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QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 03:01 PM) Yet can you deny TMZ "broke" two of the biggest stories in sports history? Sterling and the ultimate firing of Goodell? I mean, they wrote articles and published tapes which traditional journalism outlets do. So what do you call this? TMZ is a celebrity gossip website who happened to get their hands on some tapes and surveilence footage.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 02:56 PM) Kudos to TMZ for getting the tape. Now TMZ has gotten an NBA owner to be replaced (that was their expose on Sterling), Ray Rice suspended and an NFL owner likely canned. WOW. That's pretty powerful "journalism" work. Unprecedented journalism work. Of course they probably paid for the tape which is journalistically unethical I believe. That said ... Ray Rice can never play football again. He knocked out a woman for gosh sakes. There are no excuses. How could any GM/owner sign off on acquiring Rice in the future? People make mistakes, sure, but you can't sign a person who knocks out a woman with a punch. You just can't. And all these people that are speaking out like the announcer of the Niners who got suspended two games. What are they thinking? That guy got a 2 game suspension for saying stupid things. TMZ is not journalism.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 02:03 PM) I'd wait to see the battery size for the new Nexus. Sad to see that the new moto x didn't go with a bigger battery. Those 2 were the phones I was considering at this point as a potential next phone for me. If the past is any indication, it won't be that big. I think they're going to up the screen size to about 5.2 inches (like the new Moto X) and hopefully give the battery a 500 mAH bump.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 02:54 PM) I have to say the presentation blew me away. They've always done well in this regard, but, man, what a step forward this year. Gameplay felt pretty much the same though. Felt like there were some more animations at work, but almost identical so far. That's fine, subtle changes are all that's needed. I feel like the way the players dribble feels a lot more refined and realistic. It's not as fast as it was last year, which I like.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 01:22 PM) I would also endorse the HTC One M8. You'll get the quickest software updates from HTC as well. My M7 is ~18 months old and I still love it. The criticisms of "will the phone even be good at the end of your contract?" aren't true with these devices, IMO In other news, it appears Windows 9 will have a notification center. I'm so happy about that. It was such an obvious omission - they built these nice notifications into the 8/8.1, but once they disappeared, they were just gone. Windows 8 did have lockscreen notifications.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 11:38 AM) I'd probably listen to this advice. Touchwiz takes up a ton of memory, so their 2gigs they brag about are mostly used by stuff you really don't know about or even want. I agree with him on the HTC one M8, my friend has it and it's the FIRST Android phone I was ever somewhat jealous of...and this is me talking...so, that kind of means something. I also like HTC Sense 6 quite a bit. I'll probably never use a manufacturer skin full-time, but if I had to, I'd use Sense. Their design language is extremely close to Material Design and it's a fairly light-weight skin.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 12:13 PM) As someone who has a busted S4 (now back on my old Iphone)...I'll third this. If I were to by an android device, I'd probably wait and get the latest google phone...it will have the least bloatware of any device. Just my 2 cents. I don't know how much Samsung's bloatware differs from HTC or anyone elses. All that said...all of these phones will work for what most of us use them for...calls / messaging / email / surfing web and both android / apple have huge app library to provide you with as many or little apps as you want. A lot of the bloatware is from the carriers. HTC usually keeps their phones pretty clean of stuff you don't want, but that may not be the case for AT&T or Verizon. T-Mobile phones basically have no bloatware since they're sold unlocked. Google controls everything on their Nexus phones (which is why they don't work with Verizon anymore), so they have no bloatware or carrier-installed apps.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 10:17 AM) Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 1h Tooth lodged in cheek. Hole in lip so big doc's index finger fit in it. And get this: Giancarlo Stanton still wants to return this season. Craig Minervini ‏@CraigMinervini 7h #Giancarlo in good spirits, saying he was uplifted by his mates. Dental work on 3 teeth in Miami. Fractures will heal, no surgery expected Owww.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 10:22 AM) Sale start last night earned him 0.5 WAR. That's a gigantic sum for 1 start, and he is now just 0.3 behind Felix, and 0.7 behind Kluber with 6 and 7 less starts respectively. If those guys have a real stinker either of their last 2 starts and Sale does well in his last two, it will be hard to ignore a guy who has accrued similar amount of WAR in that many less starts. I mean, we are all choosing to not care about Kershaw having the same amount of starts as Sale in the NL. Too bad the Cy Young voters usually don't look at WAR.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 09:35 PM) Scored an unexpected $60 today and have been deciding if I should flip a coin between NHL 15 and Madden 15. I'd be getting NHL simply because I love hockey and it would be weird not buying a hockey game for once. On the other hand, I haven't owned a Madden game in 5 years, and I feel like I need a football game to play one of these years. Either way, I've only got 2 games for my PS4 right now, and the only one I KNOW I am getting is Far Cry 4 in November, so I may want something to tide me over once I finally beat Watchdogs and trade that in. I'm having a decent amount of fun with Madden. It's not perfect, but it's probably the best Madden in a long time.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 10:59 AM) yeah Galaxy is what im leaning towards unless apple blows me away. My advice: anything but Samsung. They add stuff for the sake of adding it. You see that 2 GB of RAM the S5 has? You're only going to get maybe 800 MB because Samsung's add-ons are going to run in the background most of the time. Your phone is going to seem slow because of this. Touchwiz, while better than before, is still far behind most other manufacturer skins. If you want an Android phone now, look at the HTC One M8 or LG G3. Both have better battery, better software, better build quality, and faster updates. The G3 also has better hardware.

Stanton's injury now makes Kershaw the favorite for both the Cy Young and MVP.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 11:27 AM) "Blameless Jay" http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/...ever-just-right Beginning of article - "Jay Cutler never takes the blame" End of article - "Jay Cutler took the blame in last week's game vs. Bills"

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 11:21 AM) I want all the young players and core pieces to do well, and I want Danks to do as well as possible so we can maybe get some money back there. Other than that stuff I hope we suck balls. Perfect game for us: -One of our starters goes 7, pitches great. All of our core hitters get on base or hit meaningless home runs with no one on. Every time there are RISP someone like Michael Taylor comes up and K's or GIDP. Then those couple relievers who could be part of our future pitch well in relief, and if the game is pretty close or we're ahead, someone like Maikel Cleto or Scott Carroll coughs up like 9 runs in 0.2 IP just to make sure we're at a good margin. Under no circumstances would I want to help Dunn. And there's nothing we can do anyway, he will singlehandedly take the A's out of the playoff picture. Which IMO is unfortunate because I wanted the A's to win this year, and even with Dunn I'd rather see the A's come out of the AL than any other team besides maybe Toronto (who are also fading). Actually I'd love to see them win it all, after all the moves Beane made to try to win, and after all the s*** those guys have gone through even after helping evolve the game, I'd love to see them come out on top. Unfortunately though Dunn is a gigantic turd helping to weight that thing down. Adam Dunn's done nothing but help Oakland's offense so far: .292/.370/.542 so far.

Decker or Crabtree? Standard scoring.

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 10:59 AM) http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/09/paul-george-ray-rice-twitter Paul George defends Ray Rice in a series of ill-advised tweets This is the same guy who supposedly wanted to pay a stripper $1 million to get an abortion.

I just want to see Detroit not make the playoffs. Go Seattle and Oakland!

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 04:51 PM) It isn't Skype...it's not any one app...it's the sheer volume and turnover of them...you do this on any kind of regular basis and all the sudden you've got 400 apps on all your devices...then you've got to go through and pare them down, delete them, etc. I ain't got time or the patience for that s***. You might a well go use a feature phone then. All of you sound like you're perfectly content with a phone that has 10 pre-installed apps and that's it. That's not the point of a smartphone.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 04:49 PM) I didn't say that...I was implying that your opinion as to ease of use isn't necessarily the most objective, since this is your profession. Do you think guys in your position liked Windows or DOS/Linux? iPhones or Android? Now which did/does the general public seem to prefer? The original discussion was about installing applications on phones and how that was too cumbersome and difficult for people. Hence what I said.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 04:47 PM) We use your email client (Lotus Notes) and yes, it's terrible, but even that's preconfigured upon a new laptop/desktiop. Launch the app, and it asks you to create a password. That's it. That's all the user has to configure. And if they run into something they need further help with, we don't tell them to Google it. Someone actually calls them, or goes to them and helps them configure it. Sure, that is. But if you want WiFi on your laptop, you have to go through an entire process to get it. A good amount of the stuff is preconfigured because it makes sense to do it, but not everything is. I'm surprised other companies actually support Lotus Notes. Christ I feel bad for them.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 04:46 PM) Still on lotus I take it? Yup, it's a piece of crap. It was worse before they released the 9th version, at least it looks a bit more modern now. But it's built off of Eclipse, so performance is god awful. And to think IBM spent money acquiring them...

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 04:45 PM) That's not at all what anyones saying. It's not their job to install apps, it's their job to do whatever we hired them to do...and that's all they should need to do. Why? Because THAT is their job. Their job is NOT to configure applications and troubleshoot them. Somebody else gets paid to do that. But that's what the original discussion was. This all started because you thought installing Skype on a phone was too hard and bothersome for the majority of people.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 04:43 PM) That means you're behind the times, but that's not surprising considering it's IBM. You should see how bad our email client is.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 04:42 PM) That is exactly the point. Most people are not engineers who work in software development. Why would a company want to mass produce something that appeals primarily to the expert in the marketplace? Oh, now we have to be experts to install apps. Listen to yourselves. Might as well abolish the app store for anyone not in IT or over 50. No point right?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 04:40 PM) No, there isn't. I work for a big company, and EVERYTHING on a laptop/desktop is PREconfigured for the user through AD. They do NOTHING. They don't even have access to install anything or change most any configuration option. Not the case at IBM and we're the second largest company in the world. But there's a guide to do almost everything, so it's not that hard.