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Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Kenny Baker, Star Wars R2-D2 actor, dies aged 81
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37072736

Frankly We're lucky we had him as long as we did. He's been sick for a long time, near a decade. He nearly died a few years ago on a trip to the US. Doctors told him it was his last airplane flight (so I was told).

scottalanmiller

@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57af78bae4b069e7e5058c2e?

Article title: So, Someone Dumped 160 Liters Of Hydrogen Peroxide In 2 Olympic Pools
...
just in case you were wondering

Sounds like the beginning of some ridiculous Nazi themed B movie. In an attempt to turn the world blonde, a nazi spy dumped 160 gallons of H2O2 into an Olympic pool and.....

hilarity and hijinks ensue.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57af78bae4b069e7e5058c2e?

Article title: So, Someone Dumped 160 Liters Of Hydrogen Peroxide In 2 Olympic Pools
...
just in case you were wondering

Sounds like the beginning of some ridiculous Nazi themed B movie. In an attempt to turn the world blonde, a nazi spy dumped 160 gallons of H2O2 into an Olympic pool and.....

hilarity and hijinks ensue.

I'd watch it. I am a sucker for SciFi B movies.

scottalanmiller

Swedish girls apparently too cowardly to lose again. When will those Swedes be brave enough to lose?

Rio Olympics 2016: Brazil lose to Sweden on penalties in semi-final
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37102004

BRRABill

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Swedish girls apparently too cowardly to lose again. When will those Swedes be brave enough to lose?

Rio Olympics 2016: Brazil lose to Sweden on penalties in semi-final
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37102004

It was one player, who has a history of saying/doing dumb things.

scottalanmiller

@BRRABill said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Swedish girls apparently too cowardly to lose again. When will those Swedes be brave enough to lose?

Rio Olympics 2016: Brazil lose to Sweden on penalties in semi-final
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37102004

It was one player, who has a history of saying/doing dumb things.

@BRRABill said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Swedish girls apparently too cowardly to lose again. When will those Swedes be brave enough to lose?

Rio Olympics 2016: Brazil lose to Sweden on penalties in semi-final
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37102004

It was one player, who has a history of saying/doing dumb things.

And a team that chooses her to be a part of them. And a nation that chooses her to represent them.

nadnerB

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

And a nation that chooses her to represent them.

The whole country get to vote in their players?

scottalanmiller

@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

And a nation that chooses her to represent them.

The whole country get to vote in their players?

If you accept the theory of indirect democracy as a form of democracy, then yes.

nadnerB

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@nadnerB said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

And a nation that chooses her to represent them.

The whole country get to vote in their players?

If you accept the theory of indirect democracy as a form of democracy, then yes.

That's a whole lot of indirect direction/misdirection...
hmmm sport.... no sense of direction... https://youtu.be/ksrItPfz6A0

scottalanmiller

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/omaha-dad-finds-pot-brownies-eats-of-them-says-mean/article_385099cc-649c-11e6-86a8-4728d60cb7fe.html

scottalanmiller

http://www.1011now.com/content/news/Man-cited-for-indecent-exposure-claims-he-was-mixing-protein-shake-390353151.html

coliver

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/comcasts-70-gigabit-offer-is-only-good-in-cities-with-google-fiber/#p3

Good ole Comcast. At least you'll never change.

wirestyle22

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/comcasts-70-gigabit-offer-is-only-good-in-cities-with-google-fiber/#p3

Good ole Comcast. At least you'll never change.

hahahaha. Oh god.

scottalanmiller

Why we need Google...

thwr

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Why we need Google...

Or any serious competition at all. I can choose between a dozen companies, some got their own lines, some will rent lines.

scottalanmiller

@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Why we need Google...

Or any serious competition at all. I can choose between a dozen companies, some got their own lines, some will rent lines.

Yeah... that's totally anti-American.

RojoLoco

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Why we need Google...

Or any serious competition at all. I can choose between a dozen companies, some got their own lines, some will rent lines.

Yeah... that's totally anti-~~American.~~ monoply

FTFY

coliver

@RojoLoco said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Why we need Google...

Or any serious competition at all. I can choose between a dozen companies, some got their own lines, some will rent lines.

Yeah... that's totally anti-~~American.~~ monoply

FTFY

Sounds like the same thing to me.

mlnews

http://www.wcvb.com/national/teacher-shows-up-drunk-pantless-to-1st-day-of-school/27352322

coliver

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://www.wcvb.com/national/teacher-shows-up-drunk-pantless-to-1st-day-of-school/27352322

USA! USA! USA!