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QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Jul 26, 2007 -> 01:31 PM) Maniac Mansion was an awesome game. It had a ton of stuff to do and a lot of rumors about it I loved that game. I even used it as a topic for a paper I wrote in 8th grade. I played it so much I eventually found every single secret in the game and could beat it with any combination of kids.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jul 25, 2007 -> 11:55 PM) Anyone ever make it to the final level of Super Mario 3? I went back and played it last year, and the last level is so intense. When I play that game I usually play all the way through to the 3rd or 4th world and then use the whistles to get me to the last level. When I get there I just either swim under the boat or use the P-wings that I got from the earlier levels and fly over them.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Jul 25, 2007 -> 11:51 PM) NES Punch Out. I remember never getting past Soda Popinski on the console and getting so pissed off. On an emulator, I beat the damn game. It was "Mike Tyson's Punch Out" when I played it. I could go straight through the game and beat everyone except for the second to last guy. Super Macho Man IIRC. I even beat Tyson.

QUOTE(max power @ Jul 9, 2007 -> 11:38 PM) I thought more people would care about the archive threads. I don't as I just discovered the internet in 2006. Personally, I am all for a better faster board. Where have you been?

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QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 8, 2007 -> 10:44 AM) Agree. Apparently now there is some bru-ha-ha going on in the court room because she has been allowed to apprear via telephone. I read that as well. Then I read that they changed their minds again and sent a squad car to get her.

Not so fast. She may be headed back.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 12:20 PM) I was watching MSNBC as this was all unfolding. One reporter called this 100% crap. I loved her example, Jack Kavorkia has cancer all over his body and is dying. He was not allowed out of jail. How could Paris have something more serious than that!? He doesn't have as much money.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 12:02 PM) Really? Where did you hear that, because I didn't say anything even remotely close to that. She was released due to a medical condition. You implied that was it. So if the Son of Sam law was struck down, does that mean it can't be used? Besides that, it seems to be targeted mostly towards violent criminals, not DUI offenders.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 11:08 AM) Close. IIRC, earlier this year a script in her name for Herpes medication was plastered all over the net. So if you have an STD you don't have to serve out a prison term? QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 7, 2007 -> 11:08 AM) She won't last 4 days at home even with the 4000+ square footage. Thankfully she can't make a buck off it. She'll probably get out of the house arrest too. They'll let her our for "work-related" reasons. I've read she's already planning on writing a book about all of this. She'll make a ton.

I'm probably the only person that had no clue who the #1 guy was when I first saw him. I had to look him up on IMDB. I barely remember him from The Longest Yard and The Green Mile. I've seen I, Robot but don't remember him in it. I don't think I've seen any other movies he's been in.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jun 6, 2007 -> 11:16 AM) Am I living under a rock? I have no idea who this person is or what this is all about. You're not the only one.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 09:42 AM) If your children are young and you wish to stop some predators from contacting them, then this may be more up your alley. Mike Sullivan of the Naperville Police who is a spokesman for safe kids computing and anti online predators wrote a lot of the dictionary and did a demo of this a few years back at an FBI lead event. It looked promising, I have not tested it but it looks like what you are looking for. One recommendation that I will have is you can add custom keywords. Put your credit card numbers, phone numbers and your address in the keywords that block or alert. This is what predators use to help guide their victims to giving up their location. Also if these are teens, you dont want them using your credit cards anyways. Hopefully this works. If you have other monitoring requirements let me know. Cyber Sentinel and from the same company. CSWEB It's not so much restricting access to certain websites or even the internet. I'm finding software that will do that all over the place. It's restricting access to the computer itself. Like I said we have it password-protected now so they can't even log onto windows without our permission. I'd like to find something that would allow them to log on during set time periods and then give them a warning message that they will automatically be logged off in 10 minutes (or whatever). QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Jun 5, 2007 -> 11:02 AM) It's summer... tell them to go outside and have a fun summer... no need for the internet! It's sad but I think they are actually safer staying inside. Our neighborhood is dotted with sex offenders even though we live 4 blocks from an elementary school.

So now that kids are out of school my 2 oldest will be home all day for the next three months. Normally we have our computer password protected so that they can't even log onto it without our permission. The Mrs. and I have talked about possibly letting them on for a few hours a day over the summer so they aren't totally "bored". My question is: What kind of software is available that will allow the computer to be available for a certain # of hours a day? Like between certain hours and then it will automatically lock down again at a specific time? I've googled it and found a bunch of software but I don't know what's good, reliable, safe, etc... I notice a lot of the software is stuff that records what is going on the computer and can even take screen shots. Thats good and all but what I really want is to limit accessibility to specific time periods that I can set.

Check out snopes.com and it has a story about a 3rd pig (besides this one and hogzilla) that was killed with a pistol. That one weighed in at over 1100 lbs. They have a story about hogzilla and this one as well. Something interesting that I saw within the story: So obviously it's not uncommon to find a hog this size.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ May 22, 2007 -> 02:13 AM) I bet he got it from a recent poll of Sox fans themselves. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=58716 According to that poll 67% of the people that voted believe that a team other than the Cubs are the Sox biggest rival. That's not even the real question here. Put up a poll that says "which would you rather do, go 6-0 against the Cubs during the regular season or win the World series?" and see how the voting goes...

I'm always amazed by this. What's the point? This guy is actually going to try and say he didn't do anything wrong?

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ May 17, 2007 -> 05:57 AM) Every time a kid at school says "That's gay" to something, I usually respond with "Yeah, [that locker, homework assignment, textbook reading, discussion questions on the overhead etc.] completely reminds me of two guys making out." There was a time when "gay" was generally known to mean "happy".

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ May 16, 2007 -> 05:23 PM) I live 38 miles each way from work. 2 years ago I live 52 miles each way from work. i would have moved closer to work, but just the small increase I got took me from a $120k house, to a $200k house. And a house similar to mine within 10 miles of my work costs over $400k. There was one 2 blocks away from my store that was a mirror-image of the $120k house I had, except for the $375k price tag. I would love to drive less, maybe use public transportation. But to get from Plainfield to Bloomingdale there is no easy way. So I have a 4 cyl car, car pool with Juddling once in a while, and try to combine the rest of my trips into multi-purpose outings. I'm in a similiar situation. The company I work for is located in a very small town surrounded by lots and lots of cornfields. There's 2 gas stations, 2 bars, a couple of banks and one small grocery store. It just woudn't make sense for me to move closer to my work considering everything else I need (wife's job, babysitter, shopping) is still in Rockford. I'm trying to figure out a way to convince my company to move closer to me...

I'm immune to cold sores and chicken pox. I've never gotten either one.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 14, 2007 -> 12:34 PM) I'm pretty sure the Sox signed him to a minor league deal @ the start of the season, so they should be able to send him up and down without worrying about the waiver wires. I thought it had something to do with him being out of options.

I thought I had read this somewhere but would Terrero have to pass through waivers to get sent down? That seems like a big factor in deciding which guy goes down. Sweeney can be brought up and sent down with no problem.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ May 3, 2007 -> 01:57 AM) I want to know when VH1 plans on releasing DVD sets of the entire I Love The 80's, I Love the 80's Strikes Back series. After that is available, if ever, my programming choices for the network will be limited to Best Week Ever and Hogan Knows Best. That's about all I watch on VH1 as well. Although I did watch a few of the surreal life shows too. It's almost like MTV's real world but with washed-up actors that, in their mind, are still popular.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ May 2, 2007 -> 12:36 PM) MEN USA 5 ft 9.4 in 20-74 USA 5 ft 10.9 in 20-39 non-Hispanic whites USA 5 ft 11.7 in 20-39 non-Hispanic blacks USA 5 ft 5.8 in 20-39 Mexican Americans I'm average. I think I'm just under 5'10". Which is quite amazing considering my parents are both around 5'5". I'm taller than pretty much everyone on my dad's side of the family.

QUOTE(knightni @ May 2, 2007 -> 11:38 AM) My theory's holding water so far. Hardly anyone less than 5'9"/5'10". I remember reading once that the average height for a human has gone up over the years. It said that the average man today wouldn't fit in an average-sized suit of armor from the medevil times.