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Best post on B4 -- (link) - Todd Manning Jul 28, 08:25 [Backboard] 2
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  - Nude zombies are some of the scariest shit you will ever see. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:32
Seen Inception? Prepare to be amazed yet again by just how dense the film is with this piece about the music. Freaking awesome. (Tiny spoils at link) -- (link) - TWuG Jul 28, 08:25 4
- If you wear these special glasses, you'll see secrets you didn't see the first time... -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 28, 08:31
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  - I don't. What am I missing? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 08:29 1
    - Spoils - TWuG Jul 28, 08:32
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- D -- nm - ceregon Jul 28, 08:50
- London, SF, Miami (pretty close here) with PV a long way back -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 08:35
- London first, then SF. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 28, 08:32
- If not equal, I'd go with A. -- nm - Callisto Jul 28, 08:29
- San Fran - decline Jul 28, 08:27 1
  - San Fran (love), then London. -- nm - Diva Jul 28, 08:28
- c. always c. -- nm - chuckles Jul 28, 08:27 2
  - It'll take you all weekend to fly LAX-LON and back -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:27 1
    - still worth it -- nm - chuckles Jul 28, 08:28
- I've never been out of the US and I don't have a passport, but (C) would be my first choice. C, B, D, A. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 08:26 1
  - I think we should start an ST group project go make sure all of ST has passports. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:27
- B then C. No interest in Miami (which I can only hear in Gabrielle Anwar's voice now) or PV. -- nm - TWuG Jul 28, 08:26
- Currently? Probably SF, since I haven't been there and want to go. - ty97 Jul 28, 08:25
- Well...with expense being an option, I choose San Fran. -- nm - Jim Jul 28, 08:25
Isaiah Mustafa Cast in (small) role in film Horrible Bosses -- (link) - ty97 Jul 28, 08:24 1
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Arizona police preparing for protests and influx of people as Immigration Law application nears -- (link) - Beaker Jul 28, 08:15 1
- Gosh, I would have expected an outflux. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 28, 08:25
Actors who have squandered their opportunities? I'm thinking people like Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 28, 08:13 51
- Jennifer Aniston. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 08:23
- Robert Downey Jr. nm - Jim Jul 28, 08:23 6
  - He an Mickey Rourke should hang out. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:24 5
    - Hey guys, what's happening -- nm - Eric Roberts Jul 28, 08:27 4
      - PSA: These are three guys I would like to party with. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:28 3
        
        Dude...you couldn't hang with these guys. nm - Jim Jul 28, 08:29 2
        
        Maybe we should ask the experts at Georgetown? -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:30 1
        
        What do tacos have to do with anything? -- nm - Jim Jul 28, 08:34
- negative on The Rock, he took the Kurt Russel path of stardom. Vin, heck yeah, though he still has a chance to turn it around. -- nm - Remlik Jul 28, 08:22
- David Carradine -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 08:21
- Lohan, Katie Holmes - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:19
- Mickey Rourke -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:19 5
  - Now, or the inbetween? -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:22 4
    - Rourke lost 15-20 years of career .... even if he sustains this run....that's a huge waste of talent. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:25
    - Leaving acting to go box / get deformed. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:24 2
      - Yes and no. He truly hates Hollywood and seems pretty miserable with it, so getting out was a good thing for him (not his carer, but for him). -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:25 1
        
        Perhaps, but the poll was about who squandered opportunities, and he certainly did. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:29
- How do you see the Rock having squandered anything? - decline Jul 28, 08:17 31
  - I'm surprised The Rock didn't become a much bigger Action star with all his talents but I agree with others that where he is isn't bad. - Mel Profit Jul 28, 08:33
  - the argument on TT/ST about whether The Rock will ever break through as the "next Schwarzenegger" goes back over ten years now - chuckles Jul 28, 08:26 15
    - I think if he wanted that he should have done it, but he went the Disney/Kurt Russell route and banked big money. Now he can still do it.... - Remlik Jul 28, 08:38
    - That's not the question here though. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:29 8
      - squandered. doing Disney shit compared to being a $20 million per picture heir to Cruise/Stallone/Arnie -- nm - chuckles Jul 28, 08:30 7
        
        He had the opportunities....most of us like the Rundown it seems...audiences didn't - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:34
        
        I don't think he was getting the $20 million action star offers much, thus the kiddie films. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:32 5
        
        because he squandered the original opportunity from Scorpion King - chuckles Jul 28, 08:34
        
        it was all there for him to be that guy though. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 28, 08:34 2
        
        It was, and I'm not clear why it didn't come together. But I don't think it was his lack of trying. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:34 1
        
        I don't think it was lack of effort either... - Mel Profit Jul 28, 08:36
        
        Definitely not, given how much movies like The Rundown and Doom made at the BO. Even the Scorpion King only made $90M -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 08:34
    - Thank God! - decline Jul 28, 08:28
    - I doubt he wants to be the next Schwarzenegger, as Arnold really did not do that much. Dwayne has already surpassed him. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:28 3
      - "really did not do that much" = biggest box office action star in history -- nm - chuckles Jul 28, 08:29 2
        
        maybe not. - decline Jul 28, 08:36 1
        
        But the Rock wasn't the star of his two biggest movies -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 08:39
  - Agreed. He seems to genuinely be enjoying what he does, and that is worth everything. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:20 13
    - now if only he would do the Run Down 2 -- nm - decline Jul 28, 08:21 4
      - He should do The Tooth Fairy 2 first. It will probably suck less than the Run Down. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 08:25 3
        
        that would be pretty tough -- nm - chuckles Jul 28, 08:27
        
        crazy talk. -- nm - decline Jul 28, 08:26
        
        You sir, are nuts. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:25
    - Even as much as I don't like it per se, he's got the Disney saccharine market. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:20 7
      - Exactly. It also can work as a place to hone his craft, so who knows about down the road. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:21 6
        
        I think this is a great trailer for his new film Faster.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 28, 08:25 [youtube] 3
        
        Watching this and having just re-read The Running Man...I'm pretty sure Johnson should star in a remake... - Jim Jul 28, 08:29
        
        nicey nice -- nm - Jim Jul 28, 08:27
        
        Yup. pixie laughing shows how.... pixie he is. Dwayne is in a pretty great place. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:27
        
        Plus, he's done a few WTF things that showed he's open to expanding range - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:24
        
        bwah - chuckles Jul 28, 08:23
- Lindsey Lohan -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 08:16 1
  - winner. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:19
It took a few years, but my friends finally tried Veronica Mars and are now obsessed -- nm - Gwaahjo Jul 28, 08:12 3
- You should smack them. Where were they when we needed them? -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 28, 08:15 1
  - I know, jerks. It isn't an easy show to sell -- nm - Gwaahjo Jul 28, 08:16
- Too late now. -- nm - not2fast Jul 28, 08:13
Huh, things I didn't know: The deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean is right off the coast of Puerto Rico. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:07 1
- Duh. I knew that. -- nm - Joran van der Sloot Jul 28, 08:12
If ants creep you out do NOT read this story -- (link) - TWuG Jul 28, 08:06 1
- This guy is borderline insane -- nm - amoxy Jul 28, 08:15
Silva says GSP would have to move up in weight if he wanted to fight him. -- (link) - Beaker Jul 28, 08:05 2
- darn i thought i was better to be as light as possible -- nm - your average GPS Jul 28, 08:17
- Eh, why bother...he's damaged himself enough, I don't need to come up to him. -- nm - GSP Jul 28, 08:06
Last night's Louie was the first miss of the series, and it missed badly. The heckler thing didn't work *at all* - prayformojo Jul 28, 08:01
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Stupid question of the day: Does an icecube weigh more than the liquid water it contains? - TWuG Jul 28, 07:51 36
- isn't there some Avogadro's number or coefficient of friction? -- nm - budice Jul 28, 08:10
- not if it the same water with the same level of salt etc. in it no -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 07:58
- 1 lb of water will make 1 lb of ice, but the ice will take up 9% more space to do it -- nm - decline Jul 28, 07:58 3
  - This is what I thought was true. Then my mind said "but, but.." -- nm - TWuG Jul 28, 08:00
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    - assuming 'all things remain the same' of course - decline Jul 28, 08:01
- G.I. Joe says yes. Everyone else says ice is less dense than water, hence it floats. - JaxSean Jul 28, 07:57 9
  - I'm not looking at density. This I know. I'm curious about actual put-it-on-a-scale weight. -- nm - TWuG Jul 28, 07:59 8
    - The link explains it pretty well. "The ice structure takes up more volume than the liquid water molecules, hence ice is less dense than liquid water." -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 08:03
    - You put an ice cube in a cup on a scale and let it melt and it'll weigh exactly the same before and after. -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 08:00 4
      - (Barring evaporation/sublimation) -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 08:01 3
        
        in normal condition the evaporation is almost not measuable -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 08:03 2
        
        Sure, but over a long enough time frame all you're going to have left are the minerals that were in the water. -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 08:06 1
        
        fastest to do on the brink of the dead sea i think -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 08:06
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      - Exactly. But my mind was having fun with me today and made me doubt that. - TWuG Jul 28, 08:01
- It weighs exactly as much as the water it contains, but it weighs less than the water it displaces. - Ender Jul 28, 07:56
- it floats on water, so no -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 07:53 1
  - that just means it's a witch -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 08:03
- answer - tRuMaN Jul 28, 07:53 14
  - You just explained GI Joe. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 07:56 12
    - Now explain the effing jet catching up to the missiles. -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 07:57 11
      - they were moving vertically against the rotation of the earth's hemispheres while simultaneously overtaking the rockets via quantum mechanics -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 08:00 10
        
        2012? same thing -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 08:07 1
        
        no, that was caused by wind sheer affecting the velocity on one hand and dampening effects caused by earth's rotation on the other -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 08:10
        
        So you're saying a wizard did it? -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 08:02 7
        
        pretty much -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 08:03
        
        no, the jet was just going faster -- nm - prayformojo Jul 28, 08:02 5
        
        depends on the jet and missile -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 08:06 4
        
        From Moscow to DC in 18 minutes, iirc. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:08 3
        
        thats som g-force rith there - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 08:14
        
        The jet had a top speed of Mach 6. Moscow-to-DC in 18 minutes is something like Mach 22. -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 08:14 1
        
        4 times SR-71 speed? - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 08:15
  - But aren't density and weight different things? Would a volume of water x weigh the same in both - TWuG Jul 28, 07:56
- Of course - prayformojo Jul 28, 07:52
- I say "no" -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 07:51
Woman in front of me on sidewalk today was wearing a royal blue dress and brown leather boots. It did not work. - ty97 Jul 28, 07:51 5
- Was she hot? The best way to help a hot women with bad fashion sense is to get her naked as quickly as possible. -- nm - TWuG Jul 28, 07:52 4
  - Only saw her from behind. 20s, blonde, great figure, nice butt -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 07:59 3
    - You are so gay - you comment on the clothes before the nice butt - Epiphany Jul 28, 08:13 2
      - I think the butt is assumed - otherwise he'd never have noticed the dress :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 28, 08:17 1
        
        Or was the dress the same blue as that shirt? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 28, 08:22
if anyone sees crash around today, please tell him to login to .org if he can (want to see if my recruit applied). tia -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 07:48 1
- ask him... -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 07:49
right, callisto? freaking spending freeze. ARGH. -- nm - workmanda Jul 28, 07:48 1
- I'm saying. There are some purple ones. I want them *so* bad. -- nm - Callisto Jul 28, 07:58
god, it's 10:45 and I am already starving. this is what's called a not-yet lunchtime poll: what's for lunch? - workmanda Jul 28, 07:47 17
- brought from home - sliced chicken on whole wheat with' 60 pepper hummus' and tomato. peaches&cream yogurt and a rice krispie square. -- nm - Andie Jul 28, 08:06
- I am still deciding what to have for breakfast -- nm - amoxy Jul 28, 07:53 1
  - I had a $0.99 sausage muffin from the downstairs deli but apparently $0.99 doesn't buy you cheese or egg so I was disappointed -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 07:54
- I have no idea - my appetite has been non existtent for the past 2 days -- nm - Epiphany Jul 28, 07:53 4
  - you should still be snacking every two hours. Check this link: -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 28, 08:05 3
    - I have been on a pretty regular schedule since the Atkins day - Epiphany Jul 28, 08:15
    - I eat constantly and am not seeing this effect. maybe I should switch away from cake... -- nm - workmanda Jul 28, 08:13 1
      - I have a friend with a cake addiction - Epiphany Jul 28, 08:24
- fruit (cantaloupe, pineapple, grapes) and a ham sandwich. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 07:51
- Thai pineapple fried rice - decline Jul 28, 07:49
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  - everyone on campus has tapeworm this week. full moon, you know. -- nm - workmanda Jul 28, 07:49 4
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      - someone who is supposed to be my friend rang me last night mid GRE diagnostic exam and invited me to have a long distance drink. - workmanda Jul 28, 07:55
      - How is "here, drink this" trickery? -- nm - oblique Jul 28, 07:52 1
        
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- I brought a sandwich from home (which reminds me, I need to put it in the fridge). Will get baked cheddar/sour cream chips to go with it. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 07:48
n error occurred while processing this humpity hump -- nm - decline Jul 28, 07:44

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