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Good game tOSU. As I said previously, better team this year and the better team usually wins. Last couple of minutes of this one showed why Michigan was just pathetic this year.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 31, 2005 -> 05:32 PM) Meh. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it started and ended with money. Whatever he spewed out on the situation was probaly just to save face. Granted it is the media...but pretty much every source is reporting that Theo was fine with the money and this was all about relationships and politics within the organization. And that makes sense. The offer of $1.5MM he turned down is pretty much in line with what his market value is. He might get his $2.5MM somewhere else, but chances are he stays in the 1-2MM range.

QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Oct 31, 2005 -> 05:13 PM) Fool. Second highest payroll in baseball, your hometown and $1.5 million per year. I don't care if you have to answer to Shemp Howard, you keep that job. I could understand it if he'd already had a long career and had made his money. But to leave $4.5 million on the table - security for yourself and your children - over whether you have to talk to Lucchino first is idiotic. It's far from idiotic. The man has his beliefs about his job and he did not like the situation. Money is not the end all. And don't worry, Theo will get at least $1.2MM per (probably more) from another team. No one will ever know the situation except those involved. but I have some respect for Theo stepping down instead of staying in a situation he was not comfortable with. It takes some integrity to do that.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Oct 9, 2005 -> 02:36 PM) Okay, I could see us beating the spread, but nothing more. Coach Hep's finally got us beating the teams we should be beating, hence the 4-1 record up to this point. Coach Hep would deserve a statue, if he could find 2 more wins somewhere on this schedule though. After we barely beat our Division 1-AA opponent for our 2nd win, I really thought we were not going to be in another game this year, let alone win one. I have actually watched us play the last few weeks. The game against UK was the best I have ever seen an IU football team play. Even against Wisky, we didn't play all that bad. And we won a game we should have won against UIUC. I said at the beginning of the season if IU went into the Bucket Game with a chance to go to a Bowl, it would be success beyond what almost anyone dreamed. And they have a chance. There are a lot of Big 10 teams with a ton of holes in them that stealing a game against a Minnesota or Iowa just may happen. Hell, as big of a Michigan fan as I am, they really suck this year, too. Anything can happen!

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Oct 1, 2005 -> 05:21 PM) Sorry mods, I know there's a thread for updates like this, so please feel free to merge, but I passed the IL Bar Exam!!!!! Just wanted to post here because the whole process sucks, and Soxtalk was a great oasis many times I was stressing heavily... Congrats! Where'd you go to school? I am at Loyola Law now.

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 02:27 PM) Dane Fife was probably my favorite Hoosier ever. Good for him. My favorite Dane Fife memory was after beating Duke, he commented that he would have been stoned upon returning to campus if they had lost, b/c he committed the foul on the 3 pointer at the end of the game. In the Indiana Daily Student the next day, the quote went something like this: Asked about the foul on the 3 point attempt, Fife replied, "I'm glad we won b/c I would have been stoned (in the medieval way) when I returned to campus." I just always got a kick out of the parenthetical the editors of the IDS added.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Sep 19, 2005 -> 11:02 PM) Yeah, I was asking who the hell those guys were and why they stole the Hoosiers uniforms. Unfortunately, we don't really have any winnable games on the schedule outside of Illinois. Maybe Minnesota. But everything else would seem to be a pretty big upset. I think a semi-realistic goal for this team should be going into the Bucket Game with a chance at a Bowl. If they do that, this season would be a HUGE success.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 19, 2005 -> 04:17 PM) By the way...did anyone else catch that the IU/Kentucky game was broadcast on ESPN Classic? I couldn't figure that one out, but it was enjoyable to watch it out here. Yep. Watched it all the way through. Complete domination. Had to ask a few people to make sure it was actually IU on the field.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 12:13 AM) I hate that argument, "Bobby Knight's team." Bobby Knight didn't take that team to the Final Four. I'm still pro-Davis, but I've started going the other way the past few years. If this team doesn't go at least sweet 16, he'll be gone. My threshold for Davis is Elite Eight or hit the road this year.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 06:08 PM) IU spanking Kentucky at the moment...... Not too often do the Hoosiers spank anyone this time of year, unless you are talking soccer. Ain't that the truth. But a great first half. It's been a long, long time since I have seen an IU team manhandle another team from a BCS conference for even a half. It'd be nice to get a solid win here after last week's near debacle.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Sep 10, 2005 -> 05:37 PM) Haha, IU in a battle with Nicholls State. Has Nicholls State even practiced in like a week? I think they had 1 practice in the last 2 weeks. IU pulled it out by driving 89 yards and scoring with under a minute left. Truly pathetic. Hopefully this is the low point in Bloomington. Sad "talent" down there.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 11:13 AM) How we got from Rehnquists's death to this topic I'll never know... Look, the fact of history is this...it's a complete and utter mistake to think that anyone, anywhere can predict the future of where technology is going, because it is a proven fact that technology goes places people can't imagine. Go back 15 years...even to 1990...how many people out there could have conceived of the idea that linking computers together could turn into a trillion-dollar a year industry involving sales, pornography, and idiotic Pasadena liberals chattering on about the White Sox? 50 years ago...people thought we'd be living on Mars by now. IN 1985, they thought we'd have flying cars by now. The reality is this...when people make predictions of the future, all they are able to do is imagine upgrades or changes to the systems we already have. It is basically impossible for humanity to predict what science can find outside of its current reference frame. So what are you guys doing? You see the growing development of robotics and increasing miniaturization of computers, and you assume that those 2 will be the dominant forces of the next 50 years or however long you're talking, and you extrapolate. This is exactly what was done when people predicted the space program would lead us to have Martian colonies by now, or when people talked about flying cars, etc. The reality is this...absolutely no one knows how technology will evolve. No one knows if "Moore's law" will continue to hold. No one knows if we'll suddenly hit a limit in materials science that will prevent us from being able to miniaturize things. No one knows what will happen when the age of oil ends (something that has already begun). Technology has proven over and over and over that it's nearly impossible to predict the future. Even if you look where people are investing...the odds are you'll be wrong. The only rational bet is to not even try. To the general population, it is true that most cannot see where technology will lead us. But nanotech is not some far-fetched, unknown thing. It is being developed as we speak. It has been underdevelopment in one form or another for decades and received billions of dollars of government funding starting with the Clinton Administration. Predictions such as colonies on the moon or Mars or whatnot were far-fetched, unfounded guesses about the future. As for going back to 1990 and seeing the future of the Internet? Well, it wasn't that absurd of a "prediction." The Internet had been around in mostly government/education circles for 20-30 years. So to see it brought to the public was by no means a surprise. Was it a given that it would explode like it has? Of course not. But it was certainly a foreseeable result given the premise of the technology. It also took the better part of a decade for most to catch on to the Internet and for the technology to catch up to the demand. And we probably still haven't seen 1/10 of what the Internet can do. Again, it's not a given that nanotech will be the next leap. But just about every piece of evidence, from time already under development to money invested to results of using the technology, point to it being an instrumental componenet of future generations.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 08:33 AM) Follow the money. Nothing gets accomplished without significant investment. The money is pouring into nanotech & robotics. Over the next 25 yrs most of the US Air Force will transform from manned to unmanned flights. That's where the contracts are going. THis is 100% true. Look at the BILLIONS of dollars companies like GE are investing in nanotech. It is the next leap.

Inconsequential, but Counting Crows also includes him often times during an alternate of Mr. Jones, where the lyric goes from, "I wanna be Bob Dylan" to "I wanna be Alex Chilton."

QUOTE(ChWRoCk2 @ Aug 11, 2005 -> 10:15 PM) i will be a freshy at purdue Sorry about that.

QUOTE(Benson&Rexage @ Aug 11, 2005 -> 01:38 PM) The Kaplan Corse I'm trying to get into ND But I graduated from Ball State. I did graduate with a 3.7 but I went to Ball State. If not ND hopefully U of Illinois or Indiana. Cool. Just make sure that every practice test you take is an actual LSAT from the past. ND had a very odd application cylce this year as they rejected lots of people with higher LSATs. I also know a couple of people who were like 158-159 who got in there. They seem to be big into volunteer work and Teach for America and things of that nature. Illinois was a MAJOR LSAT whore this cycle. IU was pretty normal. I was probly a couple of days away from committing there until I decided that I wanted to practice in Chicago and they wouldn't be my best bet for doing so.

QUOTE(Benson&Rexage @ Aug 11, 2005 -> 01:27 PM) My LSAT class until October than taking my LSAT in October Are you taking Testmasters or Powerscore? Those are supposed to be the best classes. Where are you looking to apply? Study your ass off for the LSAT, it can totally be beat. And you've got plenty of time to do it!

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Aug 11, 2005 -> 07:24 AM) Oh I'll definitely be at accounting, believe me. I know that class is definitely not my cup of tea, so I'll give myself any kind of advantage I can. Looking at my schedule, I have Owen for L201. Cool. She's a little odd if I remember correctly.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 11, 2005 -> 01:24 PM) Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh. True but as I said, the vast majority of the country speaks either a dialect of French or German. In the South is where you'll find some Italian and Romansh isn't spoken that much.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 02:24 PM) When and where are you taking Econ? BUS-A 201---FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING BUS-L 201---LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS CMCL-C 121---PUBLIC SPEAKING ECON-E 201---MICROECONOMICS HPER-P 212---INTRO TO EXERCISE SCIENCE Do you have Mallor for L201? Also, pay attention in A201. Contrary to what some think, accounting is NOT easy if you don't go to class. Learned that many years ago. As for my schedule: Civil Procedure Criminal Law Property Torts Legal Writing/Research

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Aug 11, 2005 -> 03:15 AM) how tough was it to learn the languages. Also how many people spoke English their. Learning languages really varies from person to person. For me, I was always fearful of learning another language, so I stopped taking high school French after 3 years. Horrible mistake. Currently, I am trying to figure out a way to teach myself German so I can at least be conversational. The Netherlands is an interesting place b/c their language, Dutch, is dying. I think less than 20 million people in the world speak Dutch. While I was there, I learned a lot of words and could order food, ask where the bathroom was, etc but I never even became conversational in the language. The bottom line is to make an effort. Most Dutch people speak at least Dutch, German, French, English and one other language. But many won't offer their English to you unless you make an effort in Dutch. I also lived/worked in Switzerland for a brief period of time. Switzerland is unique bc most of the country is either Swiss German or Swiss French. So they speak either a dialect of French or German. However, there is one "state" in Southern Switzerland that is Swiss Italian and that is where I lived. Most gorgeous place in the world...I lived on a lake with palm trees surrounded by snow capped Alps. Unreal. Again, I picked up minimal Italian and Swiss Italian, but nothing to write home about. I did, however, survive driving thru both Italy and some Swiss Alps, which I consider to be a wonderful accomplishment. I should also add that the general rule is the further South you go in Europe and the further East you go, the less people there are that speak English. In Western Europe, I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to try to speak the local language. Even if it's saying 'bier' to get a beer in a restaurant, they appreciate the effort and will treat you much, much better. Even if we're Americans!

QUOTE(CubsSuck1 @ Aug 11, 2005 -> 03:05 AM) Thank you for that advice as well. You've got a ton of great stuff to say. Thanks...I just cannot emphasize it enough about studying abroad. I spent 4 months in Maastricht, Netherlands. It's at the very Southern tip of the country...a 10 minute walk to Belgium and a 45 minute bus ride to Germany. I don't speak any other languages. It was a major "risk" on my part b/c it's something I never would have thought I could do. But seeing 14 or 15 countries, gettign caught in train stations, trying to make your way to the Netherlands while stuck in Prague...stuff like that creates a lifetie of memories. And it also is damn good material for interviews. I cannot tell you how many times in interviews, when asked about a time I had to overcome adversity or some other question, I whipped out a Europe story. They go over much better than your run of the mill group project in a class stories and many times the itnerviewer has also been to Europe and you spend a half hour talking about your favorite cities. No lie but that scenario happened multiple times with me. I am even considering spending next summer in Europe for law school, but there are some major cons to doing that. But I cannot get enough of that continent...even worked there for a short time. Run, don't walk to your study abroad info sessions at college!

Another thing I forgot to add is do EVERYTHING in your power to study abroad, at least for a summer, but preferably a semester. It is truly a life-chaning, maturing, incredible experience that you will never forget. And I would HIGHLY recommend Europe b/c of the ease of travel and different cultures. Go somewhere unlike the U.S. and open your eyes to a world you never knew. You'll learn more bumming thru Europe on weekend trips than you will in any classroom.

Jumping in late here, but why not. I am a fairly recent grad. of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Before other Hoosiers who hate Bschool students call me an arrogant prick, I say it like that b/c the Bschool is now, more than ever, completely trying to seperate itself from the rest of IU. So if you're looking at IU for business, be aware that they are supposedly making it more difficult to gain entrance to Kelley in order to get its ranking back up in the top 5, where it was in 1998. Basically IU has a handful of top notch programs (music school, environmental afairs, bschool, etc) but the overall repuation of the school has been decreasing. I was a Finance and Legal Studies (Business Law) major, both thru the bschool at IU. My advice would be to research your ass off and visit schools. I knew I wanted a top 5 or top 10 undergrad business degree and also wanted to stay in the Midwest. That basically narrowed it down to Wash U. in St. Louis, UIUC, IU, and UM. I eliminated UIUC before applying b/c I truly dispised the campus and would have been miserable there. I eliminated UM b/c my brother went there and I wanted some seperation from family. So it came down to IU and Wash U. for me. I chose IU b/c of it's bschool and also somewhat b/c it was a big public school and I was not used to that. If you are a business major, the absolute most important thing you need to look at is the school's career placement office. Most schools have s***ty career placement offices. While IU's does have some drawbacks, they bring in something like 500 employers to campus to interview. All of the big time companies come to campus. And a bunch of smaller ones, too. When I graduated the job market was pretty horrific, yet I don't know one single person who didn't have a good job offer and some of us had multiple offers from Fortune 100 companies. Really research this b/c it can make your life a TON easier. Trust me, I know some total idiots who got good jobs simply b/c of the amount of interviewing being done on campus. Finally, I am currently enrolled at Loyola Chicago for law school (after working some post IU). While I absolutely love having Chicago as my campus, I think it's better to go live in a nice college town for 4-5 years. You'll probably never get to do it again and it will also be dirt cheap. Yikes that was long, hope people read it. Good luck to everyone and GO HOOSIERS!!!!!!

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 12:59 PM) More like high octane prune juice. Never had prune juice, but I'll take your word on that.