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QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 28, 2011 -> 12:31 PM) It's a long standing problem in IT from the point of view of the college graduate (is what I meant), especially in my area. I work with firewalls and perimeter security, and getting into this area of focus was pure luck as I had no prior experience with firewalls. Nobody will even think about hiring a security engineer without experience, and there are no "junior" level security positions...at least there have been none of them at any company I've ever worked for...and being able to get experience is next to impossible unless someone decides to teach you. I don't necessarily disagree with it, it is what it is...experience trumps education. But that said, it's a problem for college graduates in the IT industry...because it's one of the few industries that really doesn't care about college degrees...and it never really has. Counter example, you'll never meet a dentist, doctor, chemist, etc...without a college degree. For someone like me, it blows because I find it really hard to breakthrough the IT industry. Really really hard. That and Information Systems.

If the Sox start off hot, they will runaway from the division.

Meh, I agree on the pizza. It was a very poor man's version of Connies. I found that to be true anywhere. Unless you are actually at Connies, the pizza is awful.

I love heel Punk, but ever since the Undertaker debacle, they've given him terrible storylines or have turned them terrible. Instead of Punk vs Orton at Mania, why not Punk and Barrett? Why even split up Nexxus? Why not have them get every title out there like a true nWo, but young. Seriously, the E needs to do away with the Nexxus/Corre storyline as they miffed on it several times over. Punk needs to be in the title picture.

If Chrome had noscript and adblock plus, I'd be all over it. It doesn't though, unfortunately which is a no go for me.

BTW, TBoGT was great if you loved San Andreas. Vice City was my favorite, with SA being second. This was third, but was done extremely well. Only thing is, you could only spend your cash on very limited things, which stunk.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 03:58 PM) Funny, that was how I felt about RDR. While it was more original and had a great atmosphere, like 60% of the missions were of the "kill all of the bad guys in this hideout" variety, another 20% were "get from point A to point B running from the bad guys" variety, a couple of protect/rob this train missions (those were my favorite) and the rest were rather mundane ranching/tutorial type missions. Sure, GTA has most of the same mechanics, but I felt like they mixed it up better. Instead of everything being "walk into this area and kill everyone," you might have to chase a guy to get to the main conflict, or maybe you have to escape from the bad guys/cops after it's over. It helped break up the cover, shoot, move forward, repeat pattern a bit more. I'm the same Zoom. I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt rather bored by Red Dead Redemption. Honestly, I didn't make it past the beginning tutorial missions. I prefer GTA much much more. I can't wait until LA Noire though. I've been waiting for like 3 years.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Mar 18, 2011 -> 07:05 PM) Even the Rock has been a case of diminishing returns since that first promo. That's because the WWE has limited what he can say since he was last in the E. It's a whole different ballgame unfortunately.

As a Reds fan, he will drive you nuts at times with his K's. I fully expect several threads on how much of a mistake he is. Overall though, his production is great. It stinks that he K's that much, but his overall numbers more than make up for it. Teams fear him and when they don't, they usually get burned. For the price the Sox signed him to, that makes it a wonderful signing. The good thing is, he won't ground into many double plays

Apparently, Coop liked Peavy's explosive arm more than Buehrle's or Danks or anyone else on the staff. I like that, until that explosiveness blew up his arm. Honestly, I think the sox are going to wait until Peavy's 100%, then wait another 2 months after that to make sure he is.

NBA League Pass needs to be added. I wish one of these devices would allow you to receive cable channels over the internet a la carte. Like HBO and ESPN and CSN are all I need from a cable provider.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 18, 2011 -> 03:10 PM) They may not talk to your manager, they may ask to talk with HR. Which is what happens most time. Nowadays, it's done through fax too, so you'll never know.

I think wrestling is done too. For those going, Rock will be on the Raw right before Wrestlemania here in Chicago.

Good advice on the last page. I've found it utterly hard to even get an internship or temp job though. No one will look at me, even Best Buy. I think that's because I'm trying to jump into a field where I don't have work experience/certs, but I do have schooling in and will graduate in Feb of next year. What makes it worse is that friends with no experience in my field, who self taught and also did not receive formal schooling(also don't have certs) are finding IT jobs/CIS jobs. It stinks. =[

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 08:06 PM) I kind of thought that WAS what the players wanted... no 18 game season, not to be gouged by the owners, and nobody disagreed on the rookie pay scale thing with rookies who've never done s*** making more than half the Pro Bowl squad, and the first 3 picks being a curse. But then we have this no-releasing-finances thing... sigh Bingo. I think the owners have done more than enough compromising.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 06:26 PM) I disagree with this draft being anything worse than average. I think it compares very favorably to last years class. 2010: Wall Turner Favors Johnson Cousins Udoh Aminu Monroe Hayward 2011: Barnes Irving Kanter Derrick Williams Sullinger Perry Jones Motiejunas Vesely Terrance Jones Wall is clearly the best player from either class coming out, but from there I think you would be hard pressed to say the 2010 class has more long-term potential than the 2011 class if many of these freshman come out. Others like Kemba Walker, Alec Burks, Tristan Thompson, Jordan Hamilton, Brandon Knight etc could easily be on the list. They will be long-time NBA players. I think the main gripe is that you only have one legit PG and one legit C prospect that seem to be future all-stars in Irving, and Kanter. However, the 2,3, and 4 positions seem to be well stocked. I haven't seen the foreign guys play, but it seems Jonas Valanciunas would be a legit center if he came out as well. We strongly strongly disagree then. 7 of the 10 in last year's class have all-star potential. 5 of them have superstar potential. This year's class, Irving IMHO is the only one who looks like he can be a perennial all-star, but I don't see him as a superstar. Barnes I don't think is that stud guy people made him out to be, just like with a lot of recent UNC recruits. We don't know much about Kanter. The rest on that list are meh, and yes, that includes Sullinger who I think will be a 17/9 player at max potential.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 11, 2011 -> 04:36 PM) I tend to think this looks like a draft with a lot of role players and not much else. I disagree, it is more like 2000's draft. There's only about 3 prospects who have a chance at being all-stars, and even then, they probably won't. This draft is going to be awful.

To me it sounded decent to. It said the offer included splitting the difference in the dispute over how much money owners should be given off the top of the league's revenues. Under the expiring CBA, the owners immediately got about $1 billion before dividing the remainder with the players; the owners originally were asking to roughly double that by getting an additional $1 billion up front. Also in the NFL's offer, according to the league: -- Maintaining the 16 regular-season games and four preseason games for at least two years, with any changes negotiable. -- Instituting a rookie wage scale through which money saved would be paid to veterans and retired players. -- Creating new year-round health and safety rules. -- Establishing a fund for retired players, with $82 million contributed by the owners over the next two years.

Didn't the same happen with Boston and Papelbon? Wasn't he originally supposed to be a starter, but they turned him into a closer. They tried to make him a starter one year, he struggled out of the gate and bam, it was closing from there on in? I fear the same might happen with Sale. For this year alone, I would love for Sale to be the closer and Thornton to be long relief. I think the exact opposite will happen.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Mar 6, 2011 -> 11:26 AM) Thanks for the reply, Nite. I was actually thinking of that plan from Sprint, but it's currently my plan B because I really don't want to pay that much per month. $69.99 is pushing it for me, unless the discounts ends up lowering the monthly payment to a more comfortable rate such as around $50 a month or so. While it's nice that there's a lot of minutes, it's more than I really need because I rarely make phone calls. I was hoping there was a phone plan out there somewhere where I can give up calling minutes for a lower rate while still having unlimited data for texts and internet. I just wish there were more customizable plans out there where I can get just 100 minutes and pay $20 less a month or so. 99% of the time I'm always using the internet, texts, and aim on my phone. I'd probably say, your best bet would be pre-paid or getting a device that depends on Wi-Fi or get a tablet and use that. Get Google Voice and you can make your phone calls using that.

Twitter Twilight Drake Apple Dave Matthews Band UFC EDIT Oh yeah, Scrubs and Seinfeld. As far as women, I don't get the hype between Taylor Swift, Megan Fox or Rihanna.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 10:42 AM) Who are you picking for Heat/LAL tonight? I will go with Heat in a close one, almost just because at some point the talent of Wade and LBJ will win out, not scientific obviously. Funny part will be if it is tonight or next week, when Heat win I'm sure they will be dancing all around and ESPN will declare them "fixed", just like when Tiger has a good round. I think Heat will win. The Lakers don't play strong team defense which is where the Heat struggle. Most of the Heat guys can take the Lakers off the dribble. Where the Heat struggle is teams that play good team D. ESPN will open with them winning, asking whether they are now fixed, and the answer will still be "let's wait and see".

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 04:55 PM) Does Michigan State not care anymore? Only up 2 at half on Iowa. Unless they make it to semi's, I don't think they should make the tourney. Don't care about SOS and RPI. They just aren't good enough. They don't. Neither does Illinois unless they make the championship game.

Sprint's Unlimited plan for $69.99 would be good for you. If you do electronic billing, you get a $5.00 credit and for most companies, they have a discount. I get 27%. If you're a student, you can probably search student discount, Sprint on the web and find something. Either way, you'll get Unlimited Data and a whole lot of minutes.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 5, 2011 -> 12:22 PM) Pretty much what I expected from this frustrating senior class. In their last home game, they come out and absolutely dominate and show what could have been if they always showed this much effort. Illinois gets the MSU/UM winner in the 4/5 game on Friday. Win and they are definitely in the tourney, lose and its gonna be another nervous Selection Sunday. Honestly, I think they need more than winning today and against MSU/UM winner.