I win

by Rollo Tomasi on Oct 23, 2007 4:18 PM PDT

I totally pwned David J. Corcoran on the Mariners trivia on Facebook. This may be the greatest accomplishment of my short and uninspiring life.

300 character fun fact: The '95 Mariners were 18-23 in one-run games.

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Um.

pwning Corco on ANYTHING isn't an accomplishment. Especially on M's trivia...

;-)

(okay, he can probably pwn anyone on highway stuff, except my wife who works for the WSP)

Imagine what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zig-zag...

by PositivePaul on Oct 23, 2007 4:21 PM PDT reply actions

Your wife is a WSP?

Don't uh...well...let's just say that taking pictures of highway signs is an inattentive driving ticket waiting to happen.

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by Corco on Oct 23, 2007 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Employee, yes

Trooper, no. She's a 'civilian' at HQ. But she does work pretty closely with Chief Batiste.

And, damn, is it hard to ride in the car with her.

Imagine what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zig-zag...

by PositivePaul on Oct 23, 2007 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions

I imagine!

And I'm guessing she does most of the driving when both of you are in the car?

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by Corco on Oct 23, 2007 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions

I could only wish. When she does start her lecturing, I immediately offer to switch seats. That mostly leads to either her shutting up or giving me the huge guilt trip that I don't love the family enough...

Imagine what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zig-zag...

by PositivePaul on Oct 23, 2007 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions

I owned Corco in vocabulary.

by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 23, 2007 4:24 PM PDT reply actions

Beer and pot pwns Corco every weekend

by Gomez on Oct 23, 2007 4:29 PM PDT reply actions

YOU ARE MR. ESCOBAR

YOU CAN ROT IN BLOODY HELL 10 DAYS A WEEK. I HAD A FEW MIS-CLICKS ("WHO PLAYED RF FOR THE MARINERS IN 2007" AND I CLICKED "ICHIRO." I WAS GOING TO FAST)

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by Corco on Oct 23, 2007 4:35 PM PDT reply actions

Also, prepare to be dominated. I will catch you.

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by Corco on Oct 23, 2007 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions

It's on.

What do I look like, a guy who's not lazy?

by Rollo Tomasi on Oct 23, 2007 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm fourth

10% of the "Answers" were incorrect. At least I'm still leading Bretticus by 20 points.

by Robert on Oct 23, 2007 5:11 PM PDT reply actions

Oh and my team is #1 on facebook

by Robert on Oct 23, 2007 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions

what's the name of the app

to add?

I want in!

by mariners124m on Oct 23, 2007 6:23 PM PDT reply actions

Seattle Mariners Fans

I think

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by Corco on Oct 23, 2007 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions

1250

I quit.

Jose Vidro (DH - Ms) was arrested today in an Idaho Bathroom for having a wide stance and sucking.

by CapSea on Oct 23, 2007 7:57 PM PDT reply actions

1290 points

not being old enough to remember 1995 killed me

by mariners124m on Oct 23, 2007 8:03 PM PDT reply actions

YOU BECAME A FAN AFTER 1995

AND THEN DIDN'T BOTHER TO EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THE FACETS OF THAT SEASON???

YOU'RE A FRAUD!

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by Corco on Oct 23, 2007 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions

CAPS LOCK IS ON!!!!!!!11111

Jose Vidro (DH - Ms) was arrested today in an Idaho Bathroom for having a wide stance and sucking.

by CapSea on Oct 23, 2007 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions

By the way

my facebook name is David J Corcoran I, not David J. Corcoran.

Facebook's automated name change approval system, by the way, approved the move from David Corcoran to David J Corcoran I, but disapproved the move from David J Corcoran I to David J. Corcoran I

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by Corco on Oct 23, 2007 8:07 PM PDT reply actions

That name approval system is lame

My facebook account was under an assumed name for months, and then when I changed it to a different assumed name they didn't seem to mind at all.

by Llewdor on Oct 24, 2007 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Wow I just realized there's a LL Facebook Group

Where have I been?

by SethGrandpa on Oct 23, 2007 8:34 PM PDT reply actions

I got like 1570, not enough to rank

When life gives you scurvy, make lemonade.

by Mariner John on Oct 23, 2007 9:08 PM PDT reply actions

I'm not sure I have enough nerd manna to

participate in this game.

by Matthew on Oct 23, 2007 10:29 PM PDT reply actions

It's ok

Everyone is allowed to be afraid of failure.

by Robert on Oct 23, 2007 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll admit

I would suck at that game. For some reason I have a terrible memory for recent baseball history. But I bet I can drink you under the table, and that counts for 6.2832x as many points.

by Matthew on Oct 23, 2007 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions

What's this number supposed to signify?

2x pi? or just random

http://seattlesportsmaniac.blogspot.com

by LantermanC on Oct 24, 2007 5:20 AM PDT up reply actions

If that is random

That's amazing, because it's 2x pi.

Jose Vidro (DH - Ms) was arrested today in an Idaho Bathroom for having a wide stance and sucking.

by CapSea on Oct 24, 2007 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions

it was not random

if it was random it would have been 4.

by Matthew on Oct 24, 2007 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Haha

by Graham MacAree on Oct 24, 2007 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions

that one is actually on my wall in my office

by Matthew on Oct 24, 2007 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions

Damn Shame...

...I got a German degree instead of a CompSci degree like I should've. I missed out on all these geek jokes.

I still like: "There's No Place Like 127.0.0.1"

and

SELECT * FROM Managers WHERE Clue>0
Returned: 0 records

"I restore a sense of childlike wonder to people's lives; you give them Zunes and Vista." -- Fake Steve Jobs to Borg employees

by PositivePaul on Oct 24, 2007 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions

I heard a rare thing today

My boss, an actuary, told me an actuarial joke. It wasn't funny, of course, but the mere fact that actuaries have jokes kind of blew my mind.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 24, 2007 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions

trust me

we get wayyyyyyyyyy geekier than those. It's the reason I love Futurama over most every other show. There are so many completely obscure math/science jokes embedded. You can probably name any episode and I'll find at least a few jokes that only people with hard science degrees will get.

by Matthew on Oct 24, 2007 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh, yeah...

But to someone who doesn't speak Geek at all, those are both old classics. That's the thing about geeks, though. The sense of humor is never lost...

"I restore a sense of childlike wonder to people's lives; you give them Zunes and Vista." -- Fake Steve Jobs to Borg employees

by PositivePaul on Oct 24, 2007 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Or....

2 X 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510

by ppl4life on Oct 24, 2007 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Or

2xthis

by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 24, 2007 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions

I still can't believe that...

they have taken it to a trillion decimal places now. What you showed was a million, which is plenty deep.

by ppl4life on Oct 24, 2007 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Just out of curiosity...

...as a non-numbers person, why on earth would anybody need to know the millionth decimal place of pi? Has it just become an entirely academic exercise at this point, to find the furthest decimal of pi that can be found, or is there some practical application for the millionth/billionth/trillionth digit of pi?

And please, if and when you explain, remember, i'm a guy that doesn't even balance a checkbook for fear of mis-adding 3 and 5, so please, dumb it down.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 24, 2007 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions

balance a what now?

i don't think there's any practicality left to extending pi

by Matthew on Oct 24, 2007 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Didn't think so

but one never knows about such things.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Oct 24, 2007 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Just you watch,

we'll end up needing it to cure cancer, end global warming, and facilitate travel to other galaxies.

I'm never blocking a fire exit.

by Thingray on Oct 24, 2007 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Maybe we'll find a message in it

by Graham MacAree on Oct 24, 2007 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions

It'll be Don Quixote in Morse code

by Gomez on Oct 24, 2007 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Well...

Maybe we won't need the number itself for those sorts of things, but certainly the technology behind computing it to a trillion digits has the possibility of doing so...

"I restore a sense of childlike wonder to people's lives; you give them Zunes and Vista." -- Fake Steve Jobs to Borg employees

by PositivePaul on Oct 24, 2007 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Maths nerds are weird

That's the only reason

by Graham MacAree on Oct 24, 2007 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions

I think it's a hope

that eventually we'll find the end.

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by Corco on Oct 24, 2007 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions

No

by Graham MacAree on Oct 24, 2007 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions

And I am aware that this is theoretically

impossible.

But if we found the end to an irrational number, that would really turn the world upside down.

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by Corco on Oct 24, 2007 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions

It is theoretically impossible to

turn the world upside down.

I'm never blocking a fire exit.

by Thingray on Oct 24, 2007 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions

tell that to the magnetic fields

which switch polarity every decamillenia or so.

by Matthew on Oct 24, 2007 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Well right

the way pi is computed via summation would indicate that it will never end.

But still, you've gotta hold onto the hope.

If pi were discovered to have an end, the world may be able to be turned upside down. Black could become east, up could end up being white

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by Corco on Oct 24, 2007 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions

you have some weird thoughts

I'd really abandon the shit beer.

by Matthew on Oct 24, 2007 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Black is east, up is white?

That's a borrowed quote from Peter Griffin

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by Corco on Oct 24, 2007 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions

I got the reference.

Like the scene where is ancestor invented golf:

"So we've got the rules straight, do we lads? No Jews, no blacks!"

I'm never blocking a fire exit.

by Thingray on Oct 24, 2007 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions

no

that you have to hold onto hope that something theoretically impossible by definition could one day be theoretically proved true?

It's like holding onto hope that one day the sun will rise in the west.

by Matthew on Oct 24, 2007 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions

I keep waiting for that to happen myself.

I'm sick of being blinded driving home at this time of year.

I'm never blocking a fire exit.

by Thingray on Oct 24, 2007 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions

IDK which i'd prefer

my condo faces south so I get the sun shining into my bedroom in the morning, which is great for sunrises like this morning (beautiful), but kinda irritating overall, especially after a drinking night.

Then again, watching the sun set over the Olympics and Puget Sound is pretty nice.

I wonder what it's like to see the sun set over Rainier on a clear evening. That must be spectacular. Not sure if I've ever seen a pic of it though.

by Matthew on Oct 24, 2007 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm really not sure where you would need

to take that picture from to get a clear shot. I haven't been up around Rainier in quite some time.

I'm never blocking a fire exit.

by Thingray on Oct 24, 2007 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions

well anypoint along the line

extending beyond (sun on horizon ---> mt. rainier)

by Matthew on Oct 24, 2007 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions

But along that line there would be

other peaks that may obscure your view. I'm trying to think of where you could get a nice clear shot.

I'm never blocking a fire exit.

by Thingray on Oct 24, 2007 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions

There's nothing wrong with hope.

There never will be.

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by Corco on Oct 24, 2007 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions

I hope that your hope dies a painful death

and there can't be anything wrong with that, now can there? ;)

by johnbai on Oct 25, 2007 1:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Maths is entirely theory

Therefore theoretically impossible = what?

by Graham MacAree on Oct 24, 2007 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Sounds like a Futurama quote, now that I'm

thinking about cartoons.

"Oh dear, one of them is stuck in an infinite loop, and the other's a moron!"

I'm never blocking a fire exit.

by Thingray on Oct 24, 2007 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions

We didn't need to see it

We all have that memorized already

Jose Vidro (DH - Ms) was arrested today in an Idaho Bathroom for having a wide stance and sucking.

by CapSea on Oct 24, 2007 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Speak for yourself! :)

I'm never blocking a fire exit.

by Thingray on Oct 24, 2007 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions

You didn't learn

the first 1 million digits of pi in 1st grade? What kind of school did you go to?

Jose Vidro (DH - Ms) was arrested today in an Idaho Bathroom for having a wide stance and sucking.

by CapSea on Oct 24, 2007 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions

I only memorized the first pi digits of pi

by Matthew on Oct 24, 2007 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions

So you're still memorizing

and stuck beyond the 4 but not quite at the 1.

Jose Vidro (DH - Ms) was arrested today in an Idaho Bathroom for having a wide stance and sucking.

by CapSea on Oct 24, 2007 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions

That's about all I was ever taught.

I'm never blocking a fire exit.

by Thingray on Oct 24, 2007 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Public school. :(

I'm never blocking a fire exit.

by Thingray on Oct 24, 2007 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions

My favorite thing to do

when I'm in a situation where I have to pick a number between 1 and 10 is to respond, "Pi." People hate that.

by Gomez on Oct 24, 2007 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions

See

they really ought to specify "integer". Pick an integer between 1 and 10.

by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 24, 2007 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions

hehe

7 + e^2πi/3

by Matthew on Oct 25, 2007 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions

Can somebody give me

the URL?

"Kruger! My sun tells me, your company shtinks!"-Frank Costanza.

by Coach Owens on Oct 23, 2007 10:48 PM PDT reply actions

facebook.com

When life gives you scurvy, make lemonade.

by Mariner John on Oct 23, 2007 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions

search for "seattle mariners fan"

I think.

Jose Vidro (DH - Ms) was arrested today in an Idaho Bathroom for having a wide stance and sucking.

by CapSea on Oct 23, 2007 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions

I did, but there's multiple

"Seattle Mariner Fan" groups.

"Kruger! My sun tells me, your company shtinks!"-Frank Costanza.

by Coach Owens on Oct 24, 2007 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions

It's an application.

by Robert on Oct 24, 2007 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions

Tom

youve been dethroned, find Jeremy Muck and break his legs

by armedpp on Oct 24, 2007 12:01 AM PDT reply actions

Not no more

What do I look like, a guy who's not lazy?

by Rollo Tomasi on Oct 24, 2007 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions

also

through no fault of my own, i now have the top team

by armedpp on Oct 24, 2007 12:02 AM PDT reply actions

I HAVE RETAKEN THE LEAD

YOU LOSE

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by Corco on Oct 24, 2007 12:13 AM PDT reply actions

I ALSO HAVE THE TOP TEAM

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by Corco on Oct 24, 2007 12:13 AM PDT reply actions

thats

what i get for bragging about it

by armedpp on Oct 24, 2007 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm on the board with 1800

I'll accept that.

by tworsandtwols on Oct 24, 2007 12:23 AM PDT reply actions

I'm back, baby.

What do I look like, a guy who's not lazy?

by Rollo Tomasi on Oct 24, 2007 12:59 AM PDT reply actions

ok, last time i made a diary about the M's Mailbag

it was met with much debate, so im going to forgo that here...

but since we're talking about mariners fans, i have to say that i think ive found the award winner for the most clueless fan:

Chance F. from Porterville, CA writes

During the '07 season, Ichiro had thoughts of leaving Seattle. After a fairly close playoff run and a positive look for next season, has he or will he sign an extension on his contract?

I dont think theres any argument about this one being dumb, is there?

by thenatural on Oct 24, 2007 1:59 AM PDT reply actions