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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 3, 2009 -> 08:35 AM) Am I the only one that hopes we don't get it? There's several other people in this thread that have said they don't want it.

That memo/ assignment was kinda stupid, though. Should have been for "the country" or something instead of for the President.

Pat Buchanan should just die already. His ideas are about 6 or 7 decades too old at this point. He wrote an article a few months ago about evolution that was straight out of 1950's creationism literature.

It would be interesting, but I'd have the same concerns as NSS. I remember reading about a "charging pad" technology a few years ago that you'd just toss your phone or whatever on and it'd charge without plugging in.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 06:51 PM) Kennedy to publish posthumous memoir, talks about the Presidential run(s), Chappaquidick, etc. 2-Pac Kennedy Lives!

Pff. Tesla did this a century ago!

you shut your whore mouth

start s-ing the d, boys

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 02:26 PM) Right. That's probably why we were losing this whole time. they check game threads in the dugout

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 2, 2009 -> 02:20 PM) Reality grass. I KNOW this team wont continue to lose 9 or 10 for the rest of the season, they are bound to break out, we are too talented. They're not really, though. They've been mediocre all year. What makes you think they'll suddenly turn it all around?

CareerBuilder or Monster. I can't remember which one. Don't forget any career services offered to alumni if you graduated from college. I can still access U of I's engineering job boards.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 1, 2009 -> 05:24 PM) This sort of thing makes me laugh, because it really exposes the lack of understanding of many on both sides of the issue. On the one hand, you have "environmentalists" (many who, in my view, really don't understand what that means), who think that by buying a hybrid, that means the improvement in lowering emissions and fuel usage is pure "profit" in terms of lowering environmental impact. This is delusional. Any new technology of this sort will always result in some number of unintended (or even intended) negative consequence (cost), in exchange for the payoff. The need for the batteries in these things to have certain metals in them means more mining of those substances, higher demand, and rising prices in them. Just the natural consequence. But on the other hand, you have the people who seem adamantly against any sort of progress towards improving the environment, that they enjoy pointing gleefully at any sort of downfall in the attempts. So, they see this consequence, and say "see, it doesn't work!!!" Which of course is absurd. Of course it works, but there is an offset. Heck, even solar energy will probably be shown later to have some sort of negative consequence. What the eeyores fail to acknowledge though, is the same thing the enviro-whackos fail to acknowledge - that there are two sides to the equation. There are gains, but the gains have costs. And its not a liner function either, its curved - things will get better as the technology matures, and even if you just "break even" in terms of environmental consequence, you are making good ground towards doing better. Its taking a short term bad for the larger long term good. Also throw into this an X factor in properly evaluating the impact - that increased mining and metal costs, when compared to lowering emissions and fuel usage, is not a true apples-to-apples comparison. So, there will always be subjectivity. To me, the increased mining for certain metals is a very small price to pay for the lowering of oil use and emissions, because the overall impact of the positives on the lives of most Americans is far greater than slightly more expensive nickel and a couple extra holes in the ground. That, however, is an opinion. So go wild, all you wing nuts - here is your ammo for lobbing nonsense across the aisle. Sure would be nice if we could see the other side from there. Many environmentalists are anti-science, anti-intelligence, and anti-knowingwhatthehellthey'retalkingabout. http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2009/08/more-anti-scien.html I know Greenpeace has talked about an "American Chernobyl", completely ignoring the technological differences between Soviet and American nuclear reactors. For the second bolded part, I've read people make the argument that, because they tried electric cars in the early 20th century and internal combustion engines won out, electric cars will never succeed. Oh, and battery technology is virtually unchanged for the last century. :facepalm:

Yes, but Nobel Laureate Krugman disagrees! Clearly, Krugman is to be trusted!

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Sep 1, 2009 -> 01:05 PM) You guys can disagree all you want, but I know I'd choose Everett or Thomas and Rowand over Thome and what ever trash we ran out there for the past 4 years. See, that's the thing. You can't lump everyone together. Thome has been a great offensive player during his White Sox tenure, regardless of who played around him. You're baseball retarded if you'd rather have Everett, Rowand or Thomas of the last few years (because Thomas is quick??) than Thome in the DH spot.

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Sep 1, 2009 -> 10:09 AM) Found this on another site: "To me, Thome symbolizes KW giving right back in to the urge to have the same offense he had from 01-04. On the WS video, he brags about dumping Maggs, Carlos, and Jose to become more versatile. The next season we become station to station again. This team needed to dump Thome. It needs speed and non-pull hitters. Get back to pitching and defense. " How is speed at the DH position going to solve the defensive and and pitching woes of this team?

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Sep 1, 2009 -> 10:07 AM) And look what it got us over a four year span. If winning baseball games was based on HoFers then the Yankees would have won something this decade. It's true, its all Thome's fault.

I'll always remember him for #163. I'll be rooting for the Dodgers this year now.

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Sep 1, 2009 -> 09:57 AM) Slug-ball is when you sit back and wait for the 3 run homer. That is this team. In 2005, yeah we could mash, but we could also manufacture runs. Every year I can remember before and after 2005, he lived and died by the homer. Not in 2005 though, we won with pitching, defense, timely hitting etc. Thome is none of those things. Thome, unlike many of the 2005 team, is a HoF offensive player.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 10:09 PM) Agree on a burger at Murphy's. Geovanti's, also on green street, has huge, amazing chicken strips, as well as a wide array of calzone's that are too big to eat in one sitting. Yes, this. How could I forget Geovanti's?

If you're looking for a more-upscale dinner, check out the Silvercreek in Urbana. It's reasonably close to campus but not walking distance, though. Murphy's is pretty good. There's also Chipotle, Qdoba, Potbelly, etc. right on Green St.

lol.

Also, Jenks sucks.

I never thought this team was anything but mediocre, but how have they been so terrible lately?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 08:09 PM) Different agreements with different issues. the post your responded to was in response to genius, who was responding to my question about visas/ greencards

Wow. That was a hell of a hit by Mauer.