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Facebook unveils new privacy controls -- (link) - oblique May 26, 11:31 7
- The Rapture Index is currently at 174. -- nm - Dano May 26, 11:38
- Again? -- nm - ty97 May 26, 11:36 5
  - It's getting to be like iTunes updates. -- nm - David May 26, 11:37 3
    - I think FB is just messing with us now. -- nm - ty97 May 26, 11:38
    - "Facebook would like to install 486MB of updates? Yes or Cancel?" -- nm - oblique May 26, 11:38
    - except I don't think itunes updates change any of your existing settings, that I'm aware of. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 11:37
  - yes -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 11:37
The Rapture Index is currently at 173 -- (link) - amoxy May 26, 11:30
LIR: what is cous cous? its pasta seeds -- nm - zeitgeist May 26, 11:30 1
- wheat basically - Danedukenuuk May 26, 11:31
What percentage do you give the Super Bowl to be played in Green Bay by 2025? - prayformojo May 26, 11:28 5
- with global warming getting a major rush from the gulf spill it should be warm and balmy like Miami by then -- nm - zeitgeist May 26, 11:31
- Depends if Brett Favre is still playing. -- nm - Dano May 26, 11:30
- -312.5% -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 26, 11:29
- Less than 1%. -- nm - Will Hunting May 26, 11:29
- 1% -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 11:29
I'm meeting my cousin in HK next week, haven't seen her in years. I invited her to hang out with me and my new friends, and she said, - Hotkiss May 26, 11:26 12
- apparently: outside -- nm - oblique May 26, 11:29
- what counts as "outdoorsy" in HK? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 11:28 10
  - many islands and mountains to do stuff on. For example, today I went to an island for a 3-hour hike over mountains and ended at a beach -- (link) - Hotkiss May 26, 11:34 [Image] 3
    - were there monkeys? I remember monkeys on our mountain hikes. Did you take the tram up? -- nm - SyrDragon May 26, 11:39 1
      - the monkeys are on Monkey Island, which is in the New Territories, so no because this was on Lamma Island. Been to The Peak but not by tram -- nm - Hotkiss May 26, 11:40
    - very cool! -- nm - loosilu May 26, 11:37
  - it's very mountainy -- nm - wheezy May 26, 11:29 5
    - surprisingly, it's not just a big city -- nm - zork May 26, 11:30
    - ah, I had the impression it was all urban. no? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 11:29 3
      - Hong Kong Island itself is, plus the part of Kowloon near it. - ty97 May 26, 11:36
      - I'm sure a lot of people think that, as the most frequently seen image is of the cityscape with all those tall buildings. -- nm - b. May 26, 11:35
      - Really? -- (link) - Nightcrawler May 26, 11:30
something I never knew before today... -- (link) - znufrii May 26, 11:26 3
- some bagels are boiled in a lye solution before being baked. -- nm - b. May 26, 11:28
- You are gonna need a much bigger link. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 11:26 1
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- ever seen it when chefs "discuss" other chefs food????? - Danedukenuuk May 26, 11:22
Today is Leap Year/The Tooth Fairy day. Today sucks. -- nm - David May 26, 11:18 2
- Tell me David....do you like Pie? -- nm - The Rock May 26, 11:25 1
  - Well, I picked Amy Adams first. So... -- nm - David May 26, 11:38
9-hour roadtrip pack the car poll. water vitamin water beef jerky cash for coffee and pretzel six CDs no more no less - workmanda May 26, 11:16 36
- jars of moonshine, baseball bat for hitting letterboxes -- nm - Roger More May 26, 11:34
- Camera -- nm - Fuzzy May 26, 11:32
- passport -- nm - Dano May 26, 11:30
- Six? Sounds low. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 11:20 13
  - 9 hour trip, 6 CDs = about 7 hours of music. Seems right -- nm - oblique May 26, 11:21 12
    - My last roadtrip was 5 hours with my cousin and we packed the car with 90's CDs: NSync, Britney, home mixes, the works. - Hotkiss May 26, 11:23
    - I would need more, because I'd realize an hour in I'm not actually in the mood for everything I brought. but that's me. -- nm - TFox May 26, 11:22
    - 9-7=2 -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 11:22 9
      - There's always some downtime where you don't need to listen to music -- nm - oblique May 26, 11:22 8
        
        that's what NPR is for. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 11:24
        
        I actually listen to NPR as much of the way as I can. the CDs are space between rings. -- nm - workmanda May 26, 11:23 4
        
        I can't (couldn't, rather) listen to talk radio or audio books when I have the top down. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 11:24 3
        
        I'm taking the acura. here is the story. - workmanda May 26, 11:27 1
        
        Ah. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 11:29
        
        plus, there's all the girlies on stand by, waiting just to say hi. -- nm - TFox May 26, 11:25
        
        You are wrong, kilbo. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 11:23
        
        no there's not. :) -- nm - TFox May 26, 11:23
- GPS? -- nm - oblique May 26, 11:19
- also, here are my CD selections so far: songs for lulu, high violet, this euporia... I'm at a loss. dignan? foxy? (maybe groogrux?) -- nm - workmanda May 26, 11:19 5
  - /feels old -- nm - Dr.Vermin May 26, 11:27
  - broken bells -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 11:20 2
    - I was thinking this and temper trap, but I think I'm too 2010 if I do that. -- nm - workmanda May 26, 11:22
    - i have to say, i think you are mad overrating this disc. to each his own and all that, but its.... too Shins-y. - TFox May 26, 11:22
  - best road trip album of all time: "Violent Femmes" by the Violent Femmes. - TFox May 26, 11:20
- Twizzlers -- nm - oblique May 26, 11:19 1
  - OMG I so would have forgotten. I have them in my fridge already. thank you. -- nm - workmanda May 26, 11:19
- One of those porno magazines, large box of condoms, a bottle of Old Harper, a couple of those panty shields, and some illegal fireworks. And one of - Don Homer May 26, 11:18
- condoms -- nm - znufrii May 26, 11:18
- Car Bingo! -- (link) - oblique May 26, 11:18
- a baby frog -- nm - peglegpete May 26, 11:18 6
  - I took a little bear with me, barnaby, with me on every work trip. - b. May 26, 11:24 4
    - I have a tiny rubber Mickey Mouse (vintage style, of course) in my car at all times. - Nightcrawler May 26, 11:28
    - right after clicking: oh great, more mick. fodder. -- nm - b. May 26, 11:26 2
      - it's so sad, i don't even have the heart to mock you - wheezy May 26, 11:26 1
        
        it's not sad, it's adorable. -- nm - b. May 26, 11:31
  - in my bag already. I travel for a living. -- nm - workmanda May 26, 11:20
LIR Bery: The hardest level of Modern Warfare was the last one where you have to get off the plane in less than 30 seconds. - Krusty May 26, 11:11 4
- I hated the one where you have to survive near the ferris wheel - Guigue May 26, 11:16 1
  - Yup, another very difficult level. Took me a good while before I beat that one. Very tough, but fun. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 11:39
- That one wasn't too bad on normal difficulty, but a real bitch any higher than that. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 11:13 1
  - I didn't play it on any other difficulty but veteran. It's the only achievement I'm missing for that game. - Krusty May 26, 11:15
Loosi, re NCIS - peglegpete May 26, 11:11 2
- ...or (spoils) - SyrDragon May 26, 11:14 1
  - that's fine, but it has no impact on (spoil) - loosilu May 26, 11:23
Mayor of Cancun arrested for drug dealing and bundles of coke wash up on Mexico shores for gang pickup........ -- (link) - CrankYanker May 26, 11:11 3
- coke well blowout? -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 26, 11:12 2
  - cokeballs -- nm - CrankYanker May 26, 11:12 1
    - mmm salty -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 26, 11:14
The beauty of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out is that *everyone* who played that game knows how hard it is to beat. -- nm - David May 26, 11:11 3
- I'll never forget the first time I ever went straight thru in victory. - Will Hunting May 26, 11:30
- we had Buster Douglas Boxing for Genesis - wheezy May 26, 11:12
- it's like a fraternity of wounded thumbs. -- nm - Mel Profit May 26, 11:12
oops, forgot the liquids I put in my carry-on. Good job, LAX security. - ty97 May 26, 11:10 9
- did I tell you about my airport security OMG in feb? - workmanda May 26, 11:14 6
  - isn't that like a citation if not a felony? -- nm - zeitgeist May 26, 11:19
  - I bet he planted it in order to have an excuse for a cavity search. -- nm - David May 26, 11:17 1
    - he is so ambisexual. I know way too much about him from his slutty nutty girlfriend, who is one of the - workmanda May 26, 11:21
  - ack! -- nm - ty97 May 26, 11:16
  - a baby frog?? -- nm - peglegpete May 26, 11:15 1
    - Of course. Plane travel. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 11:22
- Terrorist. -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 11:11 1
  - My hair is a bit scary-looking after sleeping on the plane, but that seems harsh! -- nm - ty97 May 26, 11:12
I won't poll this out: Empire magazine's 50 greatest video game characters -- (link) - prayformojo May 26, 11:09 10
- 50 pages!?!? F*CK THAT. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 11:13 5
  - at least you can navigate easily - you can just skip to the top 10 if you want, instead of having to page your way thru every selection to get there -- nm - prayformojo May 26, 11:15 2
    - No. You need to C&P the list for me :) -- nm - Shaun May 26, 11:22
    - Yeah it wasn't too bad -- nm - Guigue May 26, 11:16
  - You mean you don't want to artificially bump up their page hits?? (probably with pop-ups after every other page too.) -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 11:13
  - ohh there is more than one page??? -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 26, 11:13
- Donkey Kong at #48 is list FAIL. -- nm - MDH May 26, 11:11 1
  - Bowser at #23 ugh. -- nm - MDH May 26, 11:15
- Sephrioth -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 11:11
- Lara Croft, Mario. -- nm - Remlik May 26, 11:10
4300 dollars fine? per barrel of spil? - Danedukenuuk May 26, 11:09 2
- BP -- nm - wheezy May 26, 11:10 1
  - sureeeeee -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 26, 11:11
No Final Fantasy 14 on 360? :( -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 11:08
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- The level in Halo 3 where you are inside the guts of that thing and all those little bastards attack you. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 11:25 3
  - Seriously? I ran through that one without a single death. - Nightcrawler May 26, 11:31 1
    - I've seen you play Halo. I bet you still haven't beaten that level yet. -- nm - David May 26, 11:38
  - oh god yes. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 11:30
- The Green Flipping Board on Super Mario Galaxy. I forget what that level is called, but I think it's a purple coin level. -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 11:15 5
  - This is the level I'm talking about: -- (link) - JaxSean May 26, 11:21 [youtube] 3
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      - that is such a great game. I need to get SMG2 when I have some time... -- nm - JaxSean May 26, 11:29
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- I'm not sure they qualify for "levels" but games like Missile Command, Space Invaders, Pacman, got close to impossible at some point -- nm - oblique May 26, 11:14 5
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    - the infamous "kill screen". -- nm - TFox May 26, 11:20
    - yes, you freeze the board if you get far enough -- nm - wheezy May 26, 11:17 1
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  - I was going to make this same point -- nm - zork May 26, 11:15
- there was one Boss Level of Doom we spent weeks on... - Mel Profit May 26, 11:13 10
  - fuck this movie. just mentioning the game makes me annoyed. there were like six aliens in the whole fucking film. -- nm - TFox May 26, 11:27
  - Cyberdemon! That was one where infinite ammo code was a must. -- nm - David May 26, 11:16 7
    - that's the one...and we never beat it without the code, I don't think. -- nm - Mel Profit May 26, 11:18 6
      - One of the later Doom games has three of them on the same level. It's beyond impossible. -- nm - David May 26, 11:19 5
        
        Here is a pic -- (link) - amoxy May 26, 11:21 [Image] 2
        
        Masters of Doom is a dull but fascinating book. One guy is the talent and the other is the promoter. -- nm - David May 26, 11:25
        
        Yep...God Mode. -- nm - Mel Profit May 26, 11:24
        
        I *remember* that! - Mel Profit May 26, 11:20 1
        
        I specifically bought a 32X so that we could have multiplayer Doom at the apartment. -- nm - David May 26, 11:24
  - I cheated on that level - amoxy May 26, 11:15
- I just posted one up top. Modern Warfare, the level where you have to get off the plane in 30 seconds. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 11:12 4
  - Also, the entire game of Dragon's Lair. I lost quarter after quarter in that f'ing game. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 11:13 3
    - I just watched others figure most of it out and learned the pattern. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 11:34
    - *finger to nose* -- nm - Mel Profit May 26, 11:18
    - yup -- nm - wheezy May 26, 11:15
- Pretty much all of Ghouls N Ghosts and Ghosts N Goblins. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 11:12
- Bionic Commando's Kill Hitler level is brutal. -- nm - David May 26, 11:11
- The entire game "Pit Fighter" -- nm - MDH May 26, 11:10
- the big giant head level in Half Life 1 -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 11:09
funny girl, E flat -- nm - wheezy May 26, 11:07 1
- A Major, too -- nm - OAE May 26, 11:08
Battletoads! -- nm - Shaun May 26, 11:07

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