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They are protecting their Macbooks with the lower memory availability. Like they couldn't make these things with 160-250 GB's...

60 days for the non-3G, 90 days for the 3G version.

AT&T, $29.99 unlimited data, no contract. No mention of Verizon.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 01:51 PM) The best joke i've heard: The next version of the iPad wil be call the MaxieiPad That's where I was going with the Wi-Max reference an hour ago...

This thing is really cool.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 12:24 PM) yea, I HATE the name. iSlate is much cooler. I hope it doesn't use Wi-Max

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 11:50 AM) lots of people take medical advice from people other than doctors. Many industries are based off of this. Hah. Just look at the percentage of physicians themselves who smoke cigarettes.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 12:24 AM) Watched it again last year for the first time in forever. What a solid all-around film. Probably my favorite Pacino role after the Godfathers and Dog Day Afternoon. The latter film, if you haven't sought it out, is a life list must-see. My friend and I rented Dog Day about 10 years ago because neither of us had ever seen it, but it was so critically acclaimed. Neither of us was particularly impressed. I think it's time to watch that one again...

Getting excited...

Just watched Scarface for about the 48th time. Damn I love the music in that movie.

And those damn hot foots too.

The funny thing about all of this is that we supposedly continue to try and model our team after the Twins, while they continue to sign our castoffs.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 06:17 PM) Its PLYO time!!!! Woooo! Man, I finished it about 45 minutes ago and my face is still a bit red...AND I ALREADY TOOK A SHOWER.

Made it all the way through Plyo today, which I am pretty happy about, since I only made it about 60% through last week. It's amazing how far you can go with your fitness level in just 10 days. Couldn't be happier with this program thus far.

QUOTE (Ranger @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 04:28 PM) Well, smartass, I'm a guy refuting the idea that this season's offense rests in the hands of Greg Walker. People can't spend an entire offseason saying the hitters in the lineup aren't good enough but then say Walker is responsible if it fails. Can't be both. Like any of us know enough to even know if Walker is doing his job well or not...I love the Walker stuff in here...

QUOTE (Ranger @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 05:00 PM) If the offense is good, it will be as good as the players are capable of making it. Who are you, Yogi Berra now?

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 07:07 AM) I think the biggest difference we have is in how you look at the message. You are thinknig heavy duty medical, I am thinking it is more like this Tim McGraw song Now you could say how insulting. Someone was just told they have three months live and this stupid f*** tells them to go sky diving and bull riding?! That's irresponsible. They should be seeking second opinions, researching alternative strategies, etc. I'm thinking it's a nice uplifting message of hope. We'll see what the commercial looks like. This isn't telling someone to fill out their bucket list because they are ill. This is rubbing a gamble in the face of an incredibly complex issue. I'm just not seeing this as you are, Tex.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 02:04 AM) Thome would have clogged the paths. Who is arguing about skills? Something which may seem like a luxury in a few months with this current cast of characters...

QUOTE (Ranger @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 12:47 AM) What does Twins payroll have to do with this? And, no, some of those trades are also made because of needs. AZ had an abundance of outfielders and didn't need Quentin, The Royals didn't need another 3B/RF any longer. You're making it sound as if trades never happen in which one team gets the better end. I suppose Matt Thornton is only as valuable as Joe Borchard. Or John Danks is worth as much as Brandon McCarthy. Or Jose Contreras was only worth as much as Esteban Loaiza. It may be true that GMs typically try to make deals work out evenly for both teams, but it doesn't always work out that way. The Twins usually have X Factors because they can't afford more consistency. This occurs because of their payroll constraints. As for the trades, you're missing the point. I am not stating that these players cannot be successful. Merely that they are relative unknowns, which caused them to become available in the first place. To use your examples, Thornton, Loaiza, and Contreras ALL had flaws. Certainly they experienced success here, but could you really count on them having the success they had? Probably not. They were X Factors that panned out. Do not confuse my argument to claim that these players will not succeed. I am only arguing that you can not predict with any certainty that they will. Which is why acquiring a player with Thome's body of work would only serve as insurance should we not get what we are hoping for from players like Rios, Quentin, Teahan and Pierre.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 12:36 AM) Offense extends beyond the plate out onto the basepaths where Thome is among the biggest wastes-of-space on the planet. He single-handedly would cost the Sox runs time and again by dragging ass around the diamond and not allowing this team's good speed to play ANY kind of factor. Sorry. We've seen enough station-to-station to last a lifetime. Seriously? Do you realize the irony of arguing about skills on the basepaths for players whose talent for reaching base is questionable?

QUOTE (Ranger @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 01:13 AM) That really doesn't illustrate or prove anything about the players the Sox have in exchange. Nor does it prove that they will not be productive. The Twins matter in this because it proves the point that you can make any player into an "X-factor" and because it shows that the Sox are not operating in a vacuum. Their success also depends on their competition. We do not share the financial constraints the Twins do. That is a tremendous part of why they operate the way they do. As for my point, it illustrates the fact that these players were, for the most part, relatively undesirable to their former teams, allowing them to be acquired fairly cheaply. Why were they in this position previously? Because they all have faults. Inconsistency. Attitude. Injury. They are X Factors.

QUOTE (Ranger @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 12:01 AM) You can twist any player to be an X-factor. You could also say almost all of the Twins rotation is an X-factor. So are Michael Cuddyer and Denard Span and JJ Hardy and Brendan Harris. If you consider the Twins to be the team to be worried about this year, then they have their own potential issues as well. Nothing I said is the equivalent to "just because". I told you exactly why I think Teahen will do what he'll do, I think it's self-explanatory why I think Beckham will perform close to what he did last year (because he's certainly good enough to do it and nothing about him indicates "fluke"), or maybe even a little better, and I think it's perfectly clear what to expect from Pierre (he is what he is). There are no surprises there. Regarding your original "X-factor" comment, Quentin and Rios to me are the only ones I'm worried about because they're the ones I've always expected to be the keys to this offensive season. I'm not arguing about the Twins here. I think you can argue just about anything, Mr. Rongey, but that doesn't make it so. I think the fact that we acquired Quentin, Rios, Teahan and Pierre for Chris Carter, Chris Getz, Josh Fields, John Ely and Jon Link pretty much illustrates exactly what they are...

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 11:58 PM) White Sox 2010 is based on pitching. Kotsay gives Ozzie far more flexibility than Thome, considering Thome cant even play 1b. I know that a lot of you guys like him, but there is a reason why no one else is calling either. No one was advocating cutting Kotsay for Thome.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 11:55 PM) Obviously your pretty much reiterated what I (and ptatc) just said. And obviously I agree with you being a Thome backer. Not sure where you are going with this, or if this is just another "make a point cause I want to" moment. I thought you were arguing that Jones/Kotsay could be a good platoon because last year Jones hit RH better than LH and Kotsay hit LH better than RH. I was pointing out that last year's numbers go against the career numbers for both of them.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 11:43 PM) I'm going by what Dr. ptatc () said which I never really looked into. It was just one year, but both have had better history versus a pitcher with whatever hand they pitch with. I was in the Thome/N. Johnson/etc.. camp for quite sometime. But I'm trying to be optimistic here as it's already hard enough to have to watch Juan Pierre's .330 OBP (prior to 2008) hit leadoff for us everyday. I know Jones had some solid numbers against RH last year, but his career numbers show that he favors hitting against LHP (.859) rather than RHP (.815). Kotsay has historically hit RHP (.758) better than LHP (.726). Kotsay should only play when he relieves Konerko. Jim Thome, on the other hand, has a career 1.043 OPS against RHP. Seems like Jones/Thome would have been a better platoon to me...