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QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 22, 2016 -> 07:56 PM) I just can't get too mad or upset by it, honestly. They did it exactly how you're supposed to. This isn't luck or anything. I don't think many Sox fans are mad or upset about the Cubs play or their organization right now. If anything, most of us are envious of their competent leadership. It's just the fan stuff that gets under peoples' skin.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Oct 22, 2016 -> 07:54 PM) That's how he acts all the time. I'm surprised he hasn't been banned from this site yet. I usually ignore him (didn't he claim to be a woman a few weeks ago?), but I didn't care for the way he responded to your post.

QUOTE (Deadpool @ Oct 22, 2016 -> 07:21 PM) Well, you're usually wrong, so... You are acting like a complete douchebag.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 22, 2016 -> 06:44 PM) It's gonna be awkward when Blanton is in the Cubs locker room drinking champagne after the game

QUOTE (Footlongcomiskeydog @ Oct 22, 2016 -> 06:33 PM) Ha. Cleveland's lack of starting rotation depth is gonna be their downfall. Cubs are gonna eat big time against those dudes To be fair, and I have said this before, the Indians shut down the Red Sox and Blue Jays offenses. Those are two pretty damn good offenses that did not "eat big time" against the Indians' pitching.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 22, 2016 -> 05:23 PM) Wind was blowing in I thought. Definitely held up Baez deep fly It was blowing out in one of the first two games; I remember the pregame guys talking about it outside the stadium. I thought it was game 2, but not sure.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 22, 2016 -> 05:18 PM) Wind blowing out seems like a bad break for the Dodgers I believe this was the same in game 2.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Oct 22, 2016 -> 02:45 PM) Just make sure it doesn't hit your credit bureau as collections. A lot of people think it doesn't matter but as someone who lends out money on a daily basis, i'll tell you that it does. in college my apartment had Nicor for gas. When we moved in, the landlord told us to call them and set up an account. We never did and the gas was on. We never said anything and never got a bill. Two years later a bill came, after we moved out and we said screw it. Well the landlord gave Nicor my roommates name and social security number and they put a collections on his bureau. He didn't find out until he applied for a mortgage years later. We paid Nicor (50-50 split) but the collections on his bureau cost him a higher mortgage rate and thus thousands of dollars over time. If you are wondering if the letter is legit, check out https://parkingtickets.cityofchicago.org/ Well the difference here is they can't prove whether he paid it or not. They are just grasping at straws because they have no money. There is no way either party could prove whether the ticket was ever received, paid, etc, unless he is some kind of hoarder that saved his receipt from 20 years ago.

That is very surprising, particularly with the door locks. While traditional lock makers obviously specialized in a more physical type of security, their business was still security. One would think they would have engaged someone to maintain the same levels of security in their new electronic locks as they had in their traditional locks.

So there actually is no statute of limitations on City of Chicago parking tickets. However, they don't keep the actual tickets more than 7 years. So they probably have some logs or databases that show tickets that are outstanding, and they're trying to capture additional revenues, but the bottom line is, they can't offer proof of the ticket and you couldn't offer proof if you paid, since banks don't keep cancelled checks that long either. I'd just ignore it.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Oct 21, 2016 -> 08:29 PM) He's very inquisitive, but was borderline interrogative at times. "No, that's not what I asked you. What time did you get to the park?". Yeesh. It's Pete Rose...you sort of have to do that with Pete. In fact, that's a mark of a good interviewer...you've got to reign people in and keep them on track. Pete was all over the place and Alex was keeping the discussion productive.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Oct 21, 2016 -> 07:56 PM) Some improv: https://streamable.com/weie Alex actually has a future in broadcasting.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 21, 2016 -> 02:21 PM) A little bit of this... this... and this... Right there with you on that one, Sqwert.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 21, 2016 -> 02:40 PM) Some of you may be getting interested in some of these "home" products, and as a person who works in the industry I'd implore you to hold off on these for now, no matter how cool you think they are. Most of these products are made by non IT companies that have no idea how to properly build security into their products. As an example, more than half of the current door locks on the market were found to be transmitting unlock codes in plain text over bluetooth. Which means anyone with a cell phone who can download a free BT sniffing app can read door lock passwords up to 100 meters away, depending on the transmit power of that specific lock. And it doesn't stop there, they are riddled with bugs and flaws that allow attackers to easily intercept communications to/from them. Others were a bit more secure than that, but still trivial to hack. Keep in mind this technology is in it's infancy, and although it's all super cool, it's not secure whatsoever. Y2HH, What about full-blown home automation systems? Same issues, or more secure?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 21, 2016 -> 08:46 AM) Im guessing Jay plays against the vikings, and they sign someone not named Matt Barkley to be the backup. The only reason Jay wont play is if he actually broke that thumb, but I think he will probably play At which point he'll hurt it again and then said backup will enter and suck.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 21, 2016 -> 05:28 AM) Everyone seems to assume that Kershaw on short rest is a guaranteed 7 inning shut out. No way, even he can struggle a bit, especially when he's not fully rested. This way they have their two best starters going, fully rested and ready to roll. Not much else to ask for, especially with all their offensive struggles. The game yesterday was 3-1 after 7 innings, Kershaw probably would have left with a similar result. Then they forgot how to play fundamental baseball. Roberts maybe could have brought in Jansen before the wheels completely off in the 8th. Not only that, but I would rather have Kershaw pitch in Wrigley, where he has already dominated the Cubs once, then to have Maeda pitch in Wrigley. You'd prefer to have your guys that aren't on top of their games pitching in a friendly home environment, not one in which they are going to face further adversity.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 21, 2016 -> 08:08 AM) But since you are a hillary supporter, are you able to tell me all of the bad things Hillary did at the dinner? I just dont trust her, she is crooked and i know she did a lot of bad things at that dinner and nobody wants to talk about all of the bad things, I cant believe all of you hillary supporters and fans being unable to see how bad she is and how she made america unsafe at the dinner. Heck, Hillary is so corrupt, she got kicked off the Watergate Commission.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Oct 21, 2016 -> 07:49 AM) I haven't really read up on the auto-pilot stuff, but isn't all the testing/real world placement of these cars done in perfect weather conditions? Have they been tested in rain/snow? I suspect the manufacturers are putting these things through some pretty rigorous testing in all sorts of different driving conditions. Let's face it, they are already testing fully autonomous or even driverless vehicles pretty rigorously. The stuff that has hit the market has probably been in the making for more than 5 years.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 21, 2016 -> 05:56 AM) My car drives for me as far as touching a pedal goes, but if some day it fails or the software freezes and I hit someone badly, whose to say its not the manufacturers fault? The more automated this gets, I feel like the legal issues are worse. Yeah, I mean I suspect there will be plenty of those lawsuits. I've already thought about it in the instance where my car tries to correct my steering at times when it shouldn't. It seems as though sometimes when you go through an intersection that has a bit of a dip in it, the camera sees the lane lines slightly weird and it might try and move the vehicle to the right a bit. It will all be interesting to watch play out.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 20, 2016 -> 08:24 PM) I really wonder if deep down they felt they would struggle to even score a run against Lester and didn't want to waste Kershaw? It would be a playing not to lose mentality....but so is not pitching him tonight Yeah, I think it is actually a good decision. Yes, it doesn't look good right now, but if you don't win with Kershaw going against Hendricks than you weren't going to win the series anyways. Get the win in Kershaw's start Saturday night and take your chances on Sunday night with Hill versus Arrieta, whom you beat around a bit in game 3.

Great to see this out of Floyd. Now we need GB to get it going.

Zack Miller!

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 20, 2016 -> 05:45 PM) Rosemead Edison?

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 20, 2016 -> 05:43 PM) 2nd and 4th hitter now 0-32 in career vs Lester Unfortunately for the Dodgers, pretty much their entire roster hits for s*** against lefties.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Oct 20, 2016 -> 05:39 PM) Ruiz is 0-16 against Lester and he is batting 4th, why? The explanation Verducci gave is because Ruiz hit two balls hard against Lester in Game 1.