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Anthony is honored to have just met - and exchanged courtesies with - the President of the United States. And that was, as the kids say, pretty effin’ cool.
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Now bring on the vodka.
- Anthony Citrano
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Cool, tell us more.
- jcunwired
I'll drink to that!
- Michael McKean
@jc that's about all there is to tell... so far, anyway. (still at the dinner)
- Anthony Citrano
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Give him a fistbump for me. :)
- Yolanda
Okay, I'll give you that one. That is pretty effin' cool. :)
- WorldofHiglet
Cool. :-)
- Håkan Dahlström
Sweetness! Very neat indeed, Anthony! :)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
pretty cool!
- Josh Haley
Very Cool!
- Michael Fidler
Nice ! Details man, details. Where was this ?
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
Cool!
- Nicholas James
sweet!
- Jenny Morman
Wow!
- Anthony K. Valley ©
you promised us you'd say some dramatic line to him, did ya panic and go with "wussup?"
- Steve C
@Steve: actually no, I cried like a little girl and peed myself, as is my longstanding personal tradition whenever meeting current or former Heads of State. It's simply good protocol; they seem to love it...
- Anthony Citrano
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P.S.: I promised nuthin’ dude
- Anthony Citrano
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Somehow I believe you, Anthony but still - pics or it didn't happen!
- WorldofHiglet
@WoH: "somehow?" ha, gee thanks! There are no pics of this one, I'm afraid (although there are almost surely pool pics of me at the ropeline early in the night) and believe me it bugs me more than the rest o' yaz. Hopefully @ the next one I get a proper photo op.
- Anthony Citrano
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You're the coolest!
- Shevonne
@ahsan: dinner at the Beverly Hilton last night. (sorry, overlooked your q.)
- Anthony Citrano
:) You LA folk have personal photographers documenting your every move don't you?!? Don't tell me that not true because I saw it on the tv....Anyway, it must have been a very special moment. I hope you didn't cry and pee too much o_O
- WorldofHiglet
Cooler than that Best of Day thread about jock itch?
- Matthew DeVries
Coolness, man, coolness :)
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
Where can we read about it Anthony?
- Charlie Anzman
@charlie: about my personal moment (A: right here), or about the President coming to LA? (A: just about anywhere; pick your media poison.)
- Anthony Citrano
SO, can you tell us a little more about other than the wetting/crying?
- WorldofHiglet
Even though I can't stand Obama, I have to admit, your getting to meet the president is pretty cool.
- Joey Gibson
@WoH - I don't think I'll get into the blow-by-blow here (there's absolutely nothing of substance anyway.) However, I will almost surely draw on the experience for a future article.
- Anthony Citrano
Well I hope you do deign to share some little details with us sometime. When you can be bothered. In other news, did you see the new YouTube video from the WhiteHouseTV entitled "OMG!!!!! I met Anthony Citrano!!!!! For REALS!!!!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I hear it's going viral....
- WorldofHiglet
WoH: don't make fun o' me! we've already determined I cry easily. ;)
- Anthony Citrano
Ooopsie - my bad. I forgot you were such a delicate little flower :)
- WorldofHiglet
If you shook his hand, you have been changed. : )
- Phil Boiarski
@Phil - I did twice. Should I not have showered? ;)
- Anthony Citrano
holy sylvia pawjoli (sp?)
- anna sauce
You can shower, but only use your left hand. No, wait, that sounds wrong.....
- WorldofHiglet
Awesome! Haven't yet met Obama, but meeting presidents is cool. He's one I hope to meet in the future.
- Mitchell Tsai
key question - did you ask him about crotch grabbing?
- Richard Lawler
@richard: working for Clinton taught me, at a fairly young age, to never ask Presidents crotch questions.
- Anthony Citrano
where's the openness and transparency in that?
- Richard Lawler
@richard: i'll try to do better. i let pragmatism get in the way.
- Anthony Citrano
Yay! My astigmatism is gone. Went to my annual eye exam. For the 1st in 22 years, I have no astigmatism - just regular near-sightedness.
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Never knew astigmatism can come and go. Good to know. And congrats! =)
- ronin
Wow
- Rodfather
Do you miss it? Do you want mine? (Just diagnosed with one this year after 19 years of just being near-sighted.) And this is how the universe keeps it balance?
- SAM
Ronin: For the past 23 years, my right eye has been floating between -3.25 & -4.75, and my left eye between -2.75 and -3.75. The astigmatism ranges from -0.25 to -1.0 (Don't remember if it ever went over -1.0). Wish I were better organized. I don't know how much the astigmatism rotated over the years. Astigmatism started when I had a bad bout of manic depression in 1986.
- Mitchell Tsai
SAM: How much is your astigmatism?
- Mitchell Tsai
Just got 2 pairs of new glasses for $105.44 ($99 + tax) at Eyemasters. New lenses would have been the same price or more (so I got two $59.95 frames for free).
- Mitchell Tsai
My friend Rani got her glasses for $5 in India. Wish I could get those prices. :-) Of course, $5 in India is one week's salary...
- Mitchell Tsai
Mitchell, I had detectable astigmatism for about 4 years in my 30s, but it went away.
- ha3rvey (free hugs!)
Ha3rvey: Did anything in particular help your astigmatism go away? In my case, it might have been weeks of scanning slot machines in the distance looking for 100+% machines. :-)
- Mitchell Tsai
I have no idea what happened. Each exam, it went down. My optometrist just shrugged shoulders and said "it happens"
- ha3rvey (free hugs!)
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I have astigatism as well, but I have no idea what state it's at right now
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
wow i never knew it could go away!
- Liz
As hotel room prices sink, quality of casino guests also takes dive [Jane Ann Morrison, Las Vegas Review Journal - 11/2/09] - http://www.lvrj.com/news...
The recession officially began in December 2007, and he noticed the change early in 2008, as room rates sank. "There are more cigarette burns on the carpet, more flat screen TVs broken, more holes in the walls." People are throwing things and breaking televisions that cost $2,000 to $3,000. Plus, there are more cases where security responds to domestic violence in the rooms.
- Mitchell Tsai
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In March 2003, bemoaning that with war looming in the Middle East, the average Strip midweek room rate was down 24 percent to $104 and the average weekend rate was down 11 percent ... to $249. By the end of 2007, the average daily rate was more than $132.
- Mitchell Tsai
Fast-forward to last Fourth of July, a three-day weekend, when the average room rate was just over $94, barely higher than the most recent average rates. This August, the average daily room rate was not quite $93, a year-to-date drop of 25 percent from last August, when it was $124.
- Mitchell Tsai
Golden Nugget parent company agrees to buyout deal [Arnold Knightly, Las Vegas Review Journal - 11/3/09] - http://www.lvrj.com/news...
Landry’s Restaurants Tuesday reached a buyout deal with its top executive to take the parent company of the Golden Nugget private in a transaction valued at $1.2 billion including debt. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tilman Fertitta had his offer of $14.75 per share in cash accepted by the company’s board of directors, a 37 percent premium on Monday’s closing price of $10.76 per share.
- Mitchell Tsai
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Fertitta, who owns nearly 55.1 percent of the company’s stock, would acquire all shares of Landry’s that he does not own. The transaction is subject to Landry’s refinancing a portion of its $915.3 million debt load. Bond analyst Barbara Cappaert of KDP Investment Advisors priced Fertitta’s out-of-pocket expense to acquire the stock he does not already own at $108 million.
- Mitchell Tsai
Their valuables gone, like their ladies of the night [Abigail Goldman, Las Vegas Sun - 11/4/09] - http://www.lasvegassun.com/news...
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People in the company of Clark County prostitutes collectively reported having $1.4 million in cash and goods stolen from them during the first nine months of this year — dupes of a larceny genre better known to police as the “trick roll.”
- Mitchell Tsai
Ohio casinos will mean competition for Pa., W.Va. [Gary Rotstein, Post-Gazette - 11/5/09] - http://www.post-gazette.com/pg...
Passage of Issue 3, as it was called in Ohio, is expected to lead to opening as early as 2012 of casinos providing both table games and slot machines in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo.
- Mitchell Tsai
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More affected than the southwestern Pennsylvania casinos, however, is MTR Gaming Group, the West Virginia-based firm that owns Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort in Chester; Presque Isle Downs, an Erie County racetrack-casino just over an hour from Cleveland; and Scioto Downs, a Columbus harness track still denied the right to have slot machines or table games.
- Mitchell Tsai
When Presque Isle Downs opened, officials said they were counting on Ohioans to make up at least one-fifth of their customers. The casino, which generated $13 million in revenue last month, already places eighth of the nine Pennsylvania casinos in revenue.
- Mitchell Tsai
And at Mountaineer, where more than half of the customers come from Ohio, revenue was off 11 percent in the third quarter of 2009 from a year ago.
- Mitchell Tsai
Red Hawk Casino manager cites results 'below expectations' [Sacramento Bee - 11/6/09] - http://www.sacbee.com/busines...
Owned by the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. Red Hawk has underperformed since opening last December. Red Hawk cut staffing to around 1,500 full-time equivalent employees, down from 1,750 on opening day.
- Mitchell Tsai
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Lakes Entertainment, based in Minnetonka, Minn., said operating earnings in the third quarter came to $723,000, compared with a $484,000 loss the year before. Net income totaled $2.3 million, or 9 cents a share, compared with last year's loss of $5.7 million, or 23 cents a share. Revenue fell to $6.6 million from $8.4 million, mainly because of a one-time gain in revenue last year of $1.8 million.
- Mitchell Tsai
ChexSystems Consumer Website - https://www.consumerdebit.com/consume...
ChexSystems Consumer Assistance The Chex Systems, Inc. network is comprised of member Financial Institutions that regularly contribute information on mishandled checking and savings accounts to a central location. ChexSystems shares this information among member institutions to help them assess the risk of opening new accounts.
- Mitchell Tsai
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Just got 2 pairs of new glasses for $105.44 ($99 + tax) at Eyemasters. NO Astigmatism for the 1st time since 1986.
I really wonder, sometimes...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
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...about what?
- Mitchell Tsai
What Are the Odds of Being Dealt a Royal Flush? [JOhn Robison, Casino City Times - 8/23/08] - http://robison.casinocitytimes.com/article...
How are video poker hands dealt?
- Mitchell Tsai
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In Video Poker Mania, Dwight Crevelt says that all 10 cards that might be used for a video poker hand are selected when you press the Deal button. Five cards are displayed. The remaining five cards are used in one of two ways. One way is to keep them in a stack and cards are dealt from the stack to replace discards. This is called "serial draw." "Parallel draw" is the other method, the...
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- Mitchell Tsai
Video Poker Mania was published in 1991 and things have changed since then.
- Mitchell Tsai
Fast forward to the late 1990s. In a presentation at a day-long seminar for slot operators at the World Gaming Congress, James Maida of Gaming Labs International (GLI) described a group of RNG cheats in the midwest. One of the people in the group was the son of a slot distributor, so he had access to the game EPROM and disassembled the code to figure out the RNG algorithm. With the algorithm, he was able to write an RNG simulator program.
- Mitchell Tsai
When a video poker machine selects all 10 cards at once, a cheat has all the time in the world until he presses the Draw button to figure out what the five replacement cards are. The cheats played a few hands and entered them into the RNG simulator program, which had the RNG algorithm and was able to determine where the RNG was in its cycle. Once the program knew that, they were able to enter the five cards they were dealt and have the program tell them the five cards that would be used to replace discards.
- Mitchell Tsai
Because of this incident, Nevada changed its video poker regulations to require that machines select five cards on the draw, continue cycling the RNG, and then select replacement cards only after the Draw button is pressed.
- Mitchell Tsai
The Standards for Gaming Devices document on GLI's site implies that they prefer that video poker machines select replacement cards only after the Draw button is pressed, but that it is not required. The method used depends on the regulations in your jurisdiction.
- Mitchell Tsai
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3rd picture is a 10-Play Dealt Royal in hearts ( Video Poker ) The odds of a dealt royal flush are 1 in 649,740. I've seen two. Saw a 3-play dealt royal at the Orleans ($6,609.00 for a $3.75 bet) a few months ago.
- Mitchell Tsai
Picasa Album is http://picasaweb.google.com/MitchTs... Slideshow http://picasaweb.google.com/MitchTs... This collection is of other people's hands that I saw during my last trip to Las Vegas (10/21/09-11/2/09). None of these hands are mine.
- Mitchell Tsai
Contact improvisation - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Contact improvisation (CI) is a dance technique in which points of physical contact provide the starting point for exploration through movement improvisation. Contact Improvisation is a form of dance improvisation and is one of the best-known and most characteristic forms of postmodern dance.
- Mitchell Tsai
The first performance work recognized as Contact Improvisation is Steve Paxton's Magnesium (1972) which was performed by Paxton and dance students at Oberlin College. Five months after Magnesium Paxton led the first Contact Improvisation performance series at the John Weber Art Gallery in New York City where dancers performed Contact Improvisation in marathon fashion on mats.
- Mitchell Tsai
Job Offer [One project]: Lisa at Contact Quarterly (CQ) is looking for a web programmer for a project. http://ff.im/b6H9k
- Mitchell Tsai
Any one looking for website work (Javascript maybe)?
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My friend Nita Little is looking for her friend Lisa....She is trying to "struggling to bring CQ [Contact Quarterly] website into a new existence while getting ready to leave [on tour] ... etc. i may as well ask you: DO YOU KNOW a javascript programmer--web maker who knows advanced programming? if you do, please send a name...." anyone know of help for her? I will pass it on. Help will be greatly appreciated. Hope this note finds you all well. Thanks, Nita Nita Little (Nelson) nitalittle@me.com nlnel@ucdavis.edu nita@nitalittle.com www.nitalittle.com
- Mitchell Tsai
Contact Quarterly is about modern dance...specifically the form called "Contact Improvisation" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... See http://ff.im/b6Hmg
- Mitchell Tsai
Best Savings Accounts Up To 2.50% APY [Bankaholic - 7/10/09] - http://www.bankaholic.com/best-sa...
Bank of Internet USA jumped to the top of our rankings of nationally-available accounts by paying 2.50% APY on its Advantage Savings, with a $100 minimum deposit.
- Mitchell Tsai
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Earn 2.25% With A Top Savings Account - http://www.bankaholic.com/earn-2-...
SFGI Direct, the online division of Summit Community Bank in Moorefield, W. Va., is paying 2.25% APY with a minimum deposit of only $500.
- Mitchell Tsai
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Frontier Alone At Top Of 2-Year CD Rates - http://www.bankaholic.com/frontie...
It did that by raising the best rate on its “Silver CDs” to 2.55% APY from 2.50% APY at a time most banks are lowering their returns.
- Mitchell Tsai
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Secured credit cards with decent fees ($18-36/yr). Most charge $50-200/yr.
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Orchard Bank ($35 annual fee, waived 1st year) http://www.landing.orchardbank.com/1... http://orchardbank.com/ecare... http://in.answers.yahoo.com/questio...
- Mitchell Tsai
Bank of America ($29 annual fee) http://www.financeglobe.com/Finance... $300-10,000
- Mitchell Tsai
National City Bank ($3/month = $36/year) heard about it in a branch.
- Mitchell Tsai
Bankrate.com and creditcards.com are usually pretty good, but they are lousy at rating credit cards for people who need to rebuild credit. Fees to watch out for are (1) sign-up fee (2) monthly/annual fee (3) credit limit increase fee (4) closing fee - Some good info http://askmrcreditcard.com/secured... http://www.creditscoring.com/credits...
- Mitchell Tsai
US Bank ($35 annual fee) http://usbank.com/cgi_w... 0% interest
- Mitchell Tsai
Wells Fargo ($18 annual fee) https://wellsfargo.com/credit_...
- Mitchell Tsai
Citibank ($29 annual fee) https://citicards.com/cards... http://www.bankaholic.com/finance... Only for people who've never had a credit card before. The CD has a 4.07% APY for 18-months.
- Mitchell Tsai
Fifth Third Bank ($24 annual fee) https://www.53.com/wps... 0.15% interest ($1,000 = $22.50 cost)
- Mitchell Tsai
National City Bank has a 3.25% + 0.15% Savings account for Ohio residents
Read http://fatwallet.com/forums... and https://libertysavingsbank.com/savenow... While there are no minimum deposit requirements or fees for the use of the account, participants are limited to $5,000 in the average daily balance that may be credited the three percent interest rate incentive at the end of the program period." Therefore, on $5000 at 3.25%, that's a free $162.50 in interest.
- Mitchell Tsai
National City Bank also offers $75 to people who open a bank account on-line ($150 offer requires that you have received a targeted promotional letter). https://www.nationalcity.com/persona...
- Mitchell Tsai
The Treasurer is limited by section 135.63 of the Revised Code to investing no more than twelve percent of the state’s total average investment portfolio in all linked deposit programs, including SaveNOW. This program would be available initially on a first-come, first-served basis until $25 million of deposits are spoken for by participants. * While there are no minimum deposit...
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- Mitchell Tsai
iHome iH16 Portable Speaker System for iPod - $44.99 [Amazon] - http://www.amazon.com/iHome-i...
Some good reviews on this. Anyone tried it? MGM is offering this for 17,750 pts ($59.17) in their 2009 holiday shopping. http://holidaygiftshoppecatalog.com/catalog...
- Mitchell Tsai
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Sold for $48.99 on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/SDI-iHo...
- Mitchell Tsai
The color, form and design looks cool to me.
- TrafficBug
857 Estancia Way (Zillow) http://zillow.com/homedet...
$285,000 (1999 sale) -> $490,000 (2002 sale) -> $708,000 (2006) -> $447,000 (2009) -> $535,000
- Mitchell Tsai
Credit card info
Best Credit cards (for good credit) http://creditkarma.com/creditc...
- Mitchell Tsai
Chase Picks Up the Tab - Sweepstakes Rules [10/1/09-12/31/09] enter 5 times/day (10 times/week) for possible $200. - http://www.isiserver.com/cputt6...
Daily entry form (no purchase needed) http://www.isiserver.com/cputt6... This is also better if you charge less than $200.
- Mitchell Tsai
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Doing my 5 entries for today...
- Mitchell Tsai
is doing a massive backup of my MacBook Pro after it came back from the shop (Stuffing the Mail & Document folders). Also sorting through 300 GB of my pictures on one of my backup drives (750 GB) - I had them all over the place, and I'm still looking for some of the 2008-2009 pics. Going through 2 years of backups to make one consolidated backup.
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Since my computer hard drive (232 GB) isn't big enough to hold all my files (~500-750 GB), my backups are scattered across 5 drives & it's a mess. I ordered a new 1 TB drive (only $87!) to help with the backup situation. Also have a 500 GB pocket drive to help when I'm on the road. My first pocket drive was 20 GB ($100), then 120 GB (also ~$100-130), and now 500 GB.
- Mitchell Tsai
2009: 27,000+ pics (113 GB), 2008 28,000 pics (162 GB). ~140,000 pics since I first bought a camera in November 2005.
- Mitchell Tsai
Bad news: Car broke down in Lake Tahoe 11 pm. Good news: AAA Plus covers $1,000 of hotel, meals, taxis...so I'm staying at the Grand Hyatt http://laketahoe.hyatt.com Walking distance from the mechanic. Casino rate is $89 (+ $18 resort fee + 13% tax = $121) which is way better than the $297 normal rate. I'm hoping the car is cheap to fix, but that...
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the mechanic will need 1-2 days to ship parts. I don't have to be in Las Vegas until Friday for the "Summer of 69" Blackjack tournament.
- Mitchell Tsai
Sorry to hear it but glad you have AAA Plus. There are worse places to break down!
- Spidra Webster
This is a COOL benefit of AAA Plus (Trip Insurance), which I didn't know about until the tow truck guy mentioned it. I'm definitely keeping AAA Plus. I may end up paying for 10 yrs of memberships with this one Tahoe visit. The claims rep said there was no cap on restaurant charges! (aside from the $1,000).
- Mitchell Tsai
Had a great cajun steak & french onion soup last night at 2:30 am ($30).
- Mitchell Tsai
P.S. I just did a major 60,000 maintenance 2 days ago ($502) at my mechanic in San Rafael, CA, so I'm not expecting the repairs to be too crazy. Since my Marin mechanic just looked at the car, it'll help prevent me from unexpected charges by the mechanic in Tahoe.
- Mitchell Tsai
[Summary] Trip would have been $1,200 without AAA plus or discounts. Mechanic offered to cover 1/2 of the $292 repair bill. I played $10 free play at the Hyatt up to $147 (which means I covered my half of the repair bill $146 ... by $1). Restaurants in Tahoe were lukewarm (but paid by AAA Plus). The buffalo tenderloin (Lakeside Grille) and smoothies (Moose's Juice in town) were my...
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- Mitchell Tsai
Sounds like you made an uneventful incident into a good vacation.
- imabonehead
James, it was a fantastic vacation. Some video poker highlights http://ff.im/9A0Gt It's beautiful at Lake Tahoe. My first time at the Hyatt was excellent!
- Mitchell Tsai
[Update 11/5/09] I called Access America (the insurance company which works for AAA Plus) and they said that my $504.32 claim was approved & a check mailed on 10/30/09 from Virginia. Yay! Free vacation in Lake Tahoe rocked!!!
- Mitchell Tsai
Biomedics 55 Contact Lenses (8 for $13.95 - $1.75 each) [Contact Lens King] - http://www.contactlensking.com/biomedi...
Contact Lens King had a $4.95 handling fee on my last order. 1-800-Contacts has a price-match (-2%) offer with NO handling fee and FREE shipping.
- Mitchell Tsai
My Frequency 55 Aspheric (normally $30/box) are $12.85/box ($2.14 each) http://contactlensking.com/frequen... Update (8/5/09) $14.95/box (price increase) $23.49-27.49 at 1-800-contacts
- Mitchell Tsai
Focus Daily 90-pack is $33.45/box ($0.37 each) http://contactlensking.com/focusda... I may try the daily-wear lenses next month with my optometrist. $33.95 (on 8/5/09)
- Mitchell Tsai
Current contacts & glasses prescriptions. http://picasaweb.google.com/MitchTs... I have an eye appointment for Fri noon.
- Mitchell Tsai
Do You Skip Television Commercials or Let Them Roll? - TV - Lifehacker - http://lifehacker.com/5396026...
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"Nielsen has recently reported that 46% of viewers aren't skipping the commercials on their pre-recorded DVR programs. That number seemed ridiculously high to us, so we're asking you: Do you watch, skip, or run to the kitchen on commercials?"
- LogEx
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Skip. Unless it'sa funny ad then I back up and play it.
- Gunny Wallen
We skip unless we forget that we're watching a show off the DVR, which happens quite a bit.
- Rochelle
Skip
- Thomas Hawk
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I have TiVo so I skip. Once in a while a commercial will catch my eye and we'll watch it but ... 90% of the time, 30 second skip mania.
- AJ Kohn
Depends; if I'm not crunched for time (i.e., trying to get through as many shows as possible, or only have 45 minutes to watch a show), I'll often let them roll because it's less hassle than grabbing the remote and fastforwarding. Especially if I'm also doing stuff on the computer (which is most of the time), because then I can use the commercial break to give full attention to the computer briefly.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I think if you look in the dictionary under "self selection" you'll find a picture of this Lifehacker post. This just in: 99.99% of people who respond to polls on the web conducted by sites with "hacker" in their title use the DVR skip button...
- Ken Sheppardson
I only watch downloaded shows, so the answer is pretty obvious. ;)
- Jordi Soler
Skip unless it's particularly fetching as it whizzes by. I'll even pause the live broadcast 10 min or so to give me some zoom room to play with.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
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I'm in the skip unless column.
- jcunwired
If a commercial seems interesting, I'll watch it once. If it's really compelling/funny/whatever, I may watch it multiple times. (I actually recorded one of those Vertigo Crime spots on BBC America to show my wife.) But once I've seen it, and I'm done with it, I never want to see it again. I have no interest in being brand-beaten.
- Roger Benningfield
on DVR, Skippy McSkip. I do watch a lot of stuff live, tho, so I still see some commercials here and there.
- Chieze Okoye
Ha ha Ken, good point. I'm mostly a skipper, but some do catch my eye. I'll start shows late even if my schedule lines up with the broadcast just so I can skip. Some stations are making it more challenging by varying lengths of breaks, and putting short snippets within the breaks and after the credits.
- LogEx
I avoid them like the plague. I rarely watch commercial TV - thank goodness for the BBC! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I always skip them.
- Alex Scoble
Skip some... watch some... there are always some creative gems in that giant glob of commercials
- .LAG liked that
Half of the time, the commercials are better than what's on. That's when I actually bother to turn the TV on once or twice a month...
- Kamilah Gill
Let em roll. I pick a channel and stay there. All that flipping makes my brain hurt
- Lindsey is Fierce!
skip. (Unless the commercial is really good, and then I might watch it multiple times).
- Mitchell Tsai
I try to skip. But typically I end up cursing the "Live TV" notification that pops up in the corner. I then proceed to press the skip button over and over again, like it's going to help. It's that "maybe the elevator will get here faster" button pressing.
- Jason Huebel
I skip if I can.
- Carmen
Skip. I tried skipping through Monday Night Football last night. But it was, um, live.
- Derrick
skip
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Skip. I hate commercials.
- Ayşe E.
Skip most of them. Watch ones I think might be funny or interesting.
- David Cook
I skip them, but I notice that when my wife has the remote she usually doesn't bother. Of course she's much more inclined to watch stuff live than I am too.
- Eoghann Irving
skip.............fast forward as fast as I can............oh I failed to say I dvr one night and watch the next.............
- VAL D.
commercials? what are those?
- Joe Silence is not dead
If I'm watching with my kids I usually have to let them roll as they watch mostly for the ads (especially football). Otherwise I'll skip if I remember.
- Kenton
I should be signing off right now and getting ready to board my plane, but I have to share something. Some of you know my wife lost her job a few weeks ago. She has another job in her company, but she's still looking for something in her field. We have a cruise planned for January, and we were about halfway through playing for it.
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I figured there was no way I'd be able to afford the rest of it, and we'd have to eat the deposit we'd already paid. I just got an email stating that our friends we're traveling with have paid for the rest of our trip. I think I'm about to lose it.
- ha3rvey (free hugs!)
That is awesome. You are very blessed to have such generous friends.
- Mary Carmen
that is teh awesome.
- holly
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay for Mr. & Mrs. Silent3!
- Baroness Von Cut-A-Bitch
I am literally choked up right now.
- ha3rvey (free hugs!)
Oh wow, that is so great, Harvey!
- Michelle Martinez
*bursts into tears*
- Derrick
What fantastic friends! Hooray!
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
That is really great, ha3rvey!
- Spidra Webster
So who picks up the tip at the end of the cruise? Might want to save some dollars to cover that, just because....And high fives to the silent couple. They freaking rock the...well, the boat....in a good way...ok, i'll shut up now....
- Morgan Haley
Awwwww... That's awesome, and exceptionally kind and generous of your friends!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I am so happy for you and your wife, I know you two will have a great time!!!
- YoYo_P
Yay!!!! I love friends like that! What wonderful news. :)
- Laura B coughin' less
That is top notch, Harvey. You have awesome friends.
- Alex Scoble
Wonderful friends, great news! I lost $3K on a vacation this past summer, two of the six in our party were in the same situation as you. Happy for you!
- jcunwired
Wonderful Friends. :)
- CW™
man, i wish i had friends like that. that's so great! :)
- Joe Silence is not dead
Wow, what awesome friends. And you must be awesome friends to them or they wouldn't have done it. Enjoy!
- Martha
Enjoy the cruise. If you need help, feel free to e-mail... Hope the world brings you wonderful surprises in this time of change.
- Mitchell Tsai
That's so awesome of them. What great friends. Hope you both have a great time on the cruise, Harvey!
- Carmen
Oh wow! That's awesome! You see that? I'm crying for you. I hope all have a wonderful trip together.
- Anika
Oh! That is so WONDERFUL!!! No, there's something in my eye now...
- WorldofHiglet
I had that earlier, too. Stupid allergies. :)
- ha3rvey (free hugs!)
This makes me so happy for you. Good friends are awesome.
- The Archangel ωαřмaiden
You've got great friends Harvey. They show up when you need them the most
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
from iPhone
That is total awesomesauce. *warm fuzzies*
- Yolanda
that's so lovely! Thanks for sharing!
- Jim Hearts FF
Wow that's awesome! Where are you guys cruising?
- Dragon Goldmaple
Bahamas and I forgot where else. I was seriously getting ready to write it off.
- ha3rvey (free hugs!)
Oh nice! The Bahamas has the most beautiful water I've ever seen. Gorgeous, relaxing... love it down there.
- Carmen
OMG, that gave me chills. I'm so happy for you, Ha3rvey, that you have such sweet friends. Have a wonderful trip.
- Ayşe E.
Yay, we're going! I can stop hoin'?! Sweet!! We are gonna have so much fun, wooo weee! Oh. Wait....
- nakachi
*lets out a sigh of relief*
- i ♥ derrick #bellymeme
from iPhone
That's full of win Harvey. Nothing like good friends.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
;)))) Great friends and company is priceless.
- rowlikeagirl, hecho en eu
Now that's what I'm talkin' about
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Hating on you now.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
hell yeah!
- Ali Erkurt
Who is your Internet through?
- Eric @ CS Techcast
all for $29.95/month ?
- Mark Interrante
Dayum!!
- jcunwired
My internet is through Yahoo! :-)
- Glen Campbell
o_O I'm jealous
- Parth Awasthi
Show off.
- Derrick
What is that in movies per minute?
- Ken Morley
Resisting the urge to try this at work and invoke the wrath of the IT gods.
- Kevin Fox
Erica WINS! ;)
- directeur
rassn' frass'n reiowerioubruiwoerw!
- Spidra Webster
Yeah, Erica, but you only have 3-1/2 stars!
- Glen Campbell
I think it's people rating their ISPs
- Glen Campbell
60M up? 3ms ping? I want one!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Now you're making me feel bad
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
But you don't use it to download anime. Useless :p
- directeur
Nice speed Kevin! More than an OC-3 at Facebook. Wouldn't you like an OC-768? "OC-768 is a network line with transmission speeds of up to 39,813.12 Mbit/s (payload: 38,486.016 Mbit/s; overhead: 1,327.104 Mbit/s). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Infinera made a field trial demonstration data transmission on a live production network involving the service transmission of a 40...
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- Mitchell Tsai
T-x details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... DS1 tech details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... T1/DS1 is used for 24 phone lines (DS0). But the math on the bigger lines is weird. 28 DS1s = 1 DS3 (Go figure on why it's 28?) at 45 Mbit/s. "DS3 signals are rare except within buildings, because a T3 circuit can only go about 600 feet (180m) between repeaters." So above...
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- Mitchell Tsai
If you move the decimal point two places to the left, you'll have my speed:(
- Michael Fidler
Gueeez!
- Charlie Anzman
Not only did I throw down a bingo on my mom, but then I trash talk, too. NO MERCY FOR THE AGED.
The Bohemian Penguin, Steven Perez, echostreamer and 15 other people liked this
Respect thy elders, except when a contest of random numbers and letters is involved.
- Michael W. May
Oh yeah? Last week, I forced my mom to forfeit due to delays.
- Louis Gray
she's trying to use the sympathy card. pfffft.
- anna sauce
Louis, I was actually thinking of your cut throat style when I did it, too.
- anna sauce
You all know there's a special level of hell for this, right? Where you have to play bingo and scrabble and cribbage with ACTUAL PIECES against elders who deliberately don't hear what you say, make illegal moves and break wind with impunity.
- WorldofHiglet
my ocd is why i forc people to forfeit. i can't see things in my list and not take action on them!
- Baroness Von Cut-A-Bitch
I hit a $1,000 bingo when playing with a couple from Hawaii who are semi-pro bingo players. Our team also hit another $1,000 bingo, so we had two $1,000 bingos to share. I had no idea there was a method to bingo strategy. My friends gave up blackjack, table games, and slots for bingo because it was easier for them to make money on Bingo. I met them on FlyerTalk because they fly a lot,...
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- Mitchell Tsai
lol
- echostreamer
THE WEAK AND HELPLESS HAVE NO PLACE IN SHUFFLEBOARD, ER, BINGO.
- Steven Perez
in Scrabble, people. Mitchell- fascinating story.
- anna sauce
Best thing about trash-talking your parents is they can't disparage the people who apparently did a terrible job raising you.
- Andrew C
got 4th row seats for Gloria Estefan (Thu) & Faith Hill (Sat) last week. AARP conference rocked!
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Gloria Estefan $50 (was $75), Faith Hill $75 (was $90) - Both paid by casino winnings.
- Mitchell Tsai
I tried to see LeAnn Rimes on Friday (Treasure Island), but her voice was bad & she cancelled the concert. Hopefully she'll be better this Thu & Fri.
- Mitchell Tsai
Scored a 2nd row seat for LeAnn Rimes last Thursday. http://leannrimesworld.com She was awesome!
- Mitchell Tsai
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