OT-- non-Olympic I'm tired of waiting for that last one to load and my weekend has already started and it's only Wednesday (woohoo!) ed., Feb 24
by msb on Feb 24, 2010 6:08 PM PST
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PrintTomorrow's calendar involves nothing more than a free lunch and watching a movie ... anyone seen Black Dynamite? Does the promise of the trailer hold up?
Another option is Death at a funeral (which I see already has been re-made, because who can understand those English accents, anyway)
Speaking of pathetic home computing, anyone have an opinion about any of these varied laptops? All I need is the ability to write documents, load a .gif heavy game-thread, maybe watch a dvd or something on the youtube these young folks are talking about.
Acer Aspire Timeline AS4810TZ-4120
Acer Aspire AS5732Z-4234
HP Pavilion dv4-1543sb
HP Pavilion dv6-1353cl-b
Samsung R620
Sony SR510GB
Sony CW2HGX/B
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Stay away from the Timeline.
In my experience in selling them they’ve had nothing but problems with performance. HP isn’t bad, and I don’t really know much about the others
I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ
Well, I guess the warningwarning advice here is
Stay away from the Timeline unless you feel it necessary to run XP on a computer pre-loaded with W7
I don't care how well he does for the M's...FUCK ENDY CHAVEZ
I just got an aspire from costco the other day.
5740-6378. i5 2.26ghz, 4gb ram 15.6" screen for $600. Pretty sweet machine for the money. I wish I had a GeForce video card in it, but oh well. It plays Counterstrike and QuakeLive and it could probably run WoW if I cared to play that boring game again.
But for what you need it to do it would be perfect. Not sure if costco still has the deal going though.
Yeah, I love my Pavilion dv7.
It’s the first HP I’ve owned, and I was skeptical because they have (or at least used to have) a poor reputation, but I’ve had no problems. In more than a year, the lone issue I’ve had is a weird bug where I get a brief driver error message when I shut the computer down, but it doesn’t affect anything.
Yep, no problems on my HDX 18 either
a few BSOD early on but since I’ve upgraded to Windows 7 they’ve pretty much vanished.
On a semi-related note, does anyone know anything about TV tuners? I haven’t been able to get mine working.
I have a Dell something-or-other
Don’t know much about it, but it works swell. :)
~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~
Samesies. My Dell laptop is the shit.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
For the Dell fans out there
Studio 17 Laptop
No Touch Software
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
NEW 2010 Intel® Core™ i3-330M 2.13GHz (3M cache)
1 Year Basic Service Plan
500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
Dell Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-card
56 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
Standard Keyboard
17.3" HD+ (900p) Bright LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera
8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
High Definition Audio 2.0
Intel® HD Graphics
No Internal Mobile Broadband
Microsoft® Works 9
McAfee Security Center with VirusScan, Firewall, Spyware Removal, 15-Months
Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0
That's a solid setup.
I’m not hot on Works, would prefer Office, but that looks pretty nice. The specs would be good enough to run Win 7, certainly. For a while everything was getting packaged with Vista, with no option for XP, and I bought my laptop in that short window of time and got to deal with all the nastiness of that OS.
Otherwise, it seems like Dell makes a good laptop.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
I find the idea of waiting for it to arrive in the mail a little odd--
it wouldn’t ship until mid-march, but they do have a sale on, with a memory upgrade, and I could buy Office and load it myself
I was wondering about that.
You wouldn’t necessarily need four whole gigs of RAM with a processor like that. I have a slightly worse processor and get by with three gigs and Win7 running like a champ. But if there’s a deal, I wouldn’t complain about having it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
Open Office is free, and compatible with all MS Office programs.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
I have indeed.
I’ve been running Pro on my laptop since early January. I’m quite happy with it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
You'll be quite satisfied I think.
They aren’t lying about the computer waking up immediately, as well as it being less of a resource hog, and I seemed to be able to grasp the overall changes in design and flow of operations far more easily than I did with Vista.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
We're in the midst of a massive upgrade in our Surveillance department, and included in that is the upgrade from XP to 7 on the computers.
And of course, I was the one chosen to train everybody in it’s use because I was the only one in the department that’s used it. And I’ve been shocked over the last few weeks because everybody in the department is going along smoothly on it, even the guy who’s old and literally hates computers.
Now granted, the overall daily exposure to the underlying OS is minimal because we just deal with the Surveillance software on top of it, but it still speaks to the notion of how awesome 7 is.
FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!
You're fortunate.
My mom works for a company that will be soon transitioning everyone over to Vista. That’s going to be a clusterfuck.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
I hope they add in at least 1 gig of ram to each box while they're at it.
Otherwise it’s drag city for everyone.
They aren't.
Never mind that at the MS store right now, they can’t even give copies of Vista away.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
Because clearly no one involved had ever used it.
It’s completely nonsensical to me, all the more so because they’re doing it after Windows 7 is already on the market.
Also, from what I remember they’re not doing any special training on how to use Vista and the like which is ha ha ha… ha…
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 4:54 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, this is beyond baffling to me
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
And knowing MS,
in 2 years they’ll stop support for Vista so they’ll just have to upgrade to 7 anyways.
University of Puget Sound used to do this
It didn’t make any sense, but they ran every piece of software through a really complicated testing phase that usually took a couple years to verify bugs (i.e. give a couple people job security). Firefox 2.0 was finally approved for use as a supported browser on the default image as Firefox 3.0 came out
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Buy a MAC.
Then don’t worry about shit for the next 5 years.
by MarinerHawk on Feb 27, 2010 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
And Macs aren't nearly as trouble-free as people would like to believe
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 27, 2010 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
I've had my fair share of problems with the Macbook I own.
Still a good machine, but it’s had issues.
In short you get what you pay for.
If you dump a few hundred on a cheap HP, Dell, or a Gateway, you’re going to get a device filled with bloatware and questionable hardware. Pay more, and you get a better device.
There is a Mac hardware premium, but if you take that same money and buy an equivalent Thinkpad or Vaio you’re going to get a machine that’s every bit as reliable. At that point you’re simply down to operating systems, and quite frankly I enjoy MacOS and Windows 7 equally.
I don't know, newer generation Dell laptops are pretty amazing.
And if you know how to get rid of the bloatware and optimize performance in slightly more advanced ways, you can have a pretty fantastic computer for not a lot of money.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 27, 2010 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
I can attest to that.
But the prior combination of bloatware and Vista was a very bad scene indeed.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
Bloatware is the extra software that manufactuer includes with computers.
Usually just going through the add/remove programs to get rid of that extra stuff will take care of it.
Often it's stuff with the manufacturer's name on it.
Games, media playback software, internet subscription stuff, packaged antivirus, browser toolbars.
Another option is to simply run PC Decrapifier. I know a few people who swear by it.
I'm a fan of Revo Uninstall
Never used Decrapifier, but Revo goes through and fully deletes from the computer, including all program folders and registry entries. Excellent program, and shows a lot of things that Add/Remove doesn’t even list out
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 27, 2010 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Anything and everything that you don't plan on using
Or that there are better alternatives for available on the internet
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 27, 2010 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
First thing I do is get rid of the antivirus that comes with it.
A free copy of AVG is way more powerful and far less resource needy than Norton
Definitely
On a semi-related note, I’m excited to be finally upgrading to a non-RC version of Windows 7. Starting Monday, my computer will begin shutting down every 2 hours, which I don’t want to happen. So, I will finally install my copy that I got from the .edu discount site
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 27, 2010 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
Most antivirus are the same way.
McAfee will not shut up, but a free version of Malwarebytes pretty much blows it out of the water.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 27, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
Looking at the specs, I'd say skip the Samsung and the Sonys
The Samsung doesn’t stack up, along with the second Sony.
The first Sony has a small battery for any notebook, let alone one with such a large screen.
The rest are all comparable in the specs.
I’d pick one of the smaller screens if you’re looking to keep it on battery, one of the larger screens if you are going to keep it mainly plugged in. I can’t speak to brands anymore because I haven’t bought a consumer laptop in years aside from my Macbook. I’ll let someone else chime in there.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Mostly plugged in
and it occurred to me I could also do wild and crazy things like burning discs (how progressive!)
My netbook is an MSI and it's a very fine piece of hardware.
The build quality is excellent and it had great specs for the price.
I hate this feeling of incompetence.
I used to be the one who knew this stuff. Now I look and find myself asking port vs built in modem?
I just found PC World’s how to buy/spec/etc pages, so maybe tomorrow morning is homework time.
Have I got a laptop for you!
And, surprise! I’m recommending a Thinkpad
Lenovo T400 Thinkpad with discrete ATI Radeon graphics. 6-cell battery, 3GB RAM, 160GB spinning HDD, Windows 7 64-bit, 14.1" WXGA+ LED backlit screen. Price is $979, though that drops to something like $949 with their current promo code.
This one is almost identical to the T400 I own (which is far and away the best laptop I’ve ever owned).
Well that link is dead.
Suffice to say, good specs on a solid laptop that comes out to $979.
That had crossed my mind :)
the listing I saw was
Lenovo Thinkpad T400 $899.95
Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4GHz/14.1" LCD/
1280×800 max resolution/ 2GB RAM/ Intel
Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
/250GB HD/Windows 7 Professional/built-in
DVDRW drive, express card slot, media card
reader, 6 cell battery/1yr warranty/4.2lbs
I'd spend the extra $80 or so to get the discrete graphics and the WXGA+ screen.
A bit more graphics horsepower and higher resolution.
Sue - DO THIS. Seriously.
Best deal you’re going to get at the moment.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Yeah - I wrote the above before seeing that.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
I can only vouch for the quality of Thinkpads.
My old R50p got me through five years before I finally replaced it with this T400, and this new laptop looks like it’ll last me a good long while as well.
BrianL recommended a ThinkPad!?
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It's a real subjective thing for everyone
but every experience I’ve had with HP has ended in tears for someone. I recently finished up work on a coworker’s Pavillion and I’m fairly certain that thing was the single worst laptop I’ve ever dealt with. In the span of one year it was sent in to have a mainboard replaced three times because bad heat distribution caused it to flex out of shape.
I bought a Mac Book when I got a laptop, so my advice is of varying use.
But HP had a shoddy reputation parts wise and tech support wise in the past. This may have changed in the last few years, but I’ve been scratch building my desktops so I haven’t paid attention too much.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
I think our experiences with HP tech support couldn't be more different.
On a sidenote, is it just HP or does everyone consider installing Windows 7 on your laptop a breach of your warranty?
Both the Acers and the HPs both look like they have Win7 Home Prem installed.
But I know Asus had support for people trying the Beta on their netbooks.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So here is what came out of my twisted mind
from seeing this comment.
This also is for royalcurve to make up for making the Bowden .gif. Sorry for the chatspeak in advance, thought it fit better.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 24, 2010 9:47 PM PST reply actions 29 recs
It's Guy Love.
Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.
Wooohoooo!
That’s all I was hoping for.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 24, 2010 11:38 PM PST up reply actions
There is now coffee on my monitor.
Dammit.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 8:44 AM PST up reply actions
I've thought up some tweaks that I am going to update this with
If you have any ideas for tweaks, send me an email. I have it listed on my profile page.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 25, 2010 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
I think instead of tweaks you should make a series.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
Fourthded
Ok, so instead of tweaks send me ideas for what they could talk about. I’m semi-creative and have some ideas right now, but would like some scenarios that I could use. I will give credit in the post whenever I use an idea that was sent to me.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 25, 2010 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Yes yes a thousand times yes I believe is how it goes.
This would make a good commercial even
Soooooo.... Slovakia, eh?
I thought Sweden had this when they tied it up in the 2nd, but this has been a hell of a response from Slovakia.
Aaaaand goal for Sweden.
Pavlovian response.
Wow, what an ending!
Good for the other half of Czechoslovakia!
(Sorry Sverige!)
I hope Canada wipes the floor with them.
Seriously of all the Eastern European countries that don’t suck I was rooting for them more but still, can’t beat Scandinavia in terms of non-American awesome.
by Mariner John on Feb 24, 2010 11:17 PM PST up reply actions
Hockey question:
I was reading a story about the upcoming Canada-Russia game (before they played) and it mentioned Russia was the home team, so they got to have the last line change. What does that mean, to have the last line change? Thanks.
TouchMyIchiro
At the end of the game?
So am I correct in assuming Russia gets to put out the line that’s best for them for the initial faceoff in overtime?
TouchMyIchiro
MSB had it close, but I think got the wording mixed up.
At almost every whistle (except for icing), both teams are allowed to change lines to put fresh skaters on the ice. The home team gets to put their guys out second, so they get to see who the away team sends out and they can place the line they feel matches up best against them.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
"They put a cadaver in her knee"
I don’t think that is precisely what the nice aerials commentator meant to say.
Yeah, seems like they were missing a word there
Tendon/ligament one of those probably needed to be in there, too.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 24, 2010 11:37 PM PST up reply actions
I haven't seen Black Dynamite, so I can't comment on that
but Death at a Funeral is one of my favorite movies. It’s never a bad choice.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 24, 2010 11:55 PM PST reply actions
One of those I have been meaning to watch since I saw the trailer ... 3 years ago?
just never happened, for some reason. I think that’s the plan … I mean Tudyk? Dinklage?
Did you watch Death at a Funeral?
If you did what did you think?
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 25, 2010 10:54 PM PST up reply actions
No!
I was doing the ticket buying and then ran out the door to meet the friend, and spaced completely on the videostore. We watched curling and the end of the hockey game, instead… maybe sunday.
Anyone else at work fucking balls early because of a goddamn RODEO PARADE
They close the street in front of my office to walk horses and shit down to the rodeo grounds, so I had to be here at 5 a.m. – oh, and NOT ONE OTHER FUCKING PERSON IS HERE YET.
and end rant.
by seattlesundevil on Feb 25, 2010 4:37 AM PST reply actions
I showed up at work at 5AM to beat the snow so I can be stuck there because they decided to open today.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Isn't most of it supposed to be centered in the north though?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 6:00 AM PST up reply actions
I'm pretty north. (Boonton)
I have about 4" new snow total, and for the first 4 hours starting at 7 is was sleet city, then got covered in snow and turned into slush. Coming home at 1 was a bitch, it was slush on top of ice. Since then I’ve just been accumulating.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Ah.
We’re probably seeing similar phenomena then. It was already sticking in places by 9:30 this morning and now it’s just like it was a few days ago. The heavy, wetter snow keeps on falling on people from above and so the whole campus is looking around nervously thinking they’ve been hit by phantom snowballs.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
And now it's become an ice storm.
The corners of buildings still drip as though it were raining, but it’s just small, wet ice crystals blowing about. I had to walk the last block west running directly into it and as I hit the corner it was all one whirling and as I looked down (because there was no other direction to look) I had a sense of how sand dunes formed and what it must look like in the remote reaches near the poles.
But on the whole, not the worst wind I’ve been in, and it wasn’t a white out, so it was mostly the issue of “oh my god my eyes!” that seemed the worst.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
I never understood Rodeo Days
My wife got days off school for that shit in high school. IT’S A FUCKING RODEO. I never got days off school for random reasons unless I was skipping school.
PREEEECISELY!
I don’t understand it. I don’t think I would care nearly as much if my office wasn’t a block from the rodeo grounds.
by seattlesundevil on Feb 25, 2010 9:08 AM PST up reply actions
Apparently when she was in grade school
they got the whole week off, but as she got into middle/high school it was shortened to just a couple days. She can’t understand why I don’t get it that they would actually get days off for that – it’s not like she ever participated in the parade, or in the rodeo. Or even went to either one.
Rodeos are the shit! I love a small arena rodeo, the great big monster events don't even approach the level of fun.
Ellensburg, for instance. There will be multiple events happening at the same time and the stands are so far away from the arena it’s difficult to see. Boring. If you want to have fun with that parade, wait until the Sheriff’s Posse is riding by and turn a dog loose. Something with herding instincts that will nip at their heels.
I've never been to a rodeo and would love to check one out someday
I just don’t get giving schoolkids multiple days off for one.
We used to get a week off to pick apples, two if you had proof you were actually working in an orchard.
That kind of thing doesn’t seem strange to me, product of my background I guess.
I went to a Rodeo in New Mexico
It was amazing.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
We need to start having LL get-togethers at obscure sporting things
Local rodeos, and the figure-8 races/demolition derbies up north in Monroe, stuff like that
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
There's one in Seattle
You make the trip
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Just went last week at the community college in Edmonds! It was brilliant!
This is a great idea
Want to go curling this weekend?
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Feb 25, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
I'd love to, but I'll be busy bowling
Especially if I do the Skyway 9-Pin-no-tap tourney on Saturday like I’m planning
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
Such a selfish prick
Though I agree, rodeos are pretty awesome. Though not awesome enough to force you to get to work 4 hours early. and kids getting the day off? BULLSHIT
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
They should stampede the kids down main street and then have a big branding party.
I’d pay money to participate, best therapy vacation of all time
Omack child stampede?
I like this idea, just shove the kids down a steep hill, first to the bottom wins
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
Child Stamped and Suicide Race! Put some bulls back of 'em so they run faster.
You could give them designer brands too, they’d love that shit. Goochie brand, BAM! Coolest kid in school.
It is Omak.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
Kinda thought that was it
I worked with a guy named Omack before and have mixed those up ever since
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
Ocrack works too.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
Now that much I do know
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
So apparently we were close to trading for Adrian Gonzalez at the trade deadline last year..
According to this piece, we were the closest with a 6-for-1 deal on the table, but Kevin Towers was holding out for one more player..
Although it is interesting, I just about guarantee that one or two of those 6 pieces went away in the Lee trade.
If this is on the topic of the Mariners, is it off-topic in the OFFTOP?
by seattlesundevil on Feb 25, 2010 5:40 AM PST reply actions
Poor Aaron
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
I thought he signed w/Hanshin
Besides, Messenger huge – like 6’6" and 270. This guy looks smaller than Wakamatsu. Maybe Wak’s on a mound, or maybe wearing Messenger’s old spring training jersey’s punishment for the last pitcher to arrive each day or something.
That's what I was thinking also when I looked up Messenger's stats.
Maybe instead of a last name, it’s a position for that person. It looks like that this is from filming the commercials due to the cameraman on the right side of the picture and Wak has a “Messenger” that he is going to send out to the other player. I don’t know, but that is the possibility that I gleaned from what I can see in the picture.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 25, 2010 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
I guess not because I looked again and that is the King 5 cameraman
I don’t know who this mysterious Messenger is.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 25, 2010 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
Ok, looking at the other "picture day" photos Egan put up?
Does “griffey” look awfully pale and slender?
Who knows shit about cars?
My car decided to not start this morning. Battery seems fine. When I turn the key, all I get is rapid series of clicking noises (solenoid?) but I don’t hear the starter motor going. Seeing as how it’s the middle of winter in Chicago, I could see how my start motor would be taxed, but come on. My car is 6 years old and has like 25k on it. What’s the diagnosis?
Buy a new one?
Are your battery connections nice and tight?
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
My daily commute is like four miles each way and I've put 15K on my car in a year and a half.
But I guess driving to L.A. and Vegas all the time probably doesn’t help.
25k after six years is great
According to the EPA, the average for a passenger vehicle is 10,500 miles in a year.
For your starting problem, your 100% sure that the battery is good? Because if it’s not the battery, then it is either the starter solenoid, cables, or motor itself. When it’s cold out, the battery might not have a enough juice in it even if it seems to be good.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 25, 2010 9:39 AM PST up reply actions
I don't even get the slightest bit of cranking from the start, though, and it's been this cold for months.
I am able to turn on and use my stereo without problems, and it’s way too bright for me to really know what my headlights are like on account of it’s sunny and there’s snow everywhere (it’s blinding).
Agreed
Sounds like something is wrong with the starter.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 25, 2010 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
I would try it starting with getting a jump from someone.
Just to completely rule out the battery.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
I'll check the headlight brightness once the sun goes down and I guess I'm just doomed to study at home until I figure that out.
Then I’ll have a friend come give me a jump tomorrow.
You were right about the clicking sound, it's the solenoid connecting with the crankshaft
so it sounds like the starter motor is not turning over.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 25, 2010 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
In my case yes. I've been able to run the stereo with a essentially dead battery.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 10:00 AM PST up reply actions
Mine turned out to be my voltage regulator was shot.
So my battery wasn’t charging while driving – My car died right as a I rolled into my driveway.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
This used to happen to my car and I just kept turning it off and on and holding the key in the start position
I would let it click through and keep clicking and then usually it would start, completely randomly.
The one time it didnt, I took it in, and they said it was a dead battery. Got a new battery and it hasn’t happened since.
by seattlesundevil on Feb 25, 2010 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
I like how that's what the EPA estimates as an average for yearly miles
But Blue Book and NADA and other appraisal resources peg it at 15,000, which is much more accurate in my 6 years of experience dealing with people and their cars
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by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Sound like a bad terminal cable. I had his exact thing happen to a 1993 Nissan. Turned the key, click click click; nothing
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Feb 25, 2010 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Here's the best part: I just remembered that I got a warranty expiration notice in the mail a month ago.
My warranty expired on 2/23/10.
this is going to sound crazy but...
That clicking sound you’re hearing could be the teeth on the little gear in the starter grinding against the flywheel bcause it’s a bit out of alignment. if it’s possible, crawl under your car from the front with a medium-sized blunt object in hand. Hit the starter repeatedly with said blunt object. This can bump things back into place. A rubber mallet works best, but a crescent wrench or something similiar will do as well. An old mechanic taught me this trick a long time ago and it’s saved me a couple of times since then.
by coolguyrob on Feb 25, 2010 10:39 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
That's a good one, flywheels stop in almost exactly the same position every time.
So most of the wear is on just a few of the teeth.
This one. In my experience it's always best to start with the battery.
Get it load tested, most places do it for free anyway. When batteries die, it’s right away- as in everything is fine and you park it at a store, get in 5 minutes later and nothing. If that solenoid is clicking it’s often because there isn’t enough juice to activate the electromagnet and keep the switch closed, so it just pops open and shut.
I thought I was being all kinds of helpful, it was really exciting for a minute.
Then I get to the bottom of the sub-thread and AAA fixed it already. Boooo being late.
Take your battery to the auto parts store and have them test it.
A battery can show 12 volts and still be bad. It needs to be tested under a load so you know how many cranking amps it has.
Did you use your doctor one or your mechanic one?
This is the kind used by mechanics
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Just put a syringe on the end or something Dr. MacGyver
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by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
For those of you who were complaining recently about Gmail's lack of label colors
Google just graduated a bunch of stuff from Labs (which if you don’t know about Labs you’re missing some cool stuff – click the green beaker thing next to “settings” on your Gmail to see what they currently have), including “custom colors”.
Mine still just shows the normal colors
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
No just 'remove color'
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
I'm honestly quite upset by this'
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Mine shows nothing at all relating to the label colors
Both in the labs section as well as label settings. This sucks because all of my labels are the same color and I am not a fan
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Well I'll be damned
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
I always thought that was a checkbox used for some unknown purposes
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by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
Did you get custom colors?
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
I did!
Though I’m not very excited by that specifically, since until 2 minutes ago I didn’t know I could change the colors at all
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Wayne Bridge withdraws from England team
It’s Leighton Baines or Stephen Warnock until lurid details about their sexual peccadilloes come out.
Link.
It sucks that he pays the price for Terry not being able to keep it in his pants
and I hope he knees Terry in the groin and then in the head once he’s doubled over during the pre-match handshake on Saturday.
No it doesn't
Wayne Bridge is shit and if he wanted to claim ownership of the girl he shouldn’t have left her in the first place.
by Graham MacAree on Feb 25, 2010 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
Warnock Warnock Warnock
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
Oh shit.
What do we do now?
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 26, 2010 12:06 AM PST up reply actions
Things I didn't know yesterday
That the Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurants are actually based off the movie Forrest Gump.
I just found out yesterday
that Seattle now has a Hard Rock Cafe. This fact depresses me for some reason.
Nope, I was looking something totally unrelated up on Google Maps and it showed up.
I commend Seattle for trying to de-crackify that particular block of downtown, but ugh.
Guess who helped it stay up!
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
You should have designed it to fall down and kill as many patrons as possible.
CMU roof? Sure! Unreinforced masonry foundation? You got it! Undersized floor i-joists? Comin’ right up!
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2010 1:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Concave roof with no drainage?
Perfect for Seattle!
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 1:47 PM PST up reply actions
Good enough for me
“Hey, look at that! That’s the guitar from the guy in 311! AWESOME!”
“Yeah, there’s plenty more awesome stuff in the next room, like the pants that the guy from Limp Bizkit wore that one time!”
“BADASS! WHERE?”
“Right through here…..here you go. All the way in the room.”
DOOR SLAMS person is never seen again
Hey! Yo! Montresor! Bro!
It’s fuckin’ dark in here!
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Feb 25, 2010 2:22 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
That place is one of my favorite restaurants in tourist cities.
I first ate there in Hawaii (Maui) and then again a couple years ago in Puerto Vallarta.. Love it! Though, I must admit.. I made the connection right away. Not sure what that says about me?
by seattlesundevil on Feb 25, 2010 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
Mostly that you need to be more adventurous about your dining choices in different cities
But then I’m very anti-chain-restaurant when I travel so there’s that.
Yeah, I usually am.. I love the cantinas in Puerto Vallarta
But then again, I love Mexican food (as evidenced by a few OFFTOPs ago)
by seattlesundevil on Feb 25, 2010 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
My wife and I ate at one kind of on a whim on Big Island of Hawaii not knowing it was a chain.
Once we sat down we got it. But we had fun with it, but I will likely never go back.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
It wasn't that I didn't make a connection.
I just thought the restaurant existed before the movie and the movie was playing off that.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 10:20 AM PST up reply actions
Brandon Morrow, everyone
"I guess you know, the back and forth in Seattle kind of starts to wear on you a little bit and it’s nice to know that you’ve got a position and that’s what you’re working towards," he said yesterday. "You don’t have to think about two different things at one time and try to prepare yourself for two different roles."
Because you never exacerbated that back and forth “I want to close” “I want to start” stuff.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/morrow-to-get-a-long-look/article1480888/
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by Eyebrows on Feb 25, 2010 10:09 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Those kids from Sonoma are like that.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
It wasn't even "I want to..."
For a while it was “I should be a reliever because of the diabeetus”.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
I wish he wasn't such a headcase, because he's a really nice kid.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Khalil Greene---->Disassemble
The Rangers have voided Khalil Greene’s contract, reports Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News.
It’s a difficult situation, but you really can’t blame the Rangers. Greene is still dealing with an anxiety condition and he isn’t expected to return to a baseball field anytime soon. The Rangers will likely look to either Joaquin Arias or Esteban German as their primary backup infielder.
FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!
They'll have to send him back to the manufacturer.
Shame the warranty’s long expired.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
Greene and Grienke should do a talk show.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Feb 25, 2010 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
I was thinking the same thing.
But I don’t know if there’s a place for him on the Royals. I suppose they can make an exception because the Padres share a training complex with the Mariners?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
Well, if they actually follow the book, it won;t be so much a remake ....
Connie Willis has a novel set against a Hollywood that is nothing but remakes and canibalizations …
It cracks me up how he realizes after a second that he's on tv,
so he corrects his mistake by overreacting on the opposite side of the spectrum.
TouchMyIchiro
Is it just me or does the guy on the left look like he's physically out of proportion?
His right side (your left) looks huge compared to his other arm. Just the angle on the camera?
Likely a strike
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 1:27 PM PST up reply actions
It was going to fill my empty days from May til August.
And that baseball thing.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
Fuck the players and the owners
I support the fans
by Graham MacAree on Feb 25, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
I'm convinced it's going to wreck all the MLS momentum and poof no more US soccer.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Good luck getting that far when Landon Donovan is out
I hear he should be picking up a scrotum-slashed-off-and-stapled-to-his-face injury soon
by Graham MacAree on Feb 25, 2010 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
You leave America's world class player alone
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Speaking of, Landycakes just got subbed out
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
According to an idiotic American soccer writer it does.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 1:54 PM PST up reply actions
ummmmm
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Ok then.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
If it lasts it just might. That's why I will pretend I never heard this.
Gooo Sounders! 2010 season comin’ up yeaaaahhh!
(I’m just angry at the entire situation. The league wields supreme executive power and gets away with by constantly reiterating that the NASL blew up. Some players make a pittance, but even they have to recognize that if they nuke the league, they get to go work shitty real jobs. Everyone’s talking tough, and yet all of them are weak these days. C’mon. Don’t kill the league. Sign a crappy one-year extension and have the union/mgmt keep talking throughout the year.)
OH HOLY SHIT, THEY TOOK MY ADVICE?
YESYESYES!
*advice may also have come from everyone else, everywhere.
Yes I think most of us were saying the same thing but you can claim credit.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
Then blend away my friend.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
No strike yet!
I fucking hate you Mariners
lol wut
"Effective at midnight tonight, our collective bargaining agreement with MLS will expire," said Union executive director Bob Foose in a statement.
Foose added that, "while we expect that negotiations with MLS will resume at some point, there simply
hasn’t been enough progress made in the negotiations to date to warrant an extension of the old
agreement. We have advised our players to keep working for the time being, but as of Friday they will
be doing so without a CBA. In the meantime, all options are being considered as the process
continues. We are completely committed to forging real changes to the way MLS players are treated."
MLS and the NFL
both operating without CBAs over the next year.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 25, 2010 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
And I just got an email announcing single game tickets go on sale sunday
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
Samesies!
Who’s planning on going to the opener?
Assuming it's on as scheduled, we negotiated with Katal to get the opener tickets on our split seats.
Crossing fingers.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
Completely confused me, I was ripping through the M's website trying to find the announcement.
Thought I missed the big news of open ticket sales.
Fuck yeah, dude
(We’re talking about baseball, right? Not much into the soccer myself)
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 2:52 PM PST up reply actions
We're talking about baseball in a soccer subthread.
So yes.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
Kickass
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
Toot went last year.
He even chanted. I saw.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
That part was fun, for sure
Still didn’t get much from the soccer part though
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by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
So they avoided a PR nightmare
But are in a worse negotiating position. Interesting
by Brian Floyd on Feb 25, 2010 2:28 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Kind of boring like you said, but the stadium was cool
Excellent food but we didn’t see much except the Duomo and a bunch of stores that I couldn’t afford to buy things in
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Are they rioting in Turkey yet?
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
You really should, it's an awesome city.
I only wish I could blend in with crowds better so I could take advantage of the Grand Bazaar.
TouchMyIchiro
Haven't hit the Balkans yet.
But Turkey is great. Good food, pretty girls. The people aren’t friendly as some other places I’ve been, but there is a lot to see.
TouchMyIchiro
I'm pretty sure I heard gunshots outside my hotel room.
But seriously, people are driving up and down the streets honking like mad. People were really, really excited for this game.
TouchMyIchiro
Fenerbahce got so close, too
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
It's been a rough year for Fenerbahce...
Their soccer club just missed making the UEFA round of 16, and the basketball club got upset and didn’t make the Euroleague final 16. Glad I am not a part of that organization right now.
TouchMyIchiro
Cool name though.
That’s about all I know.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 25, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
I like their jerseys.
Haha. I’m hoping to get to a game before I leave. That would be sweet.
TouchMyIchiro
Team is called FMV Isik Spor.
I don’t know if we have a mascot. I get about…..15%…..of what gets said translated to me. So I usually have no idea what’s going on. Like two days ago, when I showed up for practice and it turned out instead of having practice we had a scrimmage scheduled against another team. Not a big deal, but that’s something I would like to know before hand. Cause you never know who might be watching, so you want to be as prepared as possible.
TouchMyIchiro
From a local production of The Little Mermaid
Ariel’s best friend, Cha Cha, is a Latina lobster with a fiery spirit who tries to keep the lovesick mermaid from dangerous mistakes.
OK - now it worked.
I love that dude. He is insane.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
So 3 hours into Heavy Rain
Some thoughts:
1. The game works better with French Audio on, but only because I can’t tell that it is as bad as the English audio.
2. The emotional moments are actually sort of starting to work for me.
3. I still hate the QTE shit, climbing up a muddy hill was more annoying than it is in real life
4. I want a virtual desk like ARI.
5. This game has made me realize why I prefer video games to movies, and not in a good way.
6. I can’t believe SCEA let them ship the game with the term WASTELAND being used so much. How that makes it past QA is beyond me, I’ve seen QA reports for less obvious shit that had to be changed.
Despite all this I feel compelled to keep playing.
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My playthrough has been plagued by glitches, hangups, freezes , and corrupted saves.
I’m not pleased.
Really?
I haven’t had any issues yet, I just got to the section where they introduce the fourth playable character.
The only glitch I saw as in the mall there was some serious clipping through people going during a non playable segment.
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I've had one crash, but no data problems.
I did read that there were more than a few people having issues, though.
I'm afraid to change the language for fear of missing something visually while reading subtitles.
The voice acting is miserable, but I’ve managed to get over it for the most part. I just pretend that all the characters are French immigrants in Philadelphia!
There was one part where I had to do a QTE
while someone was talking and I was trying to read and do both, that kind of sucked.
You can switch audio tracks on the fly though, which is pretty cool.
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I should also say
this game has made me really want to play a noir style detective story.
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MAX PAYNE!
SHOOT EVERYTHING! BULLET TIME!
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Feb 25, 2010 2:46 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Look up L.A. Noire.
Should be out in a bit. Looks alright.
Because we’re rebels. Accurate, intelligent, introspective rebels. And damn proud of it my friend. - CapSea
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
I still need to try out Scribblenauts
I fear that if I enjoy it too much that my son will not ever get his DS back
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
Really?
Bummer. In that case, I’ll let my kid have it when I’m done with it so he can learn to spell and use his imagination better
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 3:22 PM PST up reply actions
The controls are also pretty bad on Scribblenauts
That game was one of those good ideas/poor execution sort of deals.
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There is one coming out soon - I can't remember the name, but it is by Rockstar and it was featured on Game Informer last month
by seattlesundevil on Feb 26, 2010 7:00 AM PST up reply actions
There using some different methods to capture their actors.
The game looks alright to me. Plus, Rockstar has a great track record.
Because we’re rebels. Accurate, intelligent, introspective rebels. And damn proud of it my friend. - CapSea
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
Looks like a prerendered trailer to me
I’ll wait until they show some real footage before I get excited.
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I can't find it on YouTube or anything, but I got a disc with my OXM subsciption that had a video about the game.
They showed the methods they’re using to capture actors along with some in-game footage. It looked alright, but, like you, I’m not getting too excited until later on.
Because we’re rebels. Accurate, intelligent, introspective rebels. And damn proud of it my friend. - CapSea
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
This is one of those games that's been talked about so much
and shown so little that I’m tempering my enthusiasm until its out.
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Are the QTE things as frustrating as they seem?
I could imagine it takes most of the fun of being in control right out.
They can get a little challenging later in the game, but I don't find them to be frustrating.
Then again, I haven’t really played many QTE games in my life, so I’m not nearly as annoyed by them as some people are.
What difficulty are you playing on?
I think they just annoy me because sometimes its stuff that in a normal game wouldn’t be a challenge. The hit rate on the QTE stuff is maybe 50% for me at this point.
Also anytime there’s a fight sequence and they make me waggle my controller I get annoyed.
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If there are three, I believe I'm on the middle one?
It was one step down from the hardest one. It seems about right for me. At first I thought it was too easy, but it got harder later.
Okay just finished
and all I have to say is AAAARRRGHHH GIANT MOTHERFUCKING PLOTHOLES
And once again Quantic Dreams proves that they can make the first 75% of a game brilliant
but completely shit the bed on the last 25%
Thankfully, I have a terrible attention span and this probably won't bother me.
I’ve been madly entertained by the whole thing. I think I’m fairly close to the end, but not sure.
My favorite terrible dialog moment of the day:
“I’ll cook up the eggs while you’re under the shower.”
I really should have kept tabs on the bad dialog I ran into.
As a side note, as soon as this soundtrack is available I’m buying it.
As someone who has handled localization on a video game
I just don’t understand how this title shipped with both the bad voice acting, bad dialogue, and terminology that doesn’t fit the territory.
I guess because it is voice acted its harder to fix, but usually they check all that stuff well in advance.
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Yeah I've seen that there are a lot of them
but I don’t want to know what they are until I’m finished.
I just finished playing the piano, I’m guessing another 3 hours or so to go.
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For those of you who have finished the game
here’s a (SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS) link to GamesRadar describing the plothole that bothered me so much.
Plothole 15 is the one that really frustrated me.
Just finished.
The plot holes on the first page bothered more than the others. Either way, I really enjoyed the game, despite its obvious flaws. Started it again, actually.
I don't know
It almost seemed like the writers decided to change the identity of the Origami Killer at the last minute, but instead of rewriting the script they chose to retcon that decision in.
Yeah when the identity was revealed I went, what?
Once again games reviewers failed on being critical. If this is really the best the industry can attain in terms of narrative and storytelling then there is still a fucking long way to go.
The one thing the game delivered was tension, but games have been capable of delivering tension for years now. And the tension was more derived from the whole permanent death + stupid QTEs.
I need to flip my copy of this game before it is worth nothing.
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I forgave a lot of the other strange plotholes, but I just couldn't make any sense of the killer's identity.
It was Indigo Prophecy all over again. They had a great thing going but absolutely ruined it towards the end by deciding to go for shock value.
I sweat they changed the identity of the killer near the end
it just made no sense. None. Kind of ruined my desire to play the game again.
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Best I can think of for consoles would be the Battlestations line of games for the 360
Covers the WW2 Naval battles of the Pacific, and you control everything. You can sit back and just manage your fleet and air units, or go in and control each individually. Pretty entertaining games, for what they are
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by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Here we go
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by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
If you're into RTS's, C&C Red Alert 3 is built mostly around naval units.
FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!
Has anybody listened to the most recent "Music That Matters" podcast from KEXP?
John Richards is so fucking drunk.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2010 3:06 PM PST reply actions
I have avoided it because I hate John Richards more than I probably should
but now I feel like I should.
Just started listening and so far his music tastes still bother me
but I’ll fight through it to hear drunken hilarity!
There's a couple of pretty good songs near the middle.
Most notably: Jookabox, Frightened Rabbit, and Fences.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2010 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
Can't be much worse than the eighth day of the pledge drive.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Only cause I did a bunch of Jeff/Animal gifs and Matthew doesn't have one yet.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 3:08 PM PST reply actions 11 recs
I like how the ears wiggle
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 25, 2010 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
Now I need to find something for Graham.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Something cute and fuzzy
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 26, 2010 12:07 AM PST up reply actions
Michael Bay-produced Nightmare on Elm Street movie??
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Don't know who Michael Bay is?
He’s the “director” behind such classics as Transformers, Transformers: Revenge Of the Fallen, and is the producer responsible for remakes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Amityville Horror. In other words, his original ideas are crap, so then he goes and destroys old, good films by remaking them crappily.
Please don't ever see any of these movies
I haven’t either, but I like myself so I won’t subject myself to them.
There were couple of Magen Fox run scenes that he needs to congratulated for, but other than that I'm with you.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
I liked Megan Fox back when her name was Angelina Jolie
by pdb on Feb 25, 2010 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I haven't been paying much attention
But I would believe that Fox is overall worse than Jolie was at her worst.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
She is a way better runner than an actor.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
They're both horrible actresses, to be sure
but it cracks me up how much Megan Fox has styled herself in the Jolie mold, cultivating a vaguely-bad-girl persona without actually DOING anything controversial. Within two years she’ll be hoovering up orphans from some impoverished Third World country, no doubt.
Jolie got a lot of tattoos and wore a vial of blood around her neck.
Of course she’s edgy!
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by JY on Feb 25, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know, Tranformers: Revenge of the Fallen was a great art movie
according to io9. Check out this review, it’s pretty awesome.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 25, 2010 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
I envy you.
Too many people have been exposed to that monster.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 25, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions
I've never seen anything by him either!
Then again I live in a void of my own designed where pop culture doesn’t really exist.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 3:41 PM PST up reply actions
Also, nevermind, I've seen The Rock, and probably 30 minutes of Armageddon on mute.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
Here's a preview of that movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXGWZxI9lAs
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I've no significant attachment to the original though.
It was a great concept, to be sure, and there are some hilarious deaths in it, like the blood tornado and getting torn apart while being sucked into the ceiling, but overall it seemed a bit corny and the ending twist was just awful.
I have little faith that Michael Bay will be able to do much better, because there’s nothing to blow up, but I don’t think it would be as bad as Rob Zombie remaking Halloween.
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by JY on Feb 25, 2010 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
I think that's justifiable though.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 25, 2010 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
It's kind of boggling though,
enjoying a movie that starred Nicolas Cage and had Michael Bay involved. The rest of the cast led by Sean Connery may have helped offset that.
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by JY on Feb 25, 2010 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
I think it was the fact that it was a semi original idea.
How badass is holding SF hostage from Alcatraz?
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
Also John Spencer.
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by JY on Feb 25, 2010 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Lets not kid ourselves.
Nick Cage was amazing in that movie.
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
Whats funny is I've listened to Michael Bay talk about film
and wondered “Why doesn’t he take his own advice?”
by Scruffy Lefty on Feb 25, 2010 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
Well this is interesting
Countries wearing Nike’s World Cup kit this summer will be wearing shirts made from recycled plastic bottles.
Seems Serkis replaced David Tennant
which I’m pretty happy about. I like Tennant but he’s everywhere at the moment.
YES YES YES!
John Landis? HELL YES.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2010 7:21 AM PST up reply actions
Speaking of tickets ...
we did the 6-game pack ticket purchase thing today, and due to a slight confusion, we may have more tickets for the same day than we need. Once I get them in hand and sort them out, might I offer the others up for sale? Is that ok to do here?
Everyone seems to do that around here.
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 26, 2010 12:10 AM PST up reply actions
PS3 folks, the God of War III demo is out.
In less awesome news, there will be no demo of MLB 10 The Show. At least not before the game is released. Apparently you’ll have to go to Best Buy. I have the utmost faith in the game and will buy it sight-unseen, but that still blows.
Really old GoW3 demo, wonder why they went with it.
Still I didn’t get to play it at E3 so I’m excited. Alas it did not finish downloading while I was playing Heavy Rain tonight. PS3 downloads are so ridiculously slow for me for some reason.
The lack of a The Show demo is worrisome. Good thing I’m Gameflying it.
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The M's posted a picture to facebook with Jr./Ichiro
I gotta say, between the two of them, Gutierrez’ defense, the crazy bullpen and their helmets and Cliff Lee, Copacino + Fujikado have some really easy marks this year. If they don’t knock it out of the park, I’m going to be disappointed.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Feb 26, 2010 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
I will also be a little disppointed if there aren't subtitles in the Ichiro/Griffey ad.
I would enjoy a Griffey-destroying-the-Japanese-language joke.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Feb 26, 2010 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
Oh my, Jack is doing commercials
The first one was filmed at the Wigwam Golf Course on Wednesday and featured general manager Jack Zduriencik, manager Don Wakamatsu and center fielder Franklin Gutierrez.
Well I love it already.
FraGut catching golf balls?
Probably.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Feb 26, 2010 7:23 AM PST up reply actions
Anyone going to Opening Day?
Is anyone planning on taking a trip down to Oakland to watch on opening day?
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
I am.
I plan to be sitting in the vicinity of the M’s dugout. I have tickets, but don’t recall what section.
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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Feb 26, 2010 2:27 AM PST up reply actions
Nice.
I found that the NYT was liveblogging the ladies long program, so by dint of fast-scrolling through the final entries to avoid spoilerage, I now know that I don’t have to return to NBC until 10:53 to watch the “live” skating
It looks like they started early
unless you were talking about a specific skater.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 25, 2010 10:53 PM PST up reply actions
Yay for S. Korea and Canada. One was flawless, the other was so inspirational.
I feel bad for the Japanese gal; she looked so distraught about silver. That’s not how it should be for a 19 yr. old Olympian…boo national pressure.
YARRR! That it be!
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by JLProck on Feb 26, 2010 1:54 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Actually, it looks like they are going to show it live on NBC and online.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 26, 2010 11:41 AM PST up reply actions
And they changed the online tv listings--
last night it was still locked in at 3PT— now it says live in all timezones
Fuck you nice hotel
I have a cousin who’s getting married at Lake Tahoe this summer. I just booked a room in the resort where the resort is staying, and in the email confirmation I see that, in addition to the somewhat-ridiculous-but-we-got-a-break-because-of-the-wedding room rate, we’re getting charged a $16 a day “resort fee”, which covers such amenities as local phone calls (which we won’t be using), transportation to the ski/mtn bike area (which we won’t be using) spa (which we won’t be using), wireless internet (which we won’t be using), and a daily paper, which is now an $8 USA Today. I hate resorts.
It's a Tahoe tax thing. It helps off set some of the fees the resorts pay. I know this does make suck less, but think of it as a way to help Tahoe schools and roads.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
That's a separate tax, actually
The resort fee just covers stuff at the resort. The school/road tax is .065% or something, and I’m used to taxes like that – it’s ‘resort fees’ that piss me off, because we can’t opt out of it even though we’ll be using none of the amenities it provides.
The way it was explained to me when I was there last the fees were a way to offset the taxes they were paying. Because I had the same what the eff moment.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
I see what you mean now, I was confused before.
So they’re charging their guests more in order to cover their tax bill. Lovely. Like the room wasn’t expensive enough.
This is indeed pretty badass
As mentioned a couple weeks ago, Nick Cave, Shane MacGowan, Chrissie Hynde, and a few other people got together to record a single for Haiti relief. In stark contrast to all the other Haiti relief singles, this one doesn’t suck balls. It’s Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put A Spell On You”, and it’s pretty awesome. Even if Johnny Depp is in it.
Here is a ~180 degree view of the cataclyzzard.
Outside the front door of my apartment. This car will not be leaving any time soon. Nor will any other cars on the street.
View to the south. Original view was east, looking out over the Hudson
And due north. New Yorkers don’t screw around with the snow, but to be fair, this was around 2 pm.
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That's because the building staff had shoveled it and scattered the pellets.
Other areas of the sidewalk are just six-inch ice sheets, and on top of that, the corners of the sidewalk have lakes in a lot of areas. Miserable, for a lot of people, but I’m wearing my “water, don’t fuck with me” boots.
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I got 18" overnight.
Time to go back out and shovel more.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The perception of how bad it would be was worse than how it ended up.
It canceled classed, but there are barely any classes on Fridays anyway so no one cares.
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That looks like my first visit to NY!
it snowed while I was in the Metropolitan, and I came outside to quiet and clean
This is incredible
Kiprusoff didn’t even survive halfway thru the first
by Brian Floyd on Feb 26, 2010 12:34 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Kiprusoff his game, for sure.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Feb 26, 2010 12:37 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I Ovechkin.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Feb 26, 2010 12:56 PM PST up reply actions
Oopsy-sorry-I figured it was fair game since this is live everywhere for once.
No rebroadcast unless you have the magic code for online replay.
No problem, doesn't look like a competitive game. It's just sort of Ruutu start off with the score
as some of us can’t do the whole live stream thing.
FYI-NBC lifted the access restrictions online for this game if that makes a difference.
Of course if you’re barred from watching while at work then sorry.
I think Gary Bettman is an idiot
He thinks that it’s a bad thing for an interruption of play in the NHL because of the Olympics. I think that the NHL shouldn’t worry about that, but they should figure out a way to build off this momentum. I’ve never really been a hockey fan because I didn’t grow up with a team, but the Canada vs. USA game really got me into it. I really want to get into hockey now.
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 26, 2010 1:33 PM PST reply actions
I think it's been established that Bettman is just terrible.
by Mariner John on Feb 26, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah I know (exhibit A: the lost season)
but they interviewed him between the break of the 2nd period and 3rd period which drew the rant above. I believe that Mark Twain put it best, “It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”
by seattle_since_81 on Feb 26, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Except that non-hockey fans that are intrigued by the Olympics will be underwhelmed by games that have scores of 3-1
Instead of the 7-4 games the Olympics have been offering up so far
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by tootthekazoo on Feb 26, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
They probably would enjoy that part, though
Fighting is not allowed in the Olympics, as far as I’m aware
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by tootthekazoo on Feb 26, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
What's the pont
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 26, 2010 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
It's French for bridge
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by tootthekazoo on Feb 26, 2010 2:34 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
shit.
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 26, 2010 2:37 PM PST up reply actions
I honestly wasn't even sure what you were asking there
If it’s about the point of no fighting in the Olympics, your guess is as good as mine.
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 26, 2010 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
It makes the game a bit more interesting, at least to me
I have nothing against the fighting, at all, but these Olympic games have been pretty solid without it as well.
I read that this morning actually
and it makes a lot of sense. One of the things I like most about watching soccer is that it doesn’t stop – there’s 45 minutes of almost-nonstop things going on, not broken up every three minutes by a contrived time-out. One halftime, then 45 more minutes of action. And it’s not just the “no commercials” – in most soccer games there’s sponsor logos not just ringing the field on those goddamn electric message boards, but also superimposed on the screen for the whole time, so it’s by no means ad-free. The game just doesn’t stop for the ads.
Hockey would definitely benefit from this as well – it’s a game that needs that non-stop flow.
Fighting, while fun to watch, really disrupts the flow
It’s very noticeable now watching the Olympics. The only stoppages in play are normal whistles in the flow of the game and the only prolonged stoppage is for timeouts and penalties. Being the ADD culture we are, less stoppages and more game flow would probably boost the fan base.
Then again, a lot of people go see NHL games for the fights.
Part of the problem with no fights is that it can lead to more violence in general and thus more injuries
A dirty hit is more likely to injure someone than a fight.
by Mariner John on Feb 26, 2010 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
I go to WHL games for the fights a lot of the time
I’d prefer the NHL focus on gameplay, but I understand why the fighting is there.
point yes.
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 26, 2010 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
Even Wikipedia's getting in on it...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Silva
Check the redirect at the top.
Hahaha
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by tootthekazoo on Feb 26, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
Cool!
Some schmuck kid just came running onto my parking lot and hid behind a truck in our drive-up, and then a bunch of employees from the Top Foods next door came storming down the street looking for him. I pointed to the truck from my window and they came up and cuffed him and took him away. Excitement!
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
I'll take you 'round the you-nee-verse
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by tootthekazoo on Feb 26, 2010 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Hooray for bike riding!
A friend of mine donated his car to KEXP a few years back. Got more for the tax credit than it was worth as a car.
Awesome. I don't actually care about the tax credit to be honest, but every little bit helps.
I’m looking forward to peddling my ass around for a change instead of being lazy, drunk and driving to the store. Which is 5 blocks away.
How to get sued in a three easy steps
Step one: use a grant to buy laptops for every student in your school
Step two: Install remote activated spy software to control the webcams on said laptops
Step three: Turn on said webcams on said laptops without the student’s consent despite the fact it was stated that the webcams would only be used in cases of theft.
Or:
Step three: Get on PBS’ Frontline and brag about how you use said webcams without the student’s knowledge
Money quote:
“A lot of kids are just on it to check their hair, check their make-up: the girls… They don’t even realize that we are watching. I always like to mess with them and take a picture.”
Hey kids! Your worst fears are true, your teachers and administrators really are spying on you when you’re at home!
I read an article on that last week. It made me sick.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Beware strangers bearing gifts, eh?
There was more to that story than I realized, the article last week didn’t mention the Frontline interview. And retarded, those are educated people doing that crap.
Just watched the thing from 4:30 onward, holy moly that's creepy.
The way he’s talking, it’s like some kind of pedo/slacker/voyeur/parent by proxy kick. Sweet jesus I’m tripping balls over all the layers of wrong involved in this story. Just as much the parents and the home life as the school and administrative attitude.
Coming from a long line of educators myself I never much liked the idea of home schooling
but stories like this make me see why people consider it a viable option.
To be clear these are two different schools.
The first story was about a school in Pennyslvania that accused a kid of peddling drugs (which may have just been Mike and Ikes) because they were watching him on his laptop. The second story is about a school in New York that turns these cameras on while the students are in the classroom, but the way that guy talks creeps the hell out of me.
That's kinda sad
You can’t catch this kid without spying on him? He’s a drug dealing child, for god’s sake. You’re supposed to be smarter than he is.
by Graham MacAree on Feb 26, 2010 7:09 PM PST up reply actions
I just don't understand how these people thought that this was an acceptable thing to do.
I mean, schools have done so many things to prevent themselves from getting sued, but this school gives the okay for remote activated webcams on devices that are often in the rooms of minors!? What the hell was the thought process here?
You've known me (online) for how long?
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Seriously, what kind of shit are you likely to see when spying on kids through a fucking webcam?
These people should be arrested and tried for sexual exploitation of minors.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 26, 2010 6:32 PM PST up reply actions
Well the feds are involved.
I bet there are going to be a handful of employees who will be doing some time in a 6×5 cell with some guy named Bubba.
And really
if theft was REALLY what they were worried about, how about installing a GPS tracker? You know, something that can actually TELL YOU WHERE THE FUCKING LAPTOP IS.
The software is available to do it.
I don’t even think it’s a separate device that needs be put in it.
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by JY on Feb 26, 2010 7:03 PM PST up reply actions
Either way this is plain disturbing.
Either the school really was that dense and didn’t realize that spy cameras aren’t nearly as effective as a GPS tracker (or something similar), or they’re hiding the fact that the web camera was really for spying on the students the entire time.
Judging from my experience, that's an embarrasing amount of rosterbation.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
That is being misquoted
The quote is from someone who monitors kids when they’re in school and is taking pictures to let them know that ‘hey, maybe you should be working instead of doing your makeup’.
by Graham MacAree on Feb 26, 2010 7:02 PM PST up reply actions
Gizmodo seems to have clarified that because I missed that on the first readthrough.
Still creepy as hell.
I mean, using the camera while at school to make sure that students are working isn't nearly as bad as using it while they're at home
but saying “I always like to mess with them and take a picture” is a tad on the disturbing side.
Honestly, it doesn't bother me at all
My understanding is the ‘picture’ is taken to alert the student that someone is watching, not because they’re perving.
by Graham MacAree on Feb 26, 2010 7:06 PM PST up reply actions
The action is fine, I just think the guy comes off as somewhat of a creep in that interview.
However I will maintain that the Pennsylvania school was way, way out of line.
Graham, no offense, but you are really wrong. I get your premise, but this clearly crosses the line, and I'm a moderate when it comes to this shit.
Several student have had nude episodes in front of these cameras. Just like you and I, these kids often leave their laptops open and on during after shower stuff or more…
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Right, but as Graham said, these are two different issues
and the one he is speaking to in this case relates to kids having their pictures taken in classrooms rather than in a student’s home.
It’s still all sorts of wrong (there’s something beyond Orwellian about authority figures watching and recording you unknowingly and getting the shits and giggles about it) but not nearly as wrong as spying on kids in their own home.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 27, 2010 2:50 AM PST up reply actions
I'm with you on this, brother,
but to me, one issue waaay outweighs the other. I’m all for the stuff they’re doing in new drivers’ cars, what with the cameras and GPS, by the way.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
It's not unknowingly if taking the picture makes the computer tell the student that a picture's been taken
How is it any different from having a teacher breathing down your neck?
by Graham MacAree on Feb 27, 2010 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
The teacher is in the same room.
Which seems arbitrary, I know, but it’s the remote surveillance thing that squicks me out.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 27, 2010 9:24 AM PST up reply actions
Do you get creeped out when there are security cameras in stores?
by Graham MacAree on Feb 27, 2010 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Slightly, but that's a different sort of thing.
Stores aren’t government institutions and the people watching the security cameras aren’t government employees.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 27, 2010 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
So it would be more ok if it were a private school?
by Graham MacAree on Feb 27, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
I initially, said 'WHAT!?' to this response, but I agree.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on Feb 27, 2010 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
The thing that bothers me is that people are willing to exchange privacy rights for goods.
These kind of stories always make me feel a tinge of paranoia, like a boogy man story for adults.
I just assume that I have no privacy unless I am in territory that I have paid for
by Graham MacAree on Feb 27, 2010 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Hate to be a stickler
But doesn’t tax money pay for schools? Maybe the kids aren’t paying for the territory, but their parents sure are. And I don’t remember people (ie; the public) just coming to and walking around freely on school grounds without reporting to the front office first, but that’s just me. I’m not exactly sure what all constitutes “private domain” to everyone.
I have no opinion on this one way or another; I don’t have kids and never will, so I have nothing invested here. I am already well aware that there are cameras everywhere. I don’t do shit that’s illegal, therefore I am not terribly concerned with the current status quo.
~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~
I'd also like to stipulate
That these statements are not meant to be argumentative – I’m just curious as to where people draw the line…
~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~
If I'm not personally buying something, I didn't really pay for it.
by Graham MacAree on Feb 27, 2010 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
But depending on the state (I think)
Your taxes pay for schools whether you have kids or not?
Though I totally get your reasoning…
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You know what's awesome?
Figuring out what I’m actually talking about before telling me what you think I’m talking about.
by Graham MacAree on Feb 27, 2010 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
Huh.
Apparently I misunderstood your post?
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
That point wasn't clear at all. From the video imagery I thought the kids just had cinderblock walls in their homes.
The narrative my brain created to fill in the blanks and provide back story isn’t particularly rosy.
AHAHAHAHAHAHA Canada
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's being aired now with no re-broadcast on NBC that I know of so talking about it should be ok I would think.
And with that, Gooooooooooooooooallll!
International ice is wider and makes for a more free-flowing game.
NHL ice jambs players together, which diminishes skilled play in favour of physical.
by Graham MacAree on Feb 26, 2010 7:07 PM PST up reply actions
I know this is a hockey thread, so sorry, but this leads me to a question I've had about soccer:
Not all pitches are the same size, even in top European leagues.
1. Are there minimums and maximums and you can build a pitch anywhere within those limits?
2. Are those limits set by league? Governing body?
3. Does FIFA allow different pitch sizes even in the World Cup?
There are minimums and maximums
Minimum length must be 100 yards, maximum is 130; minimum width is 50 yd, max 100.
FIFA sets this rule, and as long as the pitches conform they don’t all have to be the same dimensions, even in the same tournament.
Considering that 90% of the players on the four semifinal teams are NHL players
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, maybe it’s a concession the Olympics made to keep NHL players happy or something.
In 3-D!
Had the original never existed, this one would probably just be another generic action/fantasy type movie. But messing with Harry Hamlin? NO SIR. Next they’ll be remaking the Karate Kid….oh wait I meant Red Dawn…..damn
What will they destroy next?
I’m going with War Games.
I'm so sorry
WarGames: The Dead Code
(Thanks for bringing this to my attention, Kermit)
I would cry.
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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 1, 2010 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
With Sam Worthington!
Continuing his role as half man half something else!
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 8:56 AM PST up reply actions
Well he is alone for six weeks. He needs something to do.
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 27, 2010 1:24 AM PST up reply actions
So who wins a US/Canada game with Luongo in goal for Canada instead of Brodeur?
I don’t know enough about the strengths and weaknesses of each team to know whether it was entirely Brodeur that cost the Canadians the game the other day.
Yet I think the US will win and instantly be called dicka because of it.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
I'm going with Canada
Brodeur had an off-day but the Canadians as a whole weren’t at their best that day.
And Miller seemed unsustainably amazing
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 26, 2010 8:03 PM PST up reply actions
This was also my impression
But I’m so far removed from watching hockey regularly that I wasn’t sure if he was always that good, or if the US team all sort of collectively had a career day.
I'd say the prospects are about the same.
Both goalies are great, Luongo might get a few more shots against because he doesn’t clear the puck as well.
That being said, if the penalties are (not) called like CAN v SVK tonight, USA might win a war of attrition.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
In the "breaking your safe search without meaning to" category...
The Doody family hope to raise the profile of faggots
Thanks, BBC!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
This is glorious.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Can't believe Demitra missed that shot
Also how weird is it that a team with Chara and Hossa could possibly be an underdog?
I know - I thought that was in.
Demitra’s non-shot with what, 3:00 to go and then that last shot when Luongo was down with about 15 seconds… man, hell of a comeback from Slovakia.
"Is that you breathing? Because I can't hear myself think! There's too much going on here; you're asthmatic, you're a robot. And why the cape? Are we going to the opera? I don't think so. "
Night at the museum: Smithsonian?
Very uneven, but Hank Azaria and Amy Adams almost make it work at times.
I just watched that last night. It was silly but pretty good.
Hank is even more buff than usual-rawwr.
Also just saw "That Damned United".
About Brian Clough and Peter Taylor’s rise up through the football ranks of England in the 70’s and their nemesis, Leeds United.
Any iPhone owners had trouble with their home key?
It’s been a little wonky for a while-required a bit more pressure than usual, sometimes took a few presses to respond-and last night it just stopped working altogether. Worked fine again today, then stopped working one again a few hours ago. Everything else functions normally.
Based on what I’ve heard it’s most likely a dust/lint buildup, but I’m not too sure how to go about fixing it.
One would think so.
The problem, though, is that it’s a bitch and a half to take apart and because of the way it’s designed there’s no way to get the compressed air where it needs to go without taking it apart, at least so far as I can see.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 26, 2010 11:01 PM PST up reply actions
Mine has been doing that for a long time
I’ll blast it with some air here and see if it helps.
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 27, 2010 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Running into the back of that Canadian (or was it Chinese?) skater, for starters
I thought it was fairly obvious that he tried to make a pass he didn’t have the speed to make and thus interfered with the line of the other skater, and that bump took the other skater out of the race. If the other guy had managed to stay on his feet then yeah, maybe he gets away with it, but that’s a fairly standard DQ situation from what I’ve seen of short track.
The replays looked as though he had nothing to do with it,
but I admit I was working at my bar at the time. However, those fucking Koreans have been so dirty, touchy-feely, it’s hard to tell what’s right or wrong.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
"Nothing to do with it" is a little bit of a stretch
Watching it again, it was a more subtle push than it appeared watching it live, but it was still a push, and it happened in the middle of a turn where it was much more likely to cause him to lose his edge and fall. And that’s exactly what happened; he put enough extra momentum into the other skaters turn with that tiny push that he couldn’t hold his edge and fell.
He's been on the winning side of DQ's too so...
The South Korean women are the ones that got screwed hard in the relay the other night. DQ’d for a little skate click-took away their gold medal. RIdiculous.
I'm actually watching it again, and I see no interference,
It’s just straight bullshit.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
No hands, no blades. He got fucked.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Holy cow, NOTHING. He got totally fucked.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Well that's what he gets for having that treasure trail smack dab in the middle of his face.
Fucking hate that guy.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 27, 2010 2:52 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Well, shit - of course. No one needs a vagina on their chin.
Reminds me of a joke…
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Because he's on a Wheaties box?
Because he has excelled at his sport, despite being “born into it?” I don’t like his face (personally), but he is great at what he does (like Phelps, who I also hate facially). Bottom line, without him, the sport would have died years ago, and I beg you to find an argument there.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
The sport wouldn't have died.
Americans might have stopped paying attention to it, but it’s huge in Korea, has a decent following in Northern Europe and is pretty well entrenched as an Olympic sport at this point.
Bottom line is that where the Olympics are concerned, my rooting interests are based largely on personality. Ohno’s annoys me.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 27, 2010 3:09 AM PST up reply actions
Point taken, but without that fucking shill of a Comedy Central host,
the American team was in disrepair. Point is (sadly or not), American participation in these sports are a catalyst. A huge one. And by the way, I hated Ohno’s face just the same until I came to my senses and realized it didn’t matter because I’m a goddamned American.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
...And being a goddamned American is more important now than ever.
Why else would anyone root against the Yankees? :)
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Lagunitas is not the best brewery in the United States, but they may very well be the most remarkable.
Their Imperial Stout cost $3.99 a bomber and is in the same tier as Deschutes the Abyss.
Awesome. BTW, come by Dad Watsons soon.
We have a killer Irish Stout on nitro at the moment.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Always a fun way to start the work day with the NAWAS phone going off saying there's a tsunami advisory and you're work is located all of 1000 yards off the bay.
Surf’s up!
FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!
My son's mother is vacationing in Acapulco right now
They’ve been warned to head to high ground and stay indoors. Hope the tsunami isn’t too bad for anybody
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 27, 2010 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
I live in a tsunami evacuation zone.
If a Tsunami were to hit SoCal I’d be among the first to go.
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So ive been going on and on how if Canada won the gold in hockey the city would burn down but I was wrong
It was about 10 times bigger than I could have I ever imagined after A SEMIFINAL game. I’ll try to upload some pictures when I get home but the city basically shut down last night. There must have been at least 10 thousand people out celebrating on Granville street chanting, drinking, lighting off fireworks till around 2 am. AFTER A SEMIFINAL GAME. This city will either hang itself or actually burn down in celebration tomorrow.
by Robert on Feb 27, 2010 9:19 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Well, you're kind of screwed then
Because the same things are going to happen if they lose.
by Brian Floyd on Feb 27, 2010 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
Holy crap the last time Arsenal won at Stoke was in 1990
With a team that would beat the crap out of you during the game and then get you all kinds of shitfaced after:
Lukic, Dixon, P Davis, Thomas (Jonsson), O’Leary, Adams, Quinn, Richardson, P Groves, Bould, Merson (Rocastle)
Holy hols hit ankles aren't supposed to go that way.
Sorry pdb.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 27, 2010 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
I would normally feel bad but frankly FUCK EVERYONE I HOPE THE WHOLE TEAM DIES
by Graham MacAree on Feb 27, 2010 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
I feel very nearly as bad for Ryan Shawcross.
It wasn’t the best challenge in the world, but I’ve seen far more dangerous challenges that didn’t result in injury go without any sort of booking. I’m pretty sure he was crying when he left the pitch.
And not to be a dick, but if you’re going to kill someone that plays for Arsenal, I can think of two or three more high-value targets.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 27, 2010 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
Not long term
Aaron Ramsey was primed to have a great career.
by Graham MacAree on Feb 27, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
He cried.
:(
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 27, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
wrong I like ramsey ok but he is about the only one besides vermie.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 27, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
ah ah ah ah ah I SAW THAT STILL
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 27, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
QUESTION:
Can anyone explain to me the scoring system of Curling?
I have watched at least a total of 6 hours of curling and still have no idea how the scoring system works. Interesting that it hasn’t made watching any less enjoyable.
What's that you say?
They did? Brilliant.
This was a perfect occasion for
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 27, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
google is too far away
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 27, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
You're watching the lineman run 40's aren't you?
by Brian Floyd on Feb 27, 2010 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Boom shack-a-lacka
I laugh but most of those guys could run me down and kill me without half trying.
Andre Smith: Exhibit A
Thank you edsbs for immortalizing this
by Brian Floyd on Feb 27, 2010 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
That's like getting chased by a grizzly bear, holy shit how those guys take those hits is beyond me.
I think he ran something like a 5.2, which is slow
But who needs 40 speed when all you need to do on a run block is get 5 yards down field and plow someone 100 pounds lighter than you.
by Brian Floyd on Feb 27, 2010 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Uh oh, Steve Jobs is going to have to invent something new to distract the press
Child workers discovered in Apple factories
Though, this one isn’t quite as bad as the Apple contracted supplier driving an employee to suicide after an iPhone prototype went missing…
What, Apple products aren't made by pixies and fairies?
Ripoff.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
Aw, that's ball to hand, referee! Sympathy penalty to Arsenal in the 90th minute.
Cesc scores. Damn.
WHAT THE FUCK
TWO men offside and no call.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 27, 2010 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
Bloody sympathy
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 27, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
Aww man.
Well, that was fun while it lasted.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 27, 2010 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, now it's just rather lame.
Also – what the fuck happened to Chelsea?
Don't you have better things to do?
If I were you, forming Bose-Einstein condensates inside your skull would be high on my list of priorities.
by Graham MacAree on Feb 27, 2010 1:38 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Excactly what I said for that penalty.
People turnedand looked at me me though some wiht fire in their eyes
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 27, 2010 2:25 PM PST up reply actions
with.
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by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 27, 2010 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
This is an excellent news story
Woman, 32, chugs a 40 and then runs through her son’s elementary school while brandishing a sword
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
Malt liquor, naturally!
Why does that detail add so much pleasure to an already great story?
Also that it was one of those blades concealed in a cane.
I would have really wanted to know what kind of sword it was otherwise.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 27, 2010 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
That would make excellent headline material.
“Mother avenges bullying with broadsword!”
Mother terrorizes elementary school with dual katana swords
witnesses say she was also seen wearing a blue mask that covered her eyes, and was earlier spotted at a local pizzeria, shouting “It’s pizza time!”
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Feb 27, 2010 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
noooooo!
One whose comeback won’t happen with the Mariners is pitcher Cha Seung Baek, who worked out for the team last week in Peoria but didn’t show enough to warrant further interest.
A team that has no room for Baek is probably a good team, but we’re losing out on a wide range of facial expressions.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
"@OzzieGuillen They stole 2 GPS from our garage wtf? I thought venezuela was dangerous wow.. Glendale wow"
ah yes, stolen GPS = kidnapping for ransom.
This whole Ozzie on Twitter thing is going to be a blast.
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
Hahaha
“@OzzieGuillen Looking for tickets to go to wrestlemania, I need help with that, they r way too expensive”
"I might be a butt hoarder...speed skating butts that is." - wazzu93
It seems my MLB.TV subscription's been renewed
so the first thing I did was rewatch the Ichislam game against the Angels. I had no recollection of Jarrod Washburn starting that game. A full offseason hasn’t diminished my hatred of Rob Johnson. Yuni is loathsome even when hitting well. I love Johjima! I miss Adrian :(
Griffey’s wasn’t even my 2nd favourite home run, FSN.
Oh yeah, ICHIRO!
Oh....huh...
Well, Professor, when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much…
~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~
So I finally got to eat at Five Guys.
Boy and I had originally planned to go for Valentine’s Day, but that ended up not working out.
Regardless, is it wrong that I might love the cajun style fries even more than the burger?
No, their fries are awesome.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I actually recently ate at one down here in Los Angeles
Possibly better than In and Out but not as good of a value. It cost me almost $10 at which point I could’ve paid another $2 and gone to the Counter.
Also what’s with the peanuts?
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The peanuts did throw me.
I’m eating a burger and a massive amount of salted fries, but I just need that extra kick of sodium?
And I had forgotten about the Counter. Phenomenal place.
Well I'd say "yes," because I don't like their fries.
The type they have are my least favorite variety of fries – big and not crisp bordering on soggy and floppy. I don’t even get any when I go.
I just recently realized that there is a Five Guys in Renton, at the new Landing
I’m excited to try them
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
Larry Stone blog entry
….and the first comment is "Glad we don’t have Kameron( wish I knew how to make the “K” a backwards one)"
sigh.
Dear NBC
to me, announcing tonight’s lineup as “Figure skating’s newest Olympic medal winners perform in the Champions Gala. Also: finals in … etc etc” implies that of the likely 16 or so Gala performances, we might see more than 6.
Yahoo main page keeps leading with tantalizing headlines "Who won the bobsled battle of the century! Click here to see!"
Then just below is a medal tracker, which invariably has the winner of said event posted. There’s so many media outlets, I cannot fathom why they don’t throw the events up live on the internet. Even just raw video, let the talking heads do up highlights for prime time.
Doing a tidy (excavation?) of the backroom.
Guess I don’t really need 8 years of Athlons, three old Mariners Yearbooks, various expired Mariners calenders, the Times & PI closing out the Kingdome newspapers ….
still not sure what to do with the BT convention non-official baseball signed by Goose Gossage just before he went into the HOF, the Jamie Moyer bobblehead, the officially certified signed Jay Buhner photo I got as a door prize at a restaurant …
You know, I have a pick-up truck and some spare time. If you need anything hauled off.
I’ll pull a GMZ and ask for a little gas money.
heh.
so far there hasn’t been anything of haulage size … just a bunch of books, crap for the storage locker, and the baseball odds and ends.
.
Tchochkes!
Sorry, but no one uses that word and it’s worth being excited about.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 28, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
I am apartment hunting!
I’m trying to get a 2 bedroom with my friend in ~the U District for next school year. Any ideas on how to get the best deal?
I used to know a few people in the Ravenna area that were renting or renters.
The owners put their listings up on Craigslist, or more frequently message boards in various academic departments on the campus. That was how the renters I knew all found their apartments, but they were also grad students. Good luck finding a decent place.
I can keep an eye open in the neighborhood -- not the district , but 10-20 minutes away via car or bus...
we have a lot of students in the area, so things open up.
there are also a number of free apartment rental websites—
Not sure how it is in Washington
but my experience with CL and apartment hunting is generally poor here in LA. Going through a paid service or simply driving around the area you want to live in, finding the names/numbers/websites of complexes that you want to look at works better.
Could just be an LA thing though, but down here only the scuzzy cheap skates and the scammers list apartments on CL.
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Before the Games end, one last skating-centric note from my avid skating friend re: judging
“Here are the judge by judge protocols for the two skates.
What I notice most is that, by and large, there is reasonable unianimity on Evan’s GOEs [Grade of Execution]— just the reasonable range you’d expect given different vantage points. In contrast, Plushy’s GOEs are all over the map….
Most obviously for the flying sit spin. Anything from a -1 (2 judges, so one wasn’t thrown out) to a +2 (2 judges, so one was used).
I mean, I can see a spread of +/-3 GOE, when it’s all on one side (that is, from +1 to +3GOE, or -1 to -3 GOE) or from -1 to +1 GOE. But a range where 2 judges think he’s in negative, and 2 think he’s +2? That’s weird.
If anyone’s wondering what happened to Johnny Weir, it looks like his flip entrance was downgraded (the Technical Specialist was very tough on this through the whole competition), and something went very very wrong during his flying sit spin. I’m guessing, based on the fact that it’s a L3 and my memory was that this spin series was slow as mud that he didn’t make the minimum number of revs for a feature, and possibly that he didn’t change edge. This one spin docked a lot of points. If he’d even broken even on it, he might have passed Oda and Patrick Chan.
I am so late to the party on this one
But I finally got around to watch Firefly and it’s fantastic. What could’ve possibly possessed Fox to air the series out of chronological order?
They are retarded.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Feb 28, 2010 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
I was late to the party as well.
Loved it, can’t believe Fox killed it.
What do you mean?
You can’t see Fox letting it survive two seasons, or you don’t think there was enough plot to sustain it that long? Because the latter, I would disagree with.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 1, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
The latter
I dunno, I guess because I had friends who were way too obsessed with the damn thing, (saw the prerelease movie 3 times including driving to Vegas immediately after a final and coming right back after seeing it, multiple copies of the show dvds, dinosaurs on the dash of their car), that one I got a little sick of it and two the show was still struggling to find its stride by what was the final episode.
I guess I could’ve seen 3 seasons at most, which is a lot, but the whole thing just kind of meandered.
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Apparently?
NBC showed the end of the ceremony AFTER the Marriage Ref aired.
by msb on Mar 1, 2010 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Has anybody's PS3 just gone crazy?
Mine has lost it’s brains, and it looks like the problem is a pretty serious internal calendar screwup in the firmware. Seems to be a problem on the older PS3 fat models only.
Well, I'll have to solve that when I get back to the west coast then...
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 1, 2010 6:31 AM PST up reply actions
Mine was fine when I played PixelJunk Shooter last night. Quit around 11.
I’ll probably take the day off just to be safe.
Sony says not to use your fat PS3 until further notice.
Link. Further notice better come before tomorrow. It’s The Show Day!
If it's a firmware screw-up,
and you can’t log into PSN… then…. how are they going to fix this?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 1, 2010 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
That's like those advertisements for people to get a cheap home phone
“Has your phone been disconnected due to a high bill? Then call us and we’ll help you SAVE!”
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 10:34 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Don't need to log in to PSN to get FW updates
there is a part of the XMB that you go to apply them.
Alternatively you can download them to a flash drive.
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Right, I had forgotten about the flashdrive thing.
I was worried for a minute there that there wasn’t a failsafe and that my Monolithic Black Box would be useless from here out except perhaps as an extremely inefficient spaceheater.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 1, 2010 11:23 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, the XBox 360 is a much more efficient spaceheater.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Wow, just read that
Way to go, Sony. Nothing like crippling your system for almost all of your early-adopter customers. And as JY said, if you can’t connect to the PSN then the only way to fix it will be to guide customers through a likely-complicated process of system settings. Fun stuff
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 10:44 AM PST up reply actions
Mine's an early model, so it's an overly expensive BluRay player that also does PS2 games.
I feel a bit disappointed that I’ve yet to buy an actual PS3 game, but I also was getting out of gaming a bit before I bought it and for the last two years have had neither the time nor the TV to use it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 1, 2010 4:56 PM PST up reply actions
Sucks for you then.
The emulation isn’t perfect though. I tried playing Silent Hill 1, a PS1 game on it, and every time I fired the gun it created this intolerable buzzing/blaring that would not go away until I unequipped the gun.
So I played it on my actual PS1 and that was that.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 1, 2010 5:09 PM PST up reply actions
I think I stopped playing FFXIII to walk my dogs
just before the shit hit the fan. Talk about dodging a bullet!
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How do you like FFXIII?
I’m not a big RPG guy, but I have liked the two or three Final Fantasy games I’ve played. They’ve always seemed pretty accessible.
I've written my thoughts up a few times
but basically I think its a solid game but not overly spectacular. I think long time fans will be somewhat turned off by it because of some of the departures from series conventions (random battles, explorable towns, dungeons, traditional leveling) but those who are okay with trying new ideas or experimentation will find some good in it.
My big issue at this point is that it feels like despite all the time they spent on it, they rushed it. A lot of the ideas feel under developed or not as executed as they could be.
It is amazingly pretty though. Very colorful and bright, its actually pretty jarring to play FFXIII after Heavy Rain.
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Yeah, I need something bright and colorful after all the dreary games I've been playing.
I’m by no means a loyalist, so I’m sure I won’t be bothered by them changing up the formula. I’ll check it out when it comes out.
Man I just finished up Bioshock 2 and Heavy Rain.
I better avoid Katamari Damacy like the plague.
If this isn't fixed by tomorrow so I can play The Show I'm going to be upset.
At least Microsoft’s gaming network failure only shut down multiplayer components. Sony’s is making it impossible to play offline as well.
Yeah my friend has been playing Heavy Rain for the last hour
Guess that means my coworkes with PS3 devkits have to get back to work.
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I really really regret allowing myself to get a phone where I can receive work email.
I was supposed to be on holiday Thursday and Friday but instead spent all day monitoring my emails and worrying about shit that was going on at work. I also received a baaaaad work email late on Sunday night JUST as I completed Mass Effect 1, which effectively ruined the whole experience.
It sucks but I only have myself to blame.
I got a text message a few hours after I got to Vancouver that my manager had just been fired and that I am now the manager for the next month.
I couldn’t get anymore info till today and it sort of put a damper on my weekend.
You don't want to be the Manager?
Shouldn’t you be happy that your boss got fired?
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
But now he has to work for Robert Westervelt, which is frightening as hell.
by Teej on Mar 1, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 6 recs
Finally met Robert.
I could work for him.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
You'd have to control that, otherwise he could file asexual harassment suit against you
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
Durr
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Closest relative of the penis joke, the masturbation joke!
Hrrr hrrrr hrrrr! This thread is loading so slow, it must be about time for a new one. I’m trying to think of something even slightly entertaining and drawing blanks.
If you hadn't spent so much of your life huffing compressed air you wouldn't be drawing blanks
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
Well this too!
Fortunately Robert Westervelt is a big fan of Robert Westervelt’s LL habit so at least we will get off on the right foot.
I get all of the responsibilities but none of the title or money
Sounds like I’ll get to move to a higher volume store closer to home in a few months but till then it’s going to suuuuuuuck.
This is why I don't have my work email on my phone.
And tell people I can only check it at work.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 11:31 AM PST up reply actions
Fuck you Ryan Shawcross
This is the THIRD TIME you’ve seriously injured someone. You broke Francis Jeffers’ ankle in 2007, you put Adebayor out of action for three weeks with a challenge that wasn’t even on the pitch, and now you’ve destroyed Aaron Ramsey. A three match ban is a joke. He should be out for as long as Ramsey is.
I wish, the building across the street is our other building with all the product we send out.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I was going to ask if that was anywhere near you
Watching buildings burn is morbidly fascinating. I love it, for some reason
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
Nah.
I’ve seen a couple of buildings burning on Broadway lately though. One was a neon sign shorting out and leading to a fire in one of the off-campus dorms above, but that was around 2:30 in the morning, so I missed it.
I did see a horde of fire trucks last week out on the block north of mine with that building billowing out smoke. Didn’t investigate though. I feel like living here, I should come to expect these things, in that I can look around and say “well, there’s a fire… and I have things to do…”
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 1, 2010 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
I've been obsessed with Boston.com Picture Editorials. They're Amazing.
Afghanistan, February, 2010 (Maybe NSFW some graphic material)
I love it when they do these.
It’s such a simple concept that other newspaper websites don’t seem to get: Run the pictures big!
Exactly!
Why shrink them down to a 400px wide piece of shit.
And there is a ton of these editorials.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
I saw one where they followed a kid from his HS graduation
through enlistment and 3 years in the military. It was crazy.
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I love these, but am a bit perturbed that they are called "The Big Picture"
Yet the pictures are not really that big. I’d love to wallpaper about 80% of what they have on there, but they would have to stretch-fit and I hate that
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 10:39 AM PST up reply actions
Give them a black boarder. Looks better that way anyway.
They’re big compared to other new editorial outlets. Look at the BBC
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 10:46 AM PST up reply actions
I had a black boarder once.
He was actually the best roomie I ever had the pleasure of sharing space with.
by ToddK on Mar 1, 2010 1:33 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It was cool!
how they don’t stab each other with the poles….
by msb on Mar 1, 2010 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
So with Canadas win its been quite a trash talking morning from my Canadian boss.
My brother just made this and sent it to him.
I must admit, I’ve never been a hockey fan, but that game was just great. And the rousing chorus of “O Canada” brought a tear to my eye. This has been a molson moment.
Tim Horton's donuts?
Crosby looks like he’s about to blow an o-ring
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Started playing Bioshock 2 yesterday.
I know you all discussed it already… but I’m always far behind. So far it’s fun, but not as fun as the first. Not yet, anyway.
I was underwhelmed.
It’s Bioshock, so it’s still worth playing, but it just doesn’t have that same feeling as the first one. Which was pretty much inevitable. My Xbox died right after I got it, though, so I’m still not very far into the game.
Same here
I got about an hour in and it hadn’t grabbed my interest yet. Need to pick it back up again.
I've gotten to "Siren Alley", so I'm halfway through.
After playing for an hour I had to go back and start over again, because I had gotten stuck. Hadn’t saved enough money, wasted Eve on easy fights, so I got to a point where I couldn’t afford any health or Eve. Simply couldn’t win the fight against a Big Sister. Once I started over and conserved everything it went much more smoothly.
You can die as you're fighting a Big Sister. You respawn in a Vita-chamber
and she hasn’t healed herself all the way. You can usually whittle her down.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 1, 2010 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I'm a little ways into it, myself
I made the mistake of playing on Hard and am getting my ass handed to me. I’m currently completely broke, no Eve, no Health packs, and no ammo and I’ve only just gotten the first little sister. I think I’m going to start over on Medium
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
You can adjust the difficulty mid-game, just so you know
I ran into the same problem, the beginning part of the game is WAY too hard on the hardest difficulty.
I did see that last night, but it said that it would screw with my achievements
If it’s only a “you finished the game on hard” achievement then I’ll be switching
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
That should be the only achievement it affects.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 1, 2010 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
Good enough for me because the game is virtually impossible to play on hard
I still think I’m going to start over since I’m not too far in at all, but this is good knowledge anyway
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
I really, really want to see that again
It’s been way too long since I’ve seen that, but I recall it being absolutely stunning
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
I only remember Dave's radio call on that play.
“SWUNG ON AND BELTED. AND I. MEAN. BELTED.”
I was there!
Strangely, I’d totally forgotten that Randy Johnson struck out the world in that game until I looked it up just now. The only thing I remember is that damned home run, which I saw from the upper deck along the third base line.
You were a Junior Mariner then, no?
I think that was one of the free games for that kids’ fan club. It was really weird, I thought, to see the Unit strike out 19 and not win the game.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 1, 2010 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe. It sounds like something I'd join.
We had a 20-game plan, though, so that might’ve been where we got the tickets.
[surprised face]
"Most players get in the cage during BP and swing at everything you throw them – and 50 percent of the pitches you throw them are pitches they wouldn’t swing at in a game," Wakamatsu said.
Not Bradley and not Figgins.
"They won’t swing at a pitch outside the zone they want to hit in," Wakamatsu said. "It doesn’t matter who’s throwing or how frustrated the guy throwing BP gets, they won’t swing at bad balls."
It's a momentous day.
My BP subscription expires today.
I just popped over there to see if there was anything behind pay wall I wanted to check before the deadline.
There wasn’t.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Woo!
Yo Gabba Gabba finally has new episodes airing next week. Mos Def in a tight orange suit with a cape, Sarah Silverman miming and Weezer? Don’t mind if I do.
Thank. God.
I cannot handle seeing / hearing the same 5 over and over ever day.
by seattlesundevil on Mar 1, 2010 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
That show is so great
Everything about the show is just plain fun. Also, I love seeing Muno in the Kia commercials because it makes me smile
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
I'm surprised it took this long for this to be posted.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 1, 2010 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
Baseball video games come out tomorrow!!! I have been soaking up as much information on 2K10 as humanly possible
In addition to playing the shit out of the demo.. I still blow at hitting – but hopefully that will change.
by seattlesundevil on Mar 1, 2010 12:57 PM PST reply actions
I think I prefer ICE'd
Internal Clock Error’d.
Thats a possibility too.. I hate buying two games at once, though.. Just feels odd spending that much on two things
by seattlesundevil on Mar 1, 2010 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
and when I buy a game, the wife automatically begins to talk about how she gets to buy a purse
Or some shit like that… I don’t understand it, but whatever
by seattlesundevil on Mar 1, 2010 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
Especially when they compete against each other.
Knowing 2K I would personally wait a week on Baseball but thats just to make sure there aren’t any serious bugs.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
Oh yeah, forgot about that one
I may get it tomorrow, but I’m not sure. May be a few days before I do
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
I still haven't played MW2 since they fixed the update either.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
It is much MUCH better..
I have been having fun with it again finally..
by seattlesundevil on Mar 1, 2010 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
The Bad Company Demo swooped in at the right time though.
Peak of my frustration of MW2 and it has the old FPS multiplayer I enjoyed in COD 3. Big Battle – Long games – Effective vehicles.
MW2 has a panicked type gameplay that makes it hard to play with friends with the whole matchmaking thing. I can just pickup battlefield and leave without anything going to shit.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
That was genius timing.. I really like how BFBC2 rewards you for playing as a team (so I have heard)
I play a lot of demolition and get WAY too many spawn campers and snipers.. which do absolutely nothing to further your team objective.
I haven’t picked up the demo for BFBC, but I might have to at least give it a shot
by seattlesundevil on Mar 1, 2010 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
Demo expired.
I would pick it up as a rental to make sure you like it but the game is way more team oriented. (No k/d scoreboard in game only point total) Especially when I load my friends 4 Wheeler with 7 things of C4 and he goes driving into a building full of guy and I blow the charges from across the map killing everyone (except him because their isn’t any FF)
Plus the maps are so big you can kind of do your own thing but not to big (like halo) where its hard to find action.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, really? Didn't know it was a time-frame demo.. Oh well, I will just have to buck up and pay those late fees at blockbuster and pick it up in a few days
by seattlesundevil on Mar 1, 2010 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
No prone is a little weird but it makes sense otherwise you would never see some of the snipers.
Also you don’t have to hold your breathe sniping but you do have to account for bullet drop (which is awesome)
And the sticky aim is noticeably less then MW2 and takes some getting used to.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
The original Delta Force game, which I played the shit out of when I was little
had bullet drop, this was in ‘98. Not sure why other games don’t have that standard.
by seattlesundevil on Mar 1, 2010 1:32 PM PST up reply actions
One of these, maybe?
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 1:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ew, I hate those things.
Those and wacky wall walkers. They are cool for about thirty seconds, until the dust and dirt and crumbs happen.
Very nice. Check out the picture.
“And finally, in an effort to make everyone feel involved in today’s intrasquad game, pitching coach Rick Adair had a special assignment for Felix Hernandez and Erik Bedard. Actually, he hung special jerseys in their lockers, making it clear what their assignments would be.
A white cardboard square was taped to the back of each jersey with “BB” scrawled in blue ink.
“Hey,” Adair said, “we need batboys.”
Looks like people were getting laid at the Winter Olympics
"an emergency shipment of 8,500 additional rubbers came in from the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research."
“Rubber” is possibly the grossest word in our language and it weirds me out to see it in mainstream news reports. Maybe it’s just me.
You don't enjoy being pumped with Rubber?
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The worst is the use of ton when discrtibing something that can not be measured by weight.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
Yeah. or I made a ton of phone calls today
Really, you made two thousand pounds worth of phone calls today.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
Or tons of time.
I’ll stop. It makes me angry.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
This is where confusing canned responses are your friend.
When people tell me they are under a lot of pressure I always reply, “Could you give that to me in bars please?”
Most people are so confused they walk away and never mention again how much pressure they are feeling. The few who know what a bar is will chuckle and then actually communicate what it is they need to get done.
You could maybe say something like, “Does your back hurt from all the weight?”
I also hate, but to a lesser extent, stressed vs strained.
I like your response. I think Inches in Hg. would be fun way to ask it too.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
I don't hate them all just the ones that are over used.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
Because there's no enumerated list to teach me what they mean.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Tried yelling "WHERE DEM TITTIES AT???" during the celebration on Saturday night
I got no responses so I assume that nobody had sex while at the games.
Why does CNN always misspell cauldron?
They spell it “caldron”. Is that really how you people spell the word?
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
I have never seen the shorter spelling before 3 days ago.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
I double checked to be sure, here's what OED has on it:
cauldron
(also caldron)
• noun a large metal pot, used for cooking over an open fire.
My dictionary has caldron as the preferred spelling, but my American English usage book (which I trust a lot more) sides with cauldron.
I think caldron looks ugly, not to mention it encourages a weird pronunciation that would make people look at you funny.
I was wondering if they had the brackets posted
Nice how they went and included pretty much all of the KJR crew
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
Well, they did mention from day one
that they stole the idea from Mitch….
by msb on Mar 1, 2010 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
I'm looking forward to Dave Sims/Dave Cameron in the 2nd round.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 1, 2010 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
I've heard crazier things.
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Mar 1, 2010 3:28 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Didn't Kruk say the same thing about RJ a few years ago?
Or was it Gammons?
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Kruk's head was on the line though if he didn't say it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 1, 2010 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
Meh, he won 20 a couple years ago in the AL East with Toronto's offense
It could happen, though probably not.
It's hard enough to get 25 decisions
to win 25 games he’d basically have to go 25-1 or 25-0, or he’d have to throw 260+ innings, or he’d have to start 35-37 games
But he is Roy Halladay
The man gets decisions because he does throw a ton of innings.
Though I think it’ll be lest likely in the NL because he’ll have to hit and may be lifted for Pinch hitters.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 1, 2010 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
In 2003 he went 22-7
I’m not saying it’s likely to happen at all, but it’s not impossible with the Phillies offense.
No one has won 25 games since 1990
It’s only be done twice since 1980. Even given the most favorable of circumstances there is almost no chance it happens.
On ESPN.com,
Gene Wojazer;aski talked to a scout who said Dan Haren would have won 25 games last year if he pitched for the Yankees.
It’s such a simple idea, really. I don’t see why the Yankees don’t try to sign a really good pitcher.
Have you forgotten about Chan Ho Park already?!
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Mar 1, 2010 3:49 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Cover your eyes then.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://www.marinersminors.com/
by JY on Mar 1, 2010 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
Anybody know where I can find the MLB.tv schedule for these 150 Spring Training games?
I’ve tried to search but to no avail. Don’t really want to guess and hope I get lucky.
I couldn't watch it again
They showed it a few weeks ago, and it took me totally by surprise because I couldn’t remember what game it happened during – and I missed it by an inning when it happened the first time – only heard it on the radio. I didn’t need to see it a second time…
~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~
A picture of what Robert's love baby with King Felix would look like.
by seattle_since_81 on Mar 1, 2010 9:17 PM PST up reply actions
Awwww, look at that giant forehead.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Why do all these babies have freakishly large foreheads and tiny faces?
And apparently your baby demands $60 haircuts.
That is an oddly cute child
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 2, 2010 12:40 AM PST up reply actions
Somebody has got some explaining to do...
by Robert on Mar 1, 2010 11:47 PM PST up reply actions 16 recs
I suspect you of checking the white skin box.
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 2, 2010 12:42 AM PST up reply actions
I think this thing is broken
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 2, 2010 12:42 AM PST up reply actions
How'd you get a costume?
7500 to Holte - American footy fans are slightly unprepared
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 2, 2010 9:52 AM PST up reply actions
No, the duckbill is just covering it up
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 2, 2010 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
This could potentially be bad news for future Modern Warfare installments
Security guards storm Infinity Ward’s studio
IW’s studio heads are missing in action, and this comes right on the heels of reports that IW and their publisher Activision have been in the middle of some rather uncomfortable disputes. Looks like Bobby Kotick may have destroyed another dev studio.
Maybe they're reenacting the airport level
by Graham MacAree on Mar 1, 2010 9:38 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't think he's even touched the single player
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 1, 2010 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
I just got to 100% completion on it this past week.. All intel and all completed at Veteran.
Now I can move on to MLB 2k10.
by seattlesundevil on Mar 2, 2010 8:21 AM PST up reply actions
I'm working on that myself
Too many games out to play right now
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 2, 2010 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
Kotaku is now saying that studio head Jason West is now unemployed.
Infinity Ward is dead.
Fired for insubordination!
Oh boy!
My twitter lists were blazing last night with people speculating/offering their support to IW.
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Yeah that one got a lot of retweets from people in the industry
I think anyone who has worked with Activision can attest to their methods. I suppose I could count myself among that crowd.
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I'm sorta in different about this.
MW2 was amazing and terrible at the same time.
by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 2, 2010 8:48 AM PST up reply actions
I'm glad I am not alone in this.. I love it still - played it for a few hours last night
That being said, I am a 70 the second time through and have no intention of prestiging again.
by seattlesundevil on Mar 2, 2010 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
They were going to do Teal jerseys a couple years back.
Then Majestic suddenly said that they couldn’t replicate the color of teal.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 2, 2010 1:03 AM PST up reply actions
They must have taken an old jersey to Home Depot and got the color matched
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 2, 2010 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
Anybody else having trouble with the "wide" and "narrow" buttons?
Mine keeps reverting back to “narrow”. GRRR!
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 2, 2010 7:28 AM PST reply actions
Glad to know it isn't just me
been driving me goddamn crazy all last night and this morning
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
by tootthekazoo on Mar 2, 2010 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
I put up a new OT, and mentioned them! I should have provided a link
That’s some funny shit.
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