Junk Drawer - 6/8 - Knowledge Bomb Edition

Well that's fancy

I didn’t know it auto-linked players/teams

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Jun 8, 2009 12:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

video lectures FTL

i always liked junkscience.com, just because it does this:

Junk science?

“Junk science” is faulty scientific data and analysis used to advance special and, often, hidden agendas. The junk science “mob” includes:

The MEDIA may use junk science for sensational headlines and programming. Some members of the media use junk science to advance their and their employers’ social and political agendas.
PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS may use junk science to bamboozle juries into awarding huge verdicts. Large verdicts may then be used to extort even greater sums from deep-pocket businesses fearful of future jury verdicts.
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS, such as the “food police,” environmental extremists, and gun-control advocates, may use junk science to achieve social and political change.
GOVERNMENT REGULATORS may use junk science to expand their authority and to increase their budgets.
BUSINESSES may use junk science to bad-mouth competitors’ products or to make bogus claims about their own products.
POLITICIANS may use junk science to curry favor with special interest groups or to be “politically correct.”
INDIVIDUAL SCIENTISTS may use junk science to achieve fame and fortune.
INDIVIDUALS who are ill (real or imagined) may use junk science to blame others for causing their illness.

and IMO mixing politics and science is a really bad idea

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 12:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

apple.com

The NBA: Where Amazingly Bad Officiating Happens.

by The Roybot on Jun 8, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

video lectures aren't your thing?

or do you mean video lectures are faster than light?

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Jun 8, 2009 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lectures in general aren't my thing.

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's different if you aren't being forced to listen

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Jun 8, 2009 12:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I disagree

there is just something that I find sooooo boring about lectures. I mean I’d rather watch a ballet recital than a lecture…

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you just gotta find a topic you like

there’s got to be something

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Jun 8, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

that was more of thinly veiled denunciation of another BEdge member

than a critique of lectures lol

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You just wanted a response.

I see how it is.

I went to the malls and I balled too hard
'Oh my god, is that a Black Card?'
I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term
African American Express

by Claire on Jun 8, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm still waiting for your story.

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fine then.

One time I humiliated myself. The End.

I went to the malls and I balled too hard
'Oh my god, is that a Black Card?'
I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term
African American Express

by Claire on Jun 8, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

progress!

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Claire would never go out with you.

Josh || BlazersEdge.com || "Friend to all women, lover to none"

by prezofdeath on Jun 8, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol not a complete stranger she met off the interwebz?

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

besides

it’s different if you have a vested interest.

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

now boys, settle down.

I went to the malls and I balled too hard
'Oh my god, is that a Black Card?'
I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term
African American Express

by Claire on Jun 8, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you're gonna have to hose them down or something Claire.

by DrivetheLane on Jun 8, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

you know you like it

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

smh

I went to the malls and I balled too hard
'Oh my god, is that a Black Card?'
I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term
African American Express

by Claire on Jun 8, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

uh huh

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Claire I've been a bad boy

"Should I ask? What's a punani?" - by annthefan on May 3, 2009 1:55 PM

by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Jun 8, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Along with "Junk Science", junkscience.com should also be taken with a grain of salt.

From Wikipedia:

The term was further popularized by Fox News columnist Steven Milloy, who used it to attack the results of scientific research on global warming, ozone depletion, passive smoking and many other topics. The credibility of Milloy’s website junkscience.com, was questioned by Paul D. Thacker, a writer for The New Republic in the wake of evidence that Milloy had received funding from Philip Morris, RJR Tobacco, and Exxon Mobil. Thacker also noted that Milloy was receiving almost $100,000 a year in consulting fees from Philip Morris while he criticized the evidence regarding the hazards of second-hand smoke as “junk science”. Following the publication of this article the Cato Institute, which had hosted the junkscience.com site, ceased its association with the site and removed Milloy from its list of adjunct scholars.

by Cyclops@Centercourt on Jun 8, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

FWIW, i'm not sure wikipedia is the greatest site for credible info either lol

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

depends on the subject

controversial topics like politics, stay away. Academic/encyclopedic type entries are pretty reliable. At the very least, it’s a great primer for starting research.

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Jun 9, 2009 1:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hello Junk Drawer

by Sabonis4Ever on Jun 8, 2009 12:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

knowledge bomb?

oh man, reminds me of a bad morning sports show

Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.

Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear

by johnv59 on Jun 8, 2009 12:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i used to frequent howstuffworks.com

not so much these days.

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by Philthyanimal on Jun 8, 2009 12:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

that's a good site

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I propose

we do a nightly “chatango.com” session. keep things fresh around here. maybe during busier days however.

Senior Asian ambassador of Blazers Edge

by Philthyanimal on Jun 8, 2009 12:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think the JDs serve their purpose well.

Besides, where do you put the “Chatango” box?

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you could embed it or link to it.

not sure how html friendly these fanposts are tho.

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by Philthyanimal on Jun 8, 2009 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

idk

I like how it’s set up now.

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone else watch the 10th domension thing?

It’s fascinating.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Jun 8, 2009 1:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

dimension

curse the no edit thing.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Jun 8, 2009 1:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've watched it a bunch

it blows my mind every time

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Jun 8, 2009 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by the time it gets to the 7th and beyond

it sounds like your weekly Fringe episode. good stuff.

i miss my Walter Bishop fix

by medmelon on Jun 8, 2009 3:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I always thought the 10th dimension

Was the same as first dimension. Their descriptions are essentially the same.

That was the paper I wrote anyway.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Jun 8, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The "point"

Not the line.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Jun 8, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

but I turned it off when they went into the “wave function collapse” as that is a possible interpretation of quantum mechanics and not the de-facto or even an experimentally realized version of quantum mechanics. Also, they dont seem to put much credence into the orthogonality of the spaces that they are making so according to them I could just draw 10dim on a piece of paper if I cared nothing of orthogonality.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

does a multi-dimensional universe require orthogonality? Never read the theorem on that.

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It needs to be a Hilbert space

if it can be used to do quantum mechanics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert_space

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Some might suggest it is a limitation of the rigorous treatment of quantum mechanics to handle "fractional" domains?

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i once heard that if you

run in to your self in the past or the future, it can cause a rift in the space-time continuam and then you body starts disappearing while you’re playing the guitar at your parent’s high school dance. Does that have something to do with fractional domains and Hilbert’s space and orthogonality?

by DrivetheLane on Jun 8, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes and no

If the flux capacitor is properly calibrated …it is no problem.

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

when in doubt

Just play Johnny B. Goode!

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The girls can't resist it.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Jun 8, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Marty to the Band:

“It’s a blues riff from B. Watch me for the changes……and try to keep up”

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chuck? Chuck?

It’s Marvin – your cousin, Marvin BERRY. You know that new sound you’re looking for? Well, listen to this.

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess you guys aren't quite ready for that yet.

but your kids are gonna love it.

by DrivetheLane on Jun 8, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually..

The Everett many-worlds interpretation of quantum disagrees with this idea — for Marty should have been inhabiting a different probabilistic-verse that would not have needed to impact the original one. However, quantum decoherence might suggest that Marty’s introduction into that system left a thermodynamically irreversibility that appears to some quantum theorists to be the collapses of the wavefunction.

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

this is heavy

by DrivetheLane on Jun 8, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it all comes out if you sit on the toilet long enough

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What if Marty would have got his mom pregnant in the past?

by tominhawaii on Jun 8, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then he would have another Brother

with 2 heads

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He'd be living every man's dream.

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am not sure what that means

I was thinking about why you have to have an orthogonal basis and here is my less than rigorous proof.

To do quantum mechanics you need a Hamiltonian (slightly debatable, as you can use a Lagrangian, but it becomes exceptionally messy and yields the same answers, and Hamiltonians and Lagrangians are related by a canonical transform.)

Hamiltonian’s are Hermitian so they can decomposed using the spectral theorem to an orthonormal basis, which can, and is routinely used, as the basis for computations.

If you want to use an non-orthogonal basis you better have an excellent reason as it certainly does not fall nicely out of the math.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

GREAT SCOTT!

by DrivetheLane on Jun 8, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You are exactly right

My only point was that I do believe there are theoretical reasons to wonder whether, as a whole, quantum theory could handle non-orthogonal space. The mathematics involved in applied quantum mechanics definitely requires it for all of the reasons that you mention.

I also got your point above about concept within a non-experimentally driven quantum mechanics, and I think that this speaks to it. There is still a very fierce divide between what is applicable and empirically testable and what is not and what might never be. I have tried to expand my view of science beyond the empirical and the mathematically prove-able in an effort to project to what could possibly the future for this system of theories and the ever longed for unified theory.

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

but you can use a non-orthogonal basis

in fact you do it quantum optics all the time

I just dont understand what you impetus would be to do that in quantum mechanics that is being talked about in the multiverse theory which is completely grounded in quantum mechanics from the 30s which predates quantum optics? I am not trying to get into a discussion about philosophy of science, only trying to understand why in a discussion of the multiverse you would care to even use a non orthogonal system?

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

One interesting thing: how can a set discrete orthonormal subspaces be specified for continuously amorphous states?

I guess I don’t consider the multiverse theory bound by quantum mechanics even if it is based in von Neumann-Dirac notions. In general, many-worlds-theories are considered metatheoretical and applicable to any linear quantum theory, like quantum field theory.

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

huh

a.) I have no idea what an amorphous state is. you will have to explain that one to me. Also, why cant I just use a infinite dimension orthonormal space? They have those in quantum mechanics.

b.) I am guessing metatheortical means non testable which means it would not be a valid hypothesis. You can argue that it is not based or bound by quantum mechanics, but if you are saying that then how could they be physically realized from one moment to the next as quantum mechanics is still a valid theory from one moment to the next.

I think my question still stands as to why you would want to introduce a non orthogonal basis?

I have a feeling this has devolved into metaphysics and not physics.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

a) core basis problem

b) metatheoretical means applicable to multiple theories (even nonempirically testable ones) so this was being used to suggest that the multiverse concept can be considered beyond merely quantum mechanics and into other linear quantum theories.

The answer to your question is, again, the core basis problem. None of this has quite gone metaphysical yet, but it is certainly crossing the grounds of what is empirically testable (which might make it a invalid hypothesis for empirical study but that is clearly a statement bound within the present and making assumptions upon the future).

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had to watch that my freshman year of high school in my physics class

with a 70+ year old senile man who had been fired by the school and they were unable to find a suitable replacement so they brought him back. Dude was CRAZY. He had this small wooden board that had two large nails in it that were connected to a hand cranked generator. If you held on to the nails and let him turn the crank three times hard and fast, i.e. alot of electricity into your body, he would raise your final grade a full letter. That was, at least, until he caused some kid to pass out from cranking it too hard.

I do agree though, it was fascinating stuff and too bad I had to watch it when I was 15 and had the intelectual capabilities of a walnut.

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on Jun 8, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did you ever read the book "Flatland"

It’s a satire that was written in 1884 about a 2-dimensional being that suddenly becomes aware of the 3rd dimension.

It’s incredible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Jun 8, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh man, you know, somebody suggested to me that I read that before and I never did.

I am glad that you reminded me of that because I really wanted to read it, just never got around to it. As soon as I finish “Breaks of the Game” I will have to check that out from the library. Thank you, sir.

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on Jun 8, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

no problem

It’s well worth the read. It’s political satire about 1884 England, but the concepts it explores regarding dimensions are staggering.

It’s also pretty funny.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Jun 8, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did you read A Wrinkle in Time?

Or any of the other books that followed in that series? I know that those are slightly more juvenile but nonetheless I found them to be, if nothing else, an interesting and quick read.

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on Jun 8, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A wrinkle in time is one of my favorite books of all time.

I would say, that while the “intended audience” might appear to be children, it’s anything but. Kinda like the Harry Potter series after the second book.

The other two (A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet) are good too, but my heart is always going to be in the first book.

Thanks for the reminder, I haven’t read that book in a few years. Might be time again!

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Jun 8, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

flag

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 5:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No way.

Certified blazer.fangirl

by Roybot on Jun 8, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

hehe

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I kind of want one of those things.

Yes, I know how awkward that seems.

by AK1984 on Jun 8, 2009 5:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

stupidest

hair accesroy ever

The Princess of Blazersedge

by BlazerFan1 on Jun 8, 2009 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But wouldn't go nice with the tiara?

J/k… please don’t use it. Ever.

Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!

by Quik_Baller on Jun 8, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Someone uses Bump Its?

Seriously, why? I’ve seen a few women “wear” them and I just turn away and laugh.

Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!

by Quik_Baller on Jun 8, 2009 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got a tuma'

what is the dimension above BE

GO
THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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"The rancor reflected in that remark I won't dignify with comment. But I'll address your general attitude of hopeless negativism." – Everett "O Brother, where art Thou?"

by Blazer1342 on Jun 8, 2009 3:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Academic earth.org is great

it has entire courses on video, ranging from civil war history to Astronomy for dummies.

by medmelon on Jun 8, 2009 4:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

While this is related to basketball, it's still junk drawer material.

Who is this man?

Clue #1: He’s still alive.

Clue #2: He’s a winner.

Clue #3: He’s from Indiana.

Kudos to whoever correctly answers the question.

by AK1984 on Jun 8, 2009 6:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

did he invent this?

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 6:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes....he does look Egyptian

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 6:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You got it.

by AK1984 on Jun 8, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wrong answer, but he looks like Joe Montana

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THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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"The rancor reflected in that remark I won't dignify with comment. But I'll address your general attitude of hopeless negativism." – Everett "O Brother, where art Thou?"

by Blazer1342 on Jun 8, 2009 6:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah John Wooden would be my guess

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

interesting site about complex systems

here

amusing little complex systems simulation applet

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 6:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

flowchart help

bacon
can I eat it
Found these helpful quotes.
“If life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life, then let’s all get wasted and have the time of our lives.
Never argue with Idiots. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

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THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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"The rancor reflected in that remark I won't dignify with comment. But I'll address your general attitude of hopeless negativism." – Everett "O Brother, where art Thou?"

by Blazer1342 on Jun 8, 2009 6:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

the Idiot rule of thumb is “if you can’t dazzel them with brilliance baffle the with bull stuffing” or something like that

"I like whatever metric makes a Blazer look better." jonestr

Reporter: Four assists tonight too, Travis. You're starting to shed that idea that you're just a shooter. You're starting to pass the ball more too...
Travis: (Deadpans) Aw, I just got tired..

by farmboy on Jun 8, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Someone posted this link before

http://www.willitblend.com

by tominhawaii on Jun 8, 2009 7:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

when we’re holding hands it’s like having sex to me

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm pretty sure that Blu-Blocker sunglasses...

allow you to see in at least 5 dimensions.

The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers

by lukeyhere on Jun 8, 2009 7:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

2 wrongs don't make a right

but 3 lefts will

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Smarty

Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!

by Quik_Baller on Jun 8, 2009 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It usually takes me 7 lefts

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THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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"The rancor reflected in that remark I won't dignify with comment. But I'll address your general attitude of hopeless negativism." – Everett "O Brother, where art Thou?"

by Blazer1342 on Jun 8, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here are some from serious to fun

Since one of the links was about the 10th dimension, here is one about time travel theories and how it is represented in movies http://www.mjyoung.net/time/index.htm

I love the TED conference, but have been there only once. Some totally random stuff, but many bright minds.

If you love learning, MIT Open Courseware is da knowledge bomb http://ocw.mit.edu/
They made a lot of their courses available online. Syllabi, presentations, lectures, quizzes, almost everything short of actually having discussions in class and getting a degree. It’s maybe too tedious for most people to really work through a complete course, but it could help you to select one or prepare for one at another university.

Wanna go to Harvard? http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/qr48/index.php Here is a complete course that is a kind of “Introduction to Computer Science” that was held this spring. All material is there for free. Minus the lectures, but the ones from an older edition of this course can be found on iTunes U. http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning/
And that’s just one example, if you search around a bit you can get the syllabi from almost all their courses, sometimes the presentations. I have no idea about molecular biology but for a project I found a lot there at the extension school. Many universities are moving in this direction, making their stuff available online publicly. iTunes University is a great place where you can find recorded audio and video lectures from classes, podium discussions, etc.

Harvard not your thing, you want to go to Stanford? http://itunes.stanford.edu/
I e.g. have followed the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders seminars for years now and got to know a few of the lecturers and presenters, and learned a lot about developing companies and industries. Berkeley also has some great stuff on iTunes U, from discussions with Al Gore to discussions with David Lynch to whatever gets your curiosity. Wharton has great information on economics and business for free, including free newsletters. Same with many schools.

That’s all too serious, I want movie news! http://www.slashfilm.com/
I know people in the industry who have that as their homepage. Ari Gold? Mortimer? Who knows?

Tech news done nicely and with quite a lot of background stories http://arstechnica.com/
Today I will be refreshing http://www.macrumors.com/ a lot since it’s WWDC and Apple will present new stuff. Anybody there?

I’m anti company anti commerce anti everything! http://www.theyesmen.org/
Really funny publicity stunts, they impersonate corporations and then go to conferences and on TV. Among their absolute highlights was getting onto the BBC as a spokesperson for Dow Chemical and taking full responsibility for the disaster in Bophal. Then Dow had to react and make an even bigger ass out of themselves by putting out a press release to the effect of “uhm, no, sorry that was an impersonator, that goes too far”.
Culture jamming is fun in general. http://www.illegaladvertising.com http://thebubbleproject.com/

More fun? Comics.com or a daily tech comic at http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/index.html

Since photography, art and (web) design is another thing that tickles my fancy I have hundreds of sites bookmarked for that, too. I didn’t have much time to look at them recently, but there is a lot of good stuff out there.
I e.g. have liked this Greek designer for a long time http://www.onyro.com/
Love those completely useless illustrations, though they were better five years ago http://www.once-upon-a-forest.com/
About the most beautiful PC/MAC wallpaper site I know from a Russian artist who also happens to be a good photographer http://www.vladstudio.com/home/
Many great sites out there about flash movies, here is one http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/

You know enough about where to find sports info, but here is a nice little blog http://runtrails.blogspot.com/
about trail running. Many things like that when you look around.

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 8:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Got anything from the University of Phoenix?

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is Arizona close enough?

http://itunes.arizona.edu/

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

no....they are too mainstream

University of Phoenix is a mostly online college

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

iTunes U now available on the iPhone, too. Study on the go.

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

http://www.popcrunch.com/bret-michaels-head-injury-tony-awards-2009-video/

by tominhawaii on Jun 8, 2009 8:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

TED conferences are cool . . .I was sposed to go last yr. with a patient who was speaking

neither of us ended up going, but have watched some of the stuff…

Q’s for Norsk – do you have a staff of 12?
- do you ever sleep?

I am thinking Ask Norsk would outperform Ask Jeeves

""..Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own . . . "

by LetsBlaze on Jun 8, 2009 8:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

tinfoil hat

GREENWICH TIME IS WRONG

dinasour type of guys choir boys

by mittsabishy on Jun 8, 2009 8:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The word "rambling" might have been invented for websites/texts like that

Couldn’t he (I assume it’s a he, theories like that are not conjured up by women) make a quick summary and a few less ridiculous graphs to spread the gospel of our wrong time?

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think TL;DR works perfectly

too long; didn’t read

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Jun 8, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know if this is a Knowledge Bomb but...

….it is superfun to go on Wikipedia and look up American Pie (the song) and then explore all the cross-references. Pop Music of the 50’s and 60’s and serial killers…..always a nice combo

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 8:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

helter skelter in the summer swelter

hmmm…beatles reference—-I don’t think so …!!

never have spent too much time with that song except trying to remember the words playing it by request for a room full of drunks..

pop music & serial killers - I Don’t Like Mondays (the song) . ftl

""..Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own . . . "

by LetsBlaze on Jun 8, 2009 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

However .....Helter Skelter is one of my favorite Beatles songs

Certainly one of the toughest sounding ones

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!

""..Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own . . . "

by LetsBlaze on Jun 8, 2009 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Plate tectonics

Paleomap project. I love the “animations” of what the earth looked like in the past and projections for the future. It looks like one of the first major changes will be the Mediterranean closing up.

New to Blazers' Edge?

by jorga on Jun 8, 2009 8:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I have said to Sophia long ago that investing in land in Italy is a dumb idea :)

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

HEY!

:(

The Princess of Blazersedge

by BlazerFan1 on Jun 8, 2009 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

Korea is more up her alley.

by Sabonis4Ever on Jun 8, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not a knowledge bomb

but I wish I knew what I was dreaming last night. I woke up saying, “Why, Norsktroll, why?” All I could think of was Cindy Lou Who and wondered if Norskoll was stealing the lights off my Christmas tree.

New to Blazers' Edge?

by jorga on Jun 8, 2009 8:50 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ah ....my sweet lttle tot

there is a light on this tree that won’t light on one side. I will take to my workshop my dear. I will fix it up there…and I will bring back here. Then he patted her head and got her a drink, and sent her to bed. When Cindly Lou Who was in bed with her cup….he crept to the chimney and stuffed the tree up!

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like the new GM "reinvention" ads, but this spoof is harsh yet also somehow true

Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6V_KLcz6S0

Spoof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFV1vQwMlpU

It’s the actual ad, only with a new voiceover that puts it upside down.

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 9:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

In fact it’s a whole website http://www.gmretardation.com/

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

hi

The Princess of Blazersedge

by BlazerFan1 on Jun 8, 2009 9:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

hi

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i hate courtney lee

The Princess of Blazersedge

by BlazerFan1 on Jun 8, 2009 9:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I like him, but I like Rudy more who would have made that shot :)

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

that was an incredibly difficult shot.

he was nearly behind the backboard trying to lay that in and Pau was right there. Not an easy shot. Would have been a pretty amazing make I think.

by DrivetheLane on Jun 8, 2009 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They should ask themselves a bit why their rookie had to take the decisive shot twice

With three players earning 10+ million around him.

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

good point.

also, if they can get Lee that open, why not try bringing in Gortat to set a screen for Howard using the same play, cause then it’s a dunk right?

by DrivetheLane on Jun 8, 2009 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The more fun question would have been

Had Lee made it, Why was All-Supreme Being Kobe Bryant allowing Lee to get an easy path to the basket for the lob?

That Steve Nash is exactly the same as Kirk Hinrich, but worse.
by NBA Observer on Apr 8, 2009 12:23 PM CDT

by Ozzie Montana on Jun 8, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He knew he'd miss it

Being the best player to ever play in the NBA, he could instinctually know who will miss the next shot, so he forced the Magic to pass to the guy he KNEW, through his skill and expertise, would miss the winning shot.

Man Kobe is amazing!

Morty

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

It was awesome

If the Magic were capable of executing better down the stretch, Kobe’s own personal obsession with winning would be the Lakers downfall. He cares SO much about this title he is going to 1 on 5 at the slightest hint of trouble. He did it last summer to the delight of Boston. Gahhh stupid Magic missing FTs and easy bunnies at the rim.

That Steve Nash is exactly the same as Kirk Hinrich, but worse.
by NBA Observer on Apr 8, 2009 12:23 PM CDT

by Ozzie Montana on Jun 8, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ok im teasing :(

wish the lakers would have lost :(

s

The Princess of Blazersedge

by BlazerFan1 on Jun 8, 2009 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

we all do.

but didn’t you kind of know when Orlando made it that if they didn’t stay hot from 3, they didn’t have a shot? That was my fear and my fears are coming true.

by DrivetheLane on Jun 8, 2009 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I figured Orlando had it heading into OT.

Lamar and Bynum with 5 fouls each? Just get them outta the game and it’s over. But no.

Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!

by Quik_Baller on Jun 8, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I did not understand why the Magic didn't just take it right at Odom.

He had been killing them on offense and for the last three minutes of the game he had five fouls. Instead they kept trying to force feed the ball to Howard who had not played well all night instead of letting Lewis or Turkeyglue go at Odom.

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on Jun 8, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know, I know.

The Magic looked lost on a lot of offensive sets. Either their rhythm was horrible, or the sets needed to be changed.

Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!

by Quik_Baller on Jun 8, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jump shooting teams don't usually take advantage of the other team's foul troubles

Hedo can get inside and penetrate, but it isn’t the sort that draws a lot of fouls.

Their jump shooting can make them beat any team in the NBA (Cleveland), but also look real mediocre in the next series. I wouldn’t be surprised by the series going 7, or the Lakers sweeping, because that is the nature of a jump shooting team. Feast or famine.

And Howard isn’t good enough to just give the ball to for inside points.

M.

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Magnum -- nice JD theme!

That 10th dimension animation is really well-done. I will watch it at least one more time.

Here’s my contribution to the junk pile: http://www.kurzweilai.net

Ray Kurzweil is an inventor (optical scanning, text-to-speech technology, digital musical keyboards, etc) who is also known as a futurist. The web site posts articles concerning very current scientific and engineering developments and is an easy way to keep up with some interesting new stuff at a layperson’s level. I find Kurzweil’s predictions about our future to be a bit optimistic, but essentially correct. But that would be another junky discussion.

"Just kidding"

by CatMan2 on Jun 8, 2009 9:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

love kurzweil keyboards....dude is a manic genius -- except for his fascination with the Mayan calendar...is that him?

""..Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own . . . "

by LetsBlaze on Jun 8, 2009 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

o thats right...he's the nano tech take a million vitamins live a realllllllly long time dude, ain't he

""..Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own . . . "

by LetsBlaze on Jun 8, 2009 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

I think his speculation about the future of genetics, nano, and artificial intelligence are essentially correct, but the time line is too “optimistic”. The quotes around that latter word are there because many people don’t actually hope for such a world. Me, I don’t know. I’m interested to see what happens and who we become.

"Just kidding"

by CatMan2 on Jun 8, 2009 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't call Pau soft or he'll go agro-Spaniard on ya!

Will he end up feeling vindicated?

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 9:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

if you like lists and don't mind NSFW language

Cracked is a great place to go for useless info.

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 9:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

link fail

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

cracked.com

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

cracked makes me laugh

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Jun 8, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yep

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This basketball related

“knowledge bomb” dropped a couple of days ago.

It is not too bad, but may help shape discussions of who the better team really is, assuming we could assign a probability of winning a game to each team. That seems like the hard part apriori.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 9:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

sorry

here

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But the Magic DO match up well with Cleveland

plus Mike Brown was an idiot in that series. Add the fact that Orlando shot like 50% from 3 that series, and you have yourself a Magic series win.

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

that is why I said

actually assigning probabilities is the difficult part. You would need to take in that information to properly assign a probability of winning and then you could figure out how long a series needs to go before you could say anything about the quality of the teams with some statistical significance.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

the problem that I have with that is that he doesn't consider matchups.

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Apple Keynote is live (or you wait for the video later) ;-)

http://www.macrumorslive.com/

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/phil-schiller-keynote-live-from-wwdc-2009/

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 10:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

New MacBook Pros. Nice, now I can sell my old one again at a lower price ;-) or ;-(

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There is a slightly shady ustream live video

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/apple-wwdc-09

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The new OS looks really nice. And it installs 40% faster and has 6GB less footprint than the previous version. Take that MS.

And is improved in a lot of areas that will make it more stable, nicer, and more productive.

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ESPN renders immediately. Now that's a demo I can get behind.

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it looks the same to me

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Features to keep track of multiple things in Expose and preview files and websites are improved a lot. Also the new Quicktime looks very cool (I hope they finally drop the stupid “pay $20 to get the pro version”, that’s ridiculous when giving away hundreds of dollars in pre-installed software for free).

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exchange support built in

Oh that will be fun for IT departments, when C-level executives want to use their new MacBook Air :)

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh oh, Snow Leopard costs $29 as an upgrade for current Mac Leopard users

Microsoft is screwed trying to convert people back to Windows 7

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're really excited about the upgrades, which is cool

So far, they look similar to previous year promises. Nice, but nothing that really will put them over the top in desktop space.

Execs who want a Macbook Air with Exchange support already have them for the most part, they just use webmail. They’re willing to sacrifice function for form and status (speaking from experience here).

by Timmay! on Jun 8, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Now it integrates into calendar, mail, address book. That's quite a better integration.

Fortune 100 companies won’t switch, but lawyers, doctors, companies with 1000 employees might.

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And I would bet $29 Microsoft won't tell Vista users "you know Vista wasn't so good, get Windows 7 for $29" :)

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, you can get Windows 7 with a laptop that's at least $500 less

Dell will likely have a 15 inch laptop with specs that are fine for most users, plus Windows 7, for around 400-450.

That’s Microsoft’s alternative lock-in.

Also, Apple doesn’t make it easy for companies under 1000 users to have a corporate Apple infrastructure. I’m not sure why, it seems to be a conscious decision on their part to not focus on that market.

by Timmay! on Jun 8, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Apple would give away their OS upgrades for free if they could

It’s about easing support by having everyone running the latest OS. They made the majority of their money already, on hardware prices and AppleCare.

For Apple, the OS is more a means to an end.

(To make it clear, I’m not saying that’s a bad thing… just noting a distinction in their approaches)

by Timmay! on Jun 8, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They made a hard cut when going from OS9 to X

And a smaller one when going from PowerPC chips back to Intel.

That was painful, but it now really helps them. Windows is still carrying around all the legacy stuff that I’m sure many engineers and PMs at Microsoft would love to get rid off but they can’t/are not allowed to.

In case you missed it, I was highly positive about the demos of MS at the E3. Some of that could firmly place them into the living room, replace the way people interact with their “computer”, communicate, etc. I just fear a lot of that is not Apple-style “you can buy it today/next week” but “we will put that into future products unless something new and shiny distracts us”.

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was painful, but it now really helps them. Windows is still carrying around all the legacy stuff that I’m sure many engineers and PMs at Microsoft would love to get rid off but they can’t/are not allowed to.

That’s absolutely true. There are still rumors that Microsoft is considering a ground-up OS replacement, with the current NT-kernel generation (2000, XP, Vista, 7) all considered legacy, the way OS9 is.

I just fear a lot of that is not Apple-style "you can buy it today/next week" but "we will put that into future products unless something new and shiny distracts us".

Microsoft’s launching definitely leaves a lot to be desired. It’s like they thought they were perfect when the Windows 95 launch worked, but then didn’t realize that was really luck. They have a habit of announcing a product that won’t be in the stores for 6 months, and won’t be affordable for 12. Then they discontinue it, noting market conditions, but ignore the details above, and the fact that they built it for content providers, not for end users.

Sorry, got into a rant there. Microsoft drives me nuts a lot more than I hint at.

by Timmay! on Jun 8, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They didn't show my app in the highlight reel. Whatever :)

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So we know it isn't one of THOSE

HMMMM…..

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Find my iPhone feature" over the web. Not a bad idea, only for thieves it's bad news.

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lots of nice new iPhone apps, also with hardware extensions

Anyone using ZipCar will want to do that with an iPhone in the future.

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

In "news that are not really news", the new iPhone 3G S

Faster network speed, new camera, video, etc.

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Available now/June 19

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does anyone here Sporcle?

I think that I may have posted it here before but I didn’t get much in the way of an enthusiastic response but I suppose I will try again. If you are looking for a quick mental stimulation, is definitely the way to go. It is basically a blank list, you have a certain amount of time, it gives you the category and you have to come up with as many answers as you can within the time limit. It is INCREDIBLY addicting.

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on Jun 8, 2009 10:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

link?

sounds like a good time waster to me.

by DrivetheLane on Jun 8, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It is an incredible time waster. It was what I did with friends in classes we didn't have to pay attention in.

Sporcle.com

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on Jun 8, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd been planning to use sporcle as a JD thread once I got a Blazers trivia thing done.

They’re limiting who can create trivia right now.

by Timmay! on Jun 8, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are they really? In what way?

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on Jun 8, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Only certain users and admins can make quizzes

They’re not opening it up to end users yet (unless it’s changed in the past few weeks)

Great site though.

by Timmay! on Jun 8, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think I've done the Euro countries test before

I didn’t know I was good at geography, but I got that one 100% right AND the states one… which really surprised me. I’ve travelled around Europe so I studied maps and knew where I was going and went all over, so I figured I’d remember that stuff. I haven’t done a big trip around the USA yet, and I didn’t think I knew all the states off the top of my head.

The two states that got me? WEST Virginia (felt dumb), and Maryland.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My biggest weakness as a man

Is knowing where things are and what direction I am going. I am horrible at it.

My GPS is a Jesus-send here in LA, and traveling a bunch by myself helped develop that part of my brain, but I am still really bad at it.

When I traveled with one of my sisters, though, she says I get lost confidently, because she would let me lead not realizing (even though I always say I dunno where I am going) I don’t know where I am going but I look like I do. And when I exit a door, I turn right, no matter what.

I got a great sense of time though, which would be valuable if the watch or clock wasn’t invented.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

this just in

Mortimer is not an ambiturner.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I make a concerted effort to turn left now

Or at least see which way I am (supposed to be) going.

I think it is mostly when I am with someone else, I don’t pause to see where I am going, because I am better when I am alone. I also rely on the other person knowing where we are going too much, which led me to a Russian mobster underage brothel once.

My dad is great at directions and knowing where he is going, and my mom is awful at it. I guess I’m just like my mother… she’s never satisfied. Why do we scream at each other? I guess this is what it sounds like, when doves cry.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh No...let's go!!

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dont think you can just say

“led me to a Russian mobster underage brothel once” and not elaborate.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's a cute story

Of how he met his wife.

by Sabonis4Ever on Jun 8, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

She's only 20 bucks a day

Which is cheaper than most American brides, so I’m coming out ahead.

M.

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've told that story here before

And like Tom, I’m wary of sounding like a broken record with stories, but the GIST is that it was after a long night of partying in Eastern Europe, me and a new pal were following some nice ladies who knew of an after party type place (it was like how the guys were led in the movie Hostel), end up at some club where I slowly realize all the girls are 13 to 15 years old.

I try to get out, and at the exit a creepy guy I knew from the hostel I was staying at was trying to get a girl for free, and my friend was trapped by the bouncers and looking surly (he was an Irish gymnast). They tell me to pay and have a girl, or pay them to leave. I say I ain’t paying nothing. They grab my Irish friend, he slaps the hand away and tells them not to touch him, the creepy guy throws a kick at one of the bouncers that mostly hits me, they take off and one of the bouncers starts trying to kick me (I have no idea why everyone was so kick happy, but everyone was kicking), I block the kicks and grab his leg and push him over and run away.

A taxi cab across the street starts up and starts chasing us, and long story short we get away but are very lost and after several hours find where we were staying.

There is more to it than that but that is the gist of it. It was funny. They had guns and stuff, so it’s extra funny when it woulda’ only been a 20 dollar charge to get out instead of having a girl, but there is principle at stake here and I didn’t owe 20 bucks.

The club was a place called MR ROBINSONS, and I had passed it a million times during the day when I was exploring the town. It was really close to where I was staying, though with my bad directional sense I dunno where exactly it was. I decided to just go to another town the next morning.

Following people and not knowing where you are going can be a not good idea, I guess.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

holy crap

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you are lucky you didnt not end up back at the club

with your propensity for right turns

also, BE is totally the place for repetition, just look at the 3039 comments mentioning Hinrich. If you want to find out the uniqueness of those comment just make a Venn diagram by drawing 3039 circles on top of each other.

I would much rather here this story thrice than read anymore hinrich comments (that does not even begin to account for the # of times his name was spelled incorrectly.)

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If I tell it TOO much

I feel like I am going to come across as BRAGGING or going “lookie at me, I’m a cool guy, I did sumthin’ dumb” type thing.

I think it’s a funny story though.

Seriously, I thought I would end up right at the club the next day with my sense of no-direction, so I figured it safer to just leave. Or maybe something was calling me to it..

Funnily enough, I met Kirk Hinrich at Mr Robinsons, but he dissappeared into a backroom about 5 minutes after I got there.

The story above is one I always feel like I repeat ad nauseum, even though yeah… I’ve mentioned it maybe 3 times here, and with all the posts we got, that’s not even a drop in the mighty Amazon river. My first trip in Europe had a lot of eventful stuff happens, because stuff happens to me when I do stuff, and I like telling fun stories, but am wary about coming off pretentious or poseury about it.

I dunno. I shouldn’t worry so much. I got more fun stories where that one came from. Some I’ve never even mentioned ad nauseum here!

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you don't worry enough

people are judged harshly based on how they comport themselves on the interwebs

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You should be worrying more

About the MURDER about to be perpetrated on your FACE.

By ME.

And my FISTSTSTSTSTSTSTSTSTSTSTSTSTS.

BLAMMOrtimer

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I should add

I like the word “comport” and it isn’t used enough.

Which is good, because then I wouldn’t like it as much.

It is a bitter edged sword, that cruel temptress comport…

M:—

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bitter TWO edged sword

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

To paraphrase

“It is a bitter dull butter knife, that cruel temptress "comport"…

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You comported yourself comportatiously quite well there, friend.

Your comportation abilities know no equal, when the comportaquosity is taken into account.

Which it should be if you want to be taken seriously, of course.

-m-

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey I forgot!!

YOU LOOK LIKE BIG SUKE!! (runs away while waving both arms in the air)

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I SHALL USE YOUR BONES TO FORM THE RAILWAYS OF HELL

THERE WILL BE A NO FAIR SQUARE IN THE DOWNTOWN QUARTERS.

ARRRRRRRRGH.

If you’re going 1 zone, a ticket is $1.50. 2 zones, $2. There is not a 3rd zone because Hell builds UP, not out.

Your skull will have a hole drilled in it and I shall use it as the train’s whistle.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You should make his skull into a train station urinal

That would be mean.

by Sabonis4Ever on Jun 8, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My skull already has a hole drilled in it

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How much would it cost for me to spend 5 minutes with that hole?

by tominhawaii on Jun 8, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

not much

but you would also need a gasket to make it smaller…it is as big around as a quarter

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does it go all the way to China?

by tominhawaii on Jun 8, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and back

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're like Cyndi Lauper

by tominhawaii on Jun 8, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are my "True Colors" shining through?

or something?

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And that's why I love you.

by tominhawaii on Jun 8, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love the population quizzes

That Steve Nash is exactly the same as Kirk Hinrich, but worse.
by NBA Observer on Apr 8, 2009 12:23 PM CDT

by Ozzie Montana on Jun 8, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do all the countries of the world one.

And when you finish, see how many times you hit yourself in the head saying “DAMNIT, I KNEW THAT ONE.” Because I probably hit myself in the head forty times. At least.

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on Jun 8, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would do bad in Africa

In more ways than one ;-) (WINK)

I’ll try it though…

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

here's a knowledge bomb:

if you ever rat on your co-workers, and then they kill your wife, and then you have to go on the run, make sure you have a motorcycle, a jug of water, and long hair.

by DrivetheLane on Jun 8, 2009 10:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

With any luck, this man will help you take care of those renegade cops.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW1tIpE95kc

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on Jun 8, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

True or False

Reno, Nevada is further west than Los Angeles, California

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 10:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I believe that's true

by jksnake99 on Jun 8, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

mostly true

"Slum dunk? You just go to the rim, and crush.. crush the ball in the rim."
- Nic Batum

by idoltime on Jun 8, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

never heard of either of 'em.

Certified blazer.fangirl

by Roybot on Jun 8, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They're Vegas suburbs I think.

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

West of what?

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The center of the world, NYC.

I only look at maps with the USA in the middle.

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

NYC?

Those godless communists should not be put in the center of the greatest civilization the world has ever known. If anything it should closer to Poughkeepsie.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't think a reference point was required

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

THATS YOUR FIRST PROBLEM

Thinking is critical.

by Sabonis4Ever on Jun 8, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that is the point of the question

is that you imply a reference point of somewhere east of both places, or it is some grammatical shenanigans that I didnt pick up on.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Take a map

lay it flat on a table
Take a ruler ….orient it north and south
line it up on Los Angeles (still oriented north and south)
you will find that Reno is further west than Los Angeles

The only way you get a different answer is by setting the reference point between the two cities (on the east/west plane)…..btw there is very little space to do this

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

get a bigger map

or a magnifying glass

you are just saying that I am right and you need to define a reference point.

What is a coordinate system with out an origin?

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

did you really think I was talking about

a spot that would require you measure all the way around the globe (nearly), so that LA was further west?

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

why not

it is not ruled out.

This is the problem with using a coordinate system ill suited for the task. It is a 2d map so why do I need 4 independent directions?

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jun 8, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and "west" is pretty much a 2d term as well

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

is anyone else surprised there hasn't been more talk about Gasol's fairly blatant goaltend on Lee's shot?

by jksnake99 on Jun 8, 2009 10:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

not when it's the lakers.

Certified blazer.fangirl

by Roybot on Jun 8, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was a goaltend

but….the announcers were saying that since it didn’t move the rim or touch the ball …that it wasn’t a GT

"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii

by 92wastheyear on Jun 8, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's what I was looking for.

After Lee missed it at first, I though Gasol touched it.

But Lee just missed a tough shot.

Oden and LaMarcus and Roy, oh my!

by Quik_Baller on Jun 8, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

the rim shook when he hit it

Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related

by cloudydays on Jun 8, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i didn't think it was blatant, but it probably should have been called nonetheless.

Josh || BlazersEdge.com || "Friend to all women, lover to none"

by prezofdeath on Jun 8, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Probably just ignored it after Howard's egregious goaltend in the first quarter on Pau.

By the way, how about the ups by Lee on that play? Man, I didn’t know he could spring like that.

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on Jun 8, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i feel bad for the dude....two layups to win and bonks both.

both were tough shots….i don’t blame him. it just would have been cool to see one go in.

Josh || BlazersEdge.com || "Friend to all women, lover to none"

by prezofdeath on Jun 8, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey btw Prez, thanks for the Econ help a while back. I managed to scrape out a B on my final which I was pumped about.

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on Jun 8, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

cool! glad to hear it. Norsk deserves at least 49.3% of the credit as well...I think he helped if I recall correctly.

Josh || BlazersEdge.com || "Friend to all women, lover to none"

by prezofdeath on Jun 8, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

hmmm, 3QC has a quote from Bernie Fryor explaining why it wasn't a goaltend

I might have to eat my words here.

by jksnake99 on Jun 8, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ME NO WANNA GO THERE

ME WANT U SUMMARIZE PLEEZE.

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

via 3QC

…NBA supervisor of officials Bernie Fryer told ESPN.com that if Gasol’s hand had shaken the basket, caused the stanchion to move or touched the rim while the ball was on the rim, the correct call would have been goaltending.

But since none of those things happened, according to Fryer, “It was a cut-and-dried no-call…”

by jksnake99 on Jun 8, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ME NO WANNA READ IT

JUST TELL ME.

I get what he is saying, but I thought even just touching the rim was a goaltend. I know they have called it a goaltend before when someone accidentally touches the rim…

Maybe the REAL rule is that it is okay as long as the basket don’t shake.

But it wasn’t called that way before (not that I have video evidence to show, just memory, which is more accurate if you ask me).

M

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No matter what

ANOTHER blown call meaning a game should have been won by the other team isn’t what anyone wants…

M.

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lol, that's exactly how you would envision Simmons and Carolla

http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2009/06/07/acp-20090608-adam-and-bill-simmons/

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 11:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sean Meagher has a somewhat weird Twitter profile picture

@blazersblog http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/

by Norsktroll on Jun 8, 2009 11:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That's from a new commercial for a fake work out video

by tominhawaii on Jun 8, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just want to point out that it's MONDAY

and most of these conversation topics are way too intelligent and in depth for a MONDAY

formerly fromagnon... I remember back in the day... way back before you young cats were around, back when I ruled the jersey contest... back when it meant something... back when hip-hop was alive

by The Arkitect on Jun 8, 2009 12:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

All ya gotta do

Is divert the topic by talking about either poop, pee, or lady parts.

BAM, conversation diverted and a more proper Monday discussion occurs.

It is science.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Jun 8, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well in that case

here’s a link full of knowledge

formerly fromagnon... I remember back in the day... way back before you young cats were around, back when I ruled the jersey contest... back when it meant something... back when hip-hop was alive

by The Arkitect on Jun 8, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I also enjoy the opposite of Fmylife, My Life is Average.

http://mylifeisaverage.com/index.html

Can I get a headband? One for my peeps, one for the fans in the really cheap seats, one for my momma, one for the mayor, and if you wanna get down with the players, YOU GOTTA GET A HEADBAND!

by peseme16 on Jun 8, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs