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Not quite a year ago, pricing out every thing taken @ replacement cost at amazon and it's less than $150 now. If it were closer to $200 I might call but the fact that the local moving company is one of my wife's firm's clients I think I'll let it go. Thinking about it I deserve some of the blame, it was the only box of gaming stuff I labeled (all the rest were just numbered and labeled: MMB ###). It contained my favorite 360 controller, two rechargeable batteries, dual charging station, wireless headset (all still here) and my 5 priority backlog games. I've been looking for it since the move as it was supposed to go in one of our cars and not the truck.
 
Just read 4 days worth of OTT posts. There's a half hour I won't be getting back anytime soon.

It was a decent trip. The weather in Anchorage was nearly perfect. (70 and sunny!)
Never carrying 3 car seats onto a plane again. Ugh.

Today though will just be an unwind and attempt to recover day.
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']You check the firmware on the ssd?[/QUOTE]

Yeah. I was troubleshooting for about 3 hours last night. Updated my SSD's firmware and I was still getting freezing issues. Last time I buy new technology day 1.
 
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[quote name='h3llbring3r']Is there no hope for . . .Robocop?[/QUOTE]

I knew they would ruin Robocop when I saw that new supersuit that they have him wearing. APPARENTLY that is only one of multiple futuristic suits they are going to have him wearing. :cold:
 
[quote name='zewone']Is Yahoo better than ESPN? I played for the first time last year, and ESPN wasn't bad.[/QUOTE]
I haven't used ESPN in a few years but since a couple people mentioned that they liked it I'll set up the league using that.

So fuck it, ESPN started to annoy me while I was setting the league up so I ended up making a Yahoo league instead. Yahoo is easy to use so it shouldn't be an issue.

Join here: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/signup
League ID: 531418
Password: jake

If you don't use your CAG name for your team, post here to let me know who you are. I reserve the right to kick you out of the league if you're a lurker or you suck.

For those that join, please make note of the league settings. I've made some changes to the standard scoring, if anyone has an issue with something, let me know. Playoffs are weeks 14, 15, 16; the top 6 teams get in, with the top 2 getting a bye for the first week. Again, if anyone objects, say something.

Draft is an auction draft and we'll need to agree on a date and time once everyone joins.
 
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how do the bonuses work? If a player rushes for 200+ yards does he get all 3 bonuses or just the 2 points for being over 200?
 
[quote name='DT778']how do the bonuses work? If a player rushes for 200+ yards does he get all 3 bonuses or just the 2 points for being over 200?[/QUOTE]

Bonuses are cumulative.
 
[quote name='DT778']Have you played with these rules before? At first glance it seems there would be a lot of lopsided games.[/QUOTE]

Yes, these rules are mostly adopted from a league I've been in for years. Except I lowered the point totals for a couple of things.

I'm open to changes though, I'd just like to know where people see problems/alternatives. I can lower or remove bonuses altogether if you think they aren't necessary.

Edit: I removed the half point on tackles for loss. I also removed the first tier on all bonuses and lowered the points on the remaining tiers to 1.
 
Morning.

I'd kill for rain. At least 3 days of upper 90s/100 temps here. At least I get to be at work in the afternoon/evening.
 
Blood Phones:

That's thanks in part to the fact that tech companies like Intel, HP, Dell, Microsoft and Apple have made efforts to trace the source of metals used in their devices. An auditing system for smelters, the industrial facilities that process raw metals, also has been put in place. A certification system is in the works that would allow companies to certify some metals from Congo as "conflict free."

Other tech companies, however, like Nintendo, Canon, Nikon, Sharp and HTC, received low rankings from the group. Nintendo was the only company out of 24 ranked by the Enough Project that received a score of zero, for taking no steps to ensure that its electronics do not support armed groups in central Africa.

"Nintendo is, I believe, the only company that has basically refused to acknowledge the issue or demonstrate they are making any sort of effort on it," said Sasha Lezhnev, senior policy analyst at the Enough Project. "And this is despite a good two years of trying to get in contact with them."

In a statement issued to CNN, Nintendo said it "outsources the manufacture and assembly of all Nintendo products to our production partners and therefore is not directly involved in the sourcing of raw materials that are ultimately used in our products."

The company added: "We nonetheless take our social responsibilities as a global company very seriously and expect our production partners to do the same."

A Nintendo spokeswoman declined to comment on conflict minerals specifically.
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DS batteries are pretty legit. Havent turned my DSi on in over a year until yesterday and it still has 3 bars. Now I just gotta find the charger for it.
 
[quote name='TheRock88']DS batteries are pretty legit. Havent turned my DSi on in over a year until yesterday and it still has 3 bars. Now I just gotta find the charger for it.[/QUOTE]
QFT. We have a red and black DS that still runs for hours on its factory battery.
 
Hey guys, I'm unhappily selling all of my DVDs and shit. Here are my criterions. Make an offer if you want one. All are in great shape, minor shelf wear if anything. Some are even unwatched. I got bills to pay and, secondarily, want to get rid of stuff. Blu Rays are at the end and marked with BD. If you like noir, then there are some great ones in here.

Fanny and Alexander (One disc and might be missing insert)
Elevator to the Gallows
The Shop on Main Street
Vampyr
Mr. Arkadin
Sansho the Bailiff
Dazed and Confused
Hoop Dreams
Red Beard
Yi Yi
John Cassavetes (Five Films)
Night and Fog
Jules and Jim
Rashomon
General Idi Amin Dada
The Lift Aquatic
Viridiana
The Battle of Algiers
Bicycle Thieves
Le Trou
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Rififi
Night and the City
The Vanishing (might be missing insert)
Army of Shadows
Ugetsu
M. Hulot’s Holiday
The Rock
Shoot the Piano Player
Le Samourai
The Naked City
Le Doulos
The Rules of the Game
The Royal Tenenbaums
Play Time (BD)
Pierrot Le Fou (BD)
Bottle Rocket (BD)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(BD)
The 400 Blows (BD)
The Wages of Fear (BD)
The Seventh Seal (BD)
Breathless (BD)
The Darjleeing Limited(BD)
Seven Samurai (BD)
The Thin Red Line (BD)
Monsoon Wedding (BD)
 
Wildfires are more north and south of me. I'm too close to the city for that sort of thing.

Dora's Fantastic Gymnastic Adventure is , in a word, -fantastic-.

Thank goodness for being able to go into work today. Unfortunately my car to get there has no a/c.
 
Fucking Sears, they charge me over two weeks ago for my Darksiders II CE and just now after asking they tell me it's been cancelled. Since when? And when the fuck am I getting refunded? I got charged interest on that shit. Now I need to hunt down a Gamestop still selling the CE and hope I get lucky.
 
So Best Buy decided to not price one of the blowout games correctly at the start of the sale, but I have to call them to get it fixed and get the difference back?
 
I'm going to be e-mailing my way up the corporate ladder complaining. I placed the order three months ago, and they had no problem charging me two weeks ago but suddenly it's a pricing error? Eat a dick Sears. Now I need to call every Gamestop to see if any have the CE in stock that aren't pre-order only.
 
I, unwittingly, got burned by a marketplace seller on Sear's website.
As you have undoubtedly seen, underneath each item it tells you who's selling what (à la Amazon.com) however, sears.com formats theirs like this: Sold by Sears
and they allowed a marketplace vendor to sell fake merchandise like this: Sold by Sears.

I felt like such a rube after the fact, but their CS gave not a single shit about their marketplace sellers and the fact that he was posing as them.

I screened capped it all and after sending it to Amex they said it was f'ed up and went on to say if they are not going to refunded your money they'd just stop payment.

Love that company, I know that doesn't help you any though.

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Munch PM me a shipped price for:
The 400 Blows (BD)
The Wages of Fear (BD)
 
Well . . . What did the tornado sound like?

Just kidding, seriously though you gonna tease us with it and not give details-

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I'm so bored I'm starting to play in the cagcast litterbox.
 
Classics are classics.
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I tracked my wife's flight home as it flew over our house with an augmented reality app (PFAR free) I thought it was cool. My kid was less impressed, "You coulda' just pointed Dad."
 
Well on the opposite end of the shitty company spectrum, I was making the rounds of Gamestops trying to track down a copy of the game. One I went to took the liberty of calling EVERY store in 50 miles asking if they had any available. They eventually found one on hold that was overdue for pickup and had it put on hold for me instead. Fuck Sears, but fuck yea Gamestop.
 
SneakyP found the bizzaro GameStop where employees care about the customers and go beyond the minimum of doing their job. Did it feel like seeing a unicorn? Or did they ruin the magic pushing a magazine sub and card?
 
Actually while I was waiting the guy was revealing a secret stash of mint complete PS2 games to see if I wanted to buy any.

For some reason most of the Gamestops around here are actually really good. Knowledgeable employees that care more about making the right gaming decisions than making their quotas. It's nice.
 
[quote name='HumanSnatcher']Out of curiosity, is it a bad idea to run the fans on both my video cards at full blast all the time? I've got no problem with the sound they make[/QUOTE]
no, but is it actually needed?
 
Sneaky, is your Darksiders II box a little mis-shapped? My pre-order store pick-up from Best Buy has a few dents in it, and looks like the outer box is too small for the contents on the inside?

I asked for a different one, but apparently I got the only one in the area.
 
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