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Nitpick Poll: If your 1TB "backup" drive has stuff on it that you "can't lose" then it isn't technically a backup - oblique Aug 2, 08:21 7
- the only thing i would really miss on this computer are the pictures, and most of the ones i want are posted at FB or Flickr. - Andie Aug 2, 08:47
- Well, most of the stuff is replicated from my main HD, bar some very large media files that I just can't keep there. - celedhring Aug 2, 08:29 2
  - Incidentally the drive seems to be back up. - celedhring Aug 2, 08:31 1
    - excellent. Amazon's deal of the day is a 1TB drive for $55.50 -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 08:33
- Well observed -- nm - budice Aug 2, 08:28
- I spent Saturday searching my parents house for old backups. - Ender Aug 2, 08:28 1
  - that sucks. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 08:28
ST Poll: About how many ounces of Soda/Pop do you drink per week? - JaxSean Aug 2, 08:17 21
- Too much, but throwing more water in the mix -- nm - budice Aug 2, 08:29
- 203? that's probably a low estimate. - kelly Aug 2, 08:27 1
  - Somebody at work who used to be on our staff drank a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi (or it may have been diet, I forget) every single day. - Don Homer Aug 2, 08:30
- Maybe a can every couple months. -- nm - Jelly Aug 2, 08:26 1
  - Same here. -- nm - Loyola Aug 2, 08:27
- say 70-80 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 08:26 4
  - whoa -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 08:26 3
    - ounces -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 08:27 2
      - oh, heh. -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 08:27 1
        
        Usually 3 or 4 22oz bottles -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 08:28
- Normally 0, might do a couple a month if I see some Ting. -- nm - LMS Aug 2, 08:25
- maybe 1-2 cans a week? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 2, 08:24
- Probably 1-2 cans per week, as an average. That's counting mixers in drinks. -- nm - mara Aug 2, 08:23
- maybe 36 -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 08:23
- hardly any, maybe a 22oz soda with lunch once a week. -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 08:20
- Probably about 4 liters...whatever that comes out to. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 08:20 1
  - 33.8 oz per liter? So about 135 oz -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 08:23
- 0.00 - decline Aug 2, 08:20
- I'm probably at 20 cans per week. Is it 12 oz per can? 240 then -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 08:19 1
  - Yeah, pretty sure it's 12 oz per can. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 08:20
- ~180-200 oz -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 08:18
Wow, I can't believe Elliot Sadler walked away from this yesterday. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 08:17 [youtube] 2
- Hans! -- nm - John McClane Aug 2, 08:28
- Agreed. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 08:25
Top Gear PSA: Season 7 - 14 are all on sale on iTunes. .99 an episode or from $4.99 to 6.99 for the season (in Standard Def) - Stephen (Status Seeker) Aug 2, 08:13 3
- Note: Series 10, 11, and 12 are available free streaming on Netflix -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 08:14 2
  - well, technically not free. -- nm - nitpicker Aug 2, 08:15 1
    - *kicks you in your nutpecker* -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 08:16
Your ST Film Festival movie for August: One Last Thing... -- (link) - Dano Aug 2, 08:02 4
- Added to list. -- nm - LMS Aug 2, 08:12
- Heh: "Boobies would have been nice though" -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 08:10 2
  - Boobie make all movies better - according to SM -- nm - Epiphany Aug 2, 08:11 1
    - Counter-point: About Schmidt -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 08:12
Food prices to soar 10% - Loyola Aug 2, 08:01 1
- Red Dawn, baby. -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 2, 08:17
Did Diva take her conditioning test today? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 08:01 1
- Hells naw. -- nm - Diva Aug 2, 08:02
What are you most looking forward to movie-wise in the next month (Aug 13) Pilgrim and Expendables -- nm - Capstern Aug 2, 07:59 2
- I don't even know what is coming out -- nm - Epiphany Aug 2, 08:23
- Piranha -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 08:10
MLB: Indians Apologize For Not Having Ace Pitcher To Trade To Contender This Year -- (link) - budice Aug 2, 07:45
Weekend Movie Poll: Cats and Dogs: D - oblique Aug 2, 07:38 17
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- Librarian 1 -- B+. Librarian 2 -- D+, Librarian 3 -- C+, Dark Knight A+. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 08:06
- Had a long weekend: Heartless - C+, A Single Man - C-, I Love You Philip Morris - B-, Toy Story 3 - B-, The A Team - B. Sherlock ep 2 B-. - LMS Aug 2, 08:04
- Dark Crystal, A. Shrek 4, B. -- nm - mafic Aug 2, 08:02
- The Kids are All Right A, Schmucks D- -- nm - Capstern Aug 2, 07:58
- Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (A-), Tyson (B), Green Zone (B+) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 07:53
- Toy Story 3: A -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 07:50
- Sorcerer's Apprentice - B. Fun and action-y. -- nm - Jim Aug 2, 07:47
- Dinner for Schmucks C, Hot Tub Time Machine - rewatch - still a B -- nm - Epiphany Aug 2, 07:45 5
  - We went and saw schmucks after you said not to we almost walked out D- or F....the only thing - Capstern Aug 2, 07:48 1
    - I can't believe the dinner party was *spoils* - Epiphany Aug 2, 08:09
  - watching HTTM together was at least B+ :) -- nm - Capstern Aug 2, 07:47 2
    - Yes it was !! we did go see the A team yesterday - it was only meh -- nm - Epiphany Aug 2, 07:50 1
      - thats funny we really enjoyed it - it was probably better with a large audience B+/A- on Ateam for me and cass -- nm - Capstern Aug 2, 07:58
- Dinner for Schmucks, B -- nm - Ender Aug 2, 07:41
- Charlie St. Cloud: C -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 07:41
- Despicable Me: B+ -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 07:39
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- Another very basic question...(spoilers) - Mel Profit Aug 2, 07:44 1
  - You're not plugged into the matrix, though. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 07:48
- Speaking of this and since I am behind the curve by two weeks, what are some of the best articles/links ST knows about dissecting the movie? I saw the - HdnAgnda Aug 2, 07:39 2
  - Cinemablend has a pretty good one. -- (link) - Jelly Aug 2, 07:46 1
    - Is that the correct link? If it is, then jumping around would seem to be an understatement - JD Aug 2, 09:15
- *spoils* - Ender Aug 2, 07:38 1
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SITWAP, did we see that Shades got quoted at MSNBC.com? -- (link) - pmb Aug 2, 07:31 8
- Neechay! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 07:53
- very nice! -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 07:47
- good for him! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 2, 07:39
- Oh he just tweeted about being quoted too. - HdnAgnda Aug 2, 07:37
- why did I expect this to be him yelling at Rachel Maddow? -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 07:35
- *emails Havens* - oblique Aug 2, 07:35
- nice -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 07:34
- Way to go, Ed! -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 2, 07:33
Toy Story 3 was just as good as I had been led to believe. - znufrii Aug 2, 07:31
WTF. I bought Beatles Rock Band yesterday because it was the Amazon Deal of the Day at $19.99. Now it's $16.99. - JaxSean Aug 2, 07:28 2
- If you wait for the price of stuff to get lower, the terrorists win. -- nm - Loyola Aug 2, 07:30
- (different vendor, though still free shipping.) -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 07:29
Saw a shop that was a combined milk shake bar and eyebrow threading salon - sounds unhygenic to me. -- nm - LMS Aug 2, 07:26 6
- I know a video rental chain that doubles as a tanning salon. -- nm - Loyola Aug 2, 07:31 3
  - There's a hair salon that's also a computer store on my street -- nm - Guigue Aug 2, 07:32 1
    - Crazy bastards. -- nm - Loyola Aug 2, 07:34
  - I saw a place over the weekend that was a hair salon that also bought and sold gold -- nm - decline Aug 2, 07:32
- any live bait for deep sea fishing too? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 2, 07:29
- Now that's a can't-fail business plan right there. - TFox Aug 2, 07:27
Looking for some art makin people... - Capstern Aug 2, 07:23
Do we know of any journalists who still refer to Chad Johnson as such? - prayformojo Aug 2, 07:16 1
- you're stretching, calling most people who write about sports "journalists". - TFox Aug 2, 07:18
Would you assume that the person who wrote the following (IM) believes that "web" (as in internet) is an acronym? Is that why he capitalizes it? - mara Aug 2, 07:16 2
- possibly, and it looks really dumb. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 08:48
- yes -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 07:17
So this Friday is the season finale of FNL. Man that was fast but (spoils)... - HdnAgnda Aug 2, 07:12
Man, I would not have expected to hit such a brick wall regarding giving away old child car seats. We are going to have to landfill three of them - HdnAgnda Aug 2, 07:10 15
- Am. Academy of Pediatrics tells consumers to "avoid used car seats if you don't know the seat's history." - mara Aug 2, 07:27
- What about salvation army / goodwill? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 07:18 1
  - They're VERY picky about taking childrens items. - Ender Aug 2, 07:22
- used car seats are dicey if you don't trust who you're getting them from, because if they had an accident or something it could be bricked. -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 07:12 1
  - they also apparently have expiration dates and should be thrown out anyway if expired. -- nm - decline Aug 2, 07:13
- craigslist -- nm - budice Aug 2, 07:11 8
  - My wife checked along with Freecycle. Something about the plastic becoming compromised after being in a car that renders them as a 'don't re-use/ - HdnAgnda Aug 2, 07:14 7
    - Yard sale. -- nm - Jim Aug 2, 07:18 6
      - At this point we're just going to accept the reality of landfilling them. I don't want something we give away to be the reason a child gets hurt - HdnAgnda Aug 2, 07:24 5
        
        Are they recycle-able at all? Like can that kind of plastic be recycled? -- nm - Jim Aug 2, 07:30
        
        I don't know what else they could really be repurposed for. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 07:27 3
        
        This is an interesting site about a guy who's trying to recycle them. It's not going well. -- (link) - mara Aug 2, 07:30 2
        
        Hasn't updated in a year. I fear he's buried under that warehouse of old car seats. -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 07:33 1
        
        *Builds a merry go round in a town park* - HdnAgnda Aug 2, 07:36
- Consignment shop? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 07:11
lyc: Wife and I had a documentary weekend...Enron, Madoff, Food Inc, whole bunch of Frontline. -- nm - budice Aug 2, 07:06
This is pretty well done. Mashup of Up and Inception. -- (link) - Ender Aug 2, 07:03 [youtube] 1
- i watched this about half a dozen times this weekend -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 07:11
I'm not sure what danedukenuuk is doing to that sheep on FrontierVille on Facebook. -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 2, 07:02 [Image] 1
- that image is disturbingly creepy, sad, sweet, and funny all at the same time -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 2, 07:33
Cappy Question for those brave enough to look.... - Capstern Aug 2, 07:01 12
- money in the hand is better then a promise of more money later - Danedukenuuk Aug 2, 07:27 1
  - wise...he is yes. -- nm - Capstern Aug 2, 07:36
- I would consider a small temporary step down in pay if I thought the job was better and more stable, esp if the bonus undid any shortterm fiscal pain. -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 07:23 1
  - now I just need to see what the place is like tomorrow and see if they like me....the HR - Capstern Aug 2, 07:25
- You should have a conversation with your boss to see if the promised events are really coming and what is the new time line? it never hurts to hear - Epiphany Aug 2, 07:12 1
  - well - Capstern Aug 2, 07:21
- I believe the legal age in Tex....oh, that's not the question. - JaxSean Aug 2, 07:06 5
  - well sean - Capstern Aug 2, 07:12 4
    - It sounds like you aren't satisfied. I say make the change. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 07:16 3
      - the financial part... - Capstern Aug 2, 07:24 2
        
        I'd say yes. Most people only stay somewhere for a few years anyway, plus if you get a raise each year at the new job - JaxSean Aug 2, 07:26 1
        
        thanks man - appreciate the input - its funny I change jobs about every 2 years... - Capstern Aug 2, 07:36
Calling the computer knowitalls around... my backup 1TB drive seems to be dead... - celedhring Aug 2, 06:59 4
- Maybe try Spinrite? -- nm - psilotum Aug 2, 07:02
- Couple things: First, can you run chkdsk on it without crashing? If not, download a copy of the Ultimate Boot CD and see if you can run it there -- (link) - oblique Aug 2, 07:01 2
  - It doesn't. I just get a black DOS window with a blinking cursor. - celedhring Aug 2, 07:23 1
    - It's kinda a swiss army knife of tools. I think you want to boot to the Avira NTFS4DOS boot disk under NTFS tools. Should have a chkdsk inside it -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 07:26
Coworker broke even on an 8 month trade in of his CRV. Now he's got be thinking. I could do the same on my Cobalt - oblique Aug 2, 06:57 2
- I hear you. I got an offer from a dealer to trade up my Corolla. - CovingtonCat Aug 2, 07:01 1
  - My only "concern" is that it's starting to make noises and I've already put 60k miles on it. Would be nice to start over in that regard. I should - oblique Aug 2, 07:02
Christian shop manager dissuades would-be armed robber -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Aug 2, 06:55
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- 3750 -- nm - psilotum Aug 2, 07:00
- 1050 -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 06:59
- 3125.00 -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 06:56
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    - huh, I'm the average height, but weigh 30 pounds less than the average american. -- nm - mafic Aug 2, 08:05
    - the amount of vegetables surprises me. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 07:07 6
      - If potatoes are vegetable, I can see it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 07:17 3
        
        stupid french fries. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 07:19 2
        
        Fries are only 29 pounds, out of the 415 total for vegetables. I like the gallon of soda per week, myself. -- nm - mara Aug 2, 07:40 1
        
        that's only 10 cans per week. seems low to me. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 08:07
      - Does that count ketchup? -- nm - psilotum Aug 2, 07:16 1
        
        i'm not food -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 2, 07:22
Word. -- nm - Jim Aug 2, 06:52 1
- Bill's money maker? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 2, 06:54

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