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It makes me sad when I compliment people by telling them they were the bomb in Phantoms, and they have no clue what I'm talking about. - TFox Nov 20, 08:56 1
- Heh, love that movie. - Jelly Nov 20, 09:01
in all fairness, here is my avatar. -- (link) - tRuMaN Nov 20, 08:54 [Image] 1
- Stud! -- nm - Mop Nov 20, 08:56
ml *just today* made up his mind about the auto bailout?....nm - x Nov 20, 08:50 16
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  - seems to me losing all those jobs would be a huge blow to the economy. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:55 4
    - Capitalist theory, as I understand it, says that bad companies will fail and be replaced by better companies, thus creating more jobs. - ty97 Nov 20, 08:57 3
      - no, but not steering TOWARDS the iceberg is also smart -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 20, 09:00
      - like i said this am, efficient asian auto manufacturers already employ 400,000 americans who average 67k a year....nm - x Nov 20, 08:59
      - And those companies and jobs might not necessarily reappear in the United States -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 08:59
  - Wait I thought you said "Nay"? -- nm - Don Homer Nov 20, 08:54 2
    - thus his delay in his verdict -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:55 1
      - ah, understood. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 20, 08:55
  - The ods of all 3 going under seem very slim to me. If 1 or 2 fail, the remaining gets bolstered, I think, by being the reduced competition - ty97 Nov 20, 08:54
  - I know you were a closet commie! :) -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 20, 08:54
  - Criminal defense lawyers are primed for big business if more and more people keep losing jobs. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 20, 08:53 4
    - *raises eyebrows* why, just yesterday I was lectured that poor people rarely turn to a life of crime. Let's see how ST reacts today. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:54 3
      - nuh uh, you were lectured that US gangs are not the same as Somalian gangs. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:56 2
        
        I didn't mean you. Someone else lectured me that desperate times do not call for desperate measures. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:57 1
        
        Desperate measures are best saved for when everything in life is blissful, obviously. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 08:58
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- posted this yesterday, absolutely amazing. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 08:56
- And now he's posting NYT links. Hyde, I don't think this is ML -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 08:53 2
  - next, he will pen a tribute to the greatness of mike tice.....nm - x Nov 20, 08:54 1
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- the accompanying article for that was ok, too. i really can't believe that ocean freight shipping rates have fallen 90%....nm - x Nov 20, 08:51
You know that Filipino prisoner Thriller thing is amazing. Imagine if they had put their energies to something constructive, like breaking out. -- nm - Mop Nov 20, 08:48 1
- They could mail themselves. -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 08:50
Spider missing after trip to spacestation. Marvel buys rights to comic book hero -- (link) - oblique Nov 20, 08:47
lets let st decide, does this fit what you think Remlik looks like -- (link) - tRuMaN Nov 20, 08:46 [Image] 6
- It's a Remlik/Picard thing--which is how he sees himself. - Amy Nov 20, 08:56
- It's pretty good. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:50
- It looks decent, based on pictures I've seen. Here is mine (not that great, especially the nose)- -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 20, 08:48 [Image]
- The head is not quite right. - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 20, 08:47
- that's old-man remlik, not now-remlik -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 08:47 1
  - Yeah, Remlik is a tall. That dude was short. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 20, 08:51
Jax. I wonder if that burning limitation applies to the 10 "keeper" songs or just the subscription downloads -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 08:42 3
- Found it Jax. The burning limitation does not apply to the 10 keepers -- (link) - oblique Nov 20, 08:44 2
  - Ooh, nicey. I think she's still going to pass on it. But I'm offering to drop my eMusic subscription if she wants this. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 20, 08:54 1
    - It seems basically you end up paying $5/mo for unlimited listening (plus spending $10/mo on songs - which you might normally do) -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 08:58
Avatars: My avatar has 3 saved outfits. How many does yours have? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:41 2
- /my avatar raids you avatars closet, takes 2 outfits but passes on the dress - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 20, 08:43
- 1 -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 20, 08:43
Bailout Plan: Let's create a bank, have a teambuilding trip to Vegas, spend a sh!tload of money and ask for a bailout !! -- nm - Hammed Uzi Nov 20, 08:39 5
- We're working on it. -- nm - GMAC Nov 20, 08:46
- Can we fly there on private jets? -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 20, 08:42 3
  - I think that should be mandatory. Free drinks and naked flight attendants and Big O guarantee -- nm - Hammed Uzi Nov 20, 08:46 2
    - All we have to do is make it "company policy" and it's ok apparently...*adds to policy manual* -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 20, 08:48 1
      - heh -- nm - Hammed Uzi Nov 20, 08:57
Excellent. John Dingell has been ousted as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee - Brian Nov 20, 08:37 4
- I was hoping this would happen -- nm - con_carne Nov 20, 08:45
- good. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 20, 08:43
- Nice. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 20, 08:41
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- (mind you, I'm all for balanced budgets, but someone needs to beef up the funding here) - ty97 Nov 20, 08:42 8
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    - heck yeah. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 08:58
    - they already pay through the nose. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:57
    - Not completely sure what you mean by that, but commuters pay at the tolls, or for the trains, to get into the city. - ty97 Nov 20, 08:48 3
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        Oh, I thought you were referring to people who work in the city having to pay NYC income tax, even if they don't live in NYC - znufrii Nov 20, 08:59
        
        ahh, yes, I supported a version of that (not sure if 86, but at least 60) -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 08:56
  - yeah, a lot of this is because a major portion of the current transit funding stream relies heavily on a real estate tranfer tax -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 08:45
- Holy crap. eliminating subway lines, cutting 2700 jobs, and increasing fares and tolls 23%?! - ty97 Nov 20, 08:38 13
  - When they say "eliminating subway lines", does that mean tunnels and stations that will get abandoned and shuttered? -- nm - Mop Nov 20, 08:40 3
    - no, the lines in question already overlap other routes. they won't be shuttering any tunnels or stations. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 08:41 2
      - So I'll have to look elsewhere to build my secret underground lair? -- nm - Mop Nov 20, 08:44 1
        
        oh there's still plenty of abandoned stations and tunnels from earlier days -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 08:46
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    - I've never understood the point of skip-stop service, which is the only use of the Z, and the W is redundant over its entire route. - znufrii Nov 20, 08:40 7
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        kind of, there's no middle express track, trains just serve every other stop during rush hours. - znufrii Nov 20, 08:44 5
        
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        exactly. all of those lines have separate express tracks to bypass skipped stops. - znufrii Nov 20, 08:58 1
        
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        ok, that's kinda dumb. - ty97 Nov 20, 08:44 1
        
        yeah. - znufrii Nov 20, 08:46
- yeah, I'm not that thrilled about it either. Transit funding has gotten the shaft, and the place is mismanaged all to hell and back in a handbasket. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 08:36 2
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    - *reduces Metro-North services* -- nm - MTA Nov 20, 08:41
is there a way to look at xbox avatars online? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 20, 08:31 6
- yes. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:34 [Image] 5
  - Here's a list of Xbox Live gametags from STers. -- (link) - Mop Nov 20, 08:38 4
    - hmm, cool, thanks. remlik is still wearing capri pants I see -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 20, 08:39 3
      - fashion faux-pas! -- nm - Mop Nov 20, 08:41 2
        
        he swears they are "cargo pants" but I see no pockets. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 20, 08:44 1
        
        There are brown cargo pants - they are not capris. He should stop wearing capris. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:52
*pulls out a dart board to decide how much I think Twilight will make* -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 08:30 2
- alot -- nm - Beaker Nov 20, 08:40
- mmm . . . dvd -- nm - pigby Nov 20, 08:33
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I kid you not: I was reading my PC Mag yesterday and wondering "How long until they go online only?" Apparently: next year. -- (link) - Mop Nov 20, 08:23 1
- Nonsense. I'll just fly my private jet to their headquarters so I can press the flesh and ask to see their copy. -- nm - Auto CEO Nov 20, 08:26
Episode 1 of The Devil's Whore with John Simm and Dominic West was good, not great. - LMS Nov 20, 08:23
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- Ya know, you could move there and you wouldn't have to change your nickname -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:24
Blackberry Storm reviewed (the one with the touchscreen). -- (link) - Don Homer Nov 20, 08:18 2
- Those haptic feedback buttons look amazing. -- nm - Mop Nov 20, 08:22 1
  - A flash for the camera and copy/paste, good! Piss-poor keyboard entry, so bad it's a deal breaker. -- nm - Mop Nov 20, 08:36
Hypothetical questions are like lying to your brain. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:15 4
- Kenneth? -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Nov 20, 08:19 3
  - You betcha. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:22
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    - 312.50 MHz -- nm - Hammed Uzi Nov 20, 08:30
Favourite new song to rock out to - Busy Bein' Born by Middle Class Rut -- (link) - LMS Nov 20, 08:12
House was bad-ass last night. I have a few spoilery questions, por favor - con_carne Nov 20, 08:10 9
- based on your IM, I believe you're watching last season. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:11 8
  - Totally possible, I do not watch the show that much. The ep I saw (spoiler for it) - con_carne Nov 20, 08:14 2
    - it's the episode I mentioned below. the season finale is outstanding. Do not spoil yourself. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:14 1
      - Thanks -- nm - con_carne Nov 20, 08:16
  - Totally. Possibly even the season before that. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:11 4
    - oh wait, I think it was the House's Head episode. Penultimate episode of last season. Kickass ep. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:12 3
      - It was good, yep. (Yeah, that's gotta be the ep it was) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:16 2
        
        re: your original question. - loosilu Nov 20, 08:17 1
        
        or, in other words, not all is as it seems -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:18
here's instant screenplay material: Ivy League chess team takes on prison chess team -- (link) - pigby Nov 20, 08:02 19
- [Digs out script for Green Fingers, replaces ever occurance of the word 'gardening' with 'chess'] -- nm - Lazy scriptwriter Nov 20, 08:28
- Adam Sandler! -- nm - Remlik Nov 20, 08:22
- It needs a corrupt warden who wants the prisoners to throw the match. -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 08:06 13
  - One of the prisoners is one of the Ivy League students' dad. -- nm - Dano Nov 20, 08:14 6
    - One of the students has prejudices against the prisoners, but learns that appearances can be misleading. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:15
    - sent to jail....for a crime....he didn't commit! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 20, 08:15 4
      - and his son is in college to become a lawyer to get his dad out, and, one of his teammates, who he doesn't like, will end up giving him - El Fandie Nov 20, 08:27 3
        
        no, his *nemesis opponent* he's a jailhouse snitch and the student will have to beat him on the chess board if he wants the information -- nm - pitching pigby Nov 20, 08:32 2
        
        *montage of prisoners practicing and being really bad at first, then getting better* -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:34 1
        
        a prisoner with an array of chess moves tattooed on his stomach -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 08:42
  - and a meek guy who turns out to be a chess wiz and earns the respect of his fellow inmates. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:08 5
    - What about a hard-ass who keeps his chess skills a secret until he's need? Or the psycho who learns to love? -- nm - Mop Nov 20, 08:25
    - MIchael Clarke Duncan! -- nm - pitching pigby Nov 20, 08:09 3
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        oh, and the prisoners have to practice on chess boards they made in their shop out of kooky odds and ends. -- nm - El Fandie Nov 20, 08:28 1
        
        They find an unlikely coach in the Hispanic lady who runs the prison laundry facility. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:32
- I'm still waiting for The Making Of The Philippino Prison 'Thriller' Performance -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 20, 08:04
- "ooh, check me harder!" -- nm - Max Nov 20, 08:02 1
  - "and then when the rioting prisoners take the students hostage, it's like, a metaphor man. like when you capture the queen in the game!" -- nm - pitching pigby Nov 20, 08:04
I did like seeing the 1 euro bottles of wine in the grocery store - Reagen Nov 20, 08:01 16
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  - hope the luggage guys aren't too rough with it. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:09
  - we were scared off that tactic by a few travellers who said they had their checked luggage searched and bottles seized - Reagen Nov 20, 08:09 11
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      - That's what we were trying to figure out, though the one guy mentioned something about Singapore customs being a bitch. -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 08:18 1
        
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      - you're well over the legal limit if you're stuffing your suitcase. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:13 7
        
        you can bring as much as you want, it's not illegal, you just have to pay duty. -- nm - El Fandie Nov 20, 08:20 1
        
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        Over the legal duty-free limit. You can import more if you pay the import tax, and if it's 4 euros a bottle, it might not be much -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 08:19 4
        
        if the wine is that cheap, JD is losing money by throwing out his clothes. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:20 3
        
        Depends what the cost of the wine is in the US. -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 08:21 2
        
        JD doesn't *drink* quality alcohol. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:22
        
        Or the value he would get from drinking it - which as we know, is a lot. -- nm - Roger More Nov 20, 08:22
  - "Who's that naked man with the suitcase?" -- nm - budice Nov 20, 08:08
- So it's the Europe version of Two Buck Chuck? -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 20, 08:02
4 Jax: Zune Pass now allows you to keep 10 songs per month FOR-EVEAH -- (link) - oblique Nov 20, 08:00 1
- thanks. I don't like the not being able to burn the 10 songs to a CD, though.... - JaxSean Nov 20, 08:35
~The first step to madness is the excess of sadness~ -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 08:00
I really wonder if mother nature's heard of gradual change - Will Hunting Nov 20, 08:00 2
- global warming! - znufrii Nov 20, 08:01 1
  - global climate forcing is the new hip term - colin Nov 20, 08:16
BOOBS! -- nm - Cuzzin Toddfurky Nov 20, 07:59 2
- 80085 -- nm - Ender Nov 20, 08:00 1
  - s/b an even number. - CrankYanker Nov 20, 08:01

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