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DOOOM! -- (link) - budice Sep 28, 09:11
HERCULES: $151M Overseas Total / $223.3M Global -- nm - budice Sep 28, 09:05
Oh and with all the normal sunday NFL talk we have the potential of 3 extra baseball games if certain things happen today - eag Sep 28, 09:00
Foster is active. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 08:51 2
- Dos Equis is a game-time decision. -- nm - budice Sep 28, 08:52 1
  - It's always Miller time. -- nm - Mop Sep 28, 09:17
Jared Allen inactive - Had 113-straight starts -- nm - budice Sep 28, 08:49
Well, I obviously did not pay enough attention to bye weeks when drafting this year... - Scots-IrishStephen Sep 28, 08:41 25
- With byes and injuries I have no QB in QV this week. -- nm - Dano Sep 28, 08:58 3
  - I'm tempted to say F- it and start Kyle Jusczcyk while I'm at it. -- nm - Dano Sep 28, 09:06 2
    - heh I picked him up in a league to start him. -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Sep 28, 09:13 1
      - He has more fantasy points this season than Torrey Smith. -- nm - Dano Sep 28, 09:22
- I wish they'd get rid of the bye weeks. -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 08:52 19
  - During the bye week, the team has to face the 13 Ghosts - prayformojo Sep 28, 09:05 5
    - oooh, i'm gonna start watching the nfl again...nm - x Sep 28, 09:07 2
      - It's all fun and games until The Juggernaut gets the ball. -- nm - David Sep 28, 09:09
      - Not For Long -- nm - budice Sep 28, 09:07
    - Do the Ronan have some sort of travel secretary? -- nm - David Sep 28, 09:06 1
      - What...are you doing? -- nm - Ronan the Accuser Sep 28, 09:07
  - You'd get a ton more injuries. -- nm - Reagen Sep 28, 08:55 5
    - One week off makes that big of a difference? - Krusty Sep 28, 09:04 3
      - My guess would be that injuries have been on a steady uptick as the game has gotten more violent. However - Reagen Sep 28, 09:18 1
        
        Every year you see a team with an injured player that shuts him down so in tandem witht he bye week they get two weeks off, or wait to bring back an - Spawn Sep 28, 09:20
      - huge -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 09:18
    - Send in the clones! -- nm - budice Sep 28, 08:56
  - I actually would like to see a second bye week added to the schedules. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 08:53 6
    - They need to build it in that when you have a Thursday night game it is after a bye week. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 08:58 2
      - They need to get rid of all games not on Sunday or Monday night. No midweek games. Football doesn't belong on Thursday nights. - Krusty Sep 28, 09:02
      - *this* I'd get behind. -- nm - Reagen Sep 28, 08:59
    - Id like to see a universal bye week in the middle of the season -- nm - eag Sep 28, 08:58 2
      - For all businesses, even. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 08:59
      - TV Networks would never go for it, and the NFL would be throwing away millions. -- nm - Reagen Sep 28, 08:59
- Same here I got alot of byes too -- nm - eag Sep 28, 08:47
The Eagles hotel had their fire alarm go off at 2am last night. Wasn't me! -- nm - Pippy in the air Sep 28, 08:28
buffy ‘Sparkly Vampires Just Reek Of Scientology’ – Nicholas Brendon And Clare Kramer Talk Buffy At Rose City Comic Con - Spawn Sep 28, 08:15 1
- - "buffy" -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 08:16
Now Playing: Thirteen Ghosts - prayformojo Sep 28, 07:59 6
- I have such a fondness for that movie. -- nm - David Sep 28, 08:15
- are you sure it's not thir13ten ghosts?....nm - x Sep 28, 08:01
- How do they stack up against the 47 Ronin? -- nm - Reagen Sep 28, 08:00 3
  - the 13 ghosts are a 9 to 5 favorite in the morning odds....nm - x Sep 28, 08:02
  - Or 12 Angry men? -- nm - budice Sep 28, 08:00 1
    - Highlander - Spawn Sep 28, 08:01
Is anyone around that can answer some questions about how players move with the premier league system? I'm intrigued. - Volnelk Sep 28, 07:58 10
- EPL has minimum age of 16 for Premiership Matches -- nm - budice Sep 28, 08:22 1
  - Spain making age 14 the minimum (sign contract / play) -- nm - budice Sep 28, 08:24
- the fifa rules on all this are sort of arcane to me, honestly. maybe cq or dane know this better, but i do know that.... - x Sep 28, 08:11 2
  - That makes sense. Kind of what I thought. So then is there no limit to the number of players that a club could have under contract? - Volnelk Sep 28, 08:15 1
    - not sure. i think there are some limits, but i don't know what they are. the premiere league also has.... - x Sep 28, 08:21
- To address your last line, teams can (and have) signed a *7* year old. - Reagen Sep 28, 08:03 4
  - yes, but there are qualifiers for players outside of the club's country..... - x Sep 28, 08:15
  - So is that these U-21 teams and stuff I see on Twitter? - Volnelk Sep 28, 08:09 2
    - It's sort of run the way hockey used to be run - Reagen Sep 28, 08:54
    - the u-21 matches are internationals. fifa runs a u-21 world competition....nm - x Sep 28, 08:26
STIS: My mom needs a new laptop. She wants 15.6", touchscreen. She uses it a lot (like all day) so it needs to be a worhorse. What she does with it... - Dano Sep 28, 07:52 12
- Lenovo, Acer, Asus -- nm - budice Sep 28, 07:57 2
  - voila -- (link) - budice Sep 28, 08:00 1
    - Or Sha-zam! -- (link) - budice Sep 28, 08:04
- For what you describe, 8 GB would be dicey. 12 would be preferred. - David Sep 28, 07:53 8
  - Her current computer is 4GB and that hasn't seemed to be an issue for what she does. -- nm - Dano Sep 28, 09:02 2
    - The problem is that every new version of a program has higher resource demands. Firefox is a good example of something that will struggle. -- nm - David Sep 28, 09:03 1
      - That's why I was going to go to 8, but I don't think 12 is necessary. -- nm - Dano Sep 28, 09:22
  - Looking over Ben's Bargains, I like this one. -- (link) - David Sep 28, 08:14 4
    - From Consumer Reports ratings I was looking at a Dell Inspiron 15R -- nm - Dano Sep 28, 09:00 1
      - I have a 17R. I am not thrilled with it. -- nm - David Sep 28, 09:02
    - $1399 -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 08:24 1
      - (Not if you do the deal at Bens Bargains) -- nm - David Sep 28, 08:54
Kansas has fired Charlie Weis, citing the fact the team sucks. -- (link) - Will Hunting Sep 28, 07:42 3
- But but but, according too all their fans they were going to compete for the big12 championship this year. -- nm - Truman Sep 28, 07:52
- they should just stick to hoop.....nm - x Sep 28, 07:49
- Im sure thatll fix things -- nm - budice Sep 28, 07:44
Welp - there goes the plan to go to the office this morning. AMC is showing Aliens ... they are at the part where ... - JenBro Sep 28, 07:14 6
- In the season finale for The 100, they get a radio transmission from a guy whose territory is being overrun by the enemy. - David Sep 28, 08:16 1
  - ::shake heads:: -- nm - Judges Sep 28, 08:23
- Part of that scene bothers me so much. Spoilers. - Volnelk Sep 28, 07:43 3
  - Actually, not really (spoils) - prayformojo Sep 28, 07:50 2
    - Hmmmm. I can't belive that I've missed that in the hundreds of times I've watched it. I feel like that isn't spelled out very well. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 28, 07:59
    - IIRC, this is spelled out more clearly in the directors cut -- nm - prayformojo Sep 28, 07:52
I love it when bye weeks leave you with a choice between Shonn Greene and Chris Johnson. Ugh. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 28, 07:06 4
- How about a choice between Jake Locker and no one. (In this league there is no picking up players) -- nm - Dano Sep 28, 07:23 1
  - heh well at least you have a back-up. I've got Kaep, and my back-ups were to be Schaub and Cassell... -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Sep 28, 08:43
- The Jets love to run and the plan no matter the team is to run it down their throat. But, the Lions D can stop the run and I'm not so sure they're - Krusty Sep 28, 07:17 1
  - He's on the Titans who have to play Charlie Whitehurst against the Colts. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 28, 07:45
What happened to the 24hr news cycle? I read here last night about Ferguson but not one "news" channel had any actual news on their channel. I get - Krusty Sep 28, 07:02 14
- There was nothing on my local news besides the breaking news banner. No reporter apparently works on Saturday night. - droidlet Sep 28, 07:07 13
  - And I wouldn't have known if my wife hadn't texted me asking why 20 police cars went shooting down I-70. -- nm - droidlet Sep 28, 07:08 12
    - But if Beiber had crashed a remote controlled car they would have had reporters at the scene. What a joke they've all become and it's bad for America -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 07:15 11
      - I'm not so sure it's bad for America. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 08:23 10
        
        if america wanted real journalism, they'd be happy to provide it.... - x Sep 28, 08:34 8
        
        They need to figure out how to do it in a funny way. John Oliver committed a blatant act of journalism last week on the Miss America thing - Reagen Sep 28, 08:57
        
        They shouldn't be giving them what they want but what they need. That's a big problem that they refuse to acknowledge. - Krusty Sep 28, 08:38 6
        
        i don't think that's the reality. these are businesse, not public service providers... - x Sep 28, 08:43 5
        
        The news division is not where they're supposed to be making a profit. Networks make their money other places and news is usually a loss or breaks - Krusty Sep 28, 08:59 4
        
        we'll just have to disagree. personally, i think you're looking for a model that is long gone in the u.s...... - x Sep 28, 09:06 3
        
        The model in the 50s and 60s is a historical aberration. -- nm - Reagen Sep 28, 09:20
        
        Downhill since Murrow. But it just gets worse and worse with not one organization or station to standing up for what's best for the people of America - Krusty Sep 28, 09:13 1
        
        because standing up would likely mean losing audience to the others. and there's the rub....nm - x Sep 28, 09:15
        
        Bad or lack of reporting on the news is bad for everyone. They're failing at their jobs now going on well more than a decade. - Krusty Sep 28, 08:28
Guy gives back Konerko GS ball from the 2005 series, then catches Konerko foul ball in the 3rd inning. -- (link) - droidlet Sep 28, 06:08
FFL: Have oe league where my entire bench is on a BYE. All my starters are playing. -- nm - budice Sep 28, 06:02
Let's say that my enjoyment of DirecTv has waned since they cannot keep a service running (f'n AT&T)...I want to get recordings off my DVRs... - Will Hunting Sep 28, 05:59 11
- Since it's direct, you don't happen to have one of the DirecTivo units do you? -- nm - droidlet Sep 28, 07:02 1
  - Just a Genie -- apparently this is a software issue affecting my box style, but to change out, would lose all the recordings - Will Hunting Sep 28, 07:38
- What's the problem you're having? - Krusty Sep 28, 06:41 2
  - AT&T is bying DirecTv and since AT&T is inept in so many ways, I blame them as a default. - Will Hunting Sep 28, 07:38 1
    - Got it. I have DirecTV as well and I've only had one big problem and they fixed it quickly. I do have a old DVR with things on it I'd like to get - Krusty Sep 28, 08:31
- Probably not. Looks like they're in a non standard format (unlike tivo files) which means only their hardware will woem -- nm - droidlet Sep 28, 06:31 5
  - Work. -- (link) - droidlet Sep 28, 06:32 4
    - That's Dish, not DirecTV. No difference? -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 06:43 3
      - Oh yeah, whoops. -- nm - droidlet Sep 28, 07:01 1
        
        :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 07:03
      - From my searching Dish will allow you to move from one DVR to another but DirecTV won't. As for getting them - Krusty Sep 28, 06:48
16-Year-Old Irish Girls Win Google Science Fair 2014 With World-Changing Crop Yield Breakthrough -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 28, 05:56
So let's review the last let's say 25+ hours - JD Sep 28, 05:25 3
- Great time ! -- nm - Pippy in the air Sep 28, 07:19
- Nice fun filled day! :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 06:52
- Solid day. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 28, 05:35
Ryder Cup: Singles started ... notes - budice Sep 28, 04:14 1
- Or, the more likely thing since the captain does absolutely nothing of note....the US players just aren't good enough. - Will Hunting Sep 28, 04:48
Tis a bit different night when you overhear: "That scene was my first DP ever...and it was like the best feeling ever" - JD Sep 27, 22:50 4
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 06:52
- Indeed. I'm more accustomed to having that said to me, not just overhearing it. -- nm - Mop Sep 27, 23:33 1
  - *golf clap*? -- nm - JD Sep 28, 00:14
- Perhaps not the best example but a call back to David's smaller chested porn statement -- (link) - JD Sep 27, 23:11
Looks like I've got the server configuration nailed down. Hmm. Almost time to migrate. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 27, 22:40 5
- Definitely looks like Logout isn't working on that server. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 27, 22:46 3
  - Eh, that has not worked in ages. -- nm - Spawn Sep 27, 22:48 2
    - Should be fixed now. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 27, 22:51 1
      - woot! - Spawn Sep 27, 23:48
- Winter is coming. -- nm - Spawn Sep 27, 22:41
L.A. city council has approved a plan that raises minimum wage for hospitality workers to $15.37 an hour. - Meg Sep 27, 22:31 5
- What's the current minimum wage for hospitality workers? -- nm - Mop Sep 27, 22:38 4
  - State minimum = $9 -- nm - Meg Sep 27, 22:43 3
    - Odd that they would choose to regulate only one minimum wage earning profession, and then only certain parts of it. - Mop Sep 27, 23:34 2
      - It's the group that people earning high wages interact with the most. -- nm - Roger More Sep 28, 06:25 1
        
        And it hurts the travel business when they walk off the job, which they've done at least once recently. -- nm - Meg Sep 28, 08:27
Tru -- nm - Spandau Ballet Sep 27, 22:01 1
- I know this much. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 27, 22:04
Who is this kid on SNL performing with A Grande wearing...the Dickey Bennett Prison Hairdo? - Mel Profit Sep 27, 21:53 1
- ruiner! -- nm - Tim Sep 27, 21:53
Tru Blood is done. So that can't be a suggestion. -- nm - Qale Sep 27, 21:52
Tru ... st no one. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 27, 21:42
Tru...ly tired after all of today's work. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 27, 21:38
Tru, early 90's shows were terrible! -- nm - nubby Sep 27, 21:37
Tru, The Flash starts soon. -- nm - Spawn Sep 27, 21:30 1
- Tru, on Tuesday Oct.7 -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 27, 21:43
Tru . . . i was about to ask if there was a new ST-meme until I looked at B2 and see that people are responding to your post -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Sep 27, 21:29
Tru, you read my mind...I was just going to ask this of ST!--I just watched NCIS: New Orleans...not bad. -- nm - Flavorize Sep 27, 21:23 4
- I thought the actors were appealing. otherwise, it's a carbon copy of the original. Totally unnecessary. - loosi at home Sep 27, 21:43 3
  - To your IM, yep, they layed it on, pretty thick...I'm not sold on the lead gal...but I'll give it a shot because of Bakula -- nm - flavorize Sep 27, 21:57 2
    - I will say the opposite. I really dug the two young agents. Great personalities. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 27, 22:22 1
      - I have been a Zoe McLellan fan for a decade, since she was on JAG -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 27, 22:33
Tru, I'm watching Gotham. Really liked the pilot. -- nm - Mop Sep 27, 21:20
Tru, Animated Avengers starts a new season tomorrow morning on Disney. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 27, 21:16 3
- also, Madam Secretary was very good last week.....avoid Debra Messings new show -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 27, 21:27 2
  - The Laura show is a mega bomb, I expect it to be cancelled within a few eps. what a stinker. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 27, 21:44 1
    - Ratings aren't bad. -- nm - Mop Sep 27, 22:04

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