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My work computer is a laptop, and it's always plugged in. I've noticed the Power Meter in the taskbar has slowly been going down, from 63% now to 60% - JaxSean Aug 2, 11:37 6
- You can try, but depending on how old it is (years) you may just have to get a new battery -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 11:38 1
  - I've only been here 3 months! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 11:40
- Have you read The Passage? -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 11:38 3
  - No. - JaxSean Aug 2, 11:39
  - Disc 10 of 29 -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 11:38 1
    - What is your annoyance level? -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 11:39
"Hey, look at that forest fire." "Let's go for a drive through it!" -- (link) - Reagen Aug 2, 11:25 [youtube] 4
- I'm disappointed they weren't smoking. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 11:33 1
  - They almost were. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 11:33
- ::grins:: -- nm - Darwin Aug 2, 11:29
- I now know the terms "Stop", "Get out and push" and "F*CK OFF!" in Russian. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 11:28
Things I don't understand, August 2nd edition: New material melts as it cools -- (link) - oblique Aug 2, 11:16 7
- Impurities and "defects" do a lot of funky things to materials with a crystal structure. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 11:21 6
  - Save it for Trebek, brainaic. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 2, 11:25 5
    - "What is 'suck it'?" -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 11:27 2
      - if you love us you'll wear a "312.5" shirt. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 2, 11:36 1
        
        I'd be happy if he bet 3125.00 as his wager -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 11:37
    - "What is funky things?" -- nm - Reagen si Aug 2, 11:26 1
      - "I'll take Things Kilbo Doesn't Know for a bazillion dollars." -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 11:27
It's our 24th anniversary and I'm taking my wife to see Dirty Dancing at the performing arts center....picnic style. - CrankYanker Aug 2, 11:06 2
- Nudity? -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 11:15 1
  - Nobody puts Mrs. CY in a corner. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 2, 11:18
The Oregon Trail movie trailer. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 11:06 1
Have we discussed the family that has lived "at sea" for the last 7 years? - Fuzzy Aug 2, 11:05 10
- WANT!!! -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 11:21 3
  - You can have it -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 11:28
  - No you don't. -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 11:23 1
    - like hell I don't... -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 11:28
- Yeah, I read that yesterday. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 11:15 3
  - Why didn't you discuss it then, huh? :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 11:16 2
    - Sorry, I wasn't online then. :) Read the paper version. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 11:18
    - He doesn't love us anymore. -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 11:16
- Those wacky Alaskans! - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 11:13
- I've heard they're proud of their buoy -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 11:06
Uncle Earl took those supposed Ansel Adam's photographs -- (link) - oblique Aug 2, 11:02 4
- that's karma for you -- nm - Zeitgeist Aug 2, 11:35 1
  - as someone in the thick of archive side of it said...if they hadn't put on such a media show with highly exaggerated values... - Zeitgeist Aug 2, 11:45
- Again? He's been busy. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 11:05
- maybe Uncle Earl *was* Ansel Adams -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 11:05
LYC: I am drinking Disneyland gift shop coffee. "Disney Blend." It's good, but wouldn't be surprised if it's spent a lot of time on the shelf. -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 11:00 1
- Soylent Disney is Goofy -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 11:01
I thought the App Tab in Firefox 4 was awesome. Then I saw Tab Candy. (Video) -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 10:59
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- Redmond got busted? -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 10:57 1
  - being flush with cash tipped them off -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 10:59
Being at home doing the cooking and cleaning to help my mom and doing stuff with the kids has made me feel so domestic. - Dano Aug 2, 10:54 2
- What if Sandy asked you to do bedroom duties? - musubi Aug 2, 11:02 1
  - I could occupy myself with the thought that I was touching someone who touched Ryan Reynolds -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 11:09
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amanda follow-up: Was obviate the right word? - oblique Aug 2, 10:52 1
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This is why pixie will never get married -- (link) - oblique Aug 2, 10:47 7
- I like the guy in the back on the right wearing the hat. Came dressed as Joe Chill? -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 11:14 1
  - Uh, have you ever read Watchmen? - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 11:16
- What idiot comes to a superhero wedding dressed as Yoda?! -- nm - Ender Aug 2, 10:54 3
  - The dorkiest dork in a room full of dorks. -- nm - David Aug 2, 11:18 1
    - see below -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 11:19
  - pixie -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 10:55
- if that's the best batman can do (and i'm pretty sure it is), i don't feel so bad about being supersingle -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 10:48
LYC: Paris Hilton's sophomore album will be released in late 2010 -- (link) - MDH Aug 2, 10:44 1
- unless we pay the ransom? -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 10:46
Obama says combat operations in Iraq will end this month. 50k troops to remain. -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 2, 10:43 1
- This sounds like good news! - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 11:18
So, after telling the boss since I came back that he needed to update his computers he finally went out and bought two new computers... - Stephen (Status Seeker) Aug 2, 10:43 1
- And just starting it up and Kaspersky is detecting two Trojan horses already -- nm - Stephen (Status Seeker) Aug 2, 10:47
ST Poll: My 15 year wedding anniversary is Thursday. At the beginning of the year we took a trip to Cancun to celebrate, what are my requirements for - oblique Aug 2, 10:40 13
- 15 GBDs -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 11:04
- Early congrats! -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 10:46
- Steak and a BJ. -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 10:43
- the traditional gift for 15th anniversaries is crystal -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 10:42
- I think dinner and flowers are enough. -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 10:42 7
  - And something crystal -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 10:44 6
    - crystal flowers! swarovski! -- nm - decline Aug 2, 10:46 5
      - I know you're making fun, but I like this idea -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 10:48 4
        
        honestly only partly fun (when I was married I got my wife a crystal rose - she loved it) -- nm - decline Aug 2, 10:50 1
        
        This is interesting -- (link) - oblique Aug 2, 10:53
        
        or a hooker named crystal for a threesome -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 10:49 1
        
        Hmm. Amy has a good friend named Crystal... - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 10:51
- If the trip was over 6 months ago, you have to start over. -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 10:42
mostly for the hobbit - ty97 Aug 2, 10:33 3
- You need something like DynDNS. It turns your dynamic address into a static one. I've heard about it before but never really researched it. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 10:37 1
  - Hmm, yeah. What the hobbit said. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 10:38
- Well, there are two hurdles to get around. 1) Your ISP may block various ports inbound. Assuming that #1 is surmountable - oblique Aug 2, 10:35
Indian buffet for lunch. - Dano Aug 2, 10:33 4
- Eat lots of chickpeas! -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 2, 10:39 2
  - I prefer dudepeas. -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 10:41
  - Today I learned that Falafel is made of chickpeas because they are offering it at the Subway I bought my lunch at - oblique Aug 2, 10:41
- frry bread! -- nm - peglegpete Aug 2, 10:38
LIR: celedhring. Crashplan (and others) work by sending only the changed *bytes* in your files so even if only a small part of a file changes (like a - oblique Aug 2, 10:26 1
- yeah, whoever invented incremental backups way back when was one smart cookie. -- nm - decline Aug 2, 10:30
Who's that in the "Buy More" shirt? -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 10:23 3
- Cloak and Dagger! -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 10:39 1
  - Hmmm... -- (link) - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 10:49
- Very nice -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 10:26
I would pay money for my mail server to work today. - ty97 Aug 2, 10:14 5
- Are you kidding? When our email was down at work, it was party time! -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 10:31 1
  - I have way too much going on, and only some servers are down....meaning the rest of the world keeps moving - ty97 Aug 2, 10:32
- I'll send you an email with some suggestions on how to fix it -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 10:26 2
  - I'm listening to a guy in the cube next door on the phone with the helpdesk - ty97 Aug 2, 10:29 1
    - Hmm. Is the desk wood? -- nm - Black Rabbit Aug 2, 10:42
The Big Picture: Russian wildfires... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 2, 10:08
Springfield rules, Suckers! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 10:04 2
- Curse those handsome devils! -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 10:04 1
  - Who was Bart and how did he manage to write his name in cement? -- nm - David Aug 2, 10:32
Almost forgot -- I andied yesterday! I won a certificate for a dozen donuts, and a CFL light bulb. (Raffle at a benefit.) -- nm - mara Aug 2, 10:00 3
- I guess eating donuts in the dark can be dangerous if there's coffee -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 10:05 1
  - i sense amanda is in great danger -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 10:51
- suck it, andie -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 10:00
Frenchy is awful and i will fight anyone who ever tangentially defends his awfulness. - musubi Aug 2, 09:59
Arizona was once tolerant of illegal immigrants. What happened? -- (link) - con_carne Aug 2, 09:55 24
- I believe that it's money. AZ pays to carry people's expenses for... - OAE Aug 2, 10:22
- I'm trying to reconcile "Phoenix is one of the safest cities in the nation" with it also having the 2nd highest kidnapping rate in the world. - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 10:00 22
  - That's a great source there. -- nm - mara Aug 2, 10:05
  - The answer is that the second thing isn't true. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 2, 10:02 20
    - Okay, withdrawing the ranking claim, can we agree that hundreds of kidnappings a year doesn't sound especially safe? -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 10:08 16
      - The article is presenting it as crime hasn't increased in the intervening time from when illegals started flooding in. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 10:31
      - Those are 2003 numbers. There were 139 homicides in 2009. -- nm - mara Aug 2, 10:27 1
        
        Yes, but 114 were by Mexicans. -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 10:28
      - Don't almost all cities have crime rates above the national average? - TFox Aug 2, 10:17 6
        
        Well, about half. -- nm - Ender Aug 2, 10:20 5
        
        How about if we insert the word "large" before the word "cities"? -- nm - mara Aug 2, 10:23
        
        What I'm saying is, check out the "cities". -- (link) - TFox Aug 2, 10:22
        
        I know what you're getting at, but you're forgetting about rural areas. - Reagen Aug 2, 10:21 2
        
        I was surprised to see Fairbanks so high on this list. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 10:23
        
        Boss Hogg alone must have kidnapped hundreds of pesky folks poking their noses in his business -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 10:23
      - Sure, but this point gets barely a mention in the article. Why do you think it matters so much whether someone calls the city safe/not safe? -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 10:14 5
        
        Because I think it's the main catalyst in the support for state enforcement immigration laws. - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 10:19 4
        
        Not disagreeing with you, but I think the reason that "theory" exists is that it gets put into the debate repeatedly by anti-immigration advocates who - con_carne Aug 2, 10:28 3
        
        (Geez, I had to work to find civilized words to describe these people. :-P Still, it's not like you have to work hard to find folks like this.) -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 10:37
        
        That sounds fair enough. - Dr.Vermin Aug 2, 10:37 1
        
        the distinction to make is in separating the root of the idea, from the environment that allows it to flourish. -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 11:00
    - But what this thread presupposes is... what if it was? -- nm - TFox Aug 2, 10:08 2
      - Which reminds me, I should rewatch The Royal Tennembaums. I wonder if it holds up. - musubi Aug 2, 10:10 1
        
        I bet it still would, esp. if you haven't forced yourself to sit through the 4-5 clones of it he's made since. - TFox Aug 2, 10:12
when you're drinking coke, or OJ, or tonic water, or eating something with vinegar in it, you're dumping it into a vessel that contains *hydrochloric - Reagen Aug 2, 09:50 12
- I get all something-something when ReyRey goes all ChemE on TT. (nm) - musubi Aug 2, 10:01
- LAT: Arizona was once tolerant of illegal immigrants. What happened? -- (link) - con_carne Aug 2, 09:54 1
  - Sigh. Meant for new thread. -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 09:55
- Reagen has his first anecdote for Jeopardy. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 09:54 7
  - we better get an effin' shoot out. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 2, 09:57 6
    - err...shout. - Mel Profit Aug 2, 10:01 5
      - I'll take a shoot out. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 10:46
      - "Honour your heritage, Trebek!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 10:03 3
        
        "Of course it was obvious to you, they give you the answers!" (nm) - musubi Aug 2, 10:09 1
        
        he is a smug bastard at times. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 2, 10:13
        
        "Aim High" -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 10:03
- god i miss acid -- nm - chuckles Aug 2, 09:51
I persist in annoying ST and Facebookers with the same cute video of my girls dancing to music in the park. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 09:48 3
- P.S. Katie's first word has officially been uttered. It is... - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 09:49 2
  - awww. How old is she now? Alex doesn't seem anywhere close to speaking yet. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 2, 09:52 1
    - 15 months. She's been slow on the words, fast on the walking. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Aug 2, 09:54
Things I did not know...Rosey Grier wasn't the only famous athlete disarming Sirhan Sirhan. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 09:47 1
- Factoid: Rosey Grier works needlepoint. -- nm - OAE Aug 2, 10:22
word -- nm - budice Aug 2, 09:46

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