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You know who should release more books? James Patterson. That man has alot of stories to tell. -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:27 9
- Well, he has a story that he'd like to tell many times. nm - Dignan Apr 14, 10:30
- I was a fan early on. - ty97 Apr 14, 10:29 1
  - word. He lost me after Pop Goes The Weasel. Even my wife hates him now. Poor Alex Cross, such a great character to be wasted. -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:30
- *screams in terror* -- nm - the forests Apr 14, 10:28 1
  - *destroys filthy orcses* -- nm - forests at the end of TTT Apr 14, 10:29
- maybe he ran out of nursery rhymes -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 10:28 3
  - Peas Porridge Hot could have written itself! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 10:29
  - I was being snide. He would put his name on a porn novel if he got a writing credit for it I think. -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:29 1
    - Tom Clancy's Defcon Titties 13 -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 10:29
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- Are they going to disguise your voice? Or is this like your 'coming out'? -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 10:27 3
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    - Word. (Knowing nothing about the MN program, I almost assuredly agree with you.) -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 10:29 1
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- i'm guessing that's a program to *punish* sex offenders -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 10:27
Canucks, Hawks, Coyotes, Sharks, Caps, Devils, Bruins and Sens. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 14, 10:26 10
- The Sharks will probably self destruct again in the first or second round - amoxy Apr 14, 10:29 2
  - they weren't so great late in the season, unfortunately. - b. Apr 14, 10:32
  - They are the new Peyton Manning. -- nm - Shaun Apr 14, 10:31
- Which reminds me. Join the CBC Playoff hockey pool group I just created. - Shaun Apr 14, 10:27 2
  - Put it in the box Bery!!! Haha, the box is being abused. -- nm - Shaun Apr 14, 10:28
  - I will sign up tonight...defending Champ IIRC -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:28
- sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - oblique Apr 14, 10:27
- So those are your first-round picks? Works for me. - Beryllium Apr 14, 10:27 1
  - Hopefully not. I have them in my final this year against the Caps. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 14, 10:28
- Canucks, Hawks, Red Wings, Sharks, Caps, Devils, Sabres and Pittsburgh -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:27
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- ah, thank you. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 10:29
Jerry Jones' drunken rant would make RKD proud. -- (link) - David Apr 14, 10:24
i hope Obama nominates Judge Judy to replace Justice Stevens - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 10:19 3
- poor Judge Joe Brown -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:20 2
  - I was hoping for Judge Marilyn Milian -- nm - eag Apr 14, 10:29 1
    - the hottest judge on TV -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 10:32
Huh, I must have imagined that I did my tax return - amoxy Apr 14, 10:17 1
- nice! -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 10:18
When I said I read the Tommyknockers, I lied. I meant the Langoliers. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 10:11 30
- Am I the only one here who's read The Dark Half? -- nm - Shaun Apr 14, 10:24 3
  - along timr ago. the movie had Depp right? -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:25 2
    - Timothy Hutton. You're thinking of Secret Window. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 10:25 1
      - gotcha -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:26
- Salem's Lot was another great one. -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:16 10
  - and Jim I agree The Cell opening scene would be great and I would try and shoot it in one long scene with no cuts -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:16 9
    - Eli Roth was supposed to be adapting it. But I think that is dead. -- nm - Jovian Apr 14, 10:26
    - I really thought The Cell was awful. nm - Dignan Apr 14, 10:19 7
      - I'm with you. I couldn't even get through the supposed "good part". -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 10:20 6
        
        I defy anyone to name the protagonist. nm - Dignan Apr 14, 10:21 5
        
        I find his villains are the memorable characters more than the "good guys" (with some exceptions of course: Misery, The Stand) -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:23
        
        Qui-Gon Jinn? -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 10:22
        
        qui-gon jin? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 10:22 2
        
        bloody hell, now I have to shoot myself. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 10:22 1
        
        My memories of you will stop 20 minutes ago, out of respect. nm - Dignan Apr 14, 10:25
- i can't remember the last time i read a Stephen King book. i'm guessing Misery around the time the movie came out -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 10:15
- I think Tommyknockers was his first real dud. nm - Dignan Apr 14, 10:13 2
  - (Still, I definitely don't think we should avoid contact with alien species, no matter what dudes in wheelchairs might say at a later date.) nm - Dignan Apr 25, 10:07
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Apr 14, 10:15
- the movie for that one blew. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 10:13 4
  - I don't know what was worse, the monsters or that little girl's acting -- nm - amoxy Apr 14, 10:18 3
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      - LOL I picture you saying "The Monsters - Definitely the Monsters" - amoxy Apr 14, 10:28
      - Leprechaun? -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 14, 10:25
- Cousin Balki was off his *shit* in that. -- nm - nubby Apr 14, 10:13
- I need to read Needful Things. I read so much King in HS/college that I've mostly avoided him for a decade. - ty97 Apr 14, 10:12 4
  - I enjoyed Needful Things. The movie not so much. -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 10:15 3
    - As common as it is for movies to not live up to books, it seems doubly true for a lot of King books made into movies. - ty97 Apr 14, 10:17 2
      - King probably has more awesome movies made out of his writing than any other modern author. (modern = since Shakespeare) -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 10:18 1
        
        John Grisham spits in your general direction. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 14, 10:24
I wonder what my next career should be. - ty97 Apr 14, 10:07 16
- from bb, fwiw, I've recently seen a couple of mentions of macbook air badness from regular people. - b. Apr 14, 10:25 1
  - thanks, this is good to know - ty97 Apr 14, 10:26
- Subway Ad-pitch Guy. "the next Jared." -- nm - JaxSean Apr 14, 10:17 1
  - I like. - ty97 Apr 14, 10:25
- hitman -- nm - Don Homer Apr 14, 10:09
- lawyer. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 14, 10:09 4
  - I'm trying to avoid re-schooling. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 10:09 3
    - i'm pretty sure you could get a degree for a school in mexico for small $$s. i bet dawson could even help. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 14, 10:11 2
      - a degree in Ecuador only runs about $13. -- nm - TFox Apr 14, 10:12 1
        
        (but no one gets one, because it takes about 20 yrs to earn the cost of it back.) - TFox Apr 14, 10:13
- I wouldn't suggest Tax Preparer -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 10:08 1
  - I don't think that's a field where you can get overly rich, but it certainly seems stable. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 10:09
- Elegant whore. nm - Dignan Apr 14, 10:08
- nubby fluffer -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 10:07 2
  - he said his *next* career - oblique Apr 14, 10:08
  - Hmmm - ty97 Apr 14, 10:08
so, is it safe to say that last night's LOST closing creds / preview for next week was incredibly good? ,... especially... - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 14, 10:06 1
- oh, and i think the only thing that could have possibly made it better would have been to have Gene Wilder's voice clearing saying ... - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 14, 10:08
truman you could try this: - decline Apr 14, 10:01 13
- oh, and what printer doesn't have an option to view and/or print the network config page? -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 10:05 12
  - true. apparently a konica printer/copier purchased by his boss -- nm - decline Apr 14, 10:05 11
    - I need to know the model. I'm sure we can figure it out -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 10:07 10
      - konica 7040. it doesnt show up in netview - tRuMaN Apr 14, 10:08 8
        
        According to the manual, if you power it off and back on, it is supposed to print out a network information page -- (link) - oblique Apr 14, 10:14 5
        
        right off the bat? Interesting. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 10:16
        
        ok, so now I just need to wait until it isnt printing tax returns. - tRuMaN Apr 14, 10:16 3
        
        It'd be easier to look at the config on the XP machine already connected. SHould be easy to pull the IP information from that - oblique Apr 14, 10:17 1
        
        yeah, that was my original thought, i was hoping for something i could do while waiting for people to go to lunch. - tRuMaN Apr 14, 10:19
        
        "july." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 10:16
        
        Just look at the printer properties on the XP machine and view the Port tab. It will tell you how it's connected -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 10:09
        
        check that the 2 XP machines are on the same work group as the machine that can't see it -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 10:09
      - Yep. I'd be curious if there's a button sequence to hit that prints all the settings (or a separate one for network settigns) - Beryllium Apr 14, 10:08
truman: Actually, before doing ethereal, the better thing to do is a port scan of your internal subnet looking for the shared printer port (445) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 10:00 5
- But if it's LPR based, it'd be on port 9100 (IIRC) -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 10:04 4
  - Good point. Actually, port 445 being down (or blocked) would explain why it wasn't showing up in the network browser. - Beryllium Apr 14, 10:06 3
    - sigh, there are 2 or 3 workgroups here. - tRuMaN Apr 14, 10:10 2
      - I made a joke on B2 that is "the reason". heh. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 10:13 1
        
        the IT guy wont give us the login info because - tRuMaN Apr 14, 10:16
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- quick unranked list of 10 - Reagen Apr 14, 10:19 2
  - I'm surprised to see LOTR and Departed. nm - Dignan Apr 14, 10:32
  - my first thoughts - biased towards those I've seen more than once, especially recently - Roger More Apr 14, 10:23
- Seriously, you like Ben Hur that much?? blech. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 14, 10:00 28
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    - Of Best Picture winners? The Godfather. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 14, 10:06 22
      - Casablanca followed closely by The Sting and Shakespeare in Love. -- nm - David Apr 14, 10:09 20
        
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        It's so subjective. The Departed has evolved far beyond The Godfather films but they're also unmistakably derivative of it. - David Apr 14, 10:14 7
        
        eh. In what ways has it "evolved" beyond The Godfather films (ignoring the third one)? It's not even close to the same league as the first two. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 14, 10:16 6
        
        We've watched The Godfather 1 and 2 over the past year and I kept thinking "this is no different from an average Sopranos episode". - David Apr 14, 10:20 5
        
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        but then The Sopranos - when it was on its game - is one of the best 5 TV shows ever. - Reagen Apr 14, 10:31
        
        This is what I found when I finally watched The Godfather last year. - Shaun Apr 14, 10:24
        
        a more complex plot doesn't equate with better drama. twistier, but pretty hollow thematically -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 10:22 1
        
        Right. Not to mention lesser-quality acting. Nicholson's character and his arc were a major negative on that. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 14, 10:23
        
        You're actually DTM for leaving Casablanca off the list. D.T.M. - ty97 Apr 14, 10:13
        
        You can't be serious about Shakespeare In Lo...oh, forget it. nm - Dignan Apr 14, 10:11 8
        
        I am not mistook. - David Apr 14, 10:13 7
        
        even David has to be totally correct once in a while, dumb dignan -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 10:14 6
        
        David, I present you with this link from yesterday. -- (link) - Will Hunting Apr 14, 10:15 [Backboard] 4
        
        "You can never be too rich, too handsome or too well armed." - David Apr 14, 10:17 3
        
        Speaking of...I bought the Zombie & Knoxx last night; do I play them through on Walkthrough #1? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 10:18 2
        
        I don't know. I own both but I have yet to play either one. -- nm - David Apr 14, 10:20 1
        
        Fun fact: I should once again have Borderlands on Friday, assuming my amazon order arrives. -- nm - Shaun Apr 14, 10:25
        
        I'm going to let you in on a universal truth: If you and David agree about something, it's wrong. Period. nm - Dignan Apr 14, 10:15
        
        *yanks on the Sane David mask* why, won't, this, thing, come, off - the 40 year old virgin Apr 14, 10:10
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    - Either Godfather 1 or Schindler's List for me. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 10:05 3
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        No doubt.....I don't think i could rank em. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 14, 10:11 1
        
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- We're going to do something along these lines as soon as bery stops playing with the header and finishes a project for me. -- nm - David Apr 14, 09:59 2
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    - that's what she said -- nm - oblique Apr 14, 10:03
- I was going to say that you de-gayed the list by demoting West Side Story from 1 to 2 but, well, Ben-Hur is rather gay too -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 09:59
I remember being blown away by Rage from the Bachman Book - ty97 Apr 14, 09:58 9
- I oftentimes wonder if any other author would have the guts to risk their ego by releasing new works under a pseudonym. - David Apr 14, 10:06 1
  - I only just learned that Michael Crichton did. -- nm - Space Monkey Vermin Apr 14, 10:38
- Rage is no longer available due to the subject matter. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 10:00 5
  - I understand his choice there. I snagged a used copy of the Bachman Books at HPB a couple of years ago though. - ty97 Apr 14, 10:02
  - now i *really* want to read it! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 14, 10:02 3
    - does half.com ship to Canada? -- (link) - ty97 Apr 14, 10:11 1
      - Who in Canada would he be sending it to? -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 10:21
    - Heh...while it's more than this, it's essentially about a school shooting. -- nm - Jim Apr 14, 10:02
- Every time I'm on the treadmill, adjusting my speed, I think about the 4mph limit on The Long Walk. -- nm - Space Monkey Vermin Apr 14, 10:00
Starbucks offering free coffee tomorrow(Thu 4/15) for anyone who brings in a travel mug -- (link) - budice Apr 14, 09:58 1
- Neechay! Thx -- nm - SyrDragon Apr 14, 10:04
B2 spoils - Space Monkey Vermin Apr 14, 09:56

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