OT, Jan 12th-- hard to settle on one topic ed.
by msb on Jan 12, 2011 2:14 PM PST
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It is Wednesday, in the middle of a topsy-turvy* week, and I am finding it hard to get my mind to work in a linear fashion. Some might say that is not an unusual occurrence, but be that as it may.
Hot Stove League on tonight at 6 on 710 radio -- this week with Tony Blengino (yay!) in studio. Send in your questions now for Tony.
Waiting to be watched at home is Please murder me, a 1956 noir with Raymond Burr and Angela Lansbury. How can you not watch it, just to see what the two of them are like together, even if the movie isn't on any "best of film noir" lists...
I finally cracked my bottle of HP Sauce, hand-carried from Australia several months ago, only to be discovered on the shelf at Fred Meyer the following week. No idea if the recipes are the same.
* topsy-turvy
1520s, "but prob. in popular use from an earlier period" [OED], likely from tops, pl. of top (1) "highest point" + obsolete terve "turn upside down, topple over," from O.E. tearflian "to roll over, overturn," from P.Gmc. *terbanan (cf. O.H.G. zerben "to turn round").
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Film noir is a difficult genre for people to agree on from what I understand
Just taking a film class freshman year of college taught me that. The professor told us that there are soo many different views on what the good noir films should be like that nobody can ever agree on anything
It is fascinating to see what gets tossed into a 'film noir' collection of dvds
This particular set also has D.O.A. & The big combo (both acknowledged as among the best), Open Secret (really more a whodunit as a couple tries to find what happened to a friend, Whispering City (an oddity set in Quebec with a girl reporter trying to prove a man is being framed) and The Limping Man, more of a London police procedural set against with Lloyd Bridges and his girl are mixed up in all sorts of trouble.
Well you answered your own question:
If its talked about in film class in college, then it is film noir.
Also, if it can only be said with title, year, and director.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 12, 2011 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
The pasty is food genius.
Have you had them with rutabaga? That’s a traditional filling, and it actually works well.
I have in a restaurant. Haven't tried it homemade though.
That may have to change next time around. The trouble is convincing the wifey to eat rutabaga.
I learned this the hard way.
I could never find any at stores, ordered a set of 4 from Amazon, and then boom! Not a week passed that I ran across it at the grocer’s.
What is this HP Sauce you speak of?
I found Secret Aardvark sauce locally in Everett, so I’ve been pretty happy with that!
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
Well that was less helpful than Google.
So looking it up, it appears to be an A-1 type of sauce made by Heinz?
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
I like A-1.
If it’s even somewhat along those lines, I’ll have to give it a shot if I see it at the store. I LOVE sauces.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
This sounds tolerable.. And good.
It’s on my shopping list.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
But I like spicy...
I can see where that would be good with something like ThomasG was describing though.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
The new WAR grids on FanGraphs are sleek
Here’s a grid of the best 50 Mariners position players of all time. Spike Owen makes the cut. Phil Bradley is lucky number 13.
Or: the top 25 first basemen ever. Lou Gehrig had a ridiculous peak. Like, better than Pujols ridiculous.
Super sexy.
I might make one of current Hall of Famers. That’ll stick it to the BBWAA!
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 12, 2011 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
Yea, playing with it a little I realize that.
Appelman, how you smite me.
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 12, 2011 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
This makes it clear how much of a tragedy Lou Gehrig's story is
The guy put up 126 WAR over, essentially, 14 seasons. He was putting up better numbers than Musial did at that point in his career. Stan the Man put up another 23 WAR in his career after he was 35, the age Lou retired.
If he didn’t contract ALS, it’s entirely possible Lou would’ve ended up with 140, 150, or who knows how many more WAR. He was peaking between 30-35, putting up 9.5 WAR per year when he was struck down…and that includes the “only” 6 WAR year at age 35 when he was already seeing symptoms of ALS.
Man I love that guy. Much respect.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Also, the grid for M's catchers
is more sucktastic. That could have something to do with catcher defense, though I doubt it’d make the likes of Rob Johnson (he’s one of the team’s ten best catchers, all time) look better.
I thought Matthew hated puppies.
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 12, 2011 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
Anybody discover any good new (or new to them) TV shows lately?
We’ve been watching the Big Bang Theory – I resisted it for quite a while because most sitcoms are dumb, but this one’s actually pretty funny. The first two episodes are painful to watch in their unfunniness, but after that it settles down and I really like it now.
the best thing is you can watch a whole season in a weekend because hey 18 minute episodes!
I've been trying to get into Battlestar Galatica lately.
It has promise, but a lot of the characters’ actions and motivations seem absurd so far (for instance, considering that most of the characters are military, they sure do break protocol and whine about commands a lot).
I'm midway through season 3 right now.
Agreed with pdb, stick with it because it gets so much better.
I love it so, so, so much.
Though I do find it amusing that Josh Radnor might be the least gifted actor in the cast.
NPH, Ally Hannigan, and Jason Segel are fantastic.
When I'm sad, I just stop being sad and be more awesome.
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 12, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Neil Patrick Harris is by far the coolest guy ever.
The show would not be funny without him.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Jan 12, 2011 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
Ally Hannigan and Jason Segel are quite funny in my mind.
It’s really just Josh Radnor that isn’t.
An ongoing argument with my girlfriend is how I can love HIMYM but hate Friends.
Once it was pointed out that Ted is painfully like Ross, my enjoyment of the show suffered a bit.
Does Friends star Neil Patrick Harris?
Question answered.
The characters in HIMYM all have jobs that are realistic and live realistic lives
they don’t live in a fabulous loft with no discernible source of income. Plus, what harkening said.
Well, I'm not sure if Barney's job is realistic
but that just adds to the absurdity that makes his character fun.
We don't even know what his job really is.
He’s some sort of exec with an American keiretsu.
"What do you do Barney?"
“Please”
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
To be fair, all of the Friends have jobs, and all of their income sources are made clear.
With the exception of Phoebe. She’s a massage therapist/cabbie/coffee shop singer who makes enough money to afford that kind of apartment in New York. Yeah…
Also, we know that one of the apartments is subletted from a family member, which explains its affordability in some sense.
Thank god for Wikipedia, where people with more time on their hands do all the heavy lifting
Paleontologist
In seasons one through four, Ross lives in the same apartment. In season five, he moves from his old apartment at the insistence of his second wife. He spends a short time living with Chandler and Joey before settling into an apartment across the street from Monica’s place which belonged to ‘Ugly naked guy’. Ross managed to get this apartment by meeting up with him naked which is then seen by all of the other friends. The show never clarified whether this is a one-bedroom apartment or a two-bedroom, even though Rachel moves in temporarily in season 8-9 to let Ross be with his baby. In the final episode Ross claimed to be the only friend never to live in what was Monica’s apartment for the show however Monica then replies telling the story of Ross living there with his Grandmother when trying to make it as a Ballet dancer, prompting Ross to say “I nearly made it ten years with out that being mentioned”.
Ross was a paleontologist.
He was also a teaching professor and sometimes-curator at a museum of natural history. Tenured professors are not slumming it.
Ross made good money. Based on what we see him doing, the respect he has in his field*, his affiliation with the school...
we have to conclude that he’s not some adjutant instructor or visiting prof.
What really bugged re:the income level of the group was that Joey was always depicted as the poor, struggling actor even though he had a longterm gig as a Soap Opera star and started the series in a penthouse. Even when he was out of work for a while, he still had enough income to pay half his rent with Chandler, and then he went back to soaps. We’re supposed to believe he’s the down-and-out poor one of the bunch?
*There was an episode where he was the keynote speaker at a large conference of his field.
I remember the most pointless information. It is sometimes useful, usually irritating.
Until Jeopardy! Trebek is paying for my early retirement…someday.
You cannot even win that much on Jeopardy.
That Jeopardy winners get like $20K while people make way more on shows like Million Dollar Money Drop, 100:1 and Deal or No Deal says something about our society.
This certainly wouldn’t fly in this dimension
Onetime winners pull down 20k, give or take.
The people who string out wins for days on end, even if they don’t pull a Ken Jennings, can easily win over $200k. As a Jeopardy! addict (it’s the only TV show I watch religiously), I’ve seen it happen pretty frequently.
Will I be one of those people? Hell, will I be a onetime champ? Probably not…Matthew, you are awesome, but I think you exist to trample on people’s dreams. =(
On that topic, who else is stupid excited for this:
Jeopardy! Challenge, in which an IBM supercomputer with language analysis programming (to parse Jeopardy!’s punny categories) will take on Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.
Just let them have their moment.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 13, 2011 5:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I just think it's weird timing for it. I guess it's nerd counter-programming.
Like the Puppy Bowl during the Super Bowl, it’s trivia instead of romance.
I think you overestimate the number of people who do stuff on Valentines Day
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Oooooooo, is that what day it is? Yes!
I’m rooting for the machine.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Side note that's absolutely ridiculous
Ken Jennings is a road enthusiast and has been in contact with the road enthusiast community
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Yeah, he's writing a book on geography or something.
Ken Jennings is really awesome. I only own two bobbleheads. One is of Ken Jennings.
After that link, reading his blog...
Ken Jennings is hilarious.
So I just created a Twitter account and a Facebook page that you can "follow" or "like" or "friend" or whatever it is you do. Actually, you can’t be my friend because I created an "Official Facebook Page" of the public figure variety. No friendliness allowed. Was that the right thing to do? Should I have created a garden-variety friends page as well? I have no idea. My only two sources of Facebook information–my wife, and that Aaron Sorkin movie where Justin Timberlake is into coke and Asian girls–are silent on this point.
I would suck 1000 dicks for 20,000 dollars
Or one really really fat one.
by Robert on Jan 14, 2011 8:24 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Because Friends is shit
and not funny.
by Matthew on Jan 12, 2011 9:54 PM PST up reply actions 9 recs
It really is shocking how poorly Friends has aged.
It wasn’t that funny to begin with, but I find most episodes unwatchable now.
by Chris Hafner on Jan 17, 2011 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
I was alright with having the show on in the background during its syndication run from the early 2000s
I can only imagine that it is just plain lousy now. My wife mentioned that she wanted to make that one of our next shows to watch via DVD and I told her that I’d be completely uninterested
by tootthekazoo on Jan 17, 2011 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
I was the same way - I wasn't a huge Friends fan, but there were moments I enjoyed and I could deal with it being on.
I think you made the right choice on passing on the DVDs – watching more than 200 episodes of obvious jokes about Joey being clueless, Chandler being snarky, Monica being obsessive, Phoebe being quirky, and Ross being the most annoying human being in the world sounds pretty painful.
by Chris Hafner on Jan 17, 2011 2:15 PM PST up reply actions
That show was literally 13 or so years of the exact same jokes
I don’t know how they pulled that off, to be honest. It had its moments, sure, I suppose, but I just see no value in rewatching 200+ episodes of that
by tootthekazoo on Jan 17, 2011 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
My boxed DVD collection is losing value by the minute
I am displeased
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
They were selling full seasons for like 5 bucks on Black Friday.
They weren’t selling particularly well either.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 17, 2011 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
Yea, I find it legen...wait for it...dary.
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 12, 2011 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
One of my favorites
I dislike the line of thinking that Barney is the only reason the show is good. In fact, his character often wears on me (though NPH usually is naturally gifted enough to still make it funny somehow). I think Jason Segel is incredibly talented and plays off of all the other characters extremely well. Though Josh Radnor is easily the least funny of the 5, he’s had so many amazing scenes with Jason Segel (sword fight? road trip? all of the college years?). Barney and Marshall working together are also many of my favorite episodes, and Segel/Hannigan consistently nail that relationship, comedically and dramatically.
I like Josh Radnor's Ted
because it seems like he’s playing Ted as a guy who aspires to lofty pretensions, to be the very model of the Algonquin Hotel salon-attending New York socialite, when he’s really just a dweeb with a bunch of goofball friends. The way he plays it out is pretty perfect – he’s awkward, he tries too hard, and he’s waaaaaaaay too earnest, and for me it all works.
Me too, show improved my life.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Jan 12, 2011 11:59 PM PST up reply actions
Question: Do you prefer Keith David or Delroy Lindo?
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 12, 2011 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
Isn't it from the same guy that did The Shield?
That’s more than enough reason to think it’ll be good.
ASS TO ASS....
Keith David all the way.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 12, 2011 3:49 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I can't believe that's the same guy.
by Robert on Jan 14, 2011 8:36 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Keith David, always.
Dude was in THE THING.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Jan 13, 2011 12:02 AM PST up reply actions
Needs less of his kid and less Summer Glau
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Battlestar Galactica (re-imagined series)
Kids in the Hall
Larry Sanders Show
Sports Night
Have I mentioned that I love the Netflix Instant Watch?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 12, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
I watch Sports Night every few years and it's still awesome
and KITH is pretty much my favorite sketch comedy show ever.
I used Netflix Instant Watch to get through all of the Whedonverse except for Dollhouse season 2.
Easily worth the $7.99 a month.
I'll say it again, Sportsdome was awesome.
This weekend I am taking on two new (to me) series at once:
Arrested Development and Breaking Bad.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 12, 2011 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
Watch out for hop-ons.
You’re gonna get some hop-ons.
I'm hoping to get around to watching that soon.
It’s near the top of my list, I just need to find the time.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 12, 2011 9:08 PM PST up reply actions
Enjoy Breaking Bad
It’s excellent, and if it weren’t for The Shield I would have no problem at all calling BB my most favorite TV show ever
by tootthekazoo on Jan 12, 2011 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
Forgot about this one.
Good call.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 12, 2011 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
I watched the pilot to Cop Rock recently. It was ridiculous.
In terms of actual shows: Terriers and Cougar Town.
Everything I liked this year got cancelled
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Like the 2010 and 2011 football seasons?
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 12, 2011 3:33 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I agree, because taking a year off can only do good things for the Blazers to get themselves together.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
The NBA can go away and I won't care.
But if they take my NFL, I’ll go stir crazy.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
I'm still amazed that the NCAA completely eradicated college football for 2 years
but my Saturday’s from September until December were the most productive they’ve been in years!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Stupid unnecessary apostrophe
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Maybe you should have paid more attention in English class instead of commiserating all those losses in 2005
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 9:21 AM PST up reply actions
I took that entire year off from school
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I finally got around to watching a full episode of Psych (the Twin Peaks parody episode) and now I'm hooked.
I’ve seen pieces of a few episodes in the past but I never really got into it. A real shame, apparently.
We did the same thing in the exact same way, with that episode
and now we’re almost done with season 2. It’s a great show.
I love the dynamic between Shawn and Gus. How they just spew nonsense at each other once an episode yet both understand perfectly.
by Mariner John on Jan 12, 2011 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
And it's very well written, which is what I love
rapid-fire spewing is fine, but this is also incredibly sharp, blink-and-you-miss-it dialogue which is completely awesome to behold when it’s done well.
It reminds me a lot of the early seasons of Monk.
A strongly character-driven show superbly casted where the plots are nothing more than a vehicle for clever repartee. Normally I prefer my shows to have a bit more substance but Psych does it so incredibly well that you can overlook all of its shortcomings.
I just love the fact that Psych is a bog-standard detective show that knows what it is
and often makes fun of that in very sly ways, like being overly obvious about exposition and resolution.
I love Lassiter.
Shawn – “Hi we’re selling tickets to the policemens’ ball”
Lassiter- “We don’t have balls”
But yes Shawn and Gus make up one of the best duos.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 13, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
The pilot for Shameless starring William H Macy on Showtime was Excellent by the way.
The pilot for Episodes starring Matt LeBlanc was TERRIBLE.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 8:54 AM PST up reply actions
Has Matt LeBlanc ever done anything that wasn't?
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
Not to re-hash the conversation above, but I really like Friends. Once you get past the pompousness (word?) of the characters, it's really well-written.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
Like Sports Night, BBT uses it a lot less in future episodes than in the first season
it never goes away entirely, but it’s a lot less intrusive in Season 3 than in Season 1.
I have never heard of this movie but it really seems appropriate.
Now that his acting abilities and career path are on the same arc, all is good.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
At first I was thinking that he was in "Dunston Checks In"
but then I realized that there were TWO movies about monkeys released in 1996.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 13, 2011 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
I have, on three different occasions, had Ed/Dunston Checks In double feature video nights
They’re awesome in their horribleness.
I didn't laugh once. Funny enough, LeBlanc was hardly in the pilot. I don't know if its going to get better or worse from here on out.
But I’m already semi-addicted to Shameless.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
I see where the show is going, but at this point it's like a shitter version of Extras and Curb.
I felt that the jokes were trite and fell flat. It was so cliche and unoriginal and at times uncomfortable, but not in a good way.
That being said, a lot of pilots of great shows were shitty. I didn’t like Community at first and then out of nowhere in the 2nd season it became brilliant.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
Were those the first season? I might be thinking about midway point first season.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
This is most definitely true.
The truly amazing part is that since it hit it’s stride it has never let down. Just totally solid.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 13, 2011 11:18 AM PST up reply actions
Ooh second.
Totally got hooked by this show. So fucking badass.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 13, 2011 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
Totally.
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 13, 2011 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
I hope the twist at the end leads to some interesting stuff next season
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I can't WAIT for Parks and Rec to be back... speaking of which, is that tonight?!?!
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
Is Outsourced the worst show on TV right now?
by Mariner John on Jan 13, 2011 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
I haven't seen every show on TV, but in comparison with the rest of Thursday night it makes NO SENSE.
Why would you greenlight (and then renew??) a horrible show surrounded by excellent ones?
I’ve never heard of anyone who liked it, not to mention it is horribly offensive to Indian people.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 11:33 AM PST up reply actions
How did it get a full season?
It’s just unfathomable to me. I know of no one who likes it and I have never watched more than maybe half of an episode. It’s like they took the Office, moved it to India and removed anything that made it good and replaced it with Indian jokes.
by Mariner John on Jan 13, 2011 11:34 AM PST up reply actions
I've actually watched almost every episode. Maybe that's the problem... it's being hammocked by great shows and I'm like "screw it, nothing else on"
I guess we as a country need to make a statement as a country that “NO. THIS WON’T STAND!”
I wish they would bring back Kath and Kim.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 11:36 AM PST up reply actions
I think this is the main reason it gets any ratings at all.
But, it also wouldn’t be the first time the general public backed shitty programming.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 13, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
I wish more people would just do this.
If there’s nothing you like on, it’s not going to make anything better when you watch something you don’t. They’re just going to make the same crap.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Olivia Munn stars in Perfect Couples
so I’m gonna go with that.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I haven't seen it yet so I can't judge.
Is she really that bad?
by Mariner John on Jan 13, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I haven't watch it
The last comedy show I actually bothered to watch regularly was the Office.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Her comedic timing on The Daily Show is pretty terrible
But she has her funny moments, and most of her faults on the show are in pieces where she’s filming in front of the live audience. Some of her taped segments are actually pretty good, so I get the feeling she’s just not good on the spot.
That being said, not going to watch Perfect Couples.
by Fuckmikereilly on Jan 13, 2011 1:24 PM PST up reply actions
I wasn't all that impressed with Bob's.
I’ll keep giving it a chance, but the first one was just kind of annoying and gross.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
I'm like the person who does the voice for Bob,
that’s why I’ll give it another shot. He was the soccer coach in Home Movies, he’s the “Master” for Orpheus in Venture Brothers, and he’s done other work as well. But the writing was pretty horrible in that first show.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
H. Jon Benjamin.
He’s a decent voice actor. Was never a big Home Movies fan though.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 13, 2011 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Is that his name?
I wasn’t a huge fan of Home Movies myself, but I did love McGirk the soccer coach. Best part of the show by far.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
That's him.
He was kidnapped by Zorak and Moltar when he was a guest on Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 13, 2011 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
I like him even more then.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
I miss Zorak more than Space Ghost as far as the characters went.
Sealab 2020 was good too, and the Brack Show as well.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
But there was no way Sealab could continue after the guy who voiced Capt. Murphy died.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 13, 2011 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
I didn't know he died!!
Too bad…
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
I knew.
Weirder still is that Stormy was voiced by political commentator Ellis Henican.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 13, 2011 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think he's coming back this time :(
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 13, 2011 3:50 PM PST up reply actions
Archer!
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Holy shit, how did I leave Archer off the list?
Yet another reason to like the guy!!
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
His IMDB page
is ridiculous, both for voice work and live action stuff. He’s been in many good, short-lived Comedy Central shows.
Wow, that is impressive.
I wish they had a picture of him, I’m curious about what he looks like.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
Here
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Not exactly what I had pictured, but now that I see him,
the voice matches up in my head.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
IT BOTHERS ME SO MUCH THAT THEY DON'T HAVE CHINS
WHY DON’T THE CHARACTERS HAVE GODDAMN CHINS
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Tragic shotgun accidents
Chickity-check yourself before you Rec yourself.
by thehemogoblin on Jan 13, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
It isn't exactly the highest quality of animation either, is it?
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
I really liked White Collar.
Matt Bomer is terrific, and the way he and Tim Dekay play off one another is fantastic. Season premiere on the 18th!
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 13, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
It's a poor man's Burn Notice
but it works for those nights when I want to turn my brain off
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Anyone else have plans to attend FanFest this year?
Felix, Ackley and Seager will be among Mariners in attendance.
I've gone the last three years.
Seeing if my brother can make it for this one like he did the last two.
by Eyebrows on Jan 12, 2011 2:42 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Nope.
Being at Safeco in the freezing cold makes me depressed. I prefer to wait and see it in the warm spring sun. Besides, why wait in line to meet Felix when I already got to squeeze him round the middle recently? ;)
I bet you can't beat sqeezing his crotch
Because I did
by jackyz on Jan 13, 2011 9:39 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Another TV Topic:
What dramatic series have you watched the most times?
I caught an episode of Oz last night and man, I miss that show. Might watch it again.
I’ve seen The Sopranos 3 times. I think thats the most of any dramatic series.
I tend not to rewatch shows (except Sports Night)
but if I were to rewatch a dramatic show, The Wire would be first on that list and then Buffy.
Well, if comedies are excluded, I'd say The West Wing.
Although I re-watched all of Lost before the final season. (The ‘Jack gets a tattoo’ is awful, especially in retrospect.)
It's the one episode the producers said they wish they could take back.
My plan was to re-watch all of LOST until the finale spoiled the entire series for me.
And yet you still had plans to buy the deluxe complete series DVD set?
by Eyebrows on Jan 12, 2011 3:09 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Blu-Ray!
I had ordered it months before the series finale. =(
Yyyyyyyeah...
In retrospect that would have been the smart move.
I'm trying to do my due diligence and wade through it again now that the series is concluded.
I want to see, in retrospect, if the ending has any chance that it’s not a complete cop out. I was stunned after watching the finale when it was broadcast because it felt like I had wasted six years of my life.
I’m going to dedicate another couple of months in hopes of somehow salvaging that show.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 12, 2011 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
I didn't like the end (or much of the last season), but it didn't ruin the rest of it for me at all.
Those good episodes are still there.
I must be in the minority
I liked the last episode fine. If any episode pissed me off, it was the mythology-heavy episode a few from the end (Across the Sea?). The finale didn’t really try to tie up most of the loose ends or answer any questions, whereas Across the Sea was the episode that tried to “explain” the whole show and failed spectacularly.
by AndrewMcQ on Jan 12, 2011 9:05 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I liked the final episode fine because
a) I had thought they were all dead from about season 3 onwards anyway
b) like you, that Across The Sea episode almost made me not want to watch the finale at all
c) that show required such complete suspension of disbelief to watch and be involved in in the first place – that’s not a bad thing, it just took much more of that than, say, a crime drama or medical show would – that they could have ended the series by having them all swim into the light tunnel and then end up in Homer Simpson’s chocolate dream world as oompa loompas made of taffy, and I would have just said “oh, OK, that’s cool”.
My second least favorite episode is the one where Charlie goes crazy (Fire + Water, I think it's called.)
I loved Charlie.
I cried when he died.
Show was never the same after he died.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Jan 13, 2011 12:06 AM PST up reply actions
I'm willing to call Freaks and Geeks a drama, and I've watched that series at least five times.
It never gets less painful.
The Shield, technically
I watched the first 4 seasons as they happened, and then rewatched them before finishing the remaining 3 seasons. Not to be a broken record, but The Shield is fucking amazing. Everybody should watch it
by tootthekazoo on Jan 12, 2011 11:24 PM PST up reply actions
The 30 for 30 Gift Set
I haven’t seen anyone post this here yet. But the first 15 episodes for less than $50? That’s kind of amazing.
http://www.amazon.com/ESPN-Films-Gift-Set-Collection/dp/B003YMR98M/ref=pd_ts_d_32?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
I would be more inclined to buy it if it didn't contain that ridiculous fantasy baseball episode
that one, the Red Sox/Yankees one, and the Martina/Everett one really were awful, especially since the rest of the series was so good.
Well you just can't expect consistency when its all different directors. It's like going to a flm festival, you're not going to love everything you see.
But overall, the series has been really good. And having certain highlights on DVD forever would be wonderful. I’m so happy they did a Reggie Miller/Knicks episode, because that was really one of the things that made me fall in love with sports as a kid.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 12, 2011 3:42 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I was just particularly disappointed with those three
because the rest of the series was so solid. that Reggie Miller one was great, the Colts one was great, and The Two Escobars should get a theatrical release.
The Raiders one was kind of meh too
but the Miami one and Pony Excess were good.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I really want to see all of these.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on Jan 13, 2011 12:07 AM PST up reply actions
If I had alts, the alts would all rec this too.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 12, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
It's even got the Zombieland cameo!
This is excellent
by tootthekazoo on Jan 12, 2011 11:26 PM PST up reply actions
Oh thats what that was!
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Jan 13, 2011 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
BSU might be irrellevant by then
and UW might be relevant again!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I don't know if they'll be irrellevant by then, but not likely as relevant as now
They won’t keep striking gold with their recruiting and eventually they’ll have to play schools not named Virginia Tech who are legitimate big time programs and beat them not on fluky plays
It's really hard to sustain a top tier program beyond 5 years in the current NCAA
ask USC, Florida, Texas etc.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'm not a giant BSU fan, but I'll point out that their recruiting classes usually aren't nationally regarded.
But yeah, guys like Kellen Moore don’t show up every four years.
Coaches don't tend to stay forever
and the ones that do have down years all the time.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
And that's really my point.
They’ve really gotten lucky with players like Kellen Moore and Zabranski in the past few years, but they also need to start playing more tough games outside of the conference
Boise has played and beaten strong non-conf teams almost every year
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 9:23 AM PST up reply actions
Both Oregon State and Virginia Tech were supposed to be good this year.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
This year was VT at a neutral site and an inconsistent OSU team
2009 they only played Oregon out of conference, in a game I’m convinced pissed off Oregon soo much and gave them the cheat codes to college football.
2008 was Oregon, Idaho State and Bowling Green. Same thing there, only Oregon is the good program.
2007 was UW (loss), Wyoming, Weber State and Southern Miss.
2006 in a year they went undefeated, but didn’t play anybody of note really until they beat Oklahoma on a fluke.
They don’t play an out of conference schedule that’s really that impressive any year.
Part of that has been their own fault
for demanding home and homes.
Another part is the unpredictability of college scheduling.
The rest though is the same thing as most programs, trying to not schedule too tough of OOC schedules.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Maybe I'm just looking at the schools I've been to then
UW OOC seems to be tough each year until next year when the play an FBS team, granted it’s a good EWU team that I wouldn’t be surprised if we lose. Then while I was at FAU, we played killer OOCs, mainly because they used that money to float the program.
And UW has been retarded for scheduling such hard games every year
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
But if they're able to pull it off, then more power to them
I don’t like that schools will schedule the equivilent of their JV team early on in the season “just because they can”.
Sure, but with Boise, it's not as if Boise is just ducking big schools
they’ve played at least one quality non conference opponent every year. They have no reason to agree to play multiple BCS conference schools on the road every year
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, but if they're going to play that one big school, schedule them in the middle of the season
Each year the problem they have is that they play these big schools in the first two weeks of the season, then conference games come around and they’re stuck in neutral. They would have helped their own cause by beating Nevada this year, but any other year they would have won by 14 points
I'm sure you could find somebody to agree to it
If you take away the home and home aspect of things, or the pay to play, then sure.
They can't really, though, unless they can find a big school who has the same bye as they do
and both schools are willing to give up that bye
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 10:12 AM PST up reply actions
If you schedule the game years ahead, then you could
Look at some of the series that schools play now. They might schedule them now, but won’t play until 2018.
They aren't scheduled now, they're on contract right now
and that still doesn’t solve the matter of conference games.
The SEC isn’t going to care that Georgia wants to play Boise in the middle of their conference season – their choices are before conference play, after conference play or not at all.
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
Then you do it after conference play
Have the build up as somebody such as Boise tears through their conference, they see if they could match up
That's what the bowl game is for, though
plus it would only work for schools in the Big East starting next season, since everyone else has a conference championship game
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
The Big 12 doesn't have one anymore
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Thats crazy. But hey, lose 1 conference championship game, add 2 more.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Also they play a round robin schedule
like the Pac 10 has been doing. I can’t wait for the first time a Big 12 team gets screwed out of a BCS game the way the Pac 10 has, the irony will be delicious.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
The SEC routinely has OOC opponents
in the middle of conference play, usually they’re shit teams though.
The real reason that no one would schedule a big name opponent mid season is because of how the polls work. If you stumble early it tends to be a lot easier to climb your way back up and have people forget about that early season loss.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I don't think the SEC would agree to play a team that might beat them in the middle of the season
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
Of course not
and they’d never agree to a big game before the SEC Championship
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Go take a look at Big 12 and SEC teams
they both schedule the Sun Belt conference (essentially FBS level) a ridiculous amount to pad their win totals. Some SEC schools (cough, Florida, cough) routinely play 8 home games and 0 games in different time zones.
The current college football system practically penalizes you for playing a difficult schedule.*
*If you’re in a BCS conference anyhow.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
TV contracts are up then I dunno about the BCS itself
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Stewart Mandel's latest mailbag says 8 more years
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
How do you mean "Gotten lucky"?
Like they were much better than Chris Peterson ever thought they would be? That’s assuming that Chris Peterson isn’t just a superior judge of talent, or that top (like top 250) recruits don’t consider and attend Boise State.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:25 AM PST up reply actions
Kellen Moore was a 4-star QB coming out of high school
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 9:32 AM PST up reply actions
That's what I thought (knowing as a Cougar fan that he spurned us) but didn't want to say so without being sure.
That’s why I added the top recruits bit.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:33 AM PST up reply actions
People need to stop pretending like Kellen Moore was some random lucky diamond in the rough for Boise
Boise got good. Boise had a signature win. One nearby low-top 300 player decided he wanted to play QB for a great coach. He turned into a good player. End of story.
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
Well its the same thing that happens with Gonzaga. They get really, really good recruits. Every now and then they'll pull a top recruit.
I agree with you. But also recognize that like Gonzaga, Boise will never have a recruiting class that ranks up with the big boys.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions
Old Gonzaga maybe
new, Nike-outfitted Gonzaga recruits with the big boys.
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 9:49 AM PST up reply actions
How so?
I don’t know what they’ve got lined up for 2012, but it looks like 2012, they’ve got 1 four star recruit, the 19th ranked SG in the country…
But they were already doing that with guys like Austin Daye and Matt Bouldin.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
I'm excited to see him play. But still, Austin Daye was once thought to be a potential #1 pick.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:56 AM PST up reply actions
By people who are a bit retarded
Austin Daye was a top-50 national player. He could have gone anywhere he wanted and went to Gonzaga.
Sacre, Gray, Harris, all could have gone virtually anywhere.
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, that makes them good. But they still aren't with the big boys, as I said.
I can’t find a top 25 recruiting class in their history.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Doubtful
the NBA is kinda stupid, but they’re usually not crazy about soft, skinny wings without great ball skills, at least the ones they get to watch 35 times a year
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 10:01 AM PST up reply actions
Hey, Adam Morrison has 2 rings.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I can't believe they took him with the third pick
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
I can't believe John Canzano lobbied so hard for him.
Even though Roy has exploded, the years Roy gave us have been exceptional. On the flip side, if we took Morrison, we could have Derrick Rose right now!
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Austin Pettis and Titus Young
their top two WR were both 3 star guys out of ~2nd tier SoCal schools as well. So they weren’t exactly come out of nowhere dudes.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
This goes onto another conversation I've been meaning to have with somebody...
Scouts.com and Rivals need to go away or do something different. I know how hard it is to judge high school talent, but they are wrong a lot. And then these “top 25” recruits fail after being hyped up so much, or these “top 10 recruiting classes” go nowhere, and so often the average fan gets wrapped up so much in how many “4 star recruits” they have. I admit I was as guilty as anyone and I still get excited if Wulff lands a 4-star recruit, but at the same time I know it means absolutely nothing. Jeff Tuel hardly registered on anyones radar when he came to WSU… now I think he’s a potential 2012 Heisman candidate. He’s so damn good.. of course the team is so bad, nobody has recognized it.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
No, Scout and Rivals do fine
the whole point is that four and five star players are more likely to succeed than their lower ranked counterparts.
Everything is subject to variance. Everything.
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 9:51 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah. Like I said, I still pay attention to it. But I don't get as butt-hurt when we miss a big recruit, or as excited as when we land one.
If Sankey comes to WSU, then AWESOME. But either way, I’m waiting to see how the players actually do on the field.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions
This takes me back to this old sports forum I posted on
where this insane WSU poster always had to remind us how some WSU LBer circa 2003-2005 was only a 2* and now he was “just as good” as Lofa Tatupu, Matt Grootegood etc. I forget who the player was though.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I think he's referring to a 2* player that became a WSU legend... like Derting.
Not saying that Derting turned into Lofa, but at WSU, he’s the most popular defensive player in the last 10 years.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
The WSU guy was trying to argue
that Doba or whoever had done a better job of coaching up a guy like Derting than Pete had with Lofa Tatupu and Matt Grootegood or something. I can’t really remember this was 5 years ago.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I don't know the specific history of these players, their high schools, or whatever..
but it seems that the case is usually “He played at a small school, or in the middle of nowhere, hardly anyone saw him, so he wasn’t highly recruited”
I don’t see it as “Wow he really got coached up!”
Football still has a lot to do with how fast you run, your physical talents. Some players make up for it with intangibles, but even those are rarely coached. It just means they’re “More coachable” which would benefit you at USC or WSU or Toledo.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
It's the age of youtube and person video cameras
Everyone has a high light reel these days.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
It still happens. Mike Trout was only not a top 5 draft selection because he came out of New Jersey.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Baseball is different
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
There's just so many high school football players, there will always be diamonds in the rough. But I get what you're saying.
With so many avenues to get highlight reels though, it’s almost as if it floods the pool to the point of being overwhelming and some guys will still get overlooked.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
That would be it
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Dr Saturday on Yahoo
did a pretty decent report awhile back that showed that recruiting stars are actually not as bad as people want to believe. I think there was a fairly significant correlation between a HS recruit’s star ranking and his future NFL draft position.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Meh, Pettis was only good because of his HS quarterback, though
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 9:50 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah that guy did turn out to be a stud
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I haven't heard the phrase "Pootie Tang" for probably 10 years
I would have to watch it again now to know if it was truly terrible, or a work of art.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
It's a little bit of both!
And I am referencing the scene in Pootie Tang where he fights off the group of thugs shooting guns at him with his pony tail whipping the bullets back at the bad guys.
I don't remember that scene
Or much about the rest of the movie. Just that he frequently used his belt to beat up thugs, and I think he said the words “Pootie Tang” and “Sa Da Tay!” a lot. Or something.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I think the function of the hard drive will move into the cloud someday- where all our shit is stored on some server somewhere, but the idea of the hard drive isn't going anywhere
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Yeah, that's what "consumer-level hard drive" means in the article
(not being snarky, just clarifying) There will always be hard drives, it’s just that this article doesn’t think the general population will own them.
I honestly question if the Cloud is going to truly catch on at the consumer level here.
Broadband in this country stinks and that’s going to be a huge hurdle to overcome for the concept of the Cloud to succeed. The more ISPs that move to tiered internet, the less of a chance I see it succeeding.
I for one do not want some nebulous server farm to own all of my data
I will always keep a couple 1TB drives around, because I like the idea of being able to see where my stuff is. I’m not worried about the privacy aspect – being on the internet in any tangible way means no privacy – I just like to have control of my documents as much as possible.
This is my personal take, I'd rather have all of my stuff locally.
I don’t know if the rest of the consumer populace sees it that way, but there’s at least a sizable chunk of computer owners that feels the same way.
I just think the bigger issue is the state of broadband in the US right now. I don’t see the ISPs improving their networks enough and pricing there services in a way that makes cloud computing feasible.
by BrianL on Jan 12, 2011 9:36 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I am a big fan of eliminating points of failure from the systems in my life
and if all my stuff is at a server farm somewhere, that introduces far too many potential failure points for my comfort.
ISP’s will price their services whatever way they want mostly because they can. That’s a whole ’nother can of worms. They have no real incentive to improve their networks in any rapid fashion.
by pdb on Jan 12, 2011 9:37 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Not to mention the fact that I feel much safer having my porn located on a tiny computer box in my house, not out there in the air somewhere for anyone to find.
That’ll make it much harder for my roommate to erase my “hard drive” if I die.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:12 AM PST up reply actions
I'm trying to figure out what "hard drive" is a euphemism for here, and failing.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Its not a euphamism, its just that I don't know what you call your section of cloud. Do you still call it a hard drive? Some sort of soft drive?
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
Aha, your wording confused me.
For now, they tend to just refer to cloud storage as your Mozy account, or your Dropbox account, etc. I’m sure some marketer (probably from Apple or MS) will come up with a catchy phrase for it, and we’ll all be using it within a year.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I assume that I would have to give my friend my Mozy password before I die then?
See that sucks. At least now he could just run a magnet over it.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:19 AM PST up reply actions
Or conversely, if you don't give your Mozy password to anyone, anything on there disappears into the cloud when you die.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'll just connect a device to my heart that deletes everything if it stops beating.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 13, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
I would fight against pack of raptors to protect my drop box.
by Robert on Jan 14, 2011 9:50 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I also think that a dropbox like solution is the future of privacy.
by Robert on Jan 14, 2011 9:51 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Piracy.
The arggggg one not this new age hippy shit everyone is talking about these days.
by Robert on Jan 14, 2011 9:54 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Rapidshare is kind of the same idea
and people have been using it to pirate stuff for years now.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
There will always be harddrives, in my opinion
It’s just that the current tech of the physical hard disk will be going away in the next 10 years. Everything is moving toward solid state
Hard drives as backups, definitely. But the consumer hard drive... there's a case to be made.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
I'd much rather have all of my information on site as opposed to a server farm
I just don’t trust somebody like Google, as somebody said before, to store all of my information
But on a much larger level, people will probably prefer the cost and potential unlimited space as well as making our computers that much smaller (Imagine an Imac that was thinner than an LED TV) to the old school PC/Hard drive setup.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
But with those smaller computers, you can still fit in a solid state drive with little to no space
Think of all the thumb drives they have now. 64GB on something smaller than a credit card. As the tech gets cheaper, you’ll see more of it.
I see cloud computing having it’s place, but it’s not for everybody and won’t result in the total elimination of harddrives
I disagree with the disappearance of pre-recorded physical media
“disappearance” means it will never be seen again. People have been predicting the demise of the LP for years now, and it’s still around. Physical media will always be available for those that want it, but it will definitely be a niche item, for purists and collectors, and that’s not a bad thing.
I never want hard drives to go away because I hate the term “The Cloud”. When did it stop being called “a server”?
I seriously doubt keys will go away any time soon, either.
I think that it's a matter of what you consider pre-recorded media.
I don’t think the author even knows that LP exist, and aside from LPs, I’d say he’s correct. LPs have a niche market because you can’t get that out of a digital file.
Digital content is digital content, and the CD you used to buy sounds the same as the MP3 you buy now, same with software.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It started being known as Cloud computing because in technical documents about the internet, the internet was always represented by the Microsoft Word cloud draw tool in diagrams.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
To the cloud!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I could envision Best Buy not having a CD or Blu-Ray section in 5 years though. I think that's the gist of it.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:13 AM PST up reply actions
Physical digital media I can see going away, definitely.
There’s still a niche market for analog stuff that’ll hang around forever.
I wonder if blank CD's outsell all the other CD's combined.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
They probably do in sheer numbers of CDs, if not dollars.
I’ve bought hundreds of blank discs, and maybe a hundred CDs/DVDs in my life.
Completely Wrong - eBook Readers, Hard Drives, Keys
Meh – Media
Probably Correct – 3D Glasses, Handheld Games
eBook – The pocket knife analogy is apt, “Swiss Army” knife attachments suck compared to a nice sleek knife.
Keys – I can get everywhere in my life now without keys, but still have one key for each place I go because power goes out every once in a while.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Yeah I can't see eBook readers going away anytime soon.
I’ve got an iPad, but I’m still envious of my friends who have a Kindle. I love, love, love that display for reading books and it blows the LCD display on my iPad out of the water.
I prefer the Nook.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 13, 2011 8:04 AM PST up reply actions
I agree it's closer with Kindle 3,
but I still like Nook 2’s more open system better. Plus B&N benefits and the half-functional lending option. And the ability to add an SD card to increase the memory.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 13, 2011 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
The Kindle has basically the same lending program as the Nook, I think.
It’s still not as good as an actual book, but it’s not bad. I wish the Kindle would handle ePub, but oh well. I’m also not sure if an SD card is necessary, since the book files are generally pretty small.
No,
you don’t need it for the books, but you can put music on them. I haven’t loaded the music it yet, but having more than 4 GB available if you want music and books seems like a good thing.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 13, 2011 8:46 AM PST up reply actions
Meh, that's what my mp3 player is for.
I don’t plan on ever going running with my Kindle. I’m okay with having dedicated devices for different purposes.
Yeah, it's not something that wins the comparison on it's own.
But it’s nice to have.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 13, 2011 8:51 AM PST up reply actions
No.
There was a software update sometime last year that solved most of the issues that made people prefer the Kindle 2 to the Nook 2 when Nook2 first came out.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 15, 2011 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
On any eReader the battery life goes to absolute hell once you stack some MP3s on it.
And the conversion process is really simple for ePub to mobi. Here’s a link I just found, but the process is almost the same I use:
http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/2009/08/million-free-google-books-in-epub-for.html
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Yeah, but I want to do it legally and easily with rented library books.
It’s just an “oh, that’d be nice” feature.
Keys are kind of a necessity
If your car battery dies, your keyfob no longer works. I still like to be able to get into my car when the battery is dead. I mean, you gotta unlock the hood and pop it so you can even get to the battery.
Same thing with eReaders—speaking as a commuter who sees literally 50 people a day using them on public transportation, I have trouble imagining them disappearing anytime soon.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
That doesn't seem like magic though, that seems possible at the 2012 CES.
At this point I feel anything is possible from year to year at the CES.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
It really is amazing.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 15, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
Consumer hard drives will live a long, healthy life so long as people like me don't trust Google to store their personal output in some farm.
I also disagree with the idea that keys will disappear. The ability to trick biometric scanners (at least on the consumer level) is well-documented, and once you fry the circuitry—ooh, what a nifty thing a magnet is—the lock itself is useless. Keyed locks do not have this problem, though picking a lock is obviously possible.
Pre-recorded physical media…I’m iffy on it. I like liner notes, album art, actually owning my media, but there is a lot to say for the amount of space my CDs and vinyls take up relative to my mp3 collection. Until I picked up the Zune and the Pass, I swore by physical media…now I spend $15/month (about what I’d spend per month in buying new music in the physical form) and get pretty much unlimited music. So, maybe.
Until a viable alternative to e-paper is developed, tablets with LCD-based solutions (iPad) or even AMOLED displays will be problematic for heavy reading. It’s entirely possible, but having read on a Nook versus reading on an iPad, I’ll be sticking with the Nook. It won’t shock me to see them go away, I just haven’t seen anything that would make me leave an e-reader behind.
Stereostopic 3D will remain until the problem of viewing angle is resolved. And until a smartphone gives me decent physical controls and dedicated graphics hardware, my GameBoy Advance is still preferred over a Droid device.
So, basically, I disagree with everything.
That's assuming that 3D isn't DOA. It was always a stopgap solution, and nobody ever expected it to hang around long.
It’s an appetizer for early adopters.
For consoles, I’ll just say that my cousins that had every permutation of handheld game since they were three just asked for iTouches instead of a 3DS. Don’t doubt the impact of social gaming.
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The 3DS also blows.
What the convergence market demonstrates is that simple games, when creative, are more important than new, gimmicky features. I have a DS Lite, which I enjoy—and mainly bought so I could get Chrono Trigger, since I don’t have a PlayStation and finding the SNES version is next to impossible—but I prefer classic games with controls, not a bunch of touch screen loopholes.
3D in general gives me headaches, though, so your results may vary.
I'm not deadset against 3D
and I’ve sat down with some PS3 demos that make me think the concept could be pretty neat in the gaming environment.
This set of 3D tech is going to fail, though. Bad viewing angles, expensive active shutter glasses that aren’t compatible with every TV.
How can you defninitively say a product that isn't even out for consumer usage
blows?
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Sadly like all gaming devices
We won’t see anything really good for the first year.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Which is why I'm one of the few gamers who hasn't written off Kinect.
God I hate the hardcore crowd.
WRITTEN OFF THE KINECT?!?!
I had so much fun playing the Kinect. We literally couldn’t stop at Christmas. Sure, I could see some improvements, like better games, etc… but I’d give it 9/10 right now.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:22 AM PST up reply actions
The hardcore vocal minority of gamers detests Kinect.
I personally have had a blast the handful of times I’ve had to play with it. I mean, if I’m having this much fun with a set of minigames and Dance Central, I can’t wait to see what a few daring developers could do with it.
Whoa, flashbacks to December 2006.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
A lot of my gamer friends picked up a Kinect
I think people want to believe, but after the way we all got burned with Wii it’s a little scary you know?
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I would wait until the games improve, but I think its pretty cool. Though I've already got PS3, so I'll probably just wait til I can afford Move.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:55 AM PST up reply actions
In general it's always best to wait
a year to a year and a half after the introduction of new games technology. It takes that long for the quality software to come out.
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Anybody have experience with The Move yet?
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 10:02 AM PST up reply actions
It's a more precise Wii Remote
and all the games I played were Augmented Reality stuff or Wii Sports in HD.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I'm in the same boat.
I had heard rumors that Sony was having the guys for MLB: The Show develop some sort of compatibility for Move, which would be cool. But until the games get better, I’ll hold off
I believe this is confirmed, I thought I read about it in a recent preview of the Show
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
That is something that would get my to buy the Move
Integrate it into that type of game where it makes sense
In theory that's what people are working on now.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I think Kinect stands a good chance because the 360 hardware itself isn't a generation old.
The Wii is just a Gamecube with a new control scheme. Kinect is strapped to a modern console. A bit more attractive to devs.
Personally, I find the DS control scheme fantastic.
I cannot play games on the IPod without getting incredibly frustrated at how the touch screen works for games, but on the DS, even Zelda using only the touch screen works amazingly well.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
The iPhone will never replace a DS/PSP type device for me
as long as it lacks a real input system.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Totally, 100% agree.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
My Epic has replaced the DS/PSP type device. It even has a PS1 and GBA emulator on it.
I can use the slide out keyboard as a physical input for it.
And how is the battery life when playing games?
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The same as it is when I'm doing other things, meaning terrible!
But I have a rechargable, mobile charger and a secondary battery so it doesn’t matter!
My DS has been on for 4 days without charging.
Light isn’t even red yet!
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Thinking about this, it's probably the fact the DS has a stylus that makes touch screen gaming bearable.
Playing Zelda: Phantom Hourglass with touch screen buttons or just fingers would be an absolutely terrible experience, but with the stylus and buttons, it makes for a really nice experience.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Every traditional style action game I've played on iPhone
made me want to punch babies. And really a lot of other genres as well.
The games that were unique in design to iPhone were the ones that I actually liked. Or the ones that were stupidly simplistic.
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I missed "glasses-based" there.
Although I think we’re a long-long way off from a better solution. The screen-based solutions aren’t viable, the glasses-based solutions aren’t marketable. I think that 3D as we know it will cease to exist in five years, and in ten or so we’ll hear about the next generation of the technology, once the medical community gets it refined a little.
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Check that. I don't think that it'll go away entirely, but instead it'll just be another feature that only 2% of the population uses.
Like the VGA/DVI port. Something that adds three dollars to the cost of assembly, and is subsequently buried in the tech specs. You’d be able to buy a pair of Toshiba/Sony glasses for 49.99, and it’ll work anywhere because the manus know that they aren’t a moneymaker anymore and follow a standard.
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How are push button ignitions more secure exactly?
I’ve never really understood that. My car ignorance is being revealed.
by Mariner John on Jan 12, 2011 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
Most push-button ignitions rely on you having a key fob in your pocket which communicates to the engine that pushing the button is a person with access to the car.
So you can’t just force the ignition over. Of course, my mom’s 2001 Ford Windstar has this same anti-theft radio technology built into the key itself. So…
Alright, I wasn't sure how it accounted for you being the actual rightful owner of the car.
by Mariner John on Jan 13, 2011 12:06 AM PST up reply actions
The newer Fords are coming out with their MyKey technology
Basically, parents have their own keys and can give kids “parental-controlled” keys. It’s kinda cool, but still won’t stop them from doing dumb things
My 2000 Mitsu has the same technology in a smaller scale to verify the key in the ignition, and won't start without the special key.
…that costs $75 to make a copy of at Home Depot, and $125 at the dealer. Assholes.
I decided to rip all of that out and put in my own keyless entry and “pushbutton” (not a button, a twist, see below) when my last key broke. It cost me about the price of two and a half keys and a weekend.
That all being said, the move to pushbutton starts was an actual technological advancement. In the ignition, there is a latch that unlocks the steering wheel (which is why my car has a twist ignition, to undo this latch). With a pushbutton, this is replaced with electronic systems that vary by car.
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To me it seems like an extra step
You still have to carry a key device, you just have to push a button instead of turn a key
If I’m carrying something in my pocket, I don’t see any harm in putting it in the ignition.
The steering wheel latch that Faux talks about always worked perfectly fine for everyone, so I’m not sure why there was a need to replace it with fancy electronics.
Moral of the story- if I were choosing between two identical cars, one with push button and one with a key, I’d take the one with a key. I also wonder how those push buttons work in cold weather- can you push them down for an extended ignition period, or do you just tap them and then some preset computer decides how long to try to start? Can you give the car gas while you hold down the push button? Just like with manual transmissions, I’d prefer to have a bit more control over my car in this case.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
When I lived in Wyoming with a fairly modern car (2002) and a good radiator I often had to key/gas/key/gas a couple times before the engine started when it got to 10 or 15 below
Will a push button grant the same flexibility to alternate how long to hold the key in? Are people so stupid they can’t tell when they’re flooding their ignition?
Do these push buttons have the technology to vary the key intervals and simultaneously give gas to the engine to maximize startup ability in cold climates? If they have that, then fine, but somehow I doubt they do.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
I have numerous friends still in the Minneapolis area, most have remote start systems.
I’ll ask around this weekend when I talk to them, but I’ve never heard any complaints. And if they can get correct starting from an add-on system, I’d imagine that a integrated system that can look at sensors in the fuel injection system would be even more reliable.
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That would give it some validity
To me at this point it seems like one of the most pointless changes ever- you still have to carry a key fob, it does exactly the same thing the car already did (I gain nothing new from being able to start my car), and I don’t have a place to put my keys when I’m driving- I have to drive around with a key fob in my pocket instead of in the ignition.
If it can optimize for cold weather, that would be a nifty thing that actually gives it value.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Women would never have to take their keys out of their purse.
At least that’s the big selling point. I can see credit-card sized fobs in the future, that you could keep in your wallet.
Friend #1 reports that he has an engine warmer installed, so that’s no help to us.
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Mazda used credit-card shaped fobs with their first systems like this
I drove a Mazdaspeed 6 for about a week and had this type of key. I kept it in my wallet and it never once came out in the entire time I drove the car, which was excellent.
Bear in mind, too, that part of the gain from a fully keyless system like this is that you also don’t have to get out the key to unlock/open the door or trunk/hatch. You walk out to your car and grab the handle, car unlocks, you hop in and drive away. It’s simply a matter of convenience, but if you haven’t used it then don’t knock it. People went a long time without power windows but I don’t hear anybody complaining about having them now.
And to answer Corco, I do believe that, at a minimum, the systems will optimize their startup as needed. Beyond that, though, you have to push and hold the button to start and the car cranks just like it would with a normal key, so I’d imagine that it wouldn’t be a stretch to think that you could do the cold weather startup that you referenced above.
by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2011 8:28 AM PST up reply actions
That's true
I do miss one thing that disappeared with A/C and power windows, and that’s the little pivoting windows on the front of the door of pickup trucks/other cars that you could open for ventilation- I guess they made breakins too easy, but there is still no better way to ventilate a car to my knowledge
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Wing windows!!
I love(d) those things. Had them on my Bug and on several trucks. Nice way to get some fresh air without having the buffeting from the window being down.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
Wait, you do still have to push and hold it?
So it’s just like the starter button that was replaced by keys in the 20s then. I thought you just tapped it and then the car started up for you. That’s not so bad, I guess.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
I wouldn't be surprised if there were models that did require just the push of a button
But I’ve been in a ton of different cars with this feature and every one of them has required you to hold the button down. Mazda’s system actually still allows the use of a key, they just built a little knob that attaches over the key slot that you twist. The knob is removable and there’s a standard key slot beneath it, since all vehicles with this keyless entry/start system still have a physical key built into the fob itself
by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2011 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Actually remote start comes in handy in hot weather too if you don't have covered parking
My sister’s car has it and she fires up the AC about 10 minutes before she leaves the house. It’s awesome.
One more little comment about the steering lock - soon enough there will be Steer by Wire cars in the consumer spectrum.
Steering locks then become moot. In fact, in cars with electronic stability control, there is already the ability for the car to control the steering by computer. The only reason the steering wheel fights back is the physical linkage is still there (and programming). With the locks in place in the ESC system, steering locks are already irrelevant in those cars.
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I really worry about steer by wire, just as much as throttle by wire and brake by wire
If there’s a manual override, fine, but goodness, I really don’t want to have to rely on a computer to control the car- there should always be some physical connection. it’s just a matter of time before some terrorist comes up with a virus that hacks and destroys steer/throttle/brake by wire by hacking into people’s Onstars or whatever. Even if the computers are completely independent (and they won’t be/aren’t), I don’t want a car that has internet access (and they all will eventually) to also be connected to the steering and braking and ignition of my car.
Maybe that’s just technology paranoia, but I don’t see why making cars so complicated without much gain is of any use. It’s good for the manufacturers because they can charge more for maintenance, but beyond that…
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Obviously we are a very long ways away from it
but this is just another step towards completely automated vehicles. Paranoia such as yours will delay it for a long time, I would think, but in all reality we have the technology now. Also it’s amazing how much car technology has quietly changed. I do not have car skills but I know people who do and their skills are very quickly becoming obsolete because of the computerization of vehicles. Crazy shit.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 13, 2011 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
I have a typewriter you can have for free, and I'm sure that you can get land out in the middle of nowhere for cheap to build a shack on.
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That's different though
If my personal computer breaks, that sucks, but it’s not the end of the world. If I’m going 80 MPH down a freeway and the computer malfunctions, I’m dead.
Even airplanes, with all their autopilot schnazz, still have manual override, because that’s important.
On the point above, I don’t want a completely automated car unless it has a manual override if I need it. Nobody has ever developed a completely foolproof technology, and when my life is in the hands of technology, I want to have control over it if need be.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
99.999% of the time, the computer may be better suited than a human to do the activity, but that .001% it's not is the time when it really matters
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
And thus is the core problem.
You can never 100% trust technology. This debate will probably never happen in our lifetimes however.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 13, 2011 11:38 AM PST up reply actions
Anti-Lock Brakes (and by extension, the MBenz nanny system)
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Exactly
ABS is great 99% of the time, but if you’re on a total sheet of ice and try to use them, your brakes think you’re stopped, all four wheels lock, and you slide down the hill
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Thankfully newer cars with stability control systems make this a non-issue though
ESC will note that the car is still moving and brake wheels individually to try and correct the path you’re taking
by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2011 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Even the manual overrides in large planes are still Fly-by-Wire, and use a computer to control.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly-by-wire
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I make a point to not try to find out too much about airplane operation.
Fucking Flight 93 gave me a slight phobia.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 13, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I can see that
it’s a lot of work making love to an entire modern jetliner.
by pdb on Jan 13, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions 7 recs
It says the 777 and A320 have completely manual, non computerized overrides for pitch/trim/rudder
which is all you need if you’re in a tailspin
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Quote me, please. I don't see it.
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Not the 777, but Airbuses do
In that article "However, in the event of multiple failures of redundant computers, the A320 does have mechanical back-up system for its pitch trim and its rudder. "
and then in the linked article near there about Flight Control Modes in Airbuses
“In the Mechanical Law back-up mode pitch is controlled by the mechanical trim system and lateral direction is controlled by the rudder pedals operating the rudder mechanically.”
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Will Smith's car in I-Robot had a manual override, and I'm pretty sure that's a future documentary.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
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I disagree with all of them except 3D TVs with glasses
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And maybe CDs
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Ehh, optical disks I can see going away.
Stereoscopic 3DTV is definitely dead, though.
It was just too soon. People are just barely getting 1080p HDTVs at affordable prices
Plus a recession etc, just bad timing on that.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I don't have a problem with the idea that keys will go away.
Do keys really keep your car from getting stolen or your house from being broken into? No. Maybe alarms do (or at least deter) but the entrance into your house is no more protected by a key than it would be if it was keyless.
My car was stolen by idiot crackheads and they didn’t have my keys.
And you can lose your keys as easily as you can have the power fail. At least if the power comes back on in 5 minutes, you won’t have to feel like an idiot when you call a locksmith, or in my case, ask the shadiest looking person at work to break into my car for me.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 9:30 AM PST up reply actions
Not every movie can be Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
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Oh I getcha now.
I can see where you would’ve thought that.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 13, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
NPR's Marketplace mentioned in passing the "Honeywell Kitchen Computer" this morning
pointing out that in 1969 a computer which retailed for $10,000, took a two-week course to learn to operate and worked in base 8 was not going to a big seller — they also mentioned the original Honeywell 316 was part of ARPNET. Trying to find out more, I came across this interesting article
I just found a fantastic new weapon in the war to make people spell and punctuate properly: Marshawn Lynch, BEAST MODE
Watch from 1:20 to 2:00: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4eEPFQZfA8
Marshawn Lynch is at the Superbowl with three of his friends and is being interviewed by yardbarker.com. Lynch, typing, is sitting in front of a computer:
Marshawn: But, just a little bit of, what, you know, my comment I left on the Hooters to Half show. I’m talking about a little something I like here: “What it is, y’all…”
Cousin: Now we gotta hit the “submit,” though!
Marshawn: Yeah, hold on. We gotta, uh, we gotta spell check, you feel me? We gotta spell check,
Cousin: We gotta spell check it.
D-Boy: [Inaudible]
Marshawn: We gotta spell check it…and make sure all of our punctuation is in the right…you feel me?
Cousin: Everything in the right…perfect. Commas where they supposed to be!
Marshawn: Because, you know, we went to Cal!
Cousin: We did go to Cal!
Marshawn: So, you know, they expect the best out of us!
Cousin: And we did finish! We got 3.0s in all that! So, you know, we nice, educated young men!
Marshawn: 3.2 at that! But, uh, you know, it go a little something like this…
Wait, there's even more good stuff after 2:30
Marshawn: “Submit,” though! Now…hold on. Spell check, first. HAA-HAH-HA! Dee-hee-hee-hee-ha-haha!
Cousin: You always gotta read over your material!
Marshawn: That’s the first thing I learned at Cal!
Cousin: Don’t submit your material without reading over it first! You gotta check it…[looks at computer screen]…And we good! [Gives a thumbs up to the camera]
Christ almighty.
I find this oddly disturbing, yet hilarious.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Sam Bradford loses his Offensive Coordinator!
To the Browns!
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 10:43 AM PST reply actions
This might actually be good for him
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Oh hey the MLS Super Draft is on
I know nothing about any of these kids, but apparently a lot of them played at Akron.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I've gone to ESPN and MLS.net and it's almost impossible to find just a list
of who was drafted. All I can find is who is number 1.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
the execrably named Stumptown Footy is doing the same
And the reason why MLS draft coverage is horrible is because there are about 24 people in the country that care about the MLS draft – and I say that as a Timbers season ticket holder. Nobody knows anything about college soccer or other draft-eligible players, so I would assume that once the draft is over you’ll see more coverage for each team as they explain who the player is and why they fit.
Team sites like Sounder at Heart and Stumptown Footy do decent pre-draft coverage but unless you’re going to a specific team site don’t expect a lot of broadly distributed deep insightful analysis of what is, to steal bruin’s phrase, the living breathing definition of a niche sport.
I know about as much about the soccer draft (and its prospects) as I do about the MLB draft (and its prospects.)
In sports without a popular college league and where development time is needed to shine, I think the draft isn’t as popular.
Exactly.
Plus there’s the whole anti-soccer think in this country which also feeds into it – ESPN knows that if they cover a MLS draft extensively they’ll get reams of shit from the sports fan that only wants to know what Peyton Manning had for lunch yesterday and whether the bowel movement that resulted from it will affect his performance on Sunday. So they don’t bother.
Is the MLS draft more or less interesting than the WNBA one?
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
I think the WNBA one is better, precisely because women's college basketball is more popular than college soccer.
Also, they hold the WNBA draft RIGHT after the Women’s Final Four, which is neat.
The WNBA draft features more house hold names than the MLS draft
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Hahahahaha
Research in Motion (RIM), the company that makes Blackberrys, wanted to setup a special web page for people looking for info about careers with the company. They got their very own domain specifically for it and everything. So, anybody looking for a career with RIM simply needs to navigate over to http://rim.jobs
by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2011 12:38 PM PST reply actions 14 recs
Our home and native land
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The true north strong and free!
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But seriously who the fuck let this happen?
I wonder how many people will be on Google looking to fill some “lonely time” and accidentally end up being hired as a software developer?
by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
In situations like this I always struggle to remember that not everyone has my 13-year-old-kid sense of humor
so the phrase “rim job” probably flies right by about 95% of the corporate population
Still, you'd think someone would be watching for stuff like this.
But it seems to happen all the time.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
They have to have at least some young, hip people there that may know what it means
Of course, if I were a low-level employee at a company like that and heard that they were planning this website with that URL, I’d keep my mouth shut to see if they would actually implement it.
by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
I think they're paying to give them, not receive them.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Where was the VP of Common Sense on this one?
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
Probably getting a rim job.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 13, 2011 12:41 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
So a promotion within the company?
Butt-licking your way up the corporate ladder!
by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
HOLY GOD REC REC REC REC
And sent out to every single tech person I know.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
FUCKING BRILLIANT.
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 13, 2011 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
I've heard that people who work for RIM have heard this joke a million times and are tired of it.
I’d bet that this is just someone who bought the domain and is redirecting it their career page, and not actually done by RIM themselves.
by Eyebrows on Jan 13, 2011 1:44 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I would bet that you are probably right.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Rec'd for good logic.
Still funny though.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
First point - Probably but who cares.
Second point – All their whois info matches up, it’s likely owned internally.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Not to be a debbie downer, but this might want a NSFW tag
Common sense, but looking at job postings at work is a no-no.
In other news, this is hillarious
I'm now a Gemini.
Better than having cancer.
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 13, 2011 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, great.
Get ready for a wave of “OH EM GEE, I like read the horoscope again for last week in my new sign, and everything that was, like, happened fit perfectly in my new sign”
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
You win this time, SBN.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm waiting for the backlash of people who check both their old AND new horoscope
And noticing that the old horoscope is exactly right while the new one makes no sense. Then people will stop believing in Astrology and the world will crumble
by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2011 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
I'm still a Pisces.
So nothing changes in my world.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
Aries? Lame. Taurus is way cooler.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I remember my Astronomy professor mentioning this
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Does anyone else find it strange that Scorpio is now a total of 7 days long?
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
I have a friend who has a Leo tattoo
by seattlebruin on Jan 13, 2011 1:39 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I texted my friend who was thinking of getting a pisces tattoo
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 13, 2011 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
You should have waited.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Jan 13, 2011 7:04 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
I'm safe, I can still get mine.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
But what kind of fish?
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
I don't know about that.
I’d look pretty silly with a goldfish taped to my arm. But if I tape a swordfish or a marlin to it, then I’ll look pretty cool.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
hmm.
You have strong leadership ability. You like to create new ideas. You know how to delegate details to others and move on to new things. You want to accomplish everything very well. You mature early in life. You dislike the condition of being a child. You tend to have conservative attitudes. You set high goals and are rarely satisfied with results. You are internally emotional, but you sometimes appear cold and distant. You are interested only in the business at hand.
vs.
You often do unexpected things that shock or surprise people, yet you can appear strong and solid. You can work well in a structured or defined setting. You are an idealist. At the same time, you are an independent thinker. You can be stubborn. You resist imposed changes. You tend to rebel if someone demands something unreasonable of you. You are naturally skeptical. You’ll eat just about anything! You like sports that include other people. Camping, ballooning, tennis, racquetball and baseball are cool for you.
My sign didn't change. Still fall under virgo.
But this is always the first thing I mention when someone tells me they believe in astrology.
by Eyebrows on Jan 13, 2011 1:45 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Are you confusing Virgo and virgin again?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on Jan 13, 2011 1:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
My sense of self has been lacerated by your rapier wit.
Your material is just so fresh, I have no way to counter it. It is an unprecedented masterwork that will stand imposingly upon the comedy landscape for generations to come. I will now leave LL forever. Goodbye everyone.
by Eyebrows on Jan 13, 2011 1:57 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 6 recs
Somebody better send some surveillance hobos Eyebrows way...
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
We're talking about astrology here, it's not exactly highbrow material in the first place.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Thank God I didn't change, much better than my sister, who changed from Sagittarius to Ophiuchus. Try explaining that one!
And the only reason I’m glad I didn’t change so if someone asks me what my sign is and I tell them Sagittarius and they reply “OH BUT THEY CHANGED!” and I can say “But mine didn’t dickhead, go read a tarot card”
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
I went from Sagittarius to Scorpio
completely jumping over a whole sign in between and landing on the smallest target possible.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
Goddamn motherfucking Boardwalk.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 14, 2011 3:02 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I am a Taurus now
I thought Gemini was so much cooler mostly because when pronounced it sounds like gem-in-eye.
You got slurved!
What's weird to me is that they make it sound as though this is a new thing.
Anyway, nothing changed for me.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 13, 2011 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah like I mentioned
my astronomy professor told us about this when I took astronomy in 2007 and he didn’t act like it was news.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Fuck that shit
I don’t fucking want to be a fucking Cancer. Screw you, sun
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
You're just crabby.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 13, 2011 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 25 recs
This appeared on my screen rec'd.
And then it recieved another.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Taurus
I didn’t even know this was a zodiac!
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Jan 13, 2011 4:44 PM PST up reply actions
Has anyone ever noticed when you tell a woman that you're a scorpio
They almost without fail do the subtle head nod/eyebrow arch coupled with “oh, yeah. Scorpio”?
No, because if a woman asks what my sign is I spit on the ground and walk away all dramatic like.
...and now I'm here
Well... you should try telling them you're a Scorpio. You can still do the drama
But this way it can wait until after breakfast. Nudge nudge, wink wink
by Kermit. on Jan 13, 2011 8:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
No, because I don't tell people I'm a scorpio because that would be lying
and not in an interesting way.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 13, 2011 9:40 PM PST up reply actions
Three things
1) I will still call myself a Lion because fuck crabs.
2) This is amazing because I can now get into arguments about what someone thinks they are as though I care.
3) Every person that talked about how right their horoscope has been in the past ever will hopefully now feel like an idiot.
...and now I'm here
I don't know, this one was pretty spot on
SCORPIO (October 23-November 21)
You are optimistic, enthusiastic, and ambitious. Too bad you have no talent. Most Scorpios end up in prison or on welfare, and it has been documented that all Scorpios have husbands or wives who cheat. There has never been a Scorpio with a successful marriage, and all Scorpios have less-than-average children. P.M. best time to spy on spouse.
by Kermit. on Jan 13, 2011 8:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
wooooo
AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18)
You are inventive and imaginative, which explains your habitual lying. Because Aquarians have no sex appeal whatsoever, they are fortunate to have no sexual drive. Of course, everyone regards you as being dense, but you never notice. Your idea of fine food usually involves some form of hot dogs. Inherent dishonesty may cause problems in P.M.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 13, 2011 9:41 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Here's your Leo
LEO (July 23-August 22)
You are compassionate, understanding, and sympathetic; that’s why you are known among friends as a sucker. Your parents secretly gave your brothers and sisters hundreds of toys, and while you slept the rest of the family ate meat. You wore hand-me-downs even though you were the oldest child. Tomorrow P.M. check career opportunities at McDonald’s.
by Kermit. on Jan 13, 2011 9:04 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
HOLY SHIT THAT'S ME TO A TEE.
...and now I'm here
Unfortunately I am apparently a cancer now.
...and now I'm here
I am the Milton Bradley of astrological symbols.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Jan 14, 2011 1:12 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
A once-promising switch-hitter?
Chickity-check yourself before you Rec yourself.
by thehemogoblin on Jan 14, 2011 1:12 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I just read an awful review at WSJ.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 2:33 PM PST up reply actions
Ha!
Well it was the first review to pop up on Google News, so I gave it a read.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 13, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Ebert's is fun.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110112/REVIEWS/110119995
by Eyebrows on Jan 13, 2011 2:36 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Not only is it a cool car
but it is owned by Neko Case, which automatically makes it 600% cooler. It’s a FACT.
Nice Cougar!!
Fairly rare car at this point too.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
I don't think Neko Case qualifies as a Mercury.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
by Thingray on Jan 13, 2011 3:42 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Soriano--->Yanks, 3 yrs, 35 million
That’s a frightening back of the bullpen, but it doesn’t come close to matching what Boston has done this offseason. Also this is when the market for Aardsma really would have started to pick up…
This is great news because Soriano is awesome and deserves to be milking a boatload of money from the Yankees that he probably doesn't deserve.
...and now I'm here
I got lost there.
Does he deserve it or not?
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 13, 2011 7:13 PM PST up reply actions
He deserves it because he is awesome as a person.
He does not deserve it because no relief pitcher deserves 11.66 million per year.
...and now I'm here
Gotcha.
Does this make him the highest paid relief pitcher? Your Felix comment really puts it in perspective. God are we lucky.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 13, 2011 7:32 PM PST up reply actions
Mariano Rivera makes 15 million.
...and now I'm here
.
http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2000/05/most-lucrative-contracts.html
...and now I'm here
Ryan Howard's extension still hasn't kicked in!
Whee!
by Mariner John on Jan 13, 2011 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
I can't believe I actually argued for that not being the worst contract in baseball when it first happened
that contract is sooooooooo baaaaaaaaaaaddddd
by seattlebruin on Jan 14, 2011 8:38 AM PST up reply actions
The Rays hilariously now have nine picks before the start of the second round
and are likely to add at least one more for Grant Balfour, with the possibility that it will be two if he signs with a team with a non-protected first round selection who hasn’t already signed a Type-A free agent.
So it’s possible Tampa could have eleven (!) of the top sixty picks in the 2011 draft.
And they’re one of the best drafting teams in baseball.
by seattlebruin on Jan 14, 2011 9:38 AM PST up reply actions
Will they be able to sign all of those?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Probably not but holy shit that's a lot of selections
there is going to be some hilarious pre-draft negotiating going this year
by seattlebruin on Jan 14, 2011 9:46 AM PST up reply actions
No, I should've said what we thought we were getting with Baron.
I remember hearing that everyone thought he’d sign for cheap, but he didn’t.
I think it means minor league all-star.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Or did you pick miniature Jose Lopez instead
by seattlebruin on Jan 14, 2011 10:42 AM PST up reply actions
No, I just am amused by the fact that he's an all star.
I don’t know who miniature Jose Lopez is. Carlos Truinfel?
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Carlos Truinfel sucks.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Right now, I just have a Jose Lopez shaped hole in my heart that cannot be filled until I am healed of the sadness of his departure.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Oh god yes.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Wait, Kirk's running the Rays now?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Oakland just signed Balfour, Tampa now has their 11 picks, starting with the 18th
by seattlebruin on Jan 14, 2011 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
Tampa has over a quarter of the picks between 18 and 60 in this year's draft
by seattlebruin on Jan 14, 2011 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Wait, FanGraphs is saying that Oakland doesn't give up their first rounder
did they sign another Type A I’m not aware of?
by seattlebruin on Jan 14, 2011 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
They tied for the 15th best record last year, and had a worse record than Detroit last year, which would give them pick 15, right?
And that would be a protected pick, yeah?
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Oh right
I forgot the protection extends because of the compensation picks for teams too stupid to do a physical on Barret Loux before they drafted him
by seattlebruin on Jan 14, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
Unless there was something more nefarious afoot.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 15, 2011 10:23 AM PST up reply actions
If this is the case, they'll get Oaklands 2nd rounder.
Don’t get me wrong, that’s a LOT of picks for one team. And for a team like the Rays, they’ll do well in the draft… but will they allocate 11 one million+ dollar bonuses? Probably not.
It’s still going to be 1 or 2 top notch prospects and 9 guys that will fill space and provide hope. Their system is currently stocked with a lot of very good prospects that probably won’t be superstars, and they’ll just add to that this year. Which is great for them.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 10:19 AM PST up reply actions
They can always take some HS guys with some of the picks
fail to sign them and roll the picks into the 2012 draft.
What's going to be weird is when they snatch up every talented player from the Seattle area again.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Those bastards!
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Jan 14, 2011 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
They're pretty serious on the Pac NW scouting.
It’s weird how, with the notable exception of the Braves, everyone specializes in regions outside of their media market. The Rays, the Giants, and sometimes the Phillies and the Red Sox invest way more in the Seattle area than we do. Meanwhile, we’ve historically run a pretty solid Midwest operation, and do pretty well in California (though everyone scouts there too)
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 14, 2011 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
Considering that we only draft the shitty Seattle-area players
maybe the team should take a hint
While it's way too early to tell what their 2010 draft will produce,
the Rays history isn’t a lot better than ours. Chad Orvella/Jared Sandberg/Jeff Ridgeway?
Hammel’s ok, but the M’s drafted him first.
It's only really been a since 2008 thing.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
At least on this level.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Does anyone have a good recommendation for good, cheap ("cheap" and "free" both mean the same thing, right?) video conversion software?
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
If we could subtract the first "good" from that post the world would be a much better place.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
Handbrake is pretty good
Check Lifehacker.com, they usually have plenty of good recommendations there as well
by tootthekazoo on Jan 13, 2011 10:16 PM PST up reply actions
Seconding Handbrake
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm glad they gave it a real UI
I first tried using it when it was like half command lines, and I don’t know how to do that stuff. Now it’s a 2 click process and I love it
by tootthekazoo on Jan 14, 2011 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Mac or PC?
But MPEG Streamclip is probably the most powerful freeone out there.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 14, 2011 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
What I'm trying to do is convert video files (such as divx) to play on a standard DVD player.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
Handbrake is probably going to be the most user friendly app
MPEG streamclip can convert anything though.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 14, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
I could never figure out how to get handbrake to burn a DVD to play on a DVD player.
Tried Toast too and still couldn’t get it to work. Someday I hope.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 1:02 PM PST up reply actions
You need to make a Video_TS file.
Toast should be able to do it.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 14, 2011 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
Probably not too picky here as I run Windows 7/Ubuntu on my laptop and Ubuntu on my desktop.
So PC or something open source should do fine. I haven’t gone to the forge yet as I want to see what’s out there before sticking with something that only going to work on my desktop.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
Kitty!
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 14, 2011 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
They always get better, hypothetically
Mike Morse, the next Jose Bautista?
On the Safeco reader board, it once said Mike Morse’s favorite actors were The Rock and Ludacris. I love that he loves actors who aren’t primarily actors.
The Rock is primarily an actor these days
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Same with Chris "Ludacris" Bridges.
Substitute “aren’t primarily” with “weren’t initially,” if you’d like.
The Sounders top draft pick stars in an amusingly named YouTube clip.
Tetteh shoots off Cal player’s arm. His foot must really be a weapon.
Cardinals sign Miguel Batista and Ian Snell to MiLB deals with invites to spring training.
https://twitter.com/#!/CardsInsider/status/25972171687862272
That’s just….hm.
by Eyebrows on Jan 14, 2011 9:58 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Dave Duncan magic?
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I saw this yesterday and promptly forwarded it to everyone in our IT department.
There is so much truth to this animation it’s scary.
There's something inherently wrong in my mind
about the ESPN frontpage picture with Roflsburger and Ray Lewis and a caption that reads “Strength and Honor”.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
The strength part isn't the part I'm objecting to
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Let's ask OJ!
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Nah, he was retired.
It only works if you’re still playing.
by Coach Owens on Jan 14, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
This is a very dangerous subthread so I'll just say there's plenty of evidence to the contrary
and either ask that the subthread be closed or that people tread very carefully.
Obligatory
“I didn’t kill, no motherfuckin’ liooooooon!”
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Ohh, gross, they're Horde.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
by joof on Jan 14, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 5 recs
It's the 8-bit version of Bittersweet Symphony that gets me.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Have you gone into work drunk?
I DONT RECOMMEND IT!
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 11:33 AM PST reply actions
I think I've done a few days where I was still a little drunk from the night before...
But other than my time as a karaoke host, I’ve never worked when I was actively drunk.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
I like the term "actively drunk"
“Man you are wasted!”
“Yes, but not actively. It’s dormant.”
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
Now that I said it, I kind of like it too.
But you know what I mean, the difference between being drunk during the party, and the “still drunk” after you’ve slept for a few hours (but still reek like booze).
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
My brother's boss dickishly scheduled him, at the last minute, to open the bank branch the morning after his 21st birthday despite it being his off day.
His response: “Well you’re getting me drunk or you’re not getting me at all.”
Said it was his best day of work ever.
I've given my boss similar warnings.
“I’ll be in after (insert event here), but I won’t make any promises about what condition I’ll be in!”
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
I just came back to work with a good buzz.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 14, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
The cougar give you that?
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 14, 2011 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
Seattle Sport Ghosts are pissed off.
One story before we get to the Round 2 picks: After years of refusing to acknowledge Oklahoma City for stealing the Seattle SuperSonics, I bent a little over the last few months (calling them “Oklahoma City” or “OKC” in columns), simply because their fans can’t be blamed for what happened. On the final Wednesday in December, I even flew there to catch a home game, setting off this chain of events …
1. That night, I had my first encounter with a ghost. (Check the sidebar of this column for details.)
2. Four days later, my neighbor mistakenly thought my friend Dicky was trying to rob my house — actually, he was holding a Christmas gift and a Starbucks coffee and coming over to watch football — so she called her security company, and somehow, this led to seven LAPD cops raiding my backyard before realizing that burglars usually don’t watch four football games at the same time in their socks while eating bagels.
3. That same night, the Seahawks beat St. Louis and cost me $13,000 (and eighth place overall) in the Las Vegas Hilton SuperContest.
4. A week later, the Seahawks shocked New Orleans, ruined a three-team parlay that Cousin Sal and I had been cultivating all week, and cost me what could have been a perfect weekend of playoff picks.
5. This week, my son came down with pinkeye, I got a ticket for an illegal U-turn just 50 feet from my daughter’s school, and we found out that the a-hole who stole my wife’s iPhone last month made $600 worth of cell phone calls to Cuba before we shut it off.
Should I keep going? I will scream this as loudly as possible (and in all caps): I AM SORRY, SEATTLE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE THERE! OK? OK!
(This better not be leading to Seattle making the Super Bowl, beating my beloved Patriots as 14-point underdogs … with Pete Carroll, the first coach I ever consistently made fun of in my “Sports Guy” column, as the head coach. If so, that’s probably it for me. I’m giving up on American sports, moving to England, throwing myself into the Premier League and never coming back. And you think I’m kidding.)
Simmons – http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmonsnfl2010/playoffs/round2&sportCat=nfl
I liked Bill Simmons until I got smarter.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
I'm sure that if you're a Boston sports fan he's a 10 out of 10.
I’m sure I like Jon Clayton more than the average American.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 1:16 PM PST up reply actions
Bill Simmons has gotten a lot better in the last couple years
He was in a rut there where all he wrote about were his buddies, his trips to Vegas, and Shawshank for a long time, and wow was that annoying. He’s moved past that a bit now, and while he’s still not anywhere near my favorite writer, I can at least read him without wanting to throw my monitor through a window.
he still caters to the grown-up frat boy demographic a little more than is to my taste, but he’s not terrible.
I read his stuff about once a month and it's perfect
if I had to read it every week I’d probably tire of it pretty fast, because it does still grate if you read it every week.
It’s been linked here before, but if you have not read the piece about the death of his beloved dog, do so now. If it doesn’t make you cry you’re not human.
I've been wanting to read it for a long time but every time its linked here, its ESPN and ESPN is blocked at work.
And I just rarely check LL or think to find that article while I am at home.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 1:31 PM PST up reply actions
Now he writes about his dog, his wife and his kids
and has replaced Beverly Hills with Jersey Shore.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I enjoy them both, although I don't take either one very seriously.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
Is he?
I find that I at least learn/hear of players I may not have noticed with King. Sure, it takes a lot longer to read, but for all the ridiculous things (3 defensive players of the week, etc), at least it’s actually about football and not about Jersey Shore.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 15, 2011 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
I enjoy reading his NFL columns
because it’s the only way that I’d know anything at all going on in the NFL. It keeps me in the loop with a minimum of investment. I could probably say the same about him and the NBA but I hate the NBA.
I won’t read anything else of his nor listen to his podcasts.
He was the only one that picked the Hawks last week!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 14, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Dude,
if you’re going to hang out with us, you’re gonna have to start to rock out with your hawk out man…
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
Just mention Lynch once or twice and we'll be happy.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 14, 2011 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Occasionally yell out "BEASTQUAKE!!" for no apparent reason and we'll be good.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
That's what I use
Well thanks to KSK - I'm now looking at porn gifs.
I’m just amazed that it fits!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 14, 2011 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
I'll read one of his NBA columns every few months
and like you said about the NFL, it gives me a decent idea of the current landscape of the league without having to invest more than ~20 minutes to read the article.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I could probably read one Bill Simmons NBA article every 3 months or so
and know enough about the NBA to converse with people about it and not have them know that I don’t follow the league otherwise.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
He occasionally has good guests on the podcast.
Also, 30 for 30. He deserves credit for whatever his role was in convincing ESPN to make a bunch of good documentaries. There’s no reason ESPN can’t do what NFL Films does.
I liked him a lot after the Sonics thing.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 14, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions
Both of those were excellent.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
Plus his role in 30 for 30.
Simmons has lots of talent and an interesting perspective – I just think he gets in a creative rut sometimes.
by Chris Hafner on Jan 17, 2011 2:00 PM PST up reply actions
Simmons is like one of those bands that isn't bad, but winds up catching all kinds of heat because their fans are unforgivably terrible.
Check out his Twitter sometime. Click on any YouTube links he posts. You’ll see ten pages of comments that just say “SIMMONS!”
See also: Fangraphs “conflict.”
What? Pitchers and catchers mandatory report date is the 26th
Of course the “voluntary” date is the Feb. 14, also the date when Ken Jennings will need to defeat that computer.
This kid's a potential jerk in training.
I’d be upset about him getting sent home/not learning, but the school has a dress code AND he asked for prior approval only to be shot down. Lesson learned.
by yuniform on Jan 14, 2011 1:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
yeah, that's pretty much my take on it
I really dislike people who think rules don’t apply to them and that they’re such special snowflakes that they HAVE to be able to express their individual tastes at all times, even when told that is not acceptable.
by pdb on Jan 14, 2011 1:54 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
I agree with this normally, but in this instance I agree that a Seattle Seahawks exception is a little weird since the school is in no way affiliated with the Seattle Seahawks
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Plus, you know, he wore
a Steelers jersey. Out of all teams. I mean really. He should know that the Steelers beat the Seahawks in the Seahawks’ only Super Bowl appearance and how much Seahawks fans detest that game. He has nobody to blame but himself and/or his parents.
Schools are not in the business of enforcing sports rivalries
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 14, 2011 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
What I'm saying is that there's a chance that he wore the Steelers jersey to troll the other kids.
And that ain’t cool.
And they should be punished when they do so!
Besides, what’s the harm of this? He got sent home from school? So what? It’s not like he was suspended or expelled or anything. Unless he has abusive parents it’s a non-issue.
I had heard that he actually was given an option to change or go home
He chose to go home
by tootthekazoo on Jan 14, 2011 8:46 PM PST up reply actions
This is everyone that visits Lookout Landing from another SBN site.
...and now I'm here
It's also enough first-time posters to be noticeable.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 14, 2011 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
His picture offers no evidence to the contrary.
by Eyebrows on Jan 14, 2011 1:56 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
He knows where to find his stuffed sandwiches.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
Not pressured to do this, my ass.
What ten year old knows about or gives a shit about Franco Harris?
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 14, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
I'm thinking that a jersey was the only shirt that he could find that fit.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 2:05 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
Maybe he can grow up and be a 300 pound defensive end for the Steelers.
And then be destroyed by Russell Okung.
He looks like a bully
The school probably saved one hungry kid his lunch money
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I was thinking Chumley from Pawn Stars.
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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 14, 2011 7:35 PM PST up reply actions
In elementary school I walked into the Lavatory and witnessed a kid trying to pee from the opposite wall to the urinal.
He was about 5 feet short.
I think lavatory is the perfect term for this type of experimentation.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 14, 2011 1:56 PM PST up reply actions
I rode up on a guy in RDR taking a leak behind a rock last night.
Hadn’t seen that before.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
There's no bath!
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
In Australia they're called boatcars and they sail the seas looking for plunder
by pdb on Jan 14, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
Yummm British NASA
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 14, 2011 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
This reminds me of the time me and my friends were watching Scream and one of my friends said in all seriousness:
“Why doesn’t she just run to the gun store?”
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
Lesson learned for them then
If heavy rains are predicted, don’t park in a floodplain
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
Pretty much
If 12" of rainfall in 24 hours is in the forecast for my area, I’m not parking next to a stream
by tootthekazoo on Jan 14, 2011 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Would you park inside the stream?
That may throw the stream off.
by Kirk on Jan 14, 2011 4:02 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Wow. How come downloading from Adobe is so shady?
Thanks for downloading Reader. Here’s McAfee Security that you didn’t ask for.
McAfee is a bitch about everything.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 14, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
I was wondering this myself recently after setting up some computers
you have to download Adobe’s fucking DOWNLOADER before you can even DOWNLOAD what you want from them.
I’ve started installing alternatives to Acrobat Reader. If I could find a nice alternative for making Flash/CS3 I’d be quite happy.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Oh god, the downloader is the worst part.
I guess its good that Adobe gives you a lot of stuff for free, but damn it is annoying. And if you want to find a missing plug-in, good luck.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 3:55 PM PST up reply actions
At least it's not as annoying as having to go find IE 7 or later when you want to download
updates from Microsoft. And then you have to download the update to the downloader so you can download the updates.
by Coach Owens on Jan 14, 2011 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I am reminded of a Simpsons quote
paraphrasing but “Fox turned into a hardcore pornography channel so gradually we hardly noticed!”
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Oh man, great episode.
I’m a total sucker for any Simpsons episode that is ultimately about their family. The ending of “And Maggie Makes Three” kills me every time.
Make up a fake company name and get the distributable package.
It’s three clicks, fill out a short form, and an email. And it can be renewed from year to year with just a click.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I recently had a problem after downloading a trial of Photoshop.
Whenever I booted up, Windows would launch CHKDSK. But the CHKDSK function wouldn’t work, so then it told me to restore. Restore wouldn’t activate because CHKDSK couldn’t be launched. So I was caught in an annoying loop. Took me a whole fucking day to fix. Eventually I had to manually launch CHKDSK, which took like 3 hours to scan my C drive after I had removed like 200 GB worth of content from it.
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 14, 2011 4:28 PM PST up reply actions
I force quit adobe application manager every time.
Just out of principal.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 14, 2011 6:22 PM PST up reply actions
Who can guess what song is sorted into the following categories via Wikipedia?
Categories: American patriotic songs | 1895 songs | Pikes Peak | Alvin and the Chipmunks songs | Elvis Presley songs | Charlie Rich songs | Ray Charles songs | Barbra Streisand songs
One metaphorical dollar to the winner. No, I have never seen “American Patriotic songs,” “Elvis Presley songs,” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks songs” together before
I knew what this was without the Chipmunks reference based on the other singers, but never knew they had sung it.
That cheapens it a little, doesn’t it?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
And the Ray Charles rendition is one of my favorite songs ever.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRUjr8EVgBg
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm pretty depressed about this, enough so to look it up on YouTube
by seattlebruin on Jan 14, 2011 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
It's horrifically bad.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
If LeBron wanted to change his number to 0
after he left Cleveland, Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” would suddenly have an incongruous lyric.
Touche Mr Bill Simmons
The Seahawks are like Vinny. At first, I didn’t understand why he was there, and now I can’t imagine the playoffs without them.
Seahawks 33, Bears 30.
If I gave two fucks about Jersey Shore I might understand this joke.
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
Luckily I give a fuck.
I give a lot of fucks.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
Just like Snookie!
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 14, 2011 4:30 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah I didn't get it either
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
He definitely isolates out some people with the part in his picks thats titled "How this team is like the Jersey Shore"
I just so happen to watch jersey shore, and it is quite funny. The joke that is.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 3:54 PM PST up reply actions
And to think of all those people who say you're autistic!
Look at you, Taking contextual clues and using them to help fit in with a social situation like that. Well, what could have been one anyways.
by Matthew on Jan 14, 2011 4:13 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Who is Vinny and why is he in the playoffs?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 14, 2011 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
Testaverde??
I thought he retired?!? What happened to Sanchez?
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
Wasn't his last job with the Jets though?
"Come on. Let's go drink till we can't feel feelings any more."
He was a backup in Carolina after that, if I recall correctly.
Chickity-check yourself before you Rec yourself.
by thehemogoblin on Jan 14, 2011 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
Well I know Elvis Grbac took over for Trent Dilfer, because yesterday I did some wikipedia jumping on quarterbacks.
Its fun to just go to a QB’s page and then click on the links of other QB’s listed on the page, or the guy that took over for him.. its fun to remember “Oh yeah, I remember that guy!”
Its crazy how many guys were backups or starters in San Francisco in the early 90s and then started for the Chiefs later in their careers.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 14, 2011 4:23 PM PST up reply actions
Vinny sports big wood.
And bagged a Snooki.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 14, 2011 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
It's definitely between him and Ric Flair for greatest promos ever.
Although Piper could cut one hell of a promo.
Seriously, no way in hell a promo like that gets aired today.
That's saying something
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
I don't want to be really alarmist
but it occurred to me just a bit ago that I haven’t heard from LL poster Jaejo lately. Usually he’d come play flag football with a few of us, but he’s also no longer on facebook, as far as I can tell. Does anybody around here know him personally?
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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 14, 2011 10:19 PM PST reply actions
I'm always around, observing from the shadows
No need to be alarmed yet.
I see that someone must know Jaejo personally.
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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 15, 2011 2:22 AM PST up reply actions
That song is ridiculous
The video is amazing
by tootthekazoo on Jan 15, 2011 11:12 AM PST up reply actions
After watching this and clicking through several other videos on the sidebar
I’ve decided that working is very dangerous and as such I am going to quit my job
by tootthekazoo on Jan 15, 2011 11:24 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Reminds me of
this video I had to watch in a high school chemistry class (the other parts of it are pretty amusing as well). Definitely could have used some songs, though.
You! Cake or death?
RAVENS RAVENS RAVENS RAVENS RAVENS RAVENS RAVENS RAVENS RAVENS RAVENS
by Eyeball Kid on Jan 15, 2011 11:30 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
If the Ravens blow and the Stealers win this I will up in a hospital tonight.
by Robert on Jan 15, 2011 3:34 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I was passing through an internal checkpoint today and had my car sniffed and got to wondering
Do the drug dogs have a shutoff phrase to prevent them from detecting drugs?
Whoever trained them certainly also taught them to pretend they don’t smell anything if a certain command is given. I wonder what that phrase is.
I assume this is the case because the drug dogs are trained by people with easy access to drugs, which means they are likely closet stoners, so it would be in their best interest to secretly teach the dogs to stop searching if a phrase is uttered, because if they are driving up the road with a bag of reefer in the car, they don’t want to get busted at the checkpoint.
Or maybe it’s a scent formed by some ridiculously unlikely combination of ingredients- if the dogs smell all of anise, onion, charred javelina, Mello Yello, and drugs, they won’t react.
Not that I’m ever going to haul drugs across a checkpoint, but I’m curious as to what that phrase might be. I have little doubt there is one, but I also assume it’s a highly guarded secret.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
by Corco on Jan 15, 2011 4:57 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Pretty sure drug dogs are trained by police departments with ready access to seized narcotics with which to train said dogs
but I could be wrong.
Exactly- the police departments has ready access to seized narcotics with which to train said dogs
After they’re done training the dogs, what do you think they do with those seized narcotics? That’s why they need an escape clause.
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
So a secret phrase known only by drug addicts that train drug-sniffing dogs?
I never thought of that, but holy shit there has to be. Like a safe-word for if they are ever searched. Brilliant!
by tootthekazoo on Jan 15, 2011 5:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Absolutely, and I actually pictured him speaking that as I typed it
Except he’d just assume that it existed and ask somebody about it
by tootthekazoo on Jan 17, 2011 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
It is the very reason why I go to bar to watch games.
If I have too much idle energy for a game an important game I will literally die.
Huh
Seems quarterbacks have a history of screwing the Angels over.
I also feel that Bill Bavasi is probably to blame in this story.
Geoff Baker is watching this game but tweeting about the commercials mostly.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Geoff Baker only watches TV because he ran out of things to say to make him seem edgy and he has yet to figure out a way to physically perform fellatio on himself.
by Robert on Jan 16, 2011 2:26 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
I'm amused that Geoff Baker actually follows his fake self.
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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 16, 2011 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
Great, now I have to unfollow both of them.
by TrustBaseball on Jan 16, 2011 10:32 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry, I haven't followed GB in over a year, but even the thought that he might be
FakeGeoffBaker means I will unfollow him too. Geoff is so EW.
by TrustBaseball on Jan 16, 2011 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
Question for anyone that's read the Absolute Sandman
Is the bonus stuff at the end of each volume spoiler-free or should I come back to it after I’ve finished the actual storyline?
How much do you like your privacy?
Go to this lovely little website and type in your name and see just how much these scumbags know about you.
You can be removed by clicking on your name, copying the URL and going back to the spokeo home page. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on “privacy” (It’s tiny so look close) and paste the URL into the top dialog box, type your email address into the second box and the code into the third then submit the form.
Now check your email and click on the “click here” link and you’re done.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
Well it thinks I'm single and own a house worth $475K so I think I'll let it ride
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 17, 2011 9:16 AM PST up reply actions
It was dead on with mine and several of my friends.
Snopes.com confirmed that it’s real also.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
heh
“The Debruler family has lived in Hartford, Connecticut on 402 Farmington Ave, Apt 205 for 7 years. There are 2 parents (both unknown) and 1 child in the family.”
I lived in Hartford for one year, 8 years ago. I have no parents. I was not married, and didn’t have a child. Yay internets!
Apparently, 4 of my siblings have been halucinations.
I should really get that checked out.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
Younger siblings?
They said they don’t keep directory info for people under 18.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Well, then 2 of them are halucinations, and one is actually 5 years older then we think.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
They can't find me. Nothing. Nada.
But then again I have a very unusual name.
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 17, 2011 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
My dad, grandpa (deceased), and I all have the same name and it only had me.
But my grandpa had an unlisted phone number for a variety of reasons and my dad would probably never use any form of social networking.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Does it know you run a blog?
M's fan in the Bay, soon to be LA
by perfectstrat on Jan 17, 2011 11:20 AM PST up reply actions
How current did it have your data?
We changed our home phone number 6 months ago and they had the current number listed.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
It didn't seem to know my parents were divorced which is funny because they've been so for over twenty-five years now.
I didn’t bother to check anything else, I just deleted it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Mine thinks I'm my parents
Never mind that I haven’t used an Idaho address for anything in five years
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
It thinks I still live at my parents address, I'm in my 50s
and that my mother is not my mother but my sibling.
This site has been around for several years also, I remember curiously checking it like 3 years ago.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
It thinks my house is worth over a million dollars.
Yeah…
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 17, 2011 9:54 AM PST up reply actions
That figure is in Washington State dollars though
Check the conversion rate before you commit to the move
by tootthekazoo on Jan 17, 2011 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
I make money writing under my full name on the internet
and the only thing this site can figure out about me is the address I lived at when I registered to vote eight years ago.
My wife's house is worth 242k and mine is worth 320k
This is odd, because we live in the same house…
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Typical.
Women getting 75 cents on the dollar.
by wazzu93 on Jan 17, 2011 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 10 recs
There was a mention of this on NPR, linking back to a newspaper story the other day
here. I took mine off, but as they point out, you likely have to keep checking back.
I find it weird enough that I get advertisements for pages I already have open.
I started planning a new desktop last night and most webpages are flooded with newegg ads now.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Oh holy crap, I just realized how fucking brilliant this is.
It looks like it was designed specifically to creep people out so that they sign up with a “reputation defender” service to protect their privacy.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Jan 17, 2011 4:23 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs
I'm going to rec this in the hopes that it turns green and everybody gets the message.
If you're happy and you know it, rec my posts.
by thehemogoblin on Jan 17, 2011 4:57 PM PST up reply actions
It's not a new phenomenon.
Remember when most major newspapers had their websites bogged down with ads that ran dummy virus scans?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 17, 2011 7:54 PM PST up reply actions
What board games (or other games) do you miss from your younger days?
Personally, I miss Life the most because I still get to play Monopoly, Hearts and Risk on a fairly regular basis.
Life is awesome
Nobody will ever play Life with me.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 17, 2011 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
My wife hates playing Life with me.
Because its a chance game that I destroy her in.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 17, 2011 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
My wife hates the game because she has a hell of a time with the spinning wheel for some reason
I don’t think I’ve ever seen her properly spin that thing
by tootthekazoo on Jan 17, 2011 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
I can't ever get anybody to play Monopoly with me
I had a small group that I played with all the time but they’ve all since moved away. Nowadays nobody wants to put in the time and they’ve heard stories from the old group that I was pretty good at it so nobody wants to waste 3 hours to lose at Monopoly with me. It sucks
by tootthekazoo on Jan 17, 2011 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
If you play Monopoly right, it doesn't take three hours.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 17, 2011 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
We had 5 of us that would always play
After a while of playing 5+ games per week we all got to a point where we would easily take 3+ hours to finish a game. I know that a “normal” game wouldn’t take anything close to that much time, but those were commonplace in my group of friends and I really miss it
by tootthekazoo on Jan 17, 2011 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
That's a lot of games of Monopoly.
I’ll play Dominion twice or three times in a sitting, but that still only takes a couple hours total if people understand what they’re doing.
Charter Member: Dave Sims Sweet Hat Club // Career .384 BA, .543 OBP for Rocky Diablos
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jan 17, 2011 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Isn't this tacitly endorsing police bribery? You spin a ten and the money goes not to the police department but the police officer?
Jobs in Life
* Doctor: degree required. The doctor is the only person capable of getting the yellow salary card without luck/wasting tiles.
* Computer Consultant: Any time the spinner stops between numbers or comes off the track, collect $50,000 to fix it.
* Artist: Collect $10,000 from a player who buys the artist’s art (spins a 1).
* Police Officer: Collect $10,000 from any opponent who speeds (spins a 10).
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
What? Is this some new version of Life?
Luck? That artist thing is definitely not in any version I’ve played.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
We played Life a few weeks ago and realized it's not very much fun with only two people
it goes way too fast.
We used to play Aggravation quite a bit, board game for up to 4 people.
Dice, marbles. You have to move your pieces around the board and get them into the home base spots. Simple rules for landing on occupied spots, a little shortcut in the middle. Simple but fun.
An RA in college had a big mat game called The Real Game of Life or something.
If you rolled a 1 on your first turn, you lost the game, as you were aborted.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
by joof on Jan 17, 2011 10:43 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
This game is the best.
STD, unwanted pregnancy, prostitution, and of course nuclear war—it doesn’t sound hilarious, but it is.
by Chris Hafner on Jan 17, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
Bam! Found it!
http://www.gameofreallife.com/home.htm
Watch out though. You might only be able to see blue after visiting the website.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I never get to play Risk or Life anymore- those games were awesome
Another fun one was Stratego
Determined, Jonesing Commentor
I just played Stratego a week ago, and it's not nearly as fun as I remembered
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
I like Monopoly because it's hilarious playing with a bunch of MBA students and being way better than them at dealmaking
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
I bet you'd love playing Settlers of Catan with them then.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
If I had the choice between burning that game with fire and blowing up the Angels I would gleefully grab the torch and destroy Settlers once and for all
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
I only suggested it because I know you hate it with a passion.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
How can you hate a game where people announce the fact that they have Wood for Sheep?
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
by joof on Jan 17, 2011 11:05 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
What don't you like about them?
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
She quickly grows "board" of them.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 17, 2011 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
I just don't think they're fun.
I’m not competitive and I don’t have a good time playing them. I didn’t enjoy them as a child, either.
I miss the all-night Axis & Allies marathon sessions that would last entire weekends.
We’d start on Friday, play all the way through to Saturday morning, break for work, then right back to playing Saturday night.
To roll off a few
Diplomacy
Risk
Monopoly
Life
Stratego
Trouble
Cards:
Kemps
Hearts
Poker (Any of Omaha, 7-card draw, Texas Hold ’em, Anaconda, and more)
Spades
Oh hell
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by perfectstrat on Jan 17, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
I ran a board game club for a year, and I still have not played Diplomacy.
I feel like I’ve failed as a person.
Dustin Ackley is going to make Joe Morgan look like Joey Cora.
AL Scout on Rendon: "I would peg him as a poor man's Jose Lopez."
I've really gotten into it the past couple of months.
Now I’m signed up to play online, but the few times I’ve tried to play in person with friends it always takes way too long. Perhaps we shouldn’t be starting at midnight…
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by perfectstrat on Jan 17, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions
Also, Taboo and Bananagrams might be the two best games ever
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Bananagrams is pretty awesome.
Haven’t played Taboo though. What’s the basic premise?
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by perfectstrat on Jan 17, 2011 11:22 AM PST up reply actions
You have cards with words on them and five "taboo" words
you have to get your teammates to say the word at the top of the card without saying any of the taboo words yourself. The words are almost always nouns, and the people are laughably easy to get
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, Taboo is pretty great
I liked the big buzzer button that you’d hit if the person said one of the “taboo” words
by tootthekazoo on Jan 17, 2011 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
I don't know if computer games count, but Red Alert 2 is arguably the greatest game of all time.
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by perfectstrat on Jan 17, 2011 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Nope, this is non-computer/video games
we talk about those plenty as is
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
I have scrabble on my phone and I play it all the time and it's awesome
I would recommend getting it on the phone. Makes it easy to play when on the bus, or otherwise bored.
The biggest reason I don't like computerized scrabble is because there's no "consensus" option for valid words
I, as well as anyone, can mash together combos of words that score dozens of points, thanks to crappy words like “xu” and “oe.” These are valid words in tournament (and computerized) scrabble, but when playing with my friends, if anybody tries to pull that shit out they get exiled.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
My version let me pick a dictionary
I can either use Merriam-Webster or the official Scrabble word list.
I would say that I miss playing Axis and Allies, but nobody ever wanted to play it with me in my younger days either.
My daughter loves playing Trouble, and that’s a nice blast from the past – at least it was until my wife convinced her that “killing” the other players’ men was a mean thing to do. Now we play no-drama games of Trouble in which they avoid killing my men and give me icy silence when I kill theirs.
by Chris Hafner on Jan 17, 2011 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
I haven't played Scattergories with anybody in quite some time
I liked rolling the 26-sided alphabet die
by tootthekazoo on Jan 17, 2011 2:07 PM PST up reply actions
A 26-sided die seems like it would be uncomfortably close to a perfect sphere.
by Chris Hafner on Jan 17, 2011 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Nevermind, it was apparently only 20-sided
Given that you have to provide a word for each category that starts with the letter from the die, certain letters would complicate that greatly
by tootthekazoo on Jan 17, 2011 2:14 PM PST up reply actions
For some reason I am the king of Scattergories.
by Mariner John on Jan 17, 2011 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
Shockingly no one my age is that interested in playing board games.
I really want to play Cranium. :(
by Mariner John on Jan 17, 2011 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure of your age but I'm always in th same boat.
I love board games and people usually end up having a great time once you actually start playing, but it’s always so difficult convincing people to actually play.
You! Cake or death?
Aren't you two like the exact same age?
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
I have a weekly game night and my copy of Cranium sits sadly in the corner
it’s only been used once…
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
I enjoy Hoopla more.
Because its a team effort.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 17, 2011 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
I played Cranium at a party in college
(which if memory serves is about how old you are).
My friends were into drinking and board games.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
It sounds like from this thread that someone sorely needs to create LL board game night.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'll suggest Apples to Apples
I bought it for my brother for Christmas and played it with my siblings.
I had to refrain from making certain risque word combos when playing with my family.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Yeah, Apples to Apples is pretty awesome.
When I played it with kids, I removed nouns like whips and chains, though.
I once played "Attack on Pearl Harbor" for "graceful"
also, we almost always play make your own categories
by seattlebruin on Jan 18, 2011 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Trivial Pursuit is probably my favorite.
I especially like playing the original genus, to see if I can beat my parents despite their advantage knowing about 1950s pop culture and 1970s politics. I live for the sports and leisure category.
SB, run for your life
ARKstorm is coming! If I’m reading this right they’re estimating 10 feet of rain in 40 would be possible days. If you download the pdf file, the link is just an overview.
HOW WILL I RUN
must. swim. fasterrrrrrrr
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 2:19 PM PST up reply actions
Does anyone have a strong opinion on the Ricky Gervais news today?
In case you hadn’t heard, he rubbed many people at the Golden Globes the wrong way last night, apparently going “too far” and rumor has it that he got fired midway through.
One writer made a good point, the award “show” is for the fans. The actual awards are for the actors/producers, etc. But the show is for us, so stop your bitching Robert Downey Jr… its lireally 4 hours of “YOU GUYS ARE THE MOST AMAZING AND IMPORTANT PEOPLE ON EARTH, THANK YOU!!!” That’s why the host roasts you, to keep it somewhat grounded and to have a laugh. If you don’t like it, wipe the tears with hundred dollar bills and take home your gift baskets that are worth way more than I make a year.
Sorry if too much of a rant, its just annoying that of all people that can’t take a joke, its the most priviliged people in America.
I watched it and it was completely awesome
He didn’t get fired midway through, he took about an hour off in the middle of the show. He showed up at the end and said “I’d like to thank God for making me an atheist”.
The bigger question is, how stupid are the people that put on the Golden Globes? They know what kind of comedy Ricky Gervais does, so why are they so shocked now that Ricky Gervais did what he does best?
I particularly liked the Robert Downey takedown.
Him to RDJ or the other way around?
I used to like Robert Downeys personality when he made his triumphant return with Iron Man and he was basically very self-aware and like “I am way too lucky to be where I am at and I fucked up.”
I get that he’s probably sick of people making jokes about his past, but yes you ARE lucky to be where you are at, you’re one of the top 5 actors in the world right now probably, you should be able to take a couple jabs and nobody appointed you the representative for everyone else that was getting made fun of.
Funny that Christian Bale was sticking up for Gervais, since I think misery (or in this case, being hated) loves company. Still, I love Ricky Gervais and I think most fans would love to see him host more award shows, since he’s sort of like Kathy Griffin (unafraid) but funny.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 17, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions
Him to RDJ
I also liked his introduction of Bruce Willis via his lesser movies and being Ashton Kutcher’s dad.
That was the one I was going to single out.
And how Bruce Willis tried to go on with his speech and couldn’t quite do it.
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by JY on Jan 17, 2011 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
If I were doing it I would have stopped at/only named Hudson Hawk but it was still really damn funny
I had this strange obsession about 20 years ago, after seeing Night of the Lepus, about meeting Janet Leigh and saying to her “I really loved you in Night Of The Lepus – have you done anything else?” Sadly she died before I could execute that bit of comedic gold.
In the unlikely event that I ever end up on The Daily Show, I'm going to tell Jon Stewart that he was great in The Faculty.
Or remind him of the horrific Spice Girls interview.
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by JY on Jan 17, 2011 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
But honestly Spice World was one of the most hilarious movies of the 90's
maybe not intentionally, but still. And it had Richard E. Grant in it!
No it was the 90s.
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by JY on Jan 17, 2011 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
I loved his entire bit.
I particularly liked the Bruce Willis and Tim Allen introductions. He just mowed them down, one after the other. Wheeeee
Tim Allen, star of x number of direct to video Disney releases in the past ten years?
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by JY on Jan 17, 2011 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
And Home Improvement won the Golden Globe for Best Sitcom...
in the awards show hosted in my mind.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 17, 2011 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
I for one would not have even considered watching if Ricky wasn't hosting.
I can just find out who won in about 12 seconds the morning after. I agree with you. But you are totally correct. Cry me a river, no cares Robert.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 17, 2011 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, a lot of people tune in for the host. That's why you hire Ricky. And that's why you had the highest ratings in 3 years.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 17, 2011 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
I have a feeling this year's Oscars will be the most boring ceremony ever
Anne Hathaway and James Franco? zzzzzz
Anne Hathaway... is... hosting?
Give me a break Oscars. What was wrong with the Billy Crystal days? Couldn’t they find somebody that was relevant/funny/not too controversial? Love em or hate em, why not Kevin James, Ben Stiller, Jim Carrey… someone of that ilk?
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 17, 2011 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
Kevin James hosting the Oscars would make me want to cry
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 17, 2011 3:03 PM PST up reply actions
There is literally zero chance Anne Hathaway or James Franco will say anything negative about anybody nor will they be political
and I think that’s what the Academy is looking for these days, after Jon Stewart and Ricky Gervais and all those nasty “topical” people.
James Franco might.
I heard some stories about people that workshopped with him, and his short story collection was apparently “edgy”. Plus he did that Howl movie and is now pushing an adaptation of As I Lay Dying.
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by JY on Jan 17, 2011 3:25 PM PST up reply actions
I really like James Franco but he's got too many hands that feed him to bite any one of them, I think
I don’t think he’ll be uninteresting, just uncontroversial.
That's a good point.
He has way too many irons in the fire at the moment to piss anyone off.
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by JY on Jan 17, 2011 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
I know plenty of people who will tune in and mute for that one.
And here’s a little hint: They’re not going to be in it for Franco.
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by thehemogoblin on Jan 17, 2011 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
So you're saying that many male American humans find Anne Hathaway to be a sexually desirable female member of their species and will turn on the TV simply to watch her?
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
Impossible.
This goes against all previous research.
GET OFF ME!!!
by the other side on Jan 17, 2011 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
I thought that was the Monkees
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
by ToddK on Jan 17, 2011 4:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Well they're too busy singing to put anybody down.
So there goes any possibility for edginess.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jan 17, 2011 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
Anne Hatheaway will not do anything except stare and blink
Her goddamned eyes are so fucking huge. She’ll hypnotize the crowd. I’m sure this is looped into a plan for world domination somewhere.
Alien!
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
Or, I could try spelling her name correctly.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
But who gives a shit. Anne fucking Hathaway.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
From the interviews I've seen or what I've read about her, she just seems awful.
by Kenneth Arthur on Jan 17, 2011 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
Isn't the Golden Globe more like Hollywood's prom?
I thought it was awesome.
by Scruffy Lefty on Jan 17, 2011 4:13 PM PST up reply actions
I don't watch these types of shows
but if Ricky Gervais pissed off a bunch of celebrities then I’m all for it.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
You are going to find carrot crusted into the nooks and crannies of your keyboard for a decade.
I am going to come into your house at night and rec up the place.
I have no idea how you guys missed this gem for comment of the year
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 4:05 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
We should fire our LLemmies coordinator.
by Mariner John on Jan 17, 2011 5:05 PM PST up reply actions
No, I heard he's the best awards coordinator ever
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
Heh, there had been a run of literal interpretation comments just before that post
That was a nice spot to execute one if I do say so myself
Roscoe's is a social experience as much as it is an amazing food experience
by seattlebruin on Jan 17, 2011 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
I'm surprised it took this long.
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Also I think Dinah's Chicken and Waffles might be superior to Roscoe's
To improve, they should try to become the musical southern cal of the west. - bRuins Nation poster on the Stanford band.
Leaving aside for the moment the relative merits of Starbucks as coffee
Does the US really need the capacity for a 30 oz caramel frappucino with extra whipped cream and chocolate sauce? Aren’t we fat enough?
20 ounces of coffee is a LOT.
30 ounces? Wow.
Although I’m sure the same thing was said about pop 20 years ago and look where we are now.
by Mariner John on Jan 17, 2011 5:10 PM PST up reply actions
This is my point
There is no earthly need for anyone to consume 30 ounces of any processed beverage at one sitting. None.
Not a fan of malt liquor?
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by thehemogoblin on Jan 17, 2011 5:33 PM PST up reply actions
Because I totally heard it's for people with black icons.
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by thehemogoblin on Jan 17, 2011 5:34 PM PST up reply actions
And 11/17/2011 is the perfect day for black icons.
"Making hitmen legal would really help the unemployment rate."-Thingray
I thought it was a nice day for a white wedding.
Then again, who am I?
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by thehemogoblin on Jan 18, 2011 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
Based on what I have heard everywhere else this will be limited to coffee, tea and lemonade.
And while 31 oz is quite a bit, in terms of actual liquid it’s roughly equivalent to 16oz of coffee, or a grande. So, not really a big deal.
by Aaron Campeau on Jan 17, 2011 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
Well, the iced coffee they use is extra concentrated, so I think the ice waters down the coffee to a normal level.
I had a manager at one point who wanted us to fill cups less for people who asked for just a little ice. It was annoying.
I see two questions there, and the answer to both is "yes."
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