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ooh i'd almost forgotten them. eurogliders! -- (link) - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:15 [youtube]
um, did we miss this ? SITWAP, but about a week or so ago Elton John was quoted as having basically called ... - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 8, 21:09 2
- He was 33 and unmarried, which when you consider the life spans of the times, meant lifetime bachelor, very heard of in that culture (maybe not rome) - zeitgeist Mar 8, 21:24
- The dude spent all his time hanging around with 13 dudes. -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 21:11
I mentioned the failure of not seeing JB live was because Im sure if I did it would have been a paradigm shift, a musical epiphany which I've had... - zeitgeist Mar 8, 21:09
Georgetown law school professor leading the way in banning laptops from the classroom -- (link) - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:08 51
- I would think that most law, proceedings, filings, records, in court, conferences, most all contracts are now digital, - zeitgeist Mar 8, 21:26
- That is simply stupid. Sorry. Dude needs to get with the times. Turn the internet off if you must. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:10 49
  - Ridiculous. You don't need a laptop to take notes. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:18 41
    - I would bet that most younger people can type faster than write. Typing notes is extremely efficient. I have 2 full 4 inch binders of notes every 6-8 - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:23 25
      - I think most of us here have done coursework of that nature and the funny thing is, it's not that crazy. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 21:26 24
        
        Hell, you might even learn some organizational skills. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:27
        
        well, yeah. Flipping through the whole binder is part of the studying process. - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:27
        
        It is absolutely possible, just very inefficient. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:27 21
        
        The point the prof is arguing though, is that having them in the classroom made the learning environment very inefficient. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 21:33 2
        
        Schools and prof need to stop telling students how to study. At the professional level, the student should know what works best. For some people it is - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:35 1
        
        learning how to study and acquire knowledge is the *primary* purpose of higher education. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:37
        
        not really. the process of converting written notes to computer (if you feel the need) actually reinforces the material in your mind -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:29 17
        
        exactly. The more senses you involve in the process, the better. - Reagen Mar 8, 21:30 1
        
        "Fifth amendment case law? I know this ... cherry pie!" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:31
        
        Who would have time for that? Why not just type it in the first place. Pixie, you are crazy. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:30 14
        
        my entire law school class? -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:30 13
        
        pfft. Like law students have heavy workloads. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:31 1
        
        they just buy lots of booze for their instructors and then obtain incriminating evidence on them via coercion ... A+! :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:32
        
        When did you graduate? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:31 10
        
        why does that change things? Has there been a change in the way people learn? -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:32 3
        
        Yes -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:36 1
        
        what, is it by osmosis now? Have they invented the Matrix jack when I wasn't looking? - Reagen Mar 8, 21:38
        
        Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:33
        
        1998 -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:32 5
        
        Wow dude. Where decent laptops even around then? No wonder you hand wrote. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:34 4
        
        *laugh* -- nm - b! Mar 8, 21:37
        
        yes, we used them to fight off the bands of roaming velociraptors. Like word processing is a difficult function for a laptop. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:36
        
        my best friend had a laptop. several other students did. still took notes by hand -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:35
        
        Yes, they were called Thinkpads. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:34
    - Well, he does. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 21:20 14
      - we mocked the dudes that used laptops for note taking. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:23 13
        
        hehe.. the times have changed quite a bit. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:26 7
        
        no, you're still dumb if you can't take notes by hand -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:27 6
        
        Who said I can't take notes by hand? It is just more efficient on the computer. Do you hand write your screenplays too? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:29 3
        
        some people use old-fashioned *typewriters* for screenplays. That is just crazytalk. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:30
        
        lots of working, professional screenwriters do exactly that - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:30 1
        
        hehe.. love the IM. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:31
        
        realistically, the professors should be providing the notes. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:28 1
        
        They do. It is quite nice. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:29
        
        how on earth can you use hashtags in a legal pad though? - TFox Mar 8, 21:24 1
        
        actually ... that's not a half-bad idea for a speed-note-taking app -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:25
        
        I wonder where they are now ... - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:24 2
        
        add "without a laptop" to the end of that last sentence -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:24 1
        
        (another reason that I suck at written note taking ... random interjections, and leaving space for them) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:25
  - Plus, by the time someone reaches professional school they shouldn't be babysit anymore. If someone wants to surf the net, then let them. Their waste - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:12 6
    - They are also old enough to determine if they plan to listen in class or surf the net. If it's the latter, don't bother coming to class. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 21:22 5
      - True, I don't understand why people come to class to surf the web. Doesn't really bother me. I sit towards the front. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:24 1
        
        is that where the best dozing chairs are? :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:25
      - and it's incredibly disresepectful to the professor, for another thing. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:23 2
        
        And distracting to the others in class. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 21:24 1
        
        this much is true, for sure, with most laptop keyboards -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:28
Hulk Hogan! -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 8, 21:07
"Wow, you did it. You made figure skating sound even gayer." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 8, 21:06 2
- you been talkin to crash? -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 21:07 1
  - No. Just watching episodes of Modern Family on Hulu. --nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 8, 21:09
I have nver seen James Brown live, a failure of life -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 20:34 11
- Funny, I spent the night doing taxes and listening to James Brown tracks on You Tube. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 20:57
- I have never seen Nickelback live. I have no regrets, and no plans to rectify this. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 20:49 4
  - I'm watching the T*A*M*I concert on the pbs beg night, with all these performances shot in the mid 60's in b&w - zeitgeist Mar 8, 20:58 3
    - I just simply don't have the connection to music that other people seem to have. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:16 2
      - the weird thing is, I can't sing a note, have no sense of time, scale, nothing, yet love music -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 21:29 1
        
        Well, I'm not saying I hate music. I do enjoy it. I just don't invest much time in it. - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:30
- how about Miles? - peglegpete Mar 8, 20:46
- never saw Cocteau Twins or Everything But The Girl live. don't think they're ever going to tour again - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 20:39 2
  - oh and The Smiths, though that would likely have been tough -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 20:41 1
    - how soon is now is one of my all time favorite songs - it can't be played loudly enough - especially when driving in a convertible along lake mich. -- nm - JenBro Mar 8, 21:04
- well, grab a shovel then. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 20:36
Happiness is Maverick in HD permanently stored on the TiVo. - David Mar 8, 20:34 12
- PS: Maverick comes on HDNet in an hour and twenty minutes. If you have never seen it, you should. - David Mar 8, 20:54
- It will be so weird to see Rockford not be Rockford, ya know? - Beryllium Mar 8, 20:36 8
  - Have you never seen the Maverick tv show? -- nm - David Mar 8, 20:40 6
    - No, I was just reading about it. Sounds like I should add it to my queue beside Have Gun Will Travel. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 20:42 5
      - HGWT is now being broadcast on Enchore Western Channel 2 times a day -- nm - peglegpete Mar 8, 20:45 1
        
        nice. (unfortunately, I don't get that channel ... and I need to finish watching Hawaii Five-O first :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 20:47
      - (I did find a bit of interesting trivia about it that I wanted to IM you about) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 20:43 2
        
        Email it. I'm on the iPhone. -- nm - David Mar 8, 20:44 1
        
        done -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 20:47
  - he's pretty Rockford in it -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 20:39
- "You held your breath." -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 20:35 1
  - "When they cut my hands off, my lucky shirt will fit." -- nm - David Mar 8, 20:40
Food, Inc. is really interesting. -- nm - TFox Mar 8, 20:34 3
- I wish it had more suggestions in stead of just making me feel terrible about everything I eat. Though I did like it. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 8, 20:38 2
  - There were some things at the end, during the credits, including a website to visit. Though, I have to admit I don't know if offhand. -- nm - Qale Mar 8, 21:10
  - I don't know if I need solutions. Just the education. It's good info to know. -- nm - TFox Mar 8, 20:41
Just got around to watching the Glee Season Finale....first time in a long time that I actually liked a season finale. It had a feel good ending. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 8, 20:30
~baby are you down down down down down~ -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 20:12
sadly, i miss the days where the end of a wwe show - tRuMaN Mar 8, 20:07 3
- It's the Wrestlemania build up, they seem to end with the heels on top leading up to it. -- nm - Tim Mar 8, 20:07 2
  - ' - tRuMaN Mar 8, 20:13 1
    - sigh, i hit some key right before i hit enter. the outer message was supposed to be - tRuMaN Mar 8, 20:14
Nice. FFXIII shipped for tomorrow, and the hardcover guide should arrive by the end of the week. - Jelly Mar 8, 20:00 4
- I will be missing out on FF13 as I did not get an XBOX or PS3 as of yet. -- nm - Qale Mar 8, 20:31
- i never buy the books, because by tomorrow night, the first 1/3 of a walkthrough will be available online - tRuMaN Mar 8, 20:15
- I just got our shipping notification for both as well. *glee* -- nm - David Mar 8, 20:02 1
  - its sad, i was thinking of going to bed early tonight so i could get more sleep - tRuMaN Mar 8, 20:16
college basketball is stupid anyway. -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 19:57 1
- ~ oh no, william & mary won't do ~ -- (link) - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 20:03 [youtube]
huh. it appears one of the geologists I used to work with was killed in an avalanche backcountry skiing near Salt Lake at the end of January. - mafic Mar 8, 19:51 1
- I think skiiers underestimate the dangers doing this ... my brother who lives out West has so many stories of friends and strangers having this happen - JenBro Mar 8, 20:38
I love William Regeal. -- nm - Remlik Mar 8, 19:49 1
- maybe you'll be the next ST'er to become engaged :) -- nm - peglegpete Mar 8, 20:09
you could park a bus on lindsay lohan's forehead. is this from drugs? (site nsfw) -- (link) - miss amanda jones Mar 8, 19:44 22
- Can't open it, but I thought she had a big forehead in Parent Trap. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 8, 20:28 2
  - Yeah, some people just have big foreheads. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 20:30 1
    - Hers has been the same all her life............ -- (link) - CrankYanker Mar 8, 20:34 [Image]
- Is it wrong that this post REALLY cracked me up? nm - Jim Mar 8, 20:02
- Are we looking at the next Britney Murphey? -- nm - Redmond Mar 8, 19:55
- Mischa looks nice though, even if unrecognizable. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 19:55 1
  - it's weird colouring. It's like they cut her out of a 1940s photo. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 20:01
- looks better than she did at the Ungaro show in paris -- (link) - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 19:48 7
  - err, Galliano -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 19:48 6
    - I was gonna say, she didn't go to Ungaro because they fired her. She also missed Dior because she was late (had a reserved front row seat0 -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 19:53 5
      - who in the hell at this point utters the sentence "Oh, let's invite Lohan, that'll turn out well"? -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 19:55 4
        
        (non-sarcastically, that is) -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 19:56 3
        
        the way she's been missing events lately, I wouldn't expect her to show. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 19:58 2
        
        but that's my point. Why even invite her? -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 20:06 1
        
        because the Sun loves a train wreck. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 20:10
- at this point, I would note that these photos are of a *23* year old. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 19:45 6
  - unrelated observation: australians generally look at least ten years older. too much time in the sun. -- nm - mafic Mar 8, 20:07
  - Suzy Amis is in 48 going on Crypt Keeper. -- nm - David Mar 8, 19:46 4
    - You know Cameron's working on fixing that in post. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 19:50 1
      - please god don't let it be 3D. -- nm - miss amanda jones Mar 8, 20:01
    - amis is just 48? holy crap. -- nm - miss amanda jones Mar 8, 19:50 1
      - ditto -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 19:55
Hot Tub Time Machine Soundtrack listing - ty97 Mar 8, 19:43 1
- *twitch* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 8, 20:05
�Hiiiiii Phil [insert meow here]� -- nm - David Mar 8, 19:39
The Seattle Seahawks traded backup quarterback Seneca Wallace(notes) to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a 2011 undisclosed draft pick. - David Mar 8, 19:34 1
- Troy Smith must be despondent right about now. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 8, 20:15
"I did something much worse in it after The Phantom Menace." - JaxSean Mar 8, 19:26
I've been told it's okay to let some of them go. -- nm - David Mar 8, 19:25 1
- Attaboy. nm - ralph wiggum Mar 8, 19:29
here's a working tv writer's take on the awesome state of the creative opportunities for writers in television today -- (link) - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 19:20
"There is one hot...wild...kinky thing that I like to do." -- nm - Det. Kate Beckett Mar 8, 19:19
450 hours, 58 minutes till the draft! -- nm - dogbert Mar 8, 19:02 5
- Related: do we think Aroldis Chapman is going to open the season in the rotation? -- nm - TFox Mar 8, 19:09 4
  - The Braves were planning him to start in high A ball if he'd signed. He's not a major league ready pitcher as I understand it. -- nm - David Mar 8, 19:19 2
    - That was my understanding as well. I'm surprised that the Reds are giving him a shot at the back of the rotation. -- nm - TFox Mar 8, 19:23 1
      - I have to believe that's being overstated. -- nm - David Mar 8, 19:26
  - My guess is no. He'll be up later this year. -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 19:16
i love how the Beatles knockoff band can't sing actual Beatles songs - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 18:55
After watchin Mark Harmon on Bonnie Hunt last week I think that he and John Barrowman should play brothers if they haven't already. -- nm - the liioulu with 1 1/4" O.D. Mar 8, 18:41 1
- great idea. -- nm - Remlik Mar 8, 18:47
"Her first baby came out sideways. She didn't scream or nuthin'." -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 18:39 4
- Where's your other hand? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 8, 18:41 3
  - "The Bears have a great team this year." -- nm - David Mar 8, 18:42 2
    - "17 dollars... and a hell of a nice watch." -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 18:44 1
      - "I'm gonna have to say good night." -- nm - David Mar 8, 18:49
oh, it's not that Dixie Carter - ty97 Mar 8, 18:39 4
- "This week, on a very special Designing Women..." -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 18:42 3
  - somewhat related: my brother used to love Delta Burke. I never understood that one. -- nm - mafic Mar 8, 19:31 1
    - ain't nuthin' wrong with that -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 19:34
  - I was trying to understand how that career trajectory worked. -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 18:45
Trailer For Every Oscar-Winning Movie Ever -- (link) - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 18:38 [youtube] 1
- From watching those trailers I can tell they all suck! -- nm - Spawn si Mar 8, 19:04

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