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dhkendall · Post by **dhkendall** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:06 pm

Vanya wrote:Message from Google... "#Google will largely outsource moderation."

I wish I could outsource my (need for) moderation.

Rest assured, fellow humans, rest, that will not be jboard.tv outsourcing their restraint.

Vanya · Post by **Vanya** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:47 pm

From Apple: "iPad protection has a new name."

It can even do that!

trainman · Post by **trainman** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:06 pm

BigDaddyMatty wrote:Anyone who hasn't spent some time getting to know Get Fuzzy is really missing out. It's the one strip I've seen in the last 20 years that consistently makes me laugh out loud.

It would make me laugh out loud a lot more often if it weren't perpetually in reruns 6 days a week. (I don't think I've ever read an explanation -- if it's been officially announced that Darby Conley is no longer doing the daily strip, I don't remember seeing that.)

Post by **alietr** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:09 am

I've decided to move on to bigger and better things.

Volante · Post by **Volante** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:24 am

alietr wrote:I've decided to move on to bigger and better things.

Lanyard photo model?

Post by **alietr** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:05 pm

Volante wrote:
alietr wrote:I've decided to move on to bigger and better things.
Lanyard photo model?

As one of my friends so aptly put it, Ruby Tuesday hostess.

irene · Post by **irene** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:50 am

Amazing feat?:
http://theweek.com/speedreads/567572/ma ... ord-french

Yes, but...
That is what bugs me about Scrabble and always has. To just memorize a list of words somehow cheapens the game, IMO. I think at some level a player should know what the majority of the words he/she plays, mean.
I really like Scrabble and play a bit and am able to beat most of my friends, but I would never memorize a list of words (except the 2-letter words) to up my game. Oh, and maybe the words that begin with Q without the U.
I realize there is more to the game of Scrabble than just rote memorization and I don't have that kind of memory anyway, but that is not the point.

FireAntsDefense · Post by **FireAntsDefense** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:46 pm

irene wrote:Amazing feat?:
http://theweek.com/speedreads/567572/ma ... ord-french

Yes, but...
That is what bugs me about Scrabble and always has. To just memorize a list of words somehow cheapens the game, IMO. I think at some level a player should know what the majority of the words he/she plays, mean.
I really like Scrabble and play a bit and am able to beat most of my friends, but I would never memorize a list of words (except the 2-letter words) to up my game. Oh, and maybe the words that begin with Q without the U.
I realize there is more to the game of Scrabble than just rote memorization and I don't have that kind of memory anyway, but that is not the point.

I memorized a bunch of things for the express purpose of bettering the way I played J!, and I kinda know what you mean. But I will admit I have memorized words for Scrabble and didn't feel the need to shower afterward.

Post by **alietr** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:27 pm

Stupid human tricks?

BigDaddyMatty · Post by **BigDaddyMatty** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:55 pm

FireAntsDefense wrote:I memorized a bunch of things for the express purpose of bettering the way I played J!, and I kinda know what you mean.

Yeah, but what good did it do you? It's not like you're the Scrabble champion of France or anything.

Rex Kramer · Post by **Rex Kramer** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:57 pm

From a Wikipedia article on Lynn Johnston, author of the comic strip "For Better or For Worse":

"The 'new' material was actually reworked versions of older strips with retouched artwork and new dialogue that was sometimes only tweaked to use modern expressions or product names in place of older ones."

So there's precedent.

Rex

Budphrey · Post by **Budphrey** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 10:11 pm

trainman wrote:
BigDaddyMatty wrote:Anyone who hasn't spent some time getting to know Get Fuzzy is really missing out. It's the one strip I've seen in the last 20 years that consistently makes me laugh out loud.
It would make me laugh out loud a lot more often if it weren't perpetually in reruns 6 days a week.

Kind of like Doonesbury?

I will have to say I found Get Fuzzy a lot funnier back when I actually had cats.

silverscreentest · Post by **silverscreentest** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:31 pm

For a boardie with Ted as their avatar.

Post by **alietr** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:04 am

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Post by **alietr** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:49 pm

Courtesy of The Final Wager (and I promise not to do this):

https://youtu.be/55ZIlSjRwKQ

dhkendall · Post by **dhkendall** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:20 pm

alietr wrote:Courtesy of The Final Wager (and I promise not to do this):

My wife didn't let me do this. Still wondering why I married her.

MarkBarrett · Post by **MarkBarrett** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:17 am

dhkendall wrote:It's still early, but I hope this lasts for a while:

(This was somewhat buoyed by the fact that when I caught up on Sploofusing that I missed due to the audition I got each and every one of them right! (Including several lucky guesses). This is a trend that hasn't happened before!

How did the month end up? Hope at least one boardie made the top 10.

dhkendall · Post by **dhkendall** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:46 am

MarkBarrett wrote:
dhkendall wrote:It's still early, but I hope this lasts for a while:

(This was somewhat buoyed by the fact that when I caught up on Sploofusing that I missed due to the audition I got each and every one of them right! (Including several lucky guesses). This is a trend that hasn't happened before!
How did the month end up? Hope at least one boardie made the top 10.

Yeah, one did.

But hey, I can't complain at all about 12th place, that's pretty darn good for me! Got all of July's questions except 3 of them (first miss was on July 25, so that in itself ... )

August is back to par for the course. 0/1 so far ...

jeff6286 · Post by **jeff6286** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:36 pm

I had never signed up for Sploofus before, but after seeing Mark's post just hours into August, I figured it was a good time to give it a try. My strategy of answering shortly after midnight has given me a top 3 ranking after I answered each of the first two questions, then get to sit back and watch people pass me all day long. Would I be correct that the question level has no affect on your score for each question? I can't find an explanation of this anywhere on the site, but I have to assume that everyone is on a level playing field for the Question of the Day, right? I answered the first day's question pretty fast, and cheezguyty's score was seemingly miles better than mine.

dhkendall · Post by **dhkendall** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:38 pm

jeff6286 wrote:I had never signed up for Sploofus before, but after seeing Mark's post just hours into August, I figured it was a good time to give it a try. My strategy of answering shortly after midnight has given me a top 3 ranking after I answered each of the first two questions, then get to sit back and watch people pass me all day long. Would I be correct that the question level has no affect on your score for each question? I can't find an explanation of this anywhere on the site, but I have to assume that everyone is on a level playing field for the Question of the Day, right? I answered the first day's question pretty fast, and cheezguyty's score was seemingly miles better than mine.

I've noticed not everyone gets the same question. I think only people on the exact same level as you get your question.

JBoard.tv

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