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34 days until the 1st Spring Training game! -- nm - decline Jan 28, 06:53
re EAP: Truman please email me. I tried the addy Karl gave me but didn't get a reply. - grammar Jan 28, 06:53
Norway vs Iceland starts in 10 min - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 06:51 2
- women's field hockey? -- nm - decline Jan 28, 06:52 1
  - Polo - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 06:57
Ugh. A kid I graduated high school with OD'ed on Tuesday. - Jelly Jan 28, 06:50 1
- sorry, it's terrible when a peer dies. -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 06:50
The plan to rebuild the Blue Jays -- (link) - Beaker Jan 28, 06:46 2
- Cool story and I hope he does well. - Krusty Jan 28, 06:55
- wow, they have 9 picks in the first 3 rounds. -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 06:48
SITWAP: Maybe Avatar deserves ther asterisk "It's actually the 26th Biggest Movie Ever Based on Tickets Sold" -- (link) - MDH Jan 28, 06:39 35
- Then Titanic deserves the same asterik. And Star Wars was never #1, nor was ET or Jaws. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 28, 06:54
- the truly amazing thing is that in 1939 the US population was about 130 million....nm - x Jan 28, 06:53 2
  - that's why I'm not sure tickets sold would be a good gauge either... -- nm - Mel - gay for pixie Jan 28, 06:57 1
    - which is why i've always touted tickest sold per capita adjusted for inflation as the best relative gauge....nm - x Jan 28, 07:00
- Gone With The Wind is in the higher pitchers mound, no blacks get to play in the league era of movie releases. -- nm - TFox Jan 28, 06:53 1
  - Though a black person did win an Oscar for it. -- nm - Dano Jan 28, 07:37
- I just wish we had better information re: ticket sales, price inflation, re-releases, etc. - Jelly Jan 28, 06:52 4
  - but if you start there you have to include other media as well. Now with thousands of TV channels, the internet, pirated copies there are alot more - Beaker Jan 28, 06:54 3
    - and has TFox mentions, how many other releases did it have to go up against? and how long was it in theatres etc etc -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 06:55 1
      - Also, in the end, it doesn't really matter - Guigue Jan 28, 06:58
    - True. -- nm - Jelly Jan 28, 06:55
- i'm firmly in the compare-by-tickets-sold camp. -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 06:45 19
  - The only problem is that most experts admit that GWTW adjusted totals and tickets sales are just guesswork. - Inigo Jan 28, 06:59 1
    - oh sure, but i mean this beyond GWTW. i just mean as a general comparison., not taking away from what avatar has done, but other movies need - Andie Jan 28, 07:02
  - I agree. While I applaud its accomplishments, the fact I paid $13.75 to see it says something. -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 06:47 16
    - Here's the question...would you (or several thousand other people) have spent $13.75 to see Gone With the Wind? - Jim Jan 28, 06:48 14
      - it's all relative. people paid the going rate for GWTW like people paid the going rate for Avatar - Andie Jan 28, 06:50 13
        
        in the 60s, people paid the going rate for a Ford Mustang ... and it was, what, $4500? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 06:56 3
        
        i'm not sure if that's agreeing or not agreeing. -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 06:57 2
        
        the ticket price is relative to the economy, that's what the inflation adjustments are for. - Beryllium Jan 28, 06:58 1
        
        i think that's what i'm saying. that's my issue with a dollar-to-dollar comparison. -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 06:59
        
        Maybe-maybe not. Avatar can still be seen in 2D for $6-7. People are going out of their way to pay the $13.75 for it. - Jim Jan 28, 06:55 8
        
        AND...I don't think you can leave out how many more entertainment options there are now as compared to 1939. - Jim Jan 28, 06:56 2
        
        If there was MW2 in 1939, no one would have ever left their mud shack. -- nm - TFox Jan 28, 06:57 1
        
        ... except to venture out to fight Nazis -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 06:59
        
        $6? what planet are you from? :) 3D cost an extra dollar for me. That was it. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 06:56 3
        
        It's a $4 jump here compared to 2D, but it's only available at a pricier theater in this area. -- nm - Jelly Jan 28, 06:58
        
        the cheapest movie here is $12, i think. -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 06:57 1
        
        It's either 10.95 or 11.95 here, I forget. Been a while since I actually paid for a ticket, rather than using a "Night Out" pass. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 28, 06:59
        
        i would pay 17.95 (my Imax 3D cost) to see GWTW in 3D tomorrow. -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 06:56
    - that you were willing to pay more to see it? -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 06:48
- it's the #1 grossing movie of all time. period. -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 06:44 2
  - Gone with the Wind didn't have Home theater as a competition - Guigue Jan 28, 06:53 1
    - of course they are. but there were also less people, -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 06:55
- Sorry my pc froze up and reposted the link even though it was posted, I apologize! -- nm - MDH Jan 28, 06:40
Obviously none of us have considered the true killer app for the iPad: Chipotle -- nm - oblique Jan 28, 06:27
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- And just think, that was back when they were still competing with Toyota. -- nm - Ender Jan 28, 06:21
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- Whoa...Kit Bond and Claire McKaskill voted 'Yea'. May be the first thing they're ever agreed on. -- nm - Jim Jan 28, 06:15 3
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    - It's stuff like this that make me wonder what could possibly be the reason for voting no. -- nm - Jim Jan 28, 06:21 1
      - the usual. - znufrii Jan 28, 06:31
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So, what did I miss? -- nm - znufrii Jan 28, 06:08 1
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Stupid stupid programming issue! -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 05:52 4
- I had an IE problem where a excel file would not download unless I reloaded the page - SyrDragon Jan 28, 06:11
- Yesterday: "Can you put the date at the top of these reports?" "Sure, no problem." *writes vb script for [Date(Format, "yyy-mm-dd")] and sends out* - JaxSean Jan 28, 06:00 2
  - I'm now getting a concat error that should combine data into 1 line. - Will Hunting Jan 28, 06:10 1
    - oof!....for every connection that runs it -- nm - SyrDragon Jan 28, 06:12
Free Software Foundation protests iPad as DRM haven -- (link) - oblique Jan 28, 05:32 1
- They make a good argument -- nm - decline Jan 28, 06:52
Lucky rescue for dog stranded on ice floe -- (link) - LMS Jan 28, 05:26 4
- Hey, sorry everything was so late. - Inigo Jan 28, 05:57 2
  - Thanks for everything. I've yet to go to Atlanta. Region free is on the only way to go - LMS Jan 28, 06:15 1
    - You'll like it a lot, I think. We watched the Blu-Ray version, and it's so funny. -- nm - Inigo Jan 28, 06:17
- awww, he must have been so terrified. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 05:28
Shockingly the Due to Generation account is actually due to Generation! Who'd of thunk it! - Beaker Jan 28, 05:25
Not sure if people saw but iPad will have a series of optional dongles adding USB, SD slots, and other expansion options -- (link) - oblique Jan 28, 05:23 3
- Also, despite being unlocked, it won't work on T-Mobile. And since Verizon isn't GSM... -- (link) - oblique Jan 28, 05:26
- all for additional cost and nuisance. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 05:24
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Robotic dinosaurs to walk on Oxford Street . Normally I avoid that street like the plague but I'll definitely check this out. -- (link) - LMS Jan 28, 05:20 1
- Scrap that idea - tickets are �15.50 and only available via Ticketmaster whom I boycott. -- nm - LMS Jan 28, 05:22
The most overvalued (and undervalued) housing markets for 2010... (can you guess the #1s?) -- (link) - Don Homer Jan 28, 05:13 13
- Holy cow. Honolulu is one of the most undervalued, with a median price over $600k? -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 05:28 2
  - *over*valued -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 05:29 1
    - oh. ha ha. I can't read charts this early. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 05:30
- Without looking, I'll guess Vegas is undervalued. They've had such a glut on the market I can't imagine they didn't hit ludicrous speed at some point -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 05:16 9
  - Overvalued.....DC metro area....jobs have been good here so the housing return to normal has been mitigated...I'd expect them to be overvalued quickl. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 28, 05:21 6
    - jobs aren't *that* good. ask me and Kelly. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 05:26 4
      - I thought Kelly got a job. -- nm - Jim Jan 28, 06:39
      - Our local unemployment rate is about 40% better than the national average - Will Hunting Jan 28, 05:51 1
        
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      - *waves* Me too! -- nm - landbeck Jan 28, 05:42
    - The overvalued list will be hard, #1 is Atlantic City, followed by Wenatchee, Washington (huh?), and then Ocean City, NJ. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 05:23
  - Just based on what ceregon paid this is an easy answer -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 05:20
  - Nicely done, they are #1 undervalued. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 05:18
Inigo is awesome - got part 2 of my SS gift! - LMS Jan 28, 04:58 2
- Nice ! -- nm - Andie Jan 28, 06:07
- Nice haul! -- nm - Krusty Jan 28, 05:04
It's coming out now that James' father threatened to sue Texas ech if they didn't do something about Mike Leach...(espn credibility falling, falling) -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 04:53 3
- Not terribly surprised. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 28, 05:04
- nmbl (the comments on the story are pretty one-sided) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 28, 04:54 1
  - I've heard rumors that Leach might be in line to take over for Friedgen at Maryland. - Will Hunting Jan 28, 05:02
Mmm... coffee and a brownie. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 04:48
oh ... hello, insomnia. haven't seen you in awhile. how's it going? -- nm - reluctantcynic (en treo) Jan 28, 04:15
Tesco ban on shoppers in pyjamas -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 03:29 1
- They're not Walmart after all. -- nm - LMS Jan 28, 05:28
Lobbyists for foreign corporations begin fight to ensure foreign money can influence American elections -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 03:26
I'm taking a train to a subway to a plane to a shuttle to a train to a car to get to the Smokey Mountains. ETA: 5:00pm. I'm leaving my house now. -- nm - CQ Jan 28, 02:07 3
- Kewl . Enjoy! -- nm - grammar Jan 28, 07:12
- Have a great trip! -- nm - Krusty Jan 28, 04:21
- happy commute -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 03:21
the cupcake throwdown - for those who care - was at a nice little cafe in the alternatively trendy part of town. people made cupcakes, brought them, - mafic Jan 28, 00:35 3
- yeah, lavendar is not as well integrated into our culinary pantheon as other herbs, lav ice cream isn't bad but I'd rather have a dozen or more other - zeitgeist Jan 28, 00:53 2
  - I love the flower and herb blends made into sorbets, rather than icecream. I've had nasturtium, a lovely lavender and vanilla, violet, and rosepetal - Trish Jan 28, 02:31
  - this could have been good, had the lavender been more subtle. it works well with chocolate, but it was overpowering. -- nm - mafic Jan 28, 00:56
Do we have any reports from the front lines of Slacker War I? -- nm - David Jan 27, 23:58 14
- We're close to a peace accord. Thanks for your concern. :P nm - ralph wiggum Jan 28, 00:06 11
  - I have several away teams dressed in red and carrying ceramic knives and phazers. None are well trained, but I think they'll do fine with him. - Trish Jan 28, 03:23
  - So, Slacker Talk Soldiers are the France of internet message boards? -- nm - David Jan 28, 00:10 9
    - I was ready to go to the mattresses... - Mel - gay for pixie Jan 28, 06:56
    - Not me, I say drop the trouble maker that started it all and fight to the end - J Jan 28, 04:05 1
      - he's properly chastized... - Mel - gay for pixie Jan 28, 06:58
    - And were using J.F.K diplomacy here - eag Jan 28, 00:23
    - Just to correct you only about 30% of the alliance is actually ST people - eag Jan 28, 00:16 3
      - me leader too. -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 04:52
      - what other servers do Slack people play on beside delta com and org? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 28, 00:28 1
        
        I was refering to .org actually -- nm - eag Jan 28, 00:29
    - I would happily be a surrender monkey if I meant a copious supply of cheese. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 28, 00:13
- the general ordered a communications blackout -- nm - tik tok Jan 27, 23:59 1
  - Right after the communications satellite was destroyed, I'm sure. -- nm - David Jan 28, 00:00
look, just because you took a stick of butter and fluffed it a bit and added a cup of sugar, there's still a stick of butter, now just because its ... - zeitgeist Jan 27, 23:43 2
- I understand now ... and I am in favor of the equal distribution you outline ... layered cup cakes like this would probably go over BIG - wonder why - JenBro Jan 28, 00:28
- here frosting is made from powdersuggar, water and is hardish when fry - Danedukenuuk Jan 28, 00:01
The ST March Book is - ty97 Jan 27, 23:00 8
- Sadly, not available in my library (I'll see if I can request it). -- nm - LMS Jan 28, 04:44
- oops! I was just about to send you a note. I hope this is in stock at amazon by march because, as of now, they're saying 1-3 weeks for delivery.... - b! Jan 27, 23:06 6
  - 1-3 weeks will be okay, since it's the March book. Glad we didn't pick it for February *phew* -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 23:14 5
    - you and your slovenly administrative skills really did dodge a bullet there -- nm - tik tok Jan 27, 23:17
    - oddly. Borders has it back-ordered for 2-4 weeks, but most of there stores list it as 'Likely in Store' -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 23:16 3
      - and B&N has it as 'normally ships within 24 hours', and list it in stock at about 1/3 of the stores I checked -- nm - ty97 Jan 27, 23:19 2
        
        someone stop him before he gets to powell's and overstock! - b! Jan 27, 23:24 1
        
        hee! - ty97 Jan 27, 23:38
jen! - b! Jan 27, 23:00 1
- absolutely - happy to share it - so many have asked for it that I keep a printed copy on file at work to email - and it is written pretty detailed so - JenBro Jan 27, 23:06
East Coast weatherman measures the inches of snow with...you guessed it... -- (link) - Gus S.I. Jan 27, 22:59 1
- It's officially a blizzard out there, people -- nm - Greg Oden, Weatherman Jan 27, 23:02
50% icing is a floor, not a ceiling -- nm - walph riggum Jan 27, 22:51 16
- Mmmmmm, floor icing. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 28, 00:10
- I must be sleepy because this makes zero sense to me ... are you saying you ARE a fan of lots of frosting or NOT? -- nm - JenBro Jan 27, 23:11 9
  - i'm sure she'll give you her theory of cake as icing delivery vehicle in minute detail - tik tok Jan 27, 23:14 8
    - see .. you sound like you have a problem with it ... I'm shocked if that's the case because ... - JenBro Jan 27, 23:17 7
      - i am always right. i know that ice cream cake is the superior confectionary product, requiring no icing at all -- nm - tik tok Jan 27, 23:20 6
        
        for me - ice cream is best in a cone -- nm - JenBro Jan 27, 23:29 2
        
        i dunno girlfriend - 'lia Jan 27, 23:34 1
        
        then you understand - the cone is all about portion control ;) - JenBro Jan 27, 23:39
        
        don you got a frig in your box or do you just gobble the cake that fast? - nm - 'lia Jan 27, 23:25 2
        
        another benefit to ice cream cake: built in time-destruct mechanism that ensures you consume it as quickly as possible -- nm - tik tok Jan 27, 23:26 1
        
        you used to live in the frozen north - ice cream cake never melts there - 'lia Jan 27, 23:29
- oo, betting time. who'll she lay the smackdown on first? mick. here or zeit. in ika/gg. -- nm - b! Jan 27, 22:58 4
  - both easily - 'lia Jan 27, 23:05
  - he's probably too busy stuffing her face with icing to post anything -- nm - tik tok Jan 27, 23:02 2
    - let me just add an "s" up there for you. smackdown is one thing, murder is another. -- nm - b! Jan 27, 23:07 1
      - he, she - tik tok Jan 27, 23:10
An error occurred while processing this SotU adress -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 27, 22:51 1
- ditto (NM) - howie Jan 28, 13:29

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