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An intense pacific frontal system approaching the British Columbia coast is spreading strong southeast winds of 60 to 100 km/h - Beryllium Feb 13, 10:34 3
- So you are saying it's just another normal winter day in Vancouver. :) -- nm - H-Mogul Feb 13, 10:41 2
  - well, no, just another normal day. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 10:44 1
    - Not normal at all: 250,000 peeps are visiting, expecting World Class Sports entertainment... - OAE Feb 13, 11:46
Olympic FS Chatter: - Diva Feb 13, 10:29
I posed over on Life what has been postponed and what events are medaling today. (link to Official Site) -- (link) - H-Mogul Feb 13, 10:25
CTV reporting rioting in downtown Vancouver. "Protesters" have smashed windows at the Bay. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 13, 10:10 2
- that should be what the snipers are used for -- nm - J Feb 13, 10:47
- God they're pathetic. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 10:23
moguls skiers' knees must articulate like GI Joe dolls after a few years. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 09:55 1
- they probably get replacements at age 35. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 10:25
no downhill today -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 13, 09:40
�56m EuroMillions jackpot is UK's biggest lottery win -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Feb 13, 09:16
Wait. .what is Best Buy doing with its rewards program? If you have 250 or more they are giving you the closest reward and if less you get zero. Why - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 13, 09:13 5
- They are going to a yearly thing - eag Feb 13, 09:29 4
  - I love that they gave me the warning that they'd take away my points after they'd already done it a week ago. - Callisto Feb 13, 09:56 2
    - Aparently I was 32 points away from getting 2 5$ certificates - eag Feb 13, 10:00
    - Thank God I'd *just* got a certificate. -- nm - nubby Feb 13, 09:57
  - Oh :/ -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 13, 09:55
Google has (the first of many) Olympic doodles up. - psilotize Feb 13, 08:56
I choose to believe that the female sign carriers during the Parade of Nations last night were not wearing anything under those coats. Canadians? Hawt -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 08:44
Darwin update - I'm off to pick him up at the pound. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 13, 08:35 6
- Great news! -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 13, 10:00
- Very nice! -- nm - TWuG Feb 13, 09:43
- aweshum! -- nm - poochinski Feb 13, 09:39
- excellent news. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 13, 08:58
- yay! -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 08:55
- Woo Hoo! Glad to know he's safe and that he'll be back at home with you soon. - Krusty Feb 13, 08:38
funny but NSFW -- (link) - marcel Feb 13, 08:24 [youtube] 3
- funny... -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 10:49
- that's pretty good. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 13, 10:02
- Clever. But yeah, way NSFW. -- nm - nubby Feb 13, 09:04
Out for the weekend - you all be good to each other..... -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 13, 08:05
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Does anyone know what the people were protesting specifically about the Olympics last night? -- nm - Subversive Feb 13, 07:46 2
- Specifically? No. It's a jumble of stupidity. - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 13, 08:50
- "No Olympic games on stolen land" -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 13, 07:52
Dear LOST (spoiler) - nubby Feb 13, 07:17 2
- spoiler question. - loosilu Feb 13, 07:19 1
  - spoiler - nubby Feb 13, 07:27
Luge accident caused by human error; no major adjustments being made to track, but they are somehow raising the wall. -- (link) - mara Feb 13, 06:07 26
- I don't understand this "sport" anyway. If they want sheer speed, just drop them in a tube from an airplane. If they want human skill, this isn't it - CrankYanker Feb 13, 10:05 15
  - i agree - Danedukenuuk Feb 13, 10:15 14
    - seriously, aren't you just a passenger? -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 13, 10:22 13
      - no it's a sled basically you control it by shifting your waight - Danedukenuuk Feb 13, 10:28
      - they can steer. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 10:25 11
        
        Steering is not an Olympic sport IMO. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 13, 10:28 10
        
        What are your thoughts on Ski Jump? they don't even steer ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 10:29 9
        
        hmmm, I would have to put that in the same category. Both these are different than ice speed racing where the whole body is used for speed and - CrankYanker Feb 13, 10:33 3
        
        You realize they're not just letting the sled do the work, right? - Reagen Feb 13, 10:39
        
        So you're saying that it's not a sport, because they're only controling their aerodynamics and balance, and not exerting physical force? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 10:36 1
        
        in a nutshell, yes. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 13, 10:37
        
        they use the hands, body position and the boards to steer -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 13, 10:31 4
        
        Yes, and they balance gravity against speed to corner delicately and make good time. - Beryllium Feb 13, 10:33 3
        
        I believe there's a difference between Olympic sports and other sports like car racing. Olympic sports should define an Olympian as - CrankYanker Feb 13, 10:37 2
        
        My favourite olympic sport is Biathalon. It mixes the overall athleticism of skiing, with the precision required for target shooting. - Beryllium Feb 13, 10:41 1
        
        Not "dissing" them, just think they belong in a different category. I enjoy watching them, they're exciting. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 13, 10:47
- They're talking about this on CTV right now - they're starting from two turns further down to reduce speeds. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 09:05 1
  - cool, sounds like a good plan. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 09:20
- So the Olympic officials conducted an inquiry and determined that it wasn't their fault? OK -- nm - prayformojo Feb 13, 07:13 1
  - crashing ... ok. It's the part where he flew off the track and died instantly that I'm worried about. -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 07:18
- Seeing the footage of it with sound sucked. Hearing the sound of the metal pole after he hit it was gross. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 06:34
- haven't there been more than a dozen crashes this week? -- nm - loosilu Feb 13, 06:33 4
  - What I'd be curious to know is if that's unusual. I mean, people do lose control in those events. - Subversive Feb 13, 07:46 2
    - You'd maybe have one or two crashes in a race. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 09:06
    - the unusual thing seem ti be that many well experinced drivers got into trouble in the track - Danedukenuuk Feb 13, 09:05
  - I think they mentioned yesterday that there were dozen or so crashes before the one that killed the luger. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 06:41
I am up way too early for a Saturday. Ugh. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 05:37
dayamn. lotsa guys got their asses dragged to Valentine's Day tonight -- nm - poochinski Feb 13, 01:02 2
- Yeah, huge Friday numbers all around. 16.5 for Valentine's Day, 10.5 each for Wolfman and Percy Jackson. -- nm - Jelly Feb 13, 03:54 1
  - The 16.5mil for Valentine's is only becuase every cast member bought 2 tickets. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 13, 05:51
Hmm, X-Box gamer from Port Alberni, BC ... apparently foils a school shooting plot in San Antonio, Texas. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 13, 00:16
The first woman mass shooting suspect apparently was also inventing early cyberdyne terminator technology she thought she was going to be screwed of $ - zeitgeist Feb 13, 00:12 1
- This story is just so distressing. -- nm - nubby Feb 13, 07:48
wayne on the truck is a hoot. - b! Feb 13, 00:10 2
- there are a million bars right outside BC place, so probably, yeah. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 00:11
- agreed. :) Also, it had duct tape dangling from the front; I think they were trying to black out the daytime running lights. - Beryllium Feb 13, 00:11
SurplusMeter tells us that since 4 pm we have 1048.5 bytes down and 76.3 mb up - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 13, 00:10
Oh, wow, so THIS is why Arnie was in town for the torch ... (amongst other things, potential high speed rail from Vancouver to San Diego) -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 12, 23:55 1
- Well that clears up some basic Canadian geography for me... - Cuzzin Todd Feb 13, 07:09
anybody else having issues with the sound cutting out now and then during the ceremonies? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 23:55 6
- a little bit every so often earlier. it was most noticeable during k.d. lang. -- nm - b! Feb 13, 00:00 2
  - so many problems with columns on the first day. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 13, 00:01 1
    - (and I didn't have any audio issues during the k.d. lang song; just visual ones. I couldn't tell if it was her at first. It looked like a him.) - Beryllium Feb 13, 00:02
- not me. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 23:58
- I had a few minor glitches on the CTV feed. I wonder if it was somehow weather related? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 23:56 1
  - the sound levels were so low so really had to crank up the volume - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 13, 00:07
That was quite the opening ceremonies. In fact, I think i counted something like nine different ceremonies in there. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 23:49
nice afro -- nm - peglegpete Feb 12, 23:43
speeches aside, this has been very enjoyable so far. good on ya, neighbors. -- nm - b! Feb 12, 23:40 2
- blinkblinkblink. - b! Feb 12, 23:48
- I agree. It was pretty cool and well done, overall. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 23:46
I think mara is right - Canadians are real talky, at least on the tee-vee. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 23:15 6
- heh, I was just going to say: oh, this is talkymctalkerguy. -- nm - b! Feb 12, 23:26 5
  - I'm sitting upstairs and I can hear him droning on and on and on ... -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 23:28 4
    - oh, it moved to a second guy. his french is better... - b! Feb 12, 23:31 3
      - -ruhroh from im. she was fast. -- nm - b! Feb 12, 23:32 2
        
        I need to go back and study French again. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 23:34 1
        
        I was pretty pleased that I understood it all without really paying attention. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 23:35
I didn't know you guys had Sutherland! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 22:59 4
- yeah, and for some reason my mom *hates* him, and she won't say why. it's really weird. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 23:01 3
  - "*He* knows why." -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 23:09 2
    - "mafic...I have something to tell you..." -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 13, 07:20
    - Jack is back -- nm - lone canadian kirsten fan Feb 12, 23:32
was that segment were the tapdancers light their shoes on fire a tribute to the muslim community? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 22:54
DVR cut off. Did the torch ever get lit? -- nm - Ender Feb 12, 22:11 1
- I believe NBC is in its repeatcast at the moment so you can catch it again - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 12, 23:31
A Japanese artist back in May 2008 apparently knew I was going to write my novel Freakshow later that year. This image is stunning in how much - Qale Feb 12, 22:00 [Image] 3
- huh, that's something. -- nm - b! Feb 12, 22:07 2
  - Well, it's not that crazy - Qale Feb 12, 22:25 1
    - that's what I mean! they're pretty perfect. -- nm - b! Feb 12, 22:30
WOOO! INUIT! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 21:53
NYT animation on the luge crash. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 21:46 5
- I wonder if just a netting would have helped, like they have along the ski runs. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 12, 22:38 1
  - at 90 mph, it'd have to be steel mesh like they use on an aircraft carrier. a curved plexi sides & ceiling woud be better -- nm - peglegpete Feb 12, 22:42
- yah, and that's enough. man. -- nm - b! Feb 12, 21:54
- The last pic is brutal. -- nm - Reagen Feb 12, 21:49 1
  - Yes. It just tells you there was stuff going on that couldn't be undone. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 21:52
head of Scholastic Books may become the new Publisher for DC Comics replacing Paul Levitz. -- nm - Remlik Feb 12, 21:36 2
- so, my chances are slim? -- nm - Allan Moore Feb 12, 22:22
- Reading comics is fundamental. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 21:40
Ok so for those who played Dead Rising there is a sequel coming out in august Dead Rising 2 for the xbox 360 and one of the weapons I kid you not is - eag Feb 12, 21:29 3
- And here is the proof -- (link) - eag Feb 12, 21:35 1
  - ohhhhhhh... paddlesaw. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 21:44
- awesome. -- nm - Remlik Feb 12, 21:33
I believe ? CTV just had to show the luege run again to lead its news -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 12, 21:27
Wow. Just saw the luge video on the national news. That's horrific. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 21:27 8
- The clip I saw didn't look that bad -- nm - karl_s Feb 12, 21:30 7
  - maybe it was edited? because... awful. -- nm - b! Feb 12, 21:32 6
    - Don't get me wrong its tragic. But I would like to see the raw footage -- nm - Karl Feb 12, 21:33 4
      - I'm not sure why - it's 3 seconds, and the descriptions cover what happened. - b! Feb 12, 21:52
      - Ogrish? (Nobody should ever *want* to go there.) -- nm - Qale Feb 12, 21:37
      - It's not like there's blood flying everywhere or anything. -- nm - Ender Feb 12, 21:35
      - It was all over the net today. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 21:34
    - Yeah, our news cut it off before the end. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 21:32
so remember when y'all were seeing "avatar" weeks and weeks ago? was there consensus on if it'd be at least ok non-3d? - b! Feb 12, 21:23 13
- I don't think IMAX made a huge difference, but without 3D it's a pretty, average movie. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 22:55
- I'm in the minority, but I didn't like the 3D. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 12, 21:59
- If it's not in 3D go see something else. -- nm - Redmond Feb 12, 21:27
- 3D it B. -- nm - Remlik Feb 12, 21:26
- It was definitely great non-IMAX, but you owe it to yourself to at least go 3D. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 21:25 4
  - Not that I will ever see this, but I have realized that 3D and IMAX do not go together that well. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 21:34 3
    - oh Spawn...yes it does. Just imagine Speed Racer in 3D! -- nm - Remlik Feb 12, 21:34 2
      - That is the exception. - Spawn Feb 12, 21:35 1
        
        thank god we were in the very back row! -- nm - Remlik Feb 12, 21:41
- There is absolutely no reason to go see Avatar in 2D. I don't actually recommend IMAX myself. - Qale Feb 12, 21:25 3
  - thanks, guys. that's actually what I told him I thought was the way to go. - b! Feb 12, 21:28 2
    - you might be getting a better seat in a non IMAX theatre - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 12, 21:30 1
      - yah, my past experiences with IMAX were definitely mixed; and a lot of that had to do with seating. -- nm - b! Feb 12, 21:34
Is there still a Jamaican bobsled team? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 21:21 2
- Yeah, but they didn't qualify... ? -- nm - Facto Feb 12, 21:27 1
  - I believe the answer is true -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 12, 21:27
Zed? -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 21:18 8
- That guy is awesome, he was at the Calgary Folk Festival a couple years ago. -- nm - Subversive Feb 13, 07:47
- They should have just done the Molsoj "I am Canadian" bit -- nm - Roger More Feb 12, 21:21 1
  - I believe you are right sir -- nm - lone canadian leafs fan Feb 12, 21:58
- You want some pot? -- nm - nubby Feb 12, 21:20
- Qatorce? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 12, 21:20
- Zed's dead -- nm - J Feb 12, 21:19 1
  - yup ... Zed's dead baby, (he's still) dead ... -- nm - i'm not a pulp fiction yet ! Feb 12, 21:50
- Zod -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 12, 21:19

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