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the 10% limit is offset by this rule... at the end of the day they can change the market price of a contract by a big margin - Stewie Dec 8, 14:19 2
- Wow, I'd lose money not knowing what I was doing. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 8, 14:23 1
  - thanks, i haven't read all 19 pages of the document yet, it still sucks to be on the wrong end of a short like that, but at least they cover the event -- nm - ceregon Dec 8, 14:28
Ooh, Cantor made BoingBoing's front page -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 8, 14:17 1
- Even better, they give a shout-out to Max Keiser. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 14:20
So for the canucks interested...If the price holds where it's at ($0.60ish), I'm going to buy 1,000 shares of Canwest in the new year and... - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 14:16 4
- I certainly hope they don't go under, considering my line of work, but you've always got to accept that you could lose all of that. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 14:19 1
  - See below. I blew $60 on the NFL yesterday (stupid Jets and Pats), so what's $500 in a worse case Ontario? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 14:26
- Did I ever tell you the story of when I bought Iridium stock? - oblique Dec 8, 14:17 1
  - Heh. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 14:24
hmm, apparently a zellers flyer misprint is resulting in a lot of savings on video games this week -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 14:16
7PNDS is VERY slow... and kind of weird... but it kind of pays off in the end - secretslacker Dec 8, 14:12 4
- I'm not really interested in any movies until about march or so -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 14:14
- oddly enough the Valkeryie commercial makes me want to see it -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 14:13 1
  - Me, too. I wasn't even considering it until the commercials started running, and now I'll probably catch it on a cheap matinee. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 14:16
- My most anticipated for the rest of the month. -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 14:13
For Christmas, I'd like every politician and wonk who uses the term "haircut" to wake up the next morning looking like Nick Nolte's mug shot. - Max Dec 8, 14:11 5
- context? I haven't heard this term. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 14:14 4
  - as in like "give the budget a haircut"? like that? -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 14:15 3
    - Ok, that makes sense, I just hadn't heard it. -- nm - Reagen Dec 8, 14:16 2
      - ""The FRBNY will lend an amount equal to the market value of the ABS less a haircut and will be secured at all times by the ABS." - Max Dec 8, 14:20
      - the only context I had was for $500 haircuts. :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 14:18
Okay, now I want to make a Wii Slack game, which includes an interactive hammock accessory -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 14:11 1
- *paging mafic* -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 14:16
ST Poll: What have you slacked on this past week? - oblique Dec 8, 14:09 23
- Calling / reconnecting with Elf. -- nm - Qale Dec 8, 14:19
- Writing. I *so* need to get the Christmas story done, but I have massive amounts of writer's block. - TFox Dec 8, 14:14 1
  - In fact, if anyone would be interested in being a sounding board for the plot, and help suggest ways to tighten up the holes, I'd love some e-mails. - TFox Dec 8, 14:18
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- i guess you could say fallout 3 since i didn't play all week. I played 10 hours the week before andi dunno if i'm ever putting it in again....nm - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 14:12
- Cleaning the house, getting my Secret Stalker gift purchased, and trying to find temp work for the next month. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 14:11
- the house is a disater zone - it should be condomned. Maybe I should not have nubbied my maid? -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 14:10 14
  - I give my maid the ol' nubby at least once a week. -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 14:13
  - paging Dr. Freud. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 14:11
  - There's a place that I found on Craiglist that listed they started at $2/hr and did crap like laundry. I'm seriously considering - oblique Dec 8, 14:11 6
    - I found my last one on Craigs list - she was great. -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 14:12
    - What kind of quality of work could they possibly do for $2 an hour? -- nm - mara Dec 8, 14:12 3
      - I'm sure it doesn't really cost $2/hr when you get down to it, but still... -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 14:13 2
        
        $ 80 to $ 100 for a 2000 square foot house - laundry is extra -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 14:14 1
        
        See, I don't want someone to dust and crap. Clean the bathrooms, do the dishes, and do my laundry. That's the stuff I never get done -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 14:15
    - they're illegal aliens. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 14:12
  - condomned? interesting :)) -- nm - black peter Dec 8, 14:11 4
    - I am slacking on my spelling skills apparently -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 14:12 1
      - or, thinking of afterwork activities with Mr. Pippy? :) -- nm - black peter Dec 8, 14:15
    - how many condoms does it take? -- nm - black peter Dec 8, 14:11 1
      - none! -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 14:13
- this is unusual for me but: Nothing, really. Could not slack while traveling. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 14:10
- ertalk. -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 14:10
series finale of Boston Legal starts at 9pm tonight. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 14:05 7
- We have the whole season of episodes to watch and savor. - Callisto Dec 8, 14:10 1
  - It makes me want to go back to his episodes of The Practice. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 14:12
- SUPREME COURT! SUPREME COURT! -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 14:10
- I dropped it last year and can't even remember why. (I was still loving the show.) - Name Withheld By Request Dec 8, 14:10 1
  - this past season has been rock solid. -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 14:10
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- *crickets* -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 14:06
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- are these items going to arrive before Xmas? -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 14:11 2
  - 2 weeks out? I'd say almost certainly. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 14:11 1
    - One of my last Woot-off items did not ship for over 2 weeks... - kelly Dec 8, 14:16
- I received my first woot item. Dual screen DVD player. Looks great. Haven't tried it out yet. -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 14:06
Does anyone know how AFLAC rates as an employer? - kelly Dec 8, 14:02 17
- He's okay, but apparently his wife doesn't let you horse around. -- nm - Dano Dec 8, 14:12 1
  - *giggle* -- nm - kelly Dec 8, 14:14
- google for 'company name' & 'sucks' - Marcel Dec 8, 14:08
- the people I've met who work there seem happy. - Callisto Dec 8, 14:07 1
  - Yeah, I think the job I saw on this specific site was for sales. -- nm - kelly Dec 8, 14:13
- A company would have to be amazingly bad for me to skip an interview and not get the pay/benefit info direct from them. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 14:05 3
  - Who said I was skipping an interview or wasn't going to ask about benefits? Geez. - kelly Dec 8, 14:07 2
    - No, I know, I'm just saying, it almost doesn't matter until after you get an offer. - TFox Dec 8, 14:08 1
      - *heh* You said taint *heh*heh* -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 14:10
- Haven't heard, but if it's a legit full time instead of through the agency....... -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 14:04 2
  - (in Hagerstown) :/ -- nm - kelly Dec 8, 14:04 1
    - That's 25miles each way, the positive, against traffic flow. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 14:05
- I heard they're a bunch of quacks. nm - loosilu Dec 8, 14:03 4
  - No, I've never heard of that site. -- nm - kelly Dec 8, 14:04 3
    - oh, here you go. A good friend of mine is their content editor so I've known of them for years. -- (link) - loosilu Dec 8, 14:06 2
      - Thanks. -- nm - kelly Dec 8, 14:07 1
        
        I see you may have to pay to see message board content, but it might be worth it to get a short term membership. - loosilu Dec 8, 14:11
Bery, a google search for mfr # RVLRRFNE, most places show it's both the balance board and the game. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 14:01
Arena Football League livin' on a prayer -- (link) - Reagen Dec 8, 14:01 1
- Wow, they were doing really well a few years ago. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 14:01
Listening to the Coldplay/Satriani samples on NPR, if I were a judge I would not find in favor of Satriani. - Max Dec 8, 13:58 3
- Ditto. I heard the same story. -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 14:00
- Google zelda fairy theme/song -- nm - lileve Dec 8, 13:59 1
  - I love System of a Down's Zelda cover. -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 14:03
Wii Fit is in stock on Amazon right now as well. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:57 1
- ... looks like it's sold out, except for the sketchy sellers -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 14:09
So let's speculate that 'real' HSX goes live in January for a movie slated for release 6-months out. What movie do they IPO first? - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:54 12
- I think they'd have to go with something popular and well-known. Maybe Transformers or Fast and Furious 4. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 14:08
- UP! -- nm - Qale Dec 8, 14:06
- I think I missed something. (nm) - nubby Dec 8, 14:01 2
  - si -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 8, 14:03 [Backboard] 1
    - Oh. Strange. -- nm - nubby Dec 8, 14:09
- I'd guess Transformers 2. -- nm - krusty Dec 8, 14:01
- the little wizard dweeb with the glasses one....nm - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 13:58
- PINK2! -- nm - ceregon Dec 8, 13:58
- Humpy Bus Boys 2: The Revanche. -- nm - emoticripple Dec 8, 13:57
- Why does it matter? That said, I would hope it would be a smaller film first. In case stuff goes wrong on the site -- nm - con_carne Dec 8, 13:57 2
  - It doesn't, but they said they'd offer their first IPO in the "first quarter of 2009" and the page says 6-months out. - JaxSean Dec 8, 13:58 1
    - There was a banner ad on Movies that said February 09. Six months out would be an August release. GIJOE? -- nm - emoticripple Dec 8, 14:03
I don't understand how Cantor can make the 10% change limit work. - ceregon Dec 8, 13:54 4
- I expect they're going to make it substantially different from HSX to make it a viable real-world exchange. -- nm - TaurusII Dec 8, 13:59 1
  - it works fine (other than the 10%), but because they can't have adjusts/freezes, there will be some hectic trading on fridays & saturdays -- nm - ceregon Dec 8, 14:07
- Excellent point. I guess you're just hosed in that instance. -- nm - emoticripple Dec 8, 13:56 1
  - It's even worse, in addition to everybody wanting to sell, there also be people wanting to short. -- nm - ceregon Dec 8, 13:58
SITWAP: Apparently, it is not illegal to harass interns in Washington, D.C. (linky) -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 13:51 18
- Stupid sexy IM. -- nm - Qale Dec 8, 14:07
- Isn't there some kind of civil suit to be brought? Can I just go around sexually harrasing people then? -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 13:56 10
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    - *stares blankly* - oblique Dec 8, 14:12
  - I suppose you could fall back on a general tort claim of negligent or intentional infliction of emotional distress. - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 14:02 3
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      - Actually, no I am not. - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 14:12 1
        
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  - ST does not have interns! -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:57 3
    - Exactly. We're all volunteers. *harasses you* - oblique Dec 8, 13:58 2
      - does it count if I don't notice? -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 14:01 1
        
        semi-related. I'm convinced groiny submitted this -- (link) - oblique Dec 8, 14:02
- that's effed up. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:53 3
  - I think it perfectly illustrates a gap in the law that Congress and state legislatures need to fix. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 13:57 2
    - it's a pretty sneaky little gap, isn't it? -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 13:58 1
      - It is, but it's been around for a while. - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 14:05
- Such strong language. -- nm - Max Dec 8, 13:52 1
  - Hit it, Max! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 8, 13:58
Boy, did *I* pick the wrong weekend to visit RI... -- nm - kelly Dec 8, 13:51 3
- ? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 8, 13:55 2
  - Ask our douche friend TFox. - kelly Dec 8, 13:57 1
    - Hey, don't shoot a guy for trying to be helpful. :) -- nm - TFox Dec 8, 14:06
Bery, were you the clever one who figured out the warrant URLs before they were available on the calendar? Have you done so for 09 nominoptions? -- nm - emoticripple Dec 8, 13:51 6
- I really don't think that was me. But I'm not sure. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:53
- The 09 options might not even exist yet. D Mac would likely wait until after GG nominations to make final determinations. -- nm - ty97 Dec 8, 13:52 4
  - they IPO on Thursday -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 13:55 2
    - In the past, the nominoptions have (at least sometimes) not been available until the afternoon. - ty97 Dec 8, 13:57 1
      - ok, makes sense -- nm - Roger More Dec 8, 13:58
  - ty is teh smart. -- nm - emoticripple Dec 8, 13:55
LIR: re: Dallas KLLI format change: Doesn't seem like much of a change. Programming list is all the same (non-sports talk). -- nm - TaurusII Dec 8, 13:45
That's not Wii Fit. That's just the balance board. A start, for sure, but not the full thing. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:43 13
- It has the same mfr. part number as best buy who lists it as the board and the game -- (link) - Guigue Dec 8, 14:01
- Do you want only Canadian sites? - krusty Dec 8, 13:47 11
  - I think what I actually need to do is come up with a list of local places to hit up. Toys R Us, Futureshop, Walmart, Shoppers, ebGames ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:50
  - Is it supposed to come with a game too? -- nm - krusty Dec 8, 13:49 9
    - Yes, it's a bundle - game and balance board - as far as I know. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:50 8
      - I can't imagine the bundle not having the game included. What good would the board be without a game? Could you use it otherwise? -- nm - krusty Dec 8, 13:54 2
        
        No idea. But Futureshop just lists it as "Wii Fit Balance Board", like an add-on -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:56 1
        
        It is an add-on. It just happens to include a disc. -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 13:59
      - I can confirm. The board comes with the WiiFit disc which includes the various games (Yoga, Strength, Balance, and Cardio) -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 13:50 4
        
        I should have included, I've never seen the board sold without the disc though -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 13:51 3
        
        the $99 one from futureshop really just looks like a board with no game -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 13:54 2
        
        i'm SURE it's the whole thing (that's more than i paid for my board and game - i don't think they coem separately.) -- nm - El Fandie Dec 8, 14:11
        
        It's for sale for $89 at Amazon (US) and that includes the disc. I don't think they have a board-only SKU -- nm - oblique Dec 8, 13:56
i wouldnt be surprised if the wii was still a little hard to find. they sold 800k units in one single week of november... - x, riding a unicorn of happiness over a rainbow Dec 8, 13:43
Pippy rocks the Punisher. Oh yeah she does -- (link) - oblique Dec 8, 13:38 2
- Doesn't surprise me a bit. ;^) -- nm - TaurusII Dec 8, 13:39 1
  - me either - I had the original on last night - I'd rock his whole entire world -- nm - Epiphany Dec 8, 14:09

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