StrangeSox

Holy christ that was an awful call.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 05:27 PM) I'm not sure exactly, but I think the FCC mandated that all phones will have to use the same charger by 2012 here. Really there is no reason they shouldn't be, that's just a slap in the face to the consumer for many different reasons. Yeah, that is ridiculous. They'll have to standardize input voltages and amps, but that beats having a different home charger, car charger and USB cable for every model of phone.

One of our vendors/ partners came in Monday and part of what he showed us was on his iPad. It's a cool device with a great interface, I just wish it did more. Give me a Windows-based (because I'm too lazy to mess with Linux or anything else) tablet with the same interface and I'll be hard-pressed to stop myself from buying one.

He skated at the guy and bumped him. Given how loose they were calling everything for the rest of the series, I'm surprised they're being this ticky-tack for Game 6. The hawks are dominating so far and it'd be 1-0 without a weak penalty call.

Pronger's actually getting called for his bulls*** for once.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 05:05 PM) You figure out how to convert between γOs (t) and 187Os/186Os without putting the numbers into Excel and I'll be much more productive. It's not my fault you chose a career that isn't valuable. The Free Market has spoken, Balta, and you need to listen up. Until then, you'll just be another of those liar scientists rolling in the fraudulent research grant money. Or go work for BP! I here they're having some kind of geological issue.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 01:43 PM) Baseball sized rocks are heavy. Whip a few of those and you're going for Tommy John. Getting hit in the head with a river rock thrown with enough force can do some damage. Take a rock with the equivalent mass of a baseball and get it going 60+ MPH, and it's not going to be good for your cranium. This still sounds like an over reaction, though.

You have the freedom to stop being so lazy and earn more money, like a good American.

Balta, they have the freedom to purchase more speech then you. Duh.

I feel sorry for all hitters in the NL East. Nice to see someone living up to the hype, even if its only one start so far.

Can I remove my spoiler tag now?

Looks like it supposed to clear up soon for several hours.

A lot of insurance companies look at credit history also, FWIW. I pay about $90/ month through Geico, and I'm a 25 y.o. single male with a sports car.

Excellent tearing apart of Christopher Monckton, Monckton's response, Abraham's response, and another article by Abraham laying wood to Monckton's claims.

Thanks for ruining my day, Balta.

Uh, yeah, Kap. It is BP's fault.

That doesn't explain why BP gets to direct local police departments and the coast guard to not let journalists in. I like LA's idea of still charging them royalties on every barrel spilled.

I want to know how BP is saying it might be able to capture up to 90% if they won't do or won't allow any actual measurements. Also, why does BP get to control media access to public beaches and waters?

I'm no fan of Ozzie, but a few more wins really doesn't make a difference except for draft spot. Managerial moves or non-moves can't make up for a roster full of crap or under-performing players.

I agree with what you're saying generally, it's just that those two sentences contradicted themselves about three times. I don't fault Kenny for the Peavy trade and never got on him for Rios. The problem has been under-achieving talent eg Buehrle, Floyd, Beckham, Alexi, AJ, Quentin and some crap in the pen. But that doesn't excuse some of the moves like getting and extended Teahan, thinking Vizquel would be worth anything, trading for Pierre, etc. If you reverse those moves, this team is still mediocre, but they're still bad moves.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 08:12 AM) I agree with WC....why are you so damn quick to blame the coaches and FO, when it's the players who are the ones not performing? All I heard you rag on Kenny about was Alex Rios, and how claiming him on waivers was an accident and a mistake and prohibited us from getting other FAs. Meanwhile, the guy has been one of the best players in ALL of baseball for the first 60 games and you're going to blame this on Kenny. Of course. You also said Peavy was Kenny's best deal ever. Not many, if anyone, predicted Jake could be this bad. But KW should be embarrassed. Right. That's just hypocrisy. The problem with this team is the veterans are not performing. The problem is not Juan Pierre, or Alex Rios, or Jake Peavy, or Andruw Jones, or Omar Vizquel, or Mark Kotsay, or even Mark Teahan. The problem is Mark, Gavin, Jake, Carlos, AJ, and Gordon. And if you foresaw those guys all sucking, well kudos to you. You are a better GM than KW and have a better eye than Ozzie. Then you can say they should be embarrassed. But I don't remember seeing anyone on this board say our problem would be starting pitching and a lack of offense from our core hitters. That part makes no sense. You say it's because veterans are not performing, but then you say 5 or 6 veterans who are not performing aren't the problem. You list Jake Peavy as not a problem and as a problem. You list Carlos, Gavin and Gordon as part of the "veterans not performing" problem when none of them are really established veterans. And, yeah, having 20% of your roster be a bunch of underperforming veterans in Pierre, Jones, Vizquel, Kotsay and Teahan is definitely part of the problem.

Seems appropriate: http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/19/1/2.pdf The five elements identified: Conspiracy theories Fake experts Cherry-picking Impossible expectations of what research can deliver Misrepresentation and logical fallacies

It does appear to have plateaued rather nicely.

Wasn't there some police community support (or at least a lack of condemnation) for the guy who beat the bartender?