Miscellaneous Stuff

[gp956]

Paste this into google translator, select translate from German, click listen (in the original "German" side):

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[calsnowskier]

Paste this into google translator, select translate from German, click listen (in the original "German" side):

pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk bschk bschk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk bschk bschk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk bschk bschk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk bschk bschk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk pv kkkkkkkkkk bschk bschk bschk

Doesn't work on an iPad.

 

[filosofy29]

Doesn't work on an iPad.

Cal (and the rest of you), do you like your iPad? If so, where did you get it? I'm thinking of getting one, but I want to get a decent price on it and also what you'd recommend.

Thanks in advance for any info.

 

[calsnowskier]

I will respond this evening...

 

[gp956]

Cal (and the rest of you), do you like your iPad? If so, where did you get it? I'm thinking of getting one, but I want to get a decent price on it and also what you'd recommend.

Thanks in advance for any info.

I have the iPad 1. It's a couple years old. I use it primarily to stream movies, TV shows, and Pandora music. Display resolution is 720P, I believe, which looks fine on a ~10" screen. The iPad 2 is 1080P, right? So that should look great - and it's front facing camera means you can use skype for video calls.

I also use it as an e-reader. Nice integration with amazon on that - click on an e-book title and it's in your iPad in a few seconds. Good for casual web surfing. Lack of file level access means it's mainly a multimedia appliance. It could replace a bedroom TV, for me. Great for carrying around on travel, but if you need to "work" you'll still need to bring along a laptop.

My main downside complaint is having to use another computer running an up to date version of itunes in order to move files around <---- I really hate that. Although, these days, I could push everything to Apple's iCloud to get around that requirement.

 

[tzill]

Doesn't work on an iPad.

It's the human beat box. Stick 'em!

 

[tzill]

Cal (and the rest of you), do you like your iPad? If so, where did you get it? I'm thinking of getting one, but I want to get a decent price on it and also what you'd recommend.

Thanks in advance for any info.

There really isn't any "decent price" option; the price doesn't vary from store to store or online. Unless you know an Apple employee. I love my iPad. MLB At Bat is awesome on it.

 

[tzill]

I have the iPad 1. It's a couple years old. I use it primarily to stream movies, TV shows, and Pandora music. Display resolution is 720P, I believe, which looks fine on a ~10" screen. The iPad 2 is 1080P, right? So that should look great - and it's front facing camera means you can use skype for video calls.

I also use it as an e-reader. Nice integration with amazon on that - click on an e-book title and it's in your iPad in a few seconds. Good for casual web surfing. Lack of file level access means it's mainly a multimedia appliance. It could replace a bedroom TV, for me. Great for carrying around on travel, but if you need to "work" you'll still need to bring along a laptop.

My main downside complaint is having to use another computer running an up to date version of itunes in order to move files around <---- I really hate that. Although, these days, I could push everything to Apple's iCloud to get around that requirement.

Agreed on all counts...and get your data into the cloud, for goodness sake. Especially your iPhone data.

 

[filosofy29]

I have the iPad 1. It's a couple years old. I use it primarily to stream movies, TV shows, and Pandora music. Display resolution is 720P, I believe, which looks fine on a ~10" screen. The iPad 2 is 1080P, right? So that should look great - and it's front facing camera means you can use skype for video calls.

I also use it as an e-reader. Nice integration with amazon on that - click on an e-book title and it's in your iPad in a few seconds. Good for casual web surfing. Lack of file level access means it's mainly a multimedia appliance. It could replace a bedroom TV, for me. Great for carrying around on travel, but if you need to "work" you'll still need to bring along a laptop.

My main downside complaint is having to use another computer running an up to date version of itunes in order to move files around <---- I really hate that. Although, these days, I could push everything to Apple's iCloud to get around that requirement.

There really isn't any "decent price" option; the price doesn't vary from store to store or online. Unless you know an Apple employee. I love my iPad. MLB At Bat is awesome on it.

Thanks gp and tz a ton! It is truly appreciated on my end. From gp's account, it sounds like it's just what I want and to tz, you saved me from a lot of research. Thanks again fellas.

 

[MarcoPolo]

There really isn't any "decent price" option; the price doesn't vary from store to store or online. Unless you know an Apple employee. I love my iPad. MLB At Bat is awesome on it.

I agree. Lucky, I know several Apple employees.

In fact, going to a "going away" party tomorrow for one (soon to be EX employe, obviously).

 

[gp956]

Matt Cain bobblehead - starring Michael Cera.

 

[CameronFrye]

Paste this into google translator, select translate from German, click listen (in the original "German" side):

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That was freaking hilarious.

 

[tzill]

Matt Cain bobblehead - starring Michael Cera.

I want one....

 

[Toolrulzz]

 

[gp956]

Hilarious. The guy's hands were protecting his chest?

 

[gp956]

Mark DeRosa Update:

Mark DeRosa aggravated his left oblique strain when he gave Bryce Harper a high-five after the youngster stole home during Sunday's game.

 

[filosofy29]

Mark DeRosa Update:

I like DeRo as a person (well, he seems like a nice guy anyway), but he needs to hang up the cleats.

 

[msgkings322]

I like DeRo as a person (well, he seems like a nice guy anyway), but he needs to hang up the cleats.

Easy for us to say. He has to stay unretired to keep cashing the checks. Why would anyone walk away from baseball contracts you keep getting from teams that ignore your injury history?

 

[gp956]

I like DeRo as a person (well, he seems like a nice guy anyway), but he needs to hang up the cleats.

Yeah. He done.

Giants Opening Day Lineup 2010:

Aaron Rowand CF Done
Edgar Renteria SS Done
Pablo Sandoval 3B Still money
Aubrey Huff 1B Done
Mark DeRosa LF Done
Bengie Molina C Done
John Bowker RF Done
Juan Uribe 2B Hanging on, but done.
Tim Lincecum P

 

[Stokes1931]

For all the Grammar Nazis

How to Write Good
The first set of rules was written by Frank L. Visco and originally published in the June 1986 issue of Writers' digest.
The second set of rules is derived from William Safire's Rules for Writers.
My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules:

My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules:
1. Avoid Alliteration. Always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.)
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8. Contractions aren’t necessary.
9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10. One should never generalize.
11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
12. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
13. Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.
14. Profanity sucks.
15. Be more or less specific.
16. Understatement is always best.
17. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
18. One word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be avoided.
21. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
22. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
23. Who needs rhetorical questions?

1. Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.
2. It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.
3. Avoid archaeic spellings too.
4. Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
5. Don't use commas, that, are not, necessary.
6. Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.
7. Never use a big word when a diminutive alternative would suffice.
8. Subject and verb always has to agree.
9. Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.
10. Use youre spell chekker to avoid mispeling and to catch typograhpical errers.
11. Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
12. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.
13. Don't never use no double negatives.
14. Poofread carefully to see if you any words out.
15. Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
16. Eschew obfuscation.
17. No sentence fragments.
18. Don't indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.
19. A writer must not shift your point of view.
20. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!
21. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.
22. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
23. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
24. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
25. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
26. Always pick on the correct idiom.
27. The adverb always follows the verb.
28. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.
29. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be by rereading and editing.
30. And always be sure to finish what