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re Lost. spoils. - loosilu Apr 14, 09:55
I made a phrasing change to jax's news item to be a bit more concise. It's currently over twice as long as a tweet. Heh. - Beryllium Apr 14, 09:54
Seriously, who does Reuben Amaro have dirty pictures of? Philly's starts the year playing PIT, WAS and HOU? - musubi Apr 14, 09:49 2
- Omar Minaya. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:53
- He can run from Jason Heyward, but he cannot hide. -- nm - David Apr 14, 09:53
What this board really needs are #hashtags. Why has no one ever brought this up? -- nm - David Apr 14, 09:48 6
- I want some dancing baloney. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 09:51 1
  - with tears! more tears! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 09:56
- and Digg This tags. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 14, 09:51 1
  - dugg down for lameness -- nm - Space Monkey Vermin Apr 14, 09:55
- testify, Black MumPower! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 09:49
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hmm, i need to add a printer to a computer but when I search the network for it, it never shows up - tRuMaN Apr 14, 09:46 9
- if you're using Active Directory, and it's listed in the directory, you can try that -- nm - scorpion Apr 14, 09:50 8
  - tisnt -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 14, 09:51 7
    - If it's using DHCP leasing, your router may have a table of DHCP clients by mac address and IP address. - Beryllium Apr 14, 09:55 2
      - if i had the login info for the dsl router, sure, but i dont. - tRuMaN Apr 14, 09:57 1
        
        ... if you install Ethereal, you could scan broadcast traffic when the printer boots up to identify the mac address ....... - Beryllium Apr 14, 09:58
    - hmm -- nm - scorpion Apr 14, 09:53 3
      - You can use this to look for it's IP address - scorpion Apr 14, 09:54 2
        
        If it's a laser with a display on it, you can also print the printer config directy from the device through the on board menu -- nm - scorpion Apr 14, 09:55 1
        
        konica printer/copier. checked, none of the menu options print its ip address. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 14, 09:56
there, I tried to make them a bit smaller. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 09:42 1
- (The extra whitespace is currently unavoidable ... I'll fix that this evening) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 09:42
I've probably heard Breakeven on the radio 100 times now but today was the first time the lyrics registered. - David Apr 14, 09:38 2
- SM loves this song and he never loves songs - well except for Nickelback - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:44 1
  - I too love Nickelback! He is a very wise man. -- nm - David Apr 14, 09:47
Hey, Congress? Congress? We know you love sports all of a sudden, but for realsies? Time to settle the eff down. -- (link) - TFox Apr 14, 09:37 5
- Nothing better for them to bitch about today? -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 09:43 2
  - I'm just glad they haven't noticed my news tweaks. The last thing I need is Lieberman on my case. - Beryllium Apr 14, 09:44 1
    - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 09:53
- seriously, though, what do you expect them to do? govern? -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 09:38 1
  - Isn't that what Governors are for? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 09:38
CFL already has an overtime model where each team gets a posession to try and score. New rule today: 2-pt convert attempts on all TDs manditory. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 14, 09:32 1
- ticking time bomb built into the overtime football -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 09:34
Tea party? What's a tea party?? -- nm - Senator Scott Brown Apr 14, 09:31
Andie, if that small town was in Montana, then she's close to right. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 09:30 1
- it was actually upper new york state. :) -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 09:33
Update: With a simply average closer, we'd be 8 - 0 right now. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 14, 09:28 37
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  - Oh, I'm not counting any pennants yet. I'll gladly play the over at 70.5 wins, but I don't ignore baseball always returns to normal. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 14, 09:36 2
    - All you need is Vernon Wells to keep playing Barry Bonds the rest of the way too. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:54
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- Houston is the only think keeping the Mets from having the worst record in the major leagues. - musubi Apr 14, 09:34 24
  - No no, count us.....we should be a .500 team. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:36 23
    - I don't how you guys went from such great teams in the late '90s to a complete joke now. - Krusty Apr 14, 09:40 10
      - Angelos hired a bunch of yes-men and ran anyone competent (Gillick/Davey J) out. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:46
      - worst. owner. ever. -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 09:41 8
        
        When did the ownership change? -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 09:44 4
        
        91 or 92, about the time they moved to Camden Yards, as i recall -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 09:45 3
        
        They seemed to do well for the first few years of their ownership. - Krusty Apr 14, 09:48 2
        
        In 1996, Angelos vetoed his GM's recommendation to trade Bobby Bo and other vets for a wild-card run. - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:51 1
        
        Such a shame. I hope they wake up and get things going in the right direction again. -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 09:54
        
        i blame Brady Anderson -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 09:41 2
        
        I blame the ghost of Harold Baines. (nm) - musubi Apr 14, 09:42 1
        
        i blame Mike "Hometown Discount" Mussina - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 09:43
    - Four of your seven losses came against the DRays, Four of our 6 losses came from the Nats and Fish. - musubi Apr 14, 09:39
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      - if Big Papi never struck out, Wakefield only threw the good knuckleballs, and Varitek continued to hit 2 HRs a game, we'd be fucking awesome. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:39 9
        
        I'm just saying, I could hit Gonzales' offerings so far this season - Will Hunting Apr 14, 09:49
        
        I'd play this game, but I just don't have that kind of time. - musubi Apr 14, 09:41 7
        
        The Mets need to fire everyone and start over. -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 09:44 6
        
        everyone from owners down the field managers should go. - musubi Apr 14, 09:47 5
        
        I agree, I don't blame the players one bit. Management has done as poor a job as I've seen in many years. - Krusty Apr 14, 09:52 1
        
        I'll disagree on one thing: Minaya would be a great scout. He has *zero* ability to manage a roster, do PR, and all the stuff that makes a good GM. - musubi Apr 14, 09:55
        
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        You b!tch! *runs away crying* -- nm - Joe Mauer Apr 14, 09:52
        
        Blasphemer, I'll not have you talking about DW that way. (nm) - musubi Apr 14, 09:51
- You just need the pitchers to keep throwing 2/3 of a no-hitter each game. - Reagen Apr 14, 09:31 1
  - Of course the pitching can't hold like that all season, but Romano's expected to be this type of pitcher on every start. More good outtings than bad. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 14, 09:35
- IMO, you have an average closer. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:29 5
  - Statistically, an average closer is 80% in saves attempts. Frasor's 50%. 2 for 4. Fine, I'll say 7-1. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 14, 09:34 3
    - In a small sample size. Even great closers blow a 2 out of 4 on occassion. (nm) - musubi Apr 14, 09:35
    - i am staggering under the weight of that sample size. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:34 1
      - Jeebus guys, I'm not being totally serious with my kvetching here. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 14, 09:40
  - I'd agree with that. (nm) - musubi Apr 14, 09:31
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- I haven't watched last nights ep yet, does this link have any spoilers? (nm) - musubi Apr 14, 09:28 3
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  - It's the promo for next week's episode. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:28 1
    - Which at this point pretty much means "no spoilers" aside from "hey, that person's probably not dead". - Ender Apr 14, 09:31
I've got 1.4 days worth of podcasts left to watch. I just caught up to the Apr 3 podcasts. Yay. Geeks raving about their iPads. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Apr 14, 09:25
Agree or disagree: Stephen King's best book is either It or The Stand -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 09:24 50
- The Stand is in my Top 5 books of all time. Haven't read It. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 09:54
- Pet Semetary is the one that sticks with me the most, but it's like picking the best Rolling Stones song. -- nm - David Apr 14, 09:43 1
  - even though it did it nightly, i have a very specific memory of my mom coming up to go to bed and i was still up reading this .... - Andie Apr 14, 09:47
- I like The Dead Zone best. - Callisto Apr 14, 09:38
- Agree - the Stand - though IT I considered mainstream King - it was creepy/well written -- nm - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:35
- The Stand is great. I also love Pet Sematary, The Shining, Salem's Lot... -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 09:34
- Best: The Shining. Scariest: Pet Semetary. Personal Fave: Needful Things. - Reagen Apr 14, 09:34 5
  - Good choices. I also liked Christine a lot. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 14, 09:36 3
    - I'm glad this got mentioned. This was my first King book... 5th grade, I found it in the school library. - Space Monkey Vermin Apr 14, 09:40 2
      - Was also my first King book - ty97 Apr 14, 09:55
      - Dead Zone was my first and it hit me the same way. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:41
  - I'm with you on the scariest. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:36
- I put Lisey's Story up as the best of his recent stuff. nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:31 13
  - I'd say the recent: The Cell - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:36 2
    - I really want this to be a movie...because the opening scene of the movie could be epic. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:36 1
      - word - so word -- nm - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:37
  - i'd say Under the Dome. -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 09:33 7
    - I just finished that and I had a problem with it (spoils) - Jim Apr 14, 09:35 5
      - I felt it was a hodge podge of a bunch of elements from his other books - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:37 4
        
        Yep. Carrie just finished it the other day and we were trying to cast the movie. - Jim Apr 14, 09:40 3
        
        how about Sam from Trueblood? what about newspaper lady? Jeri Ryan? she's old enough now - kids? Weeds son? too old? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:47 2
        
        Newspaper lady i pictured as looking like Janeane Garafola with ligher hair. -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 09:49 1
        
        what about the May/December couple? professor/chickie - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:55
    - He said best...not longest -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 09:34
  - I would agree with this. I wish Cell had ended better because it is one of the best openings to a book -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 09:33 1
    - Yeah, I tried re-reading this lately and couldn't finish it. -- nm - Space Monkey Vermin Apr 14, 09:34
- I think maybe The Stand but both are excellent -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 09:30
- Probably The Stand. Although I could get behind an argument for The Talisman. -- nm - Space Monkey Vermin Apr 14, 09:28
- Carrie. -- nm - LMS Apr 14, 09:28
- Eyes of the Dragon - znufrii Apr 14, 09:28 3
  - Great book -- nm - Stephen Apr 14, 09:44
  - Eyes of the Dragon has many links with the Dark Tower. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:29 1
    - so I've been led to understand, I've just never gotten around to reading the latter... -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 09:29
- I've only read one King book ever. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:27 11
  - huh. i think you'd dig his stuff -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 09:28 5
    - i am sure i would. i guess i also read The Tommyknockers. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:30 4
      - that's the only one i never finished, i thought it was awful. -- nm - Andie Apr 14, 09:34 3
        
        I liked it, but it was *long* and I can see why people tend to not enjoy it. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 09:56
        
        That's one of the ones he wrote when he was drunk. - Reagen Apr 14, 09:35 1
        
        heh -- nm - Epiphany Apr 14, 09:43
  - Well? Which one? -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:28 4
    - I lied, it's two. The Green Mile and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:28 3
      - (the latter, in both novel and pop-up book form.) -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:29 2
        
        I love the pop-up. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:29 1
        
        Yeah, it's really well done. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 09:32
- It is my favorite book. The Mist was his best story. nm - Jim Apr 14, 09:27
- I haven't read either. IT just creeps me out and the stand is too long. I love Salem's Lot. Tommyknockers was pretty good too. -- nm - sycor Apr 14, 09:26
- agree on the Stand. disagree on It. - decline Apr 14, 09:26
- I like the Dark Tower II, as his best. But, tough to argue against The Stand, sort of the core of a lot of his work -- nm - flavorize Apr 14, 09:26
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Sure, sometimes stories need explanation, but I'd say none of the 4 things - musubi Apr 14, 09:24 5
- If someone really wanted backstory, Bery did build that convenient search box. - TFox Apr 14, 09:28 1
  - Exactamundo. (nm) - musubi Apr 14, 09:36
- or, as a suggestion, simply make the initial posts "sticky" and list them there as long as is relevant. -- nm - znufrii Apr 14, 09:27 2
  - Nah, the current infrastructure works fine, if it were streamlined. (nm) - musubi Apr 14, 09:32
  - Only groiny's posts are sticky -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 09:28
I think I know what is causing those radio waves -- (link) - oblique Apr 14, 09:23 [Image] 3
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  - I'm not sure how, but it makes your penis clench shut, doesn't it? -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 09:30 1
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"Andie wins another continent" -- nm - what PFM saw reading kilbo's B2 post Apr 14, 09:23 1
- FLASH: kilbo can't spell worth a shit -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 09:24
Habs! -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 09:23 5
- Good a time as any to post my predictions. Feel free to post yours or e-mail me. I gotta get Reagan's again. - HdnAgnda Apr 14, 09:25 2
  - Caps ain't losing to the Pens - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 09:27 1
    - We'll see. -- nm - HdnAgnda Apr 14, 09:30
- gonna get a Caps busted in they ass -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 09:23 1
  - Well, it is D.C. You can never be sure if they left their guns at home. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Apr 14, 09:25
Fine, then. SO LONG, SUCKERS! -- nm - Dr.Vermin, blasts off Apr 14, 09:22 3
- *watches vermin make rocket noises while sitting in his chair* -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 14, 09:24
- this made me think "ground control to major vermin" ... which then made me go on a techie tangent ... - Beryllium Apr 14, 09:24 1
  - /takes my protein pill and puts my helmet on/ -- nm - Space Monkey Vermin Apr 14, 09:27

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