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6:07 PM

@Aarthi everything alright at SE NYC?

@C.Ross Most of us are battened down in our homes! I haven't heard of anyone being forced to evac, and sounds like everyone's ok! :)

C. Ross

@Aarthi good! did you loose power at all?

Aarthi

i never did, though everyone south of ~40th did for a long time

a powerplant blew

C. Ross

@Aarthi yikes

Wipqozn

Has the storm passed yet?

Aarthi

6:10 PM

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@Wipqozn yeah the worst is over.

C. Ross

@Aarthi YIKES!

Aarthi

@AarthiD How did you make out after Sandy? Hope all is well. We are fine.

Tweeted by ZulyGonz on October 30, 2012 at 5:57 PM

Whew, glad to hear Zuly's ok.

@C.Ross Yeah, for real. You can see how much power was lost -- everyting on the left side is pitch black after the flash

C. Ross

@Aarthi yeah, was a coal or gas plant?

Aarthi

gas, iirc. not 100% sure

freiheit

There was also an "alert" at a nuclear power plant, but it was really nothing to worry about

C. Ross

6:17 PM

@freiheit good to hear

I work reasonably close to one of those things so I always get a little concerned

Aarthi

bloomberg says the nuclear ones are ok and don't need us to freak out

freiheit

@C.Ross You should worry more about the coal plants

C. Ross

@freiheit I would if I lived close to one!

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wax eagle

7:59 PM

@freiheit coal disasters are scary. specially if a fly ash retention pool breaches

random

8:21 PM

Lucas just does not look comfortable in that shot

At this rate of every 2-3 years, the Star Wars movies will be Disney's Bond franchise

mmyers

Skywalker. Luke Skywalker.

wax eagle

@mmyers blue milk, shaken, not stirred

mmyers

Does this mean the Ewoks get their own series? They sound perfectly Disney

wax eagle

yub yub

random

They didn't say it was the main Star Wars cast doing the fast release cycle. Plenty of fodder for lower tier characters if Wookipedia has mileage to burn

Tag and Bink

Tag and Bink are the main characters in a series of comic books spoofing Star Wars. Tag is from the planet Corellia and Bink is from Alderaan. The two first meet when they are found to have Force potential. The comics illustrate how these two Jedi in training haphazardly cause all the pivotal events in the Star Wars universe. Like other Star Wars comics, Tag and Bink is published by Dark Horse Comics. The whole Tag and Bink series is collected in Tag & Bink Were Here. Tag and Bink are the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of the Star Wars universe, a pair of minor characters who deliberately ...

wax eagle

8:28 PM

I kind of hope they do the Thrawn trilogy

Wipqozn

@random I think the Star Wars series has already hit rock bottom, so I don't think there's anything you need to worry about.

random

They can churn out the political thrillers based on the Senate stuff that was the crux of Episode I

mmyers

Mr. Smith goes to Coruscant

random

Q: Should Jeff take a lead on Markdown 2.0?

Obviously the Markdown specification and reference implementation is pretty well orphaned "upstream". Obviously Jeff knows his stuff on parenting and is one of the major players in the Markdown space; surely one of the most visible ones. Therefore my question: Should Jeff take a lead to solicit ...

That's quite the simmer time

> The last Star Wars film was 2005's Revenge of the Sith, and Disney said it believed there was "substantial pent up demand".

Huh. I felt a disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices whined in annoyance while still secretly searching for Episode 7 spoilers.

Tweeted by UnclePilot on October 30, 2012 at 8:30 PM

Wipqozn

8:48 PM

@random TIL the last message feature in chat will extract Twitter text.

mmyers

Will they re-release Episode 1 with Jar Jar subbed out for Goofy? It might be an improvement

Wipqozn

@mmyers It certainly couldn't make the movie any worse.

random

9:05 PM

So about 3/4 of Dark Horse comics are done then if the Mouse takes back the license there as well to the House

random

9:30 PM

Guys, #Community officially has an airdate: Thursday, February 7th at 8pm!

Tweeted by yvettenbrown on October 30, 2012 at 6:11 PM

That's the more important news for today

Gilles

10:13 PM

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Q: What would episode 7+ be about?

So Lucas Films sold out, err, got sold to a much bigger production company and has decided to continue the series. (please, lets keep opinions about how well, or otherwise, the anticipated company will do in picking up the series where it left off). As an avid movie goer, not an avid book rea...