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Go Rhode Island! -- nm - Dano Mar 12, 12:44 1
- werd up. they are either playing fantastic d, or St Louis didn't show up. - TFox Mar 12, 12:46
missing the modem is the same as the screeching album or - lafarrow Mar 12, 12:39 4
- or nails on the chalkboard (oh, wait, we've never escaped that one.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 12:46 2
  - We're getting closer on that though. Schools are increasingly going to whiteboards. -- nm - Ender Mar 12, 12:48
  - fwiw, in the hayes command set, there was a command to disable the modem's speaker. - Beryllium Mar 12, 12:47
- Metal Machine Music, baby -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 12:40
Can you name these TV shows, A-Z? (I missed 4) -- (link) - MDH Mar 12, 12:38
US women's soccer team beat Haiti so bad they made the goalkeeper cry -- (link) - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 12:31 1
- The controversial Earthquake goal celebration was in poor taste. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 12:33
LYC: The new Top Chef season starts filming next week in DC! -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 12:28 3
- Chef Max, you in? - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 12:29 2
  - "I call it White Grapefruit & Coke" -- nm - Max Mar 12, 12:39
  - Max: We need to find out where they have events and get invited to them! -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 12:30
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- dear jack: if you think this will stop texas teachers from teaching kids what it takes to get into top colleges - 'lia Mar 12, 12:38 7
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    - no - 'lia Mar 12, 13:05 2
      - Wow. Just, wow. - pmb Mar 12, 13:11 1
        
        wow, just, wow - 'lia Mar 12, 13:20
  - The history curriculum would have no impact on what schools kids get into. It's not on the SAT's or ACT's and otherwise it's just a grade. The - pmb Mar 12, 12:44
  - If there's one group of people I trust to go off-book, it's the Texas educational system. -- nm - TFox Mar 12, 12:40 1
    - it's easier for the public school teachers to go off book and teach what is needed - 'lia Mar 12, 12:44
- Gotta love TX. By the way last night... - MDH Mar 12, 12:30
- The internment thing is also dumb. They interned German and Italian nationals, yes. But they interned American citizens with Japanese heritage. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 12:29
Mop: MusicBee music manager. I know you've been looking around in the past for one -- (link) - oblique Mar 12, 12:25
Heh, nice timing - someone at our local paper must be reading ST :) -- (link) - MojaveMeg Mar 12, 12:21 1
- Err - tonight. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 12, 12:22
White House Press Secretary dons Canadian jersey after losing bet -- (link) - Beaker Mar 12, 12:19 5
- and so it begins . . . - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 12:22 4
  - We should have had a real bet, like Maine for New Brunswick or something -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 12:25 3
    - why the hell would you want Maine? -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 12:26 2
      - more lobster -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 12:31
      - no, we get Maine if we lose. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 12:31
Ohio State survives their first round game vs Michigan. - Will Hunting Mar 12, 12:19 3
- They weren't a tourney team last year. I had a lot of hopes for this team. Not sure what happened. -- nm - pmb Mar 12, 12:32 2
  - Yeah they were, not only that, but they won their first game. - Will Hunting Mar 12, 12:36 1
    - Huh. I'd forgotten that. -- nm - pmb Mar 12, 12:49
You don't care, but I work-tweeted 3 library-related links (to our site) and got 4 clicks. Then tweet a general info page (not our site) about how to - mara Mar 12, 12:15
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- Kim, if we got it, would we watch it or would it sit on the shelf? -- nm - David Mar 12, 12:12 3
  - oh, I imagine it'd sit on the shelf. - Callisto Mar 12, 12:27 1
    - looking real shiny, though -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 12:44
  - Also, check your email real quick. -- nm - David Mar 12, 12:13
- and don't forget the Shepard origin comicbook is coming out soon too. -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 12:09
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- ML has tradereply. -- nm - TFox Mar 12, 12:17 2
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    - the tension is palbable -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 12:19
How to make a Scion Smart Car - daughter's friend ran out of gas, her cellphone was dead so she went into a store to call AAA. This happened while - CrankYanker Mar 12, 12:00 [flickr] 8
- holy fin' crap - LYC a drunk hit my parked car over a week ago - it didn't look like that though. dang, glad she was in the store -- nm - Epiphany Mar 12, 12:03 5
  - Her dead phone saved her life. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 12, 12:05 4
    - thank god for Motorola shitty products! nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 12:07 3
      - my drunk driver tried to leave while his vehicle was still attached to mine - Epiphany Mar 12, 12:09 2
        
        "Honey, whose car is that in the driveway?" Oh, she pushed me home. -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 12, 12:28
        
        *fines him $50* -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 12:09
- uh, yikes, that sucks. Glad she wasn't in it. I assume it will be totaled? -- nm - Don Homer Mar 12, 12:03 1
  - oh yeah, it's a goner. New car, Yea! -- nm - CrankYanker Mar 12, 12:04
For the ladies out there :) - MojaveMeg Mar 12, 11:58 1
- spot on! -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Mar 12, 13:31
*puts on $0.98 Loonie hat* -- link - Beaker Mar 12, 11:58 1
- /does quiet little happy dance... -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 12, 12:05
ty97: Facebook is hiring in Austin :) -- (link) - oblique Mar 12, 11:50 1
- Hmmm, I wonder where that office will be. -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 11:57
Police blow up something in Amy Bishop's house but don't seem to know or aren't saying what. -- (link) - mara Mar 12, 11:48 6
- Ah, it was a pipe. -- nm - mara Mar 12, 12:41
- ~Throwers don't worry about ticking. Modern bombs don't tick.... - decline Mar 12, 11:52
- the Bishop?! -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 11:50
- Who? -- nm - oblique Mar 12, 11:50 1
  - crazy professor shooter lady -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 11:50
- "personal" item -- nm - Max Mar 12, 11:49
ok, so who IS playing halo tonight? nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 11:48 2
- me -- nm - JaxSean Mar 12, 12:10 1
  - nice. - groiny Mar 12, 12:36
"Yet some on HSX are predicting that The Blair Witch Project will be a runaway box office hit. Uh, sure." -- nm - June 1999 Mar 12, 11:44 4
- *pats self on the back* nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 11:49
- *shorts PASON* -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 11:49 1
  - I was gonna short Spiderman, I mean, comeon NO movie has ever opened so freakn large, glad you all talked me out of it -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 11:59
- i still can't believed i lined up to see that on opening weekend -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 11:46
Having read the backboards, does *anyone* here agree with last night's Survivor elimination? -- nm - David Mar 12, 11:44 19
- if you haven't, you should read Probst's blog about the episode posted on the BB. Good read. -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 12:13
- spoils - Roger More Mar 12, 11:48 3
  - spoils - Callisto Mar 12, 12:11 1
    - oops, my mistake -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 12:16
  - spoils - Roger More Mar 12, 11:52
- I do! I do! - decline Mar 12, 11:46
- sure - spoils - Beaker Mar 12, 11:46 6
  - I think it guarentees them one thing..... (spoils) - groiny Mar 12, 11:47 5
    - But it's not like (spoils) - Spawn s.I. Mar 12, 11:50 4
      - errr sfan -- nm - Stephen Mar 12, 11:56
      - it's still the stupidest possible vote they could have made for the tribe -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 11:51 1
        
        Yup. -- nm - David Mar 12, 12:12
      - well (spoils) - groiny Mar 12, 11:50
- that is was dumb? yes. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 11:45
- nooope - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 11:45
- I'll let you know after I watch it. -- nm - b. Mar 12, 11:45 3
  - i still haven't seen a spoiler. hooray for meetings! :) -- nm - TFox Mar 12, 11:54 2
    - we've been pretty good about hiding them today. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 11:54 1
      - pretty good, but I know at least one player that wasn't voted off. and... - b. Mar 12, 12:33
What is this "Full Movies" group at Facebook you all keep inviting me to? -- nm - TWuG Mar 12, 11:35 6
- I assume Mel's just trying to lure me into another of his sex parties. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 11:45
- I keep getting that from Mel. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 12, 11:35 4
  - I didn't want to name names. - TWuG Mar 12, 11:37 3
    - So do I (I don't think Mel knows his account is sending them) -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 11:38 2
      - Facebook is evil!!! (nm) - Spawn s.I. Mar 12, 11:46 1
        
        but I have never used it. nm -- nm - Spwan Mar 12, 11:47
glory! - b. Mar 12, 11:32
Poll: Best and/or favourite science/technology/history show ever -- nm - zork Mar 12, 11:31 22
- Journey to the Edge of the Universe, Cosmos, Engineering An Empire -- nm - zork Mar 12, 11:45
- Engineering an Empire, Warriors, and dozens of others from the History Channel that I can't think of off the top of my head -- nm - Stephen Mar 12, 11:44 1
  - Robo-Cop kicks ass as a teacher. Did you know he teaches (or taught anyway) at Syracuse? -- nm - zork Mar 12, 11:48
- Voyagers! -- nm - Max Mar 12, 11:40 6
  - oh, nonfiction, there used to be a tech show based in Australia that played on TLC or something. - Max Mar 12, 11:42 5
    - Beyond 2000? -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 11:43 3
      - Used to be one of my favourite shows ever. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 12:45
      - I think that's it - thanks! I've been struggling to remember the title for a while. -- nm - Max Mar 12, 11:48 1
        
        my opening has warped your fragile little mind - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 11:59
    - that sure narrows it down -- nm - zork Mar 12, 11:43
- 5th gear -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 11:39
- I don't know about ever, but Battle 360 is pretty good -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:36
- Mr. Wizards World -- nm - JaxSean Mar 12, 11:35
- Look Around You -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 11:35
- as a kid: 321 Contact; as an adult: Ken Burns's The War? - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 11:33 1
  - for kids, Popular Mechanics For Kids is good (and features a young Elisha Cuthbert) - zork Mar 12, 11:49
- i always like Jack Horkheimer, the Star Hustler -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 11:32 1
  - that guy's a dork! - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 11:33
- Connections probably. So glad that I finally found a torrent of that. -- nm - zork Mar 12, 11:32 1
  - yes, definately an eye opener -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 12, 12:01
- mst3k -- nm - dogbert Mar 12, 11:32 1
  - ok, serious answer: battle bots -- nm - dogbert Mar 12, 11:41
LIR: pixie: Hmm. Adventurer's Guild if I recall correctly. But I was a Fidonet Hub for Illinois so I mostly just ran the message exchange - oblique Mar 12, 11:29 3
- i missed out on BBS. the closest thing was getting free Prodigy at Software Etc. when I worked there - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 11:31 2
  - Ha! It still lives on the Internet. Scroll down to ALTAIR. Still has my name on it -- (link) - oblique Mar 12, 11:33 1
    - LYC, but this site even has the full release text file -- (link) - oblique Mar 12, 11:37
They say "It's cancelled because 19 people were hurt last year," and I see, "14,981 people enjoy 200-year old tradition." - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 11:29 7
- go to pamplona then -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 11:40
- your sister should bring her own wheel of cheese. if there is no law against running down a hill, it'll be kind of hard to cancell it -- nm - dogbert Mar 12, 11:37
- At first I read it as 19 people DIED - Guigue Mar 12, 11:35 2
  - I like those odds! -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 11:40
  - easy, you build a stadium (colluseum if you will) and sell seats -- nm - dogbert Mar 12, 11:39
- They cancelled our university's Engineers vs. Agros event even though no one ever was hurt. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 11:30 1
  - heh. I read that as Argos -- nm - zork Mar 12, 11:33
Not only is there an ice dancer named Tessa Virtue, there's a male Singles skater named Matthew Precious. -- nm - Diva Mar 12, 11:29 9
- no Stella Moon? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 12, 11:42
- There's an Australian skeleton driver named Melissa Hoar. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 11:32
- they should so totally form a dective agency, to fight crime in their spare time! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 11:31 5
  - Using their status in the international figure skating circuit as a cover! -- nm - Diva Mar 12, 11:35 4
    - "cheezit boys! Precious and Virtue are on to our game" -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 11:36 3
      - That solves it, commissioner. I think it's safe to put The Case of the Murderous Zamboni.....on ice! -- nm - Precious & Virtue Mar 12, 11:39 2
        
        The victim got hit by the bullet and did a slow death spiral to the ground. -- nm - zork Mar 12, 11:41
        
        and then they would end each show with a little skating routine to the hot song of the week -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 11:41
- She be hot. -- nm - Shaun Mar 12, 11:31
Telnet represent! -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 11:27 6
- sad that future generations will not have the pavlovian response of the sound of a dial-up modem connecting to the host -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 11:29 5
  - pssshhhhhhtttttbzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzkrssssh hhhblip...boingyboingy! -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 11:36 2
    - beeeedeeeeedeeeee....pshhhhhhhhhhhclick -- nm - znufrii Mar 12, 11:41 1
      - That will be an Audio Daily Double on College Jeopardy soon -- nm - zork Mar 12, 11:43
  - How will they understand old Beck songs? It'll be like reading Chaucer. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 11:30
  - NO CARRI@@!#$%&($@#(* -- nm - oblique Mar 12, 11:29
~ I talk to God as much as I talk to Satan cuz I like to hear both sides. ~ -- nm - JaxSean Mar 12, 11:26 1
- A talk with Satan is more interesting because he will actually talk back. -- nm - Kick Ass Mar 12, 11:29

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