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Microsoft quarterly gaming results are in: 33.5 million XBox360 shipped (more than the N64), 291 million games and $300 million in profit. -- (link) - Inigo Oct 23, 11:23 1
- i hope they would ship more units than a 12 year old system that isn't made anymore -- nm - big time shamu Oct 23, 11:24
Why anyone with a small child needs to get the H1N1 shot. -- (link) - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 23, 11:20 4
- no - absolutely not. - Epiphany Oct 23, 11:23
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  - Flumist isn't legal for sale in canada, so we only have the shot form here -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:22 1
    - (With adjuvant in the mix, which could be a bad thing ...) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:23
musubi, before I argue about stats with you, lets go back to what you say is smart about Theo - crash davis Oct 23, 11:19 2
- What, to you, is contradictory? - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:26
- oops, make that two sentences. -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:21
Hi all, hope everyone is good. Some pics of baby Alex in case you're interested. -- (link) - Don Homer Oct 23, 11:18 [flickr] 9
- Congrats!!! -- nm - Krusty Oct 23, 11:27
- awwww - congratulations! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 23, 11:26
- Way to go, Papa Mike! -- nm - David Oct 23, 11:25
- Babies! I love babies!! -- nm - Yosemite Sam Oct 23, 11:21
- congrats. and tell those docs to keep the needles away from! nm -- nm - groiny Oct 23, 11:20
- hope you guys are doing well! -- nm - prayforEscapefromUndeadmojo Oct 23, 11:20
- congrats! -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:20
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- nice :) congrats! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:19
Dear Facebook, - Elybow Oct 23, 11:16
after 19 seasons, Survivor has almost enough people withdrawn from the game for medical reasons to invite them back for a season of thier own -- nm - peglegpete Oct 23, 11:13 3
- Bring back Osten! -- nm - Roger More Oct 23, 11:16
- Survivor: Zombies -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:14 1
  - Survivor: Pussies -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 23, 11:16
i'm guessing the pilots in that Northwest jet must have been in an argument like musubi & david's when they overshot Minneapolis -- nm - big time shamu Oct 23, 11:12 2
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  - Like the people who read David and my arguments? (nm) - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:17
Hanson is on campus now. Should I go say "hi from loosi"? -- nm - nubby Oct 23, 11:12 3
- goose the cute one for her -- nm - Epiphany Oct 23, 11:15 2
  - "But... they're all the cute one!" -- nm - nubby Oct 23, 11:16 1
    - heh heh - Epiphany Oct 23, 11:27
You *know* the jets in Israel are getting fueled up right now. -- (link) - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 23, 11:10 13
- i need someone to explain to me why it is obama's policy failing when Iran failed to sign a UN brokered agreement. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 11:12 10
  - It -- nm - Guigue Oct 23, 11:20 1
    - Argh: It's kind of amazing that Obama's name is in the title, also the first word, then nothing -- nm - Guigue Oct 23, 11:21
  - Failure is good. I see no problem. -- nm - Rush Limbaugh SI Oct 23, 11:17
  - Because the policy has failed to get Iran to the negotiating table. (Whether there's any policy that the US and others could take that would prevent - Roger More Oct 23, 11:15 2
    - I shouldn't say "to the table". But failed in terms of meeting its objectives (so far) -- nm - Roger More Oct 23, 11:15 1
      - But saying that sounds like an attack on Obama! Why are people so MEAN??? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 23, 11:20
  - because it's Obama's fault that we've even gotten them to the table in the first place, instead of just nuking the sh!t out of them. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 11:14 1
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  - Because it's owned by Rupert Murdoch and so if it fails, it must be Obama's fault. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 23, 11:13
  - I swear, world governments are nothing more than a bunch of petulant children. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:13
- Why the hell are the Jets in israel? Shouldn't they be in training? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:11 1
  - And dancing menacing towards The Sharks? (nm) - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:11
So, I tried some new gilette antiperspirant today. It's *terrible*. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:04 6
- I use Toms of Maine Apricot deodorant. -- nm - lileve Oct 23, 11:15
- I got tired of the women demeaning themselves so I gave up on Axe. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 23, 11:08 1
  - I still use the axe body wash, but mostly only because I like the smell of one particular variety. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:10
- I've never been able to use antipersperant. It itches. I think I may have an allergy. -- nm - Dr.Vermin DOES use deodorant Oct 23, 11:05 1
  - i hear it makes kids autistic if they use it too -- nm - big time shamu Oct 23, 11:07
- lyc. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:05
So was the 'something major' happening on Survivor last night? What was it? (I'm not watching this season so I want the spoilage, please.) -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:01 16
- Two things were freaky (sp) - prayforEscapefromUndeadmojo Oct 23, 11:24
- I got a one-hour nap. -- nm - nubby Oct 23, 11:13
- 50 minutes of people whining about rain and 10 minutes of semi interesting stuff -- nm - peglegpete Oct 23, 11:11
- spoils - Roger More Oct 23, 11:07 3
  - More spoils - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 23, 11:11 2
    - I was going to say, wasn't (sp) - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:15 1
      - There was and the person last night had even lower blood pressure somehow. -- nm - David Oct 23, 11:22
- Read backboards, people! -- nm - David Oct 23, 11:01 8
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  - I've been here the whole time! I saw it, but now I can't seem to find the post that mentioned it. - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:06 6
    - nothing happened really - big time shamu Oct 23, 11:08 4
      - spoils - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:10 3
        
        spoiler - nubby Oct 23, 11:17 1
        
        Yes. Except now I'm out of the survivor pool. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:18
        
        spoils - Roger More Oct 23, 11:12
    - yeah, the caching code I added doesn't really help with searches all that much ... oh well. I'm not google ... heh ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:08
Crap I have to go, have a good one and mind yourselves! -- nm - Loyola Oct 23, 11:00 1
- Guinness time? :) -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 11:01
Theo is smart, jeebus I wish my favorite team had a GM this smart. (link) - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 10:55 39
- in other words, someone trade for him so that he can get big money from you and never be worth it. - tRuMaN Oct 23, 11:13 4
  - Assuming you're talking about Drew, he's OPS'd (hi David) over 900 the past two season, while playing strong defense in RF. On the FA market that's - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:21 2
    - which is why he is trying to get people to trade for him now, so that he can get something in return for a player they wont resign. - tRuMaN Oct 23, 11:23 1
      - You think basic ecomonics isn't smart? You don't know the majority of MLB GMs. - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:28
  - Exactly. Bobby Cox was doing the same thing with Kelly Johnson the other day. -- nm - David Oct 23, 11:18
- holy crap I forgot to bring this up. i listened to this interview. more key quote: Theo believes JD Drew has been worth more than what he pays him. - TFox Oct 23, 10:59 29
  - Unfortunately, the Sox formula has one major flaw in it and once that is added in he becomes on of the bottom 3 outfielders - decline Oct 23, 11:02
  - The statement itself is self-referentially mocking. -- nm - David Oct 23, 11:01
  - Multiple respected baseball people at websites like Fangraphs and Baseball Prospectus came to the same conslusion independently. - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:01 26
    - he also said RBI's aren't important -- nm - CQ Oct 23, 11:02 25
      - They're not. Once again, Theo is smart. (nm) - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:03 14
        
        this is beyond the pale -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:05 13
        
        Consider this: Jeff Francouer had 71 RBIs last year. - David Oct 23, 11:07 3
        
        yeah, but that gap between 71 RBIs and 108 RBIs is important, it tells you something right there -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:10 2
        
        Only when placed in that context. Otherwise, you just hear "71 RBIs" and think he was rather productive. -- nm - David Oct 23, 11:12 1
        
        I think 100+ is great, 90 is productive, 80 okay, 70 is a second baseman -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:13
        
        See TFox for context. It's true. RBI's are nice, but they're not important. - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:06 8
        
        how about batting avg. with runners on base? is that important? - crash davis Oct 23, 11:08 7
        
        Way more important than RBI's but still pretty random. - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:11
        
        OPS is the one true stat, Crash. Learn to love it. -- nm - David Oct 23, 11:11 5
        
        OPS is still flawed. It's the best shorthand stat, but weighted on-base average is a better all-in-one offensive stat, imo. (nm) - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:13
        
        tell moose that, and then tell him that players with a certain career OPS level should be in the hall of fame -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:12 3
        
        How am I going to reason with Moose? Did you see the ARod nonsense last night? And now he's talking up JD Drew, for God's sake. -- nm - David Oct 23, 11:19 1
        
        no, I didn't see anything about ARod -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:20
        
        Nah, OPS only considers offense and isn't league-context dependent. (nm) - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:17
      - I'm going to need some context on that one -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:03 6
        
        important to the team, not important in evaluating an individual player. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 11:04 5
        
        RBIs are relatively random. JD Drew's failings as a massively overpaid player are not. - David Oct 23, 11:06 3
        
        JD Drew is at worst marginally overpaid. - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:08 2
        
        You're so cute. Tell me the part about Alex Rios again! -- nm - David Oct 23, 11:10 1
        
        He was a good gamble that Kenny Williams lost. *shrug* - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:14
        
        exactly, it's all part of a team concept. It's still funny though -- nm - CQ Oct 23, 11:04
      - that part I agree with, and I don't know if you heard Schilling call in later to say he agreed with that part. - TFox Oct 23, 11:03 2
        
        of course Schilling would say that, using RBIs as part of his plan would mean he is conceding the point that people will get on base - crash davis Oct 23, 11:04 1
        
        You are crazy. RBI's are a function of players getting on base infront of a hitter. - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 11:09
- I also heard him on the radio the other day saying J.D. Drew was one of the top 2-3 outfielders in the game. Seriously -- nm - CQ Oct 23, 10:58 3
  - same interview. i posted that quote above. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 10:59
  - The link is a transcript of (probably that same) radio interview: - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 10:59
  - You're stepping on Moose's "Theo is smart" point. -- nm - David Oct 23, 10:59
Screw this shit, I'm going to the pub. My gift to you Ika.com players (inside) - CQ Oct 23, 10:54
If I was offered a job in Iraq for huge money I'd be there in a heartbeat. - Loyola Oct 23, 10:53 1
- *beats you with a whip for showing an inch of ankle in the 130" heat -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 10:54
better than dual monitors ... dual monitors with one rotated to portrait mode -- nm - zork Oct 23, 10:49 10
- I can do this at home -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:53 1
  - I trump you with an additional LCD TV. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 23, 11:07
- better yet, triple monitors with the middle one rotated. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 10:51 7
  - I have 3, but one is my laptop screen. - JaxSean Oct 23, 10:52
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  - better yet: motherfuckin space vision and the superpower of flight. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 10:51 4
    - how about the power... to move you? -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 10:52 3
      - Dibs on being Young Nasty Man. You can have the mind bullets. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 10:53 1
        
        That's telekinesis, Kyle! (nm) - musubiafraidofthingsthatgobumpinthenight Oct 23, 10:57
      - I already like to move it move it. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 10:53
Olympic medal winning snowboarder Ross Regabliati to run for federal office -- (link) - Reagen Oct 23, 10:47 4
- Has the election been called? -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 23, 10:58
- the party approached *him*? -- nm - zork Oct 23, 10:48 1
  - I doubt it was out of the blue or anything - Reagen Oct 23, 10:51
- Smash that pickle revert! -- nm - prayforEscapefromUndeadmojo Oct 23, 10:48
Breakin' is on Showtime right. No Electric Boogaloo, though. -- nm - David Oct 23, 10:47
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- Now, ML is right. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 10:48
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- fancy feast? that was funny -- nm - zork Oct 23, 10:47 1
  - Not for nothing, but I think people just plain like their Windows XP -- nm - con_carne Oct 23, 10:53
- In other news: gravity, still works. -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 10:47
Police: Strip club offered drugs, sex but can keep liquor license - David Oct 23, 10:46 1
- maybe they still have poker in the back -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 10:50
For the Windows 95 launch campaign, you couldn't swing your dick without hitting "Start Me Up" in the face -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 10:44 6
- dontcha miss the heady days when your office could hire the rolling stones for a party? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 10:53
- You... had an interesting launch experience. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 23, 10:46
- i was working at software etc when it came out - big time shamu Oct 23, 10:45 3
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    - hey, wu tang clan and bush (sans gavin rossdale) came into our store when they toured in baltimore - big time shamu Oct 23, 10:53
  - Mm. I just burned my tongue. -- nm - Brick Oct 23, 10:50
It was fun playing Halo with Will Hunting last night. I've missed having him in games. - crash davis Oct 23, 10:44 10
- pssst - kelly Oct 23, 10:49 9
  - your wish is my command, however, i've got to warn you about that place - crash davis Oct 23, 10:51 4
    - the only house where practicing Hungry Hungry Hippos is a survival skill -- nm - TFox Oct 23, 10:54 1
      - Heh. - kelly Oct 23, 11:00
    - omg she might be lucky to catch the grease spray with her tongue -- nm - big time shamu Oct 23, 10:52
    - *laughing* -- nm - kelly Oct 23, 10:52
  - TT can't live vicariously through you at Melting Pot. We need Volt! -- nm - David Oct 23, 10:50 3
    - I want what *I* want before I want what *y'all* want. - kelly Oct 23, 10:53
    - I think if he accepts to play me one on one about Volt, we should hide you somewhere on the map and you can lower his shields -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 10:52
    - I agree. It's reached a point where if I ever come to DC, I'm going to Volt -- nm - Roger More Oct 23, 10:51

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