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- I can see a death in hockey soon if they don't get rid of icing (they have to go to no-touch) -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 12:45 5
  - They can't eat their cake plain. They are savages, but not barbarians. -- nm - con_carne Sep 21, 12:47
  - Are you threatening me? (nm) - Gary Bettman Sep 21, 12:46 3
    - unfortunately yes. -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 12:47 2
      - to the IM, not the threatening -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 12:47 1
        
        Damn right, you better back down. (nm) - Gary Bettman Sep 21, 12:48
- yes. -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 12:41 12
  - What about an MMA-related death? nm - Dignan Sep 21, 12:41 11
    - More likely....but I think MMA has the advantage of rare is the case you'll see dozens upon dozens of shots to some guy's head - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:47 2
      - see, you say that, and then the first match of this season of Ultimate Fighter, was like a Jello fight, if people bled Jello. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 12:49 1
        
        I haven't seen a TUF fight in forever....but much of the bloody fights i've seen aren't purely one-sided devastations. - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:50
    - yes cause people have already died during it haven;t they? not UFC but smaller venues (boxing too) -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 12:44
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      - and when it happens, have fun with that one, Dana White. - TFox Sep 21, 12:43 5
        
        You think a death would make MMA less popular? This seems debatable to me -- nm - con_carne Sep 21, 12:46 3
        
        It would slow the movement for the fights to be sanctioned in more places, for sure. - TFox Sep 21, 12:47 2
        
        heck, the fan base might go through the roof. -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 12:48 1
        
        Unfortunately, this is probably true. nm - Dignan Sep 21, 12:49
        
        boxing has survived the odd death. It's a chance they must be willing to take -- nm - Beaker Sep 21, 12:44
- yes. some times you get a good sense of the amount of force being applied during a hit. lewis/sproles was a good example. - prayformojo Sep 21, 12:38
- Though I know nothing about football, I worry more about high school players, generally - con_carne Sep 21, 12:38 2
  - It's staggering that more HS football players don't get hurt. Look at some of the freaks of nature that are frosh in college ball. - musubi Sep 21, 12:42
  - If there is an issue, I agree, it won't be in the NFL. NFL is looking at concussions, they'll be the first to adopt new helmet tech, etc. - TFox Sep 21, 12:40
- My gut instinct was "yes", but as I think about it more, I think it's "no". - musubi Sep 21, 12:36
- with a lightning...perhaps -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 21, 12:35
- only if Jerry Jones gets drunk and drives a hummer on field - right over Romo - Epiphany Sep 21, 12:34 1
  - So, yes? -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 12:38
- No. - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:33 8
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    - I think he's absolutely right, but I think catastrauphic injury will be much more likely than death. (nm) - musubi Sep 21, 12:40
    - I saw that and I think it's possible....however I don't believe it'll be in the next 10 years and for the most part, if it does happen, I don't buy - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:38
    - Olsen took a shot this weekend that gave me shivers, and he was acting so weird when he tried to get up. - TFox Sep 21, 12:37 4
      - Totally. That was wicked. -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 12:38 3
        
        He looked like he was poorly stop-motion animated. Or on Dr. Katz. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 12:41 2
        
        I thought it reminded me more of some kind of Teen Wolf transformation or something. It was really weird -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 12:44 1
        
        fair point. it did have an American Werewolf in Pittsburgh feel. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 12:45
- hmmm.... no. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 12:33
- Directly? Doubt it. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 12:33
~I'm feeling okay with my whiskey hang over~ -- nm - Epiphany Sep 21, 12:31
watching Hawaii Five-O while I code; the way they show drug effects is hilarious -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:30
It's like 2001 all over again. Twitter to face 32-bit issue for status IDs. Apps not using 64-bit values will fail -- (link) - oblique Sep 21, 12:28 7
- uh, didn't the twitpocalypse happen two months ago? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:29 5
  - they hit the signed integer limit in June, now they're going to exceed the 32-bit limit. That's alot of tweets -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 12:32 4
    - and some really poor programming -- nm - decline Sep 21, 12:40 3
      - well, whether it is poor programming or not is up for debate. Certainly some of the supporting apps would be poorly coded, but it sounds like twitter - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:47
      - Of course years from now we'll be berating people for assuming they'd never consume a 64-bit integer -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 12:41 1
        
        Agreed. Although 2^64 is a pretty damn big number, you've gotta admit :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:46
- love the photo that they used -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 12:29
egads. What the hell is going on, Naples, Florida? Wife and five kids all murdered? -- nm - ty97 Sep 21, 12:28 1
- "worst of the worst" homicide is what I saw the police saying. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 21, 12:29
No Wonder Spawn didn't see my birthday wishes - amoxy Sep 21, 12:27 1
- heh. Thanks. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 12:33
Computers don't come with UPS built in probably because of issues like weight, battery replacement and the fact that normal UPS are cheap - oblique Sep 21, 12:22 2
- They have a name for computers with a built-in UPS, they're called laptops. -- nm - Ender Sep 21, 12:24
- What can Brown do for your computer? -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 12:23
I'm troubled by the attitude that you should support a policy if it impacts you directly. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 21, 12:20 15
- Isn't that the position most "right-wing" Republicans are taking on the Health Care issue? - JaxSean Sep 21, 12:27 2
  - I think most conservatives do feel this way, but the radicals are the ones who say they fear a "government takeover of healthcare" -- nm - con_carne Sep 21, 12:33
  - No, you're right. - Dr.Vermin Sep 21, 12:32
- more than "should" or "shouldn't", I'm interested in the "why?" -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 12:26
- I don't think anyone would go that far...but there's a fairly sizable contingent of anti-gay marriage people who felt that the right of gay marriage - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:24 1
  - Also, the notion of whether the "sanctity of marriage" impacts your life is extremely subjective, no matter your religious or political leanings -- nm - con_carne Sep 21, 12:27
- It's a really good way to come up with some extremely biased answers, for sure. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 12:22
- ONLY! That you should ONLY support a policy... -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 21, 12:20 7
  - I assume that the same holds true for support=oppose, right? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:22 6
    - I would think. Though... - Dr.Vermin Sep 21, 12:26 5
      - It's very easy to see how vested interest theory applies to your IM - znufrii Sep 21, 12:39
      - gotta pick a side there, though. :) that's pretty much the opposite argument. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 12:27 3
        
        ??? "gotta pick a side" where? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 21, 12:29 2
        
        well, between your first post and second. - TFox Sep 21, 12:31 1
        
        Oh, ok. - Dr.Vermin Sep 21, 12:37
Massachusetts may have a new Senator by the end of the week. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Sep 21, 12:17 7
- if it's Dukakis, I'm 100% behind the Republicans on this. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:26 4
  - It would only be until the election in January. He's not running. -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 21, 12:30 2
    - Doesn't matter. He's the dud in a tank guy. Synynmous with epic fail on the Democrats. - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:32 1
      - Yes - CovingtonCat Sep 21, 12:36
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- "Republicans, who hold only five of the 40 seats in the Senate chamber..." - nubby Sep 21, 12:24
- Behold the power of lysine. -- nm - Max Sep 21, 12:19
wow, Michael Floyd's out for the rest of the year? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 12:13 4
- Yup broken clavicle. Too bad too cause he's something special to watch - Stephen Sep 21, 12:16 2
  - fwiw, i can't believe that "Golden Tate" is a real name -- nm - prayformojo Sep 21, 12:16 1
    - Heh the catch phrases write themselves! -- nm - Stephen Sep 21, 12:19
- *checks roster* - oblique Sep 21, 12:15
Report: CIA interrogations likely caused brain damage (affecting memory) -- (link) - CovingtonCat Sep 21, 12:13 2
- i have no recolection of that -- nm - W Sep 21, 12:15
- So what? -- nm - Dickie C. Sep 21, 12:14
Poll for the tron: will the Dow Jones index cross 10,000 by the end of the year? - Max Sep 21, 12:10 14
- No. 40/50% moves don't come without corrections. Markets have never gone up in straight lines, there's always retracement. - Loyola Sep 21, 12:16 6
  - Well, it's at 9700 now, so 9000 is out of the question as the question is asked. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:17 5
    - Not if Loyola thinks it will rise to 9800 then drop to 9000 and stay there through the end of the year. -- nm - Max Sep 21, 12:20 4
      - Then Loyola's answer is 9800 as his comment interacts with your question. - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:36 1
        
        I think Loyola's answer is "No, it won't cross 10k, *and* I expect it to fall from its current level." - Max Sep 21, 12:49
      - Actually, it's already crossed 9,000, so there is no question. -- nm - psilotum Sep 21, 12:33
      - If it finished its fall at 9100, that'd be a pretty good showing too. -- nm - Loyola Sep 21, 12:22
- perhaps ask later -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 21, 12:15
- Yes. Though retail reports between Thanksgiving and New Years will probably drive it down to close to 9000. -- nm - TWuG Sep 21, 12:13 1
  - I'm surprised the weak back-to-school season didn't take more of a toll in the past month. -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 12:14
- yes -- nm - decline Sep 21, 12:13
- yes. - znufrii Sep 21, 12:11
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- yes. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 12:10
For those that like 80s music AND want to hear Mrs. TWuG, she's doing the mornings at this web station -- (link) - TWuG Sep 21, 12:09
LYC: Backstreet Boys have a new single, which actually has a great beat -- (link) - MDH Sep 21, 12:08 [youtube] 1
- Someone should stop those people. -- nm - Loyola Sep 21, 12:11
NASCAR chase for the cup question - prayformojo Sep 21, 12:03 7
- No, 2 years ago, they hosed up and reset everyone to their WIN totals...so each win is 10pts - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:05 5
  - So if you finished 2nd in all races, so were ahead in points, you wouldn't be in 1st when the "chase" starts?? -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 12:06 4
    - Nope. They wanted to try to increase the push for guys driving to win....and missed the balancing act of rewarding wins while also rewarding top - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:09 3
      - That seems dumb. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 12:10 2
        
        If they combined the 2...say the #1 guy gets 60 up, #2 50, #3 45...etc etc all the way down to 12th getting 0...and then give 10pts for each win.... - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:20
        
        Yep. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 21, 12:10
- The points system starts over, but the person starting out 1st gets x points, 2nd gets y points, etc. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 12:05
This is probably a re-post, but new to me. Cop "overdoses" on pot brownies, calls 911 -- (link) - con_carne Sep 21, 12:00 [youtube] 4
- It is indeed a repost, but it's pretty damn funny, so I think it can be forgiven (plus, it was a year ago or more :)) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 12:05 1
  - For the STers who do not smoke pot - con_carne Sep 21, 12:10
- "Is this real life?" -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 12:01 1
  - "I feel...funny." -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 12:01
San Francisco Giants prospect Angel Villalona has turned himself in for the shooting death of a man in his home country. -- (link) - Will Hunting Sep 21, 11:59 1
- But he hasn't committed any crimes in the United States, right? -- nm - Mop (234 lbs) Sep 21, 12:01
A sad end to a story that's been haunting this community for a few years. -- (link) - Mop (234 lbs) Sep 21, 11:56 2
- What name did Brooke Wilberger post under? -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 11:58 1
  - You get a "by" 'cause it's your birthday. -- nm - Mop (234 lbs) Sep 21, 12:00
Yup. Mom is on Facebook now. I'm sure I need to block her from posting on the wall. Should I block status and links? - oblique Sep 21, 11:52 21
- heh...reminds me of that Verizon commercial - Stephen Sep 21, 12:23
- block her seeing your statuses and your wall and what you post on other's walls. -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 11:59
- What's more important is blocking yourself from seeing her updates. "{mom} is getting some tonight". -- nm - Mop (234 lbs) Sep 21, 11:57 12
  - "{mom} is disappointed her son forgot her birthday. Maybe next year" -- nm - Roger More Sep 21, 12:00 11
    - speaking, my dad's birthday is either yesterday or tomorrow (I can never remember which) - znufrii Sep 21, 12:01 10
      - So long as it is not today. I don't share with the common folk like kilbo does. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 12:04 7
        
        Birthday FMK - Bill Murray, Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton from Fresh Prince), Spawn -- nm - Roger More Sep 21, 12:07 5
        
        Thank you for not throwing Rob Marrow or Luke Wilson in there. - Spawn Sep 21, 12:14 3
        
        But what's your answer to the FMK? -- nm - Roger More Sep 21, 12:16 2
        
        Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me. I'd fuck me hard. -- nm - Buffalo Spawn Sep 21, 12:20 1
        
        M Murray, kill the other one. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 12:20
        
        Well, being as we are already ST-Married, this is easy - FKM -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 12:10
        
        you're in the clear. -- nm - znufrii Sep 21, 12:05
      - might as well wait til tomorrow. you'll have a 50% chance of being right. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 12:03
      - um, yeah. -- nm - Andie Sep 21, 12:02
- for me, i care little about what mom sees on my wall. (i police it for unpleasantness anyway.) - TFox Sep 21, 11:57
- I guess ignoring her friend request was out of the question? -- nm - con_carne Sep 21, 11:54 3
  - Oh, I don't think I can get away with that. Maybe if this became a fad for her and she stopped using it but I'm guessing she's here to stay -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 11:55 1
    - You should have just told her she's not allowe to create an account. Collectively that's what my generation of the extended family told their parents -- nm - Roger More Sep 21, 11:58
  - doing so would have (spoilers) - prayformojo Sep 21, 11:55
- "Son, what is that in your mouth??" *faints* -- nm - Don Homer Sep 21, 11:53
I actually enjoyed watching "Shaq vs." Funny guy, good concept. -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 11:51 1
- Does the network play these online? I'm interested in catching up. -- nm - Mop (234 lbs) Sep 21, 12:05
error again? -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 11:51
hmmm... board roll errors are *prevalent* today. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 11:51 8
- SFANs can sometimes make it worse ... I need to fix the main bug, though -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 11:53 5
  - At least it's not orange -- nm - oblique Sep 21, 11:54
  - no biggie. i just figure it's helpful to you to know how often we're seeing it. -- nm - TFox Sep 21, 11:54 3
    - I get an email each time :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 11:55 2
      - Ah. That was why I was saying it. I will ignore it. - Spawn Sep 21, 11:56 1
        
        ("That happens to me sometimes.") -- nm - Beryllium Sep 21, 11:57
- The board is rolling a lot today (which is a good thing) -- nm - con_carne Sep 21, 11:52
- And so many people seeing it is what has me worried. -- nm - Spawn Sep 21, 11:52

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