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Hooray for f**ked up government priorities. US Federal government is mandating street signs can not be all capital letters....(link) - Walt_Disney Oct 25, 07:08 11
- "Communities will be allowed to change the street name signs as they wear out." -- nm - mara Oct 25, 07:14 1
  - RAGE!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 25, 07:20
- Welcome to last month. And this mandate was enacted several years ago and municipalities have until 2018 (IIRC) to comply. - TWuG Oct 25, 07:14 5
  - 2015, but the point stands. But allow me to retort: BIG GOVERNMENT SOSHULISM! -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 07:15 1
    - No, no. Big Government is only socialist when it benefits someone *else*. -- nm - TWuG Oct 25, 07:18
  - just read the article, it's 2015. what's the big deal? signs have to be replaced anyway as they get old and lose their reflectiveness. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 07:15 2
    - The 2015 is only the nighttime visibility issue. The all-caps issue has no deadline. -- nm - mara Oct 25, 07:16 1
      - so it's extra stupid to get upset over it. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 07:16
- All caps is very hard to read, but a mandate seems wasteful. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 07:13 2
  - Forcing places to replace them might be wasteful, but a mandate saying "from now on they must..." seems reasonable. -- nm - Ender Oct 25, 07:15 1
    - I agree. -- nm - mara Oct 25, 07:16
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- I hate when people only use 1 space. -- nm - MDH Oct 25, 07:11 4
  - 2 spaces haven't been necessary since people stopped using manual typewriters. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 07:15 3
    - yep, it's only needed with a fixed font. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 07:19 2
      - Or when your boss requires it. -- nm - Jim Oct 25, 07:22 1
        
        or Uncle Sam. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 07:23
- "Secretary. Fix this" - oblique Oct 25, 07:10 1
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- don't you have people to do that for you? - znufrii Oct 25, 07:09 6
  - A "replace all" would catch things like "Mr." too - Ender Oct 25, 07:14 5
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      - you can have spaces in find and replace. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 07:17 1
        
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      - you do a series of specific search/replace until it's fixed. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 07:17
    - good point... -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 07:15
- what Will said. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 07:09
- Not much. Find ._ Replace with .__ -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 25, 07:09 16
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    - Find/Replace and vet every Find before Replacing. Is it extra work? Yes. Is it hard? No. -- nm - TWuG Oct 25, 07:16 3
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        I understand the anger, but the anger doesn't solve the issue. - TWuG Oct 25, 07:21 1
        
        the US government requires 1 space, IIRC. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 07:22
    - then you do another replace to fix the specific problems. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 07:16
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      - heh. Did they screw that up once, or a ton of times in the document? -- nm - Jim Oct 25, 07:15 5
        
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        Wow. I guess the question is...who would be the one to get in trouble for that? You or the person that typed it up? -- nm - Jim Oct 25, 07:18 3
        
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        Ahhhh. Seems like an awful big pain in the ass for something so small. *shrugs* -- nm - Jim Oct 25, 07:21 1
        
        I often have to do something like that to meet government requirements. It sucks but you do it. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 07:22
      - I was going to say. Maybe your coworker cut/paste from ST and all his spaces were removed! -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 07:15
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  - And then just reprint that page and replace the messed up page. -- nm - Jim Oct 25, 07:11
Okay.....NFL quiz. What QB currently has the 2nd best QB rating? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 25, 07:06 3
- Bills qb? -- nm - Budice Oct 25, 07:10 2
  - *nods* -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 25, 07:11 1
    - My wifes a die hard bills fan...so ive seen more of their games than i should admit. Glad to see someone finally found lee evans. -- nm - Budice Oct 25, 07:15
So...my Oakleys were at work. Meaning I most likely lost them. Crap. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 25, 07:02 1
- weren't. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 25, 07:03
Search has been called off for Sherpa climber lost in avalanche in the Himalayas. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 25, 06:57
You on an unsecure WiFi right now? Watch out -- (link) - oblique Oct 25, 06:56
Mandatory Monday ST movie poll: Mad Man Season 3 - disc 1 & 2 - B+ -- nm - Epiphany Oct 25, 06:56 16
- Paranormal Activity 2 B-, The Joneses B-, Repo Men B-, Clear and Present Danger A-, Snake Eyes B+ -- nm - MDH Oct 25, 07:10
- Babies: C+; The Lady Eve: B-; Surrogates: B+; Red: B+ -- nm - Ender Oct 25, 07:06
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  - BTTF comment: Everyone was very "moist" - oblique Oct 25, 07:07
- I watched baseball (which sucked. I'm so sad the season is over now). And played Fallout all weekend -- nm - decline Oct 25, 07:04
- Red B. Very slow to start and pretty uneven. But the fun bits are very fun. -- nm - TWuG Oct 25, 07:04
- Paranormal Activity 2 (D). Iron Man 2 (C), She's Out of My League (B-). -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 25, 07:03 5
  - D? -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 07:11 4
    - It was horrible. -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 25, 07:15 3
      - (and the only reason it wasn't an 'F' was for two scenes that were good.) -- nm - BloodyAxeSean Oct 25, 07:15 2
        
        :( I was looking forward to seeing this -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 07:19 1
        
        I was too. Very disappointing. (no spoilers) - JaxSean Oct 25, 07:21
- Red - B-. The Joneses - B. -- nm - LMS Oct 25, 07:03
- BTTF (Theater): A+ -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 07:00
- The Social Network (A-), Seven (A-), Halloween (A+), A Few Good Men (A). -- nm - Don Homer Oct 25, 06:59
- The Social Network (A-), Seven ( -- nm - Don Homer Oct 25, 06:58
what amuses me today: That Quidditch is an official sport at universities across north america. -- (link) - Andie Oct 25, 06:39 2
- *nominates Andie to be the snitch* -- nm - Roger More Oct 25, 06:50
- I want to go to there -- nm - Beaker Oct 25, 06:49
Oakland just scored on Denver again. -- nm - Beaker Oct 25, 06:37 7
- I like these jokes a lot better when they're more like, "DeAngelo Hall just picked Cutler again." -- nm - Jim Oct 25, 06:55 4
  - does it feel good that you extended Al Davis' lifespan by six months? -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 07:19 1
    - Al Davis is still alive? -- nm - Jim Oct 25, 07:22
  - I blame Cutler's stubborness. As stewie said, if you're going to throw likely INT's, throw to Carlos Rogers who proves weekly why he's on defense. - Will Hunting Oct 25, 07:01 1
    - hey, remember when Forte ran for like 200 hundred yards...last week! -- nm - Beaker Oct 25, 07:02
- In most cultures, a beating like that on the field of battle would entitle you to their women. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 25, 06:49 1
  - *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Oct 25, 06:55
As many as 1 in 3 US adults could have diabetes by 2050 -- (link) - Beaker Oct 25, 06:27
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- Well, he'll soon be relegated to second mention...Chris Johnson should be exploding ANYtime... - Jim Oct 25, 06:59
- brett favre is having the best season of his career right now....nm - x Oct 25, 06:30
- it's funny that AP is getting so overshadowed by FavreMania and the acquisition of Moss. - Beaker Oct 25, 06:28
Collection Agency fined $1.75 million by FTC -- (link) - Beaker Oct 25, 06:22
LYC: Today's DC Groupon is $20 for $40 at The Body Shop. Valid at any store, and online. -- (link) - MDH Oct 25, 06:16
4JAX: Zune pass now $150 annually (2 months free) -- (link) - oblique Oct 25, 06:09
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- What an odd box score. Jets had 6 turnovers, Ravens just 5 first downs, and Ravens had a long INT return for TD, and two punt returns, plus a safety. -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 25, 06:20
- Kind of amusing that was, arguably, the best defense in league history. Maybe they were sitting some starters? don't remember. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 25, 06:16 1
  - Most likely; last game of the season and they were clearly the #5 seed - Will Hunting Oct 25, 06:20
- I'm still surprised no team in the 2000 playoffs tried to mimic what the Jets did against that Ravens. - Inigo Oct 25, 06:13 1
  - Though they still won the game 34-20. Didn't lose again after a 5-4 start... -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 25, 06:18
oh *fun*, we get to do 360 reviews this year... -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 06:01 9
- "Too many Red Rings of Death, but a fair amount of good games. Live price increase is not good, though, and Kinect is dumb. C-." -- nm - znufrii the reviewer Oct 25, 07:17
- that's on my docket for this year too. i tried to tell them that i have no interest in what other people think of me... - TFox Oct 25, 06:13 7
  - I'm more interested in getting to tell them what I think of other people... :) - znufrii Oct 25, 06:15 6
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      - Let me guess who's not getting good 360 feedback this year... :) -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 07:19
      - I would spend 30 seconds doing a search and replace. -- nm - loosilu Oct 25, 07:09
    - You actually believe that will make a difference? -- nm - Roger More Oct 25, 06:32 2
      - not in the slightest. -- nm - znufrii Oct 25, 06:34 1
        
        That's good. I'm pleased that 360 feedback is the same in the private sector as in the public. -- nm - Roger More Oct 25, 06:48
TV PSA - Dead Set starts on IFC tonight and is on over the next 5 days. It's brill. -- nm - LMS Oct 25, 05:55
I love when a doctor's office tries to balance bill you, even though of course it's illegal in almost all states. So scummy. - Don Homer Oct 25, 05:29 3
- I get so confused about this - so we aren't suppose to pay the small balances? -- nm - Epiphany Oct 25, 06:02 2
  - I wouldn't necessarily say that, here is a link with some info (google balance billing for a lot more)... -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 25, 06:15 1
    - thanks so much for the info -- nm - Epiphany Oct 25, 06:34
Study: Twitter predicts Dow -- (link) - CovingtonCat Oct 25, 04:45
I dreamed a tongue twister. - iNubby Oct 25, 04:02
The teen girl who can't stop hiccupping is under arrest for first-degree murder. - Diva Oct 25, 04:01 3
- Some dimwit told her that making a human sacrifice would make it stop? -- nm - Facto Oct 25, 06:47 1
  - getting scared, drinking water, premeditated murder are the 3 ways I've heard of to get rid of them.... -- nm - Beaker Oct 25, 06:49
- This must be a before-and-after quiz, but I can't solve it. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Oct 25, 06:36
Halloween Ika!! -- nm - Diva Oct 25, 03:37 1
- neat! -- nm - Beaker Oct 25, 05:16
Well, this is just fabulous. -- nm - Jelly Oct 25, 03:27 1
- uh... -- (link) - Jelly Oct 25, 03:27
nothing sells american football to the brits like a Niners-Broncos showdown -- nm - hachiko Oct 24, 23:42 1
- Loser doesn't get to come back... -- nm - stewie Oct 25, 02:54
I just saw that anti drug commercial where the kids dance like marionettes, and even I thought,...that's cool -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 22:53
Dang, it's raining *again*!! How many days is that now? -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 24, 22:00 6
- I have seen patches of sunlight but you gotta look quick...they don't last too long. -- nm - BAD Oct 25, 01:15
- i hate october - hachiko Oct 24, 22:02 4
  - It was sunny all week in the Bay Area, rained all weekend while I was here. It wouldn't have mattered, but I was at an outdoor concert both nights. - jnine Oct 25, 00:42
  - I'll settle for a santa ana any day. I'm still pissed that I didn't get to go camping this weekend :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 24, 22:03 2
    - I thought Santa ana winds happen in August -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 22:51 1
      - We can have them through November & December. We've had some of our worst wind-driven fires in November. -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 24, 23:11
who's next? bring em all on! -- nm - Murphy Oct 24, 21:57 2
- *wonders if Murphy dog dreams* -- nm - JenBro Oct 24, 21:59 1
  - i used to dog dream about opening a can of fantasy whoopass on redmond - Murphy Oct 24, 22:00
*flexes his Kenny Britt* - oblique Oct 24, 21:27
i'm a week behind, but Fa'ad's Alan Alda accent was friggin hilarious. -- nm - TFox Oct 24, 21:12 2
- he's spooky good. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 21:15 1
  - He does a good Pacino too -- (link) - LMS Oct 25, 04:26 [youtube]
Well, show me the way / To the next whiskey bar ...Oh, don't ask why ...Oh, don't ask why -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 20:43 1
- (+20 Z-pts) - znufrii Oct 24, 20:54
The news is showing a house that was washed off the beach by storm waves, well duh the place was called Washaway Beach -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 20:37
where's pixie been? -- nm - JenBro Oct 24, 20:31 12
- out at a screenwriting thingy -- nm - hachiko Oct 24, 20:42 3
  - COOL!!! I was thinking dinner date or movie or something ... so - was it any good? -- nm - JenBro Oct 24, 21:07 2
    - it was good. mostly stuff i already knew but never hurts to hear some things again -- nm - hachiko Oct 24, 21:10 1
      - right right ... plus someone might ask just the question to make your mind connect on something - or you could meet someone there ... endless - JenBro Oct 24, 21:12
- be more stalky. -- nm - Reagen Oct 24, 20:38
- yeah, it has been 3 whole hours since he posted, should we send out a search party? -- nm - kelly Oct 24, 20:34 1
  - 'cause it's not like he has a life or anything, right? -- nm - Facto Oct 24, 20:35
- you guys are the new loosi and Redmond. -- nm - loosilu Oct 24, 20:33 4
  - "another" - kelly Oct 24, 20:42 1
    - (but absent the horribly creepy "undertones") -- nm - TFox Oct 24, 21:29
  - heh heh ... I don't have to go to work tomorrow so was looking forward to staying up late tonight ... pixies good for that! -- nm - JenBro Oct 24, 20:37 1
    - You guys get along well -- (link) - Facto Oct 24, 20:48 [Backboard]

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