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Yay we just got an email about our Flex program. They will not cover OTC meds next year. So I can't use my flex card to by Tylenol anymore. retarded. - sycor Aug 6, 12:18 3
- my insurance has NEVER covered OTC meds. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 12:19
- That actually makes sense. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 12:19
- you're extrememly lucky to have had that coverage to now. Never heard of it before. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:19
anyone know about/tried sendstuffnow.com? -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:17 2
- I've always used yousendit until we actually set up our own service internally using Accellion -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 12:18 1
  - that's what i use. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 12:21
holy shit, guy is taking his turn in CC! - groiny Aug 6, 12:14
Thus far, it appears that other than The Simpsons, the three shows I liked to record the most in the 90s were... - David Aug 6, 12:14 1
- heh heh. heh heh. You said "butt". -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 12:16
the cat-infested RSS feed has some pretty good ones -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 6, 12:13 2
- I like the one I got :) -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 12:15 1
  - and I love the pink collar on znu -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 12:16
Churchill and Eisenhower ordered UFO coverup during WWII -- (link) - amoxy Aug 6, 12:11 3
- Doctor Who was right! -- nm - David Aug 6, 12:12 2
  - That's right, I just watched the Doctor Who where we first saw Captain Jack - amoxy Aug 6, 12:15
  - Doctor Who is based on fact. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 12:13
#bareback: I think I've seen porn ads refering to straight bareback sex. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:10 8
- Didn't Dan Savage's column come up with a new name for that? -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 12:12 5
  - Got it, close but .... -- (link) - the liioulu with Aug 6, 12:20
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    - L4 -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:16
    - UNICORNING. NM -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 12:15 1
      - Unicornholing. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 12:16
- You have. - Spawn Aug 6, 12:11 1
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what is a LAN party? -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 12:08 14
- essentially like online gaming (Halo, Call of Duty, whatever) except with everyone in the same room and using a local area network (LAN) - oblique Aug 6, 12:13 5
  - this -- (link) - Spawn Aug 6, 12:17 4
    - heh. I was impressed at the last event. Some guy brought his PC in an all acryllic see-through case. Couple guys that come work for BFG - oblique Aug 6, 12:19 2
      - so your son can use your laptop, yeah right ;p -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 12:21
      - How do they fit those systems on their coolers? -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 12:21
    - Halo circlejerk. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 12:19
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  - killing me with this. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 12:12
- Lots of Anal with Nerds -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 12:11
- where you intentionally upload viruses to all your computers so they'll be immune in the future when there is a pandemic -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:11
- lots of laptops, ethernet cables, and copies of Diablo for some good in-person treasure farming. -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 12:11 2
  - (or, back when we had them, people lugged their desktop machines over.) -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 12:11 1
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- A bunch of geeks sitting in the same room playing the same game on computers. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 12:11
Amy Poehler was pregnant? Had a second boy ! -- (link) - Andie Aug 6, 12:04
ST Data Poll: Do you back up your data at home? Locally (on what media)? Remotely (what service)? Do you encrypt to protect from theft? - oblique Aug 6, 12:04 34
- I have a time capsule that I back up in three places, at least one of which is always not home. I am *not* almost losing my music again. -- nm - workmanda Aug 6, 12:15
- More or less. at least two backups of everything on two different flash drives. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 12:10
- I keep a 500GB external drive running most of the time. I recently bought a 750GB drive that I only use for backup. Question inside. - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 12:07 5
  - Which is fine until someone steals both the PC and the external drive. -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 12:11 1
    - I'm (sadly) using you as an example to many of my friends and colleagues. It is a situation that we mostly don't consider -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 12:12
  - You should have two copies (whether on two drives or one drive + DVD or a drive + online) - oblique Aug 6, 12:10
  - you'll never regret an extra backup. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 12:08 1
    - Yeah, that makes sense. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 12:10
- Only thing at home worth backing up is pictures and I just dump them on a dvd every year or so -- nm - decline Aug 6, 12:07 3
  - trust me when I say from hard learned experience that that's not often enough. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 12:08 2
    - i don't take that many pictures anymore :) -- nm - decline Aug 6, 12:10
    - Yup. My external automatically backs up media weekly. - Spawn Aug 6, 12:10
- Signed up for Carbonite last Friday. -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 12:07 5
  - What kind of space do they offer? - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 12:16
  - It should be quite well protected. If it survived the freezing process, that is. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 12:08 3
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      - Watching the rerun of 30 Rock last night with Don's funeral, I reiterated to the wife... - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 12:11 1
        
        Rookie. - Spawn Aug 6, 12:11
- I use Mozy (used to use Carbonite, and then CrashPlan, but didn't like them). I also use Dropbox for some stuff. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 12:06
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  - Have you looked into any online storage at all. I'd seriously consider it, particularly for unreplaceable stuff like photos and videos. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 12:09 9
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      - Even all the nudie pics?? :) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 12:12 7
        
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        including aunt april? -- nm - zork Aug 6, 12:13 5
        
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        um... -- nm - decline Aug 6, 12:18
        
        why are you not posting these to us? -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 12:15 1
        
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        *ahem* - zork Aug 6, 12:15
- no - znufrii Aug 6, 12:05
- Backup (not often enough) on a WD passport HD. Don't encrypt. - ty97 Aug 6, 12:05 1
  - I've wondered about that lately. I mean, just your Quicken data would be awful to have taken -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 12:09
- I have external hard drives for back-up. Key files I email to myself. No. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 12:05
RS4R - Category: American Theatre - Diva Aug 6, 12:00 7
- c -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 12:02
- c) though I'd never have come up with that without prodding -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 12:01 5
  - and yes - you are correct, sir. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 12:03
  - that's okay. cramming's good. - Diva Aug 6, 12:02 3
    - I see all the old books saying "you can't study for jeopardy" - Reagen Aug 6, 12:05 2
      - *ding* - Pathways. And you never know what might make some other awareness click up there. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 12:06
      - It is much like the SATs. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 12:05
looking for hints on who would be in Arkham Asylum 2, I came across this magazine cover - I like -- (link) - crash davis Aug 6, 12:00 [Image] 2
- Just to make sure you know... - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 6, 12:22
- hubba hubba -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 12:01
IMDB says Bill Murray 'announced' for GB3. Just sayin'. - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 11:59 6
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  - Thanks for this. - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 12:05
- Popular rumour has him killed early in it and he returns as a ghost himself. - NWBR on iPhone Aug 6, 12:01 1
  - My script is better. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 12:05
- I just announced for GB3, as well. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 12:01 1
  - I'd like to announce that I might see GB3 in theaters. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 12:06
It shows how straight JackDawson is that he didn't know barebacking was a gay term. -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 11:57 14
- I just assumed that JackDawson was fake-gay and that all his stories are made up. - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 12:07
- I've always heard it as a term of condom usage or lack thereof, IE BBBJ - zeitgeist Aug 6, 11:59 12
  - someone actually does a BJ with a rubber on???? - groiny Aug 6, 12:00 11
    - I've heard that an experienced prostitute can put a rubber on a guy with her mouth, without the guy knowing. -- nm - mara Aug 6, 12:06 3
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        I think we all assumed. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 12:07
        
        The condom helps with that too! -- nm - mara Aug 6, 12:07
    - I thought that was a sensitve area for a man. Or at least that's what they keep telling me when they're trying to talk me into bed. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 12:04 2
      - Well, I don't really care for you touching my non-sensitive parts, honestly -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 12:05 1
        
        *blows obliques heel* nm -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 12:13
    - rubbermaids -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 12:01
    - *puts finger to nose* - oblique Aug 6, 12:01
    - It's a myth invented by safe sex pamphlets. -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 12:01 1
      - I mean, if there are open sores or some shit like that, I could see it.... - groiny Aug 6, 12:02
The Final Jeopardy question about Cisco/Sysco from a while ago was one of the hardest I'd seen *ever*. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 11:57
Nicholas African-American-ponte says physical books are dead in 5 years. That seems pretty rapid, but I believe it. - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 11:56 27
- Kim is willing to consider getting rid of some of our library. I think that speaks volumes. -- nm - David Aug 6, 12:11 3
  - Long before we purged our DVDs, we did the same to our books. Hundreds of books. They're a BITCH to move. We were glad to be done with them. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 12:13
  - *some* kinda softens it, though. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 12:12 1
    - I just bought a book last week that I'll leave to someone in my will. Neither of us will ever get rid of all of our books. -- nm - David Aug 6, 12:20
- Paper books/ebooks is going to be a lot like horses/cars, I think. People who love paper books will always be able to borrow, rent, or buy them; they - mara Aug 6, 12:03
- And digital comic books aren't nearly as collectible and valuable as a real one you can touch through a plastic bag. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 12:03
- I say that cars that do not fly are dead in 20 years. - Spawn Aug 6, 12:03
- They said the same thing about film 20 year ago. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 12:01
- Didn't everyone predict the death of CDs years ago? Still around. -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 12:00
- Why did feds claim Kindle violates civil rights? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:59 3
  - nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 6, 11:59 2
    - Uhm...weren't they threatening the wrong people? Shouldn't htye have gone after Amazon for producing the non-compliant item? -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 12:07 1
      - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 12:11
- Studying the trends. Making conclusions. -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 11:58
- Don't believe it. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 11:58 1
  - /reads article, gets annoyed by context/ - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 12:02
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- Physical books will be around for decades, at a minimum. -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 11:57 9
  - They'll still exist, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see e-books outselling dead tree books overall within 3-4 years. -- nm - Ender Aug 6, 12:00 2
    - I loathe e-books -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 12:01 1
      - I would almost pledge right now that I will never give up paper books, ever. - TFox Aug 6, 12:02
  - I suppose it depends on what we mean by "being around". Vinyl records are still "around". - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 11:58 5
    - sales of vinyl went up in 2009....nm - xi Aug 6, 12:13 1
      - I have no doubt. Suddenly they were front and center at Best Buy and several other places. wtf? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 12:17
    - when the planes hit the twin towers there was a photog making scenic views with a glass plate camera Daguerrotype -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 12:01
    - You mean Amazon, the only place to buy a Kindle book, is selling lots of those compared to their share of the book market? - TFox Aug 6, 12:00 1
      - You're right. Amazon isn't a very big player in the physical book market. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 12:01
Dawson: The term barebacking is pretty much a gay term, I've never heard a straight person say it - MDH Aug 6, 11:56 1
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ST wedding decoration poll -- Feather banners: cool or cheesy? -- (link) - znufrii Aug 6, 11:55 10
- Intergalactic Proton Powered Electric Tentacled Advertising Droids! -- nm - TFox Aug 6, 11:58 3
  - intergalactic - planetary! -- nm - Strongbad Aug 6, 12:01 1
    - planetary - intergalactic! -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 12:06
  - we were thinking about having one of those too... -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 11:58
- Very cheesy. - Spawn Aug 6, 11:58
- cool, but as long as it's not blowing hard, wouldn't they flap alot, I'd use them like balloons to guide guests to the location - zeitgeist Aug 6, 11:57
- if you're willing to put up with people wondering where the open house is. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 11:56
- On the beach? Cool. Inland? Lame. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 11:56 2
  - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Aug 6, 11:58
  - This -- nm - Stephen (Status Seeker) Aug 6, 11:57
I don't get it. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 11:54

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