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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 31, 2009 -> 11:05 AM) The TRILLIONS of dollars we spend on these things is wonky compared to the number of lives it saves. I mean, if we're being utilitarians here, the cost of a human life is only so much... Wait just a second...how many lives do you think would be lost per year if we reduced healthcare spending to zero? I can see arguing that we spend too much on health care, I've done that myself (see other thread) but you seem to be arguing that the full couple trillion we spend every year on health care is useless.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 31, 2009 -> 01:48 AM) The salary going into 2010 would be 20,505,976. If the cap is around $52-$54 million next year, try and sign Wade and Joe Johnson, then resign Thomas (resigned via the Larry Bird Rule , draft Cole Aldrich, giving you the lineup of: You want Joe Johnson at SF? And on the court at the same time as not only Rose, but as Wade as well? I think we could live with 2 guys who need to have the ball in their hands if 1 of them was Rose. I can't imagine that working with 3 of them.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 03:48 PM) hell it virtually ended Sosa's career. And, you know, steroid testing.

Dad caught a line drive off the bat of the Little Hurt that was headed straight for my head. I lost sight of it and couldn't catch it because it nailed some guy's beer about 10 rows in front of me & sent the beer flying. Perfect example of how you provide camouflage for an airborne projectile.

QUOTE (b-Rye @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 02:28 PM) Sign Matt Holliday and make CQ DH.. PK's off the books next year so i think it's possible. I have no interest in going after Holliday at anything close to the cost he'll get.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 02:16 PM) VERY interesting... but now my brain hurts. lol Hell, relativity makes my brain hurt too. And this is the easy part of it.

QUOTE (striker @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 02:15 PM) Winn batted .292/.354obp with a .751OPS off RHP. Not sure how many HRs he could hit but his OPS is pretty solid. A .751 OPS against RHP isn't what I'd call pretty solid.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 02:13 PM) aahh ok. Is it a plausible velocity? See post 7.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 02:09 PM) I should clarify what I meant to say... vs what I actually said. lol I meant to say I've never read or seen a specific time dilation number. I know that clocks will offset when flown at different speeds. The reason you've never seen a specific number attached to time dilation is that the specific factor depends on the velocity (and on gravity but that's getting into General relativity and I ain't going there). He's implicitly defining a velocity when he gives you that factor.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 01:55 PM) Leech will have a job rather quickly though I would assume. Really? You don't think the "did you lock a kid up in a closet as punishment for getting a concussion" question is going to be a drag on recruiting?

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 01:17 PM) Wow, that's sad for the history channel. This guy takes the age of the universe (13.5-14 By) and rounds it up to 15 billion, then pulls the exact number of 1 trillion out of thin air for his "time dilation" to come up with .015, which equals 5.5 days...which rounds up to 6 days. Ok then. When you go through the details of the math, it's actually fairly surprising how exactly he needs to choose the velocity at which the Earth is moving away from the center of the universe to get this to work. The exact equation for the time dilation factor, the lorenz function, expresses time dilation as a function of 1/(1-V^2/C^2) where V is the velocity and C is the speed of light. If I did this right, for it to be exactly 1 trillion like he uses, you have to differ from the speed of light by 1 part in about 10^24. You'd basically be at 99.999999999999999999999999% of the speed of light, and if you're off by any of those 9's, the calculation doesn't work. This is probably why there's no obvious responses to this online; when you do the math, it requires an incredibly precise prediction of the velocity for the calculation to give the result he wants.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 01:56 PM) that time dilation thing was new to me. Comes out of standard relativity. It's actually been tested on earth a number of times (put an atomic clock on a plane, fly the plane for a year, check it against a clock that stayed at the surface and the 2 clocks will be offset by an amount that you can calculate).

Really gotta like seeing another franchise starting to come apart after signing him.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 01:19 PM) I thought the same thing about Bobby Abreu last off season, and what did he end up signing for? $5 million with $1 million in incentives that he earned. Which would seem to be out of our current price range.

Another one joins the double-dip chorus.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 11:48 AM) You gotta love our President and two of his cabinet members being in the top 10. Why should I be surprised that the right wing Judicial watch doesn't like them? More interesting, IMO, is the crossover between the Right wing Judicial watch list and the left wing CREW list. Also notable is which Democrats appear on the CREW list.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 12:03 PM) I wonder if he'll settle for a one year incentive laden deal with the Sox? Maybe then he'll be out to prove something and he'll crush everything that comes his way... That would be awesome. I know there's a lot of other options out there for DH's and not many spots, but I just don't get the feeling that Vlad will "Settle for a one year incentive laden deal". Someone out there has to be willing to offer him a decent dollar amount, wouldn't they?

QUOTE (League @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 11:23 AM) Vlad is really the best DH option left on the open market for us. Here's my big fear. Anyone else remember how, in 2008, the Cubs ripped up the NL, then got to the playoffs, and suddenly faced a team throwing 3 RHP out against them, and their RH-dominated lineup keyed by Soriano, Lee, Soto, DeRosa, and Ramirez found themselves shut down, to the point that they traded away DeRosa to save the money to sign Bradley, making them worse throughout? Unless Teahen has a big season where he could legitimately hit 5th, I could see us in the same boat; guys putting up good offensive numbers but we'd be vulnerable to teams that throw out several good RHP in a row.

QUOTE (WHITESOXRANDY @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 09:55 AM) Personally, I'm ok with Thome coming back. But, it won't happen. The Sox are not going to add a pure DH that can't play the field. I think they've made that pretty clear. They want to optimize flexibility and athleticism as much as they can. I'd be very surprised if Thome returned. Although, I like him. If they insist it's someone that must be able to play the field, then either Huff or Delgado are the obvious options. If not, then you can add Thome and probably a few others to the list. I really just want a LH bat who can give me 300-400 PA's.

How dare the Dixie Chicks bash the President during a time of war! And to do so while not even inside this country, that's despicable. Oh wait, not the Dixie Chicks, the Nuge. Everyone knows he loves America, he's a-ok. Thankfully, I'm sure the same liberal media that crucified a band that said they were embarrassed GWB was from Texas will absolutely destroy him, right?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 10:07 AM) No, we should just bow to them, sing kumbayah, and toast their efforts. After all, everything they do we caused it. In all seriousness, you're advocating millitary action, again. Who is your target? I genuinely have no idea who you could go after militarily for this. It seems like the problem in these last few months is religious leaders in Yemen, which is why I suggested that. What other enemy are you targeting?

Time to kick Favre while he's down.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Dec 29, 2009 -> 09:11 PM) That's not necessarily what I mean. However, if we were to do what it takes to really win any war now - Americans on the face do not have the stomach for real war anymore. Even the commando style small force type of stuff that would be pretty bloody. They just don't, and they never will, after Vietnam. Who should we be invading, and why should I think that it would work better than the last 2 terrorist fighting total failure invasions? Should we be invading Yemen and murdering clerics?

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 29, 2009 -> 11:24 PM) I'd love to add McGrady. He's always been a favorite of mine, and on top of it, we'd be getting a GIGANTIC amount of cap space for the summer. It depends on what you move for him. They're not likely to want Deng, since they spent money to sign Ariza last summer. Trading one expiring piece for another doesn't help the Bulls, so Miller included is at best a lateral move. Including Salmons or Hinrich, that's starting to get there, but would the Rockets want either of them? The other thing to keep in mind is that the Bulls are only like $100k or something ridiculously low like that below the luxury tax, so in any deal that is done, the Bulls will not take on any salary; adding a couple hundred thousand in salary would cost them the $4 million or so they'd get in luxury tax payments from the other teams in the league.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 04:10 AM) I thought Romo should have gotten in before Eli, as it's argubly been Romo's best season as a pro, and he's a much more consistent QB now who doesn't turn the ball over like he used to. Good thing neither Romo nor Eli made the pro bowl.