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is appetizer, salad, main course, and dessert too much food?

No, but then again my caloric intake is pretty high. I easily put down twice what anyone else at the table will. Fortunately I am quite open to getting those calories with veggies and other healthy stuff. Yes, I will eat your tasty stir-fry... but you'd better make like triple the amount...
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- Post #9
- May 12, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Who still uses Usenet?

The reason is because the providers that don't just rubberstamp DMCA notices all seem to have either bandwidth issues or spotty retention. This effect is even more pronounced for U.S. customers. Generally you keep the mainstream one for speed, then use the knock-off European one for filling in...
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- Post #381
- May 10, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Who still uses Usenet?

I find all you need is one subscription to one of the "mainstream" providers (someone reselling Highwinds, etc.) and then another to some random overseas one. Mainstream gets you 85% of what you need, weirdo off-brand one gets you the rest. With programs like sabnzbd it's not even difficult...
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- Post #378
- May 10, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Elizabeth Smart doesn't like Nancy Grace.

I am not by nature a violent person, but I frequently wish that Nancy Grace would die. Not violently or horribly, just that she would die and no longer be able to get on the TV and ruin people's lives for ratings. I would settle for her ending up in a coma. So long as she can't communicate...
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- Post #47
- May 10, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Doing Vegas on the cheap? (flight, hotel, etc)

Honestly that's all you need in a room: a place to rest your head, shower, and change clothes. There's so much to do in Vegas you will rarely be in the hotel, unless its for gambling, food, or show purposes. I used to say all of the major casinos could provide that, but then I had that...
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- Post #92
- May 10, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Awesome Usenet & VPN Special Today Only

It looks like this is a reseller of Highwinds, one of The Big Three. Same servers as Easynews, Teranews, Usenetserver, Yottanews, and quite a few others. Honestly if you want decent Usenet access these days you have to hit up multiple services. Having a subscription to one of The Big Three...
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- Post #10
- May 10, 2013
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
Doing Vegas on the cheap? (flight, hotel, etc)

Into a pole or a tourist, usually.
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- Post #87
- May 9, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Moving cross country... PODS? or something else?

My little brother used a knock-off of PODS. They left him a half-length shipping container outside his place for a week, he filled it up, then about two weeks later it was at my parents place here in Nevada. Worked pretty well, nothing got broken or banged around too much. The only issue was...
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- Post #6
- May 9, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Alright, non-US ATOTers, what's your country's version of COPS?

Is there a TVDB entry for this one? Sounds interesting, but lord knows what name it'll be using out there on the web. The Denmark ones sound interesting too, but I think I'll be able to find those since the names are ASCII-compatible. The thing I've noticed is that time and time again...
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- Post #9
- May 9, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Doing Vegas on the cheap? (flight, hotel, etc)

TI is only three blocks from Excalibur/Luxor. Admittedly three blocks is a ways in Vegas, but it's not THAT far. Oh dear god yes. Work made the mistake of sending me and my coworker down to Vegas to do some core sampling during CES. We wound up staying at a long-stay apartment type deal...
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- Post #81
- May 9, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
YouTube is borderline unusable - Time Warner Cable Sucks

Charter is the number one ranked Cable ISP in the US, probably because they're the only one that doesn't do crap like this.
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- Post #74
- May 9, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Doing Vegas on the cheap? (flight, hotel, etc)

Yeah, Southwest is amazing. Depending on when you schedule the trip it can go even lower. I did some poking and found dates a ways out (next month) where total price for two people round trip was $800. Nonstop even! As far as casinos to stay in, my recommendations would be the Luxor or TI...
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- Post #67
- May 9, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Doing Vegas on the cheap? (flight, hotel, etc)

This reminds me: if at all possible, check the room first. We booked at the Excalibur one year and were disappointed to discover that they had started deodorizing/desmoking all of their rooms with a lingering spray that was actually more offensive than the smoke smell would have been. After...
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- Post #66
- May 9, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Doing Vegas on the cheap? (flight, hotel, etc)

Alright, so I'm a Nevada native, Reno-area but I used to go to Vegas about once a month for a span of about two years. Lemme share what I can. As far as hotels on the strip go, it varies from season to season honestly, and by what you consider "on the strip". Las Vegas Boulevard runs a...
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- Post #61
- May 9, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Alright, non-US ATOTers, what's your country's version of COPS?

So I've got Sickbeard, Sabnzbd, and about five usenet servers set up, and its let me go on a TV show binge lately. Any show that strikes even a passing fancy I've been watching in full, provided its available. The latest one to capture my interest? Fox's COPS, the original, ACTUAL reality TV...
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- May 9, 2013
- Replies: 9
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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