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bfj wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:32 pm MF Doom. To be fair, I have no idea who this is. But everything I’m reading is saying he’s legendary.

And he has been dead since Halloween but nobody was saying anything about it.
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The Aqua Teen Hunger Force album MF Doom did with Danger Mouse is actually pretty awesome even if you’re not a ATHF fan.
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brian wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:37 pm The Aqua Teen Hunger Force album MF Doom did with Danger Mouse is actually pretty awesome even if you’re not a ATHF fan.
I’ll check that out. I am an ATHF fan.
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Yea, he wasn't mainstream by any means, but he was really, really good.

Vox did this story about the best rappers of all time. He's mentioned.

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Jammed The Mouse and the Mask last night and Madvillainy this morning. He had a verse on one of my top tracks this year. Fucking sucks.
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Do “the mummers” count? Because there will be some dead mummers in a month or so.
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Heaven needed a string band.

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oh...

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Johnny Carwash wrote: Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:48 pm Adobe Flash Player
A few months ago, I got the assignment of adding to our software that is installed on our instruments to remove Adobe Flash when doing a software upgrade.

I spent a bunch of time figuring out how to write a power shell script to do it...and have that be part of our install process. And then a day after I submitted my code review, one of my upper management sent me a link to a story about how Microsoft had just released a patch to windows to do exactly what I was doing.
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I was just going to post this. During the late 60s and very early 70s, he was the only good thing about the Broncos. He also had a very good reputation in the Denver community.
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At the time, pretty much the only Bronco anyone had heard of.
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"What a bunch of pedantic pricks." - sybian
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sancarlos wrote: Sat Jan 02, 2021 6:25 pm NBA Hall-of-Famer Paul Westphal
Paul Westphal was drafted by the Celtics in ‘72, yet traded three seasons later to Phoenix along with ‘75 and ‘76 2nd round picks for Charlie Scott. Scott was the Celtics’ shooting guard for a couple seasons, shooting a respectable 17-18 ppg, before being traded mid-season to the Lakers in ‘78 for Don Chaney and Kermit Washington. Westphal didn’t get many minutes for the Celtics (they were a very good/great team during his time there), but once he got minutes in Phoenix, he became one of the best players in the NBA, including being named to 1st of 2nd team All-NBA shortly after for a run of five years.

The Celtics hit (relative) rock bottom in ‘78 when they slid to 32-50, which qualified them to draft 6th in that draft, and they used that pick to draft and stash Larry Bird.

Curious if they entrusted Westphal to form a dynamic 1-2 punch with Jo Jo White instead of Charlie Scott...if they would’ve cratered to 32-50 and been in a position to draft Bird. Then again, maybe Bird would’ve fallen to the 10th or 12th pick anyway? I forget. I was 7 at the time.
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:54 pm
Johnny Carwash wrote: Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:48 pm Adobe Flash Player
A few months ago, I got the assignment of adding to our software that is installed on our instruments to remove Adobe Flash when doing a software upgrade.

I spent a bunch of time figuring out how to write a power shell script to do it...and have that be part of our install process. And then a day after I submitted my code review, one of my upper management sent me a link to a story about how Microsoft had just released a patch to windows to do exactly what I was doing.
So, what does losing Flash Player mean to a lay person? Anything?
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Literally nothing.
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sancarlos wrote: Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:02 pm So, what does losing Flash Player mean to a lay person? Anything?
It’s an old enough technology and there’s been enough warning that any decent website replaced it awhile ago but some older websites may not work anymore.
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sancarlos wrote: Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:02 pm So, what does losing Flash Player mean to a lay person? Anything?
Any cool-looking (by contemporary standards) web animation you saw in the early 2000's was probably made with it.
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Johnny Carwash wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:09 am
sancarlos wrote: Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:02 pm So, what does losing Flash Player mean to a lay person? Anything?
Any cool-looking (by contemporary standards) web animation you saw in the early 2000's was probably made with it.
And a lot of shit animation as well.
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I haven't used a browser that easily played Flash in long while. The only time I ever ran into issues was trying to use some airlines' shitty video players.
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Gerry Marsden, the man responsible for Liverpool's pre match anthem You'll Never Walk Alone

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BFJ is the town wizard who runs a magic shop. He also has a golem that he has trained to attack anti-Semites.
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Baloney wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:41 am Gerry Marsden, the man responsible for Liverpool's pre match anthem You'll Never Walk Alone

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-55529280
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bfj wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:42 am Tanya Roberts

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I seem to recall a tasteful Playboy pictorial many moons ago featuring Ms. Roberts.
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sancarlos wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 2:47 pm I seem to recall a tasteful Playboy pictorial many moons ago featuring Ms. Roberts.
As do I.

An unsung Charlie's Angel.
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I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
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rass wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:14 pm NOT DEAD YET?
{Rass zips up}
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bfj wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:55 pm
rass wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:14 pm NOT DEAD YET?
{Rass zips up}
{puts the ferret back in the sack}
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rass wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:59 pm
bfj wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:55 pm
rass wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:14 pm NOT DEAD YET?
{Rass zips up}
{puts the ferret back in the sack}
Points. Pouch or sack would have been accepted there.
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rass wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:59 pm
bfj wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:55 pm
rass wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:14 pm NOT DEAD YET?
{Rass zips up}
{puts the ferret back in the sack}
Eh, better go through with it, just in case.
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I guess she's really gone this time
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Caillou

The one kid show that my wife absolutely hated.
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Rest in fucking hell, Caillou.
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Yeah what a little shit.
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rass wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:25 am Caillou

The one kid show that my wife absolutely hated.
Me too, it was the WORST! Funny reading the negative comments in the article, because that had to be the least offensive show imaginable. He was rude and condescending? Did they make new episodes where they gave him a personality? It was just bland as fuck. And 10 years later, I still have his shopping list stuck in my head because he memorized by singing the list repeatedly.

OMG, Jake Tapper was all over 10 years ago (except he put the first half of the list at the end)


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Caillou was just a whiner, plain and simple. Just an annoying turd of a child you would walk away from as soon as the opportunity presented itself.
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