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Stuff White People Like #85: The Wire. Paragraph 5 is why I feel like this show lives on in College Students. -- (link) - MDH Jun 21, 10:29 2
- hilarious -- nm - TFox Jun 21, 10:30
- or it actually is amazing -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 10:29
Not so topical comment: I'm just now reading Game Change, but really enjoying the heck out of it 100-pages in. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 21, 10:25 1
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ST Poll: Say the US doesn't advance due to a tiebreaker (knock on wood) how long before everyone riots again over the referee? And what happens? -- nm - MDH Jun 21, 10:19 16
- If anything, it'll go the opposite way. Why care about a sporting event so badly officiated? - Will Hunting Jun 21, 10:22 6
  - yeah! That's it. The horrid reffing of FIFA will send the fans clamoring for the NHL's stellar track record. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 10:23 2
    - NHL reffing is pretty good, actually. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 10:25 1
      - hmm ... re-reading, I can see how I came across as sarcastic, but I actually meant it literally. - Beryllium Jun 21, 10:27
  - Some people love the NBA... -- nm - Shaun Jun 21, 10:23
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    - The NBA is not an emerging sport here; and it's popularity has dropped significantly since it's high-water mark 12 years ago. - Will Hunting Jun 21, 10:23
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  - *tries to become the mayor of the Laker Parade Riot on Foursquare* -- nm - LA D-bag Jun 21, 10:22 1
    - i wish Sheriff Joe was policing the parade route -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 10:23
- in the US? never -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 10:20
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- That ref should be ecstatic that that happened with the US team. Had it been Ireland, he might already be dead. -- nm - TFox Jun 21, 10:20 2
  - that what happened? the disallowed goal call from a few days ago? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 10:23 1
    - yeah -- nm - TFox Jun 21, 10:23
- n/a, since its soccer and almost nobody in the country truly cares. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 21, 10:19
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- I love the fact that the US could advance without actually, you know, winning a game. - Jim Jun 21, 10:27 4
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  - There are NFL teams that are 8-8 getting into the playoffs; it's really not that far off - Will Hunting Jun 21, 10:31
  - (spoiler) - chuckles Jun 21, 10:29 1
    - spoiler - Jim Jun 21, 10:36
- True but England should have crushed them and beat us. They're playing like crap. - Krusty Jun 21, 10:23 1
  - Also, the U.S. doesn't have to win, they can tie and still advance. A win is a guarantee they move on. - Krusty Jun 21, 10:27
- but...it's *Algeria*... :) - znufrii Jun 21, 10:19
- Yeah, it's certainly not a given, but I think everyone is trying to be optimistic. -- nm - ty97 Jun 21, 10:18
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Hmm, I need to think of a name for a script. It analyzes an SQL schema file (no data, only structure) and parses things (like tables and functions) - Beryllium Jun 21, 10:07 15
- Obama -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 10:23 2
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    - Pretty much! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 10:25
- ParseIt. -- nm - TWuG Jun 21, 10:22 1
  - ooh, snake whisperer. Interesting. (I also like Intersect) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 10:24
- Schema parser? Schema processor? -- nm - SyrDragon Jun 21, 10:19
- Intersect -- nm - decline Jun 21, 10:17
- Analysis of Schema Structure and Function Utilization Code Kit -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 10:15 2
  - My name is Alice and I remember everything? -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 10:19
  - nice. -- nm - znufrii Jun 21, 10:16
- Defraggle -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 10:11
- "Effin Ninja Taco Sex" -- nm - TFox Jun 21, 10:08 2
  - While awesome, I don't think this would go over well in the corporate wiki. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 10:13 1
    - OK then, Lorax. -- nm - TFox Jun 21, 10:17
- tetris -- nm - ty97 Jun 21, 10:08
nobody's watching anymore but the Treme finale was super - chuckles Jun 21, 10:07 29
- Haven't really heard much after the debut. Is it getting a second season? - Name Withheld By Request Jun 21, 10:14 4
  - it was renewed. i don't know what you like so i can't say. it's a slice of life in New Orleans post-Katrina. more Tales of the City than Wire -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 10:15 2
    - Wide variety. Just like interesting stories and characters. Sounds like it might fit the bill. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 21, 10:18 1
      - it's also centered around the music of the city, jazz in particular. the songs are great -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 10:21
  - It was on the front page of CNN yesterday -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 10:15
- I'm watching, just one episode behind (havent' seen the final yet). Front-runner for best show of 2010. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 21, 10:10 1
  - There's been a bunch of rumors that HBO may cancel the second season pickup order. -- nm - MDH Jun 21, 10:11
- I have a coworker who watches. I'm considering trying it out, but I want to finish The Wire first -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 10:08 21
  - I have a question about the Wire - I am 1 1/2 episodes in - does it pick up? - Epiphany Jun 21, 10:10 20
    - Absolutely felt the same. Episode Three or Four was when I started to enjoy it. (slight spoils) - Name Withheld By Request Jun 21, 10:16
    - We got through like 3 episodes when the show first aired and dumped it. *shrugs* -- nm - Jim Jun 21, 10:15 6
      - (Me too.) -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 10:16 5
        
        This show is so overhyped it hurts. -- nm - MDH Jun 21, 10:19 4
        
        I will probably love it then, if you say this. :) -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 10:21
        
        *abandons 'People I Hate' list, just saves a screenprint to his desktop* -- nm - Don Homer si Jun 21, 10:21
        
        You've never been more wrong. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 21, 10:20 1
        
        Word. One of the best shows HBO has ever produced. -- nm - Krusty Jun 21, 10:25
    - This and True Blood are the only HBO shows I've given up on b/c I was bored while watching. - MDH Jun 21, 10:12 6
      - If anything True Blood's new problem is they have so many characters, you don't get to spend enough time with any of them. -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 10:16
      - I agree with True Blood. It had a whole lot of blow in it. -- nm - TFox Jun 21, 10:15 2
        
        The two lead characters are worthless, which is a problem, but still find the rest of the show enjoyable for the most part. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 21, 10:15 1
        
        They should run this endorsement on the commercials. -- nm - TFox Jun 21, 10:17
      - needs more Trauma -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 10:14
      - wow. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 21, 10:13
    - *head spins* It's complex and layered, please try to stick with it. - Don Homer Jun 21, 10:11 2
      - I heard somewhere that Mcnulty is actually english? ah yes, imdb confirms it ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 10:14 1
        
        Yup and it was very weird hearing him speak in a doc about the show. -- nm - Krusty Jun 21, 10:15
    - oh yes -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 10:11
    - I quite enjoyed season 1. It takes a bit of getting used to that the episodes aren't stand-alone, though. The entire season is an arc. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 10:11
Xbox 360 will shut down to prevent RRoD. -- (link) - Mop (221 lbs) Jun 21, 10:06 12
- ? My old style one already does this. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 10:08 4
  - I expect they've been adding temp gauges gradually to each new revision. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Jun 21, 10:29
  - I've never seen this message on mine, even when it red ringed. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 10:09 2
    - not this exact message, but I've had it tell me a couple times that it shut down due to overheating. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 10:10 1
      - hmm. Now that you mention it, I think I did see this on someone else's XBox 360 Elite once -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 10:18
- "Ah yeah, I'm going to finally beat Crawmerax solo without glitching!! *lines up final shot, 360 powers off* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" -- nm - Shaun Jun 21, 10:07 6
  - vs. the same thing happening when your 360 bricks? -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 10:09 5
    - *shrugs* The RRoD doesn't bug me. If it happens, call MS, and it's like a 3 week turnaround. Big deal. -- nm - Shaun Jun 21, 10:16 4
      - I'm saying that the result is the same and it's a 10 minute turnaround vs 3 weeks. - Reagen Jun 21, 10:24 1
        
        Here's a funny pill to counteract the serious pill you took already. - Shaun Jun 21, 10:25
      - I'm of the opinion that it's a crap product precisely because it can RROD and does so for a not insignificant portion of the units. - TWuG Jun 21, 10:21 1
        
        Sure is and everyone knows it. But since there's a 3-year warranty, no one cares. -- nm - Shaun Jun 21, 10:22
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With two games at once the next few days, will both games be televised in the US? -- nm - ty97 Jun 21, 10:05 1
- yes - znufrii Jun 21, 10:06
LYC: The trailers for "Tangled" and the Owl Guardian Movie were met with silence last night at Toy Story 3 - MDH Jun 21, 10:03 14
- Agreed on the Owls. That looks like crap on a cracker. - TWuG Jun 21, 10:17 2
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    - heh -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 10:22
- I think you are the anti-me. Our theater was laughing at Tangled. The Owl movie looks cool, visually. - JaxSean Jun 21, 10:06 4
  - When I heard a 6-8 year old say "That looks horrible" to Tangled I laughed out loud. - MDH Jun 21, 10:09
  - I think the target audience is the extremely elusive young males under 16. See also Treasure Planet. -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 10:07 2
    - But I also see it as bringing in the Happy Feet "oooh, cute owls" audience. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 21, 10:09 1
      - Cute owls? Man owls will rape your face! -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 10:10
- The teaser for Legends of the Gaurdians was extremely lush and pretty. But I haven't seen the full trailer yet. I did a focus study with Tangled and - Qale Jun 21, 10:05 1
  - Yeah, I thought the Ga'hoole trailer was badass. -- nm - TFox Jun 21, 10:06
- i got Tinkerbell's Great Fairy something crap, Tangled, Sorcerer's Apprentice, and Tron Legacy - chuckles Jun 21, 10:05 3
  - The more I see Tron:Legacy, the more I think it looks like a perfect marriage of The Matrix and Speed Racer. - JaxSean Jun 21, 10:07 2
    - the young male lead seems like a typical himbo drip but Olivia Wilde can make up for that -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 10:09
    - yes - I am compelled to see it - the new kid is a hottie -- nm - Epiphany Jun 21, 10:08
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- No, yes, yes, yes, yes -- nm - znufrii Jun 21, 10:04
- no, no, yes, yes, no -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 21, 10:02
- no, yes, yes, yes, yes - ty97 Jun 21, 10:01
- no, yes, yes, yes, no. - mafic Jun 21, 10:01 2
  - I hope you're wrong. - Krusty Jun 21, 10:04
  - ~ dreidel dreidel dreidel, i made you out of clay. dreidel dreidel dreidel, the next round i will play. ~ -- nm - TFox Jun 21, 10:02
- No, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes -- nm - MDH Jun 21, 10:01
- no, no, yes, yes, yes -- nm - TFox Jun 21, 10:00
- no, no, yes, yes, no -- nm - ceregon Jun 21, 09:59
- No, then yes to the rest -- nm - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jun 21, 09:59 1
  - Agreed -- nm - amoxy Jun 21, 10:00
- No, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes -- nm - Krusty Jun 21, 09:59
- d, e. can b & c both advance? -- nm - chuckles Jun 21, 09:58 6
  - Yes....if both win; we're in. - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:59 4
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      - are you in Egypt for the finals too? -- nm - ty97 Jun 21, 10:02 2
        
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- No to the first, yes to the rest. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 09:58
- No, yes, yes, yes, yes. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:58
What I hate about the vuvuzelas is that it's noise for no discernable reason. - Reagen Jun 21, 09:57 2
- heh, I saw a chart about propre vuvuzela timing a few days ago -- nm - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:58 1
  - here, the proper usage is on this page ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 21, 09:58
I am catching up on Mad Men. All of Season 1 was on Comcast On Demand up until yesterday - amoxy Jun 21, 09:57 2
- just finished Season 3 last night - znufrii Jun 21, 10:20
- Netflix streaming really needs to add these -- nm - prayformojo Jun 21, 09:57
Some of the World Cup teams offensive strategies depicted as a chart -- (link) - MDH Jun 21, 09:54 [Image]
Diva and Hdn: Winter's Bone is excellent, I highly recommend it. -- nm - ty97 Jun 21, 09:53 1
- Cool. Will probably be a few more weeks before it hits down here. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jun 21, 10:09
So yesterday, I stepped on the scale....lost 2lbs last week. - Will Hunting Jun 21, 09:52 1
- Did you hit a gypsy lady? haa -kidding - that is good!! 2lbs is a lot - Epiphany Jun 21, 10:07
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- I knew it was only a matter of time. -- nm - znufrii Jun 21, 09:59
- Thundersticks easily are the most annoying. -- nm - MDH Jun 21, 09:57 1
  - I agree, because you also have the distraction movement along with the noise... -- nm - znufrii Jun 21, 10:17
- How easily we forget Whitey Whackers -- nm - prayformojo Jun 21, 09:56 2
  - I don't know why the Communist Party of Springfield leader chose to speak on tomato day. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 09:58
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- It's on CNN right now -- nm - MDH Jun 21, 09:55
B1's Objective: To display at least 150 posts in an expedient fashion. -- nm - TFox Jun 21, 09:52

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