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I'm curious how CBS will handle close games. Will they switch you (even with 4 channels),or just let you know? -- nm - Don Homer Mar 17, 09:03
Hmmm, has anyone picked up Homefront? The reviews although not over 7.0s, sound very very intriguing -- nm - Jovian Mar 17, 09:00 1
- no. the reviews turned me off. - tRuMaN Mar 17, 09:05
A friend said flying to and from Japan to Korea went from $300 us to $1000 us. -- nm - lileve Mar 17, 08:58
lyc: PrincessCY will be on Jay Leno tonight, although you probably won't recognize her. She'll be in the Green Room where they will be filming during - CrankYanker Mar 17, 08:53 1
- Tell her to smile so I will be able to pick her out... -- nm - BAD Mar 17, 09:04
I feel like watching "Up" now. -- nm - kelly Mar 17, 08:51 2
- I just realized I can probably just make a link for that and post it here. - TFox Mar 17, 09:02
- Now, we'll walk to the falls quickly and quietly, with no rap music or flash dancing -- nm - prayformojo Mar 17, 08:58
Boy, the Groupon offer for the Lincoln Lawyer is getting heavily promoted. I've seen ads on Facebook and Slickdeals. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 17, 08:48 1
- IT IS THE BEST DEAL EVER!!! - Spawn Mar 17, 09:02
Travelers from Japan set off radiation detectors in Dallas and Chicago. -- (link) - mara Mar 17, 08:44 15
- We should build camps out in the desert for all these people. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 17, 08:53
- I'm wondering what is the point of this? it's not contagious. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:52 11
  - yeah. that's what I said as soon as my mom told me about the geiger counter. it's TSA security theatre. -- nm - mafic Mar 17, 08:57 7
    - I'm not sure that's TSA, for arriving passengers. Maybe the local department of health, or even the Nuclear Regulatory Commission? -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:59 6
      - my mom thought it was regular security dudes, but she's bad at details. -- nm - mafic Mar 17, 09:00 5
        
        most people don't go through security when they land. interesting. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 09:01 4
        
        seems they were on the jetway as people came off the plane. - mafic Mar 17, 09:04 1
        
        that is weird. I guess TSA would have the geiger counters. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 09:12
        
        note: Not questioning your mom at all. I'm genuinely curious who is doing it. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 09:02 1
        
        no worries. she could very easily be wrong. -- nm - mafic Mar 17, 09:05
  - they are so busy checking for radiation that they are forgetting to screen for flu? -- nm - zork Mar 17, 08:53 1
    - don't get me started on airport disease screening. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:54
  - it is so! I just watched it happen on Fringe last night! -- nm - decline - Go Pitt Mar 17, 08:53
- They's spreadin' the radiation! -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 08:45 1
  - this is how World War Z starts. -- nm - sycor Mar 17, 08:49
I was also talking earlier with my flatmate who's a radiochemist and works in nuclear medicine. he says the doses outside the immediate vicinity of - mafic Mar 17, 08:42 1
- I'm sensitive to iodine. I can be ST's canary. If I er, um, get violently sick to my stomach you will all know to take your potassium iodide tabs. -- nm - Amy Mar 17, 08:45
Earmark ban forces congressmen to go directly to government agencies instead, hat in hand. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 17, 08:42 2
- And if they don't do what you want, you just cut their funding. It's lose-lose! -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 17, 08:45 1
  - I really don't think that will be as widespread as the article suggests - znufrii Mar 17, 08:53
I realize now that I ate my lunch incorrectly. I'll take this as a sign that I should just go home for the day. - prayformojo Mar 17, 08:41
French nuclear utility says they're prepared to send robots to help with the Fukushima disaster. -- (link) - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 17, 08:32 8
- I'm missing the irony. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:37 2
  - Japan is known for their robotics. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 08:53
  - maybe the robots are made of iron?....nm - x Mar 17, 08:39
- what would be ironic about that? also, why are they only offering now and not days ago? -- nm - zork Mar 17, 08:35 3
  - they are sending robots. to Japan. that's ironic. -- nm - sycor Mar 17, 08:51 2
    - ah, got it. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:53
    - ohhhh right. I guess it would have hit me more if they were sending cartoon robots. -- nm - zork Mar 17, 08:52
- Is that a good idea? Isn't this how robots evolve? -- nm - mara Mar 17, 08:34
6 more US banks have paid back their recovery funds. -- (link) - Beaker Mar 17, 08:26
For anyone interested, I have an old friend from high school who works at ARI (Asian Rural Institute) in Japan. He just sent out an update... - Jim Mar 17, 08:20 17
- what a fucking boring post. - TFox Mar 17, 08:35 8
  - See? This is what makes ST feel like home! -- nm - Jim Mar 17, 08:37 6
    - "Oh, Jim! You C&P'd an e-mail! You're my hero! *swoon*" - ST si Mar 17, 08:39 5
      - man, you are *cranky*. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:45
      - well you can cram it with walnuts, ugly. -- nm - mafic Mar 17, 08:43
      - It is *kinda* spoon-shaped -- nm - Will Hunting SI Mar 17, 08:41
      - Don't hate the playa, hate the game!! nm - Jim Mar 17, 08:39 1
        
        what if the playa is playing an godafully boring game on purpose? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 17, 08:54
  - Thanks. *skips reading* -- nm - Spawn Mar 17, 08:37
- Thanks, Jim. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 17, 08:34
- This is the kind of information we never really get from the news reporting...thanks so much. - MojaveMeg Mar 17, 08:31
- The nuclear plant is safe and will continue to remain safe. -- nm - nubby Mar 17, 08:29 1
  - It's not a meltdown. It's just time for roasting some glowing marshmallows. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 08:30
- thanks for this. I'm so glad the pigs are ok - yeah for bacon!! -- nm - decline - Go Pitt Mar 17, 08:26
- thanks for sharing. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 08:26
- oh no, they plan to brine the participants! (thanks for the post :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 08:26 1
  - ah, the note about store sellouts in Western (safe) areas of japan is great. People are sending the supplies north. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 08:27
con_blarney, how about "people of Irish descent"? should cover both groups -- nm - zork Mar 17, 08:19
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- Only 6? must have been a tough job to narrow it down... -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 08:19 1
  - yeah, they should just make it a monthly column. -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 08:20
NYTimes digital subscriptions do not include e-reader editions, Premium Crosswords or The New York Times Crosswords apps. *horsehockey.* -- nm - amanda jones, transitarian Mar 17, 08:16 1
- Horsehockey? Is that you, Colonel Potter? -- nm - zork Mar 17, 08:29
Independent voters say they would support Charlie Sheen over Sarah Palin for President by a 41/36 margin. -- (link) - mara Mar 17, 08:16 7
- I'm looking forward to my free government-sponsored coke ration. -- nm - mafic Mar 17, 08:44
- They dropped this: "ironically" -- nm - con_Blarney Mar 17, 08:36
- Given the choice I think I'd vote for Sheen over Palin. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 17, 08:18 2
  - hell yes. Thanks but no thanks to voting a Joseph Goebbels president. -- nm - Jovian Mar 17, 08:32
  - I know I would. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 17, 08:20
- Palin/Sheen 2012. I think we found just the right runningmate. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 08:17
- he would have my vote -- nm - decline - Go Pitt Mar 17, 08:16
I think Amy and Loosi won that thread near the top of B2. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 08:15
I'm seeing things and I haven't had anything to drink yet!!! The board's green!!!! - the liioulu with lots less Mar 17, 08:15 1
- I shall expect orange on the twelfth of July... -- nm - MojaveMeg Mar 17, 08:19
so my mom's account of the last few days in japan was kind of interesting. - mafic Mar 17, 08:13 56
- that airport stuff is soooooo japan... - x Mar 17, 08:47 2
  - That sounds like a fairy tale. I almost don't believe you. :) -- nm - Don Homer Mar 17, 08:50 1
    - seriously. it was really weird....nm - x Mar 17, 08:51
- The day after the quake, my boss's commute in a taxi from downtown Tokyo to Narita took 9 hours. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 17, 08:36 3
  - "now turn around and take me home!" -- nm - mafic Mar 17, 08:45
  - how much did that end up costing? nm -- nm - groiny Mar 17, 08:37 1
    - I think he said it was around $500. -- nm - Mop (208 lbs) Mar 17, 08:45
- Yikes. Scary. Glad she's well. -- nm - Blinky the Three Eyed Fish Mar 17, 08:21
- Did she ping the geiger counter? And yay for mamafic! -- nm - Amy Mar 17, 08:19 3
  - nah. she doesn't think anyone did. at least nobody got pulled out of the line. -- nm - mafic Mar 17, 08:38 1
    - althought the counters now could just show the level on a display and have the volume turned off. -- nm - zork Mar 17, 08:40
  - that's a great name for her. -- nm - zork Mar 17, 08:20
- wow. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 08:16
- The free phones thing is awesome. kudos to them for that. -- nm - decline - Go Pitt Mar 17, 08:16 41
  - I'm positive we can't be getting the whole picture, because Japanese culture or not, is it really believable that any population would be this calm? - Name Withheld By Request Mar 17, 08:21 24
    - it's almost entirely cultural. outside the train stations in tokyo there tend to be thousands of bicycles, and no one locks them... - x Mar 17, 08:43 3
      - and if you leave your ATM card in teh machine, you might very well go back the next day to find it still there, or sitting on top, untouched. -- nm - znufrii Mar 17, 08:55
      - and the people are very polite about imposing on you, including imposing your emotions on others. -- nm - zork Mar 17, 08:51
      - huh. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:46
    - I was assuming it was because 1) the japanese view authority with more respect than we do and 2) the threat of radiation encouraging staying home -- nm - con_carne Mar 17, 08:33
    - In addition to what mara said, it's also about the level of trust people have in public institutions to do the right thing. -- nm - Roger More Mar 17, 08:31
    - totally believable. she said they're clearly really shaken up, but everyone's basically just carrying on as best they can. - mafic Mar 17, 08:27
    - i think so, yes. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 08:27
    - It's more about the lack of disparity between economic classes, I think. When sizeable portions of your population aren't carrying resentment against - mara Mar 17, 08:23 15
      - Great point, mara. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 17, 08:29
      - I dunno. I relate it to every instance of these disasters and how Canadians always appear ot grumble if the gov't isn't moving fast enough.... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 17, 08:27 12
        
        my mom said the embassy emergency numbers were useless, but also didn't think it was the government's job to get her out. - mafic Mar 17, 08:36
        
        there's grumbling, but i don't think we'd riot or loot either. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 08:28 10
        
        Riot, no. Looting... Depends how widespread. But there would be far more expectations. Of that, I have no doubt. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 17, 08:31
        
        Well, we might loot. Politely. Leaving IOUs. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 08:29 8
        
        heh. -- nm - decline - Go Pitt Mar 17, 08:31
        
        I think I'd loot. -- nm - Amy Mar 17, 08:30 2
        
        What do you need with all those shoes?? -- nm - Don Homer Mar 17, 08:33 1
        
        And all the stuff I'd take from salons and spas! -- nm - Amy Mar 17, 08:42
        
        i shouldn't say we wouldn't loot, i'm sure there would be some, especially if there was no food, etc. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 08:30 3
        
        people tend not to call it "looting" when it's food and medical supplies. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:32 2
        
        Um... yeah, sure. -- nm - Yahoo photo captioner Mar 17, 08:33 1
        
        and of course, it depends on the race of the people doing it. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:34
      - this is a very good point. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:27
  - the sleeping bags and pillows particularly impressed me. -- nm - mafic Mar 17, 08:18
  - sounds like it was handled a whole lot better than people trying to get out of Cairo or Tripoli. - loosilu Mar 17, 08:18 13
    - she said ticketing at the airport was total chaos. a family of four in front of her payed $30,000 to get tickets to london. - mafic Mar 17, 08:22 2
      - what's going on? this is the fifth time in a week that people have used the "word" payed. -- nm - zork Mar 17, 08:32 1
        
        it's late and I've been at the pub all night! -- nm - mafic Mar 17, 08:34
    - First World vs Third World -- nm - decline - Go Pitt Mar 17, 08:19 9
      - egypt and libya aren't third world. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:26 8
        
        by the original (though now obsolete) definition, they both were. -- nm - mafic Mar 17, 08:30 2
        
        so is Saudi Arabia. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:34 1
        
        in many ways I consider it to be. socially, culturally, human rights, etc... -- nm - decline - Go Pitt Mar 17, 08:37
        
        according to nationsonline they are -- (link) - decline - Go Pitt Mar 17, 08:29 4
        
        I stand corrected! thanks. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:30 3
        
        although those are just labels ( but I think you get my point :) ) -- nm - decline - Go Pitt Mar 17, 08:30 2
        
        woooo. you won the Loosi Game. -- nm - zork Mar 17, 08:33
        
        I do. But looking at the map, there is a whole lot of disparity among the countries in those regions. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:33
  - yeah, that's awesome. -- nm - Andie Mar 17, 08:16
- wow. Glad she's back safe. that's a hell of a story. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 08:15
If you didn't want me to beat the crap out of you, you shouldn't have said things that made me want to. -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 08:11 15
- I thought this might be a line from 'Justified'. -- nm - Diva Mar 17, 08:14 1
  - "Do you know where I'm from?" ... heheh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 08:18
- same argument or different from telling rape victims to not dress like they are asking for it? -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 08:12 10
  - different. way different. -- nm - TFox Mar 17, 08:13 9
    - I meant if I used it on people who made that argument. -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 08:15 8
      - Better one might be, "He was wearing a diamond encrusted Rolex, he was just asking to be mugged." -- nm - the liioulu with lots less Mar 17, 08:19
      - you would be supporting their argument. - TFox Mar 17, 08:17 4
        
        *cancells production of the GANG RAPE ME T shirts* nm -- nm - Hot Topic Mar 17, 08:21 1
        
        *switches to a large order of Best Analogy Ever t-shirts* -- nm - Hot Topic Mar 17, 08:22
        
        A better response would have been to draft a law castrating anyone involved in a gang rape of an 11 year old. - the liioulu with lots less Mar 17, 08:21 1
        
        Now this I can work with. -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 08:22
      - so they use the asking for it argument as a defense and then I use mine after I either kill them or beat them senseless. Just to be clear -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 08:16 1
        
        oh. -- nm - TFox Mar 17, 08:19
- He needed killin'. -- nm - TWuG Mar 17, 08:12 1
  - "Sometimes, you've just gotta put the rabid dog down." -- nm - Jesse si Mar 17, 08:16
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Erin go blargh! -- nm - TWuG Mar 17, 08:11

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