Roundup: Weather Girl Curses, Encyclopedia Britannica Ends Print & President Obama’s Final Four Picks

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Miley Cyrus … very cool: Scale of the Universe … incredible survival story … “Encyclopedia Britannica to end print editions” … should you treat your bracket like you’re picking stocks? … Jennie Garth is getting a divorce … probably the craziest media story this year – wait for the part about how he died … Jessica Biel looks nice in W Magazine … I love how the Times continues to attack the NCAA – now, they’re getting more voices into the mix … Mississippi & Alabama love Rick Santorum … yearbook advisor allegedly said, “either cut the gay couple or I cut the page” … 28 people, including 22 children, died in a bus crash in Sweden … Lindsay Lohan was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run overnight …

President Obama’s Final Four picks: Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio State.

How college football programs are trying to keep up with social media. [CBS Sports]

The Big 12 and ESPN are going to extend their TV agreement. [SBD]

Jeff Fisher’s first free agent move in St. Louis: Bringing Cortland Finnegan, his former cornerback, over from the Titans. [Post-Dispatch]

Redskins being smart in free agency, Don Banks says. Is this the bat signal to Jason Lisk? [SI]

Dan Hurley appears to be the top target of the Rhode Island Rams. [ProJo]

Mike Neal of the Packers has been suspended four games for using PEDs. Must have been hanging out with Ryan Braun. [JS Online]

This is a new one for me: Jacob Turner’s “dead arm” period. [Detroit News]

This is definitely the year a 16-seed is taking down a 1! Probably! Maybe. [Ken Pom]

Curiously, James Dolan hasn’t been interviewed by the media in five years. [NYT]

High school pitcher returns from torn ACL – suffered playing basketball – and throws a 5-inning no-hitter. [Knox News]

Radio host fired for calling free agent NFL players “monkeys.” [Tampa.com]

Six years, no NCAA trips … and Matt Doherty has been fired at SMU. [AP]

A viewers guide to the NCAA tournament. [SI]

Which teams are traveling farthest in the NCAA tournament? [Eye on College Basketball]

Live TV, baby! [via Thunder Treats]

Darnell Dockett is just a guy trying to get an alligator.

We’re approaching the 1-year anniversary of this (probably fake) video of a reporter crapping her pants during a TV interview.

If you missed Obama’s interview with Clark Kellogg last night, here it is. [via Mike the Hopeful Intern]

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257 Responses to “Roundup: Weather Girl Curses, Encyclopedia Britannica Ends Print & President Obama’s Final Four Picks”

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reggie_dunlap Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
President Obama’s Final Four picks: Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio State.
Should I be worried he picked the same 4 as I did?
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Really? No mention of that hypocritical asshole resigning from Goldman Sachs after years of suckling at their evil teats?
All my +1′s for the week go to you, TBL.
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devang Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
Mississippi & Alabama love Rick Santorum
There’s a fucking surprise. Someone ask Santorum if he feels it’s right that 29% of Mississippi residents think interracial marriage is illegal.
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Wally's World Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
President Obama’s Final Four picks: Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio State.
Should I be worried he picked the same 4 as I did?
And mine too Reggie. Smart man, that President.
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Caribou Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
President Obama’s Final Four picks: Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio State.
Way to go out on a limb there El Capitan
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cleet Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Mississippi & Alabama love Rick Santorum
/heavy sigh
//takes of glasses
///rubs temples
////doesn’t wear glasses
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johndewar Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Really? No mention of that hypocritical asshole resigning from Goldman Sachs after years of suckling at their evil teats?
I was a little surprised that didn’t make the RoundUp.
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phillymantis915 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
I also picked the same final four as the President.
Can’t wait for certain commenters to come and say he should care more about lowering gas prices than a bracket. Sigh.
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Wally's World Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
This is a new one for me: Jacob Turner’s “dead arm” period.
Don’t really follow baseball much, do you? Dead arm has been around as long as the game. Typical spring training stuff for pitchers to go through as their arms get back into shape for the season.
Some young guys and relievers of all ages will go through this in the dog days of summer too. A little rest and recoup does wonders.
/semi-jmorris’d
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KC Resident Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
28 people, including 22 children, died in a bush crash in Sweden
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Sir Spicious Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Miley Cyrus
really?
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
obama shouldn’t care about a bracket because brackets are fucking stupid.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
“Encyclopedia Britannica to end print editions”
What is Encyclopedia Britannica? -people under 30
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johndewar Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
For people not on Twitter, here is that Goldman link a couple of us referred to earlier….
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HtownHacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
28 people, including 22 children, died in a bush crash in Sweden
I don’t even wanna’ know what a bush crash is.
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squawkbox Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
I was surprised the goldman sacs thing missed too.
Here’s a quick summary
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Wally's World Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Six years, no NCAA trips … and Matt Doherty has been fired at SMU.
Insufferable douchenozzle.
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sportsgal116 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Jennie Garth is getting a divorce
PETER FACINELLI IS SINGLE?!?! This is the greatest day ever. Sorry, Jennie.
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
I don’t even wanna’ know what a bush crash is.
it’s when there’s a bustle in your hedgerow.
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Hey, Obama, maybe you should spend less time filling out brackets and more time DRILLIN FOR FAWKIN OWL!
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KC Resident Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Mike Neal of the Packers has been suspended four games for using PEDs. Must have been hanging out with Ryan Braun.
!
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Jason McIntyre Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Really? No mention of that hypocritical asshole resigning from Goldman Sachs after years of suckling at their evil teats?
I was a little surprised that didn’t make the RoundUp.
brick by me. I read it. and i meant to link it. just forgot.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
very cool: Scale of the Universe
boggles the mind
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Hey, Obama, maybe you should spend less time filling out brackets and more time DRILLIN FOR FAWKIN OWL!
ugh.
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illformula Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Redskins being smart in free agency,
and for anyone who tries to claims this is due to the cap “penalty” handed down from GODdell, try again. considering the arsenal of lawyers danny boy has at his disposal, there’s almost zippy chance that arbitrary nonsense sticks.
worst.commissioner.in.sports.
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cleet Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
What is Encyclopedia Britannica? -people under 30
What a different world it was back then. Had to do a report for school, went over to the volumes of encyclopedias and flipped through until you found your subject, stopping briefly to read the section on a cool animal. Then had to do your best to rearrange the words in the few paragraphs so as not to plagarize and then you were done. I wonder how many kids use Wikipedia in their reports now?
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
brick by me. I read it. and i meant to link it. just forgot.
Damn. I take back my +1s then.
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cracker jack Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Mississippi & Alabama love Rick Santorum
There’s a fucking surprise.
I’m kinda surprised Newt didnt win. Southerners voting for a Catholic is a pretty big step!
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johndewar Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
I don’t even wanna’ know what a bush crash is.
it’s when there’s a bustle in your hedgerow.
+1 double neck guitar
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
The guy quit a firm that made him a millionaire because he didn’t like their business practices. I’m not sure “hypocritical” is a fair descriptor there. He could have done what we all do — bitch about our jobs while staying to collect the paycheck every two weeks.
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Wally's World Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Really? No mention of that hypocritical asshole resigning from Goldman Sachs after years of suckling at their evil teats?
That’s a major rip though. He could have just stayed and continued to suckle from the money machine womb.
It just pisses me off that after the same assholes (generalizing the entire financial derivative industry here) almost destroyed the world economy, they are brazen enough to start it all over again.
The derivative industry as well as most of the other “Paper Money Industries” are trying their damndest to fuck it all up for everyone – all while just trying to “earn a buck” for themselves.
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jimmy Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
That Darnell Dockett gator video is crazy.
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ScubaSteve007 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
I wonder how many kids use Wikipedia in their reports now?
I read something recently that talked about the proper way to reference Tweets when doing reports. Crazy.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Can’t wait for certain commenters to come and say he should care more about lowering gas prices than a bracket. Sigh.
i think it’s fantastic when any commenter on any site mocks the president for taking time off work or doing some sort of sports hobby since most internet commenters waste at least half a day of work on sites, if they are even employed at all.
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payaso Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
First they took out jerbs, then they took our brackets, next they’ll take our freedom.
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Complete non sequiter, but I finished Dance with Dragons last night. Those late developments up north were…just fuck you, Martin.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
very cool: Scale of the Universe
This is beyond awesome. Though what is on the other side of the universe?
/more turtles
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
obama shouldn’t care about a bracket because brackets are fucking stupid.
YOU are fucking stupid. for those interested in getting in a good-sized bracket pool, entry is $20. hit me up (mizerle06 at gmail dot com) before tomorrow morning.
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Caribou Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
What a different world it was back then. Had to do a report for school, went over to the volumes of encyclopedias and flipped through until you found your subject, stopping briefly to read the section on a cool animal. Then had to do your best to rearrange the words in the few paragraphs so as not to plagarize and then you were done.
Had to chuckle out loud, that was exactly me. I remember doing these year-end science reports when I was in 5th/6th grades and agonizing over making sure I didn’t plagarize and included references and footnotes!
Good times, good times.
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squawkbox Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
High school pitcher returns from torn ACL – suffered playing basketball – and throws a 5-inning no-hitter.
Not to piss on this kids parade, but is he not at least 14 months post ACL surgery? Not such a big feat.
I know a kid a couple of years ago that tore his ACL approx Aug 15. He threw 2 TD passes in the 1st Qtr of a football game on approx Sept 15. Had his surgery three days later. Then he hit the winning HR in a state playoff baseball game 6 months later.
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Urinal Mint Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
I’m upset that I haven’t had any time to tinker with a bracket. I’m going to block an hour today to wildly click on teams that I watched 0 minutes of this winter.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
The guy quit a firm that made him a millionaire because he didn’t like their business practices. I’m not sure “hypocritical” is a fair descriptor there. He could have done what we all do — bitch about our jobs while staying to collect the paycheck every two weeks.
i know if i were in a job that made millions per year i’d bank enough and quit and retire early to do something fun.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
The guy quit a firm that made him a millionaire because he didn’t like their business practices. I’m not sure “hypocritical” is a fair descriptor there.
I’m saying I don’t think he just discovered it this year. He had plenty of chances to make a statement earlier. I’d like to say if he’d done it 10 years ago, maybe a lot of the problems they created wouldn’t have happened, but clearly that isn’t the case… it’s not like Liar’s Poker really took much out of them.
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
That Scale of the Universe thing is amazing.
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Sir Spicious Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Really? No mention of that hypocritical asshole resigning from Goldman Sachs after years of suckling at their evil teats?
that was pretty self serving, but “suckling at their teat” is not accurate. that guy was bringing in huge fees if was running a business unit.
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
very cool: Scale of the Universe
If you want to feel even more insignificant, I’ll add a pic of your wiener into the Flash file. Just Paypal me five bucks and send the pictures to @crm_stephen.
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squawkbox Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
I’m not an Obama fan, but I love the idea of the White House staff filling out brackets and doing weekly NFL pools and NFL fantasy. That’s gotta be a crap place to work. Can’t we all just get along and be human?
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Lorenzo Von Matterhorn Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
PETER FACINELLI ]
“Huntington Hills High, Kiss my Ass!”
/Legend
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Urinal Mint Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
The Big 12 and ESPN are going to extend their TV agreement. [SBD]
So does this mean UTexas is getting double-paid by ESPN?
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Caribou Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
I’m upset that I haven’t had any time to tinker with a bracket. I’m going to block an hour today to wildly click on teams that I watched 0 minutes of this winter.
I have been making notes on paper while listening to ESPN radio during the day at work. Will rush to get a bracket completed before the 12noon deadline.
/have no idea what I am doing.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
that was pretty self serving, but “suckling at their teat” is not accurate. that guy was bringing in huge fees if was running a business unit.
Yeah… he helped drive it, rather than suckling. Even worse I guess.
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Irvin Pankey Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
I’d like to say if he’d done it 10 years ago, maybe a lot of the problems they created wouldn’t have happened, but clearly that isn’t the case…
It sounds like he liked working there 10 years ago. You can take him at face value, or go the internet route and call him a “hypocritical piece of shit.”
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Urinal Mint Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
What’s more likely to happen:
- Vincent Jackson helps Josh Freeman become a stud QB
- Josh Freeman drags Vincent Jackson down to Alvin Harper status
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coop247 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
I’m not sure about the Goldman guy. While I’m sure there could be that culture in some depts, in a place that big its very hard to use one persons experience to characterize an entire company. And he sure seems like bright eyed, idealistic kid who needs to grow the fuck up, sometimes jobs suck.
If you hate your job just be horribly lazy for a year to the point of nearly being fired then quit like the rest of us.
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Lorenzo Von Matterhorn Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
I was 2 seconds from changing my avatar to the Iona logo last night when someone texted me and I forgot. Thank god for short attention spans.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
This is beyond awesome. Though what is on the other side of the universe?
/more turtles
and the dark tower
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
very cool: Scale of the Universe
that’s fucking awesome.
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
WWoS, I don’t disagree with anything you said. I also know that it would be difficult for me to leave a job that enabled me and my family to essentially have anything we want. I’m as anti-Wall St. as they come, but I’m also a realist who understands that money matters. Hard to walk away from the money faucet. I also don’t think him saying anything 10 years ago — or now — is going to make the slightest bit of difference in how that industry operates.
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johndewar Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
What a different world it was back then. Had to do a report for school, went over to the volumes of encyclopedias and flipped through until you found your subject, stopping briefly to read the section on a cool animal. Then had to do your best to rearrange the words in the few paragraphs so as not to plagarize and then you were done.
This made me laugh.
Thanks Mom and Dad, for getting me a better set of encyclopedias than the nuns at my grammar school had!
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José Ovechkin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Radio host fired for calling free agent NFL players “monkeys.”
That seems kind of excessive; unless they were looking for an excuse to fire him anyway.
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reggie_dunlap Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
I’d rather have Obama do a pool than trying to figure out a way to screw millions of Americans out of their hard earned money.
/ Rush Limbaugh’d
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
This is beyond awesome. Though what is on the other side of the universe?
who says the universe isnt round?
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NinoBrown Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
I’m kinda surprised Newt didnt win. Southerners voting for a Catholic is a pretty big step!
Newt is a Catholic too, just like Sammy Davis Jr. was Jewish.
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
/more turtles
turtles are awesome.
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Urinal Mint Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
As a child, I was always frustrated by having a garage sale encyclopedia from 1972. It still mentioned flying cars and teleportation as real possibilities by 2000.
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
The round balloon picture is okay because it gives your mind something to hold on to. Unfortunately the Universe can have shapes other than round. These are more difficult to imagine. The Universe’s space could be flat or even saddle shaped. In the classic versions of cosmology there is a direct relation between these shapes and the eventual fate of the Universe. A round Universe eventually stops expanding and collapses into a “Big Crunch”. Other shaped Universes never collapse and may go on expanding forever. “Shape” is destiny in cosmology. Even in the infinitely expanding Universes, however, the idea of an edge never comes into play because, once again, space is all there is.
/blows bubbles out of pipe
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
That weather girl is all kinds of fine.
/weather nerd
And she has a dirty mouth!
//swoons
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Jesus. The two world leaders look like they’re about to be eaten by a giant in that clip.
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
who says the universe isnt round?
who says it is?
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HtownHacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
My biggest question from that Goldman article: How did a guy named Greg Smith play in the Maccabiah games?
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you gotta go Mike Quade Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
I Think the bears just win 5 game snect year, i think buffalo could be a surprise. i bet fitzpatrick has a somehwat big year,
btw my final four iwll include i think kansas..bill self can coach!
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NinoBrown Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
What a different world it was back then. Had to do a report for school, went over to the volumes of encyclopedias and flipped through until you found your subject, stopping briefly to read the section on a cool animal. Then had to do your best to rearrange the words in the few paragraphs so as not to plagarize and then you were done.
THIS!!! Always distracted by the section on a cool animal. Also sections on the different states.
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
who says it is?
i was crowdsourcing, bro.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Can’t wait for certain commenters to come and say he should care more about lowering gas prices than a bracket. Sigh.
Some idiot ATL sports radio host said that this morning. It cracks me up. I can just imagine Obama sitting there with Arne Duncan breaking down the brackets when the secretary of energy comes in and says he’s figured out how to lower gas prices for everyone. Obama stops, looks him in the eye and says, “hey asshole, I’m trying to break down which 12 seed I like and whether or not I want Belmont in the Sweet 16. Get out of here with this bullshit.”
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arkbadger Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
There’s a fucking surprise. Someone ask Santorum if he feels it’s right that 29% of Mississippi residents think interracial marriage is illegal.
or better yet, ask him what the plants think about all that CO2 and the whole global warming garbage.
/Santorum’d
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
very cool: Scale of the Universe
that’s fucking awesome.
Given your assumed current state, we’ll just go ahead and assume you miss your tee time.
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cleet Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
While I’m sure there could be that culture in some depts, in a place that big its very hard to use one persons experience to characterize an entire company.
Based on what we’ve seen the last ten years, I think this guy hits very close to the mark of what it is like there.
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NDub Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I’m with all of you That universe scale is fucking awesome.
Makes me think of noted pothead Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot comments.
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Irvin Pankey Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
I Think the bears just win 5 game snect year, i think buffalo could be a surprise. i bet fitzpatrick has a somehwat big year,
btw my final four iwll include i think kansas..bill self can coach!
Change your name to Youtube Commenter.
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KC Resident Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
THIS!!! Always distracted by the section on a cool animal. Also sections on the different states.
I was always distracted by the section on each country’s national flag. I could name almost all of them in fifth grade. And then the world changed and it was all for naught.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Colbert’s bit with the GOP candidates and the invention of the telephone last night was pretty good.
“I can talk to my wife in a box? Impossible! How is she going to fit in there?!”
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
worst.commissioner.in.sports.
leave Gary Bettman out of this.
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tommyp Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
I am convinced Miley Cyrus is 30 years old and has two kids.
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sportsgal116 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
He could have done what we all do — bitch about our jobs while staying to collect the paycheck every two weeks.
I agree. I would assume the majority (if not all) of the people here do not have the balls to turn down a paycheck even if you thought the company’s business practices were suspect. And you DEFINITELY wouldn’t do it if you were making what I assume this guy was making.
Some of you act as if this guy should return the salary he made the 12 years he was working just because he had a moment of conscience and decided he couldn’t work for this company anymore. I say kudos to him as I go back to my menial job at a company I despise that I took only for the pay check.
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angry Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I remember doing these year-end science reports when I was in 5th/6th grades and agonizing over making sure I didn’t plagarize and included references and footnotes!
Ha! Same here. Putting it in your own words was always tough. Glad I’m in a profession now that encourages plagarism. Thank you stare decisis.
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I’m going to miss the Southern primaries. Watching rich, sheltered, out of touch white people try and talk like Sir Lucious Left Foot will never cease to amuse me.
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NDub Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I also find Neil deGrasse Tyson’s comments about all of us and everything we know is connected. We’re all star dust.
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squawkbox Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
“hey asshole, I’m trying to break down which 12 seed I like and whether or not I want Belmont in the Sweet 16. Get out of here with this bullshit.”
Husker FTW
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
The KRDO news team is actually pretty loaded with talent. Colorado Springs. Who knew?!
Hello there, Rachael.
/yep, nothing to do at work until about 10.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
I’m lit as fuck and about to look at this universe scale thing, listening to Whiter Shade of Pale and sippin on some hot chocolate.
I wish I had the day off though.
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cleet Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
, ask him what the plants think about all that CO2 and the whole global warming garbage.
I wonder if Rick teaches his home schooled kids that the vast majority of CO2 that is held in plant life is contained in the trees of the rainforests that are being obliterated.
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you gotta go Mike Quade Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
gas prices are to high. its spring. how can i go for nice long country drives whgen im paying 4 bucks for as
if people were smart…for 2 days no one should buy gas
taht would stcik it to em!
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molemaninthemorning Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
I CAN SEE THROUGH TIME
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
mole…dude, it’s awesome.
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
I would assume the majority (if not all) of the people here do not have the balls to turn down a paycheck even if you thought the company’s business practices were suspect.
To be fair — and I realize I’m playing devil’s advocate to my own post, here — I would wager than nearly everyone on this site has far more to lose by walking away from their paycheck as this guy did from his. A multi-millionaire with experience running a financial services division at GS could never work again in his life and never want for money. Or, he could get hired somewhere else for seven figures tomorrow. That said, I still give him props for leaving.
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
i was crowdsourcing, bro.
the smallest Transistor Gate at 2.5×10^-4 being 4000 times smaller than the Smallest Thing Visible to the Naked Eye is pretty incredible.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
The guy quit a firm that made him a millionaire because he didn’t like their business practices. I’m not sure “hypocritical” is a fair descriptor there. He could have done what we all do — bitch about our jobs while staying to collect the paycheck every two weeks.
This was kind of my thinking, too, actually. He’s saying he used to love it but now he hates it and he’s getting out. That doesn’t mean he shouldn’t have been paid or he should return his money. I know plenty of people who hate their jobs and think what their company does is terrible, yet they keep doing it.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I’m going to miss the Southern primaries. Watching rich, sheltered, out of touch white people try and talk like Sir Lucious Left Foot will never cease to amuse me.
i’m hoping mitt romney wins the nomination so when debate time comes around all his different personas get mixed up and make appearances throughout the debates.
southern romney and michigan romney could debate themselves while governor romney agrees with most of Obama’s decisions and policies.
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Caribou Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I am convinced Miley Cyrus is 30 years old and has two kids.
She does look old doesn’t she?
/still creeped out when looking at her, knowing my kids watched her constantly on Disney channel.
//crappy show
///told my kids their IQs were shrinking when they watched shows like this.
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sportsgal116 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
The encyclopedia entry on geysers and Yellowstone National Park was up there for me.
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cracker jack Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Newt is a Catholic too,
Oh really? For some reason I thought he was a born again Christian
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you gotta go Mike Quade Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
wild berry pop tarts!! wow!
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
the smallest Transistor Gate at 2.5×10^-8 being 4000 times smaller than the Smallest Thing Visible to the Naked Eye is pretty incredible.
correction…
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
I’ll bet my mortgage that Mike Quade has a MySpace page.
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Miley looks like a beat-up Madonna in that photo.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Oh really? For some reason I thought he was a born again Christian
I think wife #3 converted him. He also was born in Pennsylvania. Not a “true” Southerner as far as the honks down here are concerned.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
gas prices are to high. its spring. how can i go for nice long country drives whgen im paying 4 bucks for as
if people were smart…for 2 days no one should buy gas
taht would stcik it to em!
not sure if serious.
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José Ovechkin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
I’m lit as fuck and about to look at this universe scale thing, listening to Whiter Shade of Pale and sippin on some hot chocolate.
I wish I had the day off though.
I wish I had the balls to do it.
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cleet Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
if people were smart…for 2 days no one should buy gas
taht would stcik it to em!
If the internet just bands together we can win the war on gas just like we won the war on a college football playoff.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
I wonder if Rick teaches his home schooled kids that the vast majority of CO2 that is held in plant life is contained in the trees of the rainforests that are being obliterated.
rainforests are for sinners! and snobs!
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Miley looks like a beat-up Madonna in that photo.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Stop the presses. We agree on something.
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HawkEye Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
We’re all star dust.
You mean We are stardust
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you gotta go Mike Quade Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
[Gravatar image]
I’ll bet my mortgage that Mike Quade has a MySpace page.
prolly…he biotches about soriano and castro!
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TK Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I was always distracted by the section on each country’s national flag. I could name almost all of them in fifth grade. And then the world changed and it was all for naught.
Awesome. Me too.
/longs for good old days of childhood
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HtownHacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Maybe JHS should make his first banning!
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HawkEye Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I CAN SEE THROUGH TIME
Careful, that Indian food can be sipcy
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
if people were smart…for 2 days no one should buy gas
taht would stcik it to em!
If the internet just bands together we can win the war on gas just like we won the war on a college football playoff.
I’d be more interested in getting a petition started where EVERYONE agrees not to pay any ticket/fine associated with traffic cameras. Might be a bit more realistic anyways. Those things are bullshit.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Baylor’s new footall stadium looks impressive.
http://www.baylorbears.com/view.gal?id=115301
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Pollution should be between carbon and oxygen. Dioxide is two oxygens. That’s an abomination.
/Santorum’ed
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
i just made five putts in a row…i feel a 65 coming on.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Maybe JHS should make his first banning!
lol. anyone want to second that motion?
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
who says the universe isnt round?who says the universe isnt round?
Sphere’s still have edges.
Though since I’m too lazy too look it up, is the universe expanding at equal velocity and acceleration in all directions from the center? Who wants a lopsided universe?
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Caribou Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
The KRDO news team is actually pretty loaded with talent. Colorado Springs. Who knew?!
Hello there, Rachael.
You my friend need to check out Julie Durda out of Miami WSVN-TV
Giddy-up! Here, here and here
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
BARACK-ETOLOGY?!?!?!?!? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME.
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squawkbox Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
I would assume the majority (if not all) of the people here do not have the balls to turn down a paycheck even if you thought the company’s business practices were suspect.
My wife does.
She quit a job b/c of possible Medicare fraud. Plus other “odd’ behaviors and business practices.
/She’s still unemployed – I regret it but she doesnn’t
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you gotta go Mike Quade Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
sweet..the opposite is on….great episode of seinfeld…after this episode the show changed
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chicago Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
I’m lit as fuck and about to look at this universe scale thing, listening to Whiter Shade of Pale and sippin on some hot chocolate.
I wish I had the day off though.
This, followed by this:
I CAN SEE THROUGH TIME
was so awesome I read it to my buddy that sits across from me at work.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
I’m going to miss the Southern primaries. Watching rich, sheltered, out of touch white people try and talk like Sir Lucious Left Foot will never cease to amuse me.
We still have Louisiana. My hopes of seeing Romney drop a cajun accent while sucking the head out of the shell of a crawfish can still happen.
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
This is a new one for me: Jacob Turner’s “dead arm” period.
Joba had the same thing for the Yankees about two years ago. It’s just excessive fatigue and stretching out the player’s arm. Not a big deal. He’ll get back to form.
Turner is pretty important to the Tigers’ future.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
I was the flag guy on my high school’s quiz bowl team (NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!), the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia was always my best one that people forgot a lot. Then they had to drop the “former” from the name and it’s not as cool anymore.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
I’d be more interested in getting a petition started where EVERYONE agrees not to pay any ticket/fine associated with traffic cameras. Might be a bit more realistic anyways. Those things are bullshit.
I don’t get this attitude. I ran a red, got a ticket in the mail, and paid the fine.
I dangerously broke the law…why are the cameras bad?
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
lol. anyone want to second that motion?
Turn your key Marla! TURN YOUR KEY!
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
lol. anyone want to second that motion?
depends. can you ban the editor? nobody in the comments has been annoying as of late.
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cleet Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Pollution should be between carbon and oxygen. Dioxide is two oxygens. That’s an abomination.
/Santorum’ed
That was good.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
This is a new one for me: Jacob Turner’s “dead arm” period.
Joba had the same thing for the Yankees about two years ago.
Anyone who has ever actually followed baseball is familiar with the term “dead arm”…this isn’t new to non-pop blog “editors”.
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
in the universe thing, I just noticed something called “Minecraft World”. the hell is that?
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you gotta go Mike Quade Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
i hate traffic cameras..dumb
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
I don’t get this attitude. I ran a red, got a ticket in the mail, and paid the fine.
I dangerously broke the law…why are the cameras bad?
Because I (and have heard of many others) have received a ticket where my car was 98% through the intersection when it went from yellow to red. That’s bullshit. I’d pay the fine if I blatantly and dangerously ran a red light, but I’m willing to bet at least 90% of the tickets issued from red light cameras are to vehicles that entered the intersection when the light was still yellow and didn’t pose any danger to anyone.
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
in the universe thing, I just noticed something called “Minecraft World”. the hell is that?
this bizarre nerdish game where you can build shit ad infinitum…youd prolly dig it.
/not being condescending
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you gotta go Mike Quade Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Because I (and have heard of many others) have received a ticket where my car was 98% through the intersection when it went from yellow to red. That’s bullshit. I’d pay the fine if I blatantly and dangerously ran a red light, but I’m willing to bet at least 90% of the tickets issued from red light cameras are to vehicles that entered the intersection when the light was still yellow and didn’t pose any danger to anyone.
money for the city…..its a fix
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TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
That chick is hot.
Sincerely,
Billy Ray Cyrus
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
I don’t get this attitude. I ran a red, got a ticket in the mail, and paid the fine.
I dangerously broke the law…why are the cameras bad?
typically when those cameras go up, they also change and shorten the light change periods to catch more red light runners.
i put it on the same page as those congested highways that are perpetually under construction with zero work going on and cops pull people over for doing 65 in a non operational construction zone and stick them with extra fines.
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
We still have Louisiana. My hopes of seeing Romney drop a cajun accent while sucking the head out of the shell of a crawfish can still happen.
Awesome.
Maybe the entire field ends up in a Treme episode by the end of this thing. I’m thinking Kermit Ruffins on the trumpet, Bunk/Baptise and Shorty on the bone, Romney on the recorder (but he won’t really be playing), Santorum on the tambourine (super gay), and Gingrich eating five plates of food in the corner.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
BARACK-ETOLOGY?!?!?!?!? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME
They have been doing this since 2009. (He correctly picked UNC that year)
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José Ovechkin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
I’m going to miss the Southern primaries. Watching rich, sheltered, out of touch white people try and talk like Sir Lucious Left Foot
I personally would love to see white people talk like Big Boi
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squawkbox Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
I don’t get this attitude. I ran a red, got a ticket in the mail, and paid the fine.
I dangerously broke the law…why are the cameras bad?
I thought a precedent was set in a court case rendering them essentially non-authoritative or some such nonsense?
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Babar 2.0 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Because I (and have heard of many others) have received a ticket where my car was 98% through the intersection when it went from yellow to red. That’s bullshit. I’d pay the fine if I blatantly and dangerously ran a red light, but I’m willing to bet at least 90% of the tickets issued from red light cameras are to vehicles that entered the intersection when the light was still yellow and didn’t pose any danger to anyone.
This is false, and if there is no evidence of you outside of the intersection with a red light, there is no ticket.
They send you a photo of your car before you enter the intersection with a red light, then a photo of you in the middle of the intersection with the same red light. It’s unmistakable.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
They send you a photo of your car before you enter the intersection with a red light, then a photo of you in the middle of the intersection with the same red light. It’s unmistakable.
Not where I live. They send a picture of my back bumper barely in the intersection with a red light above. It’s bullshit.
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sportsgal116 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Babar gets pissed if you eat a piece of candy out of the dispenser candy aisle before you pay for it.
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HtownHacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Baylor’s new footall stadium looks impressive.
What will its capacity be?
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
They have been doing this since 2009. (He correctly picked UNC that year)
wow…didn’t realize that. been awhile since ive watched espn…shit’s mind numbingly dumb. aggravating.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
typically when those cameras go up, they also change and shorten the light change periods to catch more red light runners.
Also false…the cameras are out-sourced…they are not run by the city or police. The same company that puts them up has no access to the city lights.
Additionally, the camera companies get most of the revenue. These are not big revenue streams for cities. They are for safety.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Not where I live. They send a picture of my back bumper barely in the intersection with a red light above. It’s bullshit.
I mean…you ran the light, but it’s really not surprising as you’re a Wisconsin boy. You need that SEC speed in every situation, brotha’.
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HawkEye Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Additionally, the camera companies get most of the revenue. These are not big revenue streams for cities. They are for safety.
That one you’re going to need to back up with some proof
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DJTwo Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
28 people, including 22 children, died in a bush crash in Sweden
Actually the bush was in some country named Switzerland
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I think Babar works for a traffic camera manufacturer. Only explanation. I have never heard one person say anything remotely positive about them.
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jck49erfan Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Maybe JHS should make his first banning!
lol. anyone want to second that motion?
JHS has banhammer privilages? Nicely done.
/sends gift
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NinoBrown Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
What will its capacity be?
45,000 with room to expand
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chicago Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
I personally would love to see white people talk like Big Boi
Brief, semi-worthless (but I think it’s kind of cool) story- my wife teaches Big Boi’s niece, and she got props from Big Boi because his niece told him that her white teacher knew who he was.
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coop247 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
No points on camera tickets, so its not really a ticket. Its an expensive parking fine.
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devang Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Also false…the cameras are out-sourced…they are not run by the city or police. The same company that puts them up has no access to the city lights.
Additionally, the camera companies get most of the revenue. These are not big revenue streams for cities. They are for safety.
He’s right. A former friend of mine works for a company called Smith’s Detection which sets up and monitors security cameras in different cities and airports.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
JAPANESE SPIDER CRAB NO NO NO NO NO
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Babar 2.0 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
I think Babar works for a traffic camera manufacturer. Only explanation. I have never heard one person say anything remotely positive about them.
No, I know a lot of police officers. When I got the ticket, he explained that he can’t do anything, and where the money goes.
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TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Additionally, the camera companies get most of the revenue. These are not big revenue streams for cities. They are for safety.
Talk of the Nation had a great segment on them a few weeks back. Callers had some awesome nightmare stories about dealing with the consequences of the cameras either messing up, being misprogrammed, or just the logistical issues of computerized policing.
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johndewar Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
typically when those cameras go up, they also change and shorten the light change periods to catch more red light runners.
They put up a red light camera where I live and they even had a 30 day grace period.
I got a warning in the mail during the grace period and asked for an explanation. They said I didn’t wait long enough to turn right on red….which they were actually right. At that intersection, I practically take that turn on two wheels.
Now that I know the camera is there, I kind of laugh at the people at that intersection who try to beat the light, miss it, and watch the camera flash as it catches.
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José Ovechkin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
I thought you didn’t even have to pay tickets for a camera catching you running a red light? Maybe that was just in a certain city.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Brief, semi-worthless (but I think it’s kind of cool) story- my wife teaches Big Boi’s niece, and she got props from Big Boi because his niece told him that her white teacher knew who he was.
Pssshhh…my roomates brother roomed with Big Boi’s brother at Valdosta State. Said he never smoked so good in life because Big Boi would come by and hook them both up with dank. He said he got to hang out in Outkast’s Atlanta studio a couple of times and said it was so badass.
/I was jealous
//Team Outkast
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
this bizarre nerdish game where you can build shit ad infinitum…youd prolly dig it.
/not being condescending
I don’t know…I never got into weird nerdy games. I did read the encyclopedia though.
/RIP Britannica
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arkbadger Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
mole…dude, it’s awesome.
WHEN WHITE RABBIT PEAKS, THROW THE TOASTER IN THE BATHTUB!!
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HtownHacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
They are for safety.
I was buying everything you said until that line. I am pro-red light camera iff they are decent money makers for the cities.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Also false…the cameras are out-sourced…they are not run by the city or police. The same company that puts them up has no access to the city lights.
Additionally, the camera companies get most of the revenue. These are not big revenue streams for cities. They are for safety.
the city has access to the intersection computers, they can modify the time on yellows, and in many cases have, to increase the number of tickets.
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José Ovechkin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
What will its capacity be?
45,000 with room to expand
It’s going to be smaller?
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
JHS has banhammer privilages? Nicely done.
/sends gift
Something like that. You must have missed the round up yesterday.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Additionally, the camera companies get most of the revenue. These are not big revenue streams for cities. They are for safety.
He’s right. A former friend of mine works for a company called Smith’s Detection which sets up and monitors security cameras in different cities and airports.
Don’t they have to pay a large sum to the city for the right to set up these cameras at the cities intersections though? The city’s not just going to go “sure, set up your revenue stream on something we built, we don’t need any money for that!”
Atlanta did the same thing with its parking enforcement. Outsourced it to a private company because they were in desperate need of cash right away. This private company paid millions of dollars for the right to enforce parking laws and collect the revenue for the tickets. So this company is also relentless at giving out tickets in order to make back the money they paid the city.
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TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
I am pro-red light camera iff they are decent money makers for the cities.
I don’t agree but do understand this. Either way, in almost all cases they are not.
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johndewar Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
No, I know a lot of police officers. When I got the ticket, he explained that he can’t do anything, and where the money goes.
Maybe where you live it’s like that.
Where I live, I’ve read the police actually review the “violations” that the camera snaps.
That duty must suck.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
I thought you didn’t even have to pay tickets for a camera catching you running a red light? Maybe that was just in a certain city.
I think that was in Los Angeles. I’ve heard Carolla mock that a few times.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Maybe if more places had red light cameras Laura Bush wouldn’t be a murderer.
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jck49erfan Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Something like that. You must have missed the round up yesterday.
I did. Damn it.
I’ll be back…..
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chicago Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Pssshhh…my roomates brother roomed with Big Boi’s brother at Valdosta State. Said he never smoked so good in life because Big Boi would come by and hook them both up with dank. He said he got to hang out in Outkast’s Atlanta studio a couple of times and said it was so badass.
/I was jealous
//Team Outkast
Yea he wins.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Maybe if more places had red light cameras Laura Bush wouldn’t be a murderer.
Game over. We can all go home now.
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
That one you’re going to need to back up with some proof
I remember an article in Knoxville about a year after they added the cameras at various intersections saying that crashes from running the lights had gone down something like 75% but rear-end crashes had tripled or something like that. unintended consequences.
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
maybe if laura bush wasn’t a murderer, brandon marshall wouldn’t have had to punch that bitch.
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HtownHacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
I’d rather the city gets its income from people running red lights if (pipe dream?) it gets less from my property taxes.
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
wow…nicks to TB.
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chicago Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
JHS has banhammer privilages? Nicely done.
/sends gift
Something like that. You must have missed the round up yesterday.
He’s a czar.
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
whoa…ben grubbs visiting NO.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
that crashes from running the lights had gone down something like 75% but rear-end crashes had tripled or something like that. unintended consequences
yep. people afraid of the cameras slamming on their brakes as soon as the see a yellow, when they probably should have gone through the intersection.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
wow…nicks to TB.
Uh what? How are the Bucs doing this? I’d be worried about the check clearing each week if I was Hakeen.
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johndewar Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
I’d rather the city gets its income from people running red lights if (pipe dream?) it gets less from my property taxes.
Exactly how I feel. I live in New Jersey, the home of unbelievably high property taxes and car insurance premiums.
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
maybe if laura bush wasn’t a murderer, brandon marshall wouldn’t have had to punch that bitch.
Some of a bitch. I’m just seeing the Brandon Marshall thing. Must have channeled Wayne Brady for a moment.
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José Ovechkin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
yep. people afraid of the cameras slamming on their brakes as soon as the see a yellow, when they probably should have gone through the intersection.
Yellow lights should have numbers being counted down or something.
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
He’s a czar.
tsar? the sound of this, i am not liking. is communism perfect? eh…it not the best, but you know how these things are. very complicated, many angle. but at least stalin give us bread for table and vodka for glass, nyet?
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sousedbergin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
How drunken do your cities get this Saturday?
Could be the drunkest city day of the year edging out:
New Years
Halloween
Pride (gays convert straight people through forced sodomy and personally attack your parents marriage)
Do you get a ticket for puking on camera in a intersection?
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YYSA Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Redskins being smart in free agency,
Pierre Garcon agrees.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Uh what? How are the Bucs doing this? I’d be worried about the check clearing each week if I was Hakeen.
Not Hakeem, Carl Nicks
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cracker jack Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Yellow lights should have numbers being counted down or something.
That’s genius. Just like Walk/Do Not Walk lights.
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José Ovechkin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
wow…nicks to TB.
Was expecting Cincinnati to overpay for him. Glad we didn’t.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Wayne Brady would have choked a bitch.
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Wally's World Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Uh what? How are the Bucs doing this? I’d be worried about the check clearing each week if I was Hakeen.
They were like 60 or 70 mil below the cap, I believe. Schiano just choppin’ wood in Tampa-Land…
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Not Hakeem, Carl Nicks
well that makes much more sense.
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Wally's World Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Was expecting Cincinnati to overpay for him. Glad we didn’t.
I’m assuming that will be Mike Wallace for the Bengals.
/Might make the Bengals potentially scary
//They still have Mike Brown though
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BFFredo Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
That Universe scale was cool.
Jeff Fisher’s first free agent move in St. Louis: Bringing Cortland Finnegan, his former cornerback, over from the Titans
Needed someone to be a punk on the sidelines
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molemaninthemorning Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Yellow lights should have numbers being counted down or something.
There are some cool concepts for countdown lights.

They already exist in places like Shanhai and Saudi Arabia.
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YYSA Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
I am pro-red light camera iff they are decent money makers for the cities.
Red light cameras are in a lot of cities in AZ. I think they do alright collecting on those because its a more serious ticket. They tried out speed cameras for about a year and only like 20% of the people getting the tickets were paying them.
/opens mail
//oh look someone took a picture of me driving
///puts in shredder
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
ATL Folks – What can you tell me about Eric Weems? Looks like a special teamer perhaps? Hopefully he’s not Sam Hurd 2.0.
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BFFredo Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
wow…nicks to TB.
Was expecting Cincinnati to overpay for him. Glad we didn’t.

TB loves to overpay for our interior linemen. Shame.
Anyway, it seems like we’ll sign Ben Grubbs from Baltimore as his replacement.
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Yellow lights should have numbers being counted down or something.
in the little beach ‘burb of Jacksonville I live in, they do. the walk/don’t walk signs are digital and have huge countdown clocks on them. the road is pretty straight for about 7 miles leading up to my turnoff into my ‘hood and you can see the walk/don’t walk countdown at least 1/10 a mile away and know when the yellow is coming.
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YYSA Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
There are some cool concepts for countdown lights.
They already exist in places like Shanhai and Saudi Arabia.
They already have that. The ‘walk/dontwalk’ lights now have a timer that is synced with the yellow light.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
wow…nicks to TB.
they have to spend the money. Might as well spend it on good players.
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Ben80123 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
President Obama’s Final Four picks: Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio State.
Should I be worried he picked the same 4 as I did?
Fuck, same here.
How drunken do your cities get this Saturday?
Could be the drunkest city day of the year edging out:
New Years
Halloween
Pride
It may not have as many people involved, but per capita, I have never seen more drunkenness than at Pride. I have a handful of gay friends and I don’t hear from them for three days. A common practice here is to take the water bladder out of a backpacking pack, fill it with vodka, and dump in a couple scoops of instant lemonade.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
in the little beach ‘burb of Jacksonville I live in, they do. the walk/don’t walk signs are digital and have huge countdown clocks on them. the road is pretty straight for about 7 miles leading up to my turnoff into my ‘hood and you can see the walk/don’t walk countdown at least 1/10 a mile away and know when the yellow is coming.
well. aren’t. you. special.
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José Ovechkin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
I’m assuming that will be Mike Wallace for the Bengals.
I don’t think he comes here. He has an ego, and the #1 WR slot is not open for the next (hopefully) 10 years. Also it is true, we do have Mike Brown (Thank God for the salary floor in 2013). Pittsburgh games would be cooler though.
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spencer096 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
they have to spend the money. Might as well spend it on good players.
yep…agreed.
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squawkbox Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
AT&T is offering to discuss a settlement to an iPhone user who won a small-claims case that alleged the company was slowing down his “unlimited” data service
Interesting …
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NDub Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Miz – I’m going to Jax Beach this weekend for St. Paddy’s Day.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
ATL Folks – What can you tell me about Eric Weems? Looks like a special teamer perhaps? Hopefully he’s not Sam Hurd 2.0.
He’s a special teamer for sure. Very good at covering punts. His kick return skills are good, but with the new kickoff rules he is rendered moot often. He’s a very average-to-below-average receiver. CHI certainly paid him to be a special teamer. No Atlanta fan will be bummed he’s gone, let’s put it that way.
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Ben80123 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
in the little beach ‘burb of Jacksonville I live in, they do. the walk/don’t walk signs are digital and have huge countdown clocks on them. the road is pretty straight for about 7 miles leading up to my turnoff into my ‘hood and you can see the walk/don’t walk countdown at least 1/10 a mile away and know when the yellow is coming.
There are all kinds of walk/don’t walk countdowns in Denver and the suburbs that are synced to the yellow lights. Big fan.
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José Ovechkin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
They already exist in places like Shanhai and Saudi Arabia.
I had a roommate from Saudi Arabia that was from one of the more wealthy tribes that drove like a fucking maniac. He said there wasn’t really stop signs and shit where he lived, but I can’t remember what city he was from.
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HtownHacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
They tried out speed cameras for about a year and only like 20% of the people getting the tickets were paying them
I got a speeding ticket from one of those in Tuscon last year. 200 bucks for like 11 miles over limit.
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angry Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
in the little beach ‘burb of Jacksonville I live in
Bragger. Not the Jacksonville part but the beach part.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Miz – I’m going to Jax Beach this weekend for St. Paddy’s Day.
have fun with that. cops will be a swarming at the beach.
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got_em_looking Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Redskins being smart in free agency, Don Banks says. Is this the bat signal to Jason Lisk?
Clearly they’re outsmarting everyone else since only Dan Snyder believes Pierre Garcon is worth more money than Marques Colston.
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YYSA Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
I got a speeding ticket from one of those in Tuscon last year. 200 bucks for like 11 miles over limit.
They were bullshit. Private company bought and installed all those and the city just got kick back from the ticket. The rest just went to the company. I remember some story last year that some guy went around with a sledge hammer and a ski mask and destroyed 5 or 6 of them. He wasn’t the hero we wanted but the one we needed.
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BFFredo Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
How drunken do your cities get this Saturday?
No different than any other Saturday for THIS CITY!
I was actually surprised when I was in Phoenix for St. Paddy’s Day and they were actively trying to get shit-faced.
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NDub Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
have fun with that. cops will be a swarming at the beach.
I don’t act a fool like I used to, so I’m not too worried. I have a buddy there who knows the ins and outs of it all.
What’s the rule on open containers?
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got_em_looking Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Redskins being smart in free agency, Don Banks says. Is this the bat signal to Jason Lisk?
Clearly the Redskins are outsmarting everyone else since only Dan Snyder believes Pierre Garcon is worth more money than Marques Colston.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
he rest just went to the company. I remember some story last year that some guy went around with a sledge hammer and a ski mask and destroyed 5 or 6 of them. He wasn’t the hero we wanted but the one we needed.
ha!
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Thanks, Husker. We needed someone on the punt and kick coverage teams.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:25 AM
My senior year of college Saint Patrick’s Day was the Friday of Spring Break so two of my best friends and I flew to South Boston for the week. That was a good call.
Girlfriend’s birthday is Saturday though. Would seem like a cool birthday but if you think about it, everywhere has a cover and is packed with amateur drinkers, hard to take a big group of people out for hardcore drinking.
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José Ovechkin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
They tried out speed cameras for about a year and only like 20% of the people getting the tickets were paying them
I got a speeding ticket from one of those in Tuscon last year. 200 bucks for like 11 miles over limit.
That’s the other part of it. I’ve never gotten a ticket that was listed as more than 5 over but I was always driving at least 15 over. Camera tickets should have to be cheaper than police tickets
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
What’s the rule on open containers?
probably not a good idea. you’re likely just to get a ticket though if you get caught.
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José Ovechkin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
in the little beach ‘burb of Jacksonville I live in, they do. the walk/don’t walk signs are digital and have huge countdown clocks on them. the road is pretty straight for about 7 miles leading up to my turnoff into my ‘hood and you can see the walk/don’t walk countdown at least 1/10 a mile away and know when the yellow is coming.
Well Michigan is poor as shit. We’ll catch up in a decade or so.
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YYSA Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
I was actually surprised when I was in Phoenix for St. Paddy’s Day and they were actively trying to get shit-faced.
Indeed. It being on a weekend this year is going to be awesome.
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sousedbergin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
It may not have as many people involved, but per capita, I have never seen more drunkenness than at Pride
Pride is crazy.
One year apparently I passed out during a Cyndi Lauper concert in a park not sure how I even got there. Another year there was a parking lot party and I scaled a fence and landed on a port o potty to sneak in. Very impressed with the drinking. I always say I’ll go for a couple hours and end up completely wasted at 2am wondering what the hell happened.
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Miz – I’m going to Jax Beach this weekend for St. Paddy’s Day.
come on over for ribs and burgers and beer and basketball Sunday at 4:00 pm. bring a box of Pampers with you…preferably a 90+ count.
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NDub Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
probably not a good idea. you’re likely just to get a ticket though if you get caught.
Well, I shall avoid it.
Will the beach and strip be like it is on July 4th? People walking everywhere, house parties, packed bars, etc.?
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coop247 Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
At least you can identify and remember the location of intersection lights. East Cleveland had a mobile camera (eventually found to be illegal) that they moved all over the place so you never even knew where it was. Oh, and East Cleveland is terrifying.
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
What’s the rule on open containers?
drink the contenst of said open container.
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NDub Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
come on over for ribs and burgers and beer and basketball Sunday at 4:00 pm. bring a box of Pampers with you…preferably a 90+ count.
That sounds like a party. Unfortunately, I’ll be on the way back to my place in the 4+ hour car ride.
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Will the beach and strip be like it is on July 4th? People walking everywhere, house parties, packed bars, etc.?
the weather is supposed to be outstanding, so I’d imagine people will be all around. not as raucous as July 4th though.
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HtownHacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Pride is crazy.
Am I a homophobe? I hate the term “pride”. Why is being gay something to be proud of?
/can’t really think of a good alternative.
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
That sounds like a party. Unfortunately, I’ll be on the way back to my place in the 4+ hour car ride.
I’d invite you over Saturday, but that’s daddy/daughter day since mom’s working. and while my daughter is pretty badass, you might get bored.
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Additionally, the camera companies get most of the revenue. These are not big revenue streams for cities. They are for safety.
Not true here. The split is 80/20 camera company/city, up to a certain amount. Anything over that goes to the city. Oh, and last year the city cleared a couple million.
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NDub Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
I’d invite you over Saturday, but that’s daddy/daughter day since mom’s working. and while my daughter is pretty badass, you might get bored.
Haha. Not a problem. You probably wouldn’t want a slurring, sunburned fool babbling in your little daughter’s face. Well, you might find it hilarious. She might hate it.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
the weather is supposed to be outstanding, so I’d imagine people will be all around. not as raucous as July 4th though.
I’ll second Miz’s statement.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
/can’t really think of a good alternative.
Good taste in clothing and home decor day doesn’t have the same ring. Although, it is something to be proud of.
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mizerle06 is mcintyred of all the trollin' Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
You probably wouldn’t want a slurring, sunburned fool babbling in your little daughter’s face. Well, you might find it hilarious. She might hate it.
she wouldn’t know any better yet. I usually get sloshed on daddy/daughter day anyways.
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
At least you can identify and remember the location of intersection lights. East Cleveland had a mobile camera (eventually found to be illegal) that they moved all over the place so you never even knew where it was. Oh, and East Cleveland is terrifying.
If you find yourself in East Cleveland, get the hell outta there as fast as you can, pay any tickets (or not) later. Don’t stop at stop signs or red lights, just drive.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
very cool: Scale of the Universe
God made it. It took nearly a week.
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BFFredo Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
You probably wouldn’t want a slurring, sunburned fool babbling in your little daughter’s face. Well, you might find it hilarious. She might hate it.
You could start getting her ready for the next 25 or so St. Patrick’s Days/Spring Breaks/4 years of College with that show.
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
God made it. It took nearly a week.
Only a week? Proof that God is anti-union.
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sousedbergin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Am I a homophobe? I hate the term “pride”. Why is being gay something to be proud of?
They words ‘Shame’ and ‘Abomination’ didn’t test well in focus groups.
/ask a stupid question..
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BFFredo Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Why is being gay something to be proud of?
For the same reason being “Irish” or “Italian” on St. Patrick’s Day is something to be proud of.
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HtownHacker Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
For the same reason being “Irish” or “Italian” on St. Patrick’s Day is something to be proud of.
I guess in my mind you should be proud of something you’ve accomplished or something you’ve actually done. I’m Irish…not really proud or ashamed of that fact.
/picking nits.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:07 AM
There wouldn’t be gay pride if people never had a problem with it. Same with Irish pride… it’s a way to shove your own heritage/physiology in the face of people who don’t approve.
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José Ovechkin Says:
March 14th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
For the same reason being “Irish” or “Italian” on St. Patrick’s Day is something to be proud of.
I guess in my mind you should be proud of something you’ve accomplished or something you’ve actually done. I’m Irish…not really proud or ashamed of that fact.
It takes on a slightly different meaning given the context I think. Similar to ‘power’ does for blacks and chicanos, it’s not so much as asserting an authority over others as much as it’s claiming equal power they’ve been denied so long. Being gay is something a lot of people in society thought to be shameful, so for some people it makes sense.