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- Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:45 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8832
- Views: 409856
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
I have a series of consecutive meetings today from 10 am to 9 pm. Welcome back from vacation!
- Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:11 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Dave in Seattle 2: Electric Boogaloo
- Replies: 115
- Views: 6738
Re: Dave in Seattle 2: Electric Boogaloo
The author of the New Yorker piece wrote a follow-up because of the huge amount of attention her article received. This one is about how NOT to die with the Pacific Northwest shakes and slides into the ocean. It's a nice balm to the panic caused by the other article. http://www.newyorker.com/tech/el...
- Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:53 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: What the fuck is wrong with people (thread)
- Replies: 1059
- Views: 61033
Re: What the fuck is wrong with people (thread)
I read it as Brian's mocking of all of the people who demand all Muslims apologize every time another Muslim commits an act of terrorism.bfj wrote:Good for you. I'm pretty sure there's a sentiment behind it that isn't so nice. If I'm wrong so be it.
- Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:36 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Rowdy Roddy Piper
- Replies: 6
- Views: 665
Re: Rowdy Roddy Piper
Rowdy Roddy was my pledge name in college. Never really knew why. I think it's just because my pledge dad found a kilt he wanted me to wear. (That was how we did fraternity pledge names. They picked them on Halloween and dressed us up).
- Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
- Replies: 271
- Views: 12341
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
howard 18-5
Pruitt 16-7
Shirley 10-13
Chedda 9-14
Duff 9-14
I had no idea on that Weird Al one. Kind of an odd clue, considering the relative popularity of Weird Al songs.
Pruitt 16-7
Shirley 10-13
Chedda 9-14
Duff 9-14
I had no idea on that Weird Al one. Kind of an odd clue, considering the relative popularity of Weird Al songs.
- Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8832
- Views: 409856
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Beijing is the first city to host a Summer and Winter Olympics. Time again to recommend "Beijing Welcomes You", by Tom Scocca, about the preparations by China for the 2008 games. Great book. Paraphrasing a Tweet I saw today. So in 2022, the World Cup will be held in winter and the Winter ...
- Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:52 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
- Replies: 271
- Views: 12341
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
howard 17-5
AB 13-9
Shirley 10-12
GPJ 9-13
Giff 9-13
Chedda 8-14
Duff 8-14
AB 13-9
Shirley 10-12
GPJ 9-13
Giff 9-13
Chedda 8-14
Duff 8-14
- Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:41 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp 6 Link Dump Extravaganza
- Replies: 1434
- Views: 108302
Re: Swamp 6 Link Dump Extravaganza
Incredible story and what a great kid.
- Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:02 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: AFC Championship - Pats/Colts
- Replies: 1941
- Views: 87983
Re: AFC Championship - Pats/Colts
I find most of the arguing back and forth about this issue tedious, but I love me some Ideal Gas Law, so I've enjoyed reading that part. I do find it interesting that so many people got the initial pressure readings wrong. I would have made the same mistake. That said, the "corrected" calc...
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:15 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
- Replies: 271
- Views: 12341
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
howard 16-4
Shirley 9-11
Shirley 9-11
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:40 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
- Replies: 271
- Views: 12341
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
howard 15-4
Pruitt 13-6
Bensell 12-7
AB 11-8
Giff 8-11
Shirley 8-11
BSF 7-12
Chedda 6-13
Trav 5-14
Pruitt 13-6
Bensell 12-7
AB 11-8
Giff 8-11
Shirley 8-11
BSF 7-12
Chedda 6-13
Trav 5-14
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:17 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
- Replies: 271
- Views: 12341
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Missed it, but FYI for those who use white to hide spoilers, that doesn't work for those of us who use the blue forum template.
- Sun Jul 26, 2015 9:51 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Tech Support
- Replies: 902
- Views: 86023
Re: Tech Support
I think we used some online site(s). Can't remember which, but I don't think it was Mavis Beacon. There are plenty of good ones.wlu_lax6 wrote:Another question. Anyone got a good recommendation for teaching kids to touch type? Is Mavis Beacon still the go to?
- Sun Jul 26, 2015 9:50 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Better than you
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1708
Re: Better than you
AJ Wood (asshole) I remember his name growing up. So I googled him. Interesting that at UVA he was never 1st or 2nd team all american but was Soccer America Player of the Year. Wonder if that goes to some of your commentary on him. I remember him at UVA. He was a pretty good goal scorer during a ti...
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:13 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
- Replies: 271
- Views: 12341
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
howard 14-4
Pruitt 12-6
GPJ 8-10
Shirley 8-10
Pruitt 12-6
GPJ 8-10
Shirley 8-10
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Autism Thread
- Replies: 300
- Views: 19818
Re: The Autism Thread
Is it not feasible for her to live at home, at least for a while? I guess the issue is she isn't safe by her self at home?
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:13 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3278
- Views: 193950
Re: Getting the spins
Nice... So far (about 3 1/2 hours in...and just to "High Plains Drifter) its incredible. My iTunes account is going to get a work out today, picking up some of these more obscure songs. And now....going from Public Enemy ("Bring The Noize") to The Eagles ("Those Shoes")... ...
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Tech Support
- Replies: 902
- Views: 86023
Re: Tech Support
I haven't tried talking to Cortana yet. I actually read an article on that on Lifehacker just this morning. I might have to give that a try. The thing with Cortana and Windows 10 in general is that much of the benefit comes from the use across multiple platforms. Well, I only have a PC and have no p...
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:04 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Tech Support
- Replies: 902
- Views: 86023
Re: Tech Support
What web browser are you kids using these days? I'm on Chrome right now but switching computers. Is IE still a joke or can I get by with it without having massive security issues? With my new Microsoft laptop, I used IE 11, because I was trying to be a good corporate boy and I figured all of the in...
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:11 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Mass Shootings Thread
- Replies: 943
- Views: 110570
Re: The Mass Shootings Thread
No chancedegenerasian wrote:I actually think the U.S. will one day go absolutely the other way, they will do what the US always seems to do, randomly demonize the whole subject and ban utterly anything that even so much as is gun shaped.
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:11 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Better than you
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1708
Re: Better than you
I got one for you, Shirley. Remember Doug Smith, a 3-point shooter who came off the bench for the UVA Brian Stith team? He lit me up in a pickup game at the Y one day; after that I knew better than to try and check him. I had seen him do the same to Nick Van Exel in a tourney game, so I didn't feel...
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:47 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
- Replies: 271
- Views: 12341
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
howard 13-4
Pruitt 11-6
Ryan 11-6
GPJ 7-10
BSF 7-10
Shirley 7-10
Duff 5-12
Pruitt 11-6
Ryan 11-6
GPJ 7-10
BSF 7-10
Shirley 7-10
Duff 5-12
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:45 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Better than you
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1708
Re: Better than you
I don't have a terrible impressive list. Soccer - In high school, I played against Rob Ukrop, who went on to lead the NCAA in scoring one year while taking Davidson to the Final Four. He played a lot of second-tier pro soccer and had a cup of coffee in the MLS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_U...
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:06 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
- Replies: 271
- Views: 12341
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Howard 12-4
Pruitt 10-6
Shirley 6-10
Chedda 4-12
Duff 4-12
Two in a row!
Pruitt 10-6
Shirley 6-10
Chedda 4-12
Duff 4-12
Two in a row!
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Better than you
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1708
Re: Better then you
Lacrosse (I have played against a fair number of Hall of Famers, Pros, All World, and All Americans): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gait" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; That's pretty awesome. It's going to be hard for anyone to beat playing with someone widely consider...
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:40 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC
- Replies: 1593
- Views: 162792
Re: Old Timey Music for Howard and DC
Man, I love Howlin' Wolf.
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:20 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Best Sit-Coms of All Time... Go!
- Replies: 91
- Views: 6128
Re: Best Sit-Coms of All Time... Go!
That was awesome. I LOLed at work.howard wrote:I'll raise a Richard Pryor written episode:
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:54 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
- Replies: 271
- Views: 12341
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
Dammed if you do.Gunpowder wrote:I won't comment because I might be kind of a spoiler.
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:53 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9211
- Views: 462985
Re: Random Politics
I couldn't watch it. I could barely understand Buckley. WTF is that accent? Similar to Thurston Howell III, bu not quite. Mid-Atlantic English. I think Kelsey Grammer is the last living person who talks that way. That was an interesting wiki. I've always wondered why old actors and actresses talked...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
- Replies: 271
- Views: 12341
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
howard 11-4
Shirley 5-10
I was just about to give up when the proper guess came to me.
Shirley 5-10
I was just about to give up when the proper guess came to me.
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Tech Support
- Replies: 902
- Views: 86023
Re: Tech Support
Corporate shill. I upgraded to Windows 10, because IE 11 was driving me fucking crazy. I'm hoping Edge is better. And Chrome barely works at all on this laptop for some reason. It's funny all the bitching around my office lately. We've had to switch from Gmail to Outlook, Webex to Skype for Busines...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:57 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
- Replies: 271
- Views: 12341
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
howard 10-4
Ryan 10-4
Pruitt 8-6
Bensell 8-6
Shirley 4-10
Duff 3-11
Ryan 10-4
Pruitt 8-6
Bensell 8-6
Shirley 4-10
Duff 3-11
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:52 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Tech Support
- Replies: 902
- Views: 86023
Re: Tech Support
I've never really had any luck with any 3rd party tools, so I don't bother with them. My new laptop from Microsoft is just set up with Windows Defender and MS is pretty serious about their computer security. I'd recommend sticking with that. BTW, I just put Windows 10 on my laptop and this is my fir...
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:47 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8832
- Views: 409856
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
I saw a license plate today that said (and I'm not leaving anything out):
SO G8FUL
SO G8FUL
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:48 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: What?? Are you drinking?
- Replies: 933
- Views: 33716
Re: What?? Are you drinking?
Sounds delicious
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:36 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Golf - "The" Open
- Replies: 108
- Views: 5132
Re: Golf - "The" Open
Or eat at Perkins.
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:07 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
- Replies: 875
- Views: 63441
Re: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
I had no idea.Johnny Carwash wrote:By the technical definition of the term, there are no active battleships in any navy in the world.
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:10 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Guns: Infinity
- Replies: 1441
- Views: 66936
Re: Guns: Infinity
Wow. That possibility is going to freak some people out. Maybe rightfully so.
- Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:03 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
- Replies: 271
- Views: 12341
Re: Final Jeopardy! Challenge July 2015
howard 9-4
Bensell 8-5
Shirley 4-9
Pulled that one out of my ass.
Bensell 8-5
Shirley 4-9
Pulled that one out of my ass.
- Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Commercials
- Replies: 919
- Views: 54262
Re: Commercials
But doesn't he still play in the MLS?