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QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ May 11, 2011 -> 05:17 PM) Mags, I really think the Horford-Noah matchup is tough for us. Those two guys have a ton of familiarity with each other's games from UF and it takes away from Noah's effectiveness. I've been trying to formulate that in my head, but I think it goes beyond this specific horford matchup. But yeah, I do think Noah is in a mindgame with him that Noah is losing.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 11, 2011 -> 05:08 PM) i think the Bulls have played in the playoffs like they have all season long. Nothing has been easy, there were very few blowouts, and many times it came down to Rose shouldering the load in the 4th quarter. Why did we all expect a domination switch to flip on in the playoffs? They play their best when they play together, as it has been all season long. The games they have lost, the team stood around and waited for Rose to do something. Three bench players, Asik Gibson and Brewer, were the main reasons. The bench mob I don't think people saw how good Asik was in the 4th. He was covering an incredible amount of ground on defense. From top of the key to baseline three back inside. It was fantastic.

If Noah does go into foul trouble, Asik and Thomas available is a big advantage we have.

I do think we play better against better teams, though. Nonetheless, Noah has to get his confidence back. Dude is playing like garbage.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 11, 2011 -> 03:36 PM) Which is good and bad. Taj is a much better defender than Boozer. But he's a much lesser threat to score the ball. This is what I mean by the matchup problems the Heat create. You have a similar problem at the 2-guard. You got one guy who's a great shooter and bad defender. Another guy who's a good defender and not much of a scorer. This obviously hasn't been an issue to this point. But it more than likely will be next series. I don't understand what you are saying. Noah was on bosh. I think the heat will be difficult as all hell, that said i think we play a lot better when we rely on out-energy-ing the other team, like we have to vs. great teams.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2011 -> 03:03 PM) I'd expect Noah and Taj to get most of Bosh. yes. This is what happens.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 10, 2011 -> 09:31 PM) and they are 3-4. hahaha

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 10, 2011 -> 08:49 PM) That's another thing I don't get, if someone downloads an album, or buys the CD, don't they have legal rights to listen to that music for free from and source they may have? Whether it's a computer, mp3 player, cd player, whatever, they should be able to play that for free after purchasing it. Im not sure on the details but I believe a coworker was saying the music industry is or is trying to charge an extra fee for those hosting music on a cloud client. I believe it's due to the fact that you could share access to that storage to anyone and they consider that a form of piracy.

considering that the music industry is not approving of google music or amazon cloud music is the biggest obstacle for cars implementing that. Hopefully spotify gets the legalities done soon and becomes partners with google/amazon/apple music.

don't most cars have an aux input now? that seems pretty universal to me

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 6, 2011 -> 06:03 PM) Agreed. We can win this series without Boozer, but no way can we beat the Heat without him (and yes, I am assuming the Heat will win, not far fetched) being closer to full strength. Totally agree.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 6, 2011 -> 04:54 PM) I've given up. This team needs to make changes. Staying status Quo after years of consistent slow starts is bulls***. Given who we have leading the division we still have an opportunity at winning this thing, but they are gonna have to play perfect ball and hold people accountable. And yes, if I was running the team, I wouldn't just fire Walker. I'd fire Ozzie as well. Cooper would stay and I'm ok with Cora, etc. Than I'd give Tom Kelly a blank check to come in and run the Sox Amen.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 4, 2011 -> 10:04 PM) Well, as usual, I disagree with you. The reason Apple is so successful is because they anticipate what the market wants better than any other computer/electronics manufacturer in the marketplace. Their designs are beautiful, functional, incredibly intuitive, practical, and most importantly, backed by a ton of support from third party developers. All of their devices get copied, but it doesn't matter. The other manufacturers just don't seem to get it. They don't come with the intuitive design, they don't have the third party developers on the scale Apple does, and they don't see the forest for the trees. It's isn't that they are incapable of designing a touch screen, it's that they don't realize that it's uncomfortable for a user to use a touchscreen desktop monitor because of the ergonomics of how one is positioned while using a computer, while Apple does. It's that they don't realize that someone would utilize a tablet if you make it outstanding at handling tasks that don't require heavy word processing/typing such as multimedia. Do you really think that Apple is so far ahead of the curve from a technology standpoint that these other companies can't manufacture devices that Apple does? That obviously is not the case; you have copycats hit the market within 6 months to a year with almost every device. Where they are lacking is in imagining how and why the device will become something the use can't live without, and the multitudes of other services and products that can be marketed along with the product, such as iTunes and the App store. in other words, that they own IP on design and if you take that away it's a big deal.

If I'm going to watch an awful team, I at least want them to look good. Kyle Korver at SS. Jon Hamm somewhere. Ron karkovice.

Man this team is awful.

WHAT STEPHEN?

Crawford is one of the worst defensive players i've ever seen. edit: like someone lip synching a hymn they don't actually know but want to seem part of the bigger group, crawford just seems to think if it looks like he's playing defense it's enough to satisfy everyone.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 5, 2011 -> 06:31 PM) That was not the last time there was a source at a local hospital for a story. There was one 2 days ago...that was false.

QUOTE (oldsox @ May 5, 2011 -> 04:46 PM) Uh, talented? I don't think so. This is not a talented team. They prove it almost every day. And Hawk is being Hawk when he tries to convince his audience that they are indeed talented. They were overrated from the beginning. I don't think they are in a slump; they are playing to their level of skill. Talent is not defined by your paycheck. That said, I am interested in the exact quote, if anyone else caught it. So they were playing above their level of skill for their entire careers before this point?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 5, 2011 -> 03:18 PM) And somehow not a single step has been taken to address the teams woes. No player has been sent down and no one on the coaching staff has been let go. Unbelievable. I'm not one of those knee jerk fire people...but i'm trying to think of another example of someone getting a gigantic budget and having the worst launch in its history, and keeping control of the project.

We're averaging less than 2 runs per game over a 21 game stretch. That is the most horrendous stat I've ever seen. Is it 1968?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 4, 2011 -> 05:19 PM) Oh I didnt know you had a dictionary that listed all of the forms of torture and that waterboarding was explicitly listed, care to cite your source, perhaps the Geneva Convention? Dont allow it in our courts, I have no idea what you are talking about. Are you talking Military Courts? Are you talking Criminal Courts? What law are you exactly applying here? I get that certain people adamantly are against waterboarding, in a historical context waterboarding is not what "torture" meant when any torture law was written. Over time we have expanded torture to include mental cruelty, but that is a complete gray area. Im glad that you think the world is all black and white though, because Im not sure a single part of your post was anything more than your opinion. Unless of course you can find me a legal definition that explicitly states waterboarding is torture. As for being used by other regimes, Id apply the exact same argument. I dont make up different rules for the US or for other countries. And we do know torture is effective, if you threaten to rip some ones fingers off they are more likely to talk than if you let them run in a field and have 5 star meals. Being in jail is a form of torture, its just not "cruel and unusual". So I disagree with your opinion, although unlike you, Ill let you be entitled to it, instead of saying your statements are "false" when there is no right or wrong answer. I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was dealing with John Woo. US Civilian courts do not allow evidence obtained thru torture. Have you any evidence torture is effective? no. Have you any evidence Waterboarding is not considered torture? No, except for a few bogus legal documents from john woo. So you are plainly wrong, as you are on most every topic you speak on.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 4, 2011 -> 06:11 PM) I dont really think the results matter. The real issue is whether waterboarding is torture. We know that torture is effective, we just ban it because of our own moral beliefs. So if you believe waterboarding is torture, the ends dont justify the means. No, that's not the issue. Waterboarding is torture. When it's used by other regimes we dont' agree with we easily call it torture. And we don't know whether it's effective. That's why we don't allow it in our courts. Because it put thousands of innocent people to die because they false confessed. None of your post is true, none.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 4, 2011 -> 04:32 PM) 6'11" dudes at the end of their 16th season in the League don't do much punishing. Dude is a really old 35. TELL THAT TO BIG SEXY

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 3, 2011 -> 09:51 PM) Apple needs to have confidence its products will ultimately win out in the marketplace and realize that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Winning infringement cases on design, especially in the case of high-tech electronics, is going to be nearly impossible to achieve. Oftentimes there is simply a best way to design something functionally, and you cannot patent that. You can patent the technology that went into your own design, but you cannot prevent others from copying the design itself. It was put well in The Social Network. "Look, a guy who builds a nice chair doesn't owe money to everyone who has ever built a chair before..." But Apple mostly just owns intellectual property. Their designs are why people pay extra cash for their product. If people came out with the exact same product and design for 50% of the price, apple is done. And that social network line just is not similar to this type of IP.