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QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 09:53 PM) Yeah, that's the app I used to determine the best location for our booster, which does a great job extending our signal, but at the cost of speed. I also used the Ookla Speed Test to see what kinds of speeds I was getting with our current set up and with a Netgear AC1750 Nighthawk I bought last week just as a test. With our regular Linksys G-300 (Yes, G!!) I was getting 0.06 MB/S on my phone, and 0.3 MB/S on my PS4 in my room, which is located about 12 feet away from the router (up 1 floor, couple feet to the right). Even with the Nighthawk, I was only getting 2.1 MB/S on my PS4 and 1.1 MB/S on my phone. We are paying for 50 MB/S (but I assume that's only realistic on a hardwired connection). EDIT: I should mention I am converting the mbps reading that the Ookla app gives in to MB/S, which is 1/8th the number. Routers are rated for mbps, even though internet companies sell it in MB/S. It's kind of tricky. Every ISP I've ever patronized markets in Mbps, not MBps. For instance, TWC, my current provider...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 09:28 PM) when Reynolds was 24 he hit 28 homers in the big leagues. Maybe Davidson would do that if we gave him a shot!

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 08:40 PM) Equally as unimpressive is his 112 Ks in 83 games. Contact issues are usually exacerbated in the Major Leagues, so I am pretty much resigned to Davidson never reaching the potential the Sox saw in him when they traded for him. Mark Reynolds is the kind of profile to look for at this point. Can he develop that level of power in his mid-20s, though?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 04:52 PM) Given some of the scandals though, from Whitewater to foundation donations, to the email scandal, isn't some of that explanation self explanatory? She's got some dirt on her and everyone knows it. Of course reporters want to be the one that finds it. And of course Republicans are chomping at the bit because the country has been told for nearly two decades that she'll be the first female president. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 05:06 PM) See the problem is...everything you mentioned was pretty much BS as a "Scandal". Some of them are "poor optics", but they're labeled as "scandals" even when they're not. My general takeaway on that stuff was that it was mostly the result of shaking the Clinton tree to see what people latched onto. I don't hold Hillary or Bill in especially high esteem as people, but I'm not so sure that they are outside whatever the moral norm is for national politics.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 04:11 PM) Brewers now just 1 game under .500 under Counsell. White Sox also now just 1 game under .500 since the day Ron Roenicke was fired. Welp, lucky for Robin, firing Ron Roenicke fixes everything!

Just makes concrete that in Donald's mind, Mexican illegals and just Mexicans are basically indistinguishable

There does seem to be something about the Clintons that really brings out the worst in journalists. I think everyone knew that Bill was a philanderer from the get-go, which probably led to such intense interest, and the Lewinsky relationship just sealed the deal. The Republican surge after his election led to all kinds of other pseudo-scandals as well, which showed there was lots of public interest in shaking the Clinton tree to see what falls out.

I think the 3 year plan is more like "I told Jerry that we'd be a great team again by year 3 or I'd quit my job"

Penny with a CG and 0 strikeouts. Weird.

LaMarcus isn't anywhere near good enough for me to complain about him switching teams. On which recent champion would he have been the best player?

Sox pitching staff 3rd in AL/9th in MLB in WAR, Sox starters 2nd in AL/6th in MLB in WAR. Staff is 1st in AL/2nd in MLB in WAR over last 30 days, starters are 1st in AL/2nd in MLB over last 30 days.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jun 28, 2015 -> 01:20 PM) Question to those who track mileage on their tax returns. Does the mileage include the trip to and from work as well? To keep track I should be able to just attach my route sheet (it has all the locations I hit) to a mapquest print out that includes how many miles right? Some may remember I posted about working as a sub contractor and my employer doesn't take taxes out. I asked the boss if I'm gonna have to pay taxes and he said not if I track my miles and write those off. Ask Aaron Schock for more details

Chris is also a top 50 pitcher

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 12:17 PM) Because of your very good friend John Danks I agree and it made sense at the time to go with John Danks. Little did we know that Danks not only would get hurt, but would get hurt almost immediately upon signing his deal and hurt in such a way that he'd never be anything close to his old self. What's interesting is that he seems to have fared better than other guys who have had capsule tears in the recent past - Johan Santana and Dallas Braden come to mind.

Dude. 4/40 to Iman Shumpert? What a joke. Feel free to read that in Stephen A Smith voice

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 11:08 AM) Because of all of the Ex-Sox prospects who have turned into stars around MLB? Realized the other day that if none of our prospects turn into stars and none of our ex-prospects turn into stars, that just means we don't even get top talent to step foot into our system

The bulking up excuse is my favorite. "I'm playing bad because I did a good thing, so you can't really be mad"

Yeah, they're just trolling Sox fans

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 12:50 AM) Never seen it in nearly 30 years as a PT/ATC and I've been in plenty of operating rooms. My experience has mostly in athletics however so my experience is mostly with orthopedic surgeons not internal med guys. you can bet they all are giving their best efforts if only from a liability/law suit perspective. However, don't you need to have a "special" sense of humor to perform colonoscopies on a regular basis? Isn't there some saying about opinions and assholes?

Adopting adult dogs from a shelter is great for a couple of reasons. First of all, you're saving a dog that at best will lead a life of limited human attention and a complete lack of autonomy and at worst is facing imminent euthanasia for no reason other than lack of space. But second is that the vast majority of adult dogs you could adopt from a shelter will not give you the same pains that you get from a puppy. You have to teach a puppy that it has to pee/poop outside, for god's sake, which is far from an overnight endeavor. You will also be able to know the temperament of the dog you adopt from a shelter because it has grown up. Puppies are almost always crazy, but a good portion of them become mellow adults. You won't really know which you're getting when you adopt so young. But an adult dog is pretty much itself...obviously moving into a new home will change some things, but not its basic disposition. I think of this in contrast to cats (who hold a special place in my heart of course) who are more disrupted by changing homes/owners once they are adults. That's not to say adopting adult cats is bad! But kitten socialization is 1. easy and 2. far more permanent, IMO. Dogs have been domesticated a long time and with some exceptions of abuse, are hard to break of their love for human friends. Cats that didn't have the kind of human interactions you would like to have with them when kittens will be pretty unlikely to have them when they are adults. Anyway, thanks for helping out animals in need Alpha! The amount of homeless animals in our communities is so sad that it tends to be easier just to keep a distance rather than get emotionally invested. Props to you for being involved and helping.

It is so potentially far-reaching that it's hard to summarize which specific interests are hurt and helped. I know one of the first times I heard about it they had discovered that it would increase the time before artistic works go into the public domain (and it would impose the same the timeframe on other signatories, which would be its explicit purpose for being in the agreement). Shortly thereafter, there was a lot of talk about drastic increases in drug prices for most of the non-American countries involved as a measure to protect American pharmaceutical companies. But there is just a lot, a lot to it. As far as I can understand, it's a strange legal position for all parties since it in many places contradicts domestic laws.

I don't know what it says about me or human nature or healthcare in general, but my first reaction to that story was "well at least they restricted it to verbal abuse"

With each coming year, betting big on the top tier FAs looks more like a fool's errand

The next time a kid comes down to UIUC and KU, Groce will surely mention what happened to old Cliffy

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 27, 2015 -> 06:44 PM) Q wasn't a fan apparently. Saw that on twitter That's fine, but it doesn't mean you have to give him a way for a dime-a-dozen level prospect