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QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Nov 21, 2015 -> 02:08 AM) It's frustrating because sometimes when I turn it on, it gets past the ATT boot and says "Android is optimizing apps...." and then it starts counting towards 93 (the number of apps I have). But at some point it freezes and restarts and then won't get back to that screen. It gives me hope every time it starts doing that, and then it never comes through. My phone is under a year old, so I am not concerned about having a broken phone. I'm concerned about losing my photos/videos that weren't backed up. Plus I would have loved to not have to do all those settings and widgets and custom stuff I did on it. It sounds like you soft-bricked your phone. Have you tried manually reflashing the firmware?

QUOTE (coco1997 @ Nov 20, 2015 -> 09:49 AM) Yankees, Cubs Have Discussed Trade Involving Brett Gardner, Starlin Castro I hope the Yankees realize that Castro isn't a SS long-term. More likely a 2B.

It's hard to argue against Arrieta, he was the middle ground between Kershaw and Greinke. Kershaw had the best peripherals, but his first half "struggles" (for him at least) really skewed his ERA. He was almost just a dominant as Arrieta down the stretch. He had an FIP of 1.47 an ERA of 1.31 in the second half. Even though Arrieta had a 0.75 ERA in the second half, his FIP was a half run higher than Kershaw's. Arrieta's BABIP dropped from .279 in the first half to .205 in the second half. Kershaw had his drop from .305 to .251, but there's still nearly a 50 point BABIP difference between the two. Greinke had the best ERA and was probably the luckiest. IMO, he might have been the least talented pitcher of the 3, but in reality, he was probably more effective than any of them this past year. Pitching's about run prevention and Greinke did that the best between these 3. His incredibly low BABIP might be lucky, but you have to realize he pitched in front of almost the same defense as Kershaw. Of course, different pitchers have different tendencies and may or may not play to the strength of the weaknesses of the defense. It's hard to measure all of these things, but I think I can say that I have no issues with Greinke losing out. I personally think Kershaw was the best pitcher, but I have no issue with Arrieta winning given how dominant he was in the second half. The weird thing is is that Kershaw, in some aspects, was better than Arietta in the same time frame, yet we didn't hear nearly as much about him. If anything, this just means the Cubs will have to pay more for Arrieta during arbitration and when he reaches free agency in 2018.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Nov 15, 2015 -> 01:50 AM) Tough to please everybody in a giant country with different climates, different nationalities, different issues spread out over an entire continent. "But look at Sweden!!!!". Lunacy. Sweden is the size of Bridgeport and almost everybody is Swedish. One has to look no further than our very own Illinois to realize how crazy an idea it is to emulate something like Sweden. Try pleasing both rural Ilinois and Chicago Illinois with policy. Then also get 49 other states with similar disparities on board. It's amazing anything has ever gotten done. Bridgeport: 2.1 sq miles, population of 31,000 Sweden: 175,896 sq miles, population of 10,000,000. Did you confuse Sweden with Luxembourg?

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 16, 2015 -> 02:53 PM) Hah, I actually found that to be bad news. Manning has been awful. Osweiller may be better, and "below average" qb with that defense is very dangerous. I mean, he was absolutely horrendous yesterday, but he was pretty damn good against the Packers. I'd rather play Osweiler than a healthy Manning.

Manning out for the game this week against the Bears. Maybe the Bears can actually go 5-5.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Nov 16, 2015 -> 01:11 PM) There are fundamentalists everywhere, but the problem with Islam is that a not insignificant number of moderate Muslims hold extreme views by our standards. The sample size in that poll isn't very large at 600 and I'm not sure about the soundness of the methodology behind the poll, but even if the true percentages are half of what the poll says, those are troubling numbers. https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/201...-shariah-jihad/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/1...terrorists.html You should probably read up on that first source you referenced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Security_Policy

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Nov 14, 2015 -> 07:18 PM) From that Christian part of the world where they are cutting off people's heads while simultaneously orchestrating mass terror plots and proclaiming "death to the west"? I agree with you. There's a lot of Christian terrorists in Africa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism Any religion, when looked at by dumbass fundamentalists, can turn bad.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 15, 2015 -> 10:20 AM) I'm not worried about something on this scale happening in the US. In a similar concert venue in the US, those terrorists kill at most ten people before concert-goers who are carrying take them out. In Europe, citizens aren't carrying so there's nobody to stop them from shooting the body count up to a hundred. Real life is nothing like Call of Duty.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Nov 16, 2015 -> 02:09 AM) That's how the Gear VR works too, by sliding your phone in to it. Does it work with non-Samsung phones? I'm sure it's better quality than the $30 viewers, but you can also get something similar for less.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Nov 15, 2015 -> 02:09 PM) I tried Samsung's Gear VR powered by Oculus at Costco. It was actually pretty cool, and for $100 I can see it being pretty well sold. You can buy a 30 dollar plastic Google cardboard and just use your phone.

It's crazy to think the Bears are two bad drives away from being tied for first place...

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 14, 2015 -> 10:44 AM) Ann CoulterVerified account ‏@AnnCoulter Why does NO ONE say the obvious thing on TV?! It's insane. Don't want terrorism in US? Stop importing Muslims! I feel really bad for the vast majority of Muslims in America. The moment a terrorist group does something overseas, the right wingers come out and want all of you deported.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Nov 14, 2015 -> 12:02 PM) This. France has a big stench of racism. I'm pretty sure they outlawed the hijab? Maybe someone can check me on that but the muslims, both conventional and extreme, are going to take big offense to that. My best friend played soccer all of the world and he said the only places he got bad racism was Paris and Texas. He said in Texas they were racist to intimidate him on the field but in Paris they were just vicious and he'd get it on the field and on the streets. He's a black kid from Chicago and he was called a sand n***** without provocation. Just a testimonial but France gets a lot of muslim immigrants from Western Africa and the French aren't exactly happy about it. It's been an ongoing story on the news over the last decade. That's so hypocritical of France. A quarter of the French national team is Muslim since a lot of them are of Algerian decent (Zidane, Benzema, Nasri, etc.)

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 13, 2015 -> 10:26 PM) France has always seemed the most vulnerable of the Western European countries, there seems to be a base of terrorists networks established there already, just waiting for the time to strike. Reading some accounts of the concert hall are pretty awful, it sounds like the cops had to bust in and risk civilian casualties to prevent numerous more casualties. It's a good breeding ground for ISIS to convert the already existing Muslims in France. If I remember correctly, France has the highest Muslim population in western Europe, something like 10% of its population.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Nov 12, 2015 -> 08:02 PM) Aside from Brady and Rodgers, doesn't every QB playing right now make a "WTF throw" every 2 games? I wouldn't disagree with that. My point is that Cutler's finally getting recognition for something in the national media, even though he's had stretches where he's been somewhat mistake-free in the past.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 12, 2015 -> 08:28 PM) Technically speaking he's one of the best QBs the Bears have ever had. Without a doubt, but that's because the Bears have had a history of really crappy QBs.

The love for Cutler around the country is unbelievable right now. Yeah, he's been a lot less prone to mistakes, but he still makes them every other game and you're just like "WTF?". Had Cutler not led that game-winning TD drive this Monday, he would have been the goat. I feel as if Cutler's been this good before, but he's just getting a better rap around the country now for some reason.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 11, 2015 -> 11:19 AM) Also on this story, last night was apparently pretty terrifying, as threats to students on "yikyak" caused a lockdown and a bunch of crazy rumors to fly around. I'd never heard of yikyak, but basically its an anonymous social service, which seems like a terrible idea. They found the kid who posted it today saying he was going to kill a bunch of black students. Yik Yak is basically 4Chan/Reddit combined, but only for local communities. It's really popular at universities.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 10, 2015 -> 01:46 AM) My question to you is ... aren't the protesters at Mizzou on a slippery slope. The school has 7 percent blacks and 93 percent whites I believe I read. At what point does the 93 percent tire of their school being portrayed as unbelievably racist when frankly there haven't been that many incidents. At what point do the protesters calm down a bit and work with the school officials on racism at Mizzou rather than appear to be a bit bully-ish. Or do you think what they're doing is fine? Missouri isn't just black and white Greg. The school is 77% white and 23% minority.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 10, 2015 -> 06:09 PM) fWAR is the preferable metric for pitchers. Anyway, thanks White Sox defense! bWAR is supposed to judge based on ERA and defense. Apparently, whatever metric they used thought Sale didn't pitch in front of a bad defense...that's laughable.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 10, 2015 -> 05:41 PM) Gray, Keuchel, and Price are the finalists. Sale's ERA was 3.41, but he had the lowest FIP in the AL. Sale had 2.4 more fWAR than Gray. Gray had 2.5 more bWAR than Sale. How Sale only had 3.3 bWAR last year is beyond me...

So unfortunate. It seems like he had some issues with breathing on Sunday and he's dead just a day later. That's crazy.

Houston almost did the same dance he did when he tore his ACL.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 02:30 PM) No QO for David Freese. 2 WAR 3B. Not sure what the cost will be. Maybe $10 million a year for 2-3 years. He might be worth a gamble, although you shouldn't expect anything more than league average offense and a decent glove. It's not ideal out of your 3B, but it's a huge upgrade over the alternatives for us.