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Weeping angels are cool. (watching DrWho) -- nm - marcel Jan 14, 12:14 1
- One of the best. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 12:16
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Lauren Ambrose of Six Feet Under joins the cast of Torchwood... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 14, 12:11
*deposes b2* -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 12:11
Breaking news on Twitter says that they are now arresting the President of Tunisa relatives -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 12:08 3
- Twitter has rumours that the President was denied access to land in France and has been turned back....maybe looking to other Middle East countries. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jan 14, 12:24
- not good -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 14, 12:09
- this is looking like a coup. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 12:09
"10 Ways to Make Your Cell Phone Battery Last Longer" -- (link) - Andie Jan 14, 12:05 8
- from everything I've read you should fully charge and then fully discharge your battery periodically. -- nm - sycor Jan 14, 12:11 2
  - i know that *used* to be true. but batteries are very different. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 12:11 1
    - according to a new wikihow article there is a difference between nickel based batteries and lithium ones. -- (link) - Andie Jan 14, 12:13
- Don�t let your battery fully discharge. Hmm. Did not think of that. - Spawn Jan 14, 12:08 4
  - I thought this was actually a good thing, fully discharging the battery. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 12:10 3
    - me too -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 12:12 2
      - And how do you do that? Well, you have fun on your phone! - Spawn Jan 14, 12:12 1
        
        #11. Keep your phone turned off. The only sure way to preserve battery life. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 12:13
My weekend plans: watching my nieces and nephew. Count this as one weekend my niece won't be allowed to watch 16 and Pregnant. - Stephen Jan 14, 12:00 9
- why don't you want her to watch it? seems like it's the perfect cautionary tale. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 12:01 8
  - She's 11 years old, it's not appropriate (and it's her d-bag dad who sets no boundaries for them that allows them to watch it, not my sister). -- nm - Stephen Jan 14, 12:02 2
    - I agree. She should be watching iCarly like smart people. -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 12:04
    - word. -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 12:03
  - Get pregnant, get famous? -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 12:02 4
    - be sure to buy all the magazine covers they make just to be sure she realizes the morale of the show -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 12:03 3
      - hmmm, true. Although the covers hardly give the impression Amber has a great life. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 12:04 2
        
        She's making what 200k+ for having unprotected, premarital, teen sex, and being a generally horrible person... - Stephen Jan 14, 12:13 1
        
        I win! -- nm - Spawn: thread winner Jan 14, 12:17
hmm, so my boss said he's represented Bing Crosby's kids in the past. i wonder if that includes Denise -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 12:00 1
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Know what's cool? What an integral part social media had in all this. Without FB and Twitter, it's most impossible any of it could have been organized -- nm - Hotkiss Jan 14, 11:54 14
- Tunisia protests: Cyber war mirrors unrest on streets -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jan 14, 12:08
- Needs more Winklevii -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 12:00
- Nothing's really happened yet though. Other spontaneous revolutions like in the Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan etc did result in a change of government - Roger More Jan 14, 11:57 7
  - i would count the president stepping down as something....nm - x Jan 14, 11:59 1
    - left an LIR for you below. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 12:00
  - the president fleeing the country counts, I think. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:59 4
    - I suppose what I am saying is that social media can make a brief flurry of activity happen, but it's not going to result in any sustained change in - Roger More Jan 14, 12:07 3
      - I often wonder how much of the population of places is on Twitter and FB. - Amy Jan 14, 12:15
      - not sure how you can say that. it's an organization/communication tool. the success or failure of the revolution - loosilu Jan 14, 12:08 1
        
        Are people going to remain mobilised? Or will they think "Man, that was cathartic! job's over"? -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 12:15
- yep. SMS is huge on the AFrican continent now. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:55
- all because some nerds at harvard wanted to get laid -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 11:55 1
  - The desire for sex drives, oh, everything. -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 11:57
- Flash revolt! -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 11:55
Ohhhh. They're jalapeno flavor pickles. No wonder they were spicy. -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 11:54
Snapple Real Fact #756: Did you know that penguins can jump 6 feet? -- nm - Jim Jan 14, 11:51 11
- +12 feet when a leopard seal is close -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 14, 11:53
- well, except for white penguins. -- nm - Max Jan 14, 11:53 2
  - word -- nm - Jimmy the Greek Jan 14, 11:55
  - i hate you - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 11:54
- ...as long as they're penguin feet. badum bum. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:52
- coming out of water, yes -- nm - Go Ducks on a phone Jan 14, 11:52
- yes - Spawn Jan 14, 11:52
- I *love* penguins. sigh. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 14, 11:51 2
  - you have to have seen this then -- (link) - zork Jan 14, 11:53
  - sorry, i don't go for the narcoterrorist type, baby -- nm - jumpy penguin Jan 14, 11:53
- yes -- nm - dogbert Jan 14, 11:51
Contract talks starting for Mark Harmon and possible NCIS 3rd show.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 14, 11:49 18
- Btw you know they have "Minds 2.0" in the can ready for debut on CBS too. -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 11:58 1
  - Looks like Criminal Minds might lose Paget.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 14, 12:07
- If it's true that they are cancelling CSI: Miami and New York for a 3rd NCIS, I'll be pissed. -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 11:54 4
  - They can't cancel New York fast enough. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:54 3
    - I'm fine with that, I don't watch that. But they better not cancel Miami. -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 11:58 2
      - does Miami still do well in syndication? -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:59 1
        
        Apparently its one of the most watched show's worldwide, but IDK about in the US -- nm - MDH Jan 14, 12:02
- NCIS: Summer School -- nm - Jovian Jan 14, 11:51 1
  - truthfully, it would be fun if it was one of the NCIS field offices, like Naples. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:52
- YEAH!!!!!! Let's have more CSIs, NCISs and Law and Orders!! That way every new show that's even remotely clever can - Jim Jan 14, 11:50 2
  - Maybe they should just transfer the model to sitcoms. Modern Family: Miami -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 11:54
  - Law & Order: CSINCISWTFBBQ -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 11:51
- holy Christ CBS, go overboard much -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 11:50 4
  - Too much *rips off sunglasses* is never enough.Y - David Carusso Jan 14, 11:52 2
    - I like how he was so excited this time, he started YEAHHHH before he even got to the IM. -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 11:52 1
      - That comes from snippets I have heard where they are trying to just get the quote, but the scream starts right as it ends. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 11:54
  - it's the new Law and Order. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:50
- CGIS!!! -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:49
how often do you motormouths have to charge your phone? i charge while i sleep and it lasts me for days -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 11:47 25
- Charge overnight, but I get a lot of emails and it eats up the battery. Can't quite make a full day during the week, but I usually have plenty of - pmb Jan 14, 12:00
- I charge it overnight, and I don't use mine at all and it will be at 5% by 5 pm. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 14, 11:58 4
  - It's a droid right? you could try turning off wifi, gps, and bluetooth - decline Jan 14, 12:03
  - is it searching for the network? -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 12:00
  - Mine behaves similarly. You think we need new batteries, or have they always been this way? - TFox Jan 14, 11:59 1
    - that seems crazy to me. i use mine constantly, and it's three years old and i even forget to turn it off on the subway where it's searching for an - Andie Jan 14, 12:03
- What can I say, I like it on vibrate and that takes more power. -- nm - Qale Jan 14, 11:53
- I use mine as an ipod about 80% of the time at work and to read email at work when I'm away from my desk. I charge overnight and usually that's fine. - amanda jones Jan 14, 11:53
- Overnight with a top-up during the day because my iPhone has no staying power. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 11:53
- daily never really needed -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 14, 11:52
- Every 3rd night and that's with routinly an hour plus a day talking on it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 14, 11:52
- frickin' smartphone drain batteries like you wouldn't believe. I do very little talking but text and web and stuff drains it like crazy. - decline Jan 14, 11:51
- Daily because I have a smart phone and you have a Spawn Phone -- nm - Go Ducks on a phone Jan 14, 11:51
- Several times a day -- nm - Stephen Jan 14, 11:51
- depends what I'm doing with it. Browsers and Angry Birds use up a lot of juice. Talking, not so much. -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 11:50 1
  - Ayup. I hardly use my phone to talk. A little text messaging, but mostly internet, games, and music/tv -- nm - Stephen Jan 14, 11:53
- that's because nobody wants to talk to you. -- nm - dogbert Jan 14, 11:50
- maybe twice a week. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:50
- daily or every other day depending on where I am. Smartphone eats battery life. -- nm - sycor Jan 14, 11:50
- once every 1 1/2 days -- nm - Epiphany Jan 14, 11:49
- once or twice a week, depending on how much i check my email on it. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 11:48
- when i forget to charge it overnight. -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 11:48 2
  - That is a weird number. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 11:49 1
    - You're weird. :P -- nm - lileve Jan 14, 11:55
- Maybe twice a week. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 11:48
House spoilers concerning Olivia Wilde...at the link... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 14, 11:45 14
- Yep...13 comes back at the same time Amber Tamblyn leaves. -- nm - Jim Jan 14, 11:49 11
  - dude, spoilers. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:50 10
    - That's a spoiler? -- nm - Jim Jan 14, 11:51 8
      - that Tamblyn is leaving? to me it is. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:53 6
        
        I don't watch the show and even I knew it was a temporary gig while Wilde was gone. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 11:54 4
        
        Right. She wasn't ever a permanent member of the cast. Just a guest spot. - Jim Jan 14, 11:56 1
        
        honestly, I haven't liked her character much, and I love Tamblyn. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:57
        
        well, I'm not a Wilde stalker. - loosilu Jan 14, 11:56 1
        
        I should! After seeing The Next Three Days, Mrs. NWBR gave me permission to pursue her. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 14, 12:05
        
        Well, after 13 dumps her to go back to Foreman, there wasn't much reason for her to stay. -- nm - Jim Jan 14, 11:54
      - Yes. I did not not know 13 had left. Nor that there was a new chick. -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 11:53
    - AS A GHOST!!! -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 11:50
- I have the majority of this season sitting unwatched. I haven't missed it. -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 11:47
- not enough pics -- nm - marcel Jan 14, 11:46
TFox, yes, Aayla is hawt but there are so many trek hotties too -- nm - zork Jan 14, 11:44 21
- I'd rather chop my leg off than be a Trekkie. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:49 2
  - that's ok...you're a Scully/Mulder shipper anyway. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 11:50 1
    - As if that's bad. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:51
- One hot alien in Star Wars doesn't come close to beating all the hot aliens in Trek. - TWuG Jan 14, 11:46 2
  - wow. ST sure got dorky fast today :) -- nm - decline Jan 14, 11:47 1
    - Stand back everyone, it's a dork fight! - Stephen Jan 14, 11:54
- yea, but everyone in firefly is hot. the show was a laminated list on it's own -- nm - dogbert Jan 14, 11:45 4
  - i have to get around to watching that -- nm - zork Jan 14, 11:46 3
    - We need to start a list of people who haven't seen it and hold something of theirs hostage until they do! -- nm - Stephen Jan 14, 11:57
    - lots of boobs for you. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:56
    - yes you do - it is fantastic -- nm - Epiphany Jan 14, 11:48
- and in a world where Riker gets laid with impunity, any man could be a casanova -- nm - Beaker Jan 14, 11:45 9
  - except Pixie. He chose....poorly. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 11:46 8
    - oh I'm sure data would have experimented with him. you know, for the full human experience -- nm - dogbert Jan 14, 11:49 2
      - "i've heard about computer input but this is ridiculous" -- nm - redshirt pixie Jan 14, 11:50 1
        
        *rimshot* -- nm - dogbert Jan 14, 11:52
    - come on, even Wesley got lucky at least once -- nm - Roger More Jan 14, 11:47 1
      - true. But Wesley saved the ship 22 times. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 11:48
    - did you see the ewok celebration at the end of jedi? everyone in the universe got laid that night -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 11:47 2
      - by an ewok -- nm - crash davis Jan 14, 11:52
      - funny that you mention this because I called up the drunk Ewoks on the Today show video earlier. -- nm - zork Jan 14, 11:51
Forever Lazy fashion line.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 14, 11:44
LIR for hyde: I have read that the riots in Tunisia are largely about unemployment. The riots in Algeria (which no one is reporting right now) have - loosilu Jan 14, 11:43 4
- i'm sure there are multiple reasons. but i'll note that one of the first things ben ali did to try and stem the riots was slash food prices....nm - x Jan 14, 11:56 3
  - oh, I think it's too little too late. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 12:01
  - don't they have club cards over there? that alone could save them a lot of money in the checkout line -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 14, 11:57 1
    - and they have nothing to do so they could spend 70 hours a week clipping coupons! -- nm - zork Jan 14, 12:03
*flees the country* -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 11:42 4
- *locks the door* -- nm - Spawn Jan 14, 11:42 3
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    - *flees the country* -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 11:43 1
      - *locks the door* - loosilu Jan 14, 11:44
Plots to overthrow musubi -- nm - TWuG Jan 14, 11:41 3
- *shoots pixie* - Spawn Jan 14, 11:41 2
  - do not shoot pixie, he is musubi's Colonel Klink - crash davis Jan 14, 11:42 1
    - make it so. -- nm - Remlik Jan 14, 11:43

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