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DJ and Farmer sounding real dumb, on how we can't put Chris Getz at leadoff because he is a rookie. Yet putting a crappy player like Owens who was in the same situation was considered brilliant. Come on now. Common sense please.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 18, 2009 -> 04:24 PM) And sadly I have. Damn Getz gets down the line. Can anyone really deny at this point that Getz is quicker than Owens? How about Getz for leadoff, and Ramirez as the number 2. I understand that Ramirez has a low OBP, but he seems to feast on fastballs and CQ would provide protection behind him.

QUOTE (wsgdf_2 @ Mar 18, 2009 -> 03:46 PM) I'm not a Wise fan or anything, but how is his OBP lower than his BA? The perfect storm of fail.

Terrorism no, more like man made disaster. GMAFB

So lets tax those evil corporations. Daley: Quinn's tax plan could turn up heat on local tax increase Now I understand that those evil corporations are gettign away with murder making money and all. And how cheap their taxes are. Oddly I think that companies might react badly to this.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 11:29 AM) i think cook county is cheap in comparison to the collar counties. my parents house in cook county has a fair market value of probably $300,000. They pay approx $5k in property taxes per year. my house in kane county has a fair market value of probably $460,000. I pay approx $10k in property taxes per year. maybe its different in the city, but comparing burbs in Cook to burbs in Kane, Kane is probably 25-30% higher than Cook. In Cook County, a house is assessed at fair market value, and your tax rate is applied at a formula of 16% of that fair market value. In the colar counties, its 33% of fair market value. I believe, and by far I am not an expert on this so feel free to jump in. FMV * percentage ( .16 for Cook/.33 for Cook/Kane and Lake * tax rate percentage which is based on the area you live in.

Anything the Broncos want, they can have for Cutler. This team cannot build, or find a QB of their own. How many QBs have we started over the last 20 years. Get him, build around him.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 03:41 PM) Luckily, I was raised lutheran and birth control is allowed. not only that, but one of my pastors once said something along the lines of... "sex feels good. enjoy it. As long as it's in the confines of marriage, do it all you want".... I like him. lol The percentage of catholics who spray and pray as a practice for birth control ( non-alchohol related ). 1% The rest, use several methods to either confuse the tadpoles on their journey, capture them, or kill them.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 03:08 PM) Well, i actually understand where he is coming from. Condoms would encourage sex because people would think... and be taught... this wont allow HIV through, so use it. However, the size of a sperm compared to the size of HIV is staggering. If a sperm can get through... HIV will get through MUCH easier. Its not that at all. If you are a catholic, and have gone through the Pre-Cana process you have went through a Natural Family Planning class. Or as I call it, birth control that keeps women pregnant all the time. This is why for example, my mother in law is one of 12 children her mother had. My wife's Grandpa liked the nookie, but couldn't go to the pharmacy.

IMO, I bet the girls on his daugher's soccer team are more athletic than the "Elf Lord" author who wrote this pile of crap. I wonder how many times he played an organized sport of any kind.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 16, 2009 -> 03:44 PM) I've never taken the grinder title to be a bad thing. I think it was made into a bad thing here on SoxTalk. I always took to mean a player that, at ANY given level of talent or ability, went the extra effort to get more out of that talent. And that is never a bad thing. But here on ST, it turned into some ethereal quality that was some subsititute for actual playing ability. A former nebraska punter screwed the entire grinder meaning up.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 16, 2009 -> 01:50 PM) Anyone else watch the premiere? I'll give it a B. Nothing crazy good, but nothing terrible either. An interesting premise. Also, Ian McShane is such a badass. I love that guy. I watched it off of the nbc.com website. Not bad at all. The actors will be good, the content is interesting. I don't know how well it will be received with the religious overtones it has.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 16, 2009 -> 10:24 AM) Hey anyone ever try P90X? I have been feeling very stagnant in my workouts and ordered this set to give it a chance. I've browsed the message boards over there and there are many succes stories. I use the P90x Ab routine, I kinda stumbled across it in torrent land. The quality of the ab routine was pretty good, the doofus running it will annoy you.

Have to feed that pork somehow. Private Health Benefits, well lets tax that.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 09:51 PM) seriously, Illinois has the lowest income taxing rate in the country. We've underpaid for decades. Now that the State wants to tax at a fair rate, you've got a problem??? Were you praising the State for undertaxing for the past 20+ years? Undertaxing us? Now I have heard everything. No I don't want to praise a government that has overcommited its resources, and needs to lean on citizens during a recession because they can't control themselves. Live within your means, thats should work for the government too. I pay enough taxes.

? Owens has improved? At what, his ability to run real fast as he records the out.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Mar 13, 2009 -> 09:24 PM) State income tax is an income tax in the United States that is levied by each individual state. Seven states choose to impose no income tax. These states are Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. Additionally, New Hampshire and Tennessee limit their state income taxes to dividends and interest income only. As of 2007, the highest rate of state income tax is that of California, with a maximum rate of 10.3%. Of those states which impose an income tax, the lowest maximum rate is that of Illinois, which levies a flat tax of 3%. Most states (34) have a progressive income tax, where the rate rises as an income gets larger. So, stop your b****ing. I forgot its our patriotic duty so you can redistribute the wealth. Gotcha. How about this, spend less. Stop overcommiting your budget and then you won't have to increase taxes.

You know what stimulates the economy during a recession, raising taxes on individuals and business. This entire thing is like a bad joke. Between the state, Cook County, and the City you will be lucky to attract anyone to start a business in this area.

QUOTE (DABearSoX @ Mar 12, 2009 -> 10:17 PM) thanks for the help... so basically what happened is that I am an idiot...The 5 years I have had this laptop I have reformatted numerous times and that last time I must have forgotten to install the drivers for the network card. I have been using the wireless card so i installed those and not the Ethernet card.. went to the dell website, installed the drivers, and bingo..that was the problem... Thats why I started out with lower the firewall and ping. If you can't see the echo reply from the machine connected, then you have other issues. Glad you found it.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Mar 12, 2009 -> 11:49 PM) I don't think we are headed towards a UK style socialized medicine path. But I do think we are moving towards a system where there will be some basic healthcare coverage available to all Americans. For a huge chunk of the US population, that would be a godsend. This is the slippery slope I see. Here is my worst case scenario for the basic health care. Basic Health care is given to all americans, HR and benefits managers will start to get asked by companies to compare the company HMO and PPO offerings to the basic, to see where the gap is. Then HMO and PPO companies will start to offer lower cost, hybrid policies that will bridge that gap. Companies will jump on that to save money, and then you will start with coverage issues of matching insurance, doctors, hospitals and who covers what and where. This will cause a large headache, as the private insurance and governemnt fight over what is covered and by who. The private HMO and PPOs will then start to jack their rates up to cover the new admin costs, and companies will pass that on employee, or drop it all together and require them to get private coverage. People will once again have a gap, and then the only answer is full governmental coverage. Kind of a stretch, yet kind of realistic.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Mar 12, 2009 -> 11:21 PM) Heaven forbid we ever get universal healthcare. We'll be the last industrialized country to do so. Odd why are my relatives purchasing supplemental insurance like crazy over in Ireland if universal health care is so grand. I have had a few relatives put on waiting lists to get procedures that we can get over here real quick. I am a diabetic, and I don't need some governmental overlord deciding that my care is not cost effective because its a chronic condition. And before you say well your company can pay for it, just like it does today. Companies will drop health care the minute the government offers it up for free. Why would they flip that cost if someone else is giving it out. I suggest people spend more time in school learning a skill or a trade, and less time worrying about government handouts.

QUOTE (DABearSoX @ Mar 12, 2009 -> 03:56 PM) SO I just got a new desktop and I would like to transfer stuff from my old laptop. There is a lot, so I am not going to hassle myself with CDs or flash drives and such. Went out to radio shack and got an Ethernet crossover cable so I could connect throw each ethernet port. This is where I am having troubles. I found different ways to accomplish this but none of them worked out. I first tried the XP network wizard which ended in an error when trying to set up the host computer. Next I tried manually entering IPs (192.168.0.1 & 192.168.0.2). This took the limited network connectivity away from the desktop but I couldnt see where to access the host laptop. (Yes I enabled sharing on the C: drive of the laptop) I tried to Map a network drive after using the IP method but the HOST laptop wasnt being shown when using the browse method nor could connect when entering //computername/shared drive. I really thought this would be an easier process when connecting two XP machines...thought it would be like a plug and play Any tech wiz people out there have any suggestions for me or maybe where to start over? 1.) Remember to disable the built in XP Firewall and verify connectivity by pinging across the cross over. 2.) Don't use the name for your fileshare. Use the IP for the UNC name. Start Menu -> Run -> \\IP Address\[your shared folder name] and press enter. By default you can either share the C drive out, or use the C$ hidden admin share. Here is another link that may assist you. http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-t...n-folder-share/

QUOTE (Scwible @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 10:16 AM) Question, do you fellows here who are in the field have a degree that is related to what you do? computer science, etc.... At the time I started in this industry there was no degree program in networking. All of the Computer related classes were in programming. My degree is in Criminal Justice.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 08:16 AM) If you are looking for a place to start, start with A+/Network+, and I say this because it's basically the entry gate to the IT industry. The tests are very basic and cover a general knowledge area of the PC world, without going into anything complex. You can self study them just by buying any book on the subject matter (or going to the library). From there, if you want to go the networking path (which I'd recommend), I'd start with the CCNA (Cisco) and move on from there. After you've done those you will know enough to know which direction to go. The alternative is to go for the MCSE (Microsoft Engineer certifications). I have to say, however, I'm not a big fan of vendor specific certifications, I find them to be mostly a scam for those companies to collect extra money every few years. What I mean by this is, for the most part, you will pass a certification exam and they will purposefully "expire" that certification a year or two later so you can pay them again to retake the test. That, IMO, is equivalent to your college/university calling and saying, "You know what, we're gonna need you to come back for another four years because we've decided to "expire" your degree." I find it a very cheap and often used practice on IT certifications...it's a total sham. If you continue to work in the industry, as with any degree, it's taken into consideration you've kept up on technology and learned/grew with the times. That said, don't let my opinion on the matter sway you. Get into the IT industry, it has a bright future -- but as with anything, you'll have to start at the bottom and be willing to accept that! Certifications do very little to replace industry experience, which is the ever living paradox of the industrial world. No experience, no job! Well...how the hell do I get a job if nobody will give me a chance to get experience?! I've found, throughout my career, that most people in IT end up where they are on accident. For example, most of us start out in entry level jobs, and somewhere along the line an opportunity arises which allows us to move into something "bigger or better", but again, that depends on your viewpoint as to what's bigger or better. There are distinct paths in the IT industry, and the path you end up on is usually accidental, e.g. programming, networking, operating systems, security, etc. Back in the late 90's, I worked for a small Chicago ISP called American Information Systems (a job I got through a friend), I started as tech support for dialup customers and move onto the desktop support administrator role about a year after. That's just a fancy IT title for the guy that fixes users PC issues around the office. From there, I started doing minor windows server administration. Shortly after, Exodus Communications (now bankrupt) buys out that small company and my new boss says, "Hey, how would you feel about being our local firewall guy?!" I had never worked on a single firewall in my life at this point, mind you, so I tell him...I have no experience in that realm, and he says, "So what, here is a PIX and a Checkpoint firewall...learn them." The rest is history. I went on to get the silly CISSP in 2000 and have held it since, and now I do PIX/Checkpoint/F5 Load Balancing for a living...like I said, where I entered and where I ended up is pure coincidence. I stumbled into it the security path. The only thing you can do is enter into a low paying jr admin job so you can get on the job training. If I had to say which area has the brightest future, it's the security area of IT, and as I see it, nothing else even comes close. Not only is the security path of IT short on people across the board, it's getting worse, because everyone wants to be a hacker these days...not the guy who stop them. And I absolutely agree to the poster above me, the best way to learn is to teach yourself by building your own network. Any computers will do, try to get them from friends/family who have recently replaced their old computer, or have old computers laying around they aren't using anymore but still work. Speed doesn't matter, it's just a way to enable you to build a network of different operating systems and see if you can get them working together, and to understand WHY they work together. Break them...mess with them, and then try to fix them. You'll find the time flying by when you hit a bump in the road and you research/toy with how to fix it. I spent so many hours in high school doing this it's not even funny. It sounds like a joke, but you'll learn more doing that than reading any book. This is so true. My journey into security went down a similar path. I was working at a hospital in the Infrastructure group working on Cisco equipment. They wanted to move from the Cisco product to the checkpoint product, which at the time was just realeased. It ran on Solaris and I was the only one in my group who touched Unix at all. It was thrown my way. I left that hospital, then moved to a big company working for their US networking group. I worked as a Unix admin, managing the US based firewalls and got my big break which was they had an global security position open. I actually helped them interview people for over a year and finally they offered it to me. I have never looked back. And one more thing to add to Y2HH's post. Lots of people realize that security is the way to go as far as specialization. You will run into a large amount of charlatans out there in this industry. Self proclaimed security experts because they ran an automated tool once, are getting a masters in IT security, or passed some cert. So if you do specialize in this, remember good people are still hard to find in this industry.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 05:28 PM) I am very worried about Danks. Maybe they have caught up with him? Discuss During ST, the pitchers start to stretch themselves out. They go through at least 2 different dead arm periods, one around now and one towards the end of ST. Also in ST, pitchers are assigned a pitch to work on, or a specific task to accomplish. So relax.