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Speaking of books... What are you reading? and rate it thus far. -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 10:16 4
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter. *Just started*, but B. -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 10:20
- Eating The Dinosaur - Chuck Klosterman: B+ -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 10:20
- savages, don winslow. b plus....nm - x Oct 21, 10:19
- After America -- B. Cusslers Polar Shift -- C+, the new Mitch Rapp book American Assassin -- C. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:18
You know that famous Disney footage of the bear cub tumbling down the side of the mountain? - Max Oct 21, 10:12 8
- (Chris Palmer of American University, new book on wildlife photography Shooting in the Wild) - Max Oct 21, 10:17
- I don't think I do. Should I? Is the footage less obscure than Leibniz? -- nm - mara Oct 21, 10:16 3
  - The idea of "Disney nature docs" already sounds suspect, because I know such a thing would have not killing or humping -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 21, 10:18 1
    - see Reagen's post below -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 10:19
  - heeeee -- nm - zork Oct 21, 10:17
- A lot of the Disney nature docs were faked. The reason we think lemmings run off cliffs for pop. control is because a director herded them off one. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:15 2
  - That's the other famous example they started discussing. But that bear was tumbling for hundreds of yards. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 10:18
  - This. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Oct 21, 10:16
Huh. When Penn State travels to Minneapolis this weekend, TCF Bank Stadium will become the 65th different facility Joe Paterno has coached in. -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 21, 09:59 2
- while I admire JoePa and the longevity at one school, I bet 65 is nowhere close to the head coaching record -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 10:16 1
  - "nowhere close"? - I doubt that. It will go at least 1 higher this seaon, though I hope no higher. - Don Homer Oct 21, 10:19
Huh, looking through my tally of HSX/TT/STers met over the years...... - MojaveMeg Oct 21, 09:58 11
- I see London on HSX occasionally. For some reason he did not want to come over here -- nm - amoxy Oct 21, 10:02
- colinski was how he first started posting here, I think. Real life friend of Qale also...I think. -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 09:59 9
  - Was he ever in Vegas? Those are most of the folk I've met. - MojaveMeg Oct 21, 10:05 8
    - Yeah, Colin went to Vegas at least once. Pretty sure you were there for that trip -- nm - amoxy Oct 21, 10:09
    - Yes, he was in vegas in 2006 for Pippy's wedding iirc. Description is he's nubby's body type with reddish blonde hair and a goatee at the time? - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:08 6
      - eats dog food -- nm - zork Oct 21, 10:10 2
        
        We didn't ahve that on any of our menus in person. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:11 1
        
        I read that as "in prison" -- nm - zork Oct 21, 10:16
      - Unless I'm remembering his online photo, I feel like I met him in Vegas but I wasn't there in 2006. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 10:10 2
        
        He might have been there in 07 too....but I don't recall. I do remember him dressed up for the wedding. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:10
        
        wait, nevermind -- nm - Max Oct 21, 10:10
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- I thought TPaw was your boy -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:58 1
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Vote for ST's November Book! -- (link) - ty97 Oct 21, 09:53 7
- Plum Island - since I've already read it, I can participate with not much effort expended on my part -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:57
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  - Is this the 3rd one? - Mel Profit Oct 21, 09:57 4
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      - I really liked Without Warning; i'm about 25 pages into After America. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:10 1
        
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      - Thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 21, 10:01
Real Estate Crush of the Day -- (link) - ty97 Oct 21, 09:49 1
- this is not Vicky from Phil Dunphy's office -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:55
what no Kepler? Shame on you Reagen. - loosilu Oct 21, 09:46 52
- I... don't know what you're talking about. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 09:48 50
  - you had nothing to do with it. it's on b2. I should have blamed Krusty, but you're more fun. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 09:49 49
    - I would name more chemists. Bohr, Rutherford, Mendeleev... -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:06
    - A bit of an oversight, oops. I focused mostly on physicists despite my math background. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 09:52 47
      - and what's up with the lack of mathematicians? Descartes, Leibniz. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 09:54 46
        
        I think she was going for people that most people have heard of. - Jim Oct 21, 09:57 42
        
        anyone who took math beyond algebra knows Leibniz. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 10:00 35
        
        I like the idea of this because you could say "I'm going into Liebniz to do some notation" -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:12
        
        can't let this go by without reposting this link... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 21, 10:06 1
        
        Ha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 10:09
        
        I took math beyond algebra....I have no clue who did what.... -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:06
        
        Techinically, I did (I struggled through advanced algebra) and if Leibniz was mentioned I don't recall him. -- nm - mara Oct 21, 10:03 3
        
        Know what, Ima change my answer. Technically, I didn't. -- nm - mara Oct 21, 10:04 2
        
        since you popped up, you made me think of Gutenberg. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 10:05 1
        
        Three Equations and a Baby? -- nm - zork Oct 21, 10:19
        
        If you took calculus you should have heard his name. Amazing genius. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 10:03
        
        No, they don't. -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 10:02 25
        
        beyond algebra. You can't take calculus without coming across Leibniz. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:03 24
        
        And yet...I did. Calc 1-2-3 and Diff EQ. - Jim Oct 21, 10:08 7
        
        This would be like learning about quantum mechanics without hearing the name Schroedinger. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:09 6
        
        We were too busy learning how the math worked and not who did the math in the first place; in my experience. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:12
        
        Leibniz doesn't have a cat named after him. - musubi Oct 21, 10:11
        
        Again...not saying I didn't hear it. Just saying I don't remember it and that he's not well known. -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 10:10 3
        
        and if *Jim* doesn't remember it it must not be at all culturally significant. - znufrii Oct 21, 10:11 2
        
        Jim's not saying he's not culturally significant though. - musubi Oct 21, 10:14 1
        
        whatever Jim says is right, obvie. -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 10:19
        
        yeah it's the diff eq's where he really hits....nm - x Oct 21, 10:05 15
        
        thank you. of course he's not obscure. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 10:06 14
        
        We have different definitions of obscure then. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:06 13
        
        he and newton basically invented calculus between them. that's pretty big time....nm - x Oct 21, 10:10 11
        
        Yeah.....not saying he's not important....just learning math names wasn't ever important in any of the schooling I did. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:13
        
        He's certainly important, but most people who take high-level math don't retain the subject matter, much less the historical context. - musubi Oct 21, 10:13 8
        
        maybe so. i never went past calc 101, myself....nm - x Oct 21, 10:16
        
        I practically flunked calculus and I know him. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 10:13 6
        
        I would wager good money that if you went though my work place, full of engineers, no more than 20% would know who Leibniz is, without some clues. - musubi Oct 21, 10:16 4
        
        all your comp sci guys should know him - he invented binary. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:18 1
        
        The only comp sci guys in my work place are IT gnomes in the basement. - musubi Oct 21, 10:20
        
        agreed -- nm - zork Oct 21, 10:17
        
        do it. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 10:16
        
        Maybe if you spent more time on the math and not who did it, you wouldn't have practically flunked calc. :) -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 10:15
        
        Leibniz also had the benefit of not being a prick. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:10
        
        Word. -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 10:09
        
        Pythagoras!!!!!!! -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:58
        
        Yeah, who ever heard of Descartes. -- nm - mara Oct 21, 09:58 4
        
        He's before Dehorse, right? -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:02 3
        
        Boooooooo!! -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 21, 10:04
        
        and you hopped on me for my ruminant joke?....nm - x Oct 21, 10:03 1
        
        booing is a sign of approval for a pun! -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 10:04
        
        and I'd like to nominate Mandelbrot (may he RIP). -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 09:55 2
        
        I said Pascal who was both an accomplished physicist and mathematician. Here's another and a favorite, Christiaan Huygens. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 10:00 1
        
        telescope man! I'm also a fan of Robert Hooke. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 10:03
- also throw in Watson and Crick, and I think Galen as well. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 09:47
I have an unexplained longing for nachos right now. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 21, 09:43 2
- I still have some on me from Vegas you're welcome to. -- nm - groiny's jacket Oct 21, 09:44 1
  - fucking dawson. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 21, 09:45
Why do people care so much about the mininum wage? -- (link) - mara Oct 21, 09:43 5
- It's a matter of principle, the federal government shouldn't meddle, and if repealed it won't affect much so there's little risk. Next question. -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 21, 10:03 3
  - My next question is why are you so wrong? -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 10:09 2
    - I'm paraphrasing what "people" think, not my own opinion. :-) -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 21, 10:16 1
      - ah, gotcha - for a moment after I posted, I was worried that I would have to participate in a discussion on the subject :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 10:18
- I like this. It alludes to some stuff that interests/peeves me greatly. Thanks for linking it. -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:50
Who killed the turbine car? (link to interesting-looking book) - mara Oct 21, 09:39 1
- Sounds very interesting. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 09:46
HdnAgenda, another theme could be painters and they could hang prints from them in the respective rooms. -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:35
FYI: Air Guitar Nation is available for instant viewing on Netflix. I highly recommend it -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 21, 09:35 2
- and so is Black Dynamite! -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 21, 09:37 1
  - Sounds like it's time for some kung-fu treachery at Netflix!! -- nm - Jim Oct 21, 09:48
new word I learned last night that I like: peeekkles -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:34 3
- my new favorite word: Lobodomites. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 21, 09:56
- Hees name ees SHUT UP YOUR DOG! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 09:52 1
  - The lighting for the confrontation in the garage was perfect. Straight out of a noir film. -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:59
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- "Tortuous" means "twisty"; "torturous" means "painful, like torture." Both describe the next M. Night Shyamalan film. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 09:36 1
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There are Obama impressionists, but he has a very neutral tone to his voice that it's hard to make distinctive. - Reagen Oct 21, 09:30 7
- I told a woman down the street that she could make money doing appearances as Michelle -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:32 1
  - ... in bed. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 09:32
- He is all cadence. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 09:32 4
  - Yep, the cadence drives me nuts. Either speed up the teleprompter or slow your speech. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 09:34 3
    - He and the Shat should have a debate. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 09:34 2
      - brilliant -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 09:45
      - Paging SNL... -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 21, 09:42
ST Parents of little ones: Does your little one have a certain music they prefer? - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 21, 09:29 10
- Cradle of Filth, Children of Bodom -- nm - Lon_cHaneY Oct 21, 09:57
- no, my daughter has had a wide range os tastes, like her dad. - groiny Oct 21, 09:46
- Our oldest liked anything rock-oriented. Our youngest didn't like it when she was a baby. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 21, 09:34
- Story related to me by mrs moose: This weekend while driving in the car, some top 40 ballad song was on, and from the back seat moose jr says - musubi Oct 21, 09:33 3
  - Teach him the devil horns. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 09:36 1
    - or the shocker -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:38
  - awesome -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 21, 09:36
- she's only just started noticing music now, and it's the lullabyes from her glowworm. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 09:31
- anything that annoys you? -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:31
- 80s -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 09:30
and best wishes to tru on the cpa exam -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:29 6
- Word. Think of it as a Halo tank and use it *up*. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 21, 09:44
- good counting thoughts to tru. -- nm - b. Oct 21, 09:42
- Word! Best of luck, Tru. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 09:42
- *nods* -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:36
- yeah, good luck. you'll ace it -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 21, 09:30 1
  - crash is not taking it, silly. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 09:33
ML, I've also seen, "Twitter is where people tell the truth to strangers. Facebook is where they lie to their friends." - Name Withheld By Request Oct 21, 09:29
Happy birthday to my wife. - crash davis Oct 21, 09:29 12
- Happy Birthday -- nm - lileve Oct 21, 09:55
- Happy Birthday Trish!! -- nm - jnine Oct 21, 09:54
- who you callin weirdo? nm -- nm - groiny Oct 21, 09:47 3
  - if I was referring to you, you'd know it - because the word perv would have been used -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:51 2
    - perv is not quite descriptive enough. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 21, 09:53 1
      - I know, but I don't want to use more descriptive words. If the FBI does a keyword search of the net, I don't want to be the one that turned you in. -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 09:56
- Happy birthday Redhead! - musubi Oct 21, 09:39
- your wife is Princess Leia? COOL!!!! -- nm - peglegpete Oct 21, 09:38
- happy birthday to your wife!! :) - -- nm - b. Oct 21, 09:33
- Happy and healthy birthday to Trish -- nm - zork Oct 21, 09:32
- Happy happy joy joy! -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 09:31
- and a happy b-day to Trish! -- nm - The Legend of CQ Hollow Oct 21, 09:30
I didn't mean to bug ya. - Bono Oct 21, 09:28 1
- Fringe! -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 09:29
Are you feeling okay? (Wrong, do it again) Time to go. Time to go. Time to go. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 09:27

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