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Hello ST !! We're back in Seattle after a great week. Now to catch up on all the news :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Sep 10, 10:50 2
- we expect full report with photos -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 10, 11:01
- We missed you, Meg! -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:52
Is Davidson trying to censor his video? Here's the link I had yesterday. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:48 [youtube] 11
- He didn't even know what Youtube was, so it wasn't him who posted it. If it was made private rather than taken down I'd think it'd be done by the uploader. -- nm - Ender Sep 10, 10:56
- Wouldn't you remove it? -- nm - mara Sep 10, 10:50 3
  - Davidson/Dodson mashup! -- nm - Max Sep 10, 10:53
  - He will NOT apologize for his presentation! -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:52 1
    - Plus, I expect Rick Sanchez will be talking to him soon. Score! -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:53
- So now you're linking to your own stuff you posted a day ago. Jeez. -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 10:49 2
  - when you're the best at something, it doesn't necessarily mean you stop being innovative -- nm - crash davis Sep 10, 10:52 1
    - *tries the left hand* -- nm - TFox SI Sep 10, 10:54
- Here is an alternate video -- (link) - amoxy Sep 10, 10:49 [youtube] 1
  - Yeah, Amy had a link. Just wondering why the one I had suddenly went private. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:49
- Whoa, that was an unnecessarily long URL. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:48
I hope David plays Halo tonight. I'll tell him the opposing teams are filled with Oregon fans -- nm - crash davis Sep 10, 10:46 2
- Even I'm rooting for the Ducks. It'll make the Beavers victory in the Civil War all the more important. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:49 1
  - I hope the Beavers have a good year, winning everything except one particular road game in late September -- nm - crash davis Sep 10, 10:54
I need a nap... -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 10:40
Jennifer Morrison (Cameron on House) joining HIMYM - nubby Sep 10, 10:39 5
- It's another case of someone "joining" HIMYM and sticking around for like one episode, right? -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:50
- Is she going to be the mom? -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 10:45
- This? She's yummy -- (link) - oblique Sep 10, 10:43 [Image] 2
  - Sure, she's cute when she's not being a judgmental priss. -- nm - nubby Sep 10, 10:43 1
    - yes, the writers really know how to sabotage her :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:44
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- We can hope. -- nm - nubby Sep 10, 10:44
- Umm...No! We're still in first by 2 1/2 games my pessimistic friend. - Krusty Sep 10, 10:26 2
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    - Home field is a nice but it's overblown. - Krusty Sep 10, 10:31
- Not according to coolstandings. 65% NY. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 10, 10:26 1
  - Not related...I hope PSU stomps on Alabama. -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 10:28
(lyc) "Prison" apparently meant a retreat. -- nm - ty97 Sep 10, 10:23 1
- You should still sent him a cake with a file in it. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:26
Speaking of the RI governorship, does this story/strategy seem to make any sense at all? -- (link) - TFox Sep 10, 10:19
There's a pillow shaped like a giant green Hershey's kiss in my hotel room. - Reagen Sep 10, 10:19 3
- Being SF, I assume it's meant to facilitate some form of kinky sex. Probably with goats. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:32
- Those are not standard in Canadian hotels? - Spawn Sep 10, 10:29
- "There are five chairs in this hotel room, and they are all different!" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:22
for her birthday present, my mother asked me for the following .... - ReluctantEvoCynic Sep 10, 10:14 5
- is this the place my son and his friends have been talking about on facebook? -- nm - r.c.'s mom in one months Sep 10, 10:24
- Step 1: Create fake FB account for yourself. Step 2: Friend Mom from fake account. -- nm - ty97 Sep 10, 10:16 1
  - Good idea. -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 10:59
- "but Mom, Charlie Hunnam is MINE!" *stomps feet* -- nm - RC si Sep 10, 10:15
- Don't do it! -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 10:15
Hmm ... penny arcade's news article today is interesting. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:13 1
- PA blogs are stream of consciousness. Get to the part about D&D and Tycho's mom to understand what people are talking about. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:35
And now Bejeweled Blitz won't load! -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 09:57 3
- Watch what you say. Zynga has spies everywhere. -- nm - crash davis Sep 10, 10:08
- Don't f*ck with me, old man! -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:07
- the horror! -- nm - decline Sep 10, 09:59
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- Why in 2010 we are still talking about it ....there are days where I feel like I am living in 1910 based upon societal views. - Walt_Disney Sep 10, 10:30 2
  - yep. - b. Sep 10, 10:36
  - I like your land. :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 10:34
- I don't know why but this made me think: What would be a "Rosa Parks" equivalent for this cause? She was notable because her action sparked the bus - oblique Sep 10, 10:01 3
  - the fashion industry? :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:08
  - I don't really know, but I've always heard the Stonewall riots really started everything off. -- nm - crash davis Sep 10, 10:02
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- That we're going the Roe v. Wade route on this one? -- nm - Ender Sep 10, 09:59 15
  - either way, the river has to be crossed -- nm - crash davis Sep 10, 10:01
  - be nice if we didn't have to. -- nm - ty97 Sep 10, 10:00
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    - Achieving a goal by judicial fiat rather than by a popular groundswell of support, leading to 40 years of fighting over the issue. - Ender Sep 10, 10:04 10
      - Also, in your scenario, what are the courts supposed to do while these unconstitutional laws are being passed? - con_carne Sep 10, 10:50 2
        
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        It's not like anyone *likes* seeing laws passed and then struck down. It results in an inefficiency that benefits few. -- nm - con_carne Sep 10, 10:54
      - Minorities are just that because the public at large thinks there are better things to do than look out for their interest. - con_carne Sep 10, 10:37
      - Your IM is really easy for you to prefer as a hetero. - ty97 Sep 10, 10:11
      - This will basically always happen. Minority rights are never a priority for the majority. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 10:09 2
        
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        Only til November. And then it's Linc Chafee time! -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 10:14
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      - but not all SC decisions remain controversial for that long, i.e. Brown V Board of Education -- nm - crash davis Sep 10, 10:06
    - coat hangers and back alleys. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 10, 10:03
- All I can hear in my head is "every action has an equal opposite reaction" - ty97 Sep 10, 09:56 1
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- plus, you didn't mention the victory in Staten Island Mook Court -- nm - crash davis Sep 10, 09:56
- don't try and give blood in Canada though! -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 09:55 2
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    - *shakes head* Man, we suck sometimes. -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 10:22
Mel, also that it's his favorite quote in English and he messed it up. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 09:51 2
- he is a Communications Major. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 10, 09:58 1
  - This meme is gonna have me spitting coffee at my monitor for weeks. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:35
Radios in cubes should be outlawed period. - ty97 Sep 10, 09:50 7
- I used to have one in my cube... before they invented the Internet. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 10:42
- I was told I could listen to my radio at a reasonable volume from 9 to 11 -- nm - mafic Sep 10, 09:58
- No, but you shouldn't be able to hear them in the next cube. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 10, 09:52 3
  - I agree with this. I think they're fine, but not if the music is bugging someone else. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 10, 09:55
  - Is it possible to have a radio low enough that the cube resident can hear it but no neighbors can? - ty97 Sep 10, 09:55 1
    - Sure. But it's also up to managers to enforce it. - JaxSean Sep 10, 09:58
- agreed -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 09:50
Woman who had World -- (link) - amoxy Sep 10, 09:49 2
- Nice dis of "normal housewives" there. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 09:52
- sfek - Largests fake boobs now has no boobs at all -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 09:50
Nashville Predator fans aound? What's the word on Patric Hornqvist? Expected to have a good year? Hurt? -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 09:48 3
- Bueller? -- nm - Beaker Sep 10, 09:55 2
  - What if I'm a Predator fan but have no concept of the status or talent of any of their players? -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 10:15 1
    - Then you're very typical? -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 10:21
kilbo...you have some gmail with linkage. -- nm - Jim Sep 10, 09:47 1
- danke. perfect -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 09:55
The secret dealer for Farmville Addicts -- (link) - amoxy Sep 10, 09:45 2
- $1M per day -- nm - decline Sep 10, 09:48
- I don't play it, but I think it is a real game. :p -- nm - crash davis Sep 10, 09:47
ST Computer people....is therfe a website other than Oracle where I can download a prior version of Java without having to set up an account..... - Walt_Disney Sep 10, 09:45 1
- No account needed (oracle site archive) -- (link) - decline Sep 10, 10:29
Reviewers all seem to be hedging their reviews of "I'm Still Here". -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 09:43
We have a laptop and some peripherals plugged into a big black box called a UPS. What's a UPS? -- nm - mara Sep 10, 09:42 18
- Unknown Pheripehal System -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 10, 10:51
- UPS - United Parcel Service. They ship packages and stuff. They compete with Federal Express. :) -- nm - Jim Sep 10, 09:46
- back up battery -- nm - lileve Sep 10, 09:45
- UPS = Uninterruptible Power Supply (your battery backup) -- nm - decline Sep 10, 09:44
- uninterruptible power supply. - znufrii Sep 10, 09:43
- Universal Power Source? nm -- nm - groiny Sep 10, 09:43
- uninterrupted power supply -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 09:43 10
  - (basically, a backup battery so the devices don't lose power if the electricity goes out) -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 09:43 9
    - they also tend to use horrifingly toxic batteries....nm - xi Sep 10, 09:45 3
      - what's wrong with a little lead and acid? :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:04
      - Just toss it in a river or pond. -- nm - decline Sep 10, 09:46 1
        
        damn, there's a campus pond 25 yards from my door! - xi Sep 10, 09:47
    - Why would it be beeping? -- nm - mara Sep 10, 09:44 4
      - Either its not plugged in or bad battery. You either need a new battery or a new UPS (sometimes cheaper to just replace whole thing) -- nm - decline Sep 10, 09:45
      - I'd think it means it's using its battery power - znufrii Sep 10, 09:45 2
        
        Okay, thanks. -- nm - mara Sep 10, 09:46
        
        yep. happens at my condo more frequently than it should. -- nm - Max Sep 10, 09:45
- It's maybe 5x5x10 inches. -- nm - mara Sep 10, 09:43
Sorry Bryan brothers, but go Qureshi and Bopanna! -- nm - Dano Sep 10, 09:42 1
- yeah -- nm - prayformojo Sep 10, 09:43
the only movie that pops into my mind right now that I'm looking forward to seeing in theaters is The Tempest -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 09:41 4
- Easy A, Catfish, Buried, Waiting for Superman, Let Me In, The Social Network, Jackass 3D, 127 Hours, Burlesque, The Fighter, The Tourist, True Grit -- nm - Dano Sep 10, 09:47
- Amen to that -- nm - OAE Sep 10, 09:41
- song. list. -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 09:41 1
  - the only thing of note was my bombing on "Crazy" - znufrii Sep 10, 09:43
The Town, TRON, True Grit -- nm - Dr.Vermin likes 'T' movies Sep 10, 09:41
ST Poll : What would movie admission have to be, to be too expensive? - groiny Sep 10, 09:40 14
- $11 for a middling movie (Hot Tub Time Machine) was my break point. - Will Hunting Sep 10, 10:48
- More than $8 or $9. (Except for the IMAX ones. I'll pay a little more for those.) - JaxSean Sep 10, 09:48 4
  - Wow. Wait for it. - Spawn Sep 10, 10:31
  - welcome ot canada. generally speaking they are $12.95 for a weeknight movie. -- nm - Andie Sep 10, 10:09 2
    - $11.99 here -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:12 1
      - (all the time, no deals) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:12
- I pay CAN$21 for a seat in a movie house to watch ... - OAE Sep 10, 09:45
- i quit at ten....nm - xi Sep 10, 09:43 1
  - Being in a smaller town, we aren't close to that. I think the highest is $8.25 -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 09:46
- 18.00 -- nm - Matrix_Mafia Sep 10, 09:42
- I'm at it now. The price of movie is the number one reason I rarely go. I think $10 is a fair price, not the $13+ we pay now. -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 09:42 3
  - I only go now under 2 conditions : - groiny Sep 10, 09:45 2
    - Step 1: get $1 candy at Target. Step 2: go to a matinee on the weekend. Step 3: no popcorn, only one drink. - JaxSean Sep 10, 09:50 1
      - I go to matinee showings almost exclusively now. Only way I can afford to see a flick in the theatre. -- nm - Krusty Sep 10, 10:11
Pictures from San Bruno. That first one is stunning. It looks like the set of a Terminator movie. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 09:40 4
- dayamn... -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 09:54
- a few of those pics are award-worthy -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 10, 09:51
- top 5 viewed list on left : 4 fire links and a Snooki one. - groiny Sep 10, 09:41 1
  - Yeah! Didn't Britney or Lindsay do anything outrageous yesterday? -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Sep 10, 09:42
First -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 09:39

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