Remlik Jan 22, 09:49
anyone in Long Beach (where the water in the streets is halfway up the car door): no street sweeping tickets today! - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 09:45
German TV Sports commentators are 100% crazy -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 09:45 2
- 60% of the time? -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:45 1
  - hard to say but 100% of the time they speak and i whatch atleast -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 09:49
Since NBC will own Conan's characters, here are my suggestions for replacements - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:37 1
- Ted the Spock. -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Jan 22, 09:39
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- taxing becurse you gave is not taxing nor giving - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 09:37
- They took risk and were compensated for it. That's how it's supposed to work. - pmb Jan 22, 09:36 8
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    - And they did. They paid it back with interest. If there are ongoing losses being paid for by the government then sure, pay for those. But that's - pmb Jan 22, 09:45 6
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        We got equity in a lot of these banks for those risks. That's our upside for the risk. - pmb Jan 22, 09:54 4
        
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        And I don't follow what you're trying to say on the fed compensation issue. - pmb Jan 22, 10:05
        
        They are not at all inconsistent arguments. If you think that the weakness that the banks have now is because the regulatory scheme was too weak and - pmb Jan 22, 10:03 1
        
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Pixie the WWE is looking for creative writers..... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 22, 09:30 2
- i'd take too much sub out of the gay subtext -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 09:32 1
  - hey Freddie Prinze did it for 8 months! -- nm - Remlik Jan 22, 09:33
Single car accident in the rain has to be really, really, frustrating. Oh sure, you can blame the rain, but it's totally your fault most of the time - CrankYanker Jan 22, 09:25 9
- I was over-confident when I first got the Jeep and we rarely had rain. A couple of times getting (just) my right side wheels in deep water and - MojaveMeg Jan 22, 09:43
- you can still hydroplane at even a reasonably safe speed -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 09:25 7
  - That's true, but if you're travelling at a safe speed, you can usually recover from it. Someone who goes balls deep into the wall is usually an idiot -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 22, 09:27 1
    - depending on tires, road condition, amount on water, curvage of the road and other factors, safe speed can be astoundingly less in wet condition than - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 09:33
  - but safe speed during ideal conditions is no longer safe speed during rain -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:27 4
    - i meant even safe for the conditions there is no 100% guarantee you won't hydroplane -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 09:28 3
      - it's like rear-ending someone. If you did it, you're at fault (i.e. driving too fast, following too close, not paying attention) -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:30 1
        
        if just everything was that easy -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 09:34
      - I was hydroplaning yesterday at 50 mph in a 65 zone but I recovered fast because of the reduced speed. -- nm - CrankYanker Jan 22, 09:29
If the issue is leadership from Obama (I concede that it partially is) how does it effect change in leadership in either house of Congress? - TWuG Jan 22, 09:23 28
- When Reid loses his seat, Obama should pressure Congress to choose "his guy" for the new leader. - Mop (226 lbs) Jan 22, 09:28 1
  - How bout instead of whip-cracking..you have someone who can actually change the game. - Will Hunting Jan 22, 09:35
- Reid...you have the Democratic caucus vote him out of the position. - Will Hunting Jan 22, 09:27 1
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  - I think he didn't do as much as he could, but I think the dems got way too full of themselves and I think the economic problems were simply huge. - pmb Jan 22, 09:31 1
    - yeah but the size of the mess required a response commensurate with that size. instead we got Cash for Clunkers -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 09:36
  - Though in the general election, I think people were more voting against Republicans than for Democrats. Now it's switched, and it will switch again. -- nm - When in Dano Jan 22, 09:27 15
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      - I think his immense popularity then is part of his problem now. - pmb Jan 22, 09:34 13
        
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        I'm not disagreeing with that. I do think he has taken responsibility though. I thought their response to Brown's election was pretty clear about - pmb Jan 22, 09:43 1
        
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        He's thrown under my realistic expectations of him. - Will Hunting Jan 22, 09:36
        
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        He deinifitely underestimated the GOP's ability to use populism against him, for all that he used it to get elected. - znufrii Jan 22, 09:49
        
        Yes he raised expectations. But I don't think he ever suggested he would change everything in months. - pmb Jan 22, 09:39 6
        
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        I always agreed on that. I never had any expectation of that. - pmb Jan 22, 09:58 4
        
        except, the only way the can be effective is if you have a partner negotiating in good faith. - znufrii Jan 22, 10:00 3
        
        It has to start somewhere. - pmb Jan 22, 10:06 1
        
        well, right now is not making a particularly good example for the political advantages of the approach. -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 10:17
        
        The Democrats could learn from the Republicans' discipline, IMO -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 10:04
- why would Pelosi need to step down? she's gotten her soldiers to do their part -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 22, 09:24 4
  - Seriously. She's far from perfect, but nowhere near the same league as Reid. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 22, 09:27 2
    - She ain't as bad, but she's not got any real ideas. - Will Hunting Jan 22, 09:31
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  - And for Reid he just has to wait until November. -- nm - When in Dano Jan 22, 09:26
What do we think about Bubbles' point that a male gigilo shouldn't have the right to refuse sleeping with gay men? - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 09:23 20
- Since this is all theory anyway -- think of the tables turned: ... - OAE Jan 22, 09:42
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  - The potential gay male wanting to utilize the service. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 09:54 8
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      - Yet. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 10:09
    - So you're sticking up for the little gay guy who wants to pay for a whore? Aren't you special. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:56 5
      - You don't think it's an interesting mental exercise?\ -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 09:58 4
        
        It's not exactly worthy of the Diogenes Club, no -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:59 3
        
        I don't get that. These are exactly the type of issues that society changes often overlook until they end up being a bigger deal. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 10:01 2
        
        Hypothetical postulation is merely mental masturbation, and I'm not in the mood. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 10:18 1
        
        The ignore the thread. There! Solved your problem. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 10:32
- Bubbles? Oh wait. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 22, 09:27
- Are there not women who refuse to sleep with women? nm - Jim Jan 22, 09:26
- I'm fine with it - I don't see why (generally) a person can't refuse someone's business if they choose (and are willing to bear that decision's costs) -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:26 2
  - this is how i feel. all other businesses retain the right to set their own parameters for what services they choose to provide. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 09:49 1
    - Most businesses cannot discriminate based on race or gender. That's why. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 09:53
- i've got nothing - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 09:25
- If he works at a brothel, I assume that there would be an employment contract that would touch on particulars -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:24 2
  - Well, the article says that the owners deferred the decision to him, but my question is on the way it was set up. It's, "Is it right?" -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 09:25 1
    - if they want a gigolo to sleep with men, hire one who will. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 09:50
Jersey Shore: The Movie -- (link) - David Jan 22, 09:21 3
- hilarious. -- nm - Remlik Jan 22, 09:28
- Justin and Kelly: The Next Generation. I will be first in line for JaKTNG. -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Jan 22, 09:26
- That would be so great to see all those new fuckin haircuts and all the jacked and tanned douchers on the big screen. -- nm - Shaun Jan 22, 09:25
Oh, I love this! Researchers can't explain a drop in birth weights between 1990 and 2005! -- (link) - Mop (226 lbs) Jan 22, 09:20 5
- has gravity also been in decline, perhaps? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:24
- "The lower-birth-weight trend couldn't be explained by... whether the delivery was induced or by cesarean section..." -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:23 2
  - Yup. They're fibbing the stats. If you bump up that birth range to 39 or 40 weeks (or even just 1 week to 38), then you'll see it. - Mop (226 lbs) Jan 22, 09:25 1
    - I don't get why you're assuming they're fibbing the stats -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:30
- Pilattes and Jogging -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 22, 09:23
"There is no tablet announcement." -- nm - David Jan 22, 09:18 1
- "Let's get this shit done." -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 10:00
You get paid. To have sex. With women. Legally. -- nm - Mop (226 lbs) Jan 22, 09:18 3
- But it has to be with any woman with the willingness to pay you. -- nm - TWuG Jan 22, 09:19 2
  - right. the average customer is not a super-model contender. -- nm - Andie Jan 22, 09:26
  - I've decided to give men another try. -- nm - Rosie O'Donnell Jan 22, 09:22

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