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MattPie

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  1. Take the picture in front of something very Swedish, if you can! I was thinking that for the 6 on 4 at the end. A few games back they were praising Reinhart on how well he tracks the play while in front of the net, I can't figure the logic of not putting him there in that situation. Just as a note in case this happens again, Verizon phones (and I assume tablets) get NFL Mobile for free. That only covers games that are on locally to your area, though (I think, I should really check that). It worked reasonably well to have the Bills on my phone, but I wasn't really watching the game so much as listening and getting other things done in the meantime. McKee used to have plastic shields over the laces on his skates, I'm not sure there's a rule to be made there unless there are rules about the dimensions of a skate.
  2. When it's the Boston Globe writing this about the Pats, and the comments generally agree, you know it's mess.
  3. Anonymous is skilled at infiltrating computer systems, and seem to have found some ISIS plans already. The only issue is Anonymous seems to forget they're not the only game in town. They tend to bash around with a lot of skill but not thinking about the long-game. So they find a bunch of plans and what to do they do? "HEY WE FOUND SOME PLANS!" For all we know, the CIA/MI5/KGB were already quietly in those systems (if Anonymous found and hacked them in a couple days, they're not very secure). I'm not suggesting they knew about the Paris attacks or anything, but now the bad guys migrate to somewhere new or start using more secure systems which hinders everyone. Sometimes, it's better to know where the bad guys are and what they're up to rather than making a big show about stopping them immediately.
  4. If only we had Miler back. Or Hazek. Re Ullmark interview: BY THE SHOVEL OF ULLMARK I'm not sure if it's the translation, but I love the phrase "lure the defenseman into the stands".
  5. Just think of it like saying "medium rare".
  6. If you really want to punish, call a challenge cause that takes longer. Yep. I thought it included the possibility of a suspension too, but I don't think that's actually the case.
  7. Celsius makes sense for weather if you look at it this way (as told to me by a Brit): Anything negative: rather cold 0-10: Cold 10-20: Chilly to sweaters 20-30: warm 30-40: hot 40-50: miserably hot
  8. I think TYLER ENNIS WILL BE FINE.
  9. Good point. The graphic I saw was "Virginia" with the picture of the Commonwealth, but you know, Facebook. EDIT: Nope, Virigina: http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/article_bdbee22c-1aef-5c1b-a859-f4e5063a0f00.html
  10. I think you're talking about Fried Doug.
  11. One did permanently, much to my surprise.
  12. Let me preface this: I'm not anti-military, anti-people, or anti-anything, just asking a question. I just saw that Virginia has offered a home to any homeless Vet in the Commonwealth. I think that's a great move on the surface, but it brings up a few questions in my mind. Mostly, how long does it last? Part of it boils down to how "vet" defined? Any service? Been deployed overseas? How long in the service? It would seem like a pretty sweet deal if I joined up, did 6 years stationed in North Carolina, and then could claim to be homeless after I got out and got a free ride forever.
  13. :) "Highway not found" always pops into my head when I drive past Delaware Rt 404. Similar thing with PA 443 (https:// normally uses port 443 by default to communicate), the "Secure Web Highway".
  14. I'm not sure it would, unless the forwards start hanging outside the blue line. I suppose that D would be closer than the defending wingers, so getting caught flat-footed would be more dangerous.
  15. The US struck a convoy of tanker trucks within the last week. Whilie looking for link to that, this came up from Sept 2014, so it's been going on for awhile. http://abcnews.go.com/International/us-led-planes-strike-isis-oil-facilities-syria/story?id=25739334
  16. Some serious first-world problems here: Organization Announcement - Robinson. Someone accidentally copied the entire company (I work for a large company, 5-figure number of employees) on a mundane announcement, to which a hundred people Replied All that they shouldn't be on this distro. Email servers have been chugging all morning. Actually, I'm kind of amused by the whole thing; but PSA: use Bcc on anything that shouldn't be a discussion. It's the smart thing to do. Double Lunch. I forgot that I had a "graduation" lunch for an internal class today and bought lunch ahead of time, which turned out to be "thanksgiving dinner". Then I went to the grad lunch and got another plate of the same thing. I suppose that's apropos though considering you never eat one plate of thanksgiving dinner.
  17. That joke is the wurst.
  18. That's crazy talk. I don't like turning my computers off, never mind my phone! (I think it comes from my server admin day job, a computer that's turned off is broken)
  19. You could do fire the puck into a down D now, but most of the time the player taking the shot is trying to avoid hitting the player. Now, you're intentionally shooting for the player to draw a penalty.
  20. I'm not sure if that's sarcasm or not, but I'll play it straight. Defending player on the ice for whatever reason, attacking player fires the puck into him to draw a penalty. Bonus style points if your teammate "encourages" the defending player with a check, cross check, or subtle trip, or you injure the defending player by drilling a slapper into a lightly-protected area.
  21. "Airplane mode" (whee, I'm a phone that can FLY!) probably will give you a safe, stress free phone cleaning experience.
  22. The British have a few too, many of them actually have planes! http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/iainmartin1/100278745/an-aircraft-carrier-without-planes-is-the-perfect-metaphor-for-britains-diminished-global-status/ My only comment is the FBI takes several months to clear US individuals for even basic security clearances, how are they going to vet thousands of people with sketchy documentation in any sort of timely manner in addition to their normal background check workload? Maybe I'm a cynic, but I wouldn't be surprised if the controlling Republicans in the house are setting this up as a ploy and quietly hoping something mildly bad happens so they can hang it on the current administration.
  23. That's ridiculous, it'll be 2019-2020.
  24. I had heard that Russia's previous attacks on ISIS weren't very choosy about ISIS vs. anti-Assad forces. I wonder if that'll change now. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-syria-kremlin-admits-air-123818165.html#IeXT6Mc
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