Jake

Reviews that talk about battery life that don't use some sort of standardized test do often understate the battery life. Not because the reviewer is necessarily biased, but because they were constantly using the thing to test it. When there is a standardized battery test, I find that it usually overstates the battery life.

If he was a White Sox player he wouldn't have received the attention that annoys so many people. He's not better than Frank Thomas, who was greatly unappreciated for much of his career. Big Frank only got attention when he was actually doing something better than everyone else (like winning the MVP on the strength of his bat). I think a secondary thing that annoys people about the Jeter mythos is that he was never a good SS. He played his entire career out of position. There's a decent enough chance that he would have been a far more valuable player as a 2B.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 02:46 PM) Damn, 2 weeks in a row. He was very good the first 2 weeks. Guess I'm just glad all it is a concussion and not something worse. Well a concussion could very well be worse, it just isn't automatically so by definition. The longer a guy is out with a concussion, the more I worry that he'll never be the same. A not noteworthy concussion usually doesn't take 3+ weeks to recover from. Even worse for a lineman who will bang his head against the guy across from him every single down.

They were very good deals. Hector has been quite valuable this season and very well could improve next year as he spends the offseason training as a starter. I think there is still a fair amount of untapped potential in him - reminds me of Javy Vasquez in some ways, at least in terms of having pretty damn good stuff but not getting everything out of it. I don't know what we have in Moises. I recognize some of the tools. He's pretty fast, has a great arm, some natural fielding ability, and I think there's raw power there. From what I've seen this year and his past in MiLB, I'm not sure if he's all that good at hitting or will ever be. Bench piece is probably what he is - but is he better than Jordan Danks? He and Tank will probably be up against one another for a roster spot as well. Tank has the "we see so much hitting potential in you" advantage, but Moises is more useful in every other way.

Only Yankees fans could help make a HoF player into one of the most overrated players in history. In reality, he's a fringy HoF guy who is put over the top into "definite HoF" territory for being an excellent playoff performer.

In some regards, I see the expansion of renewable energy as great in that it cripples Russia. On the other hand, I have to wonder what a crippled Russia might do

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 01:15 PM) What that Pew poll that Jake posted in the "Religion in America" found is that an awful lot of white people simply don't believe that sort of discrimination still exists, or at least that it has meaningful impact. There is a certain subset, at least, that sees black folks as no particular victim of discrimination. That same subset thinks they themselves are the most persecuted group of people

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 11:02 AM) Will Leitch had a good article on the Simmons situation: http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/96333...espn-suspension I do disagree with the point he makes that the only reason ESPN has all the power is live sports. That might be a key differentiator today, but what made ESPN big was SportsCenter. A huge portion of the day you can watch news all about sports. Or not watch - you don't have to pay close attention, it can just be the thing that's on in the background. I almost wonder if some of the other channels are screwing up by not focusing on this. NBCSN, I don't want to watch cycling. Tell me the same thing about yesterday's sporting events over and over.

It's like when State Sen. Obama was at a campaign fundraiser and he had potential donors treat him like a waiter - not because they were thinking hard about it, because their subconscious mind just decided that guy had the look of a waiter

If you're catering directly to voters, chances are you are executing the will of voters. I think there are times when you should not do that, but doing what the people want is often the lesser of evils The problem we face is that it costs money to reach voters and typical voters aren't typically the ones donating

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/09/apple...iphone-6-fixes/ iOS 8.0.1 update disables TouchID and cell service. Apple has pulled the update, but if you see it right now, don't download it. They are telling folks that if you have updated, you have to do a system restore

IIRC wireless Genie invokes a one-time $99 installation fee. Funny, since it takes infinitely less installation than running coax

Derek Jeter - 2,743 games, 119 wRC+, 73.6 fWAR Barry Larkin - 2,180 games, 118 wRC+, 67.6 fWAR Larkin's sin is that he didn't play for the Yankees, so he only got to go to the playoffs twice.

I would guess that the rounded back of the HTC One would make it substantially harder to bend

Pew Research, widely regarded as the best survey firm in the USA, released some findings from a representative sample of Americans asked various questions about religion. Here are some highlights. 49% believe churches should express political views to congregation. White evangelicals (66%) most likely to say that churches should express these views. 41% believe that politicians do not share enough about their faith in public. 30% say they do it too much. For republicans, 53% say not enough do versus 17% saying too much. Democrats have 42% saying too much vs. 30% not enough. 68% of white evangelicals say too little. "Unaffiliated" Americans as a group have 56% saying too much. 59% of Americans want congresspeople to have "strong religious beliefs." 72% of Republicans want this vs 50/50 split for Dems. The only subgroup that disagrees is the unaffiliateds (68% disagree) 50% of Republicans say Democrats are unfriendly towards religion. Equal amounts (30%) say Obama is friendly towards and unfriendly towards religion. 57% of white evangelicals say he is unfriendly toward religion. List of % saying that there is "a lot of discrimination" against these groups: LGBT people (65%) Muslims (59%) Blacks (54%) Hispanics (50%) Jews (32%) Evangelical Christians (31%) Atheists (27%) Catholics (19%) Some highlights of the group by group perceptions of race... White evangelicals think they are the most discriminated against group, more frequently rating evangelical christians as facing "a lot of discrimination" than any of the other groups. While 50% think evangelicals are facing discrimination, they think catholics are the least discriminated against. White evangelicals are also the group least likely to believe Muslims face a lot of discrimination. Just 36% think blacks face a lot of discrimination. Hispanic catholics are the most likely to perceive hispanics and catholics to be discriminated against (77% for hispanics, 41% for catholics), exceeding the perceptions of discrimination by the general group of hispanics. Blacks were the most likely to perceive discrimination for atheists, even moreso than the "unaffiliated" group, which one assumes contains many atheists. White "mainline protestants" are the least likely to believe Jews face a lot of discrimination, followed closely by white catholics. Interestingly, black protestants are the most likely to believe Jews face discrimination. Others... 34% of evangelicals say it has become more difficult to be religious in recent years. 18% of Catholics feel that way. 31% of "persons with no religion" say it has become easier to be religious in recent years. Most of all groups say it hasn't changed much. 30% of white evangelicals say they believe they should be considered a minority due to their religious beliefs. Compare to just 10% of white mainline protestants or 8% of white Catholics. Party ID by ethnoreligious group... All - 48% dem/lean dem vs 43% rep/lean rep White evangelicals - 72% rep/lean rep vs 20% dem/lean dem (gap has been widening for past 20 years) White mainline - 49% rep/lean rep vs 41% dem/lean dem (gap has been narrowing recently, hasn't been very wide at any point in past 20 years) Black protestants - 84% dem/lean dem vs 10% rep/lean rep (gap has narrowed in past couple of years) White catholic - 53% rep/lean rep vs 39% dem/lean dem (gap is widening, had been relatively even most of past 20 years) Hispanic catholic - 67% den/lean dem vs 26% rep/lean rep (no particular trend) Jews - 70% dem/lean dem vs 26% rep/lean rep (slight widening of the gap recently) Unaffiliated - 63% dem/lean dem vs 27% rep/lean rep (much wider than 20 years ago, but not particular trend right now) Gay rights... Since May 2013, there has been 5% increase (45% to 50%) in people saying "homosexual behavior is sinful" 82% of evangelics say yes to this, while just 42% of white mainline do. 44% of catholics. Black protestants also high on this one, 77%. The strongest "favor gay marriage" group was white mainline protestants, with 57% in favor. Compare to 75% oppose for white evangelicals. Next highest was 51% oppose for black protestants. A majority (52%) of Catholics favor gay marriage. Abortion... 55% say abortion "should be legal in all or most cases." 40% say the opposite. Men and women have insignificant difference in response to this question, interestingly enough. All age groups have a strong majority "legal" response, except 65+ (46%) 44% of rep/lean rep say legal vs 65% of dem/lean dem 30% of white evangelicals say legal vs 65% of white mainline, 52% of catholics, 56% of black protestants, 75% of unaffiliated

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Sep 24, 2014 -> 07:48 AM) While I've never been one to do this, I guess it applies for those that do. The conversion from huge phones in the early 90's to small phones by 2000' back to huge phones in 2012 is somewhat ironic. While they've become infinitely more usable, they have become less portable and prone to breakage. There was a time where cracked screens or bent phones just wasn't a thing. I think people need to adapt to that or adapt to using those huge, invincible otter boxes. This is a time where Samsung is vindicated for using plastic. I've been watching YouTube videos of people trying to bend the Note 3 and while there is a little give mid-rip, it is back to normal when you let you go. Where Apple f***ed up here, though, is the thinness. The other iPhones could bend, but only if you did something crazy to them. Making these so much bigger and thinner made them relatively flimsy. I'm a sort of phone free agent, and as someone has had a phone break in their pocket, there's no way I feel comfortable getting an i6+ at this point.

lmao

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Sep 23, 2014 -> 06:10 PM) Personal preference I guess...I don't really watch movies or anything on my iPad mini (or phone), I use it to read/browse, and 5.5" is more than big enough for that. You know, stopping to think about this for a minute, it's truly amazing how much has changed since 2007 when it comes to phones/tablets/computers, especially phones and tablets...it's truly spectacular where we've come from in such a short amount of time. First 3.5" was considered huge, complete with low-res screens, then 4" with higher resolutions came around, then 5", then 6"...and it's crazy how much it's changed our habits. Browsing from the couch used to be a chore (in comparison to today), but with bigger phones and tablets, it's now quite amazing. And how about toilet browsing? I can waste a day on the pot with today's phones

Carlos Sanchez is your SS

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 23, 2014 -> 02:29 PM) The sack statistic in the metric seems inherently flawed. I didn't see much Jay could do on the sacks that happened to him in the Jets game. That wasn't all that bad of a game as a whole, given the defense he played against. Where does opposition defense fall into the ranks? Also, I don't quite get how he is 22 out of 35 QB's when he is in the top 10 (I believe) in Yards, TD's, TD to Int Ratio, and QB Rating. It isn't that all sacks go against the QB, just that they are sometimes attributed to the QB so I'm not sure which are and which aren't. Unlike baseball's sabermetrics, there is not really an attempt to remove the contributions from context. So all the numbers will be affected by how good the opponent is. A really good play against a bad team is the same as one against a good team. Not a big surprise that the team didn't put up an amazing grade against a good D like NYJ or (possibly) SF.

More on iOS 8 issues: http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobi.../d/d-id/1315984 Cliffs: -slowed WiFi speeds -faster battery drain, ranging from ridiculous to marginal -Crittercism analytics shows a huge increase in app crashes (I wonder if this has been observed with past updates) Also, something I've feared happening on several different phones since it broke my Motorola SLVR: iPhone 6 plus units getting bent in users' pockets

Looking through PFF's QB stuff, here are some knocks I see for Jay: -weak YPA -compared to other QBs, relatively un-victimized by drops -his accuracy % (completion percentage that counts drops as completions, doesn't count spikes or throwaways) ranks 21/31 -27 out of 35 QBs throw a higher portion of their throws under pressure, suggesting he's had a lower difficulty level -related: he's sacked a high portion of the time he is pressured, taking sacks counts against the QB's grade Worth noting that PFF's grades so far have league-wide QB play being pretty weak. Jay is 22 out of 35 QBs. Also worth noting that yesterday was possibly Jay's worst game so far. 23/38 (60%), 2 TD, fumble lost, 225 yards, sacked 4 times, 1 batted pass, 2 deflected passes. Anyway, this negative rating isn't all that negative. It's early in the season. He's one 300 yard/3 TD/65% completion game from being in the upper tier

Some stuff from PFF. Overall grade is just the sum of the grades assigned to additional portions of the game. I'm adding the most notable contributor to their strong or poor overall grade as well Top D performers yesterday: -Kyle Fuller (+5.0 overall, +4.2 pass coverage) -Jared Allen (+3.1 overall, +1.6 run defense) -Stephen Paea (+2.5 overall, +3.9 pass rush) -LaMarr Houston (+1.8 overall, +2.5 pass rush) Worst D performers yesterday: -Lance Briggs (-3.2 overall, -2.6 pass coverage) -Isaiah Frey (-2.1 overall, -2.8 pass coverage) -Will Sutton (-1.2 overall, -1.7 pass rush, -0.8 penalty) Top O performers yesterday: -Brian De La Puente (+1.3 overall, +1.1 run block) -Kyle Long (+0.8 overall, +0.9 pass block) Worst O performers yesterday: -Michael Ola (-2.2 overall, -1.3 run block) -Jordan Mills (-1.6 overall, -1.1 pass block) -Jermon Bushrod (-1.1 overall, -0.6 pass block, -0.7 penalty) -Brandon Marshall (-1.0 overall, -1.6 pass) -Jay Cutler (-0.9 overall, -1.2 pass) Some yearly numbers...omitting guys with absurdly low snap counts Best D: -Kyle Fuller (+5.9 overall, +5.8 pass coverage) -Jay Ratliff (+5.3 overall, +3.7 run defense) -LaMarr Houston (+2.9 overall, +3.5 pass rush) -Willie Young (+1.7 overall, +1.6 run defense) -Danny McCray (+1.1 overall, +1.1 run defense) Worst D: -DJ Williams (-3.3 overall, -2.3 run defense) -Ego Ferguson (-3.0 overall, -1.3 run defense) -Isaiah Frey (-2.1 overall, -2.8 pass coverage) **only played 1 game** -Ryan Mundy (-1.6 overall, -1.2 run defense) -Will Sutton (-1.2 overall, -2.7 pass rush) Best O: -Brian De La Puente (+6.7 overall, +4.4 run block) -Kyle Long (+5.2 overall, +4.5 pass block) -Jermon Bushrod (+2.4 overall, +1.5 pass block) -Brandon Marshall (+0.9 overall, +2.5 run block) **not a typo** Worst O: -Jordan Mills (-5.1 overall, -3.9 run block) -Matt Forte (-2.1 overall, -1.6 rush) -Santonio Holmes (-2.1 overall, -1.8 pass) -Josh Morgan (-1.1 overall, -1.7 pass) -Jay Cutler (-1.0 overall, -1.6 pass) Other notables: Alshon would have a decent grade if not for a penalty(ies). Martellus has the team's highest passing game grade, but has very low pass block and run block grades leading to an overall neutral grade. Jared Allen has slightly negative overall grade with good run defense, bad pass rush. Bostic has a +1.0 season grade, just barely missing the cut for the top D performers of the season list. He has been pretty good in run D and slightly bad in pass coverage. Briggs has a poor grade due to very bad pass coverage and a penalty. Will Sutton has been very good in run D, but just as bad in pass rush and was penalized. They have Tim Jennings dinged for bad pass coverage, but making up for it in run support. Cumulative team ranks: Top O: 1. Browns (+21.8) 2. Saints (+21.0) 3. Bengals (+16.3) 4. Redskins (+16.2) 5. Colts (+13.5) 10. Bears (-0.9) 28. Cards (-32.2) 29. Pats (-39.4) 30. Chiefs (-48.4) 31. Bucs (-53.9) 32. Jaguars (-58.3) Top D: 1. Dolphins (+44.4) 2. Giants (+26.1) 3. Seahawks (+16.5) 4. Pats (+15.3) 5. Chargers (+13.1) 8. Bears (+6.9) 28. Rams (-23.3) 29. Browns (-30.0) 30. Steelers (-32.1) 31. Bucs (-37) 32. Jags (-50.5) Bears 30 in special teams, though in their defense they released Draughn who was responsible for upwards of half of their negative grade in this regard

I need a haul to trade Alexei. He's one of the top 3-5 SS in the game and has been for years, is relatively cheap, under control, and we don't have a clear replacement. If there is no good return out there, then there is no risk in keeping him as I have very little fear that he won't live up to expectations for the duration of his contract. I'm very conflicted about what to do about catcher. If not Martin, who I think will ultimately be overpaid, then you're faced with guys who are probably not clearly better options than Flowers. While I can get behind investing in Martin, the main alternative I'd endorse pursuing is getting a younger guy in here. This might be a stipulation for trading Alexei. On the lower end, a guy like Wilin Rosario would be interesting to have in here - could be a Tank-Rosario swap?

They had to make up for that Bostic call anyway