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The Big Picture: Now that the oil well is capped... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 18, 10:25 1
- 18 is a cool shot -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 10:34
I don't know what's worse here... -- (link) - znufrii Aug 18, 10:25
ST Poll: What is your stance on the Park51+Mosque plan? - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:19 28
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- E) could care less about any of it -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 10:34 2
  - So you do care?? ;) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 10:35 1
    - *couldn't*. dammit. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 10:36
- B. Building it that close to Ground Zero is asking for trouble. Some nutjob is going to attack it and you just know that story is going to fly around - Loyola Aug 18, 10:33
- D -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 18, 10:30
- D -- nm - Strongbad Aug 18, 10:29
- A -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 18, 10:28
- D -- nm - Ender Aug 18, 10:27
- D -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 18, 10:27
- A -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 10:26
- A. -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 10:26
- D) other.... - zeitgeist Aug 18, 10:26 3
  - But you're not fine with it. Check. -- nm - mara Aug 18, 10:28
  - how is this not A? isn't this just A with a lot of feelings attached to it? -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 10:28
  - ... that sounds like A) to me -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 10:28
- A) -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 10:25
- A -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 10:23
- A. -- nm - mara Aug 18, 10:23
- A. there are probably many examples of more surprising juxtapositions. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 10:23
- A -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 18, 10:23
- A -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 10:23
- A -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 10:21
- A -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 10:21
- A -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 10:20
- A. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 10:20
- e) rat's rump -- nm - workmanda Aug 18, 10:20
- A -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 10:19
here is an excel question - workmanda Aug 18, 10:18 9
- This should point you in the right direction - Will Hunting Aug 18, 10:21 3 1
  - oooh...shiny -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 10:29
  - oh, thats noice. good find. -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 10:24 1
    - Yeah, pivots are my weakest thing in excel so this is pretty good for what I'll need. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 10:33
- I don't do pivots but in regular sheets you would refer to it as A$2 to anchor the row number. -- nm - zork Aug 18, 10:21
- you want that info in the pivot table, or off to the side? =a2/$a$1 formatted as a % will get you there in 2 seconds off to the side. -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 10:20 3
  - right, if I could use A1 as the cell ref. it won't let me because it's pivot output. -- nm - workmanda Aug 18, 10:21 2
    - oh, its forcing you to getpivotdata lookups when you click? you should be able to get around that by just typing the reference. - TFox Aug 18, 10:23
    - screwit. I pasted the pivot output so I can use the data as I need. ha ha, bill gates. -- nm - workmanda Aug 18, 10:22
re: bedbugs. Article in the paper yesterday said we could blame environmentalists for the rise (in Toronto, etc.). The pressures to pull insecticides - zork Aug 18, 10:13 12
- increasing temperatures have really strange effects sometimes -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 18, 10:31
- Well thjere is not environmentally friendly and also not friendly to our bodies. So you know, bugs or chemicals. Take your pick. - HdnAgnda Aug 18, 10:22 4
  - Also, I never knew about the 'heat' thing until the article below. Expensive as hell though. Those little buggers are very expensive to eradicate. - HdnAgnda Aug 18, 10:26 3
    - There's some kind of freezing process they can do also. - Krusty Aug 18, 10:28 2
      - Just imagine all the scam companies that will arise with this scourge. -- nm - HdnAgnda Aug 18, 10:29 1
        
        I didn't think of that. Ugh! You know it's going to happen too. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 10:30
- its ok, spiders freak me out too. kill the shit out of em. -- nm - the environment Aug 18, 10:16 1
  - I don't particularly want them crawling on me but I always leave them alone because they kill the other nasties that creep me out - zork Aug 18, 10:19
- Since the major problem is a growing pesticide resistance, that doesn't make much sense. -- (link) - mara Aug 18, 10:16 3
  - It does if the resistance doesn't extend to the stuff that was pulled over environmental concerns. -- nm - TWuG Aug 18, 10:18 2
    - An article I read said that you can't get rid of them for good using any pesticides. - Krusty Aug 18, 10:23
    - Sure, but usually statements like that just mean DDT. -- nm - mara Aug 18, 10:21
This may be a lot of regurgitated info for people here, since we've followed it a lot, but a good commentary on the findings re: Prop 8. -- (link) - TFox Aug 18, 10:10
LYC: I love this name for a plastic surgery business: Center for Aesthetic Surgery & Age Rejuvenation (but shouldn't it be youth rejuvenation?) -- nm - mara Aug 18, 10:00 12
- if that added Elective to the name, their ignitials would be CAESAR -- nm - peglegpete Aug 18, 10:18
- that would be a redundancy. juv- = Latin for youth. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 10:02 7
  - But do I want to rejuvenate my age? -- nm - mara Aug 18, 10:03 6
    - Well, 22 is an age too. A more youngtastic one. -- nm - TFox Aug 18, 10:04
    - maybe it should be 'appearance rejuvenation' -- nm - Roger More Aug 18, 10:04
    - yes, you want to reyouthify it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 10:03 3
      - Hmm, okay. -- nm - mara Aug 18, 10:07 2
        
        It's an awkward phrasing, I'll grant. It's no "Chip's Nips and Snips." -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 10:13
        
        mara got pwned - zork Aug 18, 10:10
- CeASAR! -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 10:02 1
  - mine works better :) -- nm - peglegpete Aug 18, 10:18
- Youth Rejuvenation would be a tautology -- nm - Roger More Aug 18, 10:01
Comics today: Highland Laddie: C Thanos Imperative: B Marvel Universe vs The Punisher: B+ -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 09:59 3
- Is the last yet another reprint? -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 10:27 2
  - new story -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 10:30 1
    - this was issue 2 -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 10:30
Last day to vote for the ST September book! Vote now! -- (link) - ty97 Aug 18, 09:56
Yesterday was bedbugs in NYC theater. Today it's Ohio's big problems. -- (link) - HdnAgnda Aug 18, 09:53
Leon, Mexico installs retina scanners that can scan up to 50 people per minute...in motion -- (link) - oblique Aug 18, 09:53
In the past month have you experienced: - prayformojo Aug 18, 09:50 26
- #2 -- nm - Don Homer Aug 18, 10:15
- 2 & 3. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 10:07
- No x 5. I guess the last earthquake was 6 weeks ago :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 18, 10:02 1
  - Still only that one for 12 months. -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 18, 10:04
- only 4 (earthquake) and 5 (hail, and it wasn't much.) -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 10:02
- 12 months? 2 & 5 -- nm - decline Aug 18, 10:01
- in the last 12 months would be #2 numerous times -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 10:00
- Oh, now that I saw it was the past 12 months then 4 and 5 -- nm - amoxy Aug 18, 09:59
- no to all, but it did rain a couple times -- nm - ceregon Aug 18, 09:58
- No. In fact, I think we've only had one day of rain in the last month. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 09:58 1
  - (In the last 2 months) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 09:58
- no to all... -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 09:56 1
  - 12 months is 2 and 5 - znufrii Aug 18, 10:02
- No to all, ever, not to mind the last month. -- nm - Loyola Aug 18, 09:56
- I think just 5. - Reagen Aug 18, 09:54
- 4. but so faint it would be a stretch to claim it, a low 2. something -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 09:54 1
  - Yeah 4 only, though it was a little larger maybe a 3.5 or 4 -- nm - amoxy Aug 18, 09:58
- Ah, then yes to hail storm. I don't think we've had a tornado that close. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 18, 09:53
- Ack. should be "In the past 12 months" -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 09:52 3
  - No to all; I haven't felt the nearby earthquakes, and the only time we had hail, it was timid. Hardly a storm. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 09:58
  - In that case, yes to #2 and #5. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 09:54
  - I was trying to remember that freak July blizzard. -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 09:54
- Nope, none. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 18, 09:52
- no -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 09:52
- Nope, none of those. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 09:51
- No to all. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 18, 09:51
Diablo III gameplay video reveals details about Artisans and Crafting -- (link) - oblique Aug 18, 09:48
Arcade Fire tickets = purchased -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 18, 09:46
Band = needing club bookings. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 18, 09:44 15
- some celebrities get paid just for showing up at clubs. -- nm - mafic Aug 18, 09:47 14
  - The story is she's......servicing the person for the bookings. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 09:47 13
    - Plus, I can really only see two former WWE women getting paid for that. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 18, 09:52 11
      - Massaro is my new guess. I forgot she was already a call girl. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 10:07 3
        
        There is another possibility. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 18, 10:28
        
        So says Rolling Stone, at least. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 18, 10:14 1
        
        and an escort website that had her on it for awhile -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 10:16
      - I think you're over-estimating how picky club promoters are -- nm - Roger More Aug 18, 09:59 5
        
        If anything, I'm over-estimating how picky club goers are. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 18, 10:12 2
        
        practically any celebrity can get paid to show up somewhere. It's all about the buzz that your place is good or trendy enough for anyone that is recog - zork Aug 18, 10:16 1
        
        And apparently some clubs were booking Massaro for appearances. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 18, 10:25
        
        and you could substitute "many men" for "club promoters" -- nm - zork Aug 18, 10:08
        
        this -- nm - Beaker Aug 18, 10:01
      - Lita is a maybe, unless she was totally stupid with her money she was getting some nice paydays, is possible, but I like the Ashely choice myself. -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 09:55
    - if she's desperate for money... -- nm - mafic Aug 18, 09:50
Lady Gaga's "Monster Ball Tour" is estimated to gross $200M, making it one of the highest grossing female tours ever - MDH Aug 18, 09:40 5
- *seethes* -- nm - Madonna Aug 18, 10:05 1
  - adjusted for inflation (hehehehe) I'm sure Madge would still be on top -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 10:20
- people are crazy -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 18, 09:44 2
  - Yes, for wanting to see an incredibly talented singer/songwriter/musician and wanting to see a great live show. -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 09:46 1
    - I loathe her music but would consider seeing her in concert. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 10:29
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- Poor Ender -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 09:40
Survey Claims One In Six Brits Lick The Plate; -- (link) - Loyola Aug 18, 09:39
FWIW, they dropped "Freedom Tower" as the name a few years ago. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 09:38 23
- Your B2 analogy breaks down in terms of the scope of the project. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 18, 09:52 6
  - hospital (and university) chapels can be quite large facilities. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 09:57 5
    - and it also comes down to "....and?". They'll be praying. What is the specific problem with that? -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 09:59 4
      - This kind of meshes with his original point. If you don't have a problem with it, why not acknowledge the presence of a mosque in the building? -- nm - mara Aug 18, 10:09 3
        
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        To which the people there *HAVE DONE*. The opponents are villifying it as the mosque when the plan is so much more. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 10:13
        
        No one is denying there's going to be one there. No one. - TWuG Aug 18, 10:13
- How come? -- nm - Loyola Aug 18, 09:39 7
  - Because it was a terrible name. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 09:46
  - because the name stemmed from senseless jingoism and had no connection to reality? -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 09:45 3
    - jingoist = GRE word -- nm - workmanda Aug 18, 10:19
    - (and I thought the renaming of Newark "Liberty" airport was just as silly.) -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 09:50 1
      - That's a bit Grand Theft Auto alright. -- nm - Loyola Aug 18, 09:52
  - Failed the Truth in Advertising test. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 09:43
  - The official reasoning is that they wanted to just go by the building's legal name. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 09:42
- along with Freedom Fries -- nm - budice Aug 18, 09:39
- good. What did they change it to? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 09:38 6
  - 1 World Trade Center. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 09:40 1
    - Yup, which is perfect. No need to change the name. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 09:49
  - Freedom for Religion tower? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 18, 09:39 3
    - You mean freedrom *from* religion -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 09:41 2
      - thats the vatican - Danedukenuuk Aug 18, 09:43
      - Or freedom. Rrrrr -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 09:41
Nominee for post of the year. -- (link) - Todd Manning Aug 18, 09:37 [Backboard]
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- so skeeved out by that documentary -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 09:37 5
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    - I actually don't recall if it was a first date at this point, though it was early on. - Reagen Aug 18, 09:39 1
      - Althought they took on a decidely different tone from earlier ones. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 09:42
    - yep. - Mel Profit Aug 18, 09:39
  - me too. -- nm - Reagen's date Aug 18, 09:38

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