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Lil Wayne's sentencing on gun charges postponed for . . . dental surgery -- (link) - dj roomba Feb 9, 13:08
Looks like The Guild is on Netflix Streaming now. I think that is new. - TFox Feb 9, 13:06 1
- And awesome. -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 13:08
ESPN fantasy baseball is now live. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 9, 13:05 2
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  - word times triplicate. -- nm - TFox Feb 9, 13:09
Has anybody thought about spraying liquid glass on a golf ball? I have. - Loyola Feb 9, 13:01
nmbJames Bond (aka Igor) - Qale Feb 9, 12:59 2
- Hehe.. no problem. I will work on making you another batch. Probably will take a week or two however. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 9, 13:03 1
  - Thanks! I really appreciate it. -- nm - Qale Feb 9, 13:06
Ugh. This is the first Facebook redesign that is really starting to piss me off. - JaxSean Feb 9, 12:50 2
- The first of many. -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 13:08
- getting rid of the toolbar is the only thing that has bothered me. -- nm - decline Feb 9, 12:52
STIS: Should I buy a point and click underwater camera or should I get this baggie thing that supposedly seals my dslr? -- nm - CQ Feb 9, 12:49 17
- p&s, all the way. I did my entire Photo-A-Day 2009 using a waterproof Pentax Optio W60. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 13:09
- p&s. the only underwater housings I'd trust cost about twice what the dSLR does. - mafic Feb 9, 12:53 4
  - yeah, that's about the max depth I'm looking at anyway. I'm not gonna fork over the $1,500 for the sweetness -- nm - CQ Feb 9, 12:56 3
    - canon powershot + underwater housing would probably be ~$200 for the camera and $170 for the housing. -- nm - mafic Feb 9, 13:03 2
      - I should try this. I have a flip ultra and housing. It was ~200 for both, but the quality is so-so. - psilotum Feb 9, 13:07 1
        
        almost all the underwater photos I've done have been with midrange (rental) powershots with underwater housings. -- nm - mafic Feb 9, 13:12
- it's only going to be used for the cruise. i.e. scuba and snorkeling -- nm - CQ Feb 9, 12:49 7
  - disposable or point and click. - psilotum Feb 9, 12:51 6
    - disposable film ones suck. -- nm - mafic Feb 9, 12:54 3
      - Yes, but so does soaking your SLR in saltwater. -- nm - psilotum Feb 9, 12:56 1
        
        That's why I'm thinking of going for the point and click. I',m not gonna risk that shit -- nm - CQ Feb 9, 12:57
      - exactly, I've used those and it's a joke -- nm - CQ Feb 9, 12:55
    - that's where I'm leaning, but this "bag" is only $80 and I can get a Fuji for about $120 -- nm - CQ Feb 9, 12:52 1
      - If you try the bag, test it out before you go on your trip. - psilotum Feb 9, 12:56
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  - Word. (I wonder if you keep spraying liquid glass in the one spot, over time you could make a sculpture of, say, a bird.) -- nm - Loyola Feb 9, 12:52 1
    - Or, if you liquid glassed everything in your house, including the walls, floors and ceilings, could anything catch fire? - Loyola Feb 9, 12:56
peglegpete: William Binder died Jan. 28...He ran Philippe's for years -- nm - BAD Feb 9, 12:42 1
- :( -- nm - peglegpete Feb 9, 12:44
I would temper my "misanthropic" down to "less trusting". Better? - Vermin Population Theory Feb 9, 12:37 25
- progressive movements sprung up because it was a way for citizens to assert more control over what was perceived as runaway greed. - Reagen Feb 9, 12:42 1
  - True, I'm thinking of the social aspect more than the business/economic one. - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:45
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  - We're using 'trust' differently. Less trusting to let them in the house vs. less trusting that they can live their own life without Gov't *guidance*. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:44 18
    - I think what you're really saying is that small, homogenous communities have different ways of making decisions and policies than large, diverse ones -- nm - Roger More Feb 9, 12:47 9
      - Yes. "All politics is local", and so forth. - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:50 8
        
        But it's not necessarily a bad thing as you imply - it just reflects a different reality -- nm - Roger More Feb 9, 12:51 7
        
        For Vermin, he's being very balanced ;) -- nm - Guigue Feb 9, 12:52 6
        
        he just needs to realize that the theory he's developing necessarily has to work both ways. -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 12:54 5
        
        I think the only part I want to paint as 'bad' is when people in the crowded areas inflict their policies on the rural areas. - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:59 4
        
        You're advocating no federalism at all? So why did Alaska join the United States? -- nm - mara Feb 9, 13:06 1
        
        I wasn't there at the time. - Dr.Vermin, twinkle in the eye Feb 9, 13:11
        
        Like znu says, it works both ways. Liberal gun laws. farm subsidies, etc -- nm - Roger More Feb 9, 13:04 1
        
        Ah. I was trying to think of a "and vice versa" example, and couldn't. Thanks. -- nm - Dr.Vermin with rural bias Feb 9, 13:05
    - Still, most get guns because they don't trust others. - Guigue Feb 9, 12:46
    - What do you mean by government "guidance"? -- nm - psilotum Feb 9, 12:45 6
      - Take that gun, limit that energy use, mandate that health insurance, etc. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:47 5
        
        thanks -- nm - psilotum Feb 9, 12:57
        
        yet from a collectivists perspective, failing to do these things puts the entire community as risk. -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 12:52 3
        
        so, to a collectivist, it is the individualist who is mistrustful of the government to provide for the greater good. -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 12:53 2
        
        Excellent point. My terminology needs more work. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 13:00 1
        
        not even, you just need to apply it consistently from *both* perspectives - znufrii Feb 9, 13:10
- less trusting in a reliance on individualism to provide for the collective good, perhaps. - znufrii Feb 9, 12:40 1
  - (refuses to explain further because it will undoubtedly result in him using the term "dyadic paradigm") -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 12:44
- Or "more trusting" because they trust government to take care of it. -- nm - Roger More Feb 9, 12:38
Oh, FarmVille, you are such dicks. - nubby Feb 9, 12:33 6
- Ha! Ha! -- nm - Nelson Feb 9, 12:57
- somewhat related: one of the reasons I like mousehunt is that it doesn't ceaselessly ask me to spam people. -- nm - mafic Feb 9, 12:55
- yeah, I noticed that too. - decline Feb 9, 12:35 1
  - Limited time! -- nm - nubby Feb 9, 12:37
- can't you apply for a gov'mint loan? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 9, 12:35
- hah! -- nm - psilotum Feb 9, 12:34
Star Wars Valentine's Day cards as done by a freelance illustrator. -- (link) - HdnAgnda Feb 9, 12:33 1
One in five physicians likely to purchase Apple iPad within next year according to study....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Feb 9, 12:31 22
- Went to the doc on Thursday and they all had something like it already. -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 13:09
- It is rather big to carry in your coat pocket. You can't type on it (unless you like the onscreen keyboard). It will be good for images but really - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 9, 12:46 7
  - good for images ... good for text references ... good for live streams of heartbeat monitors ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 13:12 1
    - bad - VERY bad - for germs, though. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 13:13
  - A handheld device for looking this up is golden. Everyone carries around iphones/itouches but this is too big to carry. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 9, 12:48 4
    - 2 of my doctors have netbooks they use while seeing patients. They put all of their notes in it, email prescriptions, pull up history, they'd be lost - jnine Feb 9, 13:01
    - 2 of my doctors have netbooks they use while seeing patients. They put all of their notes in it, email prescriptions, pull up history, they'd be lost - jnine Feb 9, 12:59 1
      - Yeah, I agree netbooks are great. I shadowing at a peds office and they had a really fancy program. But the keyboard is key I think. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 9, 13:04
    - this = stuff -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 9, 12:49
- Sounds like an IT/HIPAA nightmare waiting to happen -- nm - scorpion Feb 9, 12:41
- Never underestimate Apple's ability to get people to pay twice as much for a product because they make it "cool". -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 9, 12:33 8
  - What costs half as much that you're comparing it to? -- nm - mara Feb 9, 12:45 1
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  - Well, the iPad is actually pretty cheap for what it is... - Guigue Feb 9, 12:39 5
    - I'm sure we'll see something with the same hardware specs come out for $250 in the not-so-distant future. - psilotum Feb 9, 12:47 4
      - A 10 inch touchscreen for $250, I doubt it -- nm - Guigue Feb 9, 12:50 3
        
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        I assumed he meant within the next few weeks when the iPad is released - Guigue Feb 9, 12:54 1
        
        within a year. -- nm - psilotize Feb 9, 19:50
- did I miss? I don't see that it says they plan to use it in practices. -- nm - b. Feb 9, 12:32 2
  - plus there are something like 1.5 million doctors in the US - decline Feb 9, 12:35 1
    - yah, I noticed that, too. big margin of error there. -- nm - b. Feb 9, 12:37
STIS: I need a CR1632 3 volt battery for my Toyota key fob (my car is keyless, so having a battery is essential). I've looked everywhere I can think - JaxSean Feb 9, 12:30 10
- I just called this radio shack, and the guy who answered says they carry them: - b. Feb 9, 12:34 2
  - Duh, Radio Shack! Thanks, b.! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 9, 12:36
  - ! - psilotum Feb 9, 12:35
- betcha the Toyota dealership has them -- nm - decline Feb 9, 12:32 4
  - It's across town, and I'm sure they'd charge me a bunch for one. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 9, 12:35 3
    - perhaps. call and ask -- nm - decline Feb 9, 12:36 1
      - I think for the $3, I'll stop at the Radio Shack that's more on the way home. - JaxSean Feb 9, 12:45
    - my saturn dealer put one in free -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 9, 12:35
- did you ask Toyota where to get it? -- nm - peglegpete Feb 9, 12:32
- I think that's the same battery I needed for my computer's motherboard. I got one at Home Depot. -- nm - landbeck Feb 9, 12:32
This is the scariest photo I have seen in a long time. If I need the kids to behave from now on, I have my go to photo. -- (link) - HdnAgnda Feb 9, 12:30
Class action licensing lawsuit against the NCAA gets the go ahead -- (link) - Beaker Feb 9, 12:29
When is the last time you berymandered? Good things happen to good people. -- nm - David Feb 9, 12:28 3
- I berrymander all the time! -- nm - Remlik Feb 9, 12:43 2
  - Dont you know, you could go blind by doing iut all the time - eag Feb 9, 12:46 1
    - gawd. I'd rather go blind. -- nm - Remlik Feb 9, 12:50
"Only" might not be an appropriate word to describe his $9 million bonus. - psilotum Feb 9, 12:27 5
- This honestly makes me ill. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 9, 12:34
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  - iirc, Jamie Dimon pulled down $17 million at Chase. - znufrii Feb 9, 12:30
- In a normal year he'd pull in over 100 mill of a bonus. -- nm - Loyola Feb 9, 12:28 1
  - But this is not a normal year. He would have received 0 this year if not for the bailout. -- nm - psilotum Feb 9, 12:29
No into westerns but Red Dead Redemption looks like a real cool game - eag Feb 9, 12:25 1
- Yup! Rockstar doesn't make many clunkers. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:28
NWBR: no arguments there. But it's hard to find a less dense population than Saskatchewan in the 1930s and 1940s, is my point. - Reagen Feb 9, 12:25 5
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  - At this point is boils to backbone. "We're here in the wilderness... let's forge our own way!" vs. "AAAH! Wilderness! Somebody take care of me!" - Dr.Vermin, with true grit Feb 9, 12:41
- Immigration, perhaps, as a secondary influence? -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 12:34 1
  - IIRC There were lots of immigrants to Saskatchewan from the US from that period :) - Roger More Feb 9, 12:37
- Oh yeah, but I thought I was getting that Vermy's theory was more current in scope. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 9, 12:33
Bipartisanship! -- (link) - znufrii Feb 9, 12:21 2
- I'm happy to see him extrapolate on the meaning of 'bipartisanship'. - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:26 1
  - agreed. - znufrii Feb 9, 12:28
Jenna Morasca has retired from wrestling.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 9, 12:20 4
- was she the one who got nekkid in playboy with Cole Hamels' wife? -- nm - decline Feb 9, 12:21 3
  - Yep. -- nm - Jim Feb 9, 12:36 1
    - And it's quite a nice issue, I might add. They look good together. -- nm - Jim Feb 9, 12:39
  - 'who' should be 'that' right? - decline Feb 9, 12:24
lunch -- nm - dj roomba Feb 9, 12:17
If you're an environmentalist, you shouldn't mock Sarah for writing on her hand. - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:17 23
- What killed me was that she didn't use it during the speech but during the Q&A when she lost point.... - Remlik Feb 9, 12:25 3
  - Me, too. Meaning she knew what the question was going to be and had a chance to prep for it. -- nm - mara Feb 9, 12:27 2
    - I took it that she couldn't figure out what to say and referred to her hand for quick talking points... - Remlik Feb 9, 12:44 1
      - Ah, you mean generic talking points that could be thrown out at any time, no matter what the question? Okay, that's even better. -- nm - mara Feb 9, 13:11
- ha. - b. Feb 9, 12:22 3
  - My MIL thinks it was intentional. - psilotum Feb 9, 12:31 2
    - I would like to know when the shift happened that knowing your shit detracted from you. -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 12:34 1
      - Honest answer: The mid 90's. Even in the late 80's and the 90's recession, there was an element of trust in authority. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 9, 12:41
- I've always thought Obama's teleprompters are set too far apart. He has t turn his head about 60 degrees in either direction just to read them. - Loyola Feb 9, 12:20 5
  - Obama wants the camera to catch his profile more often -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 9, 12:23 4
    - I dunno, he looks all at sea turning that much from side to side. -- nm - Loyola Feb 9, 12:38 2
      - "Flip flopper!" -- nm - nubby Feb 9, 12:39 1
        
        lol seriously though, I keep thinking to myself when I see him doing a speech on the news or whatever, Is someone having a laugh setting them that far - Loyola Feb 9, 12:43
    - do you blame him? -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 12:23
- OK, we officially puffed your ego to much yesterday from that one joke. -- nm - Reagen Feb 9, 12:20 2
  - The Vermin joke machine pumps them out over a span of time... - Dr.Vermin Feb 9, 12:22 1
    - just one pump, please! - nubby Feb 9, 12:27
- it's okay, there are plenty of other reasons to mock her for that that have nothing to do with environmentalism. :) -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 12:19 1
  - (and I hope, for the sake of your argument, that she used a soy-based ink...) -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 12:20
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- I'm not an environmentalist. Does that mean I can mock her? -- nm - decline Feb 9, 12:19
- stupid people cost co2? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 9, 12:19
- I've seen some of the late night shows take on this and you still win by a mile. -- nm - HdnAgnda Feb 9, 12:18

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