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QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 27, 2012 -> 04:52 PM) Where the hell would I be without Google and Wikipedia? Flipping through giant reference books? f*** that s***. I actually took a course for a semester in college that taught us how to most efficiently use a library. Most of those skills are now useless or forgotten, basically due to atrophy. That is not to say that there is nothing to be gained from actually going to a library and reading books. There is. But it isn't all that necessary in today's world. I haven't been to a library since 2007, when I graduated law school.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 27, 2012 -> 04:45 PM) Absolutely. I see no real reason for the Rays to trade Zobrist unless they're getting Chris Sale back. Or a trade for Alex Rios in which we eat like 90% of the salary. Yeah, he is only making $4.5 million next year and has club options in '14 and '15 for $7m and$7.5m, respectively. It certainly wouldn't be a deal for salary relief.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 27, 2012 -> 05:42 PM) Well Phil Rogers isn't exactly the most reliable source. But if this is true, then it's absolutely awesome. Zobrist can play anywhere and is a very good offensive player. You can even slot him in at 3B. Except that any trade for Zobrist means you are probably dealing with some good talent evaluators and some pretty tough negotiators...

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 27, 2012 -> 05:28 PM) English professors would disagree with you. There's a lot of critical thinking that you just don't need to do anymore with literature. If you have a book report project, you go read the internet for 10 minutes, get about 100 ideas for your report, and you just use those ideas. You don't need to sit down and think about the text anymore. I think it cuts both ways. I think it's amazing you can get those 100 ideas from different people so quickly. But at the same time you do lose that basic, fundamental ability to think on your own as well. It's the same argument about teaching math versus just giving a kid a calculator. At some point it becomes pointless to do long division or whatever by hand when it can be done in 2 seconds with a calculator. But you still need to teach those skills up to a certain point. Hmm...I disagree...ultimately, the goal is still to improve the quality of the end result. If I can access 50 sources instead of 10 because accessing the source data electronically is five times more efficient than digging through books in a library, then I can consume more source data. I can have a more well-thought out paper because of the additional viewpoints. I understand the math argument, because in some tasks there are practical skills one can benefit from learning. But I am not sure there is utility in knowing how to dig through a library if no one digs through libraries anymore. Sort of like yes, I would like to be able to drive a manual transmission, but if I'll never drive a manual transmission car again because they are hardly manufactured anymore, knowing how to drive one is of little use to me. So I guess ultimately, the issue is framed as "how practical is the skill learned from doing the task in a less efficient manner"? I don't know that old school research skills are particularly practical in this day and age anymore. Now if the power grid goes down like in Revolution...

QUOTE (farmteam @ Dec 27, 2012 -> 05:21 PM) I suppose it could better lay the foundation for research projects where you have to actually, you know, do some research, instead of just looking up a single fact. Well I always believed that the utility in doing research (other than to learn what you were researching about) was to learn how to become better at doing research. That hasn't changed. Now, we learn how to efficiently research using the internet as opposed to digging through books all day. I really don't see why one method is any better than the other.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 27, 2012 -> 04:41 PM) That's what I was getting at. And my wife does the GPS thing. She relies on that thing totally. We could go to the same place 10 times, with the same route, but she refuses to pay attention and learn where she's going. "Why do that, the GPS tells me where to go." But there is a payoff to that at the same time...you can accomplish much more in a shorter period of time by being able to access the information more quickly. In instances where you might want to work through a math problem or something, I can see the utility in doing in yourself rather than looking up the answer, but in terms of having to go to the library and research something, I don't really see the utility in that.

But they clearly do not.

I have never been there, but have heard it is very beautiful...and very expensive...probably moreso than Chicago.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 27, 2012 -> 03:17 PM) Yeah, this is a crock. I'm sure similar things were said when the first video game game out, and the TV, and the radio. People will continue to find faults with "stuff" and will continue trying to improve the experience. I'm sure in some examples it will be perfectly true - just as it's been true with the hardcore gamer who does nothing but play video games, just as it did with the couch potato who did nothing but watch TV. The bigger concern in my opinion is the health of our bodies, not our minds. A lot of these activities don't involve much exercise (if any) and lead to all sorts of chronic health problems.

I think this happened a long time before the internet... I was about 18 by the time the interwebs were used by any significant number of people and I don't know how to make s***.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 27, 2012 -> 12:47 PM) Better to get rid of her than have her deal with sexual harassment because he's unprofessional/a perv. My old boss won't even hire attractive women in the first place...

I don't get why he offered any explanation whatsoever. Why didn't he just make up some bs and be done with it?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 26, 2012 -> 11:16 PM) Got Planet Earth (UK version) plus a Blu-Ray player for Christmas. After seeing my wife's uncle's 70" TV and then watching these on my 40", I'm thinking it's time for an upgrade in the near future. Yeah, I am going to get the 80" sometime in the next year...

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 26, 2012 -> 12:30 PM) Wow, a 2 month span in a period where it was a known fact that PKs wrist was bothering him due to a bone chip. You really proved my point wrong. Well, this has been a bit of a chronic problem for him...so injury or not, I do think it is a concern moving forward.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 26, 2012 -> 10:01 AM) I may be a homer, but I think Rodgers should win MVP again this year. Played behind a banged up o-line all year. Jennings and Nelson missed most of the year. He has an 18:3 touchdown to interception ratio on the road this year. 11-4 record. Although I have no problem with Manning or Brady winning it or Peterson if they make the playoffs. Yeah, for me it is Peyton.

QUOTE (Tuna @ Dec 25, 2012 -> 12:41 AM) Easily the best steak joint I've ever been to. When you're looking at Cut, there's a Mexican joint to the left that's really good as well. I stay at Palazzo every time I'm in Vegas because of those two places. Yeah, it was my first time there, actually at the recommendation of my ex-gf, who is quite the foodie. The service was phenomenal! Anything you could possibly want or need they are right there at your whim. There are a variety of cuts to select from, all expensive, but still from different budgets. Corn-fed from Illinois, Nebraska dry-aged, American wagyu as well as some Japanese wagyu. A very nice selection of sides and starters as well. We did the 34 oz Porterhouse for two, along with a few sides. They bring the steak to your table and carve it off the bone for you. They served us each several slices from each side of the bone, one the NY and the other the filet side. Meat absolutely melted in your mouth. Then they served a nice complimentary dessert because it was her bday. It was definitely pricey (tab came to $200 w/ tip), but so worth it. I will definitely go back.

Wow! What a meal!

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 24, 2012 -> 10:17 AM) I'm pretty sure you're right about that too. Yeah, Angelos loves him because he is Greek.

The Animal Foundation here in Vegas.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 24, 2012 -> 09:24 AM) And literally none of the other teams would make those trades I could maybe see the Baltimore one, but yeah, the others we are not giving up enough. Ramirez and Santiago for Upton? Beckham for Ackley?

Dinner tonight is at Wolfgang Puck's Cut, in the Palazzo. One of the best steakhouses in the world. It is the girlfriend's birthday. Tomorrow I will be warming up the Christmas meal she made separately for me, so I don't have to go to her family's house.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 09:14 PM) Blum, Ozuna, Harris, Widger. How could you leave off Timo????

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 10:18 AM) How do they rate catcher's? Anybody who's being honest with themselves and watched the Sox a lot last year can see that AJ was brutal behind the plate. By height.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 08:20 AM) I'm well into my second season and once you start getting a few achievements kicked off, the XP start rolling in. My guy is a 91 overall and I am a pretty good all around player, but I focus on fast break dunks (because they're awesome) and either fast break 3's or drawn up/pick and roll 3's. I can drive too (92 speed, 95 quickness with decent ball handling) but my dude's strength is shooting. Oh, and I recently put up 98 vs the Hawks too. My dude is putting up like 56/4.5/2/2.5/.7 on the year. Going to kick up the difficulty next year because this is silly. No, the Dragonborn/Solsteim DLC is nothing like Morrowind. It's Solstheim, which is incredibly nostalgic, but it's set some 200 years into the future and the island has changed quite a bit. In Morrowind/Bloodmoon, there is a quest to develop the community of Raven Rock for the Imperials. In Skyrim/Dragonborn, Raven Rock is a really large settlement Also, you hear about I jizzed in my pants. Hey Wite, did you ever finish Oblivion?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 07:24 PM) Im not really into the Black Keys but I would love that. You know what band I have been listening to and thinking to myself "How did I miss this???" Massive Attack I am not a huge fan but I am sure they put on a good show...and it gives me free NYE plans, so I can't beat that. I checked the room rates and they are going for about $550 a night right now, so it's a pretty sweet package. Haven't heard much of Massive Attack...I'll check them out.