Texsox

Which comes first, a population that needs a McDonalds, or the McDonalds? That one I have to side with Corporate America on. But which comes first, a population that needs electricity or electricity and that one has to fall on the government. But having said that, does the government (local, state, or national) have a responsibility to bring services to wherever someone wants to rebuild? I don't think so. A plan to offer utilities in a sequential order works for me. One person building a mile from the nearest working grid, shouldn't happen and slows down the rebuilding efforts. We probably need to buy some people out, a hopscotch pattern of rebuilding and providing utilities is wasteful.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2007 -> 02:54 PM) I was surprised that Paulie's HR numbers were down a little last year, because he had a great year with the bat. Very, very consistent, and I think he'll avoid any prolongued slumps and do that again, and get a little luckier with the power #'s. .314, 40 HR's, 121 RBI. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ what he said.

The Sox already have made their starting pitchers the highest salaries on the team behind Kong. 2-6 were the starting rotation. How much more can they go? I don't know. I guess I would rather have 5 Garlands than a Buerhle, Garland, and 3 AAAA. No matter what happens, I think Mark, for a four or five year stretch has been one of the best pitchers I have seen in a Sox uniform. Perfect record in the playoffs and a bonus All-Star win to boot. I've always liked the enthusiasm he brings to the game and his work ethic. Every year you could pencil him in for a 16-8 season and probably be correct. A generation ago, he'd have been a Sox player for life. I thought Frank was going to be the last HoF player to remain with one team for his entire career, so I guess anything could happen.

QUOTE(soxwon @ Jan 7, 2007 -> 05:36 PM) Im not sure if this is the forum to post this: When i record mp3's off the internet- they go into my documents and settings- then my shared folder in the c drive i then transfer them to my E drive (external harddrive) Where i store them. Afterwards i transfer them from E drive to my musicmatch jukebox in my c drive. meanwhile allways storing them in E. ok now the problem, when i want to play them thru the Jukebox, alot of them say Broken Link. Why does this happen? Should i start transfering them from my Shared folder directly to the Jukebox? I dont want anymore broken links. Please Help __________________ I think I am tracking this with you. Step One" Download to C: drive (Limewire for example defaults to the shared folder) you take them from there and move them to your external drive. Again, nice idea. It's the next step where I think the problem occurs. I don't think the files are actually being transfered back to your C: drive. Plus I'm not certain why you would want to have two copies. If you want two copies, you could just keep one in your shared and backup to the external. Or move the file to My Documents and backup everything to the external. I don't have Jukebox loaded or I could check the settings. I'd consider just pointing Jukebox to the e drive if you normally keep it installed.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Jan 7, 2007 -> 10:20 PM) 25 is dead on for me. Center but leaning right. I don't think the religious right is ruining america, but robertson is an extremist. Same here. Actually both were in my book, but Pat gets more press.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Jan 5, 2007 -> 02:19 PM) let's get him, he can be our 9th starter. (Spewing on monitor) Yankees should offer him a long term deal as part of their "youth movement"

Greedy Bastard. I'm thinking Timo and Maggs will combine for 25 HRs and 106 RBIs.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2007 -> 07:59 PM) But, at least in California for example, the prisons out here are so overcrowded that its impossible to keep anyone except the worst offenders in jail for the duration of their terms, and the overcrowding itself tends to harden people (like 6 people to a cell or something like that, you can imagine how effective that is for rehabilitation). So you have a system where people get put into conditions bad enough to promoke riots, and then get back onto the street well before their terms are over. I hadn't considered that, good points.

18. A couple of the questions sucked. For example the Which will do more to reduce crime? Prisons help after a crime is committed, not before.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Jan 6, 2007 -> 04:42 PM) once again a poster inaccurately reads a criticism of democrats as supporting everything republicans do. oh, and you don't think pork helps lead to national debt? do you even really have a point with your previous post? Perhaps you should actually read the post I responded to.

Once again capital punishment working so well . . . leaving him in a hole would have been so much better.

But if the Cardinals offered me $0.000001 more, hello St. Louis People all love their employers and believe they will stay forever, but like in every line of work, people switch companies. Frank Thomas took less, a couple of times, and was later discarded. Fisk was released without a farewell. I'll cheer for whomever is in the uniform. If Mark got a better deal tomorrow and left, it would not change what he did in Chicago and I would always enjoy those games he pitched and wish him luck. No hard feelings, it's just the business side of the game.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 6, 2007 -> 09:38 AM) I'll pipe up here on the bag... If you want a backpack type bag, I got one a while back that is just about the coolest pack ever (of the non-camping variety). Check out bags with the brand name Swiss Gear. I don't know what model this is, but can hold even large laptops, has every kind of pocket you need, comfy straps, useful compartments, and can hold a butt-load of stuff. Plus its tough as hell. I saw the synergy bag and it does look great, but near as I can tell it will only accomodate up to a 15.4" display. Their website sucks for tech specs.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Jan 5, 2007 -> 05:45 PM) you like low taxes but not tax cuts? it's not just "tax cuts for the wealthy!", but tax cuts for everyone. lame democrat slogans are often misleading and inaccurate, but easy to remember! yea! as for the start on removing pork? yea, right. the democrats LIVE on pork. no way they are legit in this attempt. And Republicans live on deficit spending to boost the economy. "We'll buy you everything and you'll never have to pay for it." Republicans insist they have to spend more than the taxes they bring in to stimulate the economy. I'll take paid for pork over borrowed from other countries debt any day of the week. But would prefer a pork free balanced budget. LMAO.

Crap, I just discovered my collection of vintage computer cases are obsolete. None of my bags will hold this thing. I'm looking at the Targus XL backpack. I also see they eliminated the PCMCIA slot. I like the six USB ports. I won't need a hub. Bluetooth should eliminate the USB connection for my phone, PDA, and mouse.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 5, 2007 -> 09:53 PM) 8 or 9, depending on Anderson's performance/balls. That's what I'm guessing also, but with Ozzie, who knows.

.275/5/35 Where is everyone projecting him hitting? This is a nice improvement over previous duos. I think this is as solid a tandem since the Fisk days.

Good point, and possibly could be true. But looking at Mark's second half performance, I'm guessing it wasn't AJ's fault. It could have been Mark scapegoating and the team looking for a quick fix. And I am not criticizing Hall in any case and think this is one position we have clear it improved our situation from last year.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 5, 2007 -> 05:31 PM) I'm about to submit a work purchase order for a new 17" dual core MacBook Pro (not enough budget for a new desktop machine). Do you know if Jobs is announcing new laptops this round? That's one way to get around the restriction on buying computers.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 5, 2007 -> 03:13 PM) Beat me to it. Put the basic point remains. Those whiny-a$$ed coloreds in New Orleans should have just shut up and dealt with the levees breaking and their houses and neighborhoods being wiped out and all that dying and $hit. Like anybody above 48 degrees North Latitude really cares anyway, right? Amen.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jan 5, 2007 -> 02:56 PM) The power cord seems to stay in fine with my new model, that was somewhat of a worry with ONE of my older laptops. They do get somewhat hot, but the fan does a good job of cooling it. Also I have a docking station that keep the unit about an inch off of my desk, which helps it as well. The only thing I ALWAYS worry about with Dells is that the harddrives for some reason like to fail on you in the first few months. I have had this happen twice with the same Laptop, and its easily fixed. I would say back up your stuff quickly at first. All in all, I love my dells. I read the hard drives may be a problem, and I thought it may be linked with the heat. I better pick up an external as well, thanks for the tip.

Someone didn't check snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/dakota.asp

We rarely realize our worst fears, or our greatest hopes. I've always assumed we did pretty damn good, we always do as Americans, but we will beat ourselves up and believe we could have done much, much, better. And we could have. And we will do much, much better if we face this sort of disaster again. That process of critical thinking, and the overwhelming drive towards something better is what has made America so successful.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jan 5, 2007 -> 02:42 PM) I have 4 Dells. 2 latitude d600's 1 optiplex gx300 and I just got a brand new latitude d620 with a core duo 2ghz with 1 gig of mem and 80 gig HD. Love all of them The only annoyance I had with my HP was the power connector would become upplugged really easily. How well does the Dell "stick"? I understand these can get a little hot, but since it will be spending most of the time on a desk, I'm not too worried.

I was just trying to remember all my laptops and for certain I've had a HP, Sony, Toshiba, and IBM (briefly, stolen on day 2 from my tech support guys). I think I've had a Dell, but maybe not. I like the looks of a Mac, but can't get past the price/performance and after my son's iPod disasters, I swore I'd never spend a dime for one of their products.