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Today's rant: Coworkers who refer to all storage as DASD. I don't think they know what those letters mean. - Fuzzy May 21, 11:59
meems. -- nm - Mel Profit May 21, 11:57 3
- i never know what happens when this happens -- nm - prayformojo May 21, 12:01 2
  - It's like Shazam for trivia goddesses. -- nm - David May 21, 12:26
  - i hear it as a cry for help -- nm - pixman May 21, 12:03
Wow, Android has hit 100,000 new activations a day. -- nm - Ender May 21, 11:46 7
- Plan is in Motion -- nm - SkyNet May 21, 11:55
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  - It means they're selling one million phones running Android every ten days. -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 11:51 1
    - Or 36.5 million a year. Apples sold somewhere around 51 million iPhones since 2007. - Ender May 21, 11:54
  - Google's Phone OS is very popular -- nm - oblique May 21, 11:51 2
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      - Apple sold 8.75 million iphones in the most recent quarter, or about 96k per day. -- nm - Ender May 21, 11:56
Uh-oh: Travellers [to Australia] to be searched for porn -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) May 21, 11:46 11
- like for a porn documentary? they strip search you and now you're in a porn? - dogbert May 21, 11:54 1
  - Why are you booking a ticket to Australia all of a sudden? -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) May 21, 12:02
- *not-shocked* (in fact, I thought this was already happening there?) -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 11:51 8
  - It *is* possible. After all, Mop posted it. How new can it be? -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) May 21, 12:00
  - I wiped the laptop clean before I went there in 08. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 21, 11:55 3
    - didn't they wonder why you had a computer with nothing at all on it? -- nm - dogbert May 21, 11:56 2
      - I meant I just wiped off the stains on the outer casing. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 21, 11:57 1
        
        Zing! -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) May 21, 12:00
  - I haven't heard of it, but the gov't there is looking to block certain sites being accessed in Australia (ones with children) -- nm - Roger More May 21, 11:52 2
    - or at least that's what they'd have you believe... -- (link) - znufrii May 21, 11:58 1
      - Yeah, I'd heard that too. Personally, I'm uncomfortable with a secret blacklist for the reasons in the article, but a published blacklist is just as - Roger More May 21, 12:05
A lifelong fan finds himself at hockey games in America�s sunbelt, and understands for the first time the consequences of the nhl�s expansion south. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) May 21, 11:44 4
- this article has one of the strangest points of views I've ever seen, almost alien. "I wanted to see what it was like to watch a hockey game without - Reagen May 21, 11:51
- My god, who has time to write four *pages* about hockey? - Beryllium May 21, 11:50 2
  - Evil Canadian David -- nm - pixman May 21, 11:51 1
    - and he accuses the *announcers* of being paid by the word! the nerve of this guy. -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 11:52
also, lyc - tRuMaN May 21, 11:33
At that point where MrsCY and I argue about being to a hotel....never been there, yes we have, well I haven't, well I have. hmmmmm. -- nm - CrankYanker May 21, 11:29 3
- heh -- nm - JaxSean May 21, 11:32 2
  - Gordon Ramsey is the chef, I think I would remember that! -- (link) - CrankYanker May 21, 11:34 1
    - Nice looking.. -- nm - lileve May 21, 11:52
Phew!! - MojaveMeg May 21, 11:22 29
- good news Meg :) -- nm - JenBro May 21, 13:03
- Yeah!! -- nm - Epiphany May 21, 12:00
- Yay! -- nm - kelly May 21, 11:58
- VNSK! -- nm - prayformojo May 21, 11:53
- YAY! -- nm - lileve May 21, 11:50
- Yay! -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) May 21, 11:42
- The gal's all right! In every sense. Congrats. -- nm - OAE May 21, 11:39
- Way to have perfect cells, dude! -- nm - David May 21, 11:37
- Yeeeeeah. What what. Meg *mad* cancer free like woah. -- nm - TFox May 21, 11:35
- Sweet! Yay to good health! -- nm - Krusty May 21, 11:29
- *likes this* -- nm - Stephen May 21, 11:28
- good deal -- nm - crash davis May 21, 11:28 7
  - hey - tRuMaN May 21, 11:29 6
    - well, its not that bad - thats what I'm telling myself. As far as yelling at people, you'll appreciate this (and pixie won't) - crash davis May 21, 11:35 5
      - good, then I don't feel bad about saying that her solidarity with Brett Michaels is going too far. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 11:43 1
        
        Heh, I hadn't thought of that. She really likes Bret Michaels so she'll appreciate that. -- nm - crash davis May 21, 11:47
      - hmm, ok. - tRuMaN May 21, 11:41
      - my offer still stands and she should really reconsider - pixman May 21, 11:38 1
        
        honestly though, why bother having you go there when a few of us know someone else in that area that would have the opportunity - tRuMaN May 21, 11:42
- Awesome. An old friend of mother's past away this week after a short battle with cancer. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 21, 11:27
- Yay! -- nm - CrankYanker May 21, 11:27
- sweet -- nm - Beaker May 21, 11:25
- *tosses you a brownie* -- nm - pixman May 21, 11:25
- yay for no cancer! boo for aging! ;) - -- nm - b. May 21, 11:24 1
  - word -- nm - JaxSean May 21, 11:31
- you got Barnacles? - Danedukenuuk May 21, 11:24 2
  - Exactly. -- nm - MojaveMeg May 21, 11:25 1
    - You know how they remove barnacles, right? They put you in dry dock and scrape your bottom 8o) -- nm - BAD May 21, 11:51
- yeah! i think. -- nm - tRuMaN May 21, 11:23
NFL: Butkus joins Sayers/Urlacher spat...C'mon dudes, Bears all about class. keep it that way -- (link) - budice May 21, 11:20 1
- we were the suckiest Bears team! -- nm - Beaker May 21, 11:21
can't stop being facinated by TV docus on shipbuilding like the one from the Maier Yard in Papenburg right now - Danedukenuuk May 21, 11:20
lmfao - tRuMaN May 21, 11:19 9
- You should just leave a dictionary on his test with Ironically highlighted and a post it saying - sycor May 21, 11:36 2
  - "Would you rather be right or [employed]?" -- nm - Dr.Phil May 21, 11:39 1
    - have you been following the truman show? That's not that strong an argument. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 11:59
- It took me awhile to get comfortable with "ironical". Still feels like a non-word. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 21, 11:23 1
  - it's a valid method of word formation, but it's redundant with ironic. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 11:25
- did you ask him for a justification, or would you just rather pound a nail into your hand? -- nm - Reagen May 21, 11:21 1
  - well, i have to mention to him that he got everything in the new file-note wrong, so that will be enough - tRuMaN May 21, 11:23
- ironically, Chrome's built-in spell check recognizes it as a word. -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 11:20
- *ironically nipple rub* -- nm - Beaker May 21, 11:19
"It's like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, only it's one degree...and Kevin Bacon is Hitler!" - Beaker May 21, 11:18
Sometimes accidents happen -- nm - Mitch McConnell May 21, 11:18
Gus Johnson is your new Madden PbP guy. -- (link) - Reagen May 21, 11:10 1
- wow - pixman May 21, 11:12
Here's a pretty powerful read: The MetaFilter community foils a scheme to abduct two young Russian woman into sex slavery - TWuG May 21, 11:10 6
- Well, that was intense. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) May 21, 11:41
- Wow and not everything on ST is so bright. That page really messed with my eyes. -- nm - Krusty May 21, 11:28 4
  - Wow and not everyone on ST is so bright... - what znufrii read May 21, 11:29 1
    - Ha! - Krusty May 21, 11:29
  - *now* -- nm - Krusty May 21, 11:28 1
    - I'm getting that too. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) May 21, 11:42
friday hax chat q: her family has been scrimping for a European vacation for a long time. now hubby's sister wants to have a destination wedding - pixman May 21, 10:59 28
- Pixie, you have a husband? congrats! -- nm - peglegpete May 21, 11:18
- Already paid for, sorry. -- nm - lileve May 21, 11:14
- Lie. Tell them you already put down non-refundable deposits on the Europe trip. Then it's not your fault they were selfish enough to annouce this - sycor May 21, 11:06 10
  - I like this idea. Very nice. -- nm - Jim May 21, 11:12
  - lying always works! -- nm - b. May 21, 11:09
  - greatest idear evahhh - Danedukenuuk May 21, 11:09 4
    - this is the main reason we decided against it. -- nm - znufrii May 21, 11:15 3
      - pritty incosiderate IMO use the destination whish for the honeymoon instead -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 21, 11:16 2
        
        it's inconsiderate to expect people to be able to attend, at least. - znufrii May 21, 11:18 1
        
        exactomundo -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 21, 11:20
  - "I assumed that if you really wanted us to be there, you would've mentioned it before the plans were set in stone." - znufrii May 21, 11:08 1
    - yep -- nm - sycor May 21, 11:24
  - and I don't mean "your" as in Pixie. -- nm - sycor May 21, 11:07
- Screw it...take your vacation. Send a gift to the sister. Done. -- nm - Jim May 21, 11:04 2
  - *ding* -- nm - Nightcrawler May 21, 11:22
  - word -- nm - Beaker May 21, 11:13
- how about compromise? not 3 weeks in europe, or just the husband goes to the wedding? -- nm - b. May 21, 11:03 8
  - yeah like my wife would let me go to a Caribean resort without her. -- nm - Beaker May 21, 11:25 1
    - not even under those circumstances? -- nm - b. May 21, 11:28
  - another alternative: a lot of people who do destination weddings also have a local party. encourage that. -- nm - b. May 21, 11:05 1
    - sure, and if she's local, she could even go so far as to suggest hosting it herself... -- nm - znufrii May 21, 11:09
  - haxy suggested the latter (not a fan of destination weddings) - pixman May 21, 11:04 3
    - "The Caribbean Me-Fest". Love it. -- nm - TFox May 21, 11:14
    - she *really* doesn't like them, eh? heh. - b. May 21, 11:06 1
      - plus, second wedding? - pixman May 21, 11:08
- Take the vacation and send a nice gift. -- nm - znufrii May 21, 11:02 1
  - I'll have to second this. -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 21, 11:04
- FedEx - Danedukenuuk May 21, 11:01
lyc: I went to that pottery place last night and feel I was semi-successful in painting something decent looking on the jewelry box. - kelly May 21, 10:58 2
- Fun. I wasn't sure from your original question if this was firing on greenware, or just painting after the firing. - MojaveMeg May 21, 11:17 1
  - Yeah, nothing's been fired yet. - kelly May 21, 11:20
ML, did you hear the rumor that Kurt Warner may not be as "retired" as we all think? -- nm - Strongbad May 21, 10:57 4
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  - I've seen him speak twice recently. He's retired and isn't looking back. -- nm - David May 21, 11:10 2
    - Word. nm - Jim May 21, 11:15
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looks like there is a majority in parlament to help out with the crisis - Danedukenuuk May 21, 10:54
Can I make it through Shrek Forever After at the drive-in to see Iron Man 2 as the 2nd part of the double feature? - TFox May 21, 10:54 4
- because of content or sleepiness? the former should be fine, the latter.. not on a friday night for me. zzz. -- nm - b. May 21, 10:59 2
  - you're boring -- nm - pixman May 21, 10:59 1
    - sure, but what does that have to do with friday night sleepiness? -- nm - b. May 21, 11:04
- I'm sure it will be good for a few laughs - oblique May 21, 10:55
Another summer weekend spoken for. -- nm - znufrii May 21, 10:51
Big Picture: Saturn -- (link) - oblique May 21, 10:51 1
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lir JenBro, great town! I wish I could go back to my hometown, unfortunately it's now the Atlanta airport runways. -- nm - CrankYanker May 21, 10:50
The Community season finale was solid. -- nm - TFox May 21, 10:47 2
- Agreed. But I'm not sure how I (spoils) - JaxSean May 21, 10:50 1
  - (spoils) - TFox May 21, 10:51
You skinny-armed little bitch! -- nm - David May 21, 10:45
Fringe spoils - Beryllium May 21, 10:45
"If Bono only had a $25 million expiring contract, Donnie Walsh could trade for him" -- nm - budice May 21, 10:44
Mmm...fudge brownies!! This could be a baaad thing. - MojaveMeg May 21, 10:43 1
- exactly. -- nm - znufrii May 21, 10:53
eat pie like human beings, animals - pixman May 21, 10:42 4
- I just want pie now. and cherry spoon fruit. -- nm - b. May 21, 10:47
- you have plates and a table and forks in your box? -- nm - JaxSean May 21, 10:45
- pfft, next thing you will have us using napkins -- nm - Beaker May 21, 10:43 1
  - napkins are for commies. -- nm - Beryllium May 21, 10:44
"det r�de Kapel" (the red chapel) is being distributed in the US and Can. - Danedukenuuk May 21, 10:39
Fatwah! -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 21, 10:38

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