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The OT --- 01/11/09

Sth70021_tiny by Taylor H on Comment 114 comments

I've never made one of these OT thingamajigs.

What are your favorite quotes?  Witticisms, sayings, mottos, epigraphs, etc.

For example, here are some of mine:

From "Sometimes a Great Notion" --- "Man will oppose everything except a hand extended; that he will stand up in the face of every hazard except lonely time."

From Oscar Wilde --- "A true friend stabs you in the front."

From Debi Gliori: --- "A volunteer is someone who doesn't want to do something, but ends up being morally blackmailed into doing it anyway."

From Cyril Connelly --- "Whom they wish the destroy the gods first call promising."

Baseball-related ones are always good.

 

Additionally, who's going to win the Super Bowl, NCCA tourney, and Stanley Cup, and why?

Oh, and World Series.  Can't forget about that.

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Quick!

Someone check to see if there is a Berg Ramirez on the Arizona roster!

by Wilder. on Jan 11, 2009 12:33 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not going to lie

I’m rooting for the Cards to win it all

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 11, 2009 12:44 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I love Kurt Warner

You may gain some yards on the ground, but eventually Lofa will end up biting you in the ass.

by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 11, 2009 12:49 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Cards don't bother me

Then again, I rooted for the Angels to win the WS in 2002 because I found them inoffensive.

Either way, if the Iigles win today (hope hope hope) then I really don’t mind who wins the Super Bowl. I wouldn’t mind seeing the Chargers, Philly, or the Cards winning. And while I still hate the Steelers for 2005, I love their defense.

by katal on Jan 11, 2009 12:48 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ravens/Eagles.

Ravens win it all! Also, I hate the Pittsburgh Steelers so I hope they lose today.

by Kirkharbaugh on Jan 11, 2009 1:26 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'll take the Cards.

And, for baseball, the Yanks over the Rays for the World Series Pennant. So, the Yanks’ll win it all.

Big Z is the MAN.

by Taylor H on Jan 11, 2009 1:26 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not sure if this would go under off topic?

But as I wasn’t an M’s fan until 2005, I am unfamiliar with people who were bad in 2004, such as Scott Spiezio and Rich Aurilla. Were they given multi year contracts and then cut the same year?

by Fin on Jan 11, 2009 1:51 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Who would become an M's fan in the 80s?

Oh, that’s right, everyone on this site over 30.

“This is the year they’re going to finish. 500!”

by marc w on Jan 11, 2009 2:51 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I became a Mariners fan in 2001.

Don’t look at me that way. I’d just moved to Vancouver in October 2000, and I saw that the M’s had just signed this cool Japanese guy I’d heard about on Iron Chef (really, they’d talk about Ichiro on Iron Chef).

It was a good year for a first year.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 12, 2009 9:34 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hello

I moved up to Washington late 2004, and I always root for the hometown team. Plus, the city seemed much more interested in their local sports than they did in Florida, where everyone cheered for New York baseball teams.

by Fin on Jan 12, 2009 1:05 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey that works

We became Mariners fans in 1998 after moving to Idaho

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 12, 2009 6:18 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Washington Caps will win the Stanley Cup

Backstopped by 20 year old phenom goaltender Simeon Varlamov after Jose Theodore has a freakish hair styling accident.

Your favorite meme is dead

by Edanger6 on Jan 11, 2009 2:44 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

As much as I dislike the Red Wings

There is no team that is analogous to the Yankees. Perhaps the Rangers, except for the winning part. With the salary cap, no hockey team can do what the Yankees do. Also, no other fan in sport can be as bad as Yankee fans. Red Sox fans are a close second, and soccer goons exist on a separate level.

Your favorite meme is dead

by Edanger6 on Jan 11, 2009 4:43 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not for long if the Detroit economy keeps plummeting through the earth and busting out the other side only to collide with the moon.

Incidentally, It’s a good time to buy real estate in Michigan.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 12, 2009 9:35 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Incidentally, It’s a good time to buy real estate in Michigan.

by seattlebruin on Jan 12, 2009 9:37 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Point taken

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 12, 2009 1:19 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think it's a bout time to just give the state of Michigan to Canada

The automakers are plummeting, the whole Detroit area is a giant ghetto, University of Michigan’s football team sucks, the state just has absolutely nothing going for it

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 13, 2009 9:02 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Our economy's doing okay through all this.

We really don’t want Michigan dragging us down.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 13, 2009 9:35 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

One of my favorite sayings ever isn't even a saying

“Knowledge adds, wisdom lets slide” – Paul Westerberg

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

by pdb on Jan 11, 2009 3:56 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Three good ones from the prologue of a book I just returned to

“Ignorance is not bliss. What is not known can and does hurt us.” – John K. Roth, A Consuming Fire

“…I shall be quick to state that not only do I not possess all the answers—I don’t even know all the questions,” – Elie Wiesel, A Consuming Fire

“This planet may, at any moment, as a result of madness or stupidity, explode in the face of God—and we don’t even think about it. We don’t even care, we are not even concerned.” – Elie Wiesel, A Consuming Fire

by Omerta on Jan 11, 2009 4:27 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So after spending most of the day playing around with Windows 7, I've decided I'm gonna join Robert and use it as my primary OS until it expires.

I partitioned my HDD on my main machine to give it about 200GB and I’m downloading the 64 bit version now.

Any of you guys trying out run into any problems yet?

by Goose on Jan 11, 2009 4:35 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This is my first real crack at a 64 bit system actually. Tried 64 bit XP once but the drive support was pretty bad.

Intel Due Core E8400
Asus P5N-D 750i SLI
Nvidia 9800GTX+
2 GB Ram(gonna upgrade to 4 come payday)
200GB Partition of a 750GB Western Digital HDD

I gotta say, this is quite impressive indeed. Very quick and very very smooth. Startup time was 1 minute and 14 seconds and shutdown time was a blazing 13 seconds. Detected all my drivers and devices right off the bat, didn’t have to install shit. Also detected all the peripherals that I’ve tried on it.

Programs that are confirmed to work:
Firefox 3
Thunderbird
UTorrent
Photoshop CS2
Nero 8
Microsoft Office 2003
AVG 8
Power ISO
VLC
WinRAR
BitPim
PC Wizard 2008
Pidgin

Programs that don’t work:
Zone Alarm Pro
Peer Guardian 2
Daemon Tools
Alcohol 120%
DVD2one

Daemon Tools are being worked on. And DVD2one isn’t a big deal. I’d like to have Alcohol 120 and Peer Guardian working soon though. And Zone Alarm is kinda a big deal. Anybody know of a good 64 bit firewall?

I haven’t tried any games yet, but will tomorrow. And I’m quickly changing my mind about the new taskbar.Overall this is quite an impressive piece of work. Good job Microsoft.

by Goose on Jan 12, 2009 5:34 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

“No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.”-Gen. George S. Patton

"Mr. Churchill, you are drunk!"
"Yes, and you, Madam, are ugly but tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be ugly."- Winston Churchill

BOOYA! You got Slurved!

by Slurvey on Jan 11, 2009 4:59 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm always surprised to see a college tech textbook be really out of date.

This quote from “Windows XP Command Line” is choice.

This clock provides a beat that synchronizes all the activities. The faster the beat, the faster the CPU can execute instructions. This is measured in megahertz(MHz), where one MHz is equal to 1,000,000 beats of the clock per second. This original 8088 CPU had a MHz rating of 4.77 MHz. Today, 500 MHz is the common speed, and speeds are available up to 866 MHz or more. In fact, a 1 GHz CPU is currently in development by the Intel corporation.

Welcome to 2001.

by BrianL on Jan 11, 2009 5:59 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wowza!

A whole GHz, all on one single machine? What will I do with all the power?

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 11, 2009 9:13 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I remember getting a new Dell Dimension 4100 with an 866 MHz processor in late 2000

That computer was the bee’s knees- my parents wanted to get a family computer that would last several years so gave me a $2000 budget to find the best computer we could get.

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org

by I'm NOT Corco on Jan 11, 2009 9:16 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was tasked with the same, and came away with basically the same

Of course, I also remember being stoked that we got a bitchin’ 486 way back in the day

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 11, 2009 9:19 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I remember when the Commodore 64 was an awesome system.

Go 64. Amber monochrome all the way.

"Beer is ... love ..." Ben Franklin

by Jed MC on Jan 12, 2009 8:37 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep. My first computer had 64K of RAM.

Which was matched by my calculator in high school. Good times…. it was also a ‘portable’ computer, in that it weighed slightly less then 400 lbs.

by marc w on Jan 12, 2009 9:04 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I had a Commodore 64 when I was in high school.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 12, 2009 9:37 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My first computer was a Commodore Vic 20

It had no peripherals, so anytime I wanted to write a program in Basic, I had to re-key it. I loved the game Gorf on it.

I previously posted as "Man From Nantucket"

by mem on Jan 12, 2009 12:16 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My first computer was a Sinclair zx81.

It had 8 kB of system ROM but only 1 kB of RAM.

If I cound make it work I’d post a picture of the manually designed circuit board.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 12, 2009 1:25 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hahahaha

I love Wikipedia for this exact reason.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 11, 2009 9:14 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dumb bastards

Can’t Wikipedia do anything right?

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 11, 2009 9:21 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You could fix that.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jan 12, 2009 9:38 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I once saw “List of things that no one has ever tried to turn into gold” as a page on Wikipedia once.

Sherilyn Fenn was on the list, which was a shame I thought.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Jan 11, 2009 10:29 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So I just got back from the Thunderbirds game at the new ShoWare arena in Kent

Anybody else made it out there yet? Nice little place, and I caught two great games this weekend. I went on Friday and was treated to a 3-3 tie that ended in a shootout loss after overtime, and then tonight we scored 3 in the first period en route to a 5-2 drubbing of the Prince George Cougars. Plus, since we scored 5 goals, everybody won a free hamburger from Dairy Queen. All in all, it was pretty entertaining. Anybody else have plans on heading out before the season is done?

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 11, 2009 9:17 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was planning on going to both games all week long

And when I was approaching the ticket window a lady came up and gave me a free ticket that she had won in the chuck a puck at the last game (she has season tickets, so no use for freebies). I sat next to her and her partner during the game, and in that game’s chuck a puck she won 2 more free tickets for Sunday, and offered them to me so I could bring somebody with, so I packed my 5 year old son along tonight. She also won 2 more tickets tonight, and asked for my phone number so she could call and give them to me before next Saturday’s game

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 11, 2009 9:37 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Like they give her free tickets to get people into the games?

If so, fine by me. She’s very nice and has given me 3 free tickets and a promise for more

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 11, 2009 9:45 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't think she'd have much fun if I went
I sat next to her and her partner during the game…

But yes, she must be quite good at it. Been a season ticket holder for a long time, and constantly has free tickets. She said they almost always go to waste, and that’s why she got my number. I work within walking distance to the new place, so this works well for me

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Jan 11, 2009 9:43 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Someone not named seattlebruin make an OTFPOTD for today

and have good tags and memes that we haven’t talked about in a while, like LLikipedia and Scrappy’s

by seattlebruin on Jan 12, 2009 8:47 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I guess that means not me.

I was never a part of either of those discussions.

Although I do bring it with my old-school tags.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Jan 12, 2009 9:20 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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