chw42

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 12:49 PM) I agree I think it's good design...but only to a certain point. I felt I enjoyed it more when all three had their own look and feel...now that they're all converging into something very similar...meh. Honestly, I don't really see Windows Mobile as a valid choice...at least with Apple you get Google stuff, as Google doesn't support windows mobile much at all, and with Google you get the openness of having a lot of choice available. What exactly do you get with Windows Mobile aside from being stuck on Bing and IE? Windows Phones have good cameras? I don't know. I don't see them as a real option honestly. No Google services. Smaller app library. It's the same reason why I don't use Fire tablets or why I don't want that new Fire phone. No Google = no go for me.

Android Auto is very interesting. You tether your phone to the car and it basically mirrors your phone's features to your car. This way, you don't have to update the car's software, which makes a lot of sense. Most people won't get a new car every year or two. They get a new one every 10 years.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 12:09 PM) Is it just me, or has it become a thing from Apple/Microsoft and now Google to all converge on the same basic design principals? Everything looks like flat, borderless tiles on every single mobile OS now. Android/iOS and Windows Mobile all seem very similar to each other now. MS went with it first. Then Android. Then iOS. And now Android is looking more like iOS. I love flat design BTW, so I think it's good.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 10:25 AM) The game would have been over when they scored. So I am pretty comfortable with saying that. You can't just look at it that way. You're basically assuming there would have been 3 minutes of stoppage time play as opposed to 4 minutes. That doesn't work.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 09:24 AM) SCOTUS rules against Aereo. There goes your non-cable streaming option for TV. That thing had like 15 channels. If it had more it would have been very interesting though. Google I/O is in an hour, the new version of Android should be announced today and from the few leaks that have been released, it's going to look radically different.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 09:55 AM) And they lost because of it. I'm not sure you can say that, because it was still 4 minutes of play during stoppage time. Who knows what might have happened, but I'm not sure you can say they lost because of it.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 10:02 AM) This sums it up, FIFA has so much money yet only brought on goal line tech this WC, which i don't believe has even been used.......yet? I think it's been used once this World Cup. I get the feeling that the guys who run FIFA are even more conservative than the guys who run MLB. It took how long for MLB to get replay? It'll probably take longer for soccer.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 08:20 AM) Fair play? LOL. Was it fair play when Graham Zusi took over 60 seconds to cross the pitch for a late substitution? Is it fair play when goalies approach goal kicks like crippled old men to kill time? In the heat of the moment, Suarez made a smart play to up his team's survival chances from 0% to about 10-15%. I would hope every American player would have the instinct to do the same should such situation arise. They added a whole minute of stoppage time because of that, so meh.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 01:25 PM) Im guessing the plan is you bite someone, they react, you dive and hope for a PK? In this case, he started grabbing his teeth acting like he got elbowed or something.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 01:12 PM) Didn't think the red was bad at all. Cleats up, not even trying to play the ball, straight into the other player, right in front of the reg will be red everytime. But yeah Suarez needs a long suspension if not expulsion. Apparently, it's not the first time he's bit someone. If you thought Zidane's headbutt was weird, this is on another level.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 11:15 AM) Indeed. I'd then throw Taj and #19 to the Magic for Afflalo. Rose-Afflalo-Butler-Bosh-Noah looks very intriguing to me. I'd like that very much. It's not as good as Love or Melo, but it'd make us instant championship contenders again.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 10:34 AM) I think Bosh is still valuable. I think a few teams would give him 17-18 a year or more if he was a true FA. Wade I agree, he's lost even more value. I don't think he's worth more than 10-12 at this point. He can't hold up for an entire season and a long post season run. And he doesn't play defense anymore. Still, the Heat could be loyal and try to get another couple of years out of them. They could opt out and sign for more years. Instead of 2 for 42, do 3 for 50-55. Then the cap numbers work out to add some flexibility. Like I said before, Bosh is like the perfect plan C in case Melo and Love are off the table. The Bulls have enough in cap space to get him outright as a FA if he opts-out.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 04:34 PM) Wow, Marquez was the one that scored it. Layun has been sort of disappointing so far this World Cup, right? (Game here in China is Brazil/Cameroon, so can't see it). By the way, was anyone else impressed with how dynamic Deandre Yedlen looked coming off the bench and blowing by all those tired defenders...? He was a big reason why the US scored the second goal. He and Wondolowski both did their jobs as subs.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 03:25 PM) Silvy ‏@WaddleandSilvy 7m Jim Boeheim told us that he believes Melo would leave money on the table to play with the #Bulls. Oh so now we're asking his college coach... I can't wait until all of this is over.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 02:18 PM) David Schuster 50 mins · Chicago, IL · The rumor mill continues.........According to Chad Ford of ESPN.com, the Bulls are offering Taj Gibson, Tony Snell and both of their first round draft picks this year in exchange for Kevin Love. Yeah, I don't see Minnesota taking that for Love.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 08:18 AM) That's not a bad rent for California...but still shows that money doesn't go very far there. Yeah, it's not. Still, it really puts how little $70k is in California in perspective.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 09:13 AM) Wait, we are going to trade Mritocoic with Snell / MJD? Why would we do that? Or are they implying those guys would replace MJD? To get Afflalo and Melo, we have to get rid of pretty much everyone that's not a starter on the roster. Mirotic is a big trade chip in that scenario.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 07:31 PM) well Germany coming back to tie was huge of the US... Klose had a few chances to give Germany the lead after that goal. You kind of also expect Germany to beat Ghana.

This is why Germany not beating Ghana hurt the US so much. Had Germany won, we'd be into the next round without much of an issue.

Unfortunately, both games in Group G will happen at the same time on Thursday.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 06:56 PM) Bradley's sloppy ball handling finally came back to haunt them. Yup, he's been such a huge disappointment.

I never imagined Algeria scoring 3 goals in the World Cup.

I never imagined Algeria scoring 3 goals in the World Cup.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 02:30 PM) I would have liked him as well, but at the time Boozer had a little more shine on him I think Boozer from afar is good, when you get him up close you see the warts At least he was fairly healthy with the Bulls, which I think was the main concern with him at the time of the signing. However, I don't think I expected his game to deteriorate so much like it has in the past two years. Boozer looked like a great signing in 2010 when Noah was hurt. He was scoring 20+ a game on good efficiency. Then Noah came back, Boozer sort of got hurt, and he was awful down the stretch and in the playoffs.

Algeria already up 2-0 on Korea.