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Awesome. My friend is a marine reserve getting back from Iraq in March, same month I get back. I can't wait to see him.

I'm a Johnnies beef guy. Thanks for your service, what military branch were you in?

Jenks, it's probably just a condition of circumstance, you clearly made fun of reid for being old, too. However, it seems to me that many criticisms around Pelosi are based off of looks, ON the board. And with H. Clinton in her presidential run, the same thing. I think there are some really fantastic women politicians, and it bothers me that so often derisive criticisms of them are about their looks. (All directed outside your post) Often compared with men, implications they are lesbians in a critical way, etc. So I immediately get turned off when these criticisms are made. And as a personal aside, I thought much of the speech was applauding the house, and I agree. Obviously, yeah, the house can fix the HC debacle by passing it, but it's worth noting that pelosi has gotten action on so many of the presidents priorities already, and tried to do it in a way that could protect her more conservative members from having to vote. Though it's fair to disagree with how effective the policies she's whipping to vote are, I don't think it's fair to say she has been the problem. The senate holds that honor.

QUOTE (vandy125 @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 10:51 PM) I was hoping for the ability of a netbook and an eReader combined with this, but was really disappointed. My netbook and any e-Reader work much better than what this thing will do. The netbook I have runs all of the apps I need including Office and iTunes. I can also connect to the Verizon 3G network to browse wherever and whenever I want and have any sort of a signal. I've got 250GBs of storage on it as well as card readers to throw my pictures from my digital camera on it. Oh, and it has a web cam on it. I didn't have to pay the $70 or whatever it will cost to add a web cam. Also, I can run more than 1 app at a time on the netbook. The only thing this has on a good netbook from what I can see is that it may do video better (even though it doesn't have a good output for it). As far as an eReader, the screen is not as good for your eyes as the eReaders out there. Battery life is also lacking compared to eReaders. Kindles and Nooks last days on 1 charge. The iPad lasts 10 hours. Granted, a screen that enables really good video cannot last for days and will not have the technology that is good for the eyes when reading. Count me as disappointed, but I think my expectations may have been way too high for this thing. well the web cam thing was an obvious ?, unless they really just want to save ish like that for upgrades, but it's stupid considering how it's offered on nearly all your other products. But, it lasts 10 hrs to run video, does it only last 10 hrs. for it's e-reader?

Was thinking the same thing.

Is he aware that hudson moved past A ball?

QUOTE (Ranger @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 04:27 PM) Do you even know what you're talking about? This doesn't make any sense. Deferring to management? I'm just telling you how it is, brother. Prove me wrong. And, bmags, talk to me when you graduate from college and learn yourself a thing or two. If I knew half the s*** I thought I knew 10 years ago, I would've been an oracle. Already graduated, but i do hope by the time I'm thirty I'll have acquired the knowledge to say "I think they probably know what they are doing, right?"

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 02:21 PM) Maybe I'm just a company shill, but I think management around here does alright by us and it wouldn't hurt to follow established posting guidelines to keep them out of any possible trouble. I for one embrace our new insect overlords. thanks flaxx but i wasn't talking about soxtalk mgmt. Rather the incessant posting from Rongey criticizing anyone who doesn't think the white sox management is acting in the most rational sane course, and when he gets a chance to, he acts for ESPNs.

i'd rather you all just secede

Ranger is there any topic where you don't completely defer to management?

yeah, there are really cheap lap tops. Really cheap mp3 players. But they look like s*** and operate to me, I like OSX more and haven't had to deal with half the s*** most of my friends have dealt with with their PCs. And as far as apps go, blackberry isn't even close to the number of apps, so ipod touch/ipod. And further, what we are boiling down to is the fact that many, many of the people that shelled out the cash for apple products really loved the quality.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 04:20 AM) I don't really get apple, and don't understand why people are in love with them. They just come up with new crap all the time that no one needs and way overprice it. um, what? Yeah i guess people don't NEED a laptop or a computer or ipod or phone. True, it's not water. But these are all things that many people do really want. None of this is that bizaare. This is essentially an answer to netbooks and kindels. You won't be seeing it in sharper image.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 02:59 AM) Damn he just s*** on the Supreme Court as they sit in the front row watching. I chose to take this literally since I can't see this.

I wouldn't put too much in the price, there was a huge drop in price for the iphone, i don't expect the same after 5 mos. or whatever since that pissed off a lot of people, but I don't see it being 600 or more. Also, it works better than a netbook for commercial use for the following: browsing and hd movies. That will have a lot of commercial appeal for dumb teenagers and traveling. In addition to working as your own kindel/school. Plus it removes a weak point of lap tops that a lot of problems happen: the joint.

I'm not talking about Ben Nelson/lieberman/Landrieu, I'm talking about f***ing GRASSLEy AND SNOWE, who negotiated, got what they wanted and still vote no, if you can't understand this concept and the R under their names then don't talk on it.

considering i watched the ipad launch, watching a state of the union is too much f***ing excitement for one day

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 08:25 PM) Smokescreen - it really worked, didn't it? smokescreen on whose part kap? After 8 mos. of negotiating with snowe she said it was "too rushed" even though it was damn near the same bill as the baucus plan, that she voted for. They weren't negotiating in good faith

Will one of you answer how willfully neglecting to improve a key offensive position that can easily be filled NOW, BEFORE it hurts us in the season is a wise idea?

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 07:49 PM) But reading a newspaper is like reading a newspaper. And its much cheaper. And you aren't sad when you leave it on the train accidentally. you dont have to buy a tablet every day.

QUOTE (b-Rye @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 06:49 PM) These "Future" stats are stupid. Anything can happen, Jones can hit .290 with 35 HR 90RBI or .180 5HR 20RBI before he's cut... anything can happen. Yeah, well the latter is much more likely than the former. And you should try and put together a team based on greater likelihoods.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 07:17 PM) A competent leadoff hitter was not what you were arguing. You were talking about Wise, not Podsednik. Wise honestly made very little impact at all last year, he hurt his shoulder very early on, was injured for a month and a half, made "The catch", and was a bench player for the rest of the season. If you want to argue that a competent leadoff hitter cost the Sox the division last year, well I disagree with that too. the bullpen couldnt hold a lead, and the entire team couldnt hit for about a month. If you want to talk about a specific position that truly cost the Sox from the start, I think it was fields at 3B. If Beckham started the season in the majors, I think the hitting slump that killed them in May through late June would have been drastically minimized, and even then I understood why Fields was up and Beckham was in the minors. The Sox had to see if Fields was worth anything This team as a whole is constructed better than the team that started last year IMO. Because of this I think that they can weather any sort of deficiency that the lack of a true DH could bring. And like I said, IMO Dewayne wise began last season as our starting CF and leadoff hitter. We had an incredibly sluggish 2 months during that time. Who knows how many games were lost. And yes, JD tanked, so we all could see just how dramatic an impact having a s*** hitter in position of generally high production can be. But luckily we have another beckham down on the farm. guyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Thsi is an easy problem to fix, all the more maddening that they refuse to act. So no, i think its a retarded game plan to lose more games than you should jsut because now you can upgrade (likely more expensive) in the future.

let me know when they tell us why we want it! (I'm being sincere, too)

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 06:01 PM) He didnt finish the year as the starter. They acquired rios and never looked back. There is a contingency plan in place at all times with KW. With Colon and Wise last year, it was Peavy and Rios. KW isnt stupid, Im pretty sure he understands what he has and where his deficiencies are, he has his reasons why he isnt acting, we just dont know what they are. Right, and we lost the division. What if we had a competent leadoff hitter to start the season? And then we get a hitter who hits awful to correct it. I'd rather just pay a few mill tonot have awful production from a generally great offensive spot in the lineup.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 05:47 PM) Honestly I dont think it will end with those two as the combo, but thats just me. Thats why Im not crying about it. I thought that last year with DeWayne wise. I learned my lesson.

i'm excited for the launch because i've been very confused jsut what purpose this would serve. I understood the iphone, made sense. A lap top, i'm with ya. This was some weird inbetween i never quite grasped.