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Does anyone else on ST use Tversity? I'm having issues since the last update. - Krusty Jul 19, 14:03 1
- i havent updated yet. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 14:04
I'm just mad about saffron. -- nm - nubby Jul 19, 14:03 2
- yosafbridge -- nm - budice Jul 19, 14:06
- and she's just mad about me -- nm - peglegpete Jul 19, 14:03
i bought my ice cream sammich from the Famima in Inception - chuckles Jul 19, 13:52 2
- wait a second - Danedukenuuk Jul 19, 13:53
- Famima, its the future -- nm - budice Jul 19, 13:53
An interesting contribution from a commenter to an article discussing the failings of Tim Geithner; - Loyola Jul 19, 13:38 8
- What does the article allege are Geithner's failings? -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 19, 13:45 7
  - His perceived reluctance to block Elizabeth Warren heading the new Consumer Agency; -- (link) - Loyola Jul 19, 13:46 6
    - "Failing to appoint Elizabeth Warren would be the straw that breaks the camel�s back. It will go down in the history books as a turning point..." - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 19, 13:54 4
      - perhaps she'd have more impact than a SCJ. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 19, 14:02
      - Also, every administration appointee serves at the pleasure of the President. If Geithner disagrees with Obama... - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 19, 13:57 2
        
        *dangle checkbooks under Obama's nose* -- nm - Wall Street Donors Jul 19, 13:59
        
        It's actually a pretty good blog. -- nm - Loyola Jul 19, 13:58
    - disregard block -- nm - Loyola Jul 19, 13:47
sitwap : Jeremy London and Rachel Uchitel to check in to 'Celebrity Rehab'. -- (link) - Diva Jul 19, 13:31 16
- celebrity rehab??? TV show with celebs doing rehab? - Danedukenuuk Jul 19, 13:50 5
  - What some people find entertaining baffles me sometimes. - Krusty Jul 19, 13:54 4
    - crazy wedding crazy children crazy pets and crazy rehab....all we need now is crazy bedroom practices - Danedukenuuk Jul 19, 13:56
    - it's good television. i don't even care that they are celebrities. i like watching them work through their issues (or not) in the program -- nm - chuckles Jul 19, 13:55 2
      - For me it's like watching a car wreck sometimes. Just not fun. - Krusty Jul 19, 14:01 1
        
        I'm with you. I like that some people overcome their issues, but I can't take the whole deals as entertainment. - b. Jul 19, 14:08
- You failed to mention Leif Garrett!!! -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 13:48
- Janice Dickinson? Ugh. (I didn't know who that Rachel Uchtel chick was, so had to look it up.) - JaxSean Jul 19, 13:45 3
  - how do you think she's stayed skinny all these years? -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 13:46 2
    - I was hoping she was dying. - JaxSean Jul 19, 13:47 1
      - she really is horrid. -- nm - loosilu Jul 19, 13:48
- You're lucky reposting wasn't banned on this board, missy! -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 19, 13:33 3
  - no sticks Diva in a corner. - Remlik Jul 19, 13:40 2
    - perv -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 19, 13:41
    - er....no one sticks Diva in a corner -- nm - Remlik Jul 19, 13:41
- T.S.! -- nm - budice Jul 19, 13:33
Per Amazon: Kindle's are flying off the shelves and they now sell more kindle editions than hardcovers -- (link) - decline Jul 19, 13:31 21
- (Does the Kindle support epub format yet?) nm - Dignan Jul 19, 13:43 6
  - no, but it does support mobi. you can use a program called Calibri (its free, I can get a link in a minute) which will - tRuMaN Jul 19, 13:44 3
    - I have Calibre. Some of the conversions can be dodgy. nm - Dignan Jul 19, 13:48 1
      - true. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 13:49
    - linkaged, i spelt it wrong, its Calibre -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 19, 13:46
  - *gets edrunk* -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 19, 13:43 1
    - better to get "ehungover"? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 19, 13:45
- I just don't read enough books to justify the price, personally. - JaxSean Jul 19, 13:39 11
  - You know there's a free kindle app for your Android, right? - Dr.Vermin Jul 19, 13:44 7
    - jeez, that would be way too small to read for me. what kind of phone do you have? - JaxSean Jul 19, 13:46 5
      - I read (or reread) most of the harry potters on my Palm -- nm - zork Jul 19, 13:52 2
        
        Just thinking about reading a book on a Blackberry or Palm is giving me a headache. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 13:55 1
        
        Download the app and see for yourself. I was pleasantly surprised. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 19, 14:03
      - i read ebooks on my blackberry, its not that bad -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 13:49
      - HTC Hero. But you can change the text size pretty darn high. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 19, 13:48
    - and the PC, and the Mac, and the Blackberry, and the iphone. (just making sure some dont feel left out) -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 13:45
  - I spent $110 (refurb) but I agree. - tRuMaN Jul 19, 13:40 2
    - How does that (the library ebooks) work? - JaxSean Jul 19, 13:44 1
      - yeah its like a rental. - tRuMaN Jul 19, 13:45
- This caught on much, much faster than I expected. nm - Dignan Jul 19, 13:36
- And since they are the only place you are allowed to buy hardcovers, this means something!!! -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 19, 13:32
cause i know st cares, my kindle is now named - tRuMaN Jul 19, 13:29 10
- I will wildy guess a Douglas Adams tome. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 19, 13:32 9
  - decent guess but ... Phule's Company by Robert Asprin -- nm - zork Jul 19, 13:35 8
    - Hmm. I don't remember this. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 13:40 4
      - thats cause your memory sucks old man -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 13:41 3
        
        Plus I read it when I was like 12. - JaxSean Jul 19, 13:48 2
        
        are you thinking of Myth Inc? - tRuMaN Jul 19, 14:02 1
        
        Ah, I was. I think I only read the first one or two of those. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 14:21
    - heh. - tRuMaN Jul 19, 13:35 2
      - nice one, Skeeve -- nm - zork Jul 19, 13:36 1
        
        i did consider - tRuMaN Jul 19, 13:38
Screw you, budice! -- nm - Incubus Jul 19, 13:28 1
- L3 -- nm - budice Jul 19, 13:29
Todays trendning topics on Twitter Canada are "oldpeoplesname" and "Vader".... - Walt_Disney Jul 19, 13:23 2
- Respirators!!! -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 19, 13:25 1
  - Iron lungs -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 19, 13:30
truman, you can steal this if you want but if/when I get an ebook reader I'll call it Paige. -- nm - zork Jul 19, 13:17 1
- "I shall call mine 'Sticky.'" -- nm - groiny s.i. Jul 19, 13:26
New deal for CJ2K -- (link) - budice Jul 19, 13:17
The Kovalchuk deal makes Guy very very happy. -- nm - Guy Jul 19, 13:13 1
- Maybe the nautilus can be reshaped into something resembling Kovalchuk -- nm - budice Jul 19, 13:14
Big Brother speculation from last night's Showtime feed. yes spoilers - peglegpete Jul 19, 13:11 2
- If they're not careful a grenade's going to be thrown at them instead of them throwing a grenade at the grenade... grenade, grenade, grenade... -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 13:18 1
  - The Meow Meow don't like this. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 19, 13:20
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- The answer has always been America belongs to it's citizens - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 19, 13:30 10
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    - I think there's a difference between a potential immigrant saying "I want to be a part of that" and "It's mine too! Give it to me!" - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 19, 13:47 2
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        Without putting it through rigorous analysis, if I were designing a constitutional/statute policy from the ground up, I would say no - Max Jul 19, 13:56
    - Those who follow the longstanding, established process of obtaining legal citizenship. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 19, 13:37 5
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        What TFox said. - Stephen (Status Seeker) Jul 19, 13:48
        
        From what I've read, the 14th amendment was designed to ensure former slaves citizenship. - Dr.Vermin Jul 19, 13:41 1
        
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      - see, i disagree, only in that the longstanding established process has some clearly BS cracks in it. - TFox Jul 19, 13:38
- I don't think anyone here has ever argued for "no more immigrants". - Dr.Vermin Jul 19, 13:28 4
  - I just want us to be able to pick-and-choose. - Black Rabbit Jul 19, 13:33 1
    - That used to be the policy. - Dr.Vermin Jul 19, 13:39
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    - "a lot of the issues brought up with immigration reform" implies a wider point than pregnant Chinese. - Dr.Vermin Jul 19, 13:36
- Citizenship should be source of pride for all who come to stay and contribute....not used for medical convenience..... - Walt_Disney Jul 19, 13:27
- *lands on you* -- nm - Plymouth Rock Jul 19, 13:25
- I don't think it has anything to do with protecting it from anyone. I think the idea of "immigration tourism" doesn't sit well with me at all. - TFox Jul 19, 13:17 5
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    - well, clearly. but wouldn't the intention of the law be that the parents would, and their children should be allowed to call this home? - TFox Jul 19, 13:22 3
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        I'd have far less problem with it than a pure gaming of our system. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 19, 13:30
        
        correct. -- nm - TFox Jul 19, 13:29
- suppose you were being paid to lobby for strict immigration controls, what would be your strongest argument for it? -- nm - Max Jul 19, 13:11 4
  - That this is a nation of Laws and you should respect the rules for immigrating to the US - TWuG Jul 19, 13:19
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    - re: the first argument... - znufrii Jul 19, 13:26 1
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Bah, I mentioned my friends had assigned me to find them a replacement toilet seat (like they got on their last visit). Can't find them anywhere - - MojaveMeg Jul 19, 13:07
I'm dying to see Inception after the good reviews here, but I got a Vanilla Sky vibe from the ad I saw. -- nm - Loyola Jul 19, 13:04 6
- I actually love Vanilla Sky and loved Inception too haha... but very different movies -- nm - Gwaahjo Jul 19, 13:19
- nothing like Vanilla Sky. Inception was fantastic, no disappointment despite my anticipation -- nm - Guy Jul 19, 13:14
- Just to confuse you more: I hated Vanilla Sky, loved Inception -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 13:09
- What do you mean "but"? -- nm - Ender Jul 19, 13:09 1
  - Did you like Vanilla Sky? -- nm - Loyola Jul 19, 13:13
- Fair warning: There is a LOT of exposition. -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 13:07
Max likes me! He really likes me! - TWuG Jul 19, 13:04 4
- I *love* Support Your Local Sheriff. You're alright. -- nm - Max Jul 19, 13:05 3
  - I'm glad you enjoyed the quiz. -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 13:07
  - James Garner is the best. -- nm - David Jul 19, 13:06 1
    - If there were a way to look exactly like Jack Elam in Red Dead Redemption, I'd jump on it. -- nm - Max Jul 19, 13:08
Mad Men premiere party in Times Square -- (link) - budice Jul 19, 13:01
i can't wait for True Grit to beat Inception at the Oscars -- nm - chuckles Jul 19, 13:01
Qale, Inception spoilers within - David Jul 19, 13:00 1
- (spoiler) - Qale Jul 19, 13:03
If women peak at 31...how is it that Carrie is getting hotter? Is she just a freak of nature? Or is that wrong? Hmmmm... -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 12:58 4
- it is a rare occurrence - it happens - Epiphany Jul 19, 13:01 2
  - mrs. zork too. -- nm - zork Jul 19, 13:19 1
    - How SHE doin? - Epiphany Jul 19, 13:21
- maybe your vision is getting worse? - groiny Jul 19, 12:59
Banned from this board: You. You know who you are. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 19, 12:57 4
- i was pretty sure that Mop was banned. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 19, 13:30
- Dork -- nm - amoxy Jul 19, 13:06
- Spawn won't listen to anyone -- nm - Bacon on a phone Jul 19, 13:01 1
  - Mop is my bud. - Black Rabbit Jul 19, 13:02
You're So Cool..... - groiny Jul 19, 12:57
groiny, there's an option in Trust Settings (in Excel 2007 - I'm not sure where it is in 2003). - JaxSean Jul 19, 12:56 3
- copy them into a text file and delete from the Excel file. they can be restored from the text file later -- nm - zork Jul 19, 13:24
- But isn't that per computer, not a worksheet setting? -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 12:57 1
  - Correct, that will disable them for all that are not in a Trusted Location. - JaxSean Jul 19, 12:58
Groiny....google a VBA command to OnOpen, Disable Macros. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 12:56
$62,785,337 actual for Inception. -- nm - David Jul 19, 12:56 3
- 11.8% Saturday to Sunday drop is a good first sign of legs. -- nm - Inigo Jul 19, 13:01
- I feel kind of bad. I used a free movie pass for Toy Story 3 and went to Inception instead. -- nm - Random Slacker Talker Jul 19, 13:01 1
  - SFAN -- nm - Qale Jul 19, 13:01
Loss of playing Halo = near death experience for tRu? -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 19, 12:56 2
- no, the fact that if I had been asleep - tRuMaN Jul 19, 12:59 1
  - It was a near-near-death-experience, at best. - Black Rabbit Jul 19, 13:02
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Jul 19, 12:55 1
- details -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 19, 12:56

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