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i have never seen Tron. i don't know how this happened. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 11:48 16
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  - Judging from the fact that the video game made more money than the movie, I'd say it already hadn't aged well when it first hit theatres. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:53
- It's impossibly cheesy. -- nm - David Mar 9, 11:52 1
  - well, i am going to have a lot of time on my hands shortly. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 11:53
- it's cool in the way that Last Starfighter and a lot of 80s sci fi was cool - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:50 1
  - It's been a while since I last saw it, but in my mind, the 90% of the animation of Tron still holds up. - musubi Mar 9, 11:52
- Neither have I. Though I have played the video game. -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 9, 11:50 2
  - me too! -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 11:50 1
    - and me! -- nm - Callisto Mar 9, 11:52
- I haven't seen it either, but this is no surprise, as I'm ty97 - ty97 Mar 9, 11:50 2
  - I'm pretty sure I haven't either - oblique Mar 9, 11:50 1
    - Hmm, I'm not certain if I've seen Rocky 1. I've definitely seen Rocky IV many, many times. - ty97 Mar 9, 11:52
- Nor have I. But I do like jeff bridges and bruce boxleitner, so perhaps I should rectify this. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:49 3
  - *puts your geek credentials on suspension until you see it* -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 11:50 2
    - It was in my zip list, I just boosted it to my top 10 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:52
    - "Are you sure you want to UnPark Logan's Run?" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:51
I admit it. I am head over heels in love with Jason Heyward. -- nm - David Mar 9, 11:47 3
- does he buy you 5 guys? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 9, 11:50 2
  - He would. And he'd make a great mix tape, too. -- nm - David Mar 9, 11:51 1
    - maybe, but I bet he would be needy and want you to watch his game footage over and over and over. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 9, 11:53
I got mail from the census people! - ty97 Mar 9, 11:46 1
- we don't care how censuous you are -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 9, 11:48
max, watcha gonna do if there's no Bit in the Tron Legacy? -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:43 1
- what?? no no no no no no no no -- nm - Max Mar 9, 11:47
very cool - a dozen underwater shipwrecks found in Baltic Sea. Oldest could be *800* years old. -- (link) - Andie Mar 9, 11:43 5
- and the water there does not destroy them over time in certain areas. the baltic is one of the great places to search - peglegpete Mar 9, 11:51
- *read that as "underwear" shipwrecks* -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 9, 11:48
- in two days, you can be -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:44 2
  - i know. it's very exciting. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 11:44 1
    - nmb pix - Andie Mar 9, 11:46
oh HELL NO! Dane Cook audtioned for Captain America.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 9, 11:40 8
- "You're fired." "With good cause!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 11:43 1
  - This was the first quote that popped in my head, too. -- nm - David Mar 9, 11:48
- Honestly, could he be any worse than that guy from the 1990 version of the movie? -- nm - decline Mar 9, 11:43 3
  - HA! Good call. -- nm - Remlik Mar 9, 11:47
  - I honestly didn't hate it that much. For being made for $8, it's not the worst thing I've ever seen. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 11:44
  - Why do you hate JD Salinger's son? -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 9, 11:44
- this would make me happy -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:41 1
  - He'd be ok as Superman. -- nm - Remlik Mar 9, 11:42
*still a little bitter about last night* -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 9, 11:39
My parents have been asking me advice for years, but its always depressing when they ask something really basic... - ceregon Mar 9, 11:38 1
- *headdesk* -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:39
"Slackertalk League is full" - groiny Mar 9, 11:31 8
- do you need tfox to help you locate your slot? -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:32 7
  - not that league. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 9, 11:32 6
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      - I opened Yahoo and it said I had an invite to Slackertalk League from 2009.... - groiny Mar 9, 11:36 4
        
        mcfly, hello?! - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:36 3
        
        mcFLY, I was in the slackertalk league in 2009..... - groiny Mar 9, 11:37 2
        
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        it is gone now, but it said it was an invite. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 9, 11:43
oblique: I bought the macheist bundle yesterday, I think it's worth it just for Monkey Island - Guigue Mar 9, 11:30 2
- rapid weaver is awesome too. i need to get leopard :( -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:31 1
  - It's the first of these bundle I buy. I'm interested in Monkey Island, RipIt and CoverScout mostly - Guigue Mar 9, 11:34
LYC: Another thing I like about filing in Evernote: I can scan scads of documents and then file them from anywhere. Once they're in, I can tag and - oblique Mar 9, 11:26 7
- a program like this sounds good in theory to me but (1) i would just end up keeping the paper anyway; and (2) i can think of no occasions where i - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:29 6
  - It'd be nice to have everything electronically saved in one place, but yeah I would always want hard copy backup for everything - decline Mar 9, 11:33 1
    - In one way, it's nice because it syncs to any machines you install Evernote on. So your home machine keeps a copy of all the docs - oblique Mar 9, 11:34
  - I just hate keeping the paper. Scan...shred. It started as more of a space issue for me. But having had times now where I've needed to find - oblique Mar 9, 11:32 3
    - not that i've had to go back to the paper much either. i'm reaching critical mass on a lot of old bills and stuff that can just be shredded - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:33 2
      - *nods* What's the time frame we're supposed to keep stuff anyways? 5 years? I guess it's mostly a tax question -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 11:34 1
        
        my recollection was 7 (the length of time from filing in which the IRS can audit your returns) -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:36
want to buy Mel Gibson's Malibu compound? -- (link) - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:16 9
- That's the one in Serra Retreat. He built a bigger compound about 6-7 years ago, with its own church so they could practice their pseudo-Catholic - jnine Mar 9, 11:36 4
  - lets all kill the followers of false profits, I mean prophets - zeitgeist Mar 9, 11:47
  - Gotta say, not the craziest thing I've heard. - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:38
  - Opus Dei recognize! -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:37 1
    - We found out recently one of the people we work with is a member of Opus Dei. Explains a lot, but leads to many more questions. He's a non-sharer so - jnine Mar 9, 11:39
- I love how everything's huge except for the tiny tv in the gym. -- nm - Max Mar 9, 11:34 1
  - Passion money only goes so far -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:34
- Not me. But I will challenge him to a game of lawn-chess for it. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:26 1
  - he's to old for that shit -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 11:29
How to save and share ridiculously large files -- (link) - mara Mar 9, 11:15 1
- I declare this to be incomplete. How can they not even mention drop.io? -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 11:23
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- There is unfortunately no good way to get multiple people into a public mock. - TFox Mar 9, 11:17 10
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    - I can't even locate it. -- nm - TFox Mar 9, 11:18 8
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        its shows as being full to me -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 9, 11:20 1
        
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        no, i'm just drunk, high, and dumb. -- nm - TFox Mar 9, 11:19 1
        
        "two out of three ain't bad" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:20
      - oh, haha. found it. :) - TFox Mar 9, 11:18 2
        
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        he has trouble locating the slot - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:23
- considers -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 9, 11:16
- *shakes head* -- nm - Defendant #154 SI Mar 9, 11:15
Bah, just when I'd decided I have enough in my freezer for the foreseeable future...... - MojaveMeg Mar 9, 11:08 5
- walk in, buy 1, walk out. sit in car for 5 mins, walk in, buy 1, rinse repeat -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 9, 11:10 2
  - ooh, disguises! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:19
  - They'll be on my points card, doubt I can get away with that, -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 9, 11:19
- They PULL you back in! -- nm - Al Pacino Mar 9, 11:09 1
  - You're really slipping :) (By which I mean, YSSM) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:10
The origin of Sheppard Book is revealed finally...by Joss and Zack Whedon.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 9, 11:01
As to our discussion this morning, Keith Law at ESPN says Aroldis Chapman is basically ready. - TFox Mar 9, 10:58 14
- Keith Law: still a chimpanzee. -- nm - David Mar 9, 11:00 13
  - For this or for some other reason? He's basically saying that just about every report has said. - musubi Mar 9, 11:26 12
    - Just in general. I'm not sure he has the savvy to distinguish day from night. -- nm - David Mar 9, 11:29 11
      - Hmmm. Can't say I've read anything from him since he left BP, but my impression of him was that he was one of the better ESPN baseball folks. - musubi Mar 9, 11:31 10
        
        not saying much, I think I know more about baseball then Peter Gammons. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 9, 11:37 7
        
        I'll trash any number of ESPN folks, but I still think Gammons is among the best baseball folks in the biz. (nm) - musubi Mar 9, 11:38 6
        
        He lost me when he didn't ask the question every person alive wanted to ask ARod immediately after he said he used. - Will Hunting Mar 9, 11:41 4
        
        He is what he is. If you're looking to him for hard hitting questions, you're looking at the wrong person. - musubi Mar 9, 11:44 2
        
        ...as long as the info is not negative in any way, shape for form. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 9, 11:46 1
        
        *shrug* To each their own. I still like Gammons for what he is. - musubi Mar 9, 11:49
        
        yeah, it is like he checks with the agent first to make sure he asks allowed questions. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 9, 11:43
        
        he spends too much time sucking players dicks. - groiny Mar 9, 11:39
        
        When he first got to ESPN, he correctly predicted exactly one out of seven playoff series that year. That's been about his overall track record. - David Mar 9, 11:37 1
        
        *shrug* I haven't read enough to say, but I do remember some of the stuff he did at BP was very good. (nm) - musubi Mar 9, 11:39
smallish update on the Thor movie (now 3 months into filming)..... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 9, 10:54
Shipping For Wednesday: The Time Traveller's Wife -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 10:51 5
- today: All About Steve -- nm - Max Mar 9, 11:11 1
  - you are to home video what spawn is to food -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 11:12
- of what year? - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 10:54 1
  - I'm going to be disappointed after reading the book, aren't I? -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 11:00
- Shipping for Wed: 9 - decline Mar 9, 10:52
no googling. this year's Best Actor & Actress appeared together in a 1993 film called....what? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 10:51 9
- spoils -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 9, 10:56 2
  - d'oh. that piece of crap -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 10:57 1
    - The original is worth watching though -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 11:26
- I didn't recall this and I've even seen the film. -- nm - David Mar 9, 10:55 2
  - I remembered him being in it but not her. - Reagen Mar 9, 10:58 1
    - I could probably name every character in Thing Called Love. -- nm - David Mar 9, 11:00
- hope floats? -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 10:53
- speed? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:52 1
  - ooh, just looked it up. That's a hard one. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:53
Remlik, other comics fans, are you seeing the story that the role of Captain America is John Krasinski's to lose? - Stephen Mar 9, 10:46 29
- thats pretty much the worst comic book movie news I've heard since Spiderman was going to go Twilight -- nm - Jovian Mar 9, 10:58
- Good lord, there are some terrible casting directors in Hollywood. -- nm - David Mar 9, 10:56 1
  - Ryan McPartlin! -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 9, 10:57
- Wow that's bad. -- nm - MDH Mar 9, 10:53
- He kind of fits the "before" idea more than the actual hero. - Reagen Mar 9, 10:51 2
  - hah. What's he going to turn into? Irony Man? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:54 1
    - heh-heh... -- nm - Diva Mar 9, 11:14
- I've seen him in lists, I think he'd be a great skinny Steve Rogers and he can always pack muscle on... - Remlik Mar 9, 10:51 2
  - heh, yeah, the first part is right; great skinny steve rogers. That's about as far as it goes, IMO :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:53 1
    - at this point I totally agree, but I could see him packing on muscle and traning for it. it all just depends. -- nm - Remlik Mar 9, 10:55
- Wow, what a crummy choice. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 9, 10:50
- It's against his persona for sure -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 10:48 16
  - That, and I just don't think he has the right looks for the part either. - Stephen Mar 9, 10:52 15
    - C'mon...he's a smartass in a show about an office..of course he's perfect for a strong-jawed super soldier. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 9, 10:57 14
      - so give Sam Worthington more dialect coaching and call it a day -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 9, 10:59 13
        
        He's work in look...I think Awesome from Chuck has the look; Mark Valley is too old but perfect look - Will Hunting Mar 9, 11:01 12
        
        Valley would be a perfect "older" Cap. - musubi Mar 9, 11:37
        
        agreed. I almost think they should rewrite the story to make Mark Valley work :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:02 7
        
        they could even do what they did in Ghost Rider, cast a young guy as Rogers, and then an older guy as Cap. -- nm - Remlik Mar 9, 11:06 6
        
        heh, this is what I just posted on the Marvel link on Facebook. - Stephen Mar 9, 11:31
        
        I never watched Ghost Rider ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:10 4
        
        Worst comic movie of the recent crop imo. Just a horrid movie. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 9, 11:29 2
        
        Elektra would like to have a word with you. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 11:32 1
        
        I never saw that one. - Will Hunting Mar 9, 11:40
        
        it's not terrible but not great. Just middling. C+ at best. -- nm - Remlik Mar 9, 11:12
        
        Awesome said he's tested for it. He'd look great as Cap AND Steve -- nm - Remlik Mar 9, 11:02 2
        
        And he's *already* a captain! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:02
        
        Agreed. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 11:02
- I agree with your IM, I think. But he could be looking for a shift in his image. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:48
One downside to my hike on the weekend: It broke my phone. Not physically; it somehow broke my rogers data plan. So now I can't use 3G for data. Grr. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:38 3
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  - I suspect the problem is entirely on Rogers' end. While on the hike, it left Canadian airspace and roamed to two US networks. I think the data plan .. - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:44
- cheap software? -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Mar 9, 10:40

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