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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 27, 2009 -> 08:00 PM) All you have to do is see the results of their actions to understand they completely blew this too. Too bad there just isn't a better choice. The problem with this transition is the consumers who are being switched, those without digital sets, are the same people who are not willing or able to pay for cable and upgraded TVs. The ones that would appreciate the better picture, etc. are the ones already spending the money on cable, sat, or have bought HDTV. So the consumer demand is already being met, and their is almost no consumer demand for over the air digital. Consumers did not force this, manufacturers and broadcasters did.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 27, 2009 -> 08:57 PM) Actually, there are all sorts of mental disorders that can exist in some very normal seeming people. Plenty of serial killers fall into that realm. Actually most serial killers appear very normal. That is the main reason they are able to evade capture for so long. Generally they can smooth talk a victim into getting into their car, going to their apartment, etc.

this. Over 30,000 times

QUOTE (shipps @ Jan 27, 2009 -> 09:44 AM) So true. The person below me owns a luxury vehicle. False. The person below me has a poster in their bed room

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 27, 2009 -> 12:46 PM) Get basic cable. Come into the 21st century for God's sake. Put down the remote and live life.

Allow me to throw this in the mix. About 33% of this market receives their signal over the air. After the transition, it is expected that most of those viewers will switch to the Mexican owned stations right across the border. This will result in a loss of revenue for US broadcasters and an increase in revenue for those Mexican stations. There is really no need for those people to spend the money to convert. House Bill H.R. 5435 was proposed to help out those US businesses that would be affected. So far it is "dying in committee" And before someone raises this point, we have Spanish language on the US side and some English on the Mexico side. So it isn't a English versus Spanish thing.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 04:41 PM) There still are some good services here, but alot of the companies work up north in the "new grad" area and make a pretty good living renting out apts that most resident chicagoins wouldnt touch, but some kid who just moved here would jump at the chance to live directly next to the EL. So why don't those owners also have ads on Craigs List?

I have never been too concerned about first this or first that, which seems to be the entire concern about this. So no biggie to me. Appear wherever. Now, it will be interesting what message he sends. If it is something along the lines of "I'm here to listen, not dictate" that will make me happy.

I love Oz as much as most, but no way I could work for someone like that.

Wow, I'm not certain what to say.

QUOTE (scenario @ Jan 25, 2009 -> 12:43 PM) Very nice article caulfield. Looks like Sarah has gotten decent exposure since. She had an article about the Dodgers on mlb.com yesterday. At the bottom is a link to her website and paypal donation.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Jan 17, 2009 -> 10:01 PM) Well perhaps we should all just pull an Oedipus Rex by pulling our eyes out and f***ing our mothers. I wasn't expecting much in this thread. That was gold.

It's probably an area by area thing. The apartment services here have all the better (re: expensive) properties and craigs list has the cheap, broken screens, and trashed out areas. I always figured the guys on craigslist were too cheap and always looking for the cheapest way. But I can see in major cities how that would be different.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 01:52 PM) I also hate Chicago winters. Why do I keep putting up with them?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 09:38 AM) Movies are very loud at the theater. Chances of a baby sleeping throughout are slim. Often times it is the transition times that will wake them up. Either really noisy to suddenly quiet or the reverse. But over all babies can sleep through anything. This debate is almost always along the lines of those with babies and those without.

QUOTE (Steff @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 09:22 AM) I took Bri to many rated R movies over the summer. I'm saying there should be a time cutoff. If you aren't in Kill Bill at 2 in the afternoon why can't I go see it with her? I agree. It's not the rating, it's the time of day *and* if the parent has the common sense to move to the lobby of the baby can't be quieted in a few seconds.

Interesting. I thought owners turned to Craig's list so no one would be looking over their shoulder.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 11:57 AM) I don't agree, but I'm not much of a party-centric person either. I have a few reasons, but the main one is party affiliation controls committee assignments, etc. I believe by maintaining the party label, it takes some of the politics out of it. There is less of a potential political gain/loss when the seat can't move form one side of the aisle to another.

I've used Cartridge World and Walgreens with success. I've tried doing my own, and that sucked.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 07:58 AM) I prefer the direct vote. And as for replacements, each state should have its method of choice, though for my state I'd prefer a special election over all this nomination nonsense. I've mentioned this before. IMHO, the replacement should be from the same party. I'm cool with the Gov nominating and the assembly confirming, but replace with someone from the same party. When the House or Senate are equally, or closely divided, it just adds another layer of b.s. in the replacement choice.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 22, 2009 -> 09:50 AM) I'll bet it was so he could take the oath on the Quran, like he really wanted to... [/GREEN!!!] nicely played sir.

Interesting. Forced, free labor to jump start a career called internship = good Forced, free labor for the money to attend college called community service = bad /carry on

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 21, 2009 -> 03:31 PM) most students in an engineering program that I knew in college thought these classes were a joke. no offense. They are a joke if the person does not value the subject.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 21, 2009 -> 10:02 AM) I think that there needs to be a standardization in some areas, but not in others. Math is pretty black and white. Science? I think standardization goes too far. History's history - although the political slant that is taught troubles me because kids aren't taught to see both sides of an issue and then learn to choose for themselves. I think standardization is good for curriculum, NOT how it's taught. It's like reading a college course guide. In this class, you will learn, XYZ. How it's taught should be left to the teacher to teach to his/her strengths. However, how much of that has the teacher been taught? Standardization is coming via the free market. There are fewer and fewer textbook offerings and of those, Texas and California, via legal requirements, are setting the tone for the rest of the country.