Roundup: iPhone 5 Details, Alison Pill’s Twit-Slip & Lots of Only in Florida
Katrina Bowden … diplomat killed in Libya … spoiler alert: Professor X is dead … LA bank robbery suspects threw money out the window … oMG iPhone 5 details … sick DIY arcade … if websites reviewed sex … a long, powerful post from a comedian about suicide … a Heaters reboot, on television … woman pulls gun and demands money during sex in a moving car … woman and boyfriend lock teens in torture chamber … disturbing attempted murder of her 7yo son … Jay Pharoah is your new Obama on SNL … here’s a mother attacking her son with a baseball bat while he slept … pay someone else to wait in line for your iPhone … teen girl moved in and had sex with 77yo … is Twitter giving out all our info? … Alison Pill (Maggie from The Newsroom, Kim from Scott Pilgrim) accidentally tweeted a topless pic yesterday (NSFW) … delicious travel lobsters …
T.J. Simers got into it with Matt Treanor. Simers was out of line here, right? [LA Times]
Buffalo Bills Marcell Dareus’ brother was shot. [CBS 42]
Florida State voted against an increased ACC exit fee. [Warchant]
Wisconsin State Journal lays off staff. [Romenesko]
That stupid, nonsensical “Invisible Obama” Twitter has a “digital media specialist” behind it. Ugh. [New York Times]
Chipper gets bratwurst as a retirement gift from the Brewers. [AJC]
Evolution of robot chess, one of the most serious things we have to face in 2012. [Grantland]
Bellator heavyweight champion Cole Konrad has retired, undefeated, from mixed martial arts. [ESPN]
The Ultimate Fighter returns to FX on Friday. Here are some gifs of the crazy guys freaking out. [Fightlinker]
The story of James Bond first coming to the big screen. [Vanity Fair]
Lattimer from The Program was arrested for hoarding 25 dogs. [LAist]
Why boys throw better than girls. [Washington Post]
Roy Hibbert and comedian Chelsea Peretti went for chicken and waffles and dancing after he broke his nose. [The Basketball Jones]
Brother doctors Vernon and Vontae Davis discuss this new product which must use magic. Or aliens.
A cat video compilation. Obviously very important.
Your grandmother got arrested and its on tape.
Ricky Rubio played Connect Four with basketballs on a Spanish talk show. I want that in my backyard. [Hot Clicks]
- Someone Shouted “Wooooo! We Did It! We Did It!” After San Antonio Held Off Memphis in Overtime [Video[
- Sergio Garcia Made a ‘Fried Chicken’ Joke Toward Tiger Woods
- 2013 NBA Draft Lottery Complete, Order is Set: Cleveland Cavaliers Get 1st Pick
- Marvin Bagley, a 7th Grader, is 6-foot-7 and Looks to Definitely Have a Basketball Future [Video]
- Robert Griffin III Could Have Planted the Seeds of a Perception Problem After Sending Pictures of Wedding Gifts, Says Washington Writer
- resolutedefense on Sergio Garcia Made a 'Fried Chicken' Joke Toward Tiger Woods
- Dawgfather on Someone Shouted "Wooooo! We Did It! We Did It!" After San Antonio Held Off Memphis in Overtime [Video[
- WheresWallace on Sergio Garcia Made a 'Fried Chicken' Joke Toward Tiger Woods
- Nada on Sergio Garcia Made a 'Fried Chicken' Joke Toward Tiger Woods
- Nada on Someone Shouted "Wooooo! We Did It! We Did It!" After San Antonio Held Off Memphis in Overtime [Video[
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September 13th, 2012 at 8:13 AM
Nice. Had a nice pictorial in Esquire’s “Me in My Place”. You could bounce an egg off that tush.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
I thought a quarter was the appropriate object to be bouncing of tight things (asses, beds, etc.) Are we sure eggs can bounce?
September 13th, 2012 at 8:19 AM
Long-time X-Men fan, back to the Neal Adams days. Professor X has been “dead” before, and came back. After all, it’s just sequential art.
Hate to see the Scott Summers character development take this turn, though. I preferred the stoic Scott, who believed in Charles’ dream of mutant and human living in harmony.
“I am fire…and life incarnate…I am Phoenix!”
September 13th, 2012 at 8:21 AM
Correct, should have said you could crack an egg of that ass.
/apologies
September 13th, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Pretty sure it’s “crack a quarter.”
September 13th, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Prob trying to build up their defense fund for their brother
He is charged with the April killing of 66-year-old Gary Dederichs, a tourist from Colorado, by striking him in the head with a hammer-like object.
I think the Brothers Davis forgot to tell their little brother to keep the hammer-like motions for the football field only.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:25 AM
As long as it’s not Gambit.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Nobody seemed to mind when I was laying people out!
/Starting defense! Place at the table’d
September 13th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Dammit, beat me to it by a minute.
“C-List actor.” Is there a lower grade possible? I think piss filled mobile home moves you down to like F. Or moves you to Georgia.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
September 13th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
woman and boyfriend lock teens in torture chamber
Florida. Shocking.
/Another night, another Birds win!
//Why not?
September 13th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
I post this hoping that it won’t derail the conversation, but fuck Mitt Romney for using someone’s death to try and land cheap political punches. That is just a really shitty thing to do, especially when it’s an outright fabrication. I’d be just as furious if Obama did it.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
I guess the Orioles are gonna have to show the rest of the AL how to beat the fucking A’s.
jeter is at an age where a rolled ankle may not heal in one day…
September 13th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Also, Pharaoh should have been playing Obama from the jump. He’s a gifted impressionist and far more suited to the role than Fred Armisen, who never knew what to do with the character. No one touches Key & Peele’s Obama, though.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
I hope. Woke up again and saw that they won. Getting tiresome. Really thought the Sox were gonna pull out the win last night. Dammit.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
jeter is at an age where a rolled ankle may not heal in one day…
With whatever else he is taking to have a season like this at age 38, I am sure that he will be back out there today.
/yes I know he only has 15 HR
//Don’t care, hate the “everyone has to respect the way he plays the game”. Fuck that guy.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
woman pulls gun and demands money during sex in a moving car
disturbing attempted murder of her 7yo son
here’s a mother attacking her son with a baseball bat while he slept
Florida. Shocking.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
That’s cute.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
On the bright side, it can’t diminish his range too much.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Jeter defensive jokes.
Enjoy the postseason…
September 13th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Four people died. If Obama’s first thought was “How can I lie about these deaths in order to exploit it for political gain,” he’d lose my vote in a second. You don’t fuck around with people’s lives.
I know why Romney did it — he’s weak on foreign policy, trailing in the polls, and has a bunch of kook neocon advisers like Bolton left over from the Bush years. But part of being president means thinking during a crisis, and Romney failed miserably.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
You’re the best Queefer.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
This is even cuter
September 13th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
I am having trouble seeing what is wrong with what Queefer is saying. You know it’s bad when Mitt’s getting blasted by both sides. He made a mistake, it’s pretty obvious.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Words cannot explain how high Hibbert looks in that photo
September 13th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
please not ohio, please not ohio, please not ohio…
/clicks link
WHOOHOO!!! florida!
September 13th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
I heard something even worse on the radio early this morning. Fucking Detroit….
September 13th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
By “both sides,” do you mean Democrats and Arabs?
September 13th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Had Romney not doubled down on it after it became clear that Obama didn’t release any statement, he didn’t apologize, and the embassy statement came out before the attack, I wouldn’t have as much of a problem with it. But he literally held a press conference to confirm that yes, he was still lying and held the stance. At that point there’s no other position to take than “Romney, you’re a fucking assclown.”
Romney and Ryan are habitual liars, which is pathetic but when talking about domestic policy but downright dangerous when there are military ramifications to poor crisis management.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
This is what needs to happen to Florida.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Of annoying topics to talk about, the iPhone is far less annoying than mulsim politics.
I’ll end up with one, not right away but soon. Unreal the money that will be spent on just accessories this christmas because of the connector change.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Go on….
September 13th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
No… all I’ve read and seen about the story have included other Republicans literally slapping their heads that he did this.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
please not ohio, please not ohio, please not ohio…
Today: Florida
Tomorrow: Ohio
Day After That: Arizona
Next week: Pennsyl-tucky.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
delicious travel lobsters …
Work sent me to an office in Maine (pre 9/11). I was there for a week, back then we were given cash per diems before our trips. I went to a grocery and bought a bunch of food to reduce my costs. My last day right before going to the airport I stopped at Young’s Lobster Pound in Camden and bought several hundred dollars in fresh lobsters (had them blanched). Then came home and had a great suprise party for my friends that night.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
By “both sides,” do you mean Democrats and Arabs?
Now THAT is cute.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
Pretty sure it’s “crack a quarter.”
no, it’s smoke the quarter, scramble the eggs.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
So who likes sandwiches? Anything new going on with golf?
September 13th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
Let’s get this conversation going in a direction we can all agree on: Alison Pill is just about the ugliest woman in Hollywood. That pic is no better than the average 4 or 5 that posts on r/gonewild at reddit.
/she is not a pretty woman
September 13th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
someone say quarter?
/unfurls baggie
September 13th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
+ 1 $20 stocking stuffer
September 13th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
my money’s on julia roberts and meryl streep.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
When’s the Fed Ex Championship? I don’t think it’s this week.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
I dumped Apple when they forced iOS 4 out for the 3G series and it wrecked the phones. My HTC One X is absolutely awesome and I’ll never go back to Apple and their locked-down ecosystem again. The iPhone 5 is nothing more than Apple catching up to where the smartphone leaders have been for the last six months.
Apple needs to come up with an innovation, soon, or they’re going to start seeing some customer erosion. Their products have reached a saturation point, the mewer iPhones and iPads aren’t justifiying yearly upgrades outside the cult of Mac, and Amazon and Google are bringing the thunder to the smartphone and tablet markets.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Ha.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
I like sandwiches. I’m going here today.
September 13th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
She’s not an attractive woman, but…I’m not not attracted to her for some reason
September 13th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Dammit, we are due, too.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Hillary Swank is easily the most unattractive famous person in the game right now. Nasty.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
By “both sides,” do you mean Democrats and Arabs?
hey, retard fucking bigot, not all Arabs are Muslim, and not all Muslims are Arab.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
So it’s not just me…I don’t get her appeal at all.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
@Queefer – I sort of agree that the iPhone 5 is kind of a boring catch-up, but pretty well disagree with everything else. Their products are still awesome. They still have the best marketing. And even if sales in the US may only be steady but never spike again, Asia is still a different story.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
If you ever find yourself in Auburn, I highly recommend Momma Goldberg’s. Place makes some hoppin’ sammys, and the dorito nachos are amazing.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
You just want to scack that forehead. She’s got her own playing field there above her eyebrows
September 13th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
I like both Hillary Swank and Julia Roberts. The can both get it. And give it. And then give it to each other, and then get it again.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Wait…what constitutes ‘famous’? Cause I think those Jersey Shore people are still famous.
And if you’re going gender neutral it’s Buscemi in a landslide.
And as
September 13th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Yup, once China Mobile is able to sell the 5, game the fuck over.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
OK, you’ve gone and done it. You’ve hurt my feelings. I hope you’re happy.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Wasn’t something similar covered in one of the Newsroom episodes?
/people don’t watch their own shows
September 13th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Fed Ex took a week off so it’s next week I believe.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
I don’t know what that means. But if it means “Apple puts even more money in the bank”, then sure.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
happy metal mursday everyone.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Timmy — Yeah, they’re not going away anytime soon. That’s for sure. And they do make great stuff. To me, an iPad is not worth $300 more than a Nexus 7 or Fire HD, or $200 more than the new 8.8-inch Fire HD.
Apple killed it with the iPad because there was no alternative in product or price. Now there is. A LOT. You’ve already seen Android gobble up 62 percent of the smartphone market (which admittedly is a bit disingenuous due to fragmentation). The Fire HD, Nexus 7, and the new Windows tablet (which is getting rave reviews) will now start to eat up their tablet share.
Again, they’ll be fine. But they’re not the Goliath they were before.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
Jenny Matrix, just don’t ask her what’s in them.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
Sorkin is going to be all over this topless tweet phenomenon in 2014.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
Pirates have lost six straight. Virtually no chance of a winning season now. Can’t wait until Hurdle doesn’t get fired.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
BITCH YOUR EYES ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER
September 13th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Lack of NFC in markets that actually have capabilities (everyone except the USA) is going to majorly hurt Apple’s sales.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
They should trade for Choo in the off-season. Cole and Marte please. Tribe will throw in Perez too!
September 13th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
She has a nice rack, though. You have to give her that.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Well, not really. Android tablets sort of suck, still. Someone will eventually make an awesome one that actually gets decent market share, I’m sure. But they haven’t yet. And no one is even close to the sales/profits on tablets of Apple.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Newest tracking poll has him now in front of O, 47%-46%. Three days ago O had a 3 point lead.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
I keep hearing lots of complaints about this but I’m wondering how many iPhone users really give a shit?
September 13th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Pirates have lost six straight. Virtually no chance of a winning season now. Can’t wait until Hurdle doesn’t get fired.
I’ve stopped watching. I can’t subject myself to it, after getting my hopes up so high.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Also, I got the iOS6 golden master release and, nope, still no fucking transit directions.
INNOVATION!
September 13th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
The Tour Championship is next week.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Only the ones who write for tech blogs.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Nope. We can agree to disagree on that one.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Bang Bros need a more thorough screening process.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Heathers
September 13th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Here? Probably not, because our infrastructure sucks for it. Overseas? Yes.
It will be the selling point of the 5S. Having passbook without it is laughably stupid.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Uh, no.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
September 13th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Hillary Swank is easily the most unattractive famous person in the game right now. Nasty.‘
paris hilton, keira knightly, and kelly ripa would like a word.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Yeah, the official divorce from Google is going to cause some headaches. You can’t do better than them with maps/navigation.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Until I can put XBMC on an android tablet, there isn’t an alternative
September 13th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
The Nexus 7 is a nice little tablet, the Fire HD is getting great reviews and the 8.8-inch one should be a quality iPad competitor.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
The actual map interface is better now than it was with google maps and the points of interest are far superior (yelp integration > google’s obscenely outdated and often way wrong POI) but yeah, I’m waiting for the standalone GM app.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
I didn’t really think much of Allison Pill before seeing that topless picture. I think she’s got a nice little body on her based on that picture. I was kinda impressed in a “Wow, that nerdy chick that works in my office cleans up nice” kind of way.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Google just pours so much R&D into their Maps service that its impossible for Apple to complete. Google owns PLANES for mapping. They give people full body cameras for street view work. They own a fleet of cars. Apple will never catch up to that.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Not only is she ugly, she can’t act either. Although she’s got a lot of people thinking she can. I guess that’s standard procedure in hollywood. If your ugly and on tv/movies, people immediately assume that your acting skills must’ve helped you overcome your ugliness.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
No one touches Key & Peele’s Obama, though.
It’s not even close. Lots of good links I’ll have to come back for. Why on Earth Aaron Cook is still starting games at this point, I’ll never know.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Keira Knightley is nowhere close to making the All-Ugly team.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Keira Knightley is nowhere close to making the All-Ugly team.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
The Nexus is a nice little tablet, but it lacks the supporting ecosystem and is a low budget device. Running stock Android is still way better than what Amazon is doing. From what I’m reading the performance is a little better, but their software still sucks. Of course, their goals aren’t the same as Apple and it’s not really intended to be a true competitor.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Ugly? She’s not ugly. She’s not as attractive as most actresses currently on TV, but she’s not ugly. And I think her failings on The Newsroom is more a result of Sorkin’s writing than her acting ability.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Lol. Dude, if Apple wanted to they could buy Delta and Enterprise and get all their people started tomorrow. Resources are not the problem.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Ahhhh, the NYTimes, a beacon of objectivity in a sea of uncertainty
September 13th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Keira Knightley is nowhere close to making the All-Ugly team.
true. she is on the all-meth whore skinny beat up face team.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
You sir, are a moron.
Nate Silver is the most respected polling expert in the world.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Alison Pill (Kim from Scott Pilgrim
We are Sex Bob-omb. We are here to sell out and make money and stuff.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Yes, their Silk browser is great but for whatever reason Amazon hasn’t improved their interface. I have a Nook Tablet that I rooted, and I absolutely love it. Hard button, plenty of storage, clear screen — I’ll probably upgrade to the 8.8 HD next year and root the thing, but right now I’m fine.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Bears repeating.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Which tablet is “good” or “not good” really depends on what you’re using it for.
I would submit that, for how most people that I know that own iPads, they could just as easily do the same things (browsing) on a cheaper tablet.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Dude nailed every senate race and all but one state in the last election. He looks at every poll.
God I hate you.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
That’s cute. It’s a poll regarding enthusiasm gap. Rasmussen, which is what i follow, has the most accurate polling data the past two Presidential elections and shows R up now.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Still love her in the POC
September 13th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
I think people underestimate how many people have iPads in the hands of their kids a large chunk of the time, and how terrible a kid’s experience is on almost every other tablet (to this point).
September 13th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Pill is ugly. She IS. You can’t change that.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
I’m thinking about making the switch from Droid to iPhone, but am unsure. I’m firmly with Verizon as provider.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
No doubt. But by then Google with have subs or something sonar-mapping the Marianas Trench. Google is just way ahead, more popular, and more accessible. I dont know why someone would switch unless forced.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Personally I’m thinking about bailing on my iPhone for the new Windows phone. Depending on how much the 920 costs. It’s a vastly superior phone to the 5 and I don’t depend on nearly enough apps to worry about the Windows app store.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Yep, I’ll go with that
I love how a difference of opinion resorts to name-calling. Love how the tolerant ones are intolerant themselves. Keep it classy.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Never understood the absolutely vicious Apple vs. Android fights that break out on tech blog comment sections. Everyone needs to calm down over there. If my phone let’s me call, text, and occasionally use internet/play games, I am set. Not sure why people feel the need to get into dick measuring contest over which phone is better based on some minute technological difference.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Her and Shelden Williams should have a baby. Two wrongs, could actually, make a right.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
There is really no new outlet here in the US that comes close to any kind of objectivity, be it left or right. The best outlet, IMHO is The Economist. No one even comes close.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
I don’t think Apple’s map and navigation apps will be at parity with Google’s now, but that doesn’t mean they won’t catch up. And no one buys a phone for those reasons anyway.
By the way, I have an EVO and love it and when I’m up for renewal in March I have no plans to switch off Android. Wife has a iPhone4.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Google may have some great images and some great maps, but they sure know how to fuck up a routing. I have had over a dozen instances in the last few years were google maps had no idea where I was supposed to be going. A few times, it had my go into a city and turn 180 degrees and go out in a similar direction, then keep going. If I hadn’t checked every waypoint I would be a very unhappy person. Either way, google needs to tighten that up, or all the road and streetview images dont amount to dick.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
It’s not difference of opinion. You’re wrong and ignorant of the facts. It’s not “The New York Times.” They just happened to buy his services after he nailed the last few elections. If you don’t know who he is you frankly have no business whatsoever talking about polling.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
I just can’t believe they’re calling it “Lumia 920″. For as much as Microsoft and Nokia need this, they had to do better than that. Terrible.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
I’m open to just about any type of smart phone. I just want something that does what I need it to do. I suppose my iPhone interest stems from the buzz around it, plus a few friends have them and love them. I need to begin my research because my Droid Incredible is starting to act a fool.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Could you have stated in your 1st comment to refute my claim? fock-tard
September 13th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Rassmussen is the worst major polling service in the country.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/rasmussen-polls-were-biased-and-inaccurate-quinnipiac-surveyusa-performed-strongly/
September 13th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Let me get this straight – you’re talking about tolerance and keeping it classy yet you link to a picture of a guy with the implication that his looks undermine his credibility. How classy and tolerant of you.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
ok, I’m out of line there.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
lol you faggot jew hippie linking to the times
September 13th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Yes, their Silk browser is great but for whatever reason Amazon hasn’t improved their interface.
I use the Chrome browser on my iPad, and the Onion browser for, ummm, other things…
September 13th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Marketing really dropped the ball on that one. I’m not sure Microsoft has the ecosystem to compete yet, but if they get the enterprise business that they’re after with this new tablet and Windows 8, look out.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Caribou – you are fighting a losing battle. Nate Silver isn’t some two-bit, NYT hack. He may not get everything right, but he is a pretty reliable source.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
You gotta remember that we are talking showbiz here. She might be a 5 if she was working in an office, but she’s a 2 in hollywood. She is ugly and can’t act. No one will convince me otherwise.
You’re wrong, but whatever.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
I read “fock-tard” and now I want a poptart. Damn you Caribou.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Shoulda called him a cock brigadoon and it would have been good
September 13th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
Sigh….never mind. The point was the graphs on the right. See above for LOL Rassmussen.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
lol you faggot jew hippie linking to the times
that’s funny.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
I apologies to Cowboy Mike’s then. I misspoke on something that should not have.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
How about lustful cockmonster? Chris Kluwe really hit a homerun with that one.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
They just happened to buy his services after he nailed the last few elections.
It’s true. I’ve been following the guy since just after the 2004 election. He talks way over my head, but he’s a poll/math/stat nerd and he loves what he does, so I believe what the guy’s telling me.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Have to admit I learn a lot by coming around here. Had barely heard of Nate Silver before this morning. Fascinating guy.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I think that anything with “Windows Phone” in the name would have been worse than what Nokia when with. Losing battle on the naming front.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Shoulda called him a cock brigadoon and it would have been good
thats a funny combo of words, but what the hell is it?
September 13th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
So does everyone like pop-tart? I gotta say, I hate them.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
So does everyone like pop-tart? I gotta say, I hate them.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
You’re wrong, but whatever.
you are wrong too, weenerjob.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
He has a book coming out later this month that will probably be fascinating.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Toaster Strudel is less flexible as it can only be consumed at one temperature but it’s still the superior processed breakfast pastry
September 13th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Evolution of robot chess, one of the most serious things we have to face in 2012. [Grantland]
This is why we cant have nice things.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Depends on the flavor.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
I will be reading that one.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Toaster Strudel gets demerits for the criminally lacking amount of frosting included in those packets.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Sadly, I’m beginning to believe the polls that indicate that Obama will cruise to re-election. I thought the continuing labor market stagnation numbers would at least even things up, but it appears O’s lead has somehow increased.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Irregardless of flavor, I’ve never enjoyed a pop-tart. I’ve tried a lot of different flavors simply because people around me keep telling me they’re delicious. Nope, still nothing. The icing tastes like pure sugar, the bread part is always dry, and the flavors inside isn’t enough to overcome the shortcomings of the icing and the bread. Plus, if you even wait a minute before eating them out of the toaster, it becomes all hard and shit.
So I guess what I’m saying is that pop-tart sucks.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Can’t believe that ANYONE, if given the choice between frosted or non-frosted pop tarts, would choose the non-frosted variety. Why do they even make those? Kinda like choosing regular Oreo’s over Double Stuffs.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Welcome to Bizarro 2004
September 13th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
There is an eternity of time left to go in this race. They haven’t had the first debate, there have yet to be any “October Surprise’s” yet, and we haven’t seen nearly enough attack ads.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
I say this as a far left person but … I honestly think it’s just because of how incredibly poorly Romney and Ryan are running their campaign. Lot of similarities to 2004 in that you had a vulnerable president in a very tough spot who was beatable, and you go with the guy who just can’t seem to do anything right on the trail – regardless of merits of the guy himself.
In that horrific abortion of a movie The Thin Red Line, Woody Harrelson dies when he accidentally blows his own foot off. That’s the Romney campaign.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
I was with you until that last sentence.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Bluberry Lego Waffles. A clear imposter of the real thing but damn are they good.
/bullshit they sell them only in the 8-packs when they know damn well I am eating maybe 5-6 in a sitting.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I thoroughly enjoy an un-frosted pop tart. If you toast them properly, they taste great. Also, I prefer regular oreo’s to the double stuffs.
/I am the 1%
September 13th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Yes!!
September 13th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I dont think he’ll cruise, but he’ll win. Romney is just too unlikable, is terrible at campaigning, and is too aligned with a party dominated by nutters.
The best thing for conservativism would be a decisive loss for Romney, Ryan and all the other party parasites ruining the party. A moderate, competent conservative would win a presidential election almost every time.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
This took me a minute to realize what you were trying to say.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I’m more a fan of fake Pop Tarts, “They’re mad tight”
September 13th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
I had a phase where I was into the plain poptarts. Sometimes you just want the sugary berry goodness inside without the diabetes frosting.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
This. I can crush some Eggo blueberry.
Also, Thin Red Line is brilliant and ohheelyeah: keep telling yourself that. Not enough attack ads. LOL where do you live?
September 13th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
I always found the frosting to be in acceptable amounts…then again I am a stringent Strudel apologist so who knows
September 13th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
That’s not regulation, fucking Spaniards are missing a column.
/Team Strip Connect Four in College, would win ruthlessly
September 13th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
I love how this statement can be made about two phones that are not even on the market yet.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
But Romney was the least conservative option of the legitimate candidates. I agree that a more moderate conservative would win this election but there’s as much of a chance as the loud far right wing section screaming “SEE, SEE, WE NEED TO BE FARTHER RIGHT!” after this. That’s where the money is.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
in NC, and there aren’t as many running yet because it is still September. Come mid-October, every single commercial break will have 1 or 2.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
In your opinion, which current nationally known politician currently fits that description?
/realize I’m setting myself up to receive snarkiness, but I’m hoping for an honest answer
September 13th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Family Dollar brand cherry fake pop tarts > real cherry Pop Tarts. All day every day.
In terms of specs, yes it can.
Sorry, superior piece of hardware, there.
Come on Mike you can’t tell me you weren’t a bit disappointed yesterday.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
That’s the problem.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Eventually, you would think Republicans will grow tired of losing and the party moderates (what’s left of them, anyway) will take out the trash.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Hence the reason Ryan is the VP nominee
September 13th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
but fuck Mitt Romney for using someone’s death to try and land cheap political punches
Agree.
And fuck the obama administration for apologizing. Moron.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
meant to say “most closely” fits that description
September 13th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
That’s because it’s the right decision. Making a “double stuff” out of two regular Oreos > Double Stuffed Oreos.
The filling is different.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Yeah, we’ve lost the last ONE presidential election in a row!
September 13th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Bluberry Lego Waffles.
This took me a minute to realize what you were trying to say.
You never heard of blubber waffles? There was a whole chapter in Moby Dick about how they’d kill a whale, strip off the blubber, then make waffles.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Honestly, Newt had that pretty well lined up. Problem is, he’s Newt.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Scott Brown could be the president.
You need a fiscal conservative, socially liberal candidate that is still hawkish on defense but not overly so, wants to preserve social programs but not without reform, understands the need for health care reform and is serious about a debt solution that involves something more than tax cuts.
In other words, Obama.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
I was more referring to Lego as opposed to Eggo, but I didn’t even catch that one. Man you fell apart there for a second.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Seriously, who does that. I mean, talk about a low blow…
September 13th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Well, looks like you’re going to lose two.
But furthermore, name one major conservative goal that has been realized since the Bush tax cuts were passed in 2001?
September 13th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
The dissing of double stuff baffles me. BAFFLING.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
I agree with you…the fewer conservative achievements, the worse shape the country is in. Excellent point.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Dead dune-coons and executed retards?
September 13th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
If the dominant rise of Apple has taught us anything, it’s that “specs” mean nothing in comparison to design, software, and user experience.
I am more excited for iOS6 than the 5. They already have the perfect form factor, no need to tinker with it other than giving a little more screen real estate while also making it thinner.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
ha I still didnt see that error. Leggo my Eggos!!!!!
September 13th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
I dont think that means what you think it does.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
I don’t live in LA and all I know about Matt Traenor is that his wife has more medals than he has hits but TJ Simers is a dick. Why doesn’t he take that “joy” bullshit to the publisher’s floor at the LA Times. I just read his stupid column for FREE. Hahahahaha. That was some joy for me. The Dodgers are struggaling and he just wants to be a smart ass. Again, your paper is collapsing around you asshat. Why not go ask the families of the laid off writers, pressmen, delivery guys etc, if they have any joy in their lives. STFU Simers.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
That’s fair. I just see nothing that is going to make me justify paying to upgrade. As for iOS6, as I said I’ve got the GM now and yeah it’s nice I guess but aside from Facebook integration, not much of a change over iOS5.
I guess they’ve hit the fine-tuning point of their run now, which is more of a sign of how well they did before, but again, no real reason to upgrade.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
That said, I do give Microsoft/Nokia a lot of credit for trying something truly new and different, which obviously cannot be said for Samsung/Google.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
This. Apple is sort of a victim of its own innovation. They’re into the evolutionary stage right now, which is fine but nothing worthy of slobbering.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Yep. Amazon is selling the SIII for a hundred bucks now but even that I don’t see as reason enough to jump to them. Nokia is the only one who has really made me raise an eyebrow or two.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
To be the fair everyone lost that one.
Voters are not excited to reward the GOP for economic obstructionism, I find that deeply cynical and evil.
Low information voters choose between:
Cult religion dullard, silver spoon teetotaler never-got-his-hands dirty evil business man RINO
VS
Kenyan born black man terrorist sympathizer who pretends to be christian but is a so$ialist who will take your guns away.
I expect a low idiot turnout, as I’ve said for months now women will decide the election in Obama’s favour. Motherfucking tea-party get a fuckton of seats trying to shrink government but all they do is try to pass 1100 big government uterus laws that would kill some women.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
I want this phone to fail solely based on the fact they can’t get with the fucking program when it comes to the connection. Twenty five dollars to convert from USB to “thunderbolt”? Give me a fucking break.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
Or I should say “lightning”.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
That Lattimer dog hoarding thing is just weird. He was either going to start a Pomeranian rescue or use them for puppy mills. I hope he was trying to start a rescue, but didn’t really know how.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
They should really consider re-wording that plank in their platform.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Lack of uniformity on connectors across platforms pisses me off to no end.
Also the iPod connector interface in my car is fucking horrible and I will always prefer the auxilary cable route, fuck you Nissan.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
I drive a 2009 Mazda SUV and it doesnt have a fucking AUX input. Major problem for me.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
You need a fiscal conservative, socially liberal candidate that is still hawkish on defense but not overly so, wants to preserve social programs but not without reform, understands the need for health care reform and is serious about a debt solution that involves something more than tax cuts.
This is a more condensed version of my 15-point plan to get Republicans to appeal to more Independents.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
There is no progress without change. (I think I just quoted the POTUS).
The people upset about the new charging cord are probably the same people who couldn’t believe when Apple stopped shipping their computers with a CD-ROM drive.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
I just ordered my first iPhone yesterday, an iPhone 4. It was time for my upgrade, and they gave me one for $70. Now i see why.
/fuck technology
//not a tech guru
September 13th, 2012 at 10:25 AM
All I’m saying is I’m glad Douglas Adams isn’t alive to see the dongle-peddler that Apple has become. Those things are ghastly.
But less pins = less pins to fuck up when trying to fit my phone onto the car dock so hey, whatever.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Seriously, 1100 provisions 135 passed.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
While watching some of the responses of various leaders to the riots at US embassies, I’ve realized I prefer pissed-off/outraged reactions at times like this as opposed to sullenness.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
All I can think of is Rules Of Engagement, possibly the worst legal/war combo movie ever made.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
I liked the move to no CD-ROM. As far as the connection, I was just fine with the cord they used for the original iPod. Just lamenting the fact that every single accessory ever created in the last decade will now force you to buy an overpriced adapter. Just because it’s Apple.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
All this ranting about political bs and no mention of Bernanke’s likely plans to add more debt through a “stimulus program”?
Awesome – stay informed ya’ll.
/More debt is great b/c it buys votes
//I want my obama money. Oops, I work, I won’t get any so I have the fantastic opportunity to fund it.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
/face palm x 1000
September 13th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Apparently it’s beer week in Toronto? Here’s how many beer events I could find this summer:
Beach BBQ & Brews Festival
Ontario Craft Beer Week
Session 99 Craft Beer Festival
The Summer Festival of Craft Breweries
Toronto Festival of Beer
Queer Beer Festival
Hart House Craft Beer Festival
Muskoka Beer Festival
Toronto Beer Week
Brewers Market at Wychwood Barns
Caskapalooza
Cask Days Festival
Brewer’s Backyard
2012 Ontario Brewing Awards
September 13th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
On the real I don’t think anyone who spends a solid chunk of time on here during the day should be pulling the “I work so hard” card (unless you work at night).
September 13th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Ohhh, I like sandwiches, sandwiches are fine
I like sandwiches I eat ‘em all the time
I eat ‘em for my supper and I eat’em for my lunch
and if I had 100 sandwiches I’d eat ‘em all at once
September 13th, 2012 at 10:43 AM
This is a satire, right. Tell me this is satire.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
No. Just…no. Read up on the Fed actions and then come back.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
should have bought American.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:49 AM
unless you work at night
Or unless you work multiple jobs and multiple projects in two states as an independent consultant with fixed price deliveries.
/on the real’d
September 13th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Pyramid scheme, huh.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
No, this is an opportunity.
September 13th, 2012 at 10:59 AM
I’ve always been under the impression that “quantitative easing” = “printing money”.
Am I wrong?
/Seriously – if I’m wrong, I’d like to be informed.
September 13th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Pyramid scheme, huh.
Sometimes I wish. IT consulting doesn’t lend itself to such. Of course, having employees and making money off their consulting is not far off the pyramid, but I’ve been down that road and it’s full of pot holes.
September 13th, 2012 at 1:08 PM
Fine.
September 13th, 2012 at 1:31 PM
cops suck
September 13th, 2012 at 2:06 PM
Ha! I thought the Prof. X thing was about X-Clan. I thought he died a while ago from AIDS or something. Derp.
September 13th, 2012 at 9:36 PM
Fine.
The awesomeness of that link is so incredible I got to the the 3rd paragraph. What the fuck kind of bullshit is that? Un-fucking-believable.