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ST Poll# x: You are king of the universe. Ban a phrase / word / term forever. -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 08:45 27
- "this" (when used as it commonly is here) -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 08:50 3
  - this -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 08:50 2
    - rage! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 08:51 1
      - this. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:51
- F** or any form of it -- nm - MDH Mar 9, 08:49 2
  - do you mean the actual word or the use of symbols to "bleep it out"? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 08:51
  - you've just upset a lot of ex-british empire smokers. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:50
- "It is what it is" -- nm - amoxy Mar 9, 08:49
- "Should of." -- nm - Jelly Mar 9, 08:48 2
  - ooh, nice. also "I could care less" and "a-ight" (or however you spell that.) -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 08:50
  - win. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:49
- irregardless, orientate. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:48 2
  - or one that one of my coworkers always says "3am in the morning." 3am is ALWAYS MORNING! -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:50
  - *invents Orientater Tots* -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:48
- "no" -- nm - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 9, 08:47
- literally -- nm - CQ Mar 9, 08:47
- "I was like" -- nm - con_carne Mar 9, 08:47
- canoodle -- nm - moles Mar 9, 08:46
- "I could care less." - TFox Mar 9, 08:46 1
  - this -- nm - Strongbad Mar 9, 08:54
- "Freedom of speech." -- nm - mara Mar 9, 08:46 2
  - *burns constitution* -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:47
  - heh -- nm - TFox Mar 9, 08:47
- Interwebs. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 9, 08:46
- "that's besides the point." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:46
- "Taxes are bad" or "Charlie Sheen" -- nm - TWuG Mar 9, 08:46
- Facebook -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:46
While I'm hesitant to recommend a HP laptop, a Core i7 sandy bridge for $800 is hard to say no to. -- (link) - Mop (209 lbs) Mar 9, 08:40 1
- "no" - Spawn Mar 9, 08:41
And I'm out of here.....see you tonight from Pismo Beach....you'all be good to each other. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 9, 08:37 2
- e sure to rent a dune buggy when you get there. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:39
- That's your big civilized hotel destination? ;-) - con_carne Mar 9, 08:39
Can you name an author whose books are entertaining to read, but also exercise a vast vocabulary? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:34 16 1
- I loved "Secrets" by Nuruddin Farah, but the subject matter itself is far from entertaining. - Jelly Mar 9, 08:51
- Terry Pratchett -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 08:44
- Rowling uses a larger vocabulary than most writers -- nm - zork Mar 9, 08:44 1
  - but how much of that is due to pseudolatin spells and phrases? :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:45
- I'd like to say Koontz, King or John Sandford. But it's not true except for maybe King. Otherwise I agree with SB and Tolkien. -- nm - sycor Mar 9, 08:41 1
  - was going to say King, but know my readings are limited. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:44
- David Mamet scripts -- nm - con_carne Mar 9, 08:41
- Dickens. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:40 2
  - He's looking for entertaining, not boring. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 9, 08:41
  - I said entertaining! heh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:41
- Tolkien? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 9, 08:40 1
  - well, he didn't specify that Elfin, Dwarvish, Ent, and Orcish dont count -- nm - zork Mar 9, 08:46
- P.G. Wodehouse -- nm - moles Mar 9, 08:38
- David Foster Wallace -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 9, 08:37
- Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson, very very dense but good -- nm - ceregon Mar 9, 08:36
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What decline of the US manufacturing industry? -- (link) - LA County Economic Development Corp. Mar 9, 08:34
things no one will be allowed to say when i am king of the universe: "it's on like donkey kong"...nm - x Mar 9, 08:34 3
- you want to stop that phrase? Oh hell no. It's on like Donkey Kong now! - sycor Mar 9, 08:43 1
  - Oh Heyyyyyll no! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:44
- Word*. nm - Jim Mar 9, 08:37
LYC: so far, Missouri building damage has taken 15 minutes to calculate. only 40% done. - loosilu Mar 9, 08:30
Teacher : whoever answers next question correctly can go home. - Beaker Mar 9, 08:30
ST Poll -- Would you wear a hat? - znufrii Mar 9, 08:29 26
- I wish we lived in a time when "normal going out" wear for gentlemen included suits and hats. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 9, 09:11
- yes, fedoras would encourage people to dress better overall -- nm - zork Mar 9, 08:42
- I wore my Tilley Hat today - it's raining and the sky is *daaaark* ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:40
- It's just too complicated... -- (link) - Amy Mar 9, 08:39 4
  - if i ever get married, i am having an outdoor wedding just so i can say 'hats encouraged' on the invitation. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 08:41 3
    - I like it. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 08:42 2
      - Do you like my hat? It's a wedding party hat! -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:45 1
        
        I do! I do like your hat! What a great party hat!. - znufrii Mar 9, 08:47
- I wear baseball caps all the time. -- nm - decline Mar 9, 08:37
- Yes. And I would rock that shit. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:37
- yes, i have, wear, and often lose many hats. - TFox Mar 9, 08:37
- yes. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 9, 08:36
- No, I had to wear one in the Navy and I hated it. We used to bitch it was because all the old officers were bald and wanted to cover it up... - ceregon Mar 9, 08:35
- of course. i have three-four that i wore regularly this winter (tweed fedora-ish, cream tam, black tam with sequins (sparkly, for night only), and a - Andie Mar 9, 08:34
- all the time, especially when I'm working outside all summer long -- nm - CQ Mar 9, 08:34
- No, it just doesn't work with my hair. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 08:33
- Of course. I own many hats. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 9, 08:32
- I wear them very rarely now. Used to wear baseball hats sometimes, also if it's an incredibly cold winter day I will. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:32
- I have one. I occasionally wear it. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:31 1
  - I also have something vaguely cowboyish I wear in the field. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:31
- When it's very sunny and I'm outside, sure. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 9, 08:31
- yes. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 08:31
- I only wore hats when I played baseball. -- nm - MDH Mar 9, 08:30
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  - I could always make another one... - znufrii Mar 9, 08:31 1
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Hooray: We are getting a two percent increase in pay this year....BOOO: No bonuses :( - Walt_Disney Mar 9, 08:26 3
- I didn't know city employees got bonuses. I work at a public college and we don't have them. - ceregon Mar 9, 08:33
- *shakes head* government employees.... - Andie Mar 9, 08:27 1
  - But I have to start paying for parking this year too and more for our benefits....it wipes out most of the increase........ - Walt_Disney Mar 9, 08:30
Observation: Look, I love hats, love them. Wish they'd become standard-wear again, but that said, do NOT wear one in your professional corporate - Andie Mar 9, 08:24 7
- as in NOT baseball hats? Yes, please. -- nm - zork Mar 9, 08:38
- That '80's hat-on-the-back-of-the-head look is still kind of hot among young people here -- nm - con_carne Mar 9, 08:28 2
  - what, like joey jeremiah? -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:36
  - i'm totally all for that. Go Hats Go! just keep them off your corporate websites and resumes. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 08:29
- I love hats, too. I would love for them to become more commonplace. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 9, 08:28
- ~Does anyone still wear....a hat?~ -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 08:24 1
  - It's mandatory for employees of the Adjustment Bureau. -- nm - ceregon Mar 9, 08:25
I have a job interview in a few hours for a job back home with my company --- 1 problem, I don't remember the job. - Will Hunting Mar 9, 08:19 3
- Ask them what the postion requires and then be prepared to answer how your skills benefit the position -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 9, 08:28
- "What makes you qualified for this position?" "I have a long history of frauding the govt and doing shoddy work." "You're hired!" - Don Homer Mar 9, 08:25 1
  - no, no - *de*frauding. He eliminates the fraud, you see! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:26
Obligatory "what have I forgotten to pack?" post....hotel trips are so much more complicated than camping. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 9, 08:18 4
- first note of hotel travelling: you can always buy what you forgot. so, make sure you have your credit card. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 08:25 3
  - Tonight's motel is attached to an outlet mall.....could get ugly :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 9, 08:33
  - true. that said ... do'nt forget your chargers! it gets pricey replacing the damn things. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 08:29 1
    - Phone, netbook, and extra mouse and camera batteries...check. -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 9, 08:33
Diva, pleeeease go across the street with a bottle of Goldschlager and two glasses - zork Mar 9, 08:18 6
- *laughing* -- nm - Diva Mar 9, 08:22
- I am utterly ashamed I did not think of this. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 9, 08:19 4
  - I figured that you were in transit already to take over the camera -- nm - zork Mar 9, 08:23 3
    - Hey Diva...you forgot your Goldschlager and two glasses. I'll be right over. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 9, 08:24 2
      - nmbmel - Diva Mar 9, 08:25 1
        
        a certain shark would never be the same. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 9, 08:29
The funny part of the Chara hit was all the tiny Habs players trying to get in his face. - Beaker Mar 9, 08:16 2
- Chara's a huge dude. -- nm - TFox Mar 9, 08:18 1
  - you know that scene where Sylvester the Cat comes out all scared after seeing the giant mouse? - Mel Profit Mar 9, 08:21
So it looks like Chicago *might* get food trucks,which we need. I mean, look at what some cities have -- (link) - ty97 Mar 9, 08:16 5
- recently heard an ad for this, which mainly looks like a smart phone app -- (link) - con_carne Mar 9, 08:40
- I love street food. I miss it. especially japa dog. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:38
- There are some around now (mostly cupcakes from what I can gather). They are getting around the ordinance by preparing offsite and then just heating - pmb Mar 9, 08:22 1
  - Yeah, it's cooking on-site that's forbidden, right? They do need to fix that. -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 08:28
- we have limited street food. (hot dogs, fry trucks, ice cream trucks.) they changed the licensing so more unusual foods could get them, but i haven't - Andie Mar 9, 08:18
Want to break your brain? Try this HWDYK on hard-to-spell actor/director names -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 9, 08:15 7 1
- 17. I actually thought I had done better. -- nm - Jelly Mar 9, 08:58
- 15. that was rough. 3 of the 5 I missed I had it narrowed to 2 and chose...poorly. -- nm - Jim Mar 9, 08:45
- 10. ouch. -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 08:26
- 8. I hate spelling -- nm - CQ Mar 9, 08:22 1
  - Same here -- nm - amoxy Mar 9, 08:32
- 15, that was hard -- nm - ceregon Mar 9, 08:19
- *bookmarks for later* -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 08:18
truman: Heh, no joke, the userbase of ST could probably be given internet by a single satellite ... - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:13 4
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  - *riots*....nm - x Mar 9, 08:19
- Do you *have* a satellite? Should we form an investment group to buy one? - TWuG Mar 9, 08:15 1
  - No. Maybe. Probably not. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:21
bery got all zen in his repost to mara (while still not answering her question [at least i don't think he did]) -- nm - prayformojo Mar 9, 08:13 5
- I'm trying to artfully dodge having to change sourcecode, when I'm almost a week overdue for upgrading ST to the new beta code. :) - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:14 4
  - I'm. Not. Asking. You. To. Change. The. Code. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 08:21 3
    - You're not asking me to change the logic, which is fine - but the message is stored in the sourcecode, so it's just as much of a hassle to modify :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:23 2
      - Ah. Sorry. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 08:24 1
        
        It'll get done soon, just not today, is what I'm trying to say. - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:25
Hmm. How can I tell if a book is in modern Greek or ancient Greek? -- nm - mara Mar 9, 08:12 13
- I imagine it's tricky without an actual greek speaker. what book? -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:22 8
  - The question has become moot, since I decided to withdraw them, but one is: -- (link) - mara Mar 9, 08:40 4
    - Holy crap, I just saw the price on the used copies. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 08:45
    - if it's stuff like that, I'd say most likely ancient. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:42 2
      - Yeah, that was my assumption too. The other one is Aristotle. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 08:44 1
        
        I was going to say if it was something like homer, plato, or aristotle then almost certainly ancient. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:46
  - I'm trying to recall if there are any "new" letters in the Greek alphabet that wouldn't appear in an ancient text, like j or z in English. -- nm - zork Mar 9, 08:30 2
    - I'm fairly certain the alphabet is unchanged. I know pronunciation is different, and I think classic greek has more declensions. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:33 1
      - There is a much smaller difference than I thought, so this has actually been very helpful. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 08:41
- the ancient Greek will complain that it's pressing against his prostate -- nm - zork Mar 9, 08:20 2
  - and the modern Greek will riot if they don't get 4 hours for lunch -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 08:22 1
    - You. Are dressed. Like a prostitute. -- nm - YaYa for Athenos Hummus Mar 9, 08:25
- The obligatory "it's all Greek to me" post. -- nm - TWuG Mar 9, 08:14
*googles BRAINZ!* - zombie ty97 Mar 9, 08:12
*whispering* bubble. bailout. p/e ratio. cross-unit synergy -- nm - ty97 Mar 9, 08:11 3
- falling interest rates changes in liquidity preferences are increasing the velocity of money! -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:27
- you had me until "synergy"....nm - x Mar 9, 08:14 1
  - synergies are like giant pandas. they're nice in theory but very rarely seen in the wild. -- nm - dr. chris "CMusc" muscarella Mar 9, 08:40

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