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Westboro church plans to picket Edwards' funeral -- (link) - mara Dec 9, 08:09 1
- I'd take it as a badge of honor. -- nm - nubby Dec 9, 08:10
Thoughts on the final six of Survivor (spoilers) - Dano Dec 9, 08:04 1
- Thoughts on Jane *splr?* - Strongbad Dec 9, 08:07
MusicRadar.com named the top 30 lead singers of all time. Lets guess the top 10 - amoxy Dec 9, 07:58 85
- Joey Ramone, heh. -- nm - zork Dec 9, 08:09
- Stevie Nicks, Springsteen -- nm - pmb Dec 9, 08:09 1
  - #24, not on the list -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:10
- Robert Smith, Billy Corgan -- nm - TFox Dec 9, 08:07 1
  - Neither -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:08
- Roger Waters, David Gilmore -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 08:07 1
  - Neither -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:07
- Still #6, #7, & #9 - amoxy Dec 9, 08:06 14
  - Trent Reznor -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 08:09 1
    - Good choice, butno -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:10
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  - Sammy Hagar, David Lee Roth, David Byrne, Lou Reed -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 08:08 1
    - None of them -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:09
  - Halford? -- nm - zork Dec 9, 08:08
  - Halford -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 08:08 1
    - No -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:08
  - the dude from Radiohead -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 08:07 2
    - #7 -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:08 1
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  - Bruce Dickinson, Bonn Scott, Brian Johnson, dude from Cold Play -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 08:07 1
    - #6, #16, no, no -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:08
- Steven Tyler, Steve Perry and what's his name from Rush. - Amy Dec 9, 08:04 4
  - #17, not on the list, Geddy lee #19 -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:05 2
    - now I'm sure it's internet voting. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:05 1
      - not necessarily. musicradar is a rock&roll site. They're list will tend to gravitate towards that type of music. -- nm - decline Dec 9, 08:09
  - Getty Lee -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 08:05
- Ozzy -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 08:04 3
  - This is the one that shocked me he is not on the list -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:04 2
    - His and many others' mentions in this thread's vocal abilities are definitely debatable - con_carne Dec 9, 08:06
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- James Hetfield -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 08:03 3
  - #12 - amoxy Dec 9, 08:04 2
    - but he is an intense performer (as was Axl) -- nm - decline Dec 9, 08:04 1
      - Axl's vocals are miles ahead of hetfield's - Will Hunting Dec 9, 08:05
- George Michael -- nm - ceregon Dec 9, 08:03 1
  - No -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:03
- Kurt Cobain -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 08:03
- Kurt Corbain, Marc Bolan -- nm - LMS Dec 9, 08:03 1
  - #8, not on the list -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:03
- Luther Vandross -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 08:03 1
  - No -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:03
- Mercury, Daltry, Gabriel -- nm - zork Dec 9, 08:02 4
  - #2, #18, not on the list -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:02 3
    - Daltry at 18 makes this list an automatic fail. -- nm - pmb Dec 9, 08:08
    - Collins? better not be higher than Gabriel -- nm - zork Dec 9, 08:05 1
      - Not on the list -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:06
- Paul and John. -- nm - Amy Dec 9, 08:01 3
  - #10 and #5. Looks like the Beatles are the only band with 2 in the top 30 -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:02 2
    - I will go to the mat and say Paul was a better lead singer. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:03 1
      - but George's vocals tended to be more soothing -- nm - zork Dec 9, 08:06
- Bono -- nm - decline Dec 9, 08:01
- Tom Petty -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 08:01 1
  - Nope - amoxy Dec 9, 08:02
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  - No, #4 -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:01
- Chris Cornell -- nm - TFox Dec 9, 08:00 2
  - Nope -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:01 1
    - huh. Cobain or Vedder? -- nm - TFox Dec 9, 08:02
- Ann Wilson. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:00 5
  - who? -- nm - decline Dec 9, 08:02 3
    - From Heart. I think American Idol has fueled a new interest in them for their vocals. -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 08:04
    - Heart -- nm - oblique Dec 9, 08:03 1
      - Diana Ross and no Ann Wilson means this list is bullshit. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:04
  - Not on the list -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:01
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 08:00 4
  - ? -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:01 3
    - (I'm not having a stroke, I promise) - con_carne Dec 9, 08:02 2
      - one of the top singers on earth... but not exactly a lead singer. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:02 1
        
        I'm detecting a pattern here. - con_carne Dec 9, 08:05
- Joan Jett, Haggar, Roth -- nm - oblique Dec 9, 08:00 1
  - None of them are on the list -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:01
- Diana Ross? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 08:00 1
  - #28 -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:00
- Marvin Gaye -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 08:00 1
  - not on the list -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:00
- Plant, Jagger, Morrison. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 07:58 1
  - #3, #14, #11 -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 07:59
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  - #1 - amoxy Dec 9, 07:59 5
    - I could make the case for him being in the top 10 but he's not close to #1. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 9, 08:08
    - that poll is invalid. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 07:59 2
      - He should be in the top 30, but not #1 -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 08:00 1
        
        agreeance. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 08:00
    - me too. -- nm - TFox Dec 9, 07:59
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- I've had to work from home and use up a bunch of vacation time for the last two and a half weeks to be caregiver -- nm - zork Dec 9, 08:04 1
  - :( -- nm - lileve Dec 9, 08:06
- rainy weather...i miss my sunshine -- nm - ceregon Dec 9, 08:03
- Self-motivation -- nm - nubby Dec 9, 07:59
- This cough -- nm - amoxy Dec 9, 07:58
- Going on 2.5 weeks of no hearing in my left ear. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:57 4
  - *ahem* IS THERE ANY TREATMENT FOR IT? -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 07:58 3
    - WHAT? - Strongbad Dec 9, 08:01 2
      - All the best. -- nm - lileve Dec 9, 08:06 1
        
        Thank you! - Strongbad Dec 9, 08:09
- My lack of job training and the expectation that I knew what I was doing from moment 1. - Will Hunting Dec 9, 07:54 1
  - Ouch. All the best in your search. -- nm - lileve Dec 9, 07:57
- smc.edu - con_carne Dec 9, 07:54 2
  - In the past I found their site to suck. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 9, 08:03 1
    - This is the first time I'm having problems -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 08:08
- My back -- nm - oblique Dec 9, 07:52 3
  - "Doctor said I need a backiotomy." -- nm - TFox Dec 9, 07:54 2
    - I hate that I can put myself in serious pain just doing normal everday things now - oblique Dec 9, 07:56 1
      - Trust me, this issue (times about 46) is SheFox's and by extension my bane of existence at the moment as well. -- nm - TFox Dec 9, 07:57
- My nose. -- nm - Amy Dec 9, 07:52 1
  - wow, I disappear for a couple of weeks and Amy comes back. - zork Dec 9, 07:57
- the prospect of moving in a month. -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 07:51 2
  - To a place where you don't have to pay rent? Trade you. -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 07:52 1
    - more just the logistics of between now and then. :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 07:54
Mugshot of the week. University instructor disrobes during class. -- (link) - mara Dec 9, 07:48 3
- rate my professors -- (link) - nubby Dec 9, 07:58
- "You want to see a penalty for early withdrawal?!?" -- nm - naked accounting teacher SI Dec 9, 07:53
- poor nubby -- nm - Beaker Dec 9, 07:48
Wikileaks payment firm to sue Visa and Mastercard -- (link) - Beaker Dec 9, 07:44
Steve Garvey eyeing bid for the Dodgers -- (link) - Beaker Dec 9, 07:43
*/ All the single digits / All the single digits /* -- (link) - nubby Dec 9, 07:43
I lied. 127, not seven. wow. -- nm - amanda jones Dec 9, 07:42
TFox: Remember my excel thing from yesterday? Worked great to a point then I ran into a problem. - loosilu Dec 9, 07:35 13
- Isn't it essentially: Probablity of X (where X is a state) + Probability of Y (where Y is the probability of the remaining "worse" states? - oblique Dec 9, 07:41 1
  - hang on, that might be it. remaining states. by jove I think you got it. I was leaving in all possible states. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 07:46
- Is the damage of Quake 2 influenced at all by Quake 1? -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:39 6
  - Quake 3 was really the best of the series, by far -- nm - oblique Dec 9, 07:44 1
    - They totally f*cked up with Quake 4, though. -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 07:52
  - that was theoretically built into their high powered probability model. Either way, I dno't have to worry about it. I just have to use - loosilu Dec 9, 07:40 3
    - This is probably too simple, but I'm going to throw it out there anyway - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:43 2
      - that's exactly what I did. :) and uh, didn't work. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 07:46 1
        
        Ah. :) -- nm - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:57
- i thought you were just going to add the damage rates from both events together? -- nm - TFox Dec 9, 07:36 3
  - that kind of doesn't work. I need damage states for both, not just a final state. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 07:38 2
    - I'm sure you can see it better than I can, but the beauty of a spreadsheet is you can just add a row or column to store and display interim values. - TFox Dec 9, 07:41 1
      - it's what happens in the second step. I run the random number generator. If the probability is low (usually it's zero, actually), - loosilu Dec 9, 07:45
Home values have decreased $9 Trillion since June 2006 -- (link) - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:29 16
- We're looking to move next year. Expect to carry a $200K-$225K mortgage. When watching "new home" shows on tv, it saddens us... - Name Withheld By Request Dec 9, 07:45 1
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- not in my neighborhood, based on listed prices. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 07:36 9
  - I tend to look at what units are selling for, not what they're listed at - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:37 8
    - how can you find that out? listed prices are still bad. 2BR condo for 399 is typical. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 07:38 7
      - I use Zillow. - Strongbad Dec 9, 07:41 2
        
        Median list price, 485k. Median sale price, 507K. That pretty much says it all. -- nm - loosilu Dec 9, 07:48
        
        zillow is a lot of fun. -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 07:44
      - DC is down 5% y-o-y , but has weathered fairly well overall -- (link) - decline Dec 9, 07:40 3
        
        Arlington, VA is up. -- (link) - loosilu Dec 9, 07:43 2
        
        I shoulda effin sold when I moved back in 2007. - Will Hunting Dec 9, 07:55 1
        
        I'm looking at units sold on Zillow. holy shit. There are several 2br that went for over 800. - loosilu Dec 9, 07:57
- i said that!....nm - x Dec 9, 07:31 2
  - My bad. -- nm - StrongMop Dec 9, 07:33 1
    - heh....nm - x Dec 9, 07:37
- And that's just counting mine. (And yet we keep fixing it up?!) -- nm - Amy Dec 9, 07:30
Jessamyn Day just got completely pwned. -- nm - TFox Dec 9, 07:26 1
- Amy *is* Jessamyn! -- nm - oblique Dec 9, 07:26
Full 22min video of Prime Minister Harper's set at last night's Tory Christmas party in Ottawa. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Dec 9, 07:25
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