StrangeSox

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 11:17 AM) What does this mean? Immediately prior to the streak? My concern Jason is that the first half of the season we had a large number of players performing well below what could be expected, based on career norms. I think over the past week, we've seen some regression to the mean. How can you forecast the remainder of the season based on data that is most likely not reliable either? My thought is you have to forecast this offense to be better than it has been. Now if you can add to that, well, I think you've got a pretty good chance at this based on the pitching staff you have assembled, that honestly, has NOT pitched over their heads at all this year. What if this streak had come in June and they were still at the same overall record right now?

Apparently Illinois changed its happy hour laws so bars and restaurants can start offering them.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 11:50 AM) Anyone know if it would be worth upgrading 6 year old windows 7 laptops? Like would they get even slower? I think it's supposed to use less resources than Windows 7.

Major android vulnerability http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/google-a...-virus-3621072/

The important thing is that liberals are the real villains here.

:rimshot:

No, people still object to legal big game hunting/exploitation

Cincinnati officer indicted on murder charges for shooting am unarmed motorist attempting to flee the scene. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/30/us/un...0&referrer=

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 03:11 PM) Even if it means we keep losing animals to extinction? Not a very logical position. It could be funded in other ways.

All good reasons to stop this disgusting fantasy fulfillment for rich assholes.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 03:04 PM) Why? If you hire an expert in any other field (doctor, lawyer, whatever) and you rely on their expertise, its generally not your fault if some third party gets hurt through their screw up. Seems like you could game plausible deniability pretty easily that way.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 03:01 PM) There's a decent argument, I think made through a 60 minutes special, that these big game hunters are actually a net positive to the animal populations/reserves, because they pay so much. They fund a lot of these places which allow animals to thrive. Not sure if that is the case here with a lion. They could donate the money without needing to "hunt" an animal someone else tracked and drove them to.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 03:00 PM) It's my understanding that he is basically a dude that wanted to kill a lion, so he hired a bunch of guides who told him they got the proper permits and it was all cool. The blame seems to be on the guides moreso than the guy.The desire to kill a lion as a trophy is still pretty pathetic. And he's still at least partially responsible.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 02:56 PM) Ok, I get that killing the lion wasn't very popular. But really? http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ceci...?source=gravity PETA and their ilk are every bit as crazy as the religious right. Peta long ago descended into self parody.

Big game "hunters" are the worst, and that guy should be extradited and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 02:33 PM) There really should be a legal presumption that if you're flying over private property without permission, you're unreasonably interfering with the use of the property, or perhaps creating a nuisance. Or even invading someone's privacy, although those civil laws are pretty meaningless and would have to be changed. But none of that legally justifies discharging a firearm.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 01:53 PM) That's exactly why I included my last sentence. Should there be a distinction between something flying above your property at 1000 feet, 100 feet, and 10 feet, and where exactly should the line be drawn? Some legal analysis here http://volokh.com/2012/02/19/private-drone...roperty-rights/

They are banned from all national park land, and they recently tazed and arrested someone who refused to stop flying. http://m.hawaiinewsnow.com/hawaiinewsnow/p...d=od%3A3I037mzw

That said drones are raising more and more issues. They recently screwed up a California firefighting mission http://www.npr.org/2015/07/23/425654435/ca...ne-interference

Firing deadly weapons in response to at most a trespassing seems pretty irresponsible and dangerous.

That's true, and I think trump will eventually fade. But he is getting some support across conservative media. It's not just the politically detached that support him

I think you have that backwards. It's generally the committed, vote-in-every-election base that drives the primaries.

Goddell reviewing his own decision seems ridiculous enough for the NFLPA to agree to it.

Wasn't the "arbitrator" Goddell himself?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 09:17 AM) I just want to put this here again: http://grantland.com/features/aj-preller-m...al-league-west/ ha