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phewww -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 12:05
Ahhh, Manute Bol passed away today -- (link) - amoxy Jun 19, 11:51 4
- That's very sad. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 19, 12:06
- sounds like he was a truly wonderful human being. -- nm - zork Jun 19, 11:55
- The guy was awesome for African charities. Donated time and money. That's sad -- nm - Redmond Jun 19, 11:53
- wow. He really gave back to his country didn't he? -- nm - Remlik Jun 19, 11:53
Best film trilogy ever. -- nm - Inigo Jun 19, 11:45 6
- Matrix 1 2 3 -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 12:08
- Lord of the Rings. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 19, 12:06
- Plenty of people disagree, but Pirates is my trilogy. -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 11:56
- Speilberg. Private Ryan, 1941, Schindlers List...John Ford Rio Grande, She Wore a yellow ribbon, Fort Apache -- nm - peglegpete Jun 19, 11:53
- Farmyard Antics #22, 23, 24 -- nm - Diggie Jun 19, 11:47
- Soon to be topped by Piranha. -- nm - Dano Jun 19, 11:46
KABOOM -- nm - zork Jun 19, 11:41
Man, I had completely forgot about Jesper Gronjkaer. He isn't even that old. -- nm - celedhring Jun 19, 11:32
I'm doing a small party DJing tonight, maybe 30 or so, bigger crowd than usual. I'm thinking of opening with the acapella start to Runaround Sue. - Qale Jun 19, 11:26 6
- What kind of party? Older people or young? - Krusty Jun 19, 11:30 5
  - Span is 20s to 40s. All gay. I've already got the reputation of doing unusual things. I mixed Prodigy with Stevie Knicks on my last CD mix that got - Qale Jun 19, 11:33 4
    - is that steve francis? -- nm - Gwaahjo Jun 19, 11:50 1
      - er Stevie Nicks. It was Firestarter and Stand Back. -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 11:53
    - Sounds like they'll enjoy it then. Best of luck, I hope it goes well. - Krusty Jun 19, 11:37 1
      - Yes, there will be a recording. I took down the last mix because it didn't work out well. But my others are at this link. - Qale Jun 19, 11:42
DEN vs. CAM your estimates - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 11:21 4
- 0-0 -- nm - Redmond Jun 19, 11:48
- 2-1 for Denmark. Go Denmark!!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 19, 11:31
- 2-1 CAM but I want Denmark to win. -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 11:23
- 2-1 -- nm - celedhring Jun 19, 11:22
Granderson! -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 11:19
hmm, i wonder if my pot roast is done yet. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 19, 11:11 2
- are you making steaks? -- nm - cashiers everywhere Jun 19, 11:15 1
  - of course -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 19, 11:17
Nothing will convince you that cashier is a skilled position like watching someone stare befuddingly at a self-checkout trying to scan one item. -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 11:07 16
- If you can check yourself out at the grocery then you are probably not eating healthy, half my cart is full of veggies and fruits that you need to... - zeitgeist Jun 19, 11:17 13
  - I would NEVER use self checkout. My thinking is, want me to check out my own groceries? Give me a discount for doing so. You are saving money, - Redmond Jun 19, 11:49 2
    - if it's faster, I'll use it. I'm saving myself time which is something they can't give me back. -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 12:09
    - I have posted this sentiment at least a couple of times. -- nm - zork Jun 19, 11:53
  - HINT: the code is on those sticky labels they put on the produce -- nm - zork Jun 19, 11:40
  - The self-checkouts at my store let you look things up by name... but I moved on from self check out to the hand scanner - stewie Jun 19, 11:23 1
    - never seen anything like that here -- nm - zork Jun 19, 11:41
  - I use them all the time and you can use them for fruits and veggies too. - Krusty Jun 19, 11:22
  - I remember when I was a cashier and had those codes memorized. You almost got into some zen-like moment, beep, beep, beep, taptaptap, beep, taptaptap. -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 11:18 5
    - 357 was carrots with stems. I remember a few others. - Redmond Jun 19, 11:50 2
      - pretty sure they are standardised here -- nm - zork Jun 19, 11:56
      - 101 brussel sprouts -- nm - Redmond Jun 19, 11:51
    - what was the first one you remembered? - zeitgeist Jun 19, 11:21 1
      - It's bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S! -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 11:22
- nothing is more annoying that a cashier who is befuddingly slow because they must give you the top questions for - tRuMaN Jun 19, 11:12
- agreed, although I can't remember the last time a cashier gave me change without needing to look at what the machine is telling them to give - zork Jun 19, 11:12
the forbidden iPhone 4 spot -- (link) - marcel Jun 19, 10:58 [youtube]
"This might not be the best time, but you owe me $32,000 in legal fees." -- nm - TFox Jun 19, 10:57
Seriously, Phil Hughes!?! Seriously! - Krusty Jun 19, 10:51 14
- REYES! -- nm - Tim Jun 19, 11:02
- Everyone chant it with me: Three way tie! Three way tie! Three way tie! - TFox Jun 19, 10:53 5
  - We're going to see Manny this afternoon. And we're going to have those awesome seats right behind the visitors' dugout again. -- nm - Diva Jun 19, 11:15 4
    - Did you guys decide on a sign to bring? -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 11:26 1
      - we're going sans sign. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 19, 11:37
    - This is what I'm saying. The Mets finish whooping you, and then the Sox win, and then the Rays choke against the Marlins.... - TFox Jun 19, 11:19 1
      - Oops, not whooping us right now. - Krusty Jun 19, 11:25
- I know! f*ck!!! -- nm - Diva Jun 19, 10:52 6
  - I don't know how we're tied for 1st. Oh, yeah...we've only played the worst teams in baseball so far. - Krusty Jun 19, 10:54 5
    - I'll show you. - Tex si Jun 19, 11:03 2
      - He looks lost and slow. - Krusty Jun 19, 11:05 1
        
        yep. -- nm - Diva Jun 19, 11:14
    - I'm glad Tex showed me up but that wasn't exactly hit all that well. - Krusty Jun 19, 11:03 1
      - I didn't think it would carry long enough. Glad it did. -- nm - Diva Jun 19, 11:04
Mass Effect 2 -40% on Steam today. -- nm - celedhring Jun 19, 10:36 5
- Also Mass Effect 1 -75%. -- nm - celedhring Jun 19, 10:38 4
  - They're calling this Action RPGs. I assume it's due to the First Person Perspective or wha? I've never been keen on them, but for 5 dollars... -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 10:51 3
    - I really liked the series quite a bit. There is some 1st person shooter aspect to it...but also a ton of story - Remlik Jun 19, 11:12 2
      - The combat system is FPS-lite. I'm no fan of the genre and I enjoyed it. The story and characters are great. -- nm - celedhring Jun 19, 11:18 1
        
        5 dollars IS hard to ignore. -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 11:27
SITWAP, but too funny: Momma Lohan loves the shit out of ice cream. -- (link) - TFox Jun 19, 10:32 4
- further proof that the Lohans are white trash ... they abuse a *Carvel* card - zork Jun 19, 11:39
- They should have given those cards to regular people and if not, actual celebrities. - Krusty Jun 19, 10:39
- giving anything to LiLo is asking for trouble. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 10:35 1
  - "I don't know how she turned Rocky Road into heroin. Maybe we should put her in the space program." -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 11:01
what if apple refused to offer a book it thought of as too controversial, like the bible for sex and violence (all that begatting and 'knowing') - zeitgeist Jun 19, 10:08 9
- I'm going to censor Apple by pre-empting them and not release any of my novels in formats they can use. -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 11:10 2
  - *whew* -- nm - Apple Jun 19, 11:13 1
    - I should release them on the Pear phone. -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 11:49
- Soon there will be tablets that let you do whatever you want, and even feature the mythical USB port - stewie Jun 19, 11:06
- ohh and yes ISP can decide (and do) what sites you can visit - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 10:12
- Isn't that part of what the net neutrality thing is about? -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 10:10
- i think book store owners do all sorts of censorship everyday - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 10:10 2
  - yes but you don't have to buy a 2nd electronic device to access material your local store refuses to sell -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 19, 10:20 1
    - yet :) - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 10:23
oh goody, its about to storm here. - tRuMaN Jun 19, 10:05 4
- 85 degrees, 39% humidity, skies clear and blue. new hampshire is awesome. *awesome.* -- nm - miss amanda jones Jun 19, 10:15 1
  - what are you doing outside? go back in and clean your house, dirtbag -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 19, 12:04
- tie down your windmills then -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 10:06 1
  - i lost htem in a cattle trade gone south -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 19, 10:20
20$ for a movie ticket, how the hell has that happened? -- nm - celedhring Jun 19, 09:50 2
- they took 312.5 and deducted until they hit 20 -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 10:06
- while we slept, hollywood henchmen snuck into the theatres and made them an offer they couldn't refuse, 3D -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 19, 10:04
David Ortiz's 15 HRs in 56 games is his second biggest power output to start a season in his career. - TFox Jun 19, 09:37 4
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- its amazing what steriods can do for a person. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 19, 09:41
wait, the big show was on an ep of royal pains? - tRuMaN Jun 19, 09:35 2
- He's also in MacGruber (spoils) - Dano Jun 19, 09:43
- No, he did do an airplane on Doctor Hank -- nm - amoxy Jun 19, 09:36
The censorship issue to me is illustrated by what Apple did and what Clean Movies did. - Dano Jun 19, 09:32 48
- I'm sorry but to me that's censoring the comic, plain and simple. - Krusty Jun 19, 09:36 6
  - Okay - Apple made the publisher censor it (I do find a distinction with who made the changes), but they were fully within their rights to do so. -- nm - Dano Jun 19, 09:38 5
    - I agree with you, but when Apple is selling something worse, in this case, Kick Ass,.... - Remlik Jun 19, 10:28
    - This I agree with. - Krusty Jun 19, 09:41
    - censors always makes the publisher make the changes themselfs - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 09:41 2
      - No they don't. Clean Movies re-edited the movies themselves to cut out the "bad parts" without informing the producers. -- nm - Dano Jun 19, 09:44 1
        
        infingement of creative right then - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 09:45
- which studios have done, editing for content to get on network/cable/airplanes for years -- nm - jingoist pixie Jun 19, 09:35 1
  - yes - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 09:39
- I'm with Dano. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 09:34
- all censors do it that way - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 09:34
- like I said, a distinction without a difference. -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 09:33 36
  - Well, then let's just say that a company has no obligation to provide you with a platform for free speech. -- nm - Dano Jun 19, 09:34 35
    - But they feel it's in the best interest of everyone that they censor what adults can see. -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 09:37 33
      - No. They feel it is in their best interests to monitor what *they* sell. -- nm - NWBR on iPhone Jun 19, 09:42 1
        
        but that decision is all over the place and not consistent. -- nm - Remlik Jun 19, 11:13
      - I'm not saying I agree with them. Apple is completely evil. I have hated Apple for a long time. -- nm - Dano Jun 19, 09:39 12
        
        I'm just looking to argue, I'm bored. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 09:47 11
        
        wait for it - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 09:52 10
        
        I want Denmark to win but I'm afraid Cameroon is going to win. - Krusty Jun 19, 09:53 9
        
        i'd be surprise if it's the reverse result - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 09:57 8
        
        Heh? Cameroon looked all kinds of poor in the first game. Banking on Denmark here. -- nm - celedhring Jun 19, 10:03 5
        
        the problem with rommedahal is he need so many tries before he hits the ball correct - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 10:04 4
        
        Yup, let the young guys run all over the place and give them a chance to create. -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 10:07 1
        
        atleast it looks better then half injured walking the pitch -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 10:09
        
        It may sound crazy, but I would have taken Peter Lovenkrands from Newcastle. - celedhring Jun 19, 10:06 1
        
        crazy? - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 10:08
        
        Very true. Not coming into the cup healthy has really hurt them. -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 09:59 1
        
        bad coaching to some extent - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 10:02
      - The flip side being that the company maintains no control over the content of what they publish whatsoever? -- nm - TFox Jun 19, 09:38 17
        
        like I said, they can choose to not sell a product. - Reagen Jun 19, 09:48 2
        
        Don't you think the comic creators prefer the option to sell their product? I guarantee they do. -- nm - TFox Jun 19, 09:51 1
        
        ultimately they would prefer to sell it as is in the same market. - Reagen Jun 19, 09:56
        
        No, you make it so adults can buy adult products and children can not. - Krusty Jun 19, 09:43 12
        
        They are a private company. What obligation do they have to provide a service they don't want to provide? - NWBR on iPhone Jun 19, 09:48 5
        
        They don't have any obligation. I was just trying to say that they can sell things uncensored to adults if they wished since - Krusty Jun 19, 09:51
        
        I'm not in favour of requiring them to do so. I'm not even in favour of sanctioning them. I am in favour, though, of calling them out on this. -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 09:50 3
        
        yes...mark it in your personal "firms i wanna buy products from" book -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 09:51 2
        
        I'm already pretty anti-Apple. -- nm - Reagen Jun 19, 10:00 1
        
        me too -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 10:03
        
        but Apple has the right to decide if they want to do that. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 09:47 5
        
        I know but that was my solution to TFox's post about control. -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 09:48
        
        yes but it still censorship - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 09:48 3
        
        then all retailers are censors. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 09:52 2
        
        no in non publishing it's "Quality control" but it is the same mechanisem - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 10:01
        
        Porn shops too? - Krusty Jun 19, 09:53
        
        censorship is not nessesarily bad but it is censorship -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 09:42
    - ofcourse not it's not a matter of obligation but of behaviour - Danedukenuuk Jun 19, 09:36

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