ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 153

Anyone else besides me very happy to have a 3 day work week? YAYYYYYY -- nm - JenBro Nov 22, 06:00 3
- 1.5 days for me - znufrii Nov 22, 06:01
- Me! I've only had the day after Thanksgiving off once or twice before, and I had to request it. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 22, 06:01 1
  - (but not this year!) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 22, 06:09
Whoohoo! 401(k) match going back up to 6% next year!!! -- nm - znufrii Nov 22, 05:58 1
- wow - lucky you! we're only at 4% -- nm - JenBro Nov 22, 07:03
[deleted] 13
- That would be fine if I could get more than half of new releases that way. This is premature. -- nm - Max Nov 22, 07:49
- [deleted]
- Whoa. That's not $1 month - it's $1 per DVD. We're on the 3 DVD plan, and that's $3/month up. - JaxSean Nov 22, 06:00 5
  - (except the 2 DVD plan is just increasing $1). I agree, bad move Netflix. I just changed. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 22, 06:01 4
    - I wouldn't be surprised if this was an outcome they're aiming for. less revenue per customer, but likely - mafic Nov 22, 06:09 2
      - right. plus they want to push people to streaming, which has far lower costs for them.... - x Nov 22, 06:12 1
        
        �We are now primarily a streaming video company delivering a wide selection of TV shows and films over the Internet,� said the CEO....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Nov 22, 06:45
    - Ah. I just changed it to 1. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 22, 06:08
- Lame. Higher plans are going way up. Guess I'll be downgrading. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 22, 05:58 4
  - a ~15% cost hike on the 3 dvd plan is more than i'll swallow. i just downgraded mine...nm - x Nov 22, 06:02 3
    - Right. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 22, 06:04 2
      - though my guess is that with the cost tier of the hike, i only just did what they wanted me to do... - x Nov 22, 06:08 1
        
        it also has the added possibility of increasing their total capacity. fewer discs per person could mean they can serve more people. - mafic Nov 22, 06:13
Ireland's government to fall in January after coalition partner calls for General Election; (I'm so happy) -- (link) - Loyola Nov 22, 05:10
Nothing says Christmas like a Doctor Who Xmas special -- (link) - LMS Nov 22, 05:01 [youtube]
UN Investigators have determined that the former leader of Lebanon was asassinated 5 years ago by a Hezbollah hit squad (likely backed by Syria) -- (link) - Beaker Nov 22, 05:00
sure glad I'm not a truck driver in India -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 22, 01:39
A Delta flight from LAX to Atlanta was delayed when the pilot got locked in the cockpit... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Nov 21, 23:08 3
- I feel like I should be comforted by the fact that it took people making a concerted effort 4 hours to force their way into a cockpit, yet somehow - mafic Nov 22, 02:51
- DELTA! -- nm - Dean Wormer Nov 21, 23:14 1
  - - FORCE FAIL -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 21, 23:54
Stellar Dexter this week. -- nm - Reagen Nov 21, 22:41
so here's a strange one. a nondescript white envelope somehow ended up on one of the other geo's desks, she opened it and found ~$2000 in mixed - mafic Nov 21, 22:32 6
- If you bought the project then the contents are yours (well the companies) its like finding cash hidden in a house you bought -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 21, 23:40
- Wow, nice Christmas gift for him. Hope he takes you all out for a drink at least :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 21, 22:45 1
  - he's promised us that, at least. -- nm - mafic Nov 21, 22:54
- Sounds like the envelope passed through 4 or 5 hands before being opened. How'd anyone ever track it back? -- nm - Mop Nov 21, 22:38 1
  - he'd signed all the cheques. my boss half recognized/half deciphered the signature. - mafic Nov 21, 22:53
- "mafic's hookers & crack fund" -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 22:36
In case you were wondering, gastric bypass provides better weight loss than the lap band. - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 21, 22:29 3
- my favorite neighbor died to be thin. Had the bypass (cause her daughter did) but was never the same, had issues for a year and died of complications -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 21, 23:42 1
  - According to the doc the current mortality for bypass is 2 - 4 per 1000. - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 21, 23:50
- amanda, bookmark this in the A.M. -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 22:29
I didn't know that painting on top of Magic: The Gathering cards was a thing, but oh my god some of these are stunning. -- (link) - Qalesque Nov 21, 22:05 4
- sometimes you see the original art for sale at gameing or comic conventions. Comicon is a strong bet some originals will be there for sale. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 21, 22:07 2
  - Oh no. We've gone past buying original art. We're talking about artists painting over the cards themselves creating more to it. -- nm - Qalesque Nov 21, 22:09 1
    - interesting. that's a pretty small medium to do overpaints on. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 21, 22:49
- I am marking it NSFW because if you flip through the galleries eventually you'll run into teasing anime girls not unlike adult playing cards. -- nm - Qalesque Nov 21, 22:06
probably not in time for this t'giving but Iron Mike Tyson plans a chain of high-end kosher restaurants -- (link) - chrisco Nov 21, 21:29 5
- I'm too tired. I can't think of any good puns for the name of the chain. -- nm - Mop Nov 21, 22:37
- It may be kosher but I'd still expect a Freshman-esque menu. -- nm - Max Nov 21, 21:54 1
  - don't knock Komodo until you've tried it. -- nm - Reagen Nov 21, 21:58
- Head Chef: ty -- nm - Dano Nov 21, 21:43 1
  - Heh, he did great today, but I don't think we're going to get him to the point of cooking kosher :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 21, 21:45
So, Spawn... - David Nov 21, 21:26
hey, my heat turned on after all! - TFox Nov 21, 21:20 4
- the power of positive thinking! -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 22, 00:00
- The ghost did it. -- nm - Mop Nov 21, 22:35
- it better be warm up there in Jersey when I get there on Tuesday. -- nm - Remlik Nov 21, 21:32
- this cold front better move through by thursday is all i gots to say -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 21:25
Is the TSA cracking just hours after they said the searches wouldn't change, or are they just playing PR games? -- (link) - Mop Nov 21, 21:18 2
- I would hate to see what you would do if the TSA started advocating C-sections. nm - ralph wiggum Nov 21, 21:21 1
  - The ACOG bent to my will. After them, the TSA will be an easy nut to crack. -- nm - Mop Nov 21, 22:51
"What was that? Ice skating? Do you do axels and salchows or.. what do you do? -- nm - Reagen Nov 21, 21:17 2
- I never get tired of seeing Maggie with a shotgun. -- nm - David Nov 21, 21:27 1
  - "Been done." ... "OK, well, how about a cube of bullet-proof plexiglass?" ... "isn't that kind of the same thing?" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 21, 22:46
i saw a guy on the bus yesterday wearing an austin powers t-shirt that had "SHAGADELIC!" across the front - chrisco Nov 21, 21:15 2
- f*cking hipsters. -- nm - mafic Nov 22, 02:54
- Hey, it was its turn in the rotation. -- nm - Reagen Nov 21, 21:18
Amazon mp3's "Black Friday" deals are up. They're doing 5 albums a day instead of one. Today: new Kanye (early), new My Chemical Romance (early), etc. -- (link) - TFox Nov 21, 21:15 19
- I wonder how much amazon has to pay for each album it sells. I understand stores selling albums for cheap so they can lure people in but I don't think - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 21, 21:25 16
  - It sort of does. They've lured me there enough times that its the only place I'll buy an mp3 now, sale or not. - TFox Nov 21, 21:27 2
    - plus buy through ST and Bery gets a taste. -- nm - Remlik Nov 21, 21:33
    - Yeah, I guess the point is to have you buy stuff in the future. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 21, 21:31
  - i would think they take a percentage per unit sold, whether digital or CD -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 21:27 12
    - A percentage? You mean the retailer can set any price and then just give the label a percentage? That doesn't seem right. What would stop them from - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 21, 21:33 11
      - no, the artist sets the price, amazon distributes for a cut off the top of each sale (subject to having the power to put it on sale for certain - chrisco Nov 21, 21:36 10
        
        So you are saying the artist allows Amazon to sell it for $3.99? Won't the other chains complain? I think Amazon is taking a hit on the sales. - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 21, 21:43 9
        
        I know that artists are aware of it prior to the album being the "deal of the day." - JaxSean Nov 22, 05:56
        
        well, for one, i am pretty sure that itunes was furious when amazon started pricing the way they did. -- nm - TFox Nov 21, 21:46 5
        
        Is iTunes not allowed to price that low or are they just being Apply and overcharging. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 21, 21:50 3
        
        I think both. I think that in being trailblazers with the legal mp3 sale thing, they signed deals that in today's view are very pro-label. - TFox Nov 21, 21:56 1
        
        Interesting. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 21, 21:58
        
        Apple and the record labels have pricing agreements in place. Amazon, to my knowledge, does not -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 21:55
        
        they were all like "bitch! what?!" -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 21:47
        
        if you're an artist and Amazon is the biggest online music retailer besides iTunes, why wouldn't you? the volume of units you can move on amazon - chrisco Nov 21, 21:45 1
        
        Ok, I see your point. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 21, 21:49
- (why does mel want to stab you on the bus?) -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 21:16 1
  - (because we were e-mailing, and i did a quick recap of my 2010 because i feel oh so lucky and blessed...) - TFox Nov 21, 21:19
F-in Giants D and McCoy... - Stephen Nov 21, 20:55
The NFC West Champion getting a playoff spot is like the Big East Champion getting a BCS spot. -- nm - Dano Nov 21, 20:43 1
- Weren't they in the Super Bowl 2 years ago? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 22, 05:02
So b! - what 'cha doin' for Thanksgiving? -- nm - JenBro Nov 21, 20:41 7
- the World Champion SF Giants -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 20:48 6
  - pfft to you; and jen... - b! Nov 21, 20:54 5
    - sounds perfect to me ... I'm taking it one step further and will be at a restaurant this year! Going out with a friend ... brother's already in - JenBro Nov 21, 20:58 4
      - waffle house does thanksgiving now? -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 21:06 3
        
        we don't have a waffle house :( ... I'm going to Sage though ... it's the "fine dining" spot at our local casino. -- nm - JenBro Nov 21, 21:18 1
        
        jebro's secret stalker: get this woman a Gambler's Anonymous membership -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 21:20
        
        Scattered smothered and gobbled. -- nm - nubby Nov 21, 21:14
So it looks like $400 gets me an Xbox 250GB + Kinect (1 game incl) or Xbox 4GB + Kinect (1 game incl) + 2 games - oblique Nov 21, 20:39 1
- You'll want the extra space. -- nm - Reagen Nov 21, 20:42
Survivor Series spoilers. - Tim Nov 21, 20:39
He's down by contact. His leg hit the player -- nm - Bacon Nov 21, 20:37 2
- not until the ball was out. -- nm - Reagen Nov 21, 20:37 1
  - Yeah on that angle it's out first -- nm - Bacon Nov 21, 20:37
They really greased the footballs tonight. -- nm - Reagen Nov 21, 20:32
season's greetings/hello/how are ya? -- nm - b! Nov 21, 20:24 7
- Hah, guess you noticed you were missed? :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 21, 20:47 1
  - I saw a couple of e-mails. - b! Nov 21, 20:52
- b! -- nm - Qalesque Nov 21, 20:43
- oh, hello b. you're looking . . . well -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 20:25
- YAY!!!! Season's Tidings indeed ... miss you! -- nm - JenBro Nov 21, 20:25 2
  - *pulls jebro back* i'm sorry, b. she just gets excited around people she hasn't seen in a while -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 20:26 1
    - you know you'd be totally fighting me for the first hug if we were seeing b! again after a while for the first time IRL so you're not foolin' anyone - JenBro Nov 21, 20:34
I now have a 16ft strand of icicle Christmas lights. Found a 40% off coupon for Michaels....happy. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 21, 20:17 6
- Michael's is the Kohl's of arts and crafts. Epic mark-ups followed by obligatory coupons. -- nm - Mop Nov 21, 22:48
- nice. - kelly Nov 21, 20:24 1
  - It's been years since I had a tree. Somewhere I still have the ornaments I made in...1969(?) - MojaveMeg Nov 21, 20:46
- all the better to light the way for the stream of sailors coming to your door, eh? -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 21, 20:23 2
  - Nah, for that I need the candy-cane lights that stick in the ground. -- nm - MojaveMeg Nov 21, 20:38 1
    - I'm onto you lady! *points to my eyes and then at you* [nm] - Mel Profit Nov 21, 20:41
keeps running out the bottom. hee!!! -- nm - loosilu Nov 21, 20:11
Xbox advice. Looks like we're getting one for the family christmas gift. What minimum do I need to get to not shoot myself in the foot for the future - oblique Nov 21, 20:10 32
- kinect, tubby -- nm - chrisco Nov 21, 20:17
- target is having one as a black friday deal, with a $50 gift card, though you will probably need to get a bigger harddrive for it. - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:14 22
  - beyond the actual unit, it comes with all the cables you would need. unless you need to get a wireless adaptor for it. - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:15 3
    - Wireless for what? The new ones come with the wireless built in now. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 21, 20:16 2
      - oh, standard? cause i didnt think they did. my bad if me wrong. -- nm - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:17 1
        
        yeah, just checked. "has built-in wi-fi" -- nm - JaxSean Nov 21, 20:20
  - Is the 4GB unit insufficient for some things? Do I need to get the 250GB if I want to do "X" in the future? - oblique Nov 21, 20:15 17
    - 20/32 GB isn't enough, much less 4. -- nm - David Nov 21, 20:22 4
      - to be honest, it depends on if you are going to do a lot of downloadable content, or etc. - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:24 1
        
        I meant the flash drives when I included 32. If you get it a 4GB, you will be all but out of space right out of the box. -- nm - David Nov 21, 20:53
      - Did you see the dealhack deal on TiVo premiers? $83 for the regular, $250 for the XL. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 21, 20:23 1
        
        Yup, thanks. -- nm - David Nov 21, 20:24
    - I think there's only two now. The 4GB and the 250GB. For the extra $100, get the 250GB. Rock Band songs, and other downloadable stuff. - JaxSean Nov 21, 20:19 2
      - Sorry, to clarify, the 250GB hard drive by itself is $130 on Amazon. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 21, 20:21
      - it sucks that they had to controller the drive, unlike the ps3 -- nm - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:20
    - You'd need a bigger hard drive if anything on XBLA strikes your fancy, it will fill up fast. -- nm - Tim Nov 21, 20:18
    - yes/no. the 4gb will let you play a lot of games without a problem. but some games - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:17 7
      - What's the upgrade process if I fill up the 4GB? Plug in an external drive? Microsoft specific? Bend over? -- nm - oblique Nov 21, 20:21 5
        
        also, i cannot remember what netflix needs for drive space on an xbox, if you plan to use it for that. -- nm - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:27 1
        
        I don't see anything that specifies that you need drive space. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 21, 20:38
        
        msoft specific. the price difference between the 4gb and the 250 version is around 100. the nonsale price of the 250 drive seperately is around 100 - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:23 1
        
        hmm, i may be horribly wrong on that though, i keep remembering the older style specs, not the newer version stuff. -- nm - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:24
        
        It's just a USB plug in now. -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 21, 20:22
      - and you would need a bigger drive for downloadable games and content too. it just depends on the type of games, etc. -- nm - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:19
- my advice...buy a refurbed old unit with HDMI...one of those nice 250GB hard drives..and Xbox Live account..Should be able to get all for under $200. -- nm - budice Nov 21, 20:12 7
  - I've heard stories of used 360's being unable to go online. (nm) - Tim Nov 21, 20:19 1
    - yeah, thats been a problem. -- nm - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:19
  - Any concerns about RROD? I fear buying a used unit -- nm - oblique Nov 21, 20:14 4
    - honestly i wouldnt get a refurbed. get a new one, each update to the architecture has less problems with rrod. -- nm - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:18 3
      - This, absolutely. Heck, i'm thinking of getting a new 360-S for my new living room setup. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Nov 21, 20:24 1
        
        if i could get the uverse dashboard thingy for an xbox, i would so get the 4gb model for the bedroom. - tRuMaN shutting up now Nov 21, 20:25
      - this. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 21, 20:21

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)