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  1. From their new live CD. It's so bad I want to cry. Roth sounds like he gargles with rocks. Way to poop on your legacy guys.
  2. No, sadly it doesn't. Fess up CL. How underwater are you on your Bitcoins?
  3. Yup, an 83% decline over 15 months is always a good thing. LOL
  4. Bitcoin price plunges, prompting concerns about ‘mining’ activity Bitcoin is getting hammered in markets that trade the digital currency, prompting providers of its core computing infrastructure to shut down operations. The sell off, which appears to have been exacerbated when Asian traders were forced to meet collateral demands under margin trading rules, left bitcoin down 14.49% at $194.04 in the late New York morning Wednesday, following a 15.02% plunge Tuesday, according to news service Coindesk. The digital currency is now down 39% from Dec. 31 alone and is off 83% from the all-time high of $1,165 that it hit at the end of a furious rally in November 2013. That price decline is creating something of a mini-crisis in the business of bitcoin mining, the vital process through which new bitcoins are added to the money supply. Working within a network of independent computers, bitcoin miners are tasked with confirming transactions initiated by users of the digital currency and compete to solve a mathematical puzzle in order to be compensated for that work with newly issued bitcoins. As the price of bitcoin falls against the dollar and other fiat currencies, it induces miners to shut down operations, because they can no longer cover costs such as equipment, rent and electricity quoted in those traditional currencies. The problem was made more acute by what had been a yearlong, exponential buildup in mining infrastructure -- machines comprised of highly specialized, super-powerful computers -- which made competition for bitcoins tougher. Bitcoin’s core software algorithm periodically adjusts the difficulty of its mathematical puzzle to keep it in line with the amount of computing power in the network. That way, new bitcoin payouts are kept to more or less a 10-minute schedule regardless of how well equipped the miners are to solve the puzzle. On Monday, CEX.io, a company that mines bitcoins on behalf of clients that rent out its computing power, announced that it would temporarily halt this “cloud mining” operation, citing “the recent bitcoin price drop, as well as the upscaling of the mining difficulty.” http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-price-plunges-prompting-concerns-about-mining-activity-2015-01-14-121034915?dist=lbeforebell *********************************************** How big a death wish does one have to have to buy this on margin?
  5. Before they became a joke. Yes I am talking to you Steven Tyler.
  6. Ann Wilson was asked last week (by media) if she'd consider fronting Zeppelin if asked. “I don’t know. Hypothetically, if they ever needed a lead singer and Heart was not active at the moment, then, sure, I would,” Wilson offered. “I would go and play with Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones any day of the week.” Make the call Jimmy. Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand Always liked this one.
  7. Stephen Harper singing "Sweet Child O Mine" at Tory X-Mas party. http://youtu.be/0Oe3Y9aQ4Qc

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    2. Grapefruits

      Grapefruits

      meh, throw some auto-tune in, he sings better than most "artists" these days

    3. Ghostsof1915

      Ghostsof1915

      Just the title alone makes me want to vomit.

    4. Tearloch7

      Tearloch7

      what do you mean 'want'? .. purge 'expletive'

  8. Ray Rice wins appeal, eligible to play Ray Rice has won his appeal against the NFL, and is now eligible to play immediately: Rice had been suspended since September 8 following the public disclosure of a videotape which showed Rice striking his then-fiancee in an Atlantic City elevator. Rice had been suspended for two games prior to the release of the videotape, but in the wake of public outrage — Rice knocked Janay Palmer unconscious with a punch — the NFL suspended Rice indefinitely. NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 05: Suspended Baltimore Ravens football player Ray Rice ® and his wife Janay Palmer arrive … The NFL maintained that it had not seen the incriminating videotape when commissioner Roger Goodell levied the two-game suspension this past summer. However, Rice argued that the NFL was in possession of all the facts of the case at the time of punishment, and that he was in effect being punished twice for the same offense. Rice appealed the NFL's decision at a hearing in early November, a hearing at which Goodell testified. At that hearing, Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome indicated that in discussions with Goodell, Rice had confessed to hitting Palmer. But Goodell and the NFL maintained that Rice had been less than truthful in his account of the night in question. Rice was released by Baltimore in September and is currently a free agent. He is eligible to be signed by any team, though there is considerable question about whether he'll be able to contribute to a team on the field or overcome what would surely be substantial protest against him off it. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/ray-rice-wins-appeal--eligible-to-play-200153633.html
  9. MILBURY: "He's not been an NHL coach, not been an NHL GM. I wish I'd done that, skipped right to the presidency, get rid of those menial jobs." BOB MCKENZIE: "So do the New York Islanders." MILBURY: "OH PLEASE." hahahahahaha

  10. Blue Jays sign catcher Russell Martin, 5 yrs 82 mil.

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    2. lee goren rulez69
    3. Gstank29

      Gstank29

      honestly they over paid but o well

    4. diesel_3

      diesel_3

      They aren't finished, they are reportedly interested in P Andrew Miller and 2B Howie Kendrick. Could be a decent off season.

  11. Been turning my attention to foreign language films lately. The Hunt aka Jagten 9/10 It's a Danish film. So hopefully no one is turned off by subtitles. A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie. Mads Mikkelsen whom you may remember as Le Chiffre from Casino Royale delivers a great performance in this one.
  12. ^^^^ That was pretty damn good. Very bluesy and soulful.
  13. RIP Bure to Mogilny. Lasted longer than many figured you would.

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    2. Dr.Strangelove

      Dr.Strangelove

      What thread killed him?

    3. BeefGormley

      BeefGormley

      What he get banned for?

    4. nuckin_futz

      nuckin_futz

      Don't know just saw his name greyed out.

  14. The Seahawks will miss Percy Harvin, but Geno Smith will miss him even more.
  15. Sports Net Pacific is showing Game 7 Van vs GCY 1994. Right now if anyone's around.

    1. -Stammer-

      -Stammer-

      holy shiet thx

    2. TheOgRook

      TheOgRook

      Have it in pvr.. DONT spoil it k!! :P

  16. http://youtu.be/6pE5t3knEKU Warren Zevon and the guys from REM. I dare you not to play air drums to this.
  17. Barney's Version 8.5/10 Glass, Thank you very much for your recommendation of Barney's Version. I watched it last night and it was very impressive. Giamatti's performance was off the charts. That was easily Best Actor territory and he was ignored, such a pity. Rosamund Pike was tremendous as were Hoffman and Driver. What a great story.
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