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When capitalizing a title, is it "High-Tech" or "High-tech"? -- nm - Mop (224 lbs) Apr 7, 08:48 2
- Like in a headline? I' -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 08:50 1
  - d generally capitalise -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 08:51
Regina senior jailed following 9-1-1 call asking where pound key was on telephone Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/life/Regina+seni or+jailed+f -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:47 1
- erph, I'm starting to dislike sites that modify the copy-paste buffer dynamically using javascript. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:47
ah, love. 27 yo Star reporter (who dated Jon Gosselin) engaged to Lindsay's 60 yo father. -- (link) - Andie Apr 7, 08:43
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- Offensive. -- nm - Kick Ass Apr 7, 08:43
- How will kids understand the benefit of freedom, if they don't grow up in at least two totalitarian regimes? (Home and school) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:43
- couldn't that be seen as kinda of offensive? -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 08:43 3
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    - I am kinda embarassed at some of the shirts I see when walking in a mall with my daughter. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 08:48
  - to whom? Lady Gaga? -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 08:44
"You Rented: The Reader. We Suggest: Sophie's Choice." ... OK, sure, I rented The Reader - on Nov 12th! I haven't watched it yet. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:42
Tiki Barber leaving his 8 month pregnant wife (with twins) for intern half her age -- (link) - Beaker Apr 7, 08:31 7
- There really should just be a section of the newspaper (like the classifieds or police blotter) titled "Famous people failing to live up to their - pmb Apr 7, 08:45
- Come on, tell it right. "Tiki Barber Pulls A Tom Brady On His Pregnant Wife" -- nm - Kick Ass Apr 7, 08:39
- "it would be hilarious if the babies came out looking like Ronde." -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 08:36 2
  - I can't help but think that the yellow fever comment is offensive in some way ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:38 1
    - Offensive comments?! On the internet!? Hehe. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 08:44
- I think his wife is hotter; she has a mannish face. -- nm - David Apr 7, 08:34
- That will make a great children's book. -- nm - Dano Apr 7, 08:32
I Haloed last night with *no* STers. - Kick Ass Apr 7, 08:26 26
- maybe, but it take longer to improve. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 08:31 3
  - Oh, I know. It was just funny (and shocking). - Kick Ass Apr 7, 08:38 2
    - I had babysit detail last night, and I was tired from several late halo nights - groiny Apr 7, 08:40
    - I didn't turn my xbox on last night - I watched RocknRolla and went swimming/cycling at the pool. Me = Not Guilty. :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:39
- It's was tRuMaN's idea to use the noobs as human shields! He said he'd betray me if I said anything!! -- nm - Mop (220 lbs) Apr 7, 08:30 20
  - i think of them more as kill inducers. i just follow them around, and steal their kills. - tRuMaN Apr 7, 08:31 19
    - that and hogging all the power weapons. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 08:32 18
      - bah, humbug. Weren't you born with a power weapon? :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:34 1
        
        that is a completely different kind of pod launcher. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 08:35
      - yeah, you know me, taking that sniper rifle, shotgun, and pod launcher every time they spawn. - tRuMaN Apr 7, 08:33 15
        
        and I am more than happy to let you have it. - groiny Apr 7, 08:34 14
        
        word. My newest love is the carbine. -- nm - Kick Ass Apr 7, 08:41 13
        
        blech - groiny Apr 7, 08:42 3
        
        actually, its not a bad weapon, its basically the BR but - tRuMaN Apr 7, 08:48 2
        
        Hate those pistols, though. -- nm - Kick Ass Apr 7, 08:50
        
        I never even pick them up. - groiny Apr 7, 08:49
        
        that's the one that shoots green energy bolts, right? It's surprisingly deadly in the right hands. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:42 8
        
        its the br equivalent, not the plasma pistol which shoots the green globs. - tRuMaN Apr 7, 08:45 2
        
        Cut him some slack. It's not like he's played Halo with us in the last six months. -- nm - David Apr 7, 08:49
        
        yes, that's why I used the word "bolts", like you would find in a crossbow. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:48
        
        Yup. On boundless I was cleaning up with it, both close and distant. -- nm - Kick Ass Apr 7, 08:45
        
        I don't get the love for that one. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 08:43 3
        
        It's surprisingly deadly in my hands. -- nm - Kick Ass Apr 7, 08:45 2
        
        well, you also were professing your mad Warthog skills to.... - groiny Apr 7, 08:47 1
        
        On Sandtrap, I will agree. before this week had seen the map a total of 4 times. -- nm - Kick Ass Apr 7, 08:49
- probably because you are playing more similiarly ranked players. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 7, 08:29
Can we give Mike Gonzalez back to Atlanta? - Will Hunting Apr 7, 08:22 12
- Oi! -- nm - David Apr 7, 08:25 2
  - If Pat Burrell didn't suck as a hitter, it never woulda been that bad. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 08:26
  - maybe you can send them Melky Cabrera for him. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 08:25
- I have faith in him, it was one bad outing. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 08:24 2
  - Being the first outing for us, I'm ready to send him back. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 08:30 1
    - Oi, I say. -- nm - David Apr 7, 08:35
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  - RBI's are a function of who's on in front of you. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 08:25 3
    - see, if you guys played with the lineup that I would like you to use... - groiny Apr 7, 08:36 2
      - It's expected here that at some point, Weiters will slide into the clean-up spot and Tejada will slide. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 08:37 1
        
        I would go with.... - groiny Apr 7, 08:39
  - I agree, Tejada is a double play machine, and not on the defensive side of the field. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 08:25
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- Pretty sure they expected as much. -- nm - Kick Ass Apr 7, 08:22
- thanks for the warning... -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 08:21 4
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    - you don't have to tell *me* that... - znufrii Apr 7, 08:23 2
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        That's a tough call... -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 08:29
wait, cbs doesnt have the most recent late late shows on their site? - tRuMaN Apr 7, 08:15
Lost spoils - Jovian Apr 7, 08:11 2
- further speculation based on B2 post ... if Desmond ... - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 7, 08:14 1
  - hmmm... (spoilers) - znufrii Apr 7, 08:20
WTF, why is Felix Pie starting ahead of Reimold???? - groiny Apr 7, 08:08 1
- Reimold is still a tad gimpy from his Achilles surgery so he's not starting consistently till he can run well. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 08:18
Berry: ST suggestion. Have the "-- (link)" part of the post title actually open up the interior link in a new window/tab -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 08:02 3
- The little icon does that. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 08:06 2
  - Indeed. The little icon also turns red for NSFW links, and if you hover over it, it gives you the link's title from the IM -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 08:30
  - oh hell. it does -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 08:08
sigh, my grandmother has decided she doesnt want to eat food anymore. - tRuMaN Apr 7, 07:48 20
- I remember my mom being like that in hospice. The family would bring her anything they thought she might eat. She *never* would have bought - MojaveMeg Apr 7, 08:41
- Sorry. When my grandma died last year in Florida, I was very glad I made the all night drive to go see her. Hang in there. -- nm - Kick Ass Apr 7, 08:23 2
  - tis sorta what i am doing this weekend. - tRuMaN Apr 7, 08:46 1
    - Can't leave Friday? -- nm - Kick Ass Apr 7, 08:46
- sorry man, stay strong -- nm - Jovian Apr 7, 08:12
- I'm sorry truman. My thoughts are with you all. -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 08:11
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  - she had a bunch of mini strokes followed by a heart attack a couple of weeks ago - tRuMaN Apr 7, 08:13 1
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- Sorry to hear this. Best wishes to her and you. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 08:04
- sorry. I know how tough this can be. -- nm - decline Apr 7, 08:02
- :( -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 07:55
- that's terrible. and tell your boss to screw off, you're taking monday off. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 07:55 2
  - agreed. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 08:17
  - Agreed. So sorry, Tru. -- nm - Inigo Apr 7, 08:03
- so sorry to hear :( -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 07:53
- well it's not (in most cases) a consitious (sic) decission - Danedukenuuk Apr 7, 07:51 2
  - she be in the hospital after having - tRuMaN Apr 7, 07:54 1
    - my mom did the same - Danedukenuuk Apr 7, 08:00
- sorry man, I know how that is. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 07:48
Dumb question......in a normal curve, a standard deviation covers about 68% of the records, 2 SD's cover about 95% - Will Hunting Apr 7, 07:44 3
- 1.28 standard deviations -- (link) - Roger More Apr 7, 07:52 1
  - Thanks. I hate when math involves more letters than numbers. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 07:54
- this sounds like a joke, but isn't there a chart for that ? ... - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 7, 07:48
Whoo. Just picked up the Little Big Planet GOTY edition for $14.96+tax. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 07:41 3
- I've got to say Heavy Rain is one of the most unusual games I've ever played - decline Apr 7, 07:46 2
  - it looks like an updated Shenmue. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 08:14
  - Haven't touched it yet, but I am looking forward to playing it eventually. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 07:47
I'm happy that big faced Andrew Lincoln (from Love Actually) has been cast as lead in the Walking Dead. -- nm - LMS Apr 7, 07:36
So I want to find a single-player game that I'll enjoy playing tonight on my laptop with meager graphics capabilities (Intel chipset). Do I: - oblique Apr 7, 07:32 18
- Transport Tycoon Deluxe, Open Edition -- (link) - ty97 Apr 7, 07:55
- i wonder if I could get torchlight installed on my dell mini and take it with me this weekend. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 7, 07:48 3
  - I'm trying to figure out what a "Steam Cloud" game means. Does it always mean saved games are stored online or does it vary by title? -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 07:49 2
    - Sounds like always stored online. -- (link) - mara Apr 7, 07:59
    - no idea. though i will say i found dragon age: origins to be a fun game. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 7, 07:49
- pr0n -- nm - budice Apr 7, 07:41
- Torchlight -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:34 9
  - I haven't been motivated to play Torchlight recently which is my only hesitation - oblique Apr 7, 07:36 8
    - oh you already have it? I would try a new game then. -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:37 7
      - That was my distinction between "Download" and "Buy". I already have Torchlight and L4D - oblique Apr 7, 07:37 6
        
        I'd vote for Mass Effect 2. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 07:42
        
        L4D2 then. -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:40 4
        
        I've only played L4D in multiplayer mode. Is it worth going through the single player campaign once? -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 07:49 3
        
        imo, L4D is boring by yourself. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 07:53 2
        
        How about L4D2? -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 07:54 1
        
        Haven't played it, but I can only assume that it's also boring for one person. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 08:06
- Ikariam -- nm - Redmond Apr 7, 07:33 1
  - I think you missed the single player part -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 07:35
So my wife ran out yesterday and bought an ipad. Played with it a little. It's a fun little toy, but I stand by my thoughts on it so far. - pmb Apr 7, 07:28 10
- Only Apple can get people to spend $500 on a device they're not sure they want or need. nm - Dignan Apr 7, 08:05 1
  - and wiggie -- nm - Dano Apr 7, 08:39
- Told you to buy her a MacBook - ty97 Apr 7, 07:36 2
  - Actually I feel like I got off easy. If she can use this it's $500 bucks cheaper. -- nm - pmb Apr 7, 07:37 1
    - It's a gateway drug. Just wait. -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 07:52
- I don't see it as a replacement device at all and don't critique it as such. I think if you're trying to have it take the place of a laptop - oblique Apr 7, 07:34 4
  - I get what you're saying, but that is sort of my criticism as to its longer term upside. - pmb Apr 7, 07:42 2
    - I concur. It needs to define its market space and purpose for existing. -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 07:53
    - The long term viability is one reason I'm waiting. It could be that the apps + iPhone OS 4 turn it into an amazing platform - oblique Apr 7, 07:45
  - I can see it as a replacement for a netbook - albeit an expensive one - but can see it appealing to that user base -- nm - decline Apr 7, 07:39
I'm sure I'm the only one checking them out, but Jonny Fairplay has been doing Survivor recaps over at GeekWeek.com (spoils) - Jim Apr 7, 07:26 6
- he thought he should have been invited back after quitting the last time? what a tool. -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:28 5
  - Exactly. Dude's a complete tool-bag. But, he does hit the nail on the head more often than not. - Jim Apr 7, 07:38 1
    - I can see that, they all hate him already so he has no friendships to protect like so many of them do. -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:41
  - he didn't quit, did he? IIRC he was voted out (unanimously) -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 07:31 1
    - Oh, I see what you mean - talking about how he missed his wife and daughter -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 07:32
  - (and I loved him his first go-round, one of my all-time faves at the time) -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:28
Apple iPad users report wi-fi problems -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Apr 7, 07:24 3
- never buy the first model of anything -- nm - Redmond Apr 7, 07:30 2
  - ot the first version of any software -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 7, 07:31 1
    - this has got to be a hardware problem. they are on version 3 or 4 of the OS for this thing. - decline Apr 7, 07:41
man, work is a fvcking bitch so far this morning... -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:21 1
- you are describing the last 3 weeks of my work life perfectly. -- nm - Diva Apr 7, 08:01
NYC Transit question: Is the A or the E faster from JFK to Manhattan? - ty97 Apr 7, 07:17 5
- E is generally faster to Midtown, A is faster to Downtown. - znufrii Apr 7, 07:22 4
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    - of course the fastest way would be LIRR to Penn Sta., but that's also more expensive. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 07:30 2
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        true, depends on the wait time. travel time is only 20 minutes to midtown, though. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 07:38
Audio slideshow: Storm's sleeves -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Apr 7, 07:16

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