prev <-> next
[2012-07-24 15:45:11] - paul: you already know I said no... ~g
[2012-07-24 15:44:42] - a: exactly, I was having trouble remembering some of the questions where I was like what are the ramifications of this action but you had great examples... ~g
[2012-07-24 15:42:34] - Paul: No. -Daniel
[2012-07-24 15:38:15] - So, anybody who got Stein as their highest rated match going to vote for her? -Paul
[2012-07-24 15:36:40] - a: Sure, but I think it's fair to have an opinion on all of those things without knowing for certain (or being able to prove) that you are right. -Paul
[2012-07-24 15:28:45] - 82% stein, 78% johnson, 78% paul, 75% obama, 21% romney, 94% american voters. link ~a
[2012-07-24 15:22:29] - "Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?" i don't know, but neither do the loud angry politicians "Should Congress raise the debt ceiling?" i don't know, but neither do the loud angry politicians. "Should the U.S. have bailed out the major banks during the financial crisis of 2008?" probably not, but nobody really knows if it was good or bad. ~a
[2012-07-24 15:22:15] - i think i'm with gurkie. ~a
[2012-07-24 15:22:10] - lots of these questions are hot-button, but they're also stuff people feel strongly about without having any of the facts. ~a
[2012-07-24 14:52:45] - g: Ah, ok. Well, you can avoid answering the hidden questions, and for the other ones that you feel like you don't know enough about, you could just list the importance as lowest. -Paul
[2012-07-24 14:45:33] - paul: there were just a lot of topics I didnt know enough about to feel like I was accurately capturing my opinion... I didnt put other on anything... ~g
[2012-07-24 14:45:06] - paul: no the ramifications of saying No I dont want to expand off shore drilling -> does this mean we have to buy more? Or more research into other forms of energy... ~g
[2012-07-24 14:40:49] - g: The ramifications of expressing your opinion? It would alter how the site grades who you agree with... Were you trying to game it?
-Paul[2012-07-24 14:31:18] - But I had a lot where I was like I dont really want to hit Yes, No, or Other... I mean what are the ramifications of doing this... Cause it will probably change my mind. ~g
[2012-07-24 14:29:15] - for the mitt romney it says no major issues in terms of where I agree with him... ~g
[2012-07-24 14:29:00] - sooo my results - 87% Jill Stein, 85% Barack Obama, 75% Gary Johnson, 58% Ron Paul, 19% Mitt Romney ~g
[2012-07-24 13:11:53] - "their most significant after school activity may well be babysitting their younger siblings while their parents work." that would be a great example if the applicant discussed how they were able to use that time to learn a new skill. all it takes is a piece of paper, a book, and some quiet babysitting time to learn a skill. ~a
[2012-07-24 13:09:01] - somehow "the proportion of black and Latino students who qualify is lower than the proportion of those groups in the overall school population" is considered a problem? i doubt any of us are going to disagree on this one, right? ~a
[2012-07-24 12:51:16] - I guess there's some rule that we can't go a few years without TJ's admission process being a hot button media issue. - mig
[2012-07-24 12:21:00] - I think it's a good research site, though, as long as you're willing to dig deep and not just accept that the number it spits out for each candidate is accurate. -Paul
[2012-07-24 12:18:30] - Although, looking at where Obama and I "disagree", I think the 2% is misleading. There are a lot of issues where it sounds like we agree in general, I just take things one more step. -Paul
[2012-07-24 12:16:18] - So, I ran it through for a third and final time, this time making sure to choose all the "others" that made sense. Johnson 99%, Paul 95%, Romney 52%, Stein 24%, Obama 11%. Obama seems to be quite varying in results to me for some strange reason. - mig
[2012-07-24 11:35:29] - Wow, holy crap. I went back and re-took the quiz more carefully (examining the "other" answers for every question) and now I match 100% with Ron Paul and 2% with Obama. -Paul
[2012-07-24 10:58:38] - Do you support increased gun control? Barack Obama: No, only for assault weapons You: No. This apparently fit into issues we do not side on for some reason. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:55:08] - Should the U.S. intervene in the affairs of other countries? Barack Obama: Only in matters of national security, human rights violations, or specifically asked by the international community Your similar answer: No. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:54:45] - Wait you had to click a link to get more questions?
[2012-07-24 10:54:36] - I decided to probe my supposadly similar stances to obama a bit more. It's leading to quite a bit of amusement. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:52:47] - re-run results. Johnson 98%, Paul still 92%, romney drops down to 59%, stein 41%, obama jumps up to 28% somehow. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:51:02] - paul: i thought i got all the additional questions, but apparently i missed the extra ones on foreign policy. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:50:09] - mig: Yeah, I kinda want to retake it some. Also, did you notice that there were some hidden questions, where you had to click on a link to get more? -Paul
[2012-07-24 10:50:04] - mig: Yeah I chose choose another stance on a lot of them. -Daniel
[2012-07-24 10:49:26] - hmmm, i should have defintely picked "choose another stance" for a lot of them. Seems much more closer to my stances than simple yes or nos on some of these. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:46:33] - mig: Stein was 27% for me. -Paul
[2012-07-24 10:46:08] - Daniel: Wow, so you agree with Romney more than Miguel or I agree with Obama. How does that make you feel?
-Paul[2012-07-24 10:43:10] - I dont' remember what I got for stein. It might have been higher than the obama score honestly, I'll have to re-run the damn thing now because I'm curious. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:42:55] - mig: Yeah, I think they unfortunately go by what the candidates say rather than what they do. -Paul
[2012-07-24 10:40:01] - daniel: to be honest I don't even know what the green party stands for anymore. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:37:57] - 84% Jill Stein?? 68% Obama 67% Ron Paul then way low to like 35% Romney. Apparently I'm super green party and didn't even know it. -Daniel
[2012-07-24 10:34:51] - paul: that's not a stretch. that's flat out incorrect. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:32:19] - mig: Yeah, it told me I agreed with Obama on Foreign Policy, which I think is just as bad. I said "No" to the question about interfering in the affairs of other countries, which is said was similar to Obama's stance, which seems like a stretch. -Paul
[2012-07-24 10:29:54] - so that 18% is inflated. more sad. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:29:37] - Moreover, the category where it said I "agreed" with Obama was immigration, which I know for a fact isn't true. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:29:13] - paul: I picked "choose another stance" for maybe 6 or 7 questions. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:26:22] - mig: I was 71% Mitt, but only 11% Obama. How often did you pick a non "Yes or No" answer? -Paul
[2012-07-24 10:17:15] - 95% johnson, 92% RP. Seems well enough. Then 77% romney? The very sad part was 18% for obama. Sad because I take some very strong liberal positions in the quiz. - mig
[2012-07-24 10:10:59] - Daniel: See? This is why I dislike email threading.
-Paul[2012-07-24 10:10:37] - http://www.isidewith.com/ If anybody here hasn't decided on who to vote for in the upcoming presidential election (or is just curious how closely they agree with the candidates), this quiz could help. -Paul
[2012-07-24 10:10:19] - Paul: Found it! Gmail had threaded the invites so it only showed up in my inbox once and i had to click back in the thread to see the invite for the keeper league. -Daniel
[2012-07-24 10:07:08] - hmm
[2012-07-24 10:05:48] - Daniel: No, they were both ESPN leagues. One was the keeper league (which you didn't join) and one was a non-keeper league (which you did). -Paul
[2012-07-24 10:02:40] - -Daniel
[2012-07-24 10:02:35] - Paul: Also apparently Yahoo killed that email because I hadn't logged in during the last 4 months. Send the invite again?
[2012-07-24 10:00:59] - Paul: umm is one of them the yahoo league? I think that invite gets sent to an email that I only created for that league and thus never actually check. I will go look. -Daniel
[2012-07-24 09:58:48] - Daniel: I noticed you signed up for one of the fantasy football leagues, but not the other. Is that because you aren't interested in the other? -Paul
[2012-07-24 09:08:33] - a: Well, I don't think it's the right approach (in the Penn State case or this business analogy). If the CEO and 10 VPs were embezzling millions of dollars... then why don't we just arrest/fine them specifically and leave the company (99% of which is presumably innocent) alone? -Paul
[2012-07-23 21:15:36] - agreed. a 60 million dollar fine and restrictions on how it can do business was a fine punishment. yay. you were saying this wasn't fair though, weren't you? ~a
[2012-07-23 18:17:40] - a: What price will it pay? A $60 million fine and restrictions on how it can do business? -Paul
[2012-07-23 18:08:35] - paul: of course not. but their company will "pay" a price even if it ends up hurting the employees. ~a
[2012-07-23 18:00:47] - a: Who is "we"? I certainly care. Are you saying we should throw all the thousands of employees in jail? -Paul
[2012-07-23 17:35:39] - paul/g: if a CEO and his 10 VPs were all embezzling millions of dollars, defrauding the shareholders, and killing puppies, do you punish the 11 people who messed up or do you punish the company with their thousands of employees? answer: both. but but! a majority of the people punished were innocent! we do not care. ~a
[2012-07-23 17:07:22] - Does anybody here listen to internet talk radio? I've gotten a little into the CNBC / CNN / etc channels on the satellite radio in the new car, but the trial is going to run out soon and I'm wondering if there are any good internet radio alternatives. -Paul
[2012-07-23 15:26:57] - Daniel: I guess I'm kinda with those who say the NCAA shouldn't be sticking it's nose in. If the individuals in question did anything wrong, then charge them in criminal court. -Paul
[2012-07-23 15:25:43] - Daniel: Yeah, that doesn't seem right either, because what if 9 resign and one doesn't? -Paul
[2012-07-23 15:16:15] - Paul: I wonder if the NCAA could say we are going to shut down the football program unless these 10 people resign or something? But that would probably spawn a whole other crazy mess of debates. -Daniel
[2012-07-23 15:15:39] - Paul: I don't know? -Daniel
[2012-07-23 15:08:03] - Daniel: I guess the NCAA can't specifically punish individuals in any way? -Paul
[2012-07-23 15:07:02] - Daniel: Well, that's actually a pretty interesting take on things. I might agree with that. Not sure what authority the NCAA has on punishing schools for things like this (although apparently they do have the authority). -Paul
[2012-07-23 14:51:30] - Paul: How do you hurt the people at the top w/o hurting the school? Are you arguing that the NCAA shouldn't have done anything? I've read some people who think that - they think its an overreach of the NCAA's power since it wasn't a football violation. -Daniel
[2012-07-23 14:44:32] - a: Let's take the bowl ban specifically. Who does that most directly hurt? The current football players (who, as far as I know, are completely innocent). Indirectly, it probably means less money for the school, which hurts a whole bunch more innocent people. How does it hurt the intended targets? -Paul
[2012-07-23 14:42:45] - a: Sure, but the majority of the class is completely innocent. -Paul
[2012-07-23 14:39:11] - a: but the students who get punished were not even in college when this was happening, and I dont think anyone has ever insinuated that the students had any knowledge of this. ~g
[2012-07-23 13:49:33] - you're shutting down the whole classroom because pretty much the whole classroom was fucked. ~a
[2012-07-23 13:49:01] - paul: "It seems to me the equivalent of sending an entire classroom to detention because one student threw a spitball at the teacher" there was more than one student throwing the spitball at the teacher. many of the students were guilty and many of the other students didn't think the spitballing was wrong. ~a
[2012-07-23 12:11:32] - paul: I think a major part of the problem was that while sandusky was no longer a coach, he was still afforded various benefits by penn state, and even had an office on campus and was still loosely affiliated with the program up until his arrest. - mig
[2012-07-23 12:08:00] - How recent were the transgressions, also? Sandusky stopped coaching at Penn State back in 1999, according to wikipedia. I know there was cover-ups going on afterwards, but was any of it recently? I'm just curious how many members of this cover-up are still at Penn State. -Paul
[2012-07-23 12:04:19] - Contrast it to the SMU death penalty case in the 1980s, where the wrong doing was literally everyone in the football program, including a vast majority of players, and after several times the NCAA warning SMU to stop the nonsense, then shutting the program down would seem more reasonable. - mig
[2012-07-23 12:02:10] - daniel: well right, I didn't mean to frame my argument that you could never shut down a football program. I meant it as more it is a massive overreaction to a crime that is for the most part, perpetrated by a relative few. - mig
[2012-07-23 11:50:35] - I'm not sure shutting down the program is the answer to those questions but I wouldn't avoid shutting down the program if it was the answer because of its ramifications either. -Daniel
[2012-07-23 11:49:58] - So I guess step 1 is agreeing that those at the top did something wrong. Assuming we agree on that then the next question is what punishment should they be given (that acutally could change their behavior and would influence others in the future to try and avoid a similar outcome) and who can give them that punishment? -Daniel
[2012-07-23 11:42:39] - Daniel: It seems to me the equivalent of sending an entire classroom to detention because one student threw a spitball at the teacher. -Paul
[2012-07-23 11:41:58] - Daniel: I mean, how many people currently part of the Penn State football program did anything wrong? Contrast that with how many people will be affected by these punishments (all the players, coaches, trainers, staff, etc). -Paul
[2012-07-23 11:41:00] - daniel: well, I have yet to hear a convincing argument (in my eyes at least), why the only reasonable course of action is shutting the program down. Most arguments I have are rooted too much in emotion or just part of the "need to send a message crowd", which I think are not sound or rational reasons to base a decision like this around. - mig
[2012-07-23 11:39:30] - Daniel: Which is why I feel like aiming punishment at the football program (instead of the individuals themselves) is a little odd. -Paul
[2012-07-23 11:39:05] - Daniel: Well, I guess the way I think about it is that the football program wasn't the problem, the problem was with individuals (some part of the football program, some not). -Paul
[2012-07-23 11:24:25] - So can anything actually be done to keep the football program in check and not let it overshadow everything else if we (random people in VA with little to none connection to UPenn) don't think its a good idea to do to much to it because it would hurt to many innocent people? -Daniel
[2012-07-23 11:19:37] - Daniel: Well, it didn't really fail. My point was more that there are maybe a dozen people with responsibility, but the punishment handed out is going to hurt a bunch of innocent people. -Paul
[2012-07-23 11:17:47] - mig: "the vacating wins seems awfully petty" the vacating of wins seems like one of the only punishments that someone like paterno would actually care about. which do you think he values more? money or legacy? ~a
[2012-07-23 11:15:56] - mig: So Penn state football is to big to fail?
-Daniel[2012-07-23 11:12:30] - daniel: I suppose so, but it doesn't change the other ramifications of shutting the program down (the big 10 and other teams that have penn state on their schedule, the local economy around the penn state community, etc). - mig
[2012-07-23 11:11:07] - I don't know enough to know whether the penalties issued will actually change the behavior of those at the top. If it does then I supposed its sufficient but if not then basically those at the top are using everyone else as hostages, eg you can't give us the death penalty because of all the collateral damage it would cause! -Daniel
[2012-07-23 11:09:36] - mig: Couldn' they shut down the program next year? So you let this year play out w/o f'ing everyone over and let people plan to be somewhere else next year? -Daniel
[2012-07-23 11:07:26] - On top of that it would harm the entire big 10 conference. Aside from the scheduling headaches it would create, every team who would have had PSU visiting their stadium would suffer financially from that. - mig
[2012-07-23 11:05:36] - so they'd basically would have to sit out the entire year. - mig
[2012-07-23 11:05:21] - If they had shut the program down for even just a year, the ramifications would have been massive. The current players definitely would have been screwed big time. An offer to transfer without peantly would have been empty, it's only a month before the season begins and all the rosters are pretty much full at this point. There would be nowhere for them to go ...
[2012-07-23 11:01:07] - paul: that's why I thought the vacating wins thing is kind of silly and petty. As for the current students, they'll have the option of transferring for next season without penalty if they want to. Honestly, the way this punishment was crafted it seems like it tries to minimize the "collatoral damage". - mig
[2012-07-23 10:58:47] - I mean, say what you will about what a horrible thing that Sandusky did or how responsible Paterno was, but I don't think anybody argued that the legitimacy of his wins are in any way tainted. I understand wanting to punish the dead guy somehow, but I'm not sure that is the right way. -Paul
[2012-07-23 10:57:11] - What I'm wondering is how much this punishes the people who deserve it (the bowl ban seems to punish the current players and coaches more than those responsible) and how effective it will be (will anybody NOT still consider Paterno to be the winningest coach ever?). -Paul
[2012-07-23 10:53:40] - g: for the purposes of this punishment, probably. - mig
[2012-07-23 10:52:52] - mig: hmm but dont they have like a finals or something is it considered a bowl game? ~g
[2012-07-23 10:50:21] - I think the punishment is sort of fitting. I was actually wondering if they would go totally knee-jerky and just shut the program down for a year or 2, but it appears they thought this through a bit. Though the vacating wins seems awfully petty, as it serves no purpose other than making sure Paterno doens't stay the winningest college football coach. - mig
[2012-07-23 10:47:58] - yeah wow. that's a pretty serious punishment. but they deserve it imo: this wasn't a lone offender. their whole staff was complicit from what i've heard. ~a
[2012-07-23 10:47:45] - g: it would mean both a ban on bowls and being ineligble for the playoffs. College football has no playoffs now but will in the very near future. - mig
[2012-07-23 10:43:14] - from what I read I think it summarizes as 60M in fines, 4 years of no Bowl Games (although it says post-season does that mean ineligible for playoffs?), vacating of wins from 1998 - 2011, and decrease in # of available football scholarships ~g
[2012-07-23 10:42:22] - Penn State Sanctions http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/23/source-penn-state-to-be-hit-with-fines-in-excess-of-30-million/ ~g
[2012-07-23 10:05:02] - g: Huh, I didn't realize that 58 people were injured. That's a lot more than I would've expected. -Paul
[2012-07-23 09:55:15] - paul: I think they were counting injured + dead. ~g
[2012-07-21 17:58:21] - paul: oh, ok, i guess i'm agreeing with you then. maybe they're counting injured, in which case it might be the largest, i dunno. ~a
[2012-07-21 17:57:22] - paul: how is it defined? according to spree killer it's neither. ~a
[2012-07-21 14:51:46] - Not sure how long it will be up, but does anybody know why CNN's front page has the headline "Largest Mass Shooting in US History" referring to efforts to disarm the movie theater shooting suspect's apartment? The shooting in Colorado couldn't have been the largest mass shooting in US history, right? Isn't the Virginia Tech shooting larger at least? -Paul
[2012-07-20 16:14:12] - a: Scratch that, got it. -Paul
[2012-07-20 16:10:39] - a: I haven't gotten any invite yet. -Paul
[2012-07-20 16:09:44] - paul/ultimate_people: i sent out the ultimate invite, but my email-server has been super broken (comcast changed some stuff i guess). let me know if you didn't get the message. ~a
[2012-07-20 14:49:12] - paul: i don't know, but let me know what you find out. last couple times i looked into google voice it was in closed beta, but now it looks like i can reasonably switch... - aaron
[2012-07-20 13:46:01] - Does anybody here use google voice, and if so, could they explain to me if they think it's something I might want to use? -Paul
[2012-07-20 13:07:26] - http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/07/abc-news-tea-party-connection-incorrect-129588.html abc apologizes for not verifying that James Holmes the batman shooter and Jim Holmes the tea party member are in fact, not the same person. - mig
[2012-07-20 12:05:41] - nina: The "dark, Trekkie-like person." comment is a new one.
-Paul[2012-07-20 11:58:29] - title: watch this. http://www.theonion.com/video/ron-paul-makes-campaign-stop-in-whimsical-jalopy,28724/ -nina
[2012-07-20 11:58:11] - paul: someone always has to bring up violent video games in the debate. -nina
[2012-07-20 10:58:32] - http://reason.com/blog/2012/07/20/half-assed-media-speculation-about-the-b It'll be interesting to see how many of these speculations turn out to be true. -Paul
[2012-07-20 10:10:31] - aaron: I heard them talk about in on NPR this morning. Sad
-Daniel[2012-07-20 10:10:20] - aaron: Yeah, I heard about it some on the radio coming into work. -Paul
[2012-07-20 10:03:15] - did anybody else hear about the shooting at the aurora colorado batman premiere? - aaron
[2012-07-20 09:42:44] - daniel: as far as I know, no. Their releasing the cinematic at gamescon in early august, so I would say late august/september would be the earliest possible date. - mig
[2012-07-20 09:41:16] - mig: Does WoW MoP have a release date yet? -Daniel
[2012-07-20 09:26:50] - http://www.salon.com/2012/07/19/obamas_pot_problem/ interesting thought that's been going around. Is it possible that the Gary Johnson could siphon away more votes from Obama than Romney? - mig
[2012-07-20 08:59:00] - a: Frisbee this weekend? -Paul
[2012-07-19 15:14:11] - I probably could pay off my house in a year, if I took a nasty enough job--one that would mean leaving my family behind for a year. Now the penalty isn't just a bad job, but missing out on a year of my daughter's development. It's probably still the best move rationally, but the negative is too high. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-19 15:13:18] - Aaron's got the gist of it, I think. It's worth taking a high risk high pay low enjoyment job if you can make enough to accomplish some desired feat that would normally take years. E.g. I'd happily trade a year of my life in an absolutely miserable job if it meant I could pay off my house. There are limits, though...
[2012-07-19 15:02:02] - daniel: personally, unless there was some way would have more personal time or something like that.... like if i could make a year's salary in 6 months, and have the rest of the year off or something?? i might take that... but just for the pay raise, it wouldn't be worth it. the extra money itself wouldn't have any value to me - aaron
[2012-07-19 14:57:16] - What if the job was temporary? Like people who get a crazy boost in pay to go work in Iraq for 6 months / 1 year? They are then able to use that to buy a house and stuff like that. I do feel that I'm mostly in the I make "enough" so why take a job that makes me less hapy than an alternative. Its just enough $ to be tempting... -Daniel
[2012-07-19 14:52:27] - xpovos: i pretty much agree with what you said although i'd change the phrasing, "anything beyond that is excess and [b]couldn't[/b] be exchanged..." the reason why i wouldn't want a less fun job is because there's nothing i could really spend the extra money on that would make me happier, and you can't literally "buy personal time" unless you count LWOP - aaron
[2012-07-19 14:47:22] - Anything beyond that is excess and could be exchanged for 'happiness' in the form of a more enjoyable job, or more personal time. Until you hit that breakpoint, few people are willing to sacrifice money--it's why people will perform shitty jobs for low pay. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-19 14:46:15] - There is a break-point. A threshold where you have as much as you need to survive with a comfortable lifestyle, including savings for a future. That number fluctuates some as your salary goes up (more money results in buying more stuff, to a certain extent), but for most people in static situations it's 'fairly' constant. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-19 14:38:34] - daniel: it all comes down to the logarithmic value of money. i think the St. Petersburg paradox is a really interesting representation of that - aaron
[2012-07-19 14:36:34] - daniel: personally, i'm currently making about 150% as much money as i need to be happy. if i could take a 33% pay cut and have more free time or enjoy my job more, it would be a no-brainer. and in an apparent contradiction, if i could be paid 100% more, but enjoy my job less, i'd probably refuse the job - aaron
[2012-07-19 14:32:48] - daniel: according to my ex, uncle, and a few other people i know, it's at least worth about $50k/year. but, that was in the other direction (leaving an unfun/well-paying job for unemployment/underemployment) - aaron
[2012-07-19 14:27:26] - How much money is it worth to do a job you are pretty sure you aren't going to like as much an another one? Hmmmmmmmm -Daniel
[2012-07-19 11:59:54] - mig: LOL! -- Xpovos
[2012-07-19 11:50:04] - http://reason.com/assets/mc/ekrayewski/2012_07/build.jpg promising start of a new meme? - mig
[2012-07-19 10:28:26] - aaron: Apparently a citation for solicitation. I think that's negative $. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-19 10:17:51] - haha probably neither. ~a
[2012-07-19 09:49:45] - xpovos: so did the officers give him back his $40, or sexual gratification? - aaron
[2012-07-19 09:24:21] - Random news for your day: http://www.stategazette.com/story/1870129.html -- Xpovos
[2012-07-19 08:11:22] - "art through adversity" and "collaborative art" and "brevity is the soul of wit" was cool too. ~a
[2012-07-19 01:34:16] - ok i watched the entirity of part one (part one part one and part one part two). that was waaaay too long: over an hour? wait what? he spent too much time talking about how the story was inconsistent; he could have cut that in half twice and it would have gotten that point across. the rest was gold. the stuff about story simplicity and good-vs-evil. the "ending multiplicity". great stuff. ~a
[2012-07-18 11:35:34] - a: you must force him to watch the plinkett star wars reviews (very NSFW). That young fool needs to be educated. - mig
[2012-07-17 12:11:53] - a: I've seen all three of those movies (the first one a few times) and I still don't think of Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan - vinnie
[2012-07-17 11:41:05] - one of the high school interns in my office said he was hearing Obi-Wan Kenobi's voice in his head. what was Obi-Wan saying? "you were the chosen one!" . . . hah. kids these days and their new star-wars movie references. ~a
[2012-07-17 11:35:22] - i was using portal2 (from steam) in wine last night on ubuntu. i can't wait to play it all native like! ~a
[2012-07-17 11:30:10] - http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/16/valve-makes-steam-for-linux-official/ valve porting steam, left 4 dead to ubuntu 12.04 - aaron
[2012-07-17 10:19:00] - a: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and Dark Knight Rises. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-17 10:09:40] - which three movies? ~a
[2012-07-17 10:01:14] - Xpovos: Yeah, unfortunately I also have to go to work the next day, so not sure it would work for a few reasons.
-Paul[2012-07-17 09:48:54] - Paul: Yeah, it starts at 6PM for probably a midnight showing of DKR which will finish maybe close to 3AM? So a total of almost 9 hours. For $40. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-17 09:32:55] - Xpovos: Sorry, got birthing class to go to Thursday night. When does it go from and until, though? It has to be around 8 hours, right? -Paul
[2012-07-17 08:45:53] - The AMC theatres are showing a 3-movie Batman marathon Thursday night. I'm seriously tempted to go. But Katie can't/won't, and I don't want to go on my own. Is anyone else potentially interested? I'm not even sure tickets are still available, honestly. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-16 12:12:52] - mig: It's usually a local distinction, but DWI is broader than DUI. DWI can include drugs, prescription or other, and even fatigue if the locale is feeling aggressive. DUI is pretty much universally just alcohol. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-16 11:55:06] - bah. anyways, my question: is there some sort of legal distinction between "driving under the influence of alcohol" and "driving while intoxicated"? Or is it just whatever the locals want to word their offenses as? - mig
[2012-07-16 11:53:18] - so I was leafing aroudn the yahoo sports page and came across two articles: first. <a href="sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/dui-charges-dropped-bucs-eric-wright-moves-preseason-153359287--nfl.html">second</a>. - mig
[2012-07-16 11:22:57] - Adande talks some about the Lin factor being a plus for keeping Howard here http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/47820/the-case-for-howard-in-houston -Daniel
[2012-07-16 11:21:56] - Also could help, in some way, if we do get Howard. When Tmac was with Yao his (Tmac's ) jersey was the #1 seller globally because of China and because of all the exposure that Tmac got playing with Yao. I'm not sure Lin is as big as Yao yet but if he gets close then having 1 billion people following your team can be good for your brand. -Daniel
[2012-07-16 11:20:29] - mig: Well its not a done deal yet. Knicks have till Tuesday night to match and even with the Felton trade I'm not convinced they don't. If he does come I think its a positive move since we lost both our PG's this offseason. Also Houston + Chinese star has already been done so I think it helps to solidify Rox presence in China which is good from the $ perspective.
[2012-07-16 11:01:01] - daniel: lin will actually go to the rockets, shockingly Horray? or nay? - mig
[2012-07-16 09:07:55] - http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38329 axe cop tv show slated for fox's animation domination for 2013 - aaron
[2012-07-14 20:04:30] - ha!
[2012-07-14 16:31:24] - lol Paul got carded for Ted - Aaron
[2012-07-14 09:11:32] - aaron: I didn't think it was possible for either of those videos to get more fucked up. Putting them together succeeds. Wow. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-14 00:06:34] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ3BWVZ--aE pon pon pon de floor.... if you haven't seen any of the music videos this is mashing up, they're worth watching on their own too!!! both very fucked up in their own way - aaron
[2012-07-13 14:55:40] - aaron: it's funny you mention that, it was a point brought up in a cato blog post on the subject: "the Chinese athletes will have arrived in London by U.S.-made aircraft, been trained on U.S.-designed and -engineered equipment, wearing U.S.-designed and -engineered footwear, having perfected their skills using U.S.-created technology." - mig
[2012-07-13 14:52:23] - a part of living in a first-world country is that employment opportunoties shift past mining from raw materials, past manufacturing, and on to creative/intellectual processes like designing clothes... so i'd say having a company like ralph lauren off-loading labor to other countries is more of a badge of honor for america than anything else, why be ashamed - aaron
[2012-07-13 14:50:12] - mig: i find the outrage a little offensive. it's the kind of thing i'd expect from north korea or something, where they'd be all pissy about how their movie theater was tainted by an american movie - aaron
[2012-07-13 14:43:40] - obviously they have better things to do, but don't you think buying stuff made in the US will improve the local economy? if you don't buy locally, then your local economy will be hurt in weird undefinable ways. ~a
[2012-07-13 13:56:39] - mig: Other than being annoyed at the outrage, I have to wonder if our lawmakers have better things to do, like pass a budget? -Paul
[2012-07-13 13:50:42] - so, people are going apeshit over the USA olympic parade uniforms being "made in china"? thoughts? other than either being amused or annoyed at the outrage? - mig
[2012-07-13 13:35:40] - Although, one idea I haven't thought off is the possibility of getting Howard to agree to a sign and trade. If that can happen, it would probably work out well for Houston ... but still no guarantee Howard would agree to it. - mig
[2012-07-13 13:33:13] - While they've given Lopez a lot of money, they've made no secret in the past about being non-commital towards him. Other teams will want him, and he's movable. - mig
[2012-07-13 13:32:22] - Daniel: I guess it's either (a) they get Howard and have a shot this year (maybe?) or (b) it's Kevin Martin and the rookies and they are in the running for a #1 pick next year? I guess that makes a perverse amount of sense. -Paul
[2012-07-13 13:32:21] - daniel: right, they're out until at the very least the trade deadline for this year. But I have no doubt they'll be pushing to get him next offseason. - mig
[2012-07-13 13:31:30] - Would Howard still want to go the Nets? Sure. But do the Nets have any money to pay Howard? Nope. -Daniel
[2012-07-13 13:30:35] - Nets are out this year and next unless they make some heavy trades. They can't get Howard now that they signed Lopez. -Daniel
[2012-07-13 13:30:06] - Paul: Well if he doesn't know where he wants to play then if he is on our team we get the most time to convince him Houston is where he wants to be and can add the most money. Its not a great situation but I'm not sure what alternative path to becoming a contender is for Houston at the moment. -Daniel
[2012-07-13 13:29:13] - The problem is I don't think the Nets will ever be out of the equation. I don't know if his prett overt desire he has to be in Brooklyn will be outweighed by anything the rockets do. - mig
[2012-07-13 13:29:03] - leaves then we suck it up and hope for a high lottery pick because season after season of the 14th draft pick and no playoffs sucks. He is pushing hard on the trade front because we've struck out several times now in the FA market. -Daniel
[2012-07-13 13:28:41] - Daniel: I just wouldn't want Howard on my team anymore because he seems like a basket-case who has no idea where he wants to play. -Paul
[2012-07-13 13:28:21] - Paul: You are sort of correct but I would disagree on Morey being insane. We had decent players and some ok picks but unless one of those picks goes nuts we are going to be stuck at 8th or 9th in the Western Conference indefinitely. We've already had the 14th pick 3 years running. He is trying to make a move for Howard and see if we can go big and even if Howard...
[2012-07-13 13:26:51] - a run at Howard but will he think those are suitably "bigger" or "better" markets than Houston? I don't know but I don't think its a no brainer to leave Houston for those cities whereas NYC or LAL I think would be a much harder city to compete against. -Daniel
[2012-07-13 13:26:35] - Daniel: No offense, but I think the Rockets' GM has gone insane. A month or two ago, they had a bunch of decent players and lots of draft picks. Now all it looks like they will have are their rookies and Kevin Martin. -Paul
[2012-07-13 13:25:52] - mig: The idea on being able to keep Howard is two fold. 1)The new CBA will be in effect so we will be able to offer Howard like 30 million (thats the number I've seen) over the life of a new contract than any other team 2) Next year there won't be any big market teams wtih cap space (currently with trades who knows). Dallas and Atlanta will and will probably make..
[2012-07-13 13:24:24] - to manuveur around to get some better players around him. So hopefully we can get Howard w/o having to take all of Richardson/Duhon/Davis/Turkaglo(sp?) and having to give up our entire team. If we can trade for Howard and like two of those I think we can still make improvements and have a shot of convincing Howard to stick around. -Daniel
[2012-07-13 13:22:53] - mig: He's pretty much been the mostly likely amenesty candidate for us for awhile so that isn't surprising though we (rockets fans) were hoping we could trade him for a pick or something at least instead of using the amenesty but oh well. The concern now is that the Rockets essentially just swap teams with Orlando instead of getting Howard and still having room...
[2012-07-13 13:21:37] - mig: I think they are making a STRONG push to get Howard. I read that in order to sign the offer sheets they promised to Lin and Asik (they promised awhile ago but haven't actually done it yet) and still have the financial flexibility to be able to pull the trigger if/when Orlando agrees to something Scola needed to be off the books. -Daniel
[2012-07-13 13:19:10] - daniel: can you enlighten me on what the Rockets are doing? Amenestying Scola ... are they really, really going Dwight Howard (for maybe 1 year) or bust? - mig
[2012-07-13 10:03:25] - such unacceptable behavior . . . *shakes head slowly* ~a
[2012-07-13 09:48:54] - a: hmm true... I dont know why I got that messed up
please excuse me. ~g[2012-07-12 16:46:49] - mig: i watched one episode of american ninja warrior and it wasn't good. they'll go through maybe 2 contestants before a commercial break if you're lucky, and something about the course just seemed weird or tacky to me - aaron
[2012-07-12 16:38:04] - i'd like to play but i'm busy saturday. ~a
[2012-07-12 16:37:13] - g: audrey isn't a ginger. ~a
[2012-07-12 14:34:30] - title: is this about a squared... cause I really dont need to know about that... ~g
[2012-07-12 14:34:05] - this is what happens when i leave town. ~g
[2012-07-12 14:31:09] - Some people even know what I hope to do in the afternoon too... although it's not likely to happen. -Paul
[2012-07-12 14:18:35] - I'm not sure if I have a plan for Saturday night currentlybut I'm interested in the idea of playing SC2 with some people. I will probably be terrible at this point. -Daniel
[2012-07-12 14:17:33] - So we have Paul's whole Saturday evening mapped out now! Ted -> Dinner -> SC2
[2012-07-12 14:06:22] - Would any SC2 players here be interested in playing this Saturday night (maybe starting around 9 or so)? I haven't played in forever and feel like going back to the well. -Paul
[2012-07-12 12:25:14] - http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/07/12/157207/whats-wrong-with-american-ninja-warrior apparently there's an american version of ninja warrior. and this review makes me sad about it if what the reviewer says is accurate. - mig
[2012-07-12 12:03:58] - g: yeah we messed up about the number of copies needed to print. since we went so far over, we'll probably get to print a whole other run for promotional purposes. we were all pretty surprised that it funded so quickly - vinnie
[2012-07-11 22:00:21] - I made an event to see Ted on Saturday and eat dinner afterwards. Let me know if any of you didn't get an invite. -Paul
[2012-07-11 15:56:02] - but thats awesome that they raised so much... Especially the 5K backer. That is awesome! ~g
[2012-07-11 15:53:22] - aaron: their kickstarter project allows enough pledges that they need to print more than the 1500 copies they account for... ~g
[2012-07-11 15:20:50] - My self-imposed hiatus was due to 4 posts in a row, with no other commentators. If I want to just rant, I have a blog. This is a message board. So, I was making sure I didn't go overboard. My first Kickstarter's product is in the mail. It should arrive today, maybe Friday, early next week at the latest. At that point I need to set up a play session. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-11 13:49:54] - So who's going to be doing "Dancing Mad". I'd imagine that be quite an undertaking to remix. - mig
[2012-07-11 13:16:03] - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ocremix/a-4-disc-final-fantasy-6-album-from-oc-remix oc remix kickstarter reached its goal overnight - aaron
[2012-07-11 13:11:12] - Paul: If he's on hiatus, I don't think he is going to be able to answer
-Daniel[2012-07-11 12:32:02] - Xpovos: How come? -Paul
[2012-07-11 12:27:18] - http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ashley-cole-claims-terry-racism-151000848--sow.html sometimes I think the UK is in competition with the US for absurd criminal prosecutions. - mig
[2012-07-11 11:24:27] - Apparently I need to go on a posting hiatus. Riiiiiight. Now. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-11 10:22:27] - This is the latest in a long string of (anecdotal) evidence I've seen of media types examining third parties in greater detail then they ever have before (still dismissively, but at all!). None of them ever mention Gary Johnson or the Libertarian party, though. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-11 10:21:00] - My carpool this morning was listening to WMAL (conservative leaning talk radio) the hosts were talking about ||Virgil Goode|| and his bid to make it onto the ballot in Virginia, which could be a major impact on Virginia, hence the election, since polling data showed him at 9% in VA. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-11 10:19:31] - I think I need an apathy dietary supplement. My body's natural production isn't even getting me through til noon anymore. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-11 10:15:19] - Paul: The website is called "Feministing". With the possible exception of a reference to a non-mainstream sexual practice, it's pretty obvious they are going to be the ones who DO think this is about rape; so the article in that sense isn't surprising. It surprises me if anyone sane agrees with them. (I'm not calling you insane for raising your hands) -- Xpovos
[2012-07-11 10:14:46] - i disagree with the entire premise of the article though. i think rape can be a joke because i think anything can be a joke. if they were arguing that it was a horrible joke and the company should be boycotted because of their joke, that's different than i can't make any joke on a specific topic. ~a
[2012-07-11 10:13:47] - xpovos: it is not a rape joke. reading over the entire text of the ad, they didn't make any allusions to rape or sexuality. ~a
[2012-07-11 10:08:23] - Xpovos: Not raising my hand, but looking at their "meet us" column, I would say they appear to be somewhat sexist in their hiring practices (Yes, I know it's a feminist site. No, I'm not being entirely serious). -Paul
[2012-07-11 10:02:57] - Show of hands... how many people think this is a rape joke? http://feministing.com/2012/07/10/dominos-pizza-thinks-rape-is-a-joke/ -- Xpovos
[2012-07-11 10:02:05] - xpovos: but they will not be named "fun-sized" anymore. The entire package will be a warning label that features teeth in bad states of decay. - mig
[2012-07-11 09:57:39] - mig: Except for fun-sized candy bars which will be the only size permissible because they fall under 100 calories. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-11 09:55:26] - g: i expect fun to be completely outlawed in NYC by the end of the decade. - mig
[2012-07-10 22:41:23] - apparently my cousin is one of the friends in this article http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/a-legal-fight-over-sipping-beer-on-a-stoop/?smid=fb-share ~g
[2012-07-10 15:44:38] - i like to pretend emulation is a term to describe the feeling of elation an emu might feel
[2012-07-10 15:18:44] - 17 inches (43cm) ~a
[2012-07-10 15:03:05] - a: How big a laptop screen? Maybe I could have upped the resolution or something to make it better? -Daniel
[2012-07-10 14:33:33] - i'm surprised by how much i don't miss the real screen. maybe it's because i have a freakin huge laptop screen. ~a
[2012-07-10 14:32:55] - "4 months of only using a laptop screen" i've been using the laptop screen / laptop keyboard for almost 2 years now. i plug in a mouse. ~a
[2012-07-10 14:13:12] - I just got a real monitor at work after like 4 months of only using a laptop screen. Its no dual monitor but suddenly it feels amazing. -Daniel
[2012-07-10 13:28:16] - g: no, i got it from some retailer at a convention. those expansions seem interesting though, i'm surprised he already got so much off of kickstarter! i'd have to read up on the gameplay and see if we're still playing the game in a few months when it comes out - aaron
[2012-07-10 12:06:11] - OMG, it wanted 3K it already has 33K with 30 days to go! ~g
[2012-07-10 12:05:40] - aaron: did you get Flashpoint from kickstarter? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2012515236/flash-point-2nd-story-urban-structures-and-ff-figu?ref=category ~g
[2012-07-10 11:51:45] - paul: any time is fine - aaron
[2012-07-10 10:57:41] - Cool. Any particular time? I was thinking late afternoon or evening. Maybe we could do dinner before or after. -Paul
[2012-07-10 10:56:18] - paul: more than likely, yes. - mig
[2012-07-10 10:46:52] - I think I'm open and am interested. Just got semi-official permission, so I'm good to go. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-10 10:28:53] - paul: yesssss - aaron
[2012-07-10 09:55:13] - People still interested in seeing Ted? Maybe this Saturday? -Paul
[2012-07-10 09:54:45] - Xpovos:
-Paul[2012-07-10 08:46:36] - That is a brutal 1-2 punch in the subtitle and historic post. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-09 11:58:59] - aaron: They filter IPs. I think it's 3 articles per month. It was essentially the same thing as my previous post from the blog, but with less data--just backed up by the FT's reputation. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-09 11:28:25] - xpovos: "ft.com articles are only available to registered users and subscribers"? what kind of article was it? rectangle? - aaron
[2012-07-09 10:59:26] - The article I posted last week now followed up on by the FT. -- Xpovos
[2012-07-09 10:27:04] - http://imgur.com/gallery/mgYed Double penetration? -- Xpovos
[2012-07-09 09:47:24] - anon: it was a conversation with ricky. ~a
[2012-07-09 08:55:32] - poor ricky?
prev <-> next