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by Sylvus
November 14, 2011, 12:53 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3
Replies: 153
Views: 34826

Re: Skyrim: PC, 360, PS3

What do you need to buy in order to use a 360 controller with a PC?
by Sylvus
November 11, 2011, 2:08 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Saints Row 3 (The Third)
Replies: 8
Views: 1690

Re: Saints Row 3 (The Third)

Is this series fun? Because Tim and Eric did a show that is somehow based on it, and it was the craziest shit ever (as usual). It made me curious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 5O9x7aL7QE
by Sylvus
November 10, 2011, 4:54 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Penn State Coaching Sex Abuse
Replies: 48
Views: 20181

Re: Penn State Coaching Sex Abuse

I feel like we are kind of arguing different points...I'm not trying to excuse anyone...I'm trying to say punishments should fit crimes. Joe commited no crime. And he's not being charged with one or going to jail. But he definitely exercised poor judgement, and poor judgement is a fire-able offense...
by Sylvus
November 10, 2011, 1:11 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Penn State Coaching Sex Abuse
Replies: 48
Views: 20181

Re: Penn State Coaching Sex Abuse

Sure, it's not required of anyone to do anything more than report it to their superiors. However, it's expected of a decent human being that they are going to try and stop anyone from abusing a child. If I had an employee that didn't (like the Board of Penn St. did), I would fire them for that. Read...
by Sylvus
November 9, 2011, 1:57 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Penn State Coaching Sex Abuse
Replies: 48
Views: 20181

Re: Penn State Coaching Sex Abuse

Schultz may oversee the police, but he's not a policeman. He's like the deputy mayor of a town; a civilian bureaucrat. If any rational adult were to see a child being harmed in their city, they wouldn't mention it to the deputy mayor and expect that to be the end of it. They'd call the fucking polic...
by Sylvus
November 9, 2011, 12:47 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Penn State Coaching Sex Abuse
Replies: 48
Views: 20181

Re: Penn State Coaching Sex Abuse

He retired from coaching in 99. Had to be a result of the Victim 1 stuff, which means that JoePa had to have at least caught wind of it then. Then JoePa was explicitly told about it in like 2002 by (now Assistant Coach) Mike McQueary. Neither of them went to the police, and both of them still saw Je...
by Sylvus
November 2, 2011, 4:31 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 191799

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

X > Tebow is spreading like wildfire. As of this being posted, the comments on the Tebow story on espn are EXPLODING...

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcwest/post/_/ ... post-tebow
by Sylvus
November 2, 2011, 2:55 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Batman: Arkham City
Replies: 28
Views: 3400

Re: Batman: Arkham City

But do you find her as hot as Harley Quinn?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... GL1pIQVJVo
by Sylvus
October 26, 2011, 3:39 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: SHARK POOL
Replies: 3
Views: 1217

Re: SHARK POOL

lol. It's additionally funny because I was just reading something that said Jonathan Lipnicki (from Jerry Maguire) had just turned 21. And now he's in this! :)
by Sylvus
October 20, 2011, 11:19 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Avengers
Replies: 125
Views: 64692

Re: The Avengers

I like the new trailer even better...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... aLgdMz0p5Y
by Sylvus
October 18, 2011, 5:06 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NFL News/Discussion 2011
Replies: 506
Views: 191799

Re: NFL News/Discussion 2011

I'm going to have to disagree with your assessment of a lack of discipline causing a 4th quarter collapse when the Lions have already come back from two different 20+ point deficits in the second half to win games this year. I'll stand by my belief that the Lions are already a playoff-caliber team, ...
by Sylvus
October 17, 2011, 10:47 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82878

Re: The Walking Dead

That's funny, I noticed the same thing and thought "Eh, that's acceptable." I'd rather they cut the costs there than with zombie makeup or something that actually matters!
by Sylvus
October 14, 2011, 11:17 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: C and Unix pioneer Dennis Ritchie reported dead
Replies: 5
Views: 1100

Re: C and Unix pioneer Dennis Ritchie reported dead

I'm not trying to denigrate Steve Jobs whatsoever; he was a brilliant man and tremendous CEO (unquestionably for his shareholders, the other thread can be used for the rest of that argument) . But without him I would have... a less-pretty phone and mp3 player? Fewer knob-slobbering posts on this boa...
by Sylvus
October 14, 2011, 10:06 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Sons of Anarchy
Replies: 81
Views: 17520

Re: Sons of Anarchy

I don't know, I don't think that Juice is out of the woods yet. I think that Chibs definitely suspects something, and Opie may as well. Except for the preacher, I hated him in Deadwood too. Amen to that. I can't stand that guy! HBO has been replaying Deadwood lately, and I flip through it from time ...
by Sylvus
October 13, 2011, 1:51 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Sons of Anarchy
Replies: 81
Views: 17520

Re: Sons of Anarchy

Pretty sure he was only trying to take a little bit, but that Mayan interrupted him so he just grabbed it all.

Juice is going to have to be marked for death now, once they find out the truth of the last episode, right?
by Sylvus
October 11, 2011, 3:19 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Breaking Bad
Replies: 74
Views: 23451

Re: Breaking Bad

[Show]
So Walt has officially crossed the line from anti-hero to villain, yes? I mean, after he let Jane die a season or two ago and poisoned Brock, that's a line you can't come back from can you?
by Sylvus
October 11, 2011, 3:00 pm
Forum: Everquest General Discussion
Topic: MEMBER THIS?!?
Replies: 29
Views: 10118

Re: MEMBER THIS?!?

The first time I ever fired up EQ and rolled a wood elf, I think I played for about 15 minutes before I fell off in Kelethin, deleted that char and re-rolled Sylvus. Something just brought back a memory of High Hold Pass, and I think a couple mobs would spawn that had the PGT and something else (was...
by Sylvus
October 7, 2011, 11:31 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Federal government going after medicinal
Replies: 16
Views: 2179

Re: Federal government going after medicinal

Oh yeah, I wasn't thinking about Pharma. I bet that's a bigger opponent than alcohol. I can't imagine tobacco would be though, if anything I think legalized pot would increase tobacco sales. Virtually ever tobacco smoker I know goes through cigs way faster when drunk or high than when sober.
by Sylvus
October 7, 2011, 11:05 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Federal government going after medicinal
Replies: 16
Views: 2179

Re: Federal government going after medicinal

I will never understand why the government criminalizes something that would be a gigantic revenue stream like the taxing of legalized marijuana would be. Not to mention the savings in spending on the DEA, local law enforcement, the prison system, etc... Which lobbies exactly are the ones stopping t...
by Sylvus
October 5, 2011, 9:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275541

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

Worse than that, it might cure his sanctimony!
by Sylvus
September 30, 2011, 2:50 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Dead (2011)
Replies: 6
Views: 1538

Re: The Dead (2011)

Canelek wrote:I think World War Z, if it ever gets green-lit, will cover the post-infection/cleanup period rather well.
Wait, you are aware that they are currently filming WWZ with Brad Pitt in like Scotland or something, aren't you?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/
by Sylvus
September 29, 2011, 2:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275541

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

I was assuming he was misquoting the Wikipedia page on Gray Wolves, which uses that language. Ultimately it says that they are not very picky eaters and subsist on diets of pretty much anything that's available including mice, ungulates, carrion, fruits and vegetables, etc.
by Sylvus
September 29, 2011, 1:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275541

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

I'm not particularly concerned with my chances of being killed by a wolf. I'm sure that chance is much lower than your (or any vegan's) chance of getting cancer, diabetes or heart disease.. I just wanted to point out to you that, as usual, you're making blanket statements that are far from absolute ...
by Sylvus
September 29, 2011, 1:38 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Terra Nova
Replies: 37
Views: 7669

Re: Terra Nova

Actually, I thought they said they went back 85 million years, which would give a good 20 million years before the cataclysm. Plenty of time to spread out into the universe.
by Sylvus
September 29, 2011, 1:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275541

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

Spang wrote:
Winnow wrote:Hell yes, the smelly vegans would be the first to attract the wolves...
Wolves prey on ungulate creatures.
Wolves primarily prey on ungulate creatures. They occasionally prey on humans. They also exhibit omnivorous tendencies, kind of like most people do. Fancy that!
by Sylvus
September 27, 2011, 2:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where are they now: Icy Hot Stuntaz edition
Replies: 14
Views: 4493

Re: Where are they now: Icy Hot Stuntaz edition

You do realize you're quoting the dissenting opinion. I think the part you might want to actually read is: The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as in the 18th century, when it was written. One timeless lesson is that, if citizens are subjected to state-sponsored relig...
by Sylvus
September 27, 2011, 12:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where are they now: Icy Hot Stuntaz edition
Replies: 14
Views: 4493

Re: Where are they now: Icy Hot Stuntaz edition

Um... I take it you don't consider the Amendments to the Constitution to be part of the Constitution itself? Because I'm pretty sure (and while my opinion may not mean much, perhaps the opinions of the Supreme Court hold some sway?) it's right there in the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment...
by Sylvus
September 19, 2011, 6:08 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Batshit Insane 2012
Replies: 257
Views: 45825

Re: Batshit Insane 2012

I'm curious why we're assuming that SOX compliance costs $4MM per year? According to the first non-Wikipedia google hit I could find: Most organizations spend in the range of $100,000 to $1 million annually on compliance-related activities. Skimming some other articles seem to point out that the cos...
by Sylvus
September 19, 2011, 5:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275541

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

We all know being a vegetarian means you'll never get cancer, heart disease, stroke or Alzheimers. A well-balanced vegan diet will not be the cause of any of those inconveniences. THAT'S NOT FUCKING TRUE AT ALL!!!! PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I KNOW YOU ARE NOT THIS STUPID!!!! The fact that some stu...
by Sylvus
August 22, 2011, 11:36 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Ergonomic Gaming Mouse?
Replies: 9
Views: 1813

Ergonomic Gaming Mouse?

Anyone have any recommendations on a good ergonomic mouse for gaming? I have been playing a lot of League of Legends lately, which has a lot of mouse movement and it can get a little tense, and I'm finding that I'm having some pretty serious pain in my wrist, near the edge of my hand closest to my p...
by Sylvus
August 18, 2011, 1:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275541

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

In 2011, it just doesn't make any goddamn sense to unnecessarily torture and slaughter billions upon billions of animals every year for the same nutrients we can get in a vegan diet with no risk of deadly cancers, heart disease or any of those other inconveniences . Bullshit alert! The lesson you s...
by Sylvus
August 16, 2011, 11:07 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Teh middle class (forked from the other thread)
Replies: 88
Views: 21137

Re: Teh middle class (forked from the other thread)

Even the super rich think they should be taxed more http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/opinion/stop-coddling-the-super-rich.html Quoting this because people should read it and I think often times a link by itself gets ignored. Last year my federal tax bill — the income tax I paid, as well as payroll...
by Sylvus
August 15, 2011, 10:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275541

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

Ok, but only after you give me the list of astronauts that have died of prostate cancer. Or left-handed pedestrians killed by southbound travelling trains. Hard to find, right? That's because going into space prevents most forms of cancer! Left-handed people have preternatural reflexes that prevent ...
by Sylvus
August 15, 2011, 10:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275541

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

Cows are tasty and nourishing. Tasty, yes. Nourishing, no. Unless you consider heart disease, diabetes, strokes and Alzheimer's nourishing. Wow, beef is not nourishing and is the (main?) cause of heart disease, diabetes strokes and Alzheimer's? Why haven't I heard your facts before?! I will quit ea...
by Sylvus
August 11, 2011, 2:00 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Rise of The Planet of the Apes Trailer
Replies: 13
Views: 2193

Re: Rise of The Planet of the Apes Trailer

TBH, the "human" acting is fairly weak. This movie is all about the apes though. In fact, I think I'd prefer the entire movie be about monkeys and apes straight-up wrecking shit...maybe in the sequel! Oh, even though it is not exactly original, the foreshadowing of human demise was cohesi...
by Sylvus
August 11, 2011, 11:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Google+ anyone?
Replies: 30
Views: 7234

Re: Google+ anyone?

Google+ is superior to Facebook in every way that I care about, short of user-base. I will continue cross-posting things in G+ and FB until enough of my FB friends migrate, and then I'll stop using FB. Pretty sure that bonuses for all Google employees are tied to the success of G+, I don't think thi...
by Sylvus
August 5, 2011, 3:20 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: ASoiaF - Game of Thrones - HBO -- Official News!
Replies: 247
Views: 52328

Re: ASoiaF - Game of Thrones - HBO -- Official News!

This was pretty funny. Contains season 1 spoilers, and probably isn't funny if you haven't read/watched.

http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/m ... de_id=true
by Sylvus
August 5, 2011, 2:52 pm
Forum: Zombies
Topic: Run For Your Lives!
Replies: 13
Views: 13013

Re: Run For Your Lives!

This article includes a pretty good POV video of the course we ran.

http://detnews.com/article/20110805/OPI ... nner-Rambo
by Sylvus
August 4, 2011, 11:32 am
Forum: Zombies
Topic: Run For Your Lives!
Replies: 13
Views: 13013

Re: Run For Your Lives!

There were people of all shapes and sizes. I've been running a lot for most of the year, and it still kicked my butt a bit, but there were some people that were way more out of shape than me that were doing and completing it. I'd say that as long as you can run a 5k, you can do it. It's going to tak...
by Sylvus
August 3, 2011, 7:06 pm
Forum: Zombies
Topic: Run For Your Lives!
Replies: 13
Views: 13013

Re: Run For Your Lives!

Ha! I'm planning on running in the zombie race. I've been running a few races recently and figured this would be a relaxed and sort of hilarious one. If anyone else plans to come to Bmore to run it, let me know! So I looked at that Warrior Dash website-- does it list the actual distance anywhere? I...
by Sylvus
August 2, 2011, 12:36 pm
Forum: Zombies
Topic: Run For Your Lives!
Replies: 13
Views: 13013

Re: Run For Your Lives!

You're goddamn right I am!

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by Sylvus
August 2, 2011, 12:26 pm
Forum: Zombies
Topic: Run For Your Lives!
Replies: 13
Views: 13013

Run For Your Lives!

So this past weekend I participated in the Warrior Dash , which was hella fun and a big challenge and I'm proud of myself for completing it. As my wife and our friends that we did it with had so much fun, we keep looking for other fun events like that. To that end, my buddy just sent me a link to Ru...
by Sylvus
August 1, 2011, 12:06 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: League of Legends
Replies: 22
Views: 4278

Re: League of Legends

I've mostly only played with Ashe and then Urgot, I'll probably try someone new this week.
by Sylvus
July 12, 2011, 12:58 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Horrible Bosses
Replies: 6
Views: 1333

Re: Horrible Bosses

I enjoyed it. It didn't have me rolling on the floor or anything, but it had some funny parts and was entertaining overall. Standard disclaimer: I'm a huge movie buff, go to the theater to see a movie almost every week, and probably have favorable opinions of 90% of the movies I see. That said, I do...
by Sylvus
July 11, 2011, 5:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275541

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

You had me at "Meat Tornado"

(relevant to this discussion)
by Sylvus
June 28, 2011, 6:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've been a vegetarian for two days.
Replies: 1230
Views: 275541

Re: I've been a vegetarian for two days.

Meat isn't bad for you, all the processed shit that you REALLY have to go out of your way to avoid is what is bad for you. Things like industrial grains, hydrogenated vegetable oils, sugars. Find me a study of a group of people that live on a diet high in meat or saturated fat, and avoid those thing...
by Sylvus
June 14, 2011, 6:04 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Avengers
Replies: 125
Views: 64692

Re: The Avengers

I'm pretty sure I remember reading years ago that (for whatever reason) the name "Bruce Banner" was deemed unacceptable for the masses, so they changed it to David Banner for the Hulk TV show. I'm not arguing that Bruce is not correct (it is totally correct), just providing a piece of triv...
by Sylvus
June 13, 2011, 1:24 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: ASoiaF - Game of Thrones - HBO -- Official News!
Replies: 247
Views: 52328

Re: ASoiaF - Game of Thrones - HBO -- Official News!

I will agree with some of the other responses though.. Apparently Tyrion had a battle scene in the book. But in the show he got hit in the head with a hammer and that was the whole battle.. wtf? I'd imagine it was budget issues but still! Well, the book is all told from the POV of the different cha...
by Sylvus
June 9, 2011, 4:46 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: ASoiaF - Game of Thrones - HBO -- Official News!
Replies: 247
Views: 52328

Re: ASoiaF - Game of Thrones - HBO -- Official News!

GRRM's livejournal mentioned that while he wrote episode 8, he didn't write the mountain clan scenes. Those were filmed for episodes 7 and pushed into 8 during editing. He mentioned that he's currently working on the screenplay for Season 2 Episode 9 (or 8?): "Blackwater". I can't wait to ...
by Sylvus
June 6, 2011, 12:36 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: To the Moon
Replies: 63
Views: 17791

Re: To the Moon

Speaches, Drolgin. It's about Speaches.