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I literally just sent off the release form for the $100 Spaghetti Factory prize and promptly won a $50 Shopsy's one. (Plus won Starcraft 2 earlier) -- nm - zork Aug 11, 12:33 6
- Starcraft 2 rocks - Guigue Aug 11, 12:40
- small timer -- nm - Andie si Aug 11, 12:35
- you're the new Andie! -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:35
- do people not enter contests in Canada? -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:34 2
  - well, since there is only like a couple of hundred people living up there everybody must win -- nm - decline Aug 11, 12:35 1
    - I'm guessing there are thousands of people there, but they don't like snowshoeing from their igloos to the mailbox to enter contests -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:36
Are 4tb external drives about as high capacity as the market has out there now (reasonably)? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 12:32 23
- I have been using this site for years. If it is available for sale, they have it listed. -- (link) - not2fast Aug 11, 12:43
- 8TB -- nm - budice Aug 11, 12:35 3
  - 8TB for $600 through Dell -- (link) - budice Aug 11, 12:37 2
    - that's a NAS with 4 drive capacity -- nm - decline Aug 11, 12:40 1
      - and doesn't come with the drives -- nm - decline Aug 11, 12:41
- I don't think I've seen 4TB drives hit the streets. 2TB is common. I'm not even sure 3TB is readily available yet -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:34 12
  - plus, hasnt there been some reliability issue with many of the TB drives? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 11, 12:37 1
    - not in general. Seagate had a firmware issue that was fixed. I haven't seen any widespread problems. There are issues - oblique Aug 11, 12:38
  - Unless I misunderstand what this is, some sites have an 8tb... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 11, 12:35 3
    - 4 x 2TB -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:37 2
      - raid baby, raid! -- nm - decline Aug 11, 12:38 1
        
        Well, yeah, if you're going big, you might as well go that route -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:39
  - Amazon has 4TB for $400 -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 11, 12:35 5
    - Amazon had a 1.5TB for $72 in the gold box this am. - decline Aug 11, 12:38
    - I was thinking of a single drive. 2 x 2TB -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:37
    - Why do you need that big, out of curiosity? -- nm - Don Homer Aug 11, 12:36 2
      - Media files. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 12:37
      - Seriously. It's not a refrigerator. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 12:37
- how much porn *do* you need? -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 12:33 4
  - It's one photo, and he likes to zoom in really, really close. -- nm - Max Aug 11, 12:34 1
    - what he likes to call "my penis' eye view". - TFox Aug 11, 12:35
  - duh, all of it -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:34
  - More. (nm) - Will Hunting Aug 11, 12:34
Two teens arrested for hitting flaming golf balls. In related news: flaming golf ball incidents set to rise. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 11, 12:30 2
- Well, the course was Tight, Narrow and Difficult -- nm - prayformojo Aug 11, 12:32
- oh thats a good idea, not like they'd ever have a massive fire around Kelowna -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:31
"Shutter Island," "Iron Man 2" and "Kick-Ass" coming to Netflix Streaming Sept 1 thanks to a deal with upstart Epix cable channel. -- (link) - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 11, 12:30 9
- I think that's misleading. Iron Man 2 doesn't come out on DVD until the end of September. Once Epix gets it, it'll be available on Netflix 3 months - JaxSean Aug 11, 12:33
- will be available "three months after their debut on Epix" and I don't think any of them are there now -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:32 4
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  - damnit. why did i trust that Mop could read? -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:33 2
    - you have only yourself to blame. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 12:34 1
      - its true. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:34
- hell. effing. yes. (you're still confused about how Starz worked.) -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:30
- When do the good movies start? -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 12:30
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in honor of hump day, I think I'll watch a House rerun and think dirty thoughts about Olivia Wilde -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:29
if you are writing on email which is going to 4 people in management of another company - tRuMaN Aug 11, 12:26 23
- REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 12:30 1
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- "Well hellooooooooo ladies! (and Frank)," -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:29 1
  - "Look at your Frank, now back to Me. Now him again, and back to *me*." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 12:30
- Dear Sir, -- nm - CQ Aug 11, 12:29
- 'sup bitches?! -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 12:28 3
  - loser -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 11, 12:29 2
    - no, you misunderstand. That's pronounced "to whom it may concern". -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:30 1
      - It's my own dialect I invented myself. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 12:31
- In part, it depends on the content of the email and the relationship you have with them. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 11, 12:28
- 'Sup Bitches -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 12:28 1
  - damn you. -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 12:29
- "Warmest American Friends..." -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 12:27
- "Good afternoon" -- nm - Jim Aug 11, 12:27 2
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  - Yeah, something like this is usually good. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 11, 12:28
- sure -- nm - amoxy Aug 11, 12:27
- Dear Sir and Secretaries -- nm - Max Aug 11, 12:27 1
  - Sincerely, Dan Draper -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 12:28
- Hey Losers! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 12:27
- "hello" -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:27
- It's an email. Just start writing -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:27 1
  - its to a client, and it will be discussing a sort of hot-topic issue - tRuMaN Aug 11, 12:28
Amazon VOD hiring -- (link) - oblique Aug 11, 12:25
salt on mellon is like a pinch of antimatter in your warp drive. an out of the world explosion of flavor -- nm - Zeitgeist Aug 11, 12:25 3
- My mom used to put salt on Grapefruit.Ugh...But I have had a little salt on Watermelon - amoxy Aug 11, 12:26 1
  - i put honey on grapefruit. (or syrup.) -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:27
- Sacrilege! -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 12:26
hump poll: Most recent year in which you've walked in on a couple having sex. -- nm - Max Aug 11, 12:23 11
- 2007 at a party. I went for the upstairs bathroom (accessible only by room) because the downstairs had a line. - CQ Aug 11, 12:33
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- Don't think I have -- nm - amoxy Aug 11, 12:28
- never have. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 12:27
- Never happened. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 12:27
- I don't think I ever have. - JaxSean Aug 11, 12:27
- 1991 (college) -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 12:25
- 1995. Vegas outdoor hot tub at the Rio. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:24 2
  - I meant "walked in on" accidentally, not insistently. -- nm - Max Aug 11, 12:26 1
    - oh, well then.... - Andie Aug 11, 12:28
- n/a - tRuMaN Aug 11, 12:24
i have no desire to work today. - tRuMaN Aug 11, 12:20 21
- so bang on the drum all day -- nm - zork Aug 11, 12:31
- *pulls the emergency chute* -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 11, 12:22 1
  - *gets sucked up into the vents* -- nm - tru Aug 11, 12:24
- Screw it then. Grab a beer, jump out the window and go home. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 12:22 13
  - the girl behind me on the cube farm was going on and on about how great this guy is. -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 12:26 4
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      - they wouldn't have standby aircraft they can put into service? - znufrii Aug 11, 12:40
    - I understand liking what he did but he's not a hero. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 12:30
    - this is going to be the next "dancing up the aisle at your wedding" thing. - TFox Aug 11, 12:28
  - I love how so many things try so hard to become a meme, and this instantly becomes one. It's wonderful! -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 12:25
  - why must i hurt myself? - tRuMaN Aug 11, 12:23 6
    - install one of those "executive escape" devices everyone was peddling after 9/11 -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 12:24
    - inflatable slide! -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:24 4
      - Every office should have one. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 12:24 3
        
        NYC already has the infrastructure. All those slides and chutes made out of barrels on the sides of buildings and stuff. - TFox Aug 11, 12:25 2
        
        No joke, I've wanted to slide down them for a long time. If it can handle bricks and steel, I shouldn't have a problem. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 12:28 1
        
        If you built one for people, you could charge. It would blend right in. It would rule. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:32
- me neither -- nm - amoxy Aug 11, 12:22
- damn you. TMBG earworm. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:21 1
  - week minded fool -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 11, 12:22
- It's hump day. go hump. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 12:21
Supernatural has had 2 comic mini-series now collected into trades. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 12:19 5
- as far as Supernatural, the magazine goes, heck even Charmed had its own magazine. -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:21 4
  - Is this a CW thing? -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:23 3
    - I think that a lot of tv shows that might have a cult following get magazines -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:26 2
      - Hmm. I just looked at LOST has a magazine too. How strange -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:27 1
        
        if you can make an extra buck or two off the fanboy/fangirl, why not? -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:28
Apple releases iOS 4.0.2 and 3.2.2 to fix the jailbreak exploit. Go forth and patch your super secure Apple products -- (link) - oblique Aug 11, 12:19 1
- too late. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 11, 12:19
Its the 21st century, women are capable of catching their own fouls. Also, no Manilow in the Muscle Car. -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 12:16 2
- This is what Asimov wrote about. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 11, 12:17
- heck I'd be happy to throw one in front of the ball so she can catch it. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 12:17
Pixie - your food likes and dislikes are ruled too much by color - green can only be lime, orange can only be orange, etc. etc. etc. - it's crazy! -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 12:15 1
- Is this about the picky eating registry? It may be a medical condition. I know I can "smell/taste" colors. -- (link) - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 11, 12:19
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- This is like when mara said that her handle is prounounce "Mare-ah". (nm) - musubi, still not just a HPOA Aug 11, 12:32 4
  - mah-rah. (who else needs to be told how to say their name?) -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:36 1
    - "TIF - ox" (nm) - znufrii's likely pronounciation Aug 11, 12:37
  - it's not? -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 12:35 1
    - "MAH-rah" (nm) - musubi, still not just a HPOA Aug 11, 12:36
- No it's not. -- nm - Dano Aug 11, 12:27
- I've been told personally many times that it's silent. I still pronounce the "z" -- nm - CQ Aug 11, 12:23
- Nu-free? -- nm - amoxy Aug 11, 12:23
- Madness. He may wish it so, but it is most assuredly not so. -- nm - TeeWooGee Aug 11, 12:20
- y'all are no fun. -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 12:19 5
  - I pronounce it "zee-nu-fury" -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 12:26
  - wasn't your brother "nufrii" or something, so you just added the z? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 12:21
  - aybe e hould ll ost ith ilent irst etters ust or ou! -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:20 2
    - zdumbass, fyou're ldoing jit kwrong. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:23 1
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- i always pronounce it - tRuMaN Aug 11, 12:18
- "za-noo-dee-chay" -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 12:18
- I didn't know that until he mentioned it when I first met him. I still pronounce the z. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 12:18
- I pronounce it "Throatwarbler mangrove" -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 12:18 1
  - She is a saint! -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:19
- No it's not. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 11, 12:17 1
  - this -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:18
- I had heard that, but dismissed it as being too stupid to be true. -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 12:16 2
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  - Right. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 11, 12:17
- Yes, but I still pronounce it. I also say it "znu-free," but I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be "new fry" - JaxSean Aug 11, 12:16 2
  - this is how it is pronounced. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:19
  - Znu-free is how I pronounce it too. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 12:19
- Yes. I pronounce it anyway, in my head. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 12:16
- is the "nu" pronounced in reverse and "frii" really a word for corn? -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 12:15
- I believe he mentioned that once before. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 11, 12:15
- yes, i believe ty told me that. but in my head it is not. in my head he is "znu", like "gnu" with a Z. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:15 7
  - ty and I were trying to tell you guys this. I can understand not believing us. -- nm - zork Aug 11, 12:29
  - this. zuhnewfree -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 12:20
  - Hee. The g in gnu is silent. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 12:16 3
    - ~I'm a g-nu, I'm a g-nu. I'm the g-nicest piece of g-nature in the zoo!~ -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 12:18
    - not for Gary Gnu -- nm - Max Aug 11, 12:17
    - right, with a z added! :) -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:17
  - nods. --nm - decline Aug 11, 12:16
[an error occurred while processing this sparkly directive] -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 12:14
CBC to air special on the Queen in 3D. Really? we needed *the Queen* in 3D? -- (link) - Andie Aug 11, 12:14 3
- She had quite the figure in her youth. So do we call you Dr. Tongue now? -- nm - zork Aug 11, 12:31
- Corgis in 3D! -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 11, 12:16
- "HeeeeLLLLLoooooOOOOOoooooOOOO!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 12:15
now, that's cheesey! -- (link) - znufrii Aug 11, 12:14
*sniff* -- nm - starving African children Aug 11, 12:14 1
- they can have all my damn melon they can eat. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 12:14

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