Jake

What I had heard is that when KU realized they might not get Okafor, they put the full court press on Alexander. This has caused him to reconsider, but AFAIK nobody is too sure which way he will go. KU definitely telling people that they went hard after him in the past couple days and think they might get him

If Snider re-initiated contact with LOU, then he just changed his mind. You're not going to hang up on a kid. If Snider was perfectly happy going to UIUC and Pitino started calling him to see if he would change his mind, I don't consider that really ethical behavior. There are less ethical things you can do than that, for sure, but to me that's where it becomes likely that you aren't doing the right thing for the kid anymore.

This would be a nice get. I don't think it should cost too much, but I'm not really sure what Oakland would be looking for nor do I know exactly why they would want to part with him

I think you can really take advantage of a young kid that is making a very important decision

Yeah, if true, Snider can go f*** himself

I'm hearing third-hand (so take it FWIW) that we should expect both CA and QS to sign with Illinois, but if only one is to go elsewhere it is more likely QS than CA

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 14, 2013 -> 11:11 AM) And push the Soviets over the cliff in the process. Taken together, that may have been the best thing he did as President. But it is really not a "conservative" method, since he was spending a ton of government money. Furthermore, he also dramatically increased spending on roads and infrastructure, as well as block grants to the states. He did a bunch of things that are often characterized as liberal policies. There are a lot of people that disagree with that idea I'd say the most interesting thing he did on the liberal end of the spectrum was telling Gorbachev that he wanted to completely dismantle their nuclear arsenals. His stupid-ass SDI ended up nixing the deal; he wouldn't give it up and Gorbachev was one of the two people in the world that believe SDI was a real thing that could happen. The other was Reagan

Chromecast is cool but not really a Roku replacement

Apparently quite a few people flipped from UIUC to KU as their pick today

Now that I have a Windows 8 computer, I can see the appeal of some of the XBOX One software. Will also be interesting to see how their TV integration ends up working and being received in practice.

Reagan basically used the military budget to stimulus his way out of an economic crisis

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 14, 2013 -> 08:42 AM) I'm feeling pretty good about 76ers now that they only have to go 13-60 rest of the way for me to go to richtown. Indeed. They're okay

Question for all - it has been mentioned that we'll call the BoSox about Victorino. Would you prefer to sign Granderson for something like 4/$40M or trade something valuable for Victorino?

It wouldn't shock me if we sign Granderson. It isn't, on its face, a horrible decision. It would absolutely blow my mind if we gave him $70M

My grandfather passed a while back. He fought in the Pacific Theater. I really wasn't old enough to understand what it meant that he fought in the war when he died. All I knew, funny enough, was that grandpa had four belly buttons. That is, he had one belly button and four permanent indentions from the gunshots. I later found out that I very nearly didn't have grandfather (and thus, no mother and thus, no me). Once upon a time, a grenade came in his bunker. Next thing you know, grandpa is laying on this grenade, hoping to save his buddies. It was a dud. Thank goodness

I have to say, I'm really enjoying Windows 8.1. It's not perfect, but I think this is this is the way of the future. I used the original W8 for a little bit while I downloaded the ginormous 8.1 update and I can definitely say that the relatively small changes in 8.1 go a very long way. It is interesting how Microsoft is approaching the update process, as so many apps have feedback features made fairly prominent. The touch gestures are quite nice, especially on a laptop. They make sense and didn't take long to learn. Their app store still needs development, but that's what I expected. There are things like my inability to integrate Google Calendar the way I want to that are a bit annoying. It's also weird to me that Office 2013 can't work in Metro. Overall, I think I'm going to enjoy this OS.

Well, I wouldn't really blame them for doing it, I'll say that much - what is there to lose? Cliff might jumpstart that program

If people are going to suspect Illinois of foul play in getting a recruit like Cliff, take that times 10 for DePaul

QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 5, 2013 -> 07:51 PM) Yeah, that U310 has WiFi issues. My friend has one of those, he said the WiFi issues were pretty awful. QUOTE (Jake @ Nov 5, 2013 -> 09:03 PM) We'll see. In the worst case, I'll just get a USB adapter methinks There are a few suggested fixes out there: driver update, turning off the card's power saver settings, reinstallation of Windows (this actually works for some reason), and it seems there is one that has worked for everyone who has claimed to have tried it...something with adjusting some foil within the laptop. I haven't looked into that one too much. Update: 37 mbps I think we're clear!

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 13, 2013 -> 05:00 PM) Cohen wasn't talking about gay marriage, but about interracial marriage. Right - I'm not saying we should take him seriously, but generally speaking a group of people feeling uncomfortable about stuff is quite necessary

It's true - conservatives are interested in conservation. Being a conservative often means that a change to culture is not wholly embraced up front until its consequences are clear. This is where we see the difference between conservatism and libertarianism: something like gay marriage will usually seem good to a libertarian because it is a matter of liberty, whereas a conservative will have pause until he/she feels comfortable that it won't have harmful effects to society. This is why we speak out - we have to show people that this isn't bad for society. When we bring religion into the mix, bleh. I don't know how to or feel like dealing with people that want to govern based upon their religious beliefs. You could certainly be a Christian, not believe your church can/should allow gay marriage, and still think that society can live on with gay marriage allowed.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 13, 2013 -> 02:08 PM) The Note does a bunch of cool stuff that other phones don't offer (multi-window, S Pen features, etc.), but Samsung's software really sucks compared to stock Android or even HTC Sense. Yep, which is part of the reason I don't know what to recommend. Oh well, he's complacent for now.

My dad has has gone from iPhone 3G -> iPhone 4 -> iPhone 5, but is really interested in switching to Android. He isn't necessarily going to do it right away, but I tell him about my phone and the phones I've looked at and he's intrigued. His best friend from far away came to visit and had a Galaxy Note 2 and he's been envious ever since. I wonder what the best phone for him would be? Maybe it's the Note - he can see pretty well, but it wouldn't hurt. I think he'd have to have an earpiece or else he would be embarrassed by the size up against his face, lol

Also, I would expect Mauer to hit better after moving to 1B full time. MLB catchers get really tired. They get tired after games and they get tired during games. I remember listening to some catchers talking about how you often end up wasting at bats later in the games because your body is so worn down. Mauer should be in really good shape playing first base only. He'll be a better late-game player and he'll play 40 more games without extra detriment to his body.

So...as I said, someone like AJP, perhaps not so-named, would be perfect