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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/20/meet-...atest+-+Text%29 Some background on some of the jurors.

6 person jury, all women, one minority. http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/DA71L7N02

No, you didn't. What I quoted was the summation of your thoughts on this...in generalities! "People were told X. People find out about X. People are now complaining. What idiots." That's essentially what you keep saying in different form despite the fact it's not true.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 11:53 AM) The final kill sequence was well done, but they didn't execute well anywhere. I felt like it was decent, but given the story, decent was the worst you could do. It was indeed rather boring, usually a film that is so disjointed will at least seem to move quickly...but no. Man I disagree with both of you guys. Maybe it was due to the fact that I had just watched the HBO documentary about finding Bin Laden like 3 days before, but I found it very cool to see how it all played out. My only complaint was they actually could have added a lot more into the story that they didn't, so the search was difficult to get "in" to. But the movie is all about that final 45 minutes and I thought that was done amazingly well.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 01:47 PM) If the Patriot Act didn't exist, I'd find it more substantive. But being that the Patriot Act exists, it bothers me that people are feigning surprise that their government would spy on them after passing a law that allows them to do exactly that. This is how this all went down to me: Government: Hey, we're passing a law for your own safety, it allows us to spy on potential terrorists, foreign and domestic. People: Oh, ok! *A few years pass* Government: Hey, we're going to expand the scope of that law that allows us to spy on potential terrorists anyone, foreign or domestic. People: Oh, ok! *A few more years pass* Whistleblower: Hey, they're spying on you! People: OMFG I CANT BELIEVE IT! For the 1000 time, look at the f'n details of this, not the generalities.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 10:54 AM) Exactly this. And the question is, why wasn't it reported? Hell, even to show that the Government is building something, which means jobs...which in this economy is kind of a big deal. Snowden has offered nothing of substance other than his "word", by the way, and "evidence" that the US and China are hacking each other. Yea, thanks. He has offered no actual evidence about these programs, other than, "Yea, I worked there, and they're doing this." Oh ok. He's also saying they're doing a lot of things that people are refuting...including the President. Snowden is the boy that cried wolf right now, nothing more. After a few more weeks of producing no evidence, and people dismiss him as a disgruntled former employee, they'll all move on...and then install Angry Birds and give Rovio all of their personal information. Wait, what? The government builds a big complex and it needs to get reported? The federal gov't has thousands of building projects going on all the time. I'm not sure this would have raised any red flags just because it was being built. And who knows, was it classified or kept secret? Was it something that could have been discovered easily? And of course the President would refute what this guy is saying. He looks like s*** for it. Notice, however, that the major tech companies have not denied the existence of the program or the government's efforts to, behind closed doors, access a ton of personal information. Snowden opened the door to more investigation and I think that's a good thing. I just don't understand why you think this guy is so bad. I have gotten no indication whatsoever that he's just a pissed off employee that is dragging his ex-employer through the mud.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 11:06 AM) It isn't age that designates the desire to have physical media, it is personal preference and past procedure. I'm 36, and think it is absolutely silly that we're still having to buy physical media for games/movies/music. I agree with you, but the tech is just not there yet. It's not worth the hundreds it would cost me to get enough storage to keep all of my digital content like blue ray movies and games. Nor is it worth it to me to pay someone for access to a "cloud" when I can just buy the damn physical product.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 11:03 AM) Seriously? Having 2 drives is becoming the norm. You run applications from the SSD and use the SATA for storage. Any disc based storage system is quickly becoming dated. Of those people that don't have the Internet...how many can't tether to connect once a day? Of those people, how many can even afford a $500 console. It's a demographic that doesn't exist. Mercedes doesn't make a s***ty version of their cars for people that can't afford them either. This is just ignorant. A large number of Americans don't live in big urban areas, you know that right? It's not about affordability, it's about access. Comcast isn't spending tens of thousands of dollars to install fiber optic lines that feed 10 houses.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 10:48 AM) The last I read about 20% of people don't have home internet access. I just don't know how much that includes people that own gaming systems. That also doesn't include the people that bring their systems with them to places that don't have access. That could include college dorms, campgrounds, etc... I guess my only point is that the number of people that don't have/want internet access are way higher than what they thought. In August of last year it was 119 million Americans without broadband internet. That's a lot of potential customers. Sony and MS would be really dumb to close off those people from potentially buying a system and the games that go with it.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 10:44 AM) Why wouldn't I want a drive? It's taking up valuable space that I can use for an SSD that would actually be used everyday and make my computer run incredibly better. Can you even buy a tower without an optical drive bay?

You're still missing the fundamental difference between "yeah I think the government probably looks at people's data/information if they suspect they're up to something or linked to someone that could pose a danger" and "I now know the government is setting up an industrial sized complex solely for the purpose of copying and recording everything everyone does."

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 10:37 PM) The interesting part comes now for Coach Q. How quick is your trigger on Crawford in game 6 if he looks the same as he did tonight? Hes been amazing all playoffs. No chance.

jesus. what a slow, boring period.

its amazing how you can score on a power play when guys get in front of the net

Still $100 bucks more and you have to pay for online content. But yeah, this helps. I wonder if they looked at the 2 to 1 ps4 pre-orders and got scared?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Can we get back to the real debate here? Should Lebron where a headband or not?! Someone start a poll.

QUOTE (rafacosta @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 01:35 PM) For all of you who are saying the Heat is getting all the calls and NBA is rigged...did you know that Duncan was not supposed to be back in the last play of regulation? And if the referees had seen it they were supposed to give the Heat a tech free throw? Most likely the game would be over right there with Heat winning it. http://oldfashioned3.sportsblog.com/post/8...tion_could.html In addition, Heat has been called for 27 more fouls than Spurs. Also, Spurs have had 34 more FTAs than the Heat where Spurs have averaged 23 FT per game while Heat 17. Some food for thought. The Spurs don't foul very often and that's been the case for many seasons.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 12:01 PM) Zombie theme park seems the best. that was such a cool idea. the liability insurance premiums would be insane though

I would say raze the city, but who would pay for that?

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 10:15 AM) That was my impression. They wanted to inbound quickly while there was still chaos. That's probably also why he didn't call a timeout with 8 seconds left. I still don't see how under the rule that shot needs to be reviewed. The official was literally 5 feet away looking straight down the line at Allen. He had a better view than the camera did. I think what happened was that either a Spur called a timeout and they didn't want the game to be decided on a Chris Webber f*** up, OR, the officials themselves screwed up and anticipated that the Spurs would want to call a timeout and then quickly realized they had none, so they decided to review it. If the rule really is to review every shot, why didn't they review Lebrons three pointer?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 10:05 AM) Manu is "losing it" in front of us in real-time on the biggest stage. He's a turnover machine providing very few sparks on offense (save game 5). If I'm Poppovich, I bench him with very little thought for Game 7. I think the problem is that Manu, despite the turnovers, is still their 2nd best ball handler and the only other real option to run the offense when Parker is on the bench.

I'm 95% sure Weiener has some weird fetish/perversion when it comes to Sally Draper, a young teenager.

I saw somewhere that they've spent 3 million trying to find his body over the years. To this day I still don't understand why people give a crap.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 09:34 AM) I think it was, but then Manu going to the rack is usually a pretty good option for them, so I think Pop figured he would let him go to the hole. I don't really get why Pop is getting heat for not putting Parker in. Do people have amnesia? Parker was totally gassed and was shut down on two straight possessions. The only thing I can blame Pop for is not having Duncan in the game to rebound, but even then he has a good reason. The Heat went small and Pop wanted to switch on every screen to keep the Heat from getting wide open 3's. The rebound just took an unlucky bounce and Allen hit an insane shot.