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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 05:18 PM) After getting mocked for suggesting this probably wasn't the first time, I don't feel bad about it at all. No one mocked you. The two lawyers decided they wanted to play "defend Ray Rice in court," because their afternoons were slow, and raised the point that there weren't any other instances of this that had been made public. You busted out expertise on domestic abuse and argued back at them. Fun was had by all.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 05:01 PM) I know when I knock someone out at a bar, I try to look like I do it all of the time. And add you to the mix.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 05:00 PM) She was probably being really annoying. You know what else is telling? Even after she was knocked out, he didn't have any sort of "oh s***" moment, he was just dragging her out, looking annoyed. Didn't have the looks of someone who hit her for the first time. She was spitting on him just the same. Seriously, why are you both going down this road again? They are both obviously troubled. I'm not sure how we can take what either of them says at face value. Not one person has justified what Rice did, however. And yet here the two of you go again. You really want to talk about being annoying...

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 02:52 PM) You might a well go use a feature phone then. All of you sound like you're perfectly content with a phone that has 10 pre-installed apps and that's it. That's not the point of a smartphone. Apple has sold something like 340 billion dollars worth of iPhones thus far. You think they give a s*** whether I'm using the full capabilities of the phone? And honestly, I use a golf gps app, I use shazam, I use facebook, and maybe a handful of others, in addition to iTunes, the camera, email, the web, etc. For my money, the fact that the thing actually always works, and allows me to use those things, is worth it.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 02:51 PM) The original discussion was about installing applications on phones and how that was too cumbersome and difficult for people. Hence what I said. See above.

Goodell made $44 million last year.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 02:47 PM) But that's what the original discussion was. This all started because you thought installing Skype on a phone was too hard and bothersome for the majority of people. It isn't Skype...it's not any one app...it's the sheer volume and turnover of them...you do this on any kind of regular basis and all the sudden you've got 400 apps on all your devices...then you've got to go through and pare them down, delete them, etc. I ain't got time or the patience for that s***.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 02:44 PM) Oh, now we have to be experts to install apps. Listen to yourselves. Might as well abolish the app store for anyone not in IT or over 50. No point right? I didn't say that...I was implying that your opinion as to ease of use isn't necessarily the most objective, since this is your profession. Do you think guys in your position liked Windows or DOS/Linux? iPhones or Android? Now which did/does the general public seem to prefer?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 02:28 PM) Didn't he emphatically state that no NFL executive had seen the tape before it was released by TMZ? Yes, although he ultimately qualified it with "to my knowledge," so as to preserve plausible deniability.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 02:18 PM) No I sound like a person who's an engineer and works in software development. We don't find installing apps hard, people I work with don't find it hard, my friends don't find it hard. My mom might, but she doesn't even have a smartphone. You guys are trying to make something that is such a small issue sound like it's a big issue. It's not. That is exactly the point. Most people are not engineers who work in software development. Why would a company want to mass produce something that appeals primarily to the expert in the marketplace?

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 11:24 AM) Steve Stone is a very smart baseball guy, and when he's not being talked over by Hawk he tells the viewers some pretty interesting stuff. It's annoying when Hawk will ask Stone a question about pitching, and then as Stone answers Hawk will go off on a tangent. At the same time, Stone hasn't abandoned some of the old school stuff. I'm surprised how much he stresses the win and loss record of pitchers still.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 09:17 AM) 1) atrocious o-line there 2) little to no weapons 3) lovie smith Also, while he looked terrible for 3 quarters, he looked much better in the 4th. He has no weapons in TB? Are you nuts?

McCown looks pretty lost in TB, to be fair. Just threw the ball up for grabs a few times last week and got burned. Did it last year and luckily did not get burned much.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 08:57 PM) If I ever buy an apple watch it will be in a few years after they've worked out the kinks and developers have had some time to come up with neat ideas. Understandable...but the first iPhones/iPads/iPods were pretty incredible even though they pale in comparison to the recent generations...

I haven't worn a watch in at least 20 years. And I really have no interest in how it works with my iPhone. What I want is data in regards to my health and my workouts/exercise. I've been tempted to buy the Nike Fuelband, but haven't seen enough to pull the trigger. But from what I have read, Apple has some very big plans for the aspects of the watch that I am interested in, and if anyone can make it happen, it's going to be Apple. And Joe, seriously, just get over it already...you're just being stubborn and spiteful, and your insults add nothing to these conversations...ever.

Ordered two Bob Vokey Titleist wedges, one 46 degree F Grind (basically a PW) and the other a 60 degree L grind lob wedge. All I can say is worth every penny! Incredible balance, beautiful feel...shot my best round of my life...75 and that was with two penalty strokes. Time to order the 50 and the 54 degree now.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 02:56 PM) It's year 6 folks. He's not good enough. Period. Too late for that now...

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 02:28 PM) After sunday's game, I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that Cutler is a good-not-great QB and that he probably won't be winning a SB without a stellar defense able to cover up for some of his inevitable mistakes. I don't think he needs a stellar defense, but he does need a hell of an offense and a defense that can at least hold it's own...

QUOTE (scs787 @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 02:17 PM) Rewatched the Cutler INT to Kyle Williams and noticed right before Jay threw the ball Bennett had his arms up calling for the ball....Now am I just a Jay apologist when I say that Bennett should get some of the criticism on that play? Or that at least Jay shouldn't be as scrutinized as he has been on that play? He's scrambling around, sees a receiver with his arms in the air makes a split second decision and delivers. I know typically QBs shouldn't throw back across the field but it's not like it was all the way across the field. I am indeed a Jay apologist though so ya... I didn't fault him much for that play...I just didn't care for the play-calling in general.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 01:33 PM) Assuming for the sake of argument that she was as prominent as Ray Rice, no, but that says more about sexist views of domestic abuse that harm both men and women than anything. He'd probably be told to suck it up, take it like a man, stop being a p**** etc. Agreed. I think mostly, he'd be laughed at. What if it was two gay men? The reaction would be even more towards comedy.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 01:23 PM) That's because it doesn't happen as much as it does to women: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-na...estic-violence/ Men it's under 3%. So if this was, say, a woman bodybuilder, who had slugged her boyfriend, do you think there would be anywhere near the same reaction?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 01:05 PM) 25% serious. I think hitting a woman is terrible and much worse, but I do wonder why it's SO much worse than hitting a man. There's an implicit "women are inferior and need protecting" subtext there. I agree. Obviously men are stronger than women, in the general sense. A man is probably generally going to take that punch better than a woman. But few people react this way when a woman goes after a man with a knife or a gun, which goes a long way towards negating the physical advantage men have over women. A lot of this is chivalry/protectionism, which isn't necessarily wrong, but it is getting a bit out of control here.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 12:44 PM) It's not the problem people think it is. You just have to try it out I guess to believe me. I'm not saying it's better, I'm just saying that is my personal preference. I am assuming you will allow me that pleasure, at the least

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 12:34 PM) Would anyone disagree with me if I said that the reason why this turned into a lynch mob is that it wasn't handled remotely appropriately until recently? Nike, i mean, Nike, didn't cut him loose until today. How is that even possible? The NFL being that dumb and tone deaf I get, but Nike? Nike is the company that stuck by Tiger Woods, remember that. Do you think if Ray Rice had been suspended for 8 games originally, the outrage would be any less? I tend to think not.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 9, 2014 -> 12:32 PM) Im pretty sure no one wants to "acquit" Ray Rice. Im pretty sure people want to "investigate" before we "execute". Not really a crazy idea, especially given the fact that this occurred half a year ago, and now all of a sudden everyone just knee jerk reacts. /shrugs You have to protect the rights of the worst the same way you protect the rights of the best. Believe that or dont, its a philosophical debate that you have to live with yourself. But itd be pretty hypocritical of me if I just completely forget what I stand for every time there is a "bad" guy who needs to be "punished". Lynch mobs arent my thing. Strangesox, Laugh all you want. But please do not take some sort of "protect defendant's" stance in the future and not expect to be shown for the hypocrisy. It is what it is. The worst deserve the same rights as the best. Im shocked someone as "liberal" as you doesnt believe in such a core idea of justice. Let's face it, I also don't think it's a great way to adjudicate by putting yourself in the position of the victim or a family member of the victim. There isn't a whole lot of rational thought happening when you are that close to it.