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Young Guru Snifit                   Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| iD's theme from XenoGears, everytime you heard it you knew that shit was going down. Also, the theme from Super Dodge Ball on NES, that just made you want to jump up and throw balls around the room for no apparent reason. | |||
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| I'm totally stoked for the end of this season. If OSU or Mich totally stomps one or the other (doesn't even need to be a completely drubbing, just outside of a last second TD/FG to win the game) then they will probably fall behind us and when ND beats USC we'll jump up to second in the rankings and make it to the BCS championship. Like my friend said, life is good for ND when every team ahead of us decided they didn't want to play in the national championship game. God, I love college football, nothing better in the world of sports. | |||
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| So I just heard about the original battle for Toledo, way back in the day, and I find it hillarious that Ohio got Toledo (the land being fought over) and Michigan was given the upper pennisula, which was pretty much taken from Wisconsin. If I was from Wisconsin I'd be so pissed about that. Speaking of being pissed, I'm gonna miss being able to watch any college football this weekend, bah. I hear the weather is nice and cold for the show down this weekend, no better way to play (or watch) football in my opinion. | |||
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Young Guru Snifit  Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Um, beg your pardon, USC does not have there next two games locked. I'm biased for the ND game, but it's not an unreasonable thing to think that ND will beat USC. And USC v. UCLA is a cross town rivalry and we all know that those are always competitive even if one team is much higher ranked than the other. My biggest worry is that if ND beats USC will it be enough to jump Mich. I'd think so, but who knows. Depends on whether voters put into account that NDs loss to Mich was the beginning of the season. Gotta be hopeful. At least ND's pretty much got the Rose Bowl on lock if we don't get into the national title game.
And Ohio State definitely looked like a much better team than Mich in that game. I didn't have a doubt that they would win the whole game, smith looked a lot more comfortable and crisp than henne. (edited by Young Guru on 11-21-06 06:35 PM) |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| If USC doesn't go to the Championship game (under the assumption that they beat UCLA, because if they don't there will be a legion of ND fans coming to USC to just beat on them for that) I'll be appaulled. I'm no USC fan, far from it, but honestly, Michigan had their chance, they lost, and in my opinion, they never really had a chance of winning. While watching Ohio State v Mich I never thought Michigan was going to win at any point after the second quarter. A lot of people are saying that if Michigan doesn't go to the championship game then there will be a playoff next year, but honestly, look what happened to urban meyer's squad 2 years ago, that provided more incentive for a playoff than what is going on right now.
As for the ND v USC game, I'm frankly appaulled at our recievers. Sure, Samardzija and McKnight had some nice big plays for big yards, but they dropped too many shorter, easier passes for first downs when it was 3rd and 5 (earilly reminded me of T.O. on the Niners, always dropping the easy but necessary passes and looking great on big plays). They made Quinn look much worse than he is, and some analysts have made comments saying Quinn really isn't as great as people make him out to be, but if you listen to any of the coaches and GMs in the NFL, they realize that Brady was dropping all those passes right into their hands, at the numbers, and his recievers just let him down. I'm so pissed, we had so many chances to capitalize and we just pissed it all away. And yes, having Carlson would have been clutch, because he's great over the top for short yardage passes. |
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Young Guru Snifit  Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Haha, I find it funny that by none of the projected bowls being interesting to you, you actually mean that nearly half of the project bowls interest you. But I do agree, I would like to see an ND/Mich Rose bowl, especially because I can just drive down to passedena for the game and parade, that's always one helluva party. | |||
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by NSNick For some schools there are, but for others, the standards are set and we don't like to go below that. I'm so glad that we're back to being in contention again, god that was a long drought. |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by neotransotaku NO! Bowl season is why college football is great and a playoff system will ruin it. I know that people will complain about not getting into the championship game, but as mike and mike so thoroughly proved with their "Shut The Hell Up" poll last week, everyone calling for a playoff needs to shut the hell up. I do think that we could do with removing the BCS computers from it and go back to just the votes because I think that would be better. (Sorry for coming off a little harsh on you, but I've heard way to much call for a playoff and I felt I needed to say it like it is). As for ND, it is because we are ND, and unlike any team in sports (except for the Yankees) we are the most hated/loved and nothing in the middle team there is. Other great schools don't draw the passion like we do (Sorry Ohio State, Mich, Miami (well, I think everyone hates miami right now), USC, you're great, you have tons of fans and national follow, but you don't have the country wide love/hate that ND does). And yes, we are like a printing press for the bowl, and let's face it, that's the main reason of the bowls outside of the national championship game which is firstly money and close second determining the national champion. Also, the NCAA (or BCS i don't remember) changed the rule on how much an individual school can bring in from a bowl so that we can't walk on home with 20 mil from a game, I think it got capped at 4 mil (but schools in conferences will still get the full money to split with the conference). And to everyone hating on ND getting into a potential BCS bowl, lets look at the last three losses ND has had, hmm, Ohio State (1st in the Nation, unanimously), Michigan (3rd, debateably 2nd), and USC (2nd, debateably 3rd). So that makes the only losses ND has had since losing to Mich. State last year being the number 1, 2, and 3 teams in the nation, is that really so bad (actually, in my book it is, any loss is bad, but not bad enough for me not to want us in the Rose Bowl). And I think this coming recruiting class will be great because Charlie has something to offer that a lot of coaches don't have, the rings. I mean, if you're an elite high school player and you want to play in the pros you're going to the guy that has won in the pros. He's working on getting that national title winning clout that ND used to have, but he'll always have the I'll get you into the pros ability more so than anyone else (let me tell you, holding one of those rings is quite an experience, and it weighs a ton). |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| I believe we have a misunderstanding. What I meant by the BCS computers is the computer ranking. I think that we should just drop it down to two human polls (or maybe implement a third one) and determine bowls the same way we do now. Basically, I've never liked the computer rankings of teams, they never really seem to be that accurate, but I definitely don't want to go back to a time where Ohio State, Mich and USC might not even play eachother (well, actually, we'd have the same championship game if we were back in the day, it would just be USC v Ohio State at the Rose Bowl) in the bowl games and then it would have to be arbitrarily decided. Just scrap computers making a third of the selection process and keep everything the same. And yes, Urban, STFU. | |||
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by Toxic Not that I usually do this, but Michigan lost to the number 1 team (ranked that way both when they played and right now) and they're pretty much out of contention for the title game if USC beats UCLA (and you never know with rivalry games, but I'd be shocked if they lost). And yeah, FLA's wins haven't looked that impressive. Same situation ND would have been in if we beat SC because our only loss would have been to Michigan, but our victories didn't look that spectacular (I'll admit it, they looked like crap). |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| First thing's first, USC is burning to the ground. That's right, I'm going to buy a ticket from London to Lala land and burn that SOB down. You gotta be kidding me, they beat us then blow it all against UCLA, ugh, it disgusts me. (Twice as much because I live 15 minutes from the Cal Bears stadium and have what could mildly be described as an unhealthy level of animosity towards all the Pac-10 teams to the south of us (those being Standford, USC, and UCLA. The AZ teams don't really count, they're just kinda there, nothing more nothin less)). AHHHHHH
Moving on, if Michigan's season hadn't finished two weeks ago there probably wouldn't even be a discussion. I personally want to see Michigan in the title game so I can relish in the fact that they will have just as many losses as ND will have at the end of the season (Yeah, my schadenfreude is in full force these days). Judging by how the voting's gone Fla will probably get in, but there's always hope. And I'm looking forward to a BCS for ND because, well, we're ND and we get the red carpet treatment. Not sure who, but the Sugar Bowl would be nice. And back off topic, LT is rediculous, 26 TDs so far in the season, damn. |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by Dr_Death16 And Florida got in over Mich because Urban whinned like a baby and Carr didn't (Did I just complement someone from Mich, ugh) (I just pray to God that this doesn't set a precedent for future coaches to be so low, it'd get more annoying that listening to everyone (Urban) complaining about the BCS system). Anyways, I'm not complaining and I can't think of any team that's really getting hosed by us getting into a bowl, and all of the commentators I've listened to have said the same thing, ND getting in isn't shafting anyone else, and it's gonna be a good match up. I do think that Tressel took the cheap way out by not voting. If you're number one from the beginning of the season your vote is techincally determining who you're playing in the championship from day one so be a man and vote in the final vote. I know it would be bad for his team/good for the opposing team if say he had voted Mich over Fla then Urban could boost his team's morale by telling them that Ohio State was afraid to play them (though I don't think that would really do much because Ohio State is going to stomp Fla). I think the Rose Bowl should be one helluva game, in line with the old days when it was ALWAYS Pac-10 v. Big-10. |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| How I left my window's machine 4 months ago.
and My iBook G4 desktop. |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Here here, I totally agree with the two preceding posts. Whether or not you believe that global warming is real or not, caused by man or just natural, the issue of pollution still exists. The difference is, unlike with the fear of global warming, which will ultimately affect everyone on the planet, pollution can, in general, be relegated to areas that those in power can turn a blind eye to. Pollution therefore boils down to a moral dillema, is it ethical for those who produce and consume to allow their waste to be dumped on people in less fortunate situations? Most would say no, that's not fair, but those that maintain the books and budgets will do whatever is necessary to keep revenue high and costs low. This results in the current situation where corporations and governments have done very little to prevent wide spread pollution.
I still have hope for a better future because companies are starting to listen to those that are calling for change. Take the auto industry, adding to the list of fuel efficient technology found in electric hybrid vehicles compaines, like VW, are testing out new ways to use diesel fuel (diesel does burn dirtier than standard petro in the US but it also produces a lot more power which means that an equivalent volume can be used to send a car much greater distances) in their new Rabbits and reduce the exhaust that those systems produce by altering exhaust systems and efficiency in the engine. Other methods like e85 that uses 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent petrol are being used by companies like mitsubishi to create a more fuel efficient Evo. The thing is, unlike in the past, where these systems were placed in test vehicles that would never see the light of day, companies are creating vehicles that are viable options for consumers and have equivalent abilities as current petro cars. Unlike the Prius (I'm not trying to say it's a bad car, but it does not have the same power that most compacts have, yet I still think it was revolutionary design and toyota did a good job marketing it) these new vehicles have comprable power so people can have a car that is better for the environment and still be able to have that 400 hp engine. And if we really want to see some change we need to readjust our thinking on how we generate electricity. The time has come to switch from burning carbon fuels to more enviornmentally friendly means. This means that the government (and oil companies, but that's just wishful thinking to think that those that have the greatest ability to improve energy production actually would) needs to put more money into research on improving solar cells, wind turbines, and other natural energy sources. Also, the US needs to start implementing 2nd stage refinement (not sure it that's the technical term, that's what my modern physics teacher called it) of nuclear fuel so that nuclear plants can take spent fuel and rerefine it to make the material useable again (that'll never happen because to do that the facilities would need centrifuges capable of taking standard unused nuclear fuel and making it into fuel that is closer to weapons grade material, when is the US going to get over the fear of nuclear fuel, never mind the fact that almost every other nuclear power nation uses the technology). The basic problem with energy is that the only people capable of fully developing these new methods in a relatively short time frame (20 years or so) are the government and current energy producers and for current producers there's no incentive to switch because they're making insane profits with their current methods. So take away the great fear of the world becoming uninhabitable due to global warming and the issue still remains, our current lifestyle in the developed world is creating copious amounts of pollution and those that have the most influence are doing very little to stop it. |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| That sounds really rough and I understand that you want to have those friends for your senior year of HS but as was said before, wait til college. When I left for college I lost contact with almost all of my friends from HS, we just didn't put the effort in (and I regret that to some degree) but the people I've met in college are such deeper friends than all my friends in HS except for the few that I've known since I was 6 years old. The difference is that the people you meet in college are the people you live with, eat with, party with, sit up late and talk to, and in general just do everything with. There's really nothing quite like it. My two roommates, guys I've only known for about two and a half years (the last six months of which I've been 5000 miles away) are closer to me than anybody I know, even those few people I've been friends with (and hung out with everyday) since elementary school. So yeah, it's probably going to be really hard and I can't really telll you anything that can make these next handful of months any better unless you happen to find some people that you can connect with in HS, but once you get to college everything will change, because you will meet people and they will be the best people you'll ever meet in your life. | |||
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Eat fish. If you want to put on weight it's the best protein to eat. If you really want to increase your weight don't take a supplement, take a look at your excercise and diet. If you work out what do you do, do you run more than five miles a day, do you only work out a few of your muscles with weights? Both of those will not help you gain weight. If you want to bulk up you need to do weight lifting/excercises for all of your body. I'm not going to explain every workout but find a book or ask someone that knows and start doing weight lifting (and include things other than just biceps and pecs, do forarms, back, abdomen, legs, triceps, shoulders, etc.). Also, if you do run a lot don't stop, but you need to moderate it because running is the easiet way to lose weight and if you keep up a lot of running it'll be really hard to gain weight. Also, diet wise, if you're trying to gain weight you really need to ramp up your diet. I remember when I was on the basketball team in HS I would come home and eat two steaks on some nights and I still dropped from 180-155lbs during the 6 months of the season. When the season ended and workouts cooled down a little bit I was able to start working out to gain weight and was able to get back up to 185 for the next season. Basically, what I'm saying is, if you're working out a lot you need to eat a lot, and I mean a lot to gain weight. I was eating easily 3500-4000 calories a day and still not gaining weight, so you're going to need to eat a lot (and not junk, you want healthy carbs, vegetables, fruits, and proteins (mostly fish and chicken, and a little red meat)) maybe around 4000 (I've heard some people say 5000, but that'll sometimes through your entire body into chaos if you up your calorie intake that much) calories a day. And don't take weight supplements, those are just going to screw you up more than you want.
And I guess from what I'm reading I'm the only non-skinny tall person in this thread, 6'5" 195lbs (though currently I'm trying to drop down to 175 by this time next year so that I can be in a lighter weight class for boxing, taking this year off because I'm studying abroad and working out was a little too difficult (costly, damn London being so expensive) to get around to). But yeah, I've hovered around 200lbs for the past two years, after dropping 35 pounds in the first two months of college two and a half years ago (it's amazing what happens to you when you have to actually pay for all the snacks and treats you eat (i.e., no more snaking during college because it cost too much, only drinking on the weekends as opposed to junk every day, all day)) |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| See, the thing is, we do have the technology to reuse spent nuclear fuel, it's a bit expensive, but we have it and it's very workable and very safe (seeing as only 6 nations that use nuclear fuel don't reuse their spent fuel). The main issue people have with reusing spent fuel is that you create plutonium in the process. This plutonium is used in the reactor, but it can also be used, if large enough quantites are taken, to create a bomb (this was actually the initial use of nuclear reactors, to farm up large quantites of weapons grade plutonium in the 1940s). To me this problem has a very simple solution, employ military* (preferable reserves) to do security and guard the nuclear plants. What does this do, it creates jobs, it makes the material as safe as possible (assumming that the government can trust it's only military) and we're using our fuel in the most efficient way possible. Who knows, maybe one day it'll catch on that unnecessary waste should not happen, because right now we view nuclear fuel as an unlimited supply, but if I recall correctly, that's pretty much how we've treated hydro-carbons and look where that's got us, people panicing that we're going to run out of petro in 10 years, others saying 50, still more saying 100, but we're facing the reality that there really is no unlimited resource and we need to start treating nuclear fuel the same (not to mention the benefit of having to deal with less waste material).
*I think that some would fear brining the military into the process (which I don't see as totaly unfounded) but nuclear plants already have a lot of government oversight and I could see the use of regular security in the plants (with a priority on electronic (redundant) security systems in the reactors) but the use of military as a guard would probably appease the masses more than a private security firm. |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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Originally posted by NSNick But one behind on heisman winners. Still, I tip my hat to Troy, Brady had chances to take the trophy from him by performing big in big games and he didn't this year. Troy was always cool in the pocket, very impressive. I need bowl games to start, I need my college football (though I am finding some quality entertainment going on in the NFL (Saints over Cowboys) and the NBA (Suns over Nets, 300+ points) but still not on the level of cfb). |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Some fun reading on L. Ron Hubard. Not sure if Scientology writings of his record are part of the doctrines of Scientology, but if they are they are pretty damning for their credibility seeing as they have him awarded medals that don't exist for service he didn't do with education he doesn't have.
I'm not saying that this necessarily disproves scientology, but looking at the character and the state of mind of the man who authored the texts behind scientology there seems to be some major problems. From what I can take from it (and I'm no psychologist) he seems to be a certified lunatic. Torture tests on his child, blatant disrespect and reclesness during his posts in the navy, claiming to having created cures for arthritis while still collecting disability money for the condition. It just seems a little out there and nuts. And on a quite satirical and probably politically incorrect tangent... "In December 1953, Hubbard declared Scientology a religion and the first Church of Scientology was founded in Camden, New Jersey." Providing proof that scientology is wrong, it was founded in New Jersey, and Camden of all places. (Sorry all you jersey people, but come on, it's always fun, and my dad grew up in camden and even he trashes it). |
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Young Guru Snifit Since: 11-18-05 From: Notre Dame, IN Last post: 5914 days Last view: 5908 days |
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| Yeah, in Christianity donation of money is not a necessity for salvation. Now some would infer from the teachings of Jesus that if you don't give all your possesions up to charity you will not have salvation, and that is how some interpret the faith, but it is not in the doctrine of Christianity that donation is required for salavation. On the other hand, with Scientology, if you do not give enough money you will not get salvation. Without purchases of specific books and courses and machines you cannot be saved thus putting the giving of money as a necessity for advancement in the faith. Even this is not why I discredit Scientology though.
The man who wrote the books used in Scientology is to put it lightly, a complete and utter loon. He appeared to have no restraint or inteligence in his duty in the navy. Also, his actions during the sixties and seventies were far from honorable, and he was later indicted for using Scientology as his personal bank account. Anyways, the character of Jesus is far more righteous and loving. Basically Jesus was recorded to be a great man who did wonderful acts of love, whereas L. Ron Hubbard is quite different. (edited by Young Guru on 12-11-06 06:58 PM) |
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