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Neil Armstrong criticizes Obama's Space strategy -- (link) - oblique Apr 14, 08:30 5
- Dont blame him. Its really not a space strategy. It's more of a "we really arent gonna do much in space anymore" strategy -- nm - Jovian Apr 14, 08:32 4
  - I don't see much benefit for the public in manned space travel - ty97 Apr 14, 08:38
  - I think that's simplifying too much. There'll still be plenty of space exploration through probes, robots, etc -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 08:37
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    - Until the private sector develops something cheaper, sure -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 08:39
Jeter re-negotiated his contract after last season, right? Anyone know what he makes now? -- nm - HdnAgnda Apr 14, 08:25 6
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  - No rush, he's not going anywhere. :-) - Krusty Apr 14, 08:33 1
    - yup. -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 08:36
- $22,600,000 according to yahoo sports -- nm - decline Apr 14, 08:28 1
  - Wow. How many years was that contract? I ask because we're discussing salaries and Alex Ovechkin's 13 yr 124m contract which comes out to - HdnAgnda Apr 14, 08:40
- looks like $21M -- (link) - TFox Apr 14, 08:28
Cats + iPad = cute -- (link) - oblique Apr 14, 08:19 [youtube]
I'm either having a "Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?" day today, or a "that wasn't a tear that rolled down my cheek, right?" day. - TFox Apr 14, 08:14 2
- That time of the month for ya? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 08:15 1
  - apparently. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 08:18
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- along other Lost lines, check out the name of the subject of this story: -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 14, 08:26
- Yea, another question from last night (spoiler) - amoxy Apr 14, 08:24 3
  - (spoiler guess) - JaxSean Apr 14, 08:29 2
    - spoils - Jovian Apr 14, 08:31 1
      - (spoils) - JaxSean Apr 14, 08:35
- spoils - Jovian Apr 14, 08:20
- I was struck by that too. -- nm - Ender Apr 14, 08:19 1
  - Better that than a - HdnAgnda Apr 14, 08:23
Yesterday's awwww moment: The couple that bought our former house from us just had a baby - prayformojo Apr 14, 08:08
It is disturbing how much I laugh at Family Guy. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 08:06 1
- I agree...Did you see the Horton hears a who parody? - amoxy Apr 14, 08:09
Introduce a financial transaction tax for people and the planet now! -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Apr 14, 08:04 1
- we used to have something like that here - znufrii Apr 14, 08:11
I predict this will end in . . . laughter. Matt Parker and Trey Stone to collaborate on Mormon Musical. -- (link) - landbeck Apr 14, 08:04
LOST Question (spoiler) - amoxy Apr 14, 08:03 3
- Just ignore him. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 14, 08:07 1
  - But wait, who is he? -- nm - Desmond Apr 14, 08:09
- I need to go back and watch the middle third of the episode - znufrii Apr 14, 08:06
Okay, I have to go start up a hot tub. 80s here I come! -- nm - CQ Apr 14, 08:01
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2 things for Bery: the 'hide' function works in IE6, FWIW; and also, with the new hide functionality, a 'Last Updated on ___' date would rule. - TFox Apr 14, 07:58 3
- Good idea, I can fold that into a planned end-of-April update. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Apr 14, 08:10 1
  - you are awesome - JenBro Apr 14, 08:38
- And on an iPhone. -- nm - David Apr 14, 08:06
There was no scientific malpractice at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit - Danedukenuuk Apr 14, 07:52 2
- how about the Climactic Research Unit? - zork Apr 14, 07:55 1
  - the Climax Research Unit is 100% cooooomitted -- nm - Danedukenuuk Apr 14, 07:57
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- never been. I envy your vacation schedule. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 08:13
- How long are you spending there? - Roger More Apr 14, 08:06 4
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    - You might want to check out this website - basically people write in their own travel reports of places they've visited. - Roger More Apr 14, 08:18 2
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        Oh, I asked my wife - her advice is inside - Roger More Apr 14, 08:41
- one of my roommates has. I could ask him tomorrow. my mom too, but I think she was on a tour. - mafic Apr 14, 08:05 1
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- I heard there are some big pyramid type things over there someplace you might want to check out -- nm - decline Apr 14, 08:03
- I thought this would be neat when I first read about it -- (link) - Hotkiss Apr 14, 07:57 8
  - a friend told me there was a kfc very close to the sphinx. I kind of want to blow it up. -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 08:05 7
    - What did the sphinx ever do to you? - ty97 Apr 14, 08:09 2
      - it knows. -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 08:16
      - Talk about a cut off your nose to spite your face move. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 08:15
    - And get grease all over the sphinx? Monster! -- nm - mara Apr 14, 08:07
    - Oddly, my desire to do that has nothing to do with location, but instead what it is. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 08:07 2
      - yeah, that's about half of it for me. -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 08:08
      - I kind of like fast food in other countries. They usually serve different stuff -- nm - Hotkiss Apr 14, 08:08
Great Deal: Metric's Fantasies for $5.99 at the Amazon MP3 store -- (link) - ty97 Apr 14, 07:49
No turning back now.... - znufrii Apr 14, 07:49 2
- Best of luck with the plans! -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 08:23
- Woot! I missed a znu episode. Conga rats! -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 14, 08:08
If I travel much longer, I think I want a MacBook Air. - ty97 Apr 14, 07:33
I got a EPL question..... if you are promoted at the end of Year 1, I assume you're basically like a 4A minor league baseball team - Will Hunting Apr 14, 07:29 12
- You start off at a disadvantage, however you'll get higher gate receipts during the season, and probably bought be a Russian billionaire. -- nm - LMS Apr 14, 07:50 5
  - I think most people on this side of the pond imagine that all the teams play in 90,000 seat stadia. It's amazing how many are about 30,000 or so. -- nm - zork Apr 14, 07:53 4
    - I think there's only 3 or 4 really big grounds, so the chance for a small team to get promoted and play away games there is a boost to finances. -- nm - LMS Apr 14, 08:00 3
      - Looks like clubs get a very small percentage of away game receipts, the money is in a big team playing at your smaller home ground. -- nm - LMS Apr 14, 08:31
      - so they get some of the gate for away matches? I don't think sports generally do that here. -- nm - zork Apr 14, 08:02 1
        
        away teams get 40% of the gate in the NHL. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 08:04
- IIRC it's automatically the bottom 3 teams that are relegated -- nm - Roger More Apr 14, 07:34 3
  - Looking on wiki, the last year no newly promoted team was relegated was 2001-02 - Roger More Apr 14, 07:42
  - what's cool is the 2 top teams from the championship league go to the EPL and the 3,4,5,6 place finishers have a playoff for the last spot to get in -- nm - CQ Apr 14, 07:37 1
    - Right, I know 3 go down, 3 come up..... -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 07:43
- You don't have any protection whatsoever. However, plenty of 2nd and 3rd tier league teams have money. -- nm - CQ Apr 14, 07:34 1
  - Okay, I was wondering if it'd be like the relegating the Pirates and bringing up the Louisville Cardinals. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 07:44
The May Book is................ - ty97 Apr 14, 07:27 23
- I'll request the library to order a copy - sounds good. Might read Heart Shaped Box in the meantime. -- nm - LMS Apr 14, 07:37 6
  - I was thinking this as well, but good lord...paperbacks are $10+ now? Jeebus. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 14, 07:39 5
    - I'm guessing that's trade, not mass market? -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:41 4
      - I guess. It was the only "paperback" option for Heart-Shaped Box on Amazon. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 14, 07:41 3
        
        here's the mass market paperback, and it's 7.99 -- (link) - mara Apr 14, 07:47 1
        
        Nicey, thanks. (Out of stock, though.) -- nm - JaxSean Apr 14, 07:53
        
        Relatedly: I will have to get Horns from the library. I refuse to buy any Kindle novel over $9.99. - ty97 Apr 14, 07:44
- this one? -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:27 15
  - Yep. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:31 14
    - heh, OK. I added it to the box. (First test of the big box automatically unhiding on news updates :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:36 13
      - I didn't see this before my suggestion. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 07:59
      - hmm, maybe it should unset the cookie, so it becomes visible until people click "hide" after a news update ... - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:37 11
        
        I'd like it to automatically show me new stuff. I'm happy to click hide again. -- nm - mara Apr 14, 07:38 10
        
        concurrence -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:39
        
        well, it does, but the very next page load it goes back to hidden (may not be the best behaviour, is what I'm saying. heheh.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:39 8
        
        nope, i was wrong - it doesn't currently do it on the page reload. Interesting. :) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:42
        
        Is the news box already updated? Mine didn't in Firefox. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 14, 07:40 6
        
        d'oh, right. I forgot to enable the book news item at all. hah. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:41 4
        
        There it goes. neechay -- nm - JaxSean Apr 14, 07:42 3
        
        Bery, if there's room in the book club box - ty97 Apr 14, 07:43 2
        
        is there a direct link to a group page I could use? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:45 1
        
        This should work -- (link) - ty97 Apr 14, 07:46
        
        I don't see it either. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:41
I need several people to try something (simple!) for me, if you have a spare minute: - prayformojo Apr 14, 07:26 9
- got OK both times (Firefox) -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:37
- works in safari. (nm) -- nm - howie Apr 14, 07:35 3
  - intersting. thanks, guys. -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 07:36 2
    - also, when I first pasted in, it didn't update the character count. I think I used the mouse to paste, may have failed to fire the expected event. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:38 1
      - I did not have this problem in firefox. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:38
- went through for me. Firefox. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:29
- "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage." -- nm - kelly Apr 14, 07:28 2
  - when you pasted the entire block, right? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 07:28 1
    - yeah. -- nm - kelly Apr 14, 07:29
Britney Spears/ Candies release her untouched and airbrushed photos "to show pressures on women" -- (link) - MDH Apr 14, 07:23 2
- The before pictures were surprisingly good. - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:26 1
  - They should have done a real before makeup shot -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 07:28
iPad International Launch was pushed back a month by Apple. This amuses me. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:22
Apparently DListed reads ST: Hevisaurus (the Dinosaur) rock band is on their first page -- nm - MDH Apr 14, 07:20
I had a dream last night about zombies. 3 of us( me and some randoms) were in a helicopter looking down on the carnage, but we were way up in the sky - CQ Apr 14, 07:15 11
- I had a dream about being job interviewed just before my wedding. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 07:18 9
  - What, like, 10 minutes before the ceremony? - kelly Apr 14, 07:20 8
    - No, like you hear the organ music playing inside and I'm on the phone pleading not to send me to Washington State. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 07:24 7
      - We could just consider it an extended honeymoon! - kelly Apr 14, 07:26 6
        
        there's worse places to be... -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 07:27 2
        
        Eh. -- nm - kelly Apr 14, 07:34 1
        
        granted, given the choice I'd much rather be on the west side of the Cascades instead of the high desert... -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 07:37
        
        there's a desert in washington? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:27 2
        
        Where the project is; it's high-country desert -- (link) - Will Hunting Apr 14, 07:29 1
        
        Oh, I see. :) When I think WA, I tend to think of Seattle/Tacoma/Port Angeles/Puget Sound, I forget about the east ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:32
- I had a dream I was umpiring a little league baseball game, and my pencil was broken (apparently I was also the official scorer) - znufrii Apr 14, 07:16
What's the next book? -- nm - LMS Apr 14, 07:11 1
- I need to tabulate that, hold please. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 07:17
So I downloaded Perfect Dark last night.....I don't remember the aiming of that game to be so difficult. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 07:10
Very exciting...our North County paper ran today and our Scouts are featured! WOO HOO!!!!! -- (link) - Jim Apr 14, 07:08 4
- yay! -- nm - Diva Apr 14, 07:47
- Probably due to the fraud scandal. -- nm - Shaun Apr 14, 07:17
- neechay! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 14, 07:12
- yay Carrie! -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 07:09
but 97, do you think you'd see the value if you didn't have a kindle? you know? - workmanda Apr 14, 07:06 1
- Perhaps, but if that's all I was in the market for, I'd have trouble paying the premium for the IPad over the competitors. - ty97 Apr 14, 07:14
FSC sucks is all. Wigan vs. Portsmouth today? That's the game you pick out of the 3 EPL matches? idiots -- nm - CQ Apr 14, 06:59 2
- Although Portsmouth are through to the FA Cup Final despite relegation so they're quite the underdogs at the moment. -- nm - LMS Apr 14, 07:10 1
  - that and they're already relegated. The other games are Hotspurs vs. Arsenal and Villa vs. Everton. Um, yeah -- nm - CQ Apr 14, 07:13
"I am filled with venom and triumph. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 14, 06:59 6
- heh. best line of the night I think. Although (spoilers) - oblique Apr 14, 07:02 5
  - I agree with this and I thought *spoils* - Epiphany Apr 14, 07:13 3
    - I did not like the (spoilers) - oblique Apr 14, 07:16 2
      - I guess everyone else knows what show is being spoiled, but I'm curious -- what is it? -- nm - mara Apr 14, 07:17 1
        
        Glee. I don't watch, but the shark line below amuses me. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 07:19
  - did you know that dolpins are just gay sharks? - Mel Profit Apr 14, 07:05

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