Re: If You Win Powerball

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I have tickets with coworkers. They'll probably schedule that stuff since they're the ones who actually go to the lottery ticket store.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 01- 9-16 8:58 PM
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Have it a bit earlier, announcing your slogan: "Vote for me. I'm a winner."


Posted by: dalriata | Link to this comment | 01- 9-16 9:05 PM
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Soy un ganador.
¿por qué no votar por mí?


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 01- 9-16 9:18 PM
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Pacific Time, right?


Posted by: Mr. F | Link to this comment | 01- 9-16 10:30 PM
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You have a year to claim it, right? So you wait to see if a republican wins, then claim it in tax year 2017 assuming that's when their tax cuts would go into effect. Would save tens of millions in tax.


Posted by: SP | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 9:29 AM
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Now it might reach 1.3 billion?

Actually, how much do the tickets cost? If it's that high the economic-rational-actor value of each ticket (at odds of 292,000,000 to 1) would be, what, $4.45? At some point that becomes free money. Quickly! To the Tyler-Cowen-Mobile!


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 9:29 AM
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Whoever is responsible for the DVD region encoding bullshit needs to die in a fire. IN A FUCKING FIRE!


I have no idea why my region free DVD player won't play my Criterion edition of Badlands when it plays region 1 Archer DVDs all the time. (Just checked and my BtVS DVDs don't play too).

Did I mention I dropped about $500 on Criterion DVDs a few months ago?

IN A FUCKING FIRE!

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Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 11:04 AM
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I am confident there is a way around this, Barry!


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 11:09 AM
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Where's Halford? Let me at him.

8. That's what Chani tells me. Have it set to go on my laptop.


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 11:14 AM
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I'm sure there is a way round it, but experience leads me to differ from Barry only to the extent that IMO dying in a fire is too merciful for the people who invented and use regional encoding.


Posted by: chris y | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 11:34 AM
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If anyone has any suggestions it's a Sony DVP-SR760HP which I bought here was assured is region free. Is there some kind of cheat code you can input to turn on the region free ability?

(Also won't play my I, Claudius DVDs...grrr)


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 1:14 PM
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I know you and Chani share a love of film, but perhaps you can find other ways to entertain yourselves while she's there.


Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 1:50 PM
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That's the most casual request for someone to make a sex tape I've ever seen.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 1:56 PM
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You can switch regions on Windows a limited number of times. So, do that and then output to the desired device.


Posted by: foolishmortal | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 1:59 PM
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Christ, the Seahawks are lucky. I'm not comfortable rooting for a team this lucky. Maybe Russell Wilson is right to believe in God.

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Posted by: Walt Someguy | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 2:31 PM
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we got some super pinky swear secret code off the internet when we bought out dvd player through searching by the better half, but that was years ago. and it doesn't seem to be a sony. but it does play every region of dvd we've put in it over the years. don't give up barry! although I agree with nosflow you likely have far better uses for your time.


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 4:22 PM
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11: OK, there is a cheat code . It involves buying a particular universal remote, but it should turn off regions entirely when it's done.


Posted by: foolishmortal | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 7:58 PM
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15: I'm not sure how much more of this officiating I can take. That Bengals/Steelers game just about gave me a fucking stroke.


Posted by: gswift | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 9:38 PM
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The Packers - Washington game was relaxing because it was legitimately not close.


Posted by: md 20/400 | Link to this comment | 01-10-16 10:05 PM
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12, 13: "Argh, this stupid sex tape is region-protected!"


Posted by: JRoth | Link to this comment | 01-11-16 7:31 AM
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20: You only really need it to show the nether regions.


Posted by: Stanley | Link to this comment | 01-11-16 7:37 AM
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17 Thanks foolishmortal


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 01-11-16 10:17 AM
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If you need to cure herpes and warts, do you really want to get your ex back?


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 09-20-16 7:25 PM
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I feel like the spammers have become a lot worse lately. Now they are giving us herpes.


Posted by: Spike | Link to this comment | 01-14-17 6:51 PM
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