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Apparently Shaw is dropping plans to charge for bandwidth overages. --CBC -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 8, 14:31 7
- They're waiting for two months in which time they will hold informational public seminars. nm - Dignan Feb 8, 14:34 6
  - I would hate for this to go through cause US would attempt it at some point -- nm - Epiphany Feb 8, 14:38
  - on some levels the outrage is a little silly - bandwidth costs money after all and it makes sense to charge more for those who use more - Reagen Feb 8, 14:36 4
    - Yeah, I went from agnostic, to mildly concerned about limits, to full on "If you want to download full seasons of tv, pay for it." -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 8, 14:39 3
      - the initial ruling essentially mandated metered internet though, which is too far the other way. - Reagen Feb 8, 14:43
      - I'm not sure the Internet exists, but I respect your belief that one does -- nm - agnostic NWBR Feb 8, 14:41 1
        
        Close. It was "I haven't really thought about UBB, but I figure there's good arguments to be made on either side." -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 8, 14:42
pet peeve of the day: writing the part of a brief dealing with "nondischargeability" of debts - cupixie Feb 8, 14:30 1
- Just set it up for autocomplete -- nm - Stephen Feb 8, 14:38
Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator -- (link) - Reagen Feb 8, 14:27 2 1
- I'm kinda not surprised and VERY surprised at the backlash build lately, but that said.... "Power: How Power Powerfully Powers Power" is pretty funny. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 8, 14:42
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- Is this for Cavemen or Astronauts? -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 14:27
(There's been no discussion of the O'Reilly/Obama interview?) nm - Dignan Feb 8, 14:17 6
- The one before the SB? There wasn't much to talk about. - Stephen Feb 8, 14:26
- The one before the SB? There wasn't -- nm - Stephen Feb 8, 14:25
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- We are too busy watch Star Wars fan documentaries. -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 14:24
- i forgot it was on, is there a link? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 14:23
- I was wondering if O'Reilly always sits that way - con_carne Feb 8, 14:22
Just watched a political leaders debate on tv. One political leader didn't show up because the moderator had once told him that the best thing he - Loyola Feb 8, 14:09
10 worst album covers -- (link) - zork Feb 8, 14:02 5
- avast just blocked this site a malicious -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 14:31
- This calls for a repost -- (link) - con_carne Feb 8, 14:05 1
  - "Blake, if you're going to try and out-gay Lambert you'll need more mascara" -- nm - Stephen Feb 8, 14:28
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  - I did not want to see Shaq being born -- nm - zork Feb 8, 14:06
one of the House actors signed for a Broadway play and not signed for next season.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 8, 14:01 1
- He's a Broadway Guy. Born in NJ, married a NJ gal... - OAE -- Old Antarctic Explorer Feb 8, 14:05
LYC: going to meet the Realtor to discuss short selling the house. Should be fun. nm - sycor Feb 8, 14:00 1
- good luck man -- nm - Epiphany Feb 8, 14:16
I've been tearing through those fan-made Star Wars documentaries. They're fantastic. nm - Dignan Feb 8, 14:00 [youtube] 1 1
- grow up - cupixie Feb 8, 14:12
wonder why Pepsi didnt make that skinny can a super bowl ad -- nm - stewie Feb 8, 13:58
No Google - what does "ramparts" mean in the national anthem? -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 13:57 18
- put them in your PC as memory -- nm - Danedukenuuk Feb 8, 14:32
- I have no idea -- nm - Christina Aguilara Feb 8, 14:10 4
  - L4, nice -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 14:34
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    - yes, but not before she nailed the lyrics that she flubbed at the game. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 14:38 1
      - nmblink -- (link) - CrankYanker Feb 8, 14:39
- Ramparts are defensive barriers. Walls, mounds of earth, etc. -- nm - TWuG Feb 8, 14:09
- Some sort of sheep porn reference no doubt. -- nm - Loyola Feb 8, 14:07 1
  - this. lol -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 14:32
- Rampart, we have a male, caucasian, approximately 46 years old ..." -- nm - EMT John Gage Feb 8, 14:05 3
  - wow, this takes me back. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 14:35
  - *nice* -- nm - loosilu Feb 8, 14:12
  - Randolph Mantooth FTW! -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 14:06
- shitty neighborhoods -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 14:02
- Fortress walls... -- nm - MojaveMeg Feb 8, 14:01 1
  - correct! -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 14:34
- Like, castle walls, sorta? - Dr.Vermin Feb 8, 14:01 1
  - Tied with Meg! don't remember that game, though -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 14:34
ML -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 13:54 3
- Truman was looking for a dingers league to join earlier if we still have spots -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 13:55 2
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    - post this! - tRuMaN Feb 8, 14:06
ST cab - what is the number used to answer any numerical question? -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 13:49 10
- 69 dude. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 13:57 4
  - And that's okay with the Mrs.? -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 14:03 3
    - Jax is *very* flexible -- nm - zork Feb 8, 14:08 2
      - That's great, cause CY? Not so much. - con_carne Feb 8, 14:09 1
        
        *snort* -- nm - zork Feb 8, 14:10
- 42 -- nm - Dr.Vermin has his towel Feb 8, 13:56
- 47 -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 13:52
- 312.50 -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 13:50 1
  - *ding* -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 13:51
- 23 -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 13:50
Casting Call for Season 4 of Wipeout this Saturday. I think you can also just fill out the online application form. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 8, 13:48
the meetup group "Single Adult Book/DVD Review" is actually a church run reading group for single adults and, uh, not what what I thought it was -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 13:47
Cash cab - what is the word yelled by kids when two of them say the same thing at the same time? -- nm - Crankyanker Feb 8, 13:45 12
- Jinx! Buy me a coke! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 8, 13:49 1
  - this is very old school! I had forgotten about "buy me a coke". -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 13:51
- psyc? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 13:46
- JINX! -- nm - Amy Feb 8, 13:46 8
  - correct! although, I think "psych" is the new "jinx". -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 8, 13:48 7
    - That's stupid. -- nm - Stephen Feb 8, 13:49 6
      - Psych is for when you fool someone. -- nm - Amy Feb 8, 13:50 5
        
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        Correct again! - CrankYanker Feb 8, 13:54 1
        
        Want a lick of my ice cream? ... Psych! -- nm - Eddie Murphy Feb 8, 13:55
        
        We always spelled it "sike." - con_carne Feb 8, 13:53
        
        Exactly. -- nm - Stephen Feb 8, 13:52
There have been two people nominated twice in the same year for best director.Name them. - Reagen Feb 8, 13:45 16
- Hitchcock? -- nm - zork Feb 8, 13:50
- I'm gonna throw a guess out there though it might be for the wrong reason. Michael Curtiz. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 8, 13:50 7
  - Holy moly, did that guy direct a ton of now-classic movies -- (link) - con_carne Feb 8, 14:13 1
    - word. nmbIMDB -- (link) - zork Feb 8, 14:16
  - You are so fucking hot. -- nm - David Feb 8, 13:53
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  - ding -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 13:51 2
    - Angels With Dirty Faces and something else. - Kim Pine Feb 8, 13:52 1
      - Four Daughters. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 13:53
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  - you would think, but no. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 13:47 3
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      - think older, much older. He didn't win for either film but eventually won for a film considered among the best of all time. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 13:50 1
        
        Ford? -- nm - Max Feb 8, 14:04
- Soderbergh. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 8, 13:45 1
  - correct. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 13:46
Without googling, if I ask you who Lord Kinbote is, would you know? -- nm - David Feb 8, 13:43 11
- no -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 13:57
- An X-Files episode? - Stephen Feb 8, 13:55 3
  - That is correct. He is the real alien in Jose Chung's from Outer Space, my favorite episode. -- nm - David Feb 8, 13:56 2
    - also starring Jesse Ventura and Alex Trebek! -- nm - loosilu Feb 8, 14:15 1
      - "I didn't say he was Alex Trebek. Just someone who looked remarkably like him." -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 14:23
- nope -- nm - Epiphany Feb 8, 13:52
- Either a romantic English Lord or some sci fi evil genius. -- nm - Amy Feb 8, 13:48 2
  - It is sci-fi related. -- nm - David Feb 8, 13:51
  - or an African dictator in an action movie -- nm - zork Feb 8, 13:50
- It vaguely rang a bell. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 13:47
- Kimbo Slice's cousin? -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 13:45
speaking of The Matrix, last friday's Smallville was a blatant rip-off of it and I loved it -- nm - crash davis Feb 8, 13:39 2
- yeah it was solid. -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 14:08
- havent watched that yet. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 13:42
lackluster is all effed up, but hanging in there. exactly one week until she's about 8 lbs lighter. - TFox Feb 8, 13:39 5
- I bet it happens on Valentine's Day. -- nm - David Feb 8, 13:42 1
  - we actually very much want it to go as scheduled. - TFox Feb 8, 13:46
- did you decide on a nickname for the little one yet? -- nm - zork Feb 8, 13:41 1
  - "lackluster" -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 8, 13:42
- pop that shiz, shefox! -- nm - cupixie Feb 8, 13:40
Who can name the three shows that are still on the air, that premeired during the strike season? - Jovian Feb 8, 13:36 18
- answers? -- nm - Gwaahjo Feb 8, 14:18 1
  - sorry, busy here. Chuck, Private Practice and Big Bang Theory -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 14:23
- Breaking Bad? -- nm - Gwaahjo Feb 8, 14:01 1
  - nope -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 14:08
- Chuck -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 13:49 1
  - yes -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 13:50
- one on NBC, one on CBS, and one on ABC -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 13:49 3
  - and one of these is a spinoff -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 13:49 2
    - Private Practice -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 14:15 1
      - yes -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 14:22
- survivor? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 13:48
- Mad Men -- nm - zork Feb 8, 13:48
- was Fringe around then? -- nm - Gwaahjo Feb 8, 13:43 1
  - nope (season after I think) -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 13:44
- new adventures of old christine -- nm - zork Feb 8, 13:39 3
  - this isnt on anymore -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 13:44 2
    - and apparently started a year and a half before the strike in '86!) -- nm - zork Feb 8, 13:46 1
      - started in '86, not the strike -- nm - zork Feb 8, 13:46
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will -- (link) - crash davis Feb 8, 13:35 5
- Okay...thanks. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 13:49
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  - yes. I got LIRed -- (link) - ty97 Feb 8, 13:40 [Backboard] 2
    - note, there more be more - ty97 Feb 8, 13:41 1
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Last Tango in Paris always makes me think of butter. -- nm - David Feb 8, 13:35 2
- which might explain the popularity of margarine, especially in the bible belt -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 13:42
- oddly, it makes me think of a prostate exam. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 8, 13:39

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