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Halo in 10 minutes! -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 17, 20:26 2
- ok, so me and groiny will expect our wins to decrease in 10 mins - tRuMaN Jul 17, 20:30 1
  - Hmm. You won 35% of your games last night, I won 58%. - Black Rabbit Jul 17, 20:37
Should I bother with Sex Drive on Netflix WI? -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 20:25
Another physics thing about Inception, that I was impressed they got right (spoiler) - nubby Jul 17, 20:21
Finally finished up Borderlands on the first playthrough. On level 60 right now, working my way through the Knoxx missions. (spoiler) - JaxSean Jul 17, 20:18 2
- only way i know is to print off the list of missions from the borderlands wiki - tRuMaN Jul 17, 20:24 1
  - yeah, that's about what I figured. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 17, 20:50
The Phantom Menace: C- - Mop Jul 17, 20:07
Upgraded to a DOCSIS 3.0 modem just now. Speedtest.net tells me I'm getting 40mbit. Smokin'! -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 20:01 3
- DOCSIS 3.0? -- nm - lileve Jul 17, 20:04 2
  - Cable modems speak a certain language called "DOCSIS". About 18 months ago, cable companies started upgrading to DOCSIS 3.0. - Mop Jul 17, 20:08 1
    - Should I ask them for a new modem or go buy one? -- nm - lileve Jul 17, 20:31
The Mets have not scored a run since the All-Star Break. Welcome back, Beltran! -- nm - Tim Jul 17, 19:55
An Education is strange, thus far. - TFox Jul 17, 19:46 1
- indeed, but I really enjoyed it. plus I'm kind of in love with carey mulligan. -- nm - mafic Jul 17, 19:51
Tron: Legacy looks fun. Can't wait to see it. And I'm glad I saw a preview for The Pillars of Earth - TWuG Jul 17, 19:45
I think I'm having a sexting threesome. -- nm - Dano Jul 17, 19:35 1
- What? OMG. I thought we were ordering Chinese. -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 20:19
15 players left, dinner break (spoiler) - nubby Jul 17, 19:31
Hi ST - so - friend is opening a small cafe' - told me today she can't play her purchased music there - apparantly royalties thing? I never knew that - JenBro Jul 17, 19:24 11
- Someone posted - about 6 weeks ago - an article about the rights organizations cracking down on coffee shops. Gimme a sec and I'll find it. -- nm - Mop Jul 17, 20:10 1
  - Link. -- (link) - Mop Jul 17, 20:11
- there are services you can pay an annual rate to, unfortunately I don't know what any of them are. -- nm - mafic Jul 17, 19:48 1
  - ASCAP BMI are two. -- nm - lileve Jul 17, 20:01
- She should find some unsigned artists she likes on MySpace or wherever and offer them the opportunity to have their music played in her cafe. - Dano Jul 17, 19:44
- Some places just play a radio station. Is it legal to do the same with satellite radio or Pandora? -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 17, 19:34 2
  - It's not legal to do with a radio. If you use music at a business it's considered public performance, even if it's just a radio broadcast. -- nm - TWuG Jul 17, 19:41 1
    - Huh, never knew that. I always thought radio broadcasts were legal since the ads were played along with it and listeners don't pay to hear it normally -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 17, 19:49
- There are people whose job is just to go into retail and food establishments to nail the owners for not paying ASCAP royalties. -- nm - jnine Jul 17, 19:32 1
  - *sends in my resume* -- nm - Dano Jul 17, 19:41
- Yes, you have to pay fees to the publishing houses or get Muzak. -- nm - lileve Jul 17, 19:27
Inception: between an A and a B+. Needs another viewing to firm up a final grade. Spoils - TWuG Jul 17, 19:23 28
- I want to see it again too. Just talking in this thread I thought of a few things I want to see again. -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 20:04
- *spoils* - Ender Jul 17, 19:50 11
  - Spoils - TWuG Jul 17, 20:06 7
    - Amend that slightly (spoils) - TWuG Jul 17, 20:11 4
      - *spoils* - Ender Jul 17, 20:25
      - spoiler - nubby Jul 17, 20:25 1
        
        Spoils - TWuG Jul 17, 20:32
      - spoilers - Bacon Jul 17, 20:14
    - spoilers - Bacon Jul 17, 20:10 1
      - I think what will trip people up is (spoil) - TWuG Jul 17, 20:17
  - spoiler - nubby Jul 17, 19:52 2
    - Nerd alert! -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 19:53 1
      - You said something much dorkier was "cool" below! -- nm - nubby Jul 17, 20:19
- .........A-? -- nm - nubby Jul 17, 19:30 14
  - No, I mean it might be a solid A or it may be a B+. Spoils - TWuG Jul 17, 19:40 12
    - spoilers - Bacon Jul 17, 19:43 11
      - See, that's why I'm unsure (spoils) - TWuG Jul 17, 19:50 10
        
        *spoils* - Ender Jul 17, 19:53 3
        
        spoiler - nubby Jul 17, 20:22 2
        
        *spoils* - Ender Jul 17, 20:27 1
        
        spoiler - nubby Jul 17, 20:33
        
        spoilers - Bacon Jul 17, 19:52 3
        
        *spoils* - Ender Jul 17, 19:54 2
        
        spoilers - Bacon Jul 17, 19:57 1
        
        *spoils* - Ender Jul 17, 20:00
        
        spoiler - nubby Jul 17, 19:51 1
        
        Aaaaah, that's cool. -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 19:52
  - effing scientists. -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 19:39
Don't mean to brag or anything, but I am holding an Almond Joy and I plan on eating it in front of you peeps. -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 19:04 6
- I broke down and made cookies this afternoon - and I've already eaten 3 :/ - MojaveMeg Jul 17, 19:18
- Anyone with any other type of candy on earth is not jealous of you. -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 19:05 4
  - You are wrong. (Shocker.) -- nm - kelly Jul 17, 20:17 1
    - Kid, your face is wrong. -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 20:22
  - (also, most other people.) -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 19:06 1
    - Sometimes I feel like a nut -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 19:47
Mojave, I saw you were looking for something to do this weekend. I happened upon this today, beautiful weather and lots of artists, surf competitions - jnine Jul 17, 18:50 3
- There is free parking at the high school to and a school bus shuttle to the beach. I don't know where the high school is though. -- nm - jnine Jul 17, 19:33 1
  - oops this goes v -- nm - jnine Jul 17, 19:35
- Ooh, I hadn't heard about that...thanks. I tend to avoid the beach because of the parking. I should try it. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 17, 19:02
Guys, we're watching eclipse. It's horrendous. We are having to do shots to deal with it. - mandyphone Jul 17, 18:39 1
- Were Inception, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Despicable Me, Marmaduke, and the latest Uwe Bol movie all sold out? -- nm - Bacon Jul 17, 18:41
i think there's a line on the form to work at bubba gump's that says - Reagen Jul 17, 18:22 1
- Double shrimp! Double shrimp all the way! *cries* WHAT DOES IT MEAN?! -- nm - Ender Jul 17, 18:38
fun Doctor Who opening -- nm - peglegpete Jul 17, 18:08 1
- and great ending -- nm - peglegpete Jul 17, 19:09
"Who brought the good news bear? Somebody give her some f*@king honey" -- nm - prayformojo Jul 17, 17:21 4
- another movie that was better than one would expect. - Max Jul 17, 18:04 3
  - Yeah, I laughed a good bit -- nm - prayformojo Jul 17, 18:46
  - What movie? -- nm - Inigo Jul 17, 18:08 1
    - Feast Your Eyes on Alice Eve -- (link) - Max Jul 17, 18:10
pixie, looks like Christopher Nolan was at your screening -- (link) - Dano Jul 17, 17:09 3
- of course, he was. Pixie had an oppurtunity to pitch Deathcon with Wil Wheaton and blew it. -- nm - Remlik Jul 17, 18:34
- And Dileep Rao! -- nm - David Jul 17, 17:14
- it wasn't sweltering. it was toasty but i didn't think they needed to shut it down, necessarily. (didn't see nolan myself) -- nm - chuckles Jul 17, 17:11
Psych note I'll be curious to check... (season premiere spoilers) - David Jul 17, 17:05 12
- I saw it online....spoil me on what you're asking cuz I don't recall that on my tape. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 17, 17:07 5
  - Spoilers - David Jul 17, 17:12 4
    - spoilers - tRuMaN Jul 17, 17:30 1
      - Wow, okay. -- nm - David Jul 17, 17:32
    - Oh, that's online (spoils) - Will Hunting Jul 17, 17:18 1
      - I thought the episode was just okay but that joke slays me. -- nm - David Jul 17, 17:32
- I'm just about to rewatch this... -- nm - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 17, 17:05 5
  - Ooh, which day did you record it? -- nm - David Jul 17, 17:06 4
    - Recorded on Wed. -- nm - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 17, 17:08
    - i havent watch it yet, but i think i recorded it last night or something. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 17, 17:07 2
      - Last night's would be the one with the edit. - David Jul 17, 17:09 1
        
        recorded it at 8am today. - tRuMaN Jul 17, 17:10
David, they didn't ask us any trivia at all, which was fine by me. - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 17, 17:02
"This idea is potentiall worth millions of dollars. MILLIONS!" - chuckles Jul 17, 17:01 9
- I'm going to bite my tongue. -- nm - David Jul 17, 17:03 8
  - you'd be hard pressed to get someone to pay a million to watch taht -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 17, 18:14
  - John Edwards, you're next! - chuckles Jul 17, 17:04 6
    - "I'm going to bite my tongue." -- nm - David Jul 17, 17:05 5
      - then it's going to be a long way to november -- nm - chuckles Jul 17, 17:09 4
        
        For your next trick, you'll criticize Pujols' swing. - David Jul 17, 17:10 3
        
        michael cera should be drafting the trademark infringement suit against jesse eisnberg as we speak -- nm - chuckles Jul 17, 17:13 2
        
        You're the first person to ever comment on this. -- nm - David Jul 17, 17:16 1
        
        I like Eisenberg a lot more than Cera, but that trailer does nothing for me. - Will Hunting Jul 17, 17:43
well, no idea if I won that contest (doubt it), but somehow a best buy girl got access to our condo and went around giving away free best buy bags. - Beryllium Jul 17, 16:59
Krusty, Top Gear's Botswana, Vietnam, and Bolivia specials are some of the best episodes of tv, ever. -- nm - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 17, 16:58 7
- Agreed. The Polar Special was nuts. I wouldn't have made it back alive. - Krusty Jul 17, 17:05 3
  - I'm still irritated because it wasn't the real pole. it was the location of the magnetic pole in 1994 or something. - mafic Jul 17, 20:06
  - Oh yeah, I had forgotten about that one too. - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 17, 17:08 1
    - ayup -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 17, 17:09
- botswana is the vally of death thing right - tRuMaN Jul 17, 17:00 2
  - They had to buy a second hand car for less than $2k and then drive across Botswana (spoils) - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 17, 17:04
  - Yup. Oliver!!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 17:03
Aww, crap, the HBO premiere is Invention of Lying? This would be on my Mt Rushmore of Most Underwhelming Movies -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 17, 16:58
Stephen, I hate theme restaurants that play the show/movies during your dinner. Always annoy the crap outta......*drinks another warp core breach* - Will Hunting Jul 17, 16:56 1
- heh -- nm - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 17, 16:59
David: I went to Bubba Gump Shrimp in Anaheim. Deeeee-lish-us! And the forrest gump trivia they ask is amusing. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 16:56 2
- Seriously, a full 5 minutes of my dinner tonight was my family complaining about the trivia. -- nm - David Jul 17, 17:00 1
  - I could see being annoyed at always being asked the same trivia questions ... but the first time? Killjoys. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 17:04
you know what else is in gatlinburg? the coolest knife store i've ever seen. -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 16:56 11
- A boy named Sue? -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 17, 19:05
- On a seemingly unrelated note, I frequently joke about what type of creepy people must go to that place. - David Jul 17, 16:59 5
  - *lots* of volunteer orange and mall airbrushed t-shirts. i can vouch for that. -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 17:00 4
    - I believe this. -- nm - Callisto, wearing volunteer orange Jul 17, 17:02 3
      - in fairness, that also describes every retail establishment in gatlinburg. -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 17:04 2
        
        I think Gatlinburg is pretty fun. The aquarium is super. -- nm - Callisto Jul 17, 17:11 1
        
        love it there. watched the pats win sb36 in a hot tub with my gf in a cabin in gatlingburg. -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 17:13
- Smoky Mountain Knife Works yeah! -- nm - Callisto Jul 17, 16:57 3
  - *slightly disturbed Kim was this enthusiastically quick to answer* -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 17, 16:58
  - i own zero knives, and could easily spend two hours in that store. -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 16:58 1
    - i should request a catalog. even the catalog rules. -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 16:59
pyscho free board. - tRuMaN at home Jul 17, 16:54 15
- do we have to guess what those ink blots mean before we can post on it? - zeitgeist Jul 17, 17:12
- Have you gone to the doctor? -- nm - lileve Jul 17, 16:55 7
  - see b2 -- nm - tRuMaN at home Jul 17, 16:55 6
    - Is there a walk-in you could go to in the mean time? -- nm - lileve Jul 17, 16:55 5
      - Maybe you are stressed. -- nm - lileve Jul 17, 16:58 4
        
        heh. - tRuMaN Jul 17, 16:59 3
        
        How long have you noticed this weight loss? - lileve Jul 17, 17:00 2
        
        umm - tRuMaN Jul 17, 17:02 1
        
        Ah ok. - lileve Jul 17, 17:13
- shit. see y'all tomorrow. -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 16:54 5
  - you arent a psycho, you are just crazy. there is a difference - tRuMaN at home Jul 17, 16:55 4
    - one of those psychos was decidedly more fun than the other. -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 16:57 3
      - just like you and pixie. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 17, 17:03 2
        
        the ambidextrous nature of this shiv is fantastic. -- nm - TFox Jul 17, 17:06 1
        
        i should pay myself on the back for that one. - tRuMaN Jul 17, 17:09

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