"Quality Planning — a company that validates policyholder info for auto insurers put together this list based on data gathered between August 2007 and September 2008, using a sample size of 1.7 million vehicles."
- Brian Chang
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Re-shared from my friend Roseanne's feed (which I think came from her Google Reader).
- Brian Chang
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Dear Coach Tedford: now that it's been about 12 hours and the euphoria has died down, I'd just like to point out that taking a knee on 3rd and 9 with 2:42 left when you're only up 3 against a team that has scored on you in sub-2 minute drives is probably not a good idea. I know my only play calling experience is on the PlayStation, but come on.
They're doing it wrong. You need to have an R2-skinned case with R2 sounds. You could do a 3PO one for those who want a golden-rod iPhone. Or a furry Ewok one. :)
- Dan Hsiao
No, Dan, *you* need to have an R2-skinned case with R2 sounds. har har.
- Christopher Chung
You don't want to sell me Star Wars iPhone cases. You want to go home and rethink your life.
- Brian Chang
"I'm not really what you'd call a winner. Oh sure, I'm a lawyer, but that's only because I took the bar exam in Alaska, where they only have, like, four laws. And most of them are about when you can and cannot kill... seals..."
"English couple Caroline and Steve Cartwright have a healthy sex life. But it doesn’t sound healthy. According to BBC News, their love-making sounds to neighbors like “murder” and has been described as “unnatural.” So prudish those Brits."
- Brian Chang
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"Apparently, Caroline Cartwright is the noisy one in the couple. She was convicted of “breaching a noise abatement notice.”"
- Brian Chang
"But when Mr. Bradford, a skinny, short 19-year-old resident of the Farragut Houses, was arrested the next day as a suspect in a robbery, the words took on a level of importance that no one in their wildest dreams — least of all Mr. Bradford — could have imagined. They became his alibi."
- Brian Chang
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"Mr. Reuland acknowledges that, in principle, anyone who knew Mr. Bradford’s username and password could have typed the Facebook update, but he regards it as unlikely in this case. “This implies a level of criminal genius that you would not expect from a young boy like this; he is not Dr. Evil,” Mr. Reuland said, adding that the Facebook entry was just “the icing on the cake,” since his...
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- Dan Hsiao
Heard about this on the radio. Didn't know it was in my hood! But seriously... criminal genius? What are they talking about? A scheming 11-year-old could come up with this plan, no? Or at least the facebook part.
- Christopher Chung
"The Rules are simple. For each case the Supreme Court grants cert, predict: -The Outcome of the Case (Affirm or Reverse the lower Court) -The Split (9-0, 8-1, 7-2, 6-3, 5-4, 4-1-4, or fragmented) - The Justices in the Majority, and the Justices in the Dissent At the end of the Term, the Associate Justice who predicts the most cases correctly will be confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Fantasy Supreme Court League, and win a to-be-determined prize."
- Brian Chang
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Facebook should give its users a (better) hide function and tell them to shut up about wanting a "Dislike Button" already. I didn't join Facebook in pursuit of a user opinion poll on the things I post.
The Glee cast is so ridiculously talented. Though it seems slightly odd that they had Kristin Chenoweth guest star in an episode and didn't find a way to have her as part of this number (since she was the original Glinda).
- Dan Hsiao
Yeah they are great. We saw Lea Michele (Rachel) in Spring Awakening about a year ago. She was very good (the whole musical was).
- Benjamin Golub
@Dan - I think the main difficulty there was that Kristin Chenowith's story arc lasted only that one episode, and the episode that this number is in hasn't aired yet.
- Brian Chang
Yeah, it didn't really fit in with the way her character was written... but I also feel like they didn't necessarily pick the best pieces for her. How awesome would it have been if she did "Popular"? Anyway, I'm really behind in this show so should find time to catch up :(
- Dan Hsiao
I really liked the duet they did together, I think it was Maybe This Time. But it isn't really fair making anyone go up against Kristin Chenoweth
- Benjamin Golub
I dunno... i feel like Lea Michele sounded better than Kristin in their duel... Lea Michele's voice is freakin' amazing.
- Dan Hsiao
Dan, did you see them perform the national anthem at the world's series?
- Jeannie Choi
I was impressed. The songs on the show are very over produced, you know? So I was skeptical about their actual singing talent, but wowzers, they can sing well live and a capella, not an easy feat.
- Jeannie Choi
Agree Jeannie - why do they have to super-synthesize the songs on an otherwise fine show? it's hecka annoying
- Felicia Yue
xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe - http://xkcd.com/658/
"Making matters worse, it appears that one Mr. David Pogue didn't have this problem, as his iPhone: The Missing Manual was approved with title and icon intact."
- Brian Chang
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A parody (even though this is not indicated in the title or description) of DirecTV commercials. Funny in the "Awww, too soon?" kind of way.
- Brian Chang
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Funny, except the Droid goes from being Vader to Admiral Motti, and the iPhone goes from being Obi-Wan to Vader.
- Dan Hsiao
Yeah, it's not so much a spoof of the Star Wars scene as it is two phones taunting each other using as many Star Wars references as they can. Had it gone on for another panel, one of them probably would have called the other a scruffy-looking nerf herder.
- Brian Chang
Dan...um, how to say this...you just brought it to a whole 'nother level of geekdom. Due respect :-)
- Felicia Yue
"By removing the bustle of street names, traffic flows and landmarks, nothing is left but the city's organizational beauty."
- Brian Chang
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TMNT (the CGI Ninja Turtles movie that came out a few years back) is way underrated. Plus it has some good voice acting from Patrick Stewart.