MattPie

I disagree. The default avatar should be reserved for players, preferably sabres, so heinous and hated that no one would ever want to keep it. Mike Weber is mildly creepy in that picture, but the avatar should be reserved for the likes of Timmy, Leino, or Kozlov.

Playoffs in 2017? decent chance. Bona fide Contenders? maybe at best. I think it'll take another year or two for the kids to hit their stride.

Given the Sabres prospective line up, 3rd C does seem like the slot for him. especially if the draft brings us a top center and bumps Reinhart, Girgs, and even Grigs down. Some of those guys are going to need to move to wing.

Butthurt is an LBI? :)

Numbers can repeat if they have 4 machines, each with 14.

Is that some new beta tool they have? I post a haiku Of spring and Sabres' despair Now it's a whole thread :)

Fans on window ledge Spring blooms outside my window Shart Fertilizer

/Thread. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8HZX5CVoOY

5 minutes to.. victory?

Maybe I'm thinking of something else that's a transformer, but I'm thinking of an iron (or maybe some new-fangled metal) core wrapped in two different pieces of copper wire. The Electromagnetic field is transferred through the core, so it doesn't seem wireless to me. You could build an transformer that didn't have a core (I think), but it'd be ridiculously inefficient.

Truth! I'm not sure how much power was involved though, and if I recall, it wasn't very directional. You know how medical types are worried about people being exposed to electromagnetic fields? On the same subject: 1.8kW transmitted at what efficiency? If they're dumping 10kW into the transmitter to net 1.8kW, I'm not interested yet. There's saying that the best wireless solution is always worse than a $10 cable. Except that the cable solution needs a cable, of course. On the tires: interesting, but I'm not sure if they'll really be commercially viable. A lot of the handing and ride quality in cars depends on reducing "unsprung wieght", which is the wieght that isn't carried by the suspension. So in a car, the tire, wheel, hub, brakes, some percentage of the a-arms and axle shaft (assuming independent suspension), etc. are unsprung, where the rest of the body is "sprung". Putting a thermo-electric generation plant in the tire has got to be somewhat heavy. I guess it'll depend on how much energy is there. Plus, a not-insignificant part of the power required to accelerate a car is spinning up the wheels (overcoming rotational inertia) (hint, heavy wheels affect braking as well). If the net effect is enough to run the radio, pass. If it makes noticable dent, say 10-15% in "MPG" (I use that term loosely since we're talking electric cars), tell me more. I know it's not commercially viable, but I've always been fascinated by BMW's experiments with steam-hybrids. Essentially a normal drivetrain, except you use the exhaust heat to run a steam turbine to add power to the drive wheels (or I suppose you could drive an electrical generator to take over the power supply). http://www.gizmag.com/go/4936/

FWIW, based on what AZ have sent out and what's coming back, they're going to suck mightily next year too.

Wait, unless he plays 30+ minutes tonight, or it's already too late for him to make the minimum number of games?

Wait, the GMs are there? Tim Murray be all like:

I can't tell how much of that is sarcasm, but it is the American way to not understand math and blame disappointments on other people.

And at 14, I was 6'2" and 150 lbs; at 18 I was 6'2" and 175, and after that 6'2" and in terrible shape. It's not a given that people grow after 18.

First paragraph: there are teams every year that go into the season "bad" and don't mortgage the future to get a little better. Or do you think teams aren't smart enough to read the pre-season rankings that every sports media outlet puts out? Bolded: Eli Manning, first overall in 2004, two-time Superbowl MVP and Champion. EDIT: Eli isn't a great example, since the Giants were supposed to pick #4 that season but traded with the whole "I won't play there" situation. The Giants did have the same 4-12 record as the Chargers that season though.

Canyonero!

He has a ring, he must be.

Are there free cookies for all of us?

The closet homophobes are going to love this; I wonder if Kane comes in here and hits and plays hard will open their minds: "Kane is easy to talk to and well-spoken. He’s open about how much he enjoys the “adult playground” that is Las Vegas and the fact that he gets a manicure and pedicure on a weekly basis (his cuticles are immaculate)."

I thought the human race couldn't possibly affect things on a global scale or something?

This comes around all the time in photography circles. AmandaPie and I had a pro friend of my wife shoot our wedding (shout out to City Lights Studio in Buffalo!). She gave us a friend discount, but still her normal scructure. It might be tough at first, but as others have said establish a rate structure and stick to it, albeit with a friends and family discount if you like. You're not only helping yourself out, you're helping the other artists in the area by not undercutting them. http://rising.blackstar.com/photographers-excuses.html