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I just nubbed off my friday OH in the best way possible: I forgot -- nm - semester break loves mandy lane Dec 8, 13:36 1
- (ARGH sfek) to include them in the weekly newsletter. -- nm - semester break loves mandy lane Dec 8, 13:37
Dallas ST'ers...you have a radio station format flip.... - Remlik Dec 8, 13:34 1
- I find that surprising, since they were supposed to have the most popular (by *far*) afternoon drive show in the market, and it was quite non-sports. -- nm - oriented. -- TaurusII Dec 8, 13:37
There are apparently multiple tiers of Netflix Unlimited. Does the Tivo HD thing work with the first tier $8.99 version? -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 13:27 1
- according to Netflix, that counts. -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:29
Wii's available *right now* on Amazon. -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:23 11
- seems this is something 'made' - Marcel Dec 8, 13:29 4
  - I can't find Wii Fit online anywhere. Some stores don't even have it listed at all (i.e. Futureshop) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:29 3
    - They have it at Futureshop, it's just not the first in the list -- (link) - Guigue Dec 8, 13:40
    - no that it's of any help for you - Marcel Dec 8, 13:35
    - Does it have to be a Canadian site? -- (link) - krusty Dec 8, 13:35
- Speaking of: If anyone could help me find Wii Fit from a reliable retailer, that would be great :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:26 2
  - you aren't here, but i saw them in Shoppers Drug Mart last week. -- nm - El Fandie Dec 8, 13:38
  - they were available earlier on amazon, though I'm not sure that helps you in Canada... :) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:27
- So... they're still hard to find? - con_carne Dec 8, 13:25 1
  - I'd say they're more plentiful right now than in the last 2 years. - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:26
- walmart.com has them too -- nm - decline Dec 8, 13:24
Bery, are you going to be around tonight? - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:22 2
- quite possibly, although I have to try and do some emergency b-day shopping first -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:24 1
  - coolio. I'll be on later so if you can, I would appreciate it a lot. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:27
Secret Stalker Package: Mailed -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 13:21 6
- David and I are mailing ours tonight. -- nm - Callisto Dec 8, 13:30
- Mailed last week - my stalkee should receive it on Wednesday -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 13:27
- I am getting worried about mine. I ordered it ages ago. -- nm - Amy Dec 8, 13:27
- Got 2 out of the 3 items. Sending mine this week for sho'. -- nm - Mazujingle Bells Dec 8, 13:24
- Mine was mailed out last week. - kelly Dec 8, 13:22
- Bought, it will be sent out tomorrow -- nm - amoxy Dec 8, 13:22
on my phone here, could someone explain thw whole new hsx/cantor thing? thanks -- nm - truman mobile Dec 8, 13:20 5
- Cantor Exchange announces a new game for next year, trading movies with real money. -- nm - Marcel Dec 8, 13:26 4
  - ... it sounds more like investing in movies, hoping to get a return -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:27 3
    - investing in "Domestic Box Office Receipts", whatever that means. It sounds cockamamie and harebrained. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:28 2
      - It's exactly what HSX is now, except instead of limitless transactions, you'd need to match up buyers/sellers.... -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 13:32 1
        
        Yep. They would be derivatives, not direct investments. -- nm - psilotum Dec 8, 13:36
still 1'311 times. -- nm - Marcel Dec 8, 13:20
woot newsletter suggests a woot-off starting tonight. -- nm - truman mobile Dec 8, 13:19 2
- oy. -- nm - JaxSean's Credit Cards Dec 8, 13:20 1
  - This is not good at all. -- nm - psilotum Dec 8, 13:23
the whole "v area" thing still makes me laugh -- nm - prayformojo Dec 8, 13:12 2
- "Crapchute" still makes me laugh. -- nm - mara Dec 8, 13:19
- It's where you sprinkle the salt, don'tcha know! -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 13:16
Cantor thought: If they wanted to put real money on it, it's that much more astonishing how much it sucks. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:08 29
- I've been out of touch, what's going on with HSX? -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 8, 13:22
- I don't think it's related to the beta site. -- nm - mara Dec 8, 13:14
- Yes, but I would think it's a totally different development team. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 13:09 13
  - This is my thought. I think HSX is just trying to hitch its wagon to the Cantor Exchange and decided to launch a redesign to join the big kids. -- nm - Mop Dec 8, 13:13
  - in what universe should those two things not be coordinated? -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:10 11
    - Makes a lot more sense than the absurd logic we've experienced. - Mop Dec 8, 13:15
    - I dunno. They are going to be similar but not exact. For example, I'd be shocked if there was anything like a post-OW adjust. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 13:12 9
      - That would be like taking candy from a baby if there were. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 13:21 8
        
        Think about all the free money if there isn't a share cap? You know something outperforms by twenty mil, and you just have to race the market to buy. -- nm - emoticripple Dec 8, 13:23 7
        
        I think there's virtually zero chance it's going to be "like HSX, but with real money". -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 13:27
        
        or volatility is set really low -- nm - Marcel Dec 8, 13:25
        
        Well, i don't know if there's a share cap in the idea; I'd imagein there'd need to be both sellers and buyers. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 13:24 4
        
        Seems like there was a share cap (10k) in the details. -- nm - TaurusII Dec 8, 13:35 1
        
        Okay, 10k cap plus matching buyers/sellers. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 13:38
        
        Exactly. You have to look at something like Intrade. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 13:25 1
        
        In Regards to your US/Canada thing, I see they intend to list with the - Will Hunting Dec 8, 13:30
- I'd be shocked if, even for one second, they thought of using any of the existing code for this. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:09 12
  - They can't...real money transactions...no way -- nm - Stewie Dec 8, 13:40
  - It wouldn't make any sense. Adjusting box office dollars doesn't even equate to actual end profit on a film. -- nm - Amy Dec 8, 13:16 1
    - From the way the page describes it, this initial thing is just box office contracts off performance; not profit. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 13:34
  - Going by the hue of the small bit of orange on the announcement website, it looks like they've de-oranged the awful oranginess of it all. - Loyola Dec 8, 13:13
  - the code, totally agreed. The site design? Not so sure. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:11
  - The core functioning mechanism (Virtual Specialist) is totally incompatible with a real-money exchange. -- nm - psilotum Dec 8, 13:10 1
    - I think this is the most accurate observation. You can't play real HSX with the old system. We all come out ahead. - Mop Dec 8, 13:18
  - It would have to be MUCH more secure. -- nm - Ender Dec 8, 13:10 4
    - Security wouldn't be the half of it. The granularity involved in a real exchange would be a heavy amount of data. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:11 3
      - The amount of data they will ~have~ to collect in makes what they collect now look a drop in the bucket -- nm - Scorpion Dec 8, 13:31
      - oh, totally. I'm not addressing the tech side at all. I'm talking about their internet strategy. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:12 1
        
        I see what you're saying, and yeah, it's more than a little surprising. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 13:14
Kilbo, actuals are up in Hamann's column. (nm) - David, grim-eyed dude Dec 8, 13:08
SITWAP: Hef's daughter to step down as head of Playboy. -- (link) - TaurusII Dec 8, 13:00 12
- "...head of Playboy..." *intrigued* -- nm - Mazujingle Bells Dec 8, 13:09
- You know the economy is hurting when an industry leader appealing to our baser instincts is in trouble. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 13:03 9
  - seriously. you would think porn would be recession proof. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 13:05 8
    - I also think they devalued their brand over the last decade. The Girls Next Door doesn't make me want to pic up the mag. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 13:19
    - Porn is in worse shape than newspapers. Those are the two areas wrecked by the internet. - David, grim-eyed dude Dec 8, 13:09 3
      - but not due to the recession - Marcel Dec 8, 13:10 2
        
        indeed, Playboy has been in trouble for years. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:11 1
        
        Playboy doesn't make most of its money from the magazine, but from casinos and clubs -- nm - Marcel Dec 8, 13:12
    - but it's not internet proof! -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:07
    - Just like you'd think that movies would be recession proof. This recession is not showing that to be the case. - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:07
    - Is there penetration? No, then it is art!!! - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Dec 8, 13:06
- "... to model." -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 13:02
*collapse* (nm) - nubby Dec 8, 13:00
ST advice needed.....An ex-gf from my political days has somehow tracked me down on FB....My gut says to ignore the request. Should I? - Walt_Disney Dec 8, 12:57 14
- Stay away. Why would a married woman be looking up an old boyfriend on Facebook. That's toxic. - Mop Dec 8, 13:17 1
  - He said with grim eyes -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 13:18
- I have gone both ways. Most of my ex's are of course overseas -- nm - Mazujingle Bells Dec 8, 13:12
- You both broke up for a good reason. There is no reason to be her FB friend. -- nm - lileve Dec 8, 13:06 1
  - I'm FB friends with a couple of exes, so far it's been fine. But some exes I would not. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:09
- Seems like there's no benefit to accepting. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:06 1
  - Sounds like it -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 13:10
- Go with your gut. -- nm - TaurusII Dec 8, 12:59
- you answered your own question - stuff like this only leads to trouble -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 12:58
- [shrug] If it's too weird, it's too weird. I'd be curious enough to add her, if only for a little while, just to see what she's up to. But that's me -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 8, 12:58
- If it would weird you out, then don't. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 8, 12:58
- is she hot? -- nm - Marcel Dec 8, 12:58
- I think your IM spelled it out. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 12:58
- IGNORE! -- nm - lileve Dec 8, 12:58
Barry Manilow is coming in Feb, and tickets are mad cheap (like, I think less than $15 for some seats). - TFox Dec 8, 12:54 12
- Snoop Dog is coming to Chico at the end of the month - amoxy Dec 8, 13:23 1
  - Was a great show this summer. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 13:25
- what the heck, I have always heard he puts on a great show. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:06
- It's worth 15 bucks to people watch. -- nm - Amy Dec 8, 13:05 1
  - oh yeah! -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:07
- You would be laughing at how cheesy a lot of the songs are but I would still go....~at the Copa, Copa Cabana~ -- nm - Walt_Disney Dec 8, 13:04
- I would go. -- nm - semester break loves mandy lane Dec 8, 13:00 2
  - Ditto. It'd probably be the cheesy fun. -- nm - Cuzzin the Red Nosed Todd Dec 8, 13:04 1
    - bring the big foam hand with the finger to point at Mandy when he sings the song :-) -- nm - Marcel Dec 8, 13:14
- i'll stab you in the ear drum with an ice pick for 5$....nm - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 12:57
- $15 too much for those tix. -- nm - kelly Dec 8, 12:56
- you'd probably meet a lot of STers :-) -- nm - Marcel Dec 8, 12:55
hey TFox - kelly Dec 8, 12:54 1
- hey kelly - TFox Dec 8, 12:54
Znufrii, was reading this earlier, speaks a little of the moral hazard in the (mooted?) mortgage relief program. - Loyola Dec 8, 12:53
Woot-off tonight -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 12:49
Ooh, the clubsail program is finnaly up and running for VIMA. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:48
Have you visited this web site before today? Yes, 12,502 times. - JaxSean Dec 8, 12:47 4
- do you open and close FF a lot? -- nm - Marcel Dec 8, 12:57 3
  - Nope. But I hit [Live] a lot. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:03 2
    - so do I but my counter hasn't gone up? -- nm - Marcel Dec 8, 13:06 1
      - I think it only updates on closing/restarting FF. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:20
F-18 Hornet from Top Gun's Miramar base crashes into residential neighborhood in San Diego. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 8, 12:46 5
- CNN has a short story on it -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:53
- WTF ??? -- nm - LT looks out the window Dec 8, 12:48
- Did it get caught in Iceman's jet wash? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 8, 12:47 2
  - They're are trying to locate the 2nd pilot - only one ejected -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 8, 12:52 1
    - EJECTED ??? @#$@@^@~ -- nm - Rasheed Wallace Dec 8, 12:55
Shopping help requested! My MIL needs a new bag... but finding one like her current one is proving tough. - Dr.Vermin Dec 8, 12:46 [Image] 2
- A scrapbook tote? - Amy Dec 8, 12:55
- Try this? -- (link) - Shaun Dec 8, 12:47 [Image]
LIR lileve -- (link) - Marcel Dec 8, 12:45 [Backboard] 3
- Wow, thanks. I think I'm going to give it a try but this is great info just in case. THANK YOU! -- nm - lileve Dec 8, 12:50 2
  - *curtsies* :-) -- nm - Marcel Dec 8, 12:53 1
    - Oh, but I'm on a mac. But I still have the 2.0 install file so I'm all good! Thanks! -- nm - lileve Dec 8, 12:55
The more and more I think about the Cantor thing, the more I'm intrigued. - Will Hunting Dec 8, 12:42 18
- I trust them with my money more then I trust them to put together a useable, working website that functions without going down at crucile moments -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 12:58 1
  - and yet, they paid for that. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:09
- I have a feeling they're going to screw Canada and non-US people. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 12:49 6
  - By forcing them to join and taking their money? -- nm - mara Dec 8, 13:02
  - Look, if there's going to be any monkeying around with stock markets, it's going to be done by savvy red blooded americans. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 12:56
  - The only way I see that happening was due to the "Do you have a US bank account?" question. -- nm - Shaun Dec 8, 12:54
  - just use someone in the US's address. -- nm - semester break loves mandy lane Dec 8, 12:51
  - I thought Canada was non-US ? - Mazujingle Bells Dec 8, 12:51
  - I can't imagine how we won't be a much later add. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 12:51
- It also explains why they wanted to shift HSX away from being a pure fantasy trading platform into more of a social platform - znufrii Dec 8, 12:43 8
  - Online poker sites have fully functional play-money versions. - psilotum Dec 8, 12:45 7
    - poker isn't a regulated exchange. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 12:47 5
      - [admin: User Scribbled -- click to view post.] -- nm - Mazujingle Bells Dec 8, 12:50
      - not following what one has to do with the other. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 12:49 3
        
        I think he's concerned about manipulation and insider trading. but that happens on poker sites, too. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:50 2
        
        Oh, I definitely think some people will get themselves in hot water on the pay site doing exactly that. - TFox Dec 8, 12:51 1
        
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    - word. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 12:46

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