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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 08:33 PM) That's because it looks stupid. The Wii U is actually sorta cool. You can use the controller as a handheld gaming device. So you don't need to hog the TV. It's its best feature IMO. Which honestly is kind of sad, but cool at the same time.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 08:20 PM) He is a brilliant offensive mind, IMO. He's just not NFL head coaching material. Did an incredible job with the SF offense before taking the SD job. He was great in SD for a while too. I guess they just look bad because Philip Rivers isn't the guy he was 2-3 years ago. Still, almost anything is better than Mike Tice.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 08:18 PM) A lot of people already speculating Reid will be the next coach in SD. Apparently he just had a home built there. The Bengals are playing very well recently. Would love to bring Turner in as OC once he gets axed. Norv Turner appears to suck the life out of everything. IDK man...

The Eagles are so f***ing bad. Remember when they signed 3 of the best defensive FAs two years ago? Asomugha sucks. Where the hell is Cullen Jenkins? Only Jason Babin gets noted here or there when you watch their games. You can't buy yourself a championship in football.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 07:13 PM) Far Cry 3 looks really awesome. I've owned Far Cry 2 for many years now, but never really played it much (it's actually quite hard). But I'm giving it a second chance now, as a prep for FC3. IGN gave it a 9.0, and the video review made it look sweet. Far Cry 2: African jungle driving simulator.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 05:37 PM) I like the fact you can work twice at home with the Chicago job. Man ... quality of life is pretty nice there. You can go get a f***ing haircut at your convenience, an oil change, whatever. Sometimes it's nice to be left alone and not feel like you are in an episode of the Office. But both jobs sound great. There's something to be said about getting away. I will tell you this from going there. Austin is AWESOME and I've never heard a bad word about it. It is a big big party scene as you recognize. The UT women are beautiful. You might want to experience it. As far as sports if you want to see the Sox in Houston or Dallas both are about 3 hour drives or 2.5 or so. It'll be a big change regarding pro sports. People there don't give a s*** about anything but TEXAS football and music. You will date some amazing women, though. But if you care that much about Bears, Bulls, Sox, you won't be having much fun in that regard except following them on tv and here. If you want an adventure of a lifetime and maybe marry an amazing Texas girl, go for Austin for a few years. Actually a lot of non Texas natives live down there as well. I'm just saying you'll probably like Austin ... unless the Texas mentality pisses you off down there. The native Texans think they are everything and the rest of the country sucks. Yeah, I was thinking of what I'd do without the ability to go watch the Sox in person. Driving to Dallas or Houston for that many hours kind of sucks. And honestly, I'm a fairly liberal person. But from everything I hear, Austin is about as liberal as you can get in a southern state. Especially Texas.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 05:24 PM) Then it seems like it would be worth asking the chicago office a few more details about promotions/pay raise schedules, or at least how things have gone previously, and also specifically asking the stock option question. Try to work the math out more exactly. The offer has a 5% annual bonus based on individual and company performance and I seriously doubt that will change over the first few years. I have a specific number on stock options and everything. The math comes out to pretty much the same. Except the fact that Austin is a lot cheaper to live in by almost all the cost of living calculators I've used.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 04:44 PM) One thing I'm not seeing in your lists is "Growth/long term prospects" in terms of your specific job? Otherwise, you make a pretty convincing case for Austin, if the money is generally the same between the two. But if you could say, move upwards quickly in the smaller company or have a shot at stock options/something like that, then you could balance the cost of living more quickly. Oh, unless you're an actual musician, you'll do fine with the Chicago Music Scene. And don't discount Austin being genuinely too bleeping hot for a portion of the year. I think I did include that in there. The Chicago company is doing very well and they're about to go public soon. My offer also includes stock options. As for the Austin company. It's a big big corporation. Moving up in those isn't easy. So in terms of career path, the Chicago company MIGHT be better.

I know that people here are mostly Chicago based and are biased towards Chicago, but I'd like some hopefully unbiased help in deciding between two job offers. One's in Chicago and one's in Austin Texas. Both pay pretty much the same. The job in Austin is with a larger and more lucrative corporation while the Chicago one is with a small company that's only been around for about 8 years. If I choose the Austin offer, they will offer relocation and sign-on bonus, Chicago company does not provide that. Notes about Austin job: 1. No state income tax (saves about $3500 annually) 2. Austin area is filled with tech giants (AMD, IBM, Intel, TI, Google, Apple, Dell, etc), so it's a better job market for software engineers. 3. Austin is a lot cheaper to live in 4. Better live concert/music scene 5. Right next to U of Texas. So it's like I never left college. 6. Good weather. Never will I have to suffer through a 20 degree day again (at least for a few years). 7. I don't know anyone, will have to restart basically 8. Job isn't exactly what I want to do/did in college, but I'm adaptable. 9. No pro sports teams to be found 10. Company is one of the largest in the world, but kind of at a stand still. Stock doing great though. Notes about Chicago job: 1. Smaller company, more ability to impact products 2. Less job security, since company is smaller 3. Closer to home, will know people I've been friends with for a long time 4. White Sox, Bears, Bulls 5. Job is more relevant to what I liked doing in school 6. Chicago is more expensive, $15,000 a year more expensive according to Wolfram 7. I can live off my parents for like 6 months to pay off my student loans and the money I will use to get a new car 8. I don't think anybody actually likes Chicago weather...they just get used to it 9. Company is innovative, likely to be big player in cloud storage/services 10. The company is very casual and loose on policies. I can work from home twice a week. So...unbiased thoughts please? Thanks.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 03:35 PM) Greg Aiello ‏@gregaiello Our office has notified the Lions that N Suh will not be suspended for last Thursday's incident. It will be reviewed for a potential fine. From the way they talked about it, it sounded like he was going to get a suspension. I guess the NFL is playing a little nicer after the Reed suspension debacle.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 03:07 PM) lol@this thread. what the hell happened? This has become worse than last year's nba thread. joe/obama vs bears fans. In the NBA thread, everybody argued about Rose vs. advanced basketball stats. In this thread, it's all about Joe and the meaning of NFL rules and trolling.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 02:13 PM) The Apple stuff I post could easily be considered trolling, I don't deny that. But saying the Spaeth TD should not have been ruled one based off a similar call earlier in the year is NOT trolling. This is the NFL thread, not the Bears thread. Just because it's dominated by mostly Bears fans doesn't mean I have to see things in favor of the Bears. I'm not even a Packers and Lions or Vikings fan, I have no reason to try and disagree with Bears fans either. NOT trolling. The Spaeth TD was clearly a touchdown. His foot was clearly in bounds before his knee was out. You can't say that about the Bryant play. I know what you're getting at. That being in bounds by so little or being out of bounds by so little and having two different results is somewhat unfair. But those are the rules and if we're gonna bend the rules for things that are borderline, then why the hell do we even have rules?

A Lenovo Ideapad Yoga or similar convertible ultrabook. I want to ditch my current ultrabook + iPad set up and just take one device with me instead of two.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 01:54 PM) It may have been posted here already, but I saw a video on Deadspin of Tom Jackson or one of the analysts talking crap about Cutler for not saying hello to the guys he passed walking through the stadium. Was a really weird and out of place rant. Saw that too. ESPN journalism at its finest.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 11:15 AM) Wow, Trent Dilfer said something positive about Cutler? What is this world coming to? Seriously. If Trent Dilfer is saying good things about Cutler, then you know something's up.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 01:36 PM) Lance Louis placed on IR, done for the year. Jared Allen needs to get fined at least 50K for what he did. Maybe one of the o-line men will attempt for payback two weeks from now. Now the Bears are down an actually competent offensive guard. Hopefully, Carimi got his wake up call and will play well at the position.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 08:54 AM) I don't. I was telling several of my friends yesterday that I really don't think many outside of Chicago put together just how good Cutler is because he doesn't put up big numbers. But when you watch this team play with Cutler versus watching this team play with another quarterback, the difference is glaring. We go from a team that wins by 10-20 points with Cutler to a team that loses and often loses big without him. Now he'll never win the award because that is going to go to a guy with the gaudy statistics. But it's incredible just how good this guy is right now...making this piece of s*** offense work with this piece of s*** playcalling... I think with a competent line, Cutler's a guy who can put up a 90-95 QB rating. Which is definitely better than the mid 80s he's been putting up in recent years. But I don't think we should act that Jay is one of the top 5 QBs in pro football. He's not. He's got the talent to do it, but there's still aspects of his play that make you scratch your head (inconsistency in his accuracy, inability to make elite level reads which usually lead to interceptions, too slow to pull the trigger at times). Cutler's my favorite Bears player and probably my favorite Bears QB of all time. But if we're going to deem Cutler as elite, I just don't see it. And I also don't think it's fair that we're judging Cutler based on backup QB play. Let's face it, Caleb Hanie is f***ing awful and Jason Campbell looked like a not so turnover friendly version of Caleb Hanie. A bad line is part of it, but the throws Campbell was making when he had time were mostly inaccurate. Neither seem like they're replacement level backup QBs.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 09:40 PM) December 12 December 21, 2012. The Mayans were right.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 12:19 PM) This is going to be a hot item, hurry up and order http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?prod...1452710.3495678 Twins candy jar eh?

QUOTE (MAX @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 08:22 PM) I wouldn't be too surprised to see the new marlins team out perform last years team, or the team contend two or three years from now, so I am not going to condemn Loria for what he did or pretend I know what motivates him. The fact is, they are a highly successful franchise when it comes to winning it all and overcome major shortcomings to do so. Once while loria was the owner. If that is the case, I wonder what that says about Ozzie Guillen.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 09:59 AM) Miami flat out lied to their fans repeatedly. The Cubs have done no such thing. Hah, they might not have not lied verbally, but Cubs fans have been believing a lie for the past 100 or so years. Haha.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 12:00 AM) Good bye Andre Brown, it was nice owning you. Now he can stop vulturing away Bradshaw's touchdowns. Right in time for the playoffs too.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 10:55 PM) http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--jay-cutl...-020935212.html I wouldn't go that far. I'd expect this article from bleacher report, not yahoo. I looked at that headline and thought to myself, "now he's getting too much credit".

So the fact that the Giants blew out the Packers actually hurt me. No Bradshaw or Finley in the last few minutes of the game. Need Steve Smith to not score more than 8.5 tomorrow. A win would put me in sole control of first in my division.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 07:57 PM) That s*** is driving me nuts this year. By the time you look at the product and determine if you want it or not, it's already gone. Same thing happened to me last year with a tablet. This is why you need a better internet connection.