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You got me hooked... now I'll HAVE to listen.

I think it is still 10 minutes or so off.

OK, now this thread can be used for "bugs" and hopefully we see no more major outages for a while.

That should be done.

I have two more things I need to take care of - both relatively minor. As I said somewhere else, I bet soxtalk member productivity has been at its highest ever at work this week.

We'll bring it back up later today or tonight.

Update: Expect some bouncing up and down throughout the remainder of today. We're working to resolve any remaining issues with connectivity with the server company. Thanks.

We may still experience a "hiccup" or two as I'm getting some tech support for a couple of things that are server related. I really couldn't do it until we were done with the upgrade and I could see what some issues are... so hang in there. Thanks for all your patience. Also, besides the time and smilie issues, please list any other issues in this thread. This is an issues thread only... you can comment in this thread if you want... http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=59981

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 18, 2007 -> 02:47 PM) Yes, and apparently the current one is the only choice at this time? Oh, yea...it must be. The other ones are turned off (like the default one). Is that the one you use?

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 18, 2007 -> 02:31 PM) How do I change the colors? There's a skin chooser at the bottom of the screen. Is that what you mean?

We're going to clear some of the SLaM posts - probably older then June 30, 2006 at this point. Before we do this, I wanted to make sure there weren't any objections. Post them here if there are. Thanks!! Kap

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Jul 14, 2007 -> 01:20 PM) The first thing I said when Dye took 3 fastballs right down the middle with ducks on the pond was "f***ing Greg Walker. Fire his ass." There was mention of the Texas hitting coach being the benchmark for good hitting coaches. Against Bedard, the Rangers had 2 hits and fanned 15 times. How many runs do you expect a team that features Andy Gonzalez leading off, Luis Terrero or Jerry Owens, and Toby Hall who simply cannot swing, to score against any pitcher, let alone one of the best in the league? DING! This lneup just is not going to win you many ball games.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 13, 2007 -> 09:33 PM) It's still a profession in which you analyze data, throw it into a computer and create models. It might not be as complex as climitalogy, but it's the same principle. You're ultimately trying to predict future events and no matter how good your data is or how good your model is, things don't always turn out the way it's predicted. Sure, it's more complex than that, but it's still a crapshoot. There are far too many variables that could happen to be able to predict half the stuff they try to predict. Again, i'm not arguing global warming doesn't exist. In fact I think it does. I do, however, question (a) the human involvement in it (not that if we have caused it but to what degree) and (B) whats the effect going to be. But this point of contention is rarely discussed because the minute you question it people are all over you saying you don't believe in global warming and that you're ignoring science. Ill try to dig up the articles i read about the hurricanes. I remember seeing them on drudge (*ducks out of the way). I know there were two or three articles about it. Especially around here. I can think of no other subject that gets more hotly defended then global warming. DO NOT QUESTION THE GORACLE!

WOOT! Good effort by Buerhle wasted, again.

LMAO. GO ROBBBBBBBY!

Well, JD can get a highlight reel hit right here. Or not. What a panty waste this guy has become.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 13, 2007 -> 10:23 PM) In that perspective, I suspect the Dems are praying Guiliani gets the nod. He won't.

We took our baby on a plane for the first time during Memorial Day weekend. To be honest, I was frantic that OUR baby was going to be the fussy one on the plane. I know I didn't want to be looked at by 200 other people as THE SCREAMING BABY people. Amazingly, she was pretty good the whole trip, save for one shriek. The truth is, you can't stop babies from screaming, and sometimes you have to fly, even if it's long trips. It annoys me to see people b**** about it. All I know is I'm very cognizant of my surroundings and I will do what I can to keep my child quiet, but that may not be 100% possible.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Jul 13, 2007 -> 02:56 PM) Again, tell me how you know so much about the scientific process--how things get funded and how things get published. Because I don't think you know enough to be spouting such outrageous accusations of gross scientific mis-conduct. Even the biggest assholes in my field (I've met them and can verify their assholity) will publish a paper to critique their own theory and contradict what they believe. Why? Because ultimately it is the criticisms of science that drive it forward. Creating a completely unified data set that all point to one thing would drive a researcher out of business, so there's absolutely no reason to do. Well, for starters, it's the governments of these said countries that control the purse strings. I probably don't need to expand on that. The last part, though, probably makes sense. Assholity? That's a new one. QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 13, 2007 -> 02:57 PM) So how does the Earth adapt to all the HUMAN caused wastes dumped into rivers in lakes since the start of the Industrial Revolutions, things that ares still being done in countries like China and India? How does the Earth adapt to HUMAN caused catastrophes like oil spills? How does the Earth adapt to highly industrialized areas where acid rain falls? It's still localized - yet - it's not GLOBAL WARMING. Humans cause messes, and humans can clean up. But what about something not tangible? Everything you listed is tangible.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 13, 2007 -> 02:32 PM) No Kap, you can't. That's not science. Yes, scientists sometimes introduce bias when they desire a certain outcome. But in reading your graf here, if what you say is true, then all science is pointless (your quote: you can pull anything out of your ass). Which of course goes right back to what I said earlier - if you dismiss science en masse like that, then some people will feel better, because they can choose to believe whatever they want, regardless of facts or evidence. At that point, we cease to be a thinking society, and revert back to believing the earth is flat. You can choose to live in denial, or you can choose to accept when things sometimes aren't what you want them to be (and maybe even change them). I'd rather accept this reality and try to adapt to it or change it, then spend my energy trying really hard to pretend it isn't true. ok, I hear you... so maybe I'm not saying what I'm trying to say right. Hypothesis: something that can be either proved or disproved from "scientific" study. Right? QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 13, 2007 -> 02:42 PM) Why don't you sit in the garage with your car running for a few hours and tell me that it isn't bad for you. Multiply those emissions by billions and you get our current atmosphere. It's just common sense that we are destroying our atmosphere and that they are HUMAN CAUSED. Think with your brain for crying out loud. You control the environment in a small space. For example, the A/C you run in your townhouse right now. The earth adapts to changes on a grand scale that humanity cannot control.

I guess it comes back to more or less what Jenks was saying. It's politicized on both sides so bad that the "truth", whatever it is, is completely off base. I don't care what Soxy says, most "scientists" tend to be more "liberal" in their thinking, and align themselves with "Democrat" principles in this country. The European scientists, well, they are going to have the "social" slant anyway. It's just the way it is. I use these terms "loosely" to describe political persuasion, not to "insult" a way of thinking. You can put a hypothesis out there and pull out of your ass anything you want to support your point of view, even in a "lab" setting. Your findings aren't supposed to be biased, but if you think HUMAN CAUSED global warming exists, then damn near everything you're looking for is going to try and support that notion. And it's true on the flip side. If I go gather a bunch of data that "debunks" the HUMAN CAUSED global warming hysteria, then I become biased. So what do we know, rather then what do we not know?

I wish I didn't have so much to do - because I'd seriously put together research that dismisses the notion of HUMAN CAUSED global warming. (there's a key phrase there).

I never really liked Guiliani for several reasons, but more of them were personal. The one thing that he can do well is govern. We haven't had a person who could govern since I would argue 1988.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Jul 13, 2007 -> 12:15 AM) They might not have passed all of the laws he wanted, but when was he ever investigated or questioned? When were any of his actions ever really given a second thought instead of just brushed aside?* *This isn't an R or Dubya exclusive party. Politicians care more about their side "winning" than running an above-the-board, ethical government. They weren't by the Democrats themselves, until now. And even then, they were running around voting to the polls, instead of their "conscious".

So am I just going to get that post every time I post a "gut feeling"? The truth is, you can't PROVE, nor can these other people, PROVE beyond 100% shadow of a doubt that "global warming" exists. Let me put it this way. About 99% of the "global warming" scientists wouldn't have a job or funding to do research if they said it was just "climatalogical changes" in the earth and that humanity couldn't destroy earth (short of a nuclear explosion) if they tried. The earth will always adapt and change.