Balta1701

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 07:11 PM) haha thats the best one for sure One of the latter ones not listed here was like $900,000 to cover Laura Bush's international trip related gambling debts.

The evil, obsessed with spying on the Republicans DHS which has spent all their time finding ways to disrupt the right wing also prepared a similar report on left wing protesters. Stealing a thought from Steve Benen:

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 05:39 PM) Bulls playing like they want "it". And when I say "it", I mean the 7 seed. Maybe they know more about Garnett's health than they've let on?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 04:18 PM) 12.75 + or minus 2.33(4.44/sqroot of 20) is the equation. If the standard deviation (1 sigma) is 4.44, does it make sense that the 98% confidence limit can be less than 1 sigma away from the mean?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 04:12 PM) 12.75 + or - 2.3133 so (10.4367, 15.0633) You need to multiply the 2.3133 by the standard deviation of the data.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 04:00 PM) Does Lillebridge deserve to be on a big league roster? If I spelled his name wrong, too bad. There are worse backups in the league. Gives you decent defense, multiple positions, solid option as a pinch runner late in games.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 03:43 PM) The area under the curve covered by 2 std. deviations... that's what I was thinking... right? 2 standard deviations is 95%. 98% is something like 2.33 S.D.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 03:27 PM) It's just reading a std. deviation chart and confidence intervals, right? Ah, that's the 2nd decimal place. Figured it out now. No, it's an x-y chart of areas under the normal distribution curve. Just an odd way of presenting that data. The first decimal place is the y axis, the 2nd is the x axis.

QUOTE (shipps @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 03:21 PM) ha,its so cute when balta is being modest. You know you are correct you smart son of a b****. Actually there could be a bit of error in my answer, I just discovered that neither Excel nor Maple have the inverse error function as one of their standard functions, so I had to go to a table that I'm not totally sure how to read.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 02:55 PM) A random sample of 20 college students was taken and it was found that they drank an average of 12.75 sodas per week and the sample standard deviation was 4.44. If we know that the number of sodas drank per week by college students is normally distributed, compute the 98% confidence interval estimate of the population mean. Anyone know the answer to that? 2.4 to 23.1, I believe.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 08:37 PM) Of those who feel Brian hasnt been given a fair chance, do you feel like he would be able to turn it around this year with a full year? Someone who was posting about this seemed to be hinting that Brian's developmental time has been ruined and now b/c the Sox ruined him, he will never be able to turn it around. Frankly, I'm not sure. Based on my eyes, the best I saw him performing was in the Spring and in some of the early months of the season in 2007, esp. when he got some regular playing time due to injuries in May last year IIRC. This year though his swing looked less smooth/effective than it did last year, it looked like he'd gotten back in to some of his bad habits from earlier while sitting on the bench, which is kinda how things go I think...if you're not using things in games that you learn and you're not getting results with them the few times you do get in, then stuff you learn tends to vanish.

QUOTE (DanksFan @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 02:33 PM) really it is the fault of many and IMO those at fault will get what they have comin' to 'em. More free money.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 02:10 PM) I fear we have taken this conversation too far. But it needed to go there. Oh yes, it needed to go there.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 02:08 PM) Green tea bagging? I know, sounds ridiculously hot doesn't it. Best if the water is used just before it boils over though.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 02:06 PM) He likes tea bagging? Black tea, green tea, or white tea?

Do you know something about Ryan Sweeney's personal life that we don't?

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:43 PM) Ummm, I just find it hilarious that someone tried to get people to believe that there was 2 million dollars in the stimulus for shamwows. Just think of the money the federal government is spending on paper towels anyway.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:44 PM) yeah i realized that after i hit send. was thinking of basketball slam dunk adjectives and didn't realize the implication of the 360. duh Can I jump over one of you while excerpting my next block of text?

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:41 PM) it's reporting that they are dangerous and need to be watched. Actually, it doesn't even say that. All it does is note that the last time there was a major domestic terrorist threat, it involved military veterans, and there are a large number of them now who could be potential recruit. Here is the actual block of text that includes the recommendations: Please again point out for me the text that says anything close to what you're claiming it says.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:23 PM) http://wnd.com/images/dhs-rightwing-extremism.pdf pwned The article you posted said absolutely nothing of the magnitude of the claim you made. Your specific claim was that the government was putting all returning veterans on the terrorist watch list. First and foremost, that document doesn't mention the terrorist watch list a single time. I will excerpt for you every single block of text from it referring to military veterans. Those are the segments that refer to military veterans. Please point out for me the text that says anything of the sort that you're claiming.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:11 PM) Coming into today's game he had 2 so far this year. Actually 4 with 2 BB, and I'm sure all his AB against RHP is very scattered. Before he's hung, I think he needs a chance to play for a little while like all the other guys. He obviously has ability. I've been asking for that for a couple years now, I just don't think it will happen with us.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:22 PM) I think he might be talking about the Department of Homeland Security report that came out yesterday. Of course he is. He's just taken it about 9 levels further than what the DHS actually said or is actually doing.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:14 PM) I think it's fair to say that you can come down on any side of an arguement, no matter the point of view, and be "right". For me, though, some things are absolutes. Kerry, Murtha, Reid, that s*** is blatent disrespect of our military. But it must be ok, if Republicans trash them too, right? I just get sick of it. In this case, the specific discussion topic is why exactly the "Democrats are weak on the military" meme is so solid. The point you made was that you feel their statements are blatant disrespect of the military. Therefore, I contend if we're doing a comparison of statements, having Republicans in 1993 saying ""It's Vietnam all over again" (Fritz Hollings) is 100% germane to the discussion. Either it's on you to explain to me why the statements by the Democrats (I may grant you Murtha given how the investigation turned out) are significantly worse than those of the Republicans under similar circumstances, or I have defeated your point and it's time to look for another reason why the idea has taken hold. How a discussion does not work is...you prevent an opinion with evidence backing it, you're presented with counter-evidence from the other side, you throw up your hands and say "I'm sick of it". It really doesn't get us anywhere and it doesn't provide me with any edification about the issue.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:03 PM) I was just thinking how it was funny that it was all of the sudden a bad thing to talk bad about the President again. Weird. And I've been thinking for a while how suddenly it's a horrible thing to have the U.S. government spying on U.S. citizens.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 01:06 PM) I know, I know, Republicans are assholes, no matter what way you want to cut it. This is of course, not the point of the discussion at all, and it adds absolutely nothing to it.