MrRant

The internet thing? It's not like I'm calling you up and asking you on company time. On digital cable? On satelite? Both? Exactly. You told me I'd see artifacts galore if I had a big screen. I respond by telling you, I don't have a big screen. You reinforce the belief that my screen is, indeed, not big. 1. Internet - Not something I can talk about because it isn't something I can discuss. Do I know what the deal is? Yes. Just not able to talk with you about since it is proprietary. 2. For both outside of HDTV channels 3. Misread your post. Sorry.

Dames can do what he wants is pretty much the bottom line.

I see the West as: A's - 91-95 Wins M's - 84-88 Wins Angels - 80-85 Wins Texas - Somewhere in the seventies

Not anything I can talk about. However ALL channels except HDTV channels are analog but are just compressed digitally to save bandwidth and then rebroadcast. Edit: And 32" is not big at all.

SAN DIEGO -- Unhappy with college football's split national championship, the head of a computer company thought he could entice Southern California and LSU to play each other later this month by offering $30 million in scholarship money. The NCAA quickly hit the "delete" button, saying there was no way such a game could be played. Ted Waitt, chairman and CEO of Gateway Inc., which is based in the San Diego suburb of Poway, offered each school $10 million in scholarships for disadvantaged students if they'd play each other the weekend of Jan. 24-25. The winner would have gotten an additional $10 million in scholarships and $1 million in Gateway products. "Everybody wants to see it happen," Waitt said. "It'd be fun. But everybody is afraid of the NCAA. We just want to know one good reason why this can't happen." Waitt made his proposal in letters faxed Thursday to LSU Chancellor Mark Emmert, USC President Steven Sample and NCAA President Myles Brand. "It's just not as simple or easy as doing that," said Wally Renfro, the senior adviser to Brand. "Decisions about postseason football are made by the membership of the association. Those two institutions would not be able to make that decision in any event. "Right now, by the bylaws, it couldn't happen." And the NCAA wouldn't jump even with $30 million in scholarships up for grabs? "No," Renfro said. Besides numerous logistical problems, games aren't allowed after Jan. 4, which was the date of the Sugar Bowl. USC was No. 1 in both the AP media poll and USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll at the end of the regular season, but slipped behind No. 2 LSU and No. 3 Oklahoma in the computers and the final BCS standings because of a weaker strength of schedule. LSU won the BCS national championship by beating Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl while USC won The Associated Press title by beating Michigan in the Rose Bowl. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1703748

DTV is heavily compressed... try watching it on a HDTV or a big screen... watch the artifacts fly.

Flyboy.... LOOK AT HIS AVATAR

Will you be able to afford TSM? LOL.

Enjoy yourself... mind your bills.

I would still put them at about #10-15 or so. Personally.

What is the status? Stopped? Started? Starting?

The Mets are #6?

Option 1 - If you are running Win 98/ME/2000 you should be able to go to Add/Remove programs and then click on Internet Explorer (not the updates that start with Q) and hit Remove or Change/Remove and it will give you the option to Repair IE. If not then see option 2. Option 2 - Download an alternate browser (Mozilla is a good choice and go to Microsoft.com and download and reinstall IE.

Try this... Go to Start -> Control Panel-> Administrative Tools -> Services and make sure that the Theme service is set to Automatic and restart.

Did you do a Windows Update?

ESPN NBA Power Rankings as of 1/12/2004 1 (1) Spurs 26-11 Yet again we say: Rasho can't be that bad defensively if Spurs are on pace to set a single-season record for PPG allowed. Hawks gave up 83.4 in lockout-shorted 1999 season; SA at 82.5 with Rasho in place of Admiral Dave. 2 (2) Kings 26-9 Great news (for us): Sacramento can get mad at someone else this week. Larry Bird, from afar, says Peja needs to broaden his offensive repertoire. 3 (3) Pacers 28-11 7-1 since Artest and Carlisle clashed, and the back-to-back in Texas -- beating Dallas and nearly beating San Antonio -- was a big credibility boost for the East's best team. 4 (4) Timberwolves 24-11 At 19-6 since their 5-5 start, it's safe to say Wolves have started to click. Safe to say, too, that they've nudged Dallas out of the West's top four for now. 5 (8) Pistons 24-13 Mavs couldn't beat these guys Sunday, but maybe they can learn from them. About two weeks ago, Pistons looked as bad as Dallas does today. Now look at Larry's squad. 6 (6) Lakers 22-11 If you don't believe us, listen to Rick Fox, who told our ESPN.com colleague Peter May: 'I think we have a bigger mountain to climb than we're willing to admit.' 7 (7) Nets 20-15 Nets are 9-3 since Kidd's tirade about the coaching. Which means he'll have to break his "no tirades" New Year's resolution if the Nets slump again. 8 (5) Mavericks 20-16 Doesn't look like a single Mav will earn an All-Star spot in Los Angeles. Doesn't look like a single Mav could argue with that sentiment, which is why another trade grows more inevitable by the minute. 9 (11) Nuggets 22-16 Denver management would be the first to tell you this isn't the ninth-best team in the league. But who else belongs up here? The elite probably stops at No. 7 and the jumble goes from No. 8 down to the mid-teens. 10 (12) SuperSonics 19-16 Much as Seattle enjoyed Flip Fever, we're guessing Sonic Nation doesn't mind so much that no one's even talking about the Flipster anymore, now that Ray has hauled the Supes back over .500. 11 (10) Hornets 22-15 Mash's recovery is taking longer than expected and Mash-less Hornets are 5-8 since 17-7 start. Hence the slip out of the top 10. 12 (9) Rockets 20-16 Van Gundy needn't worry about being sent back to TNT, as he joked the other day. But in this West, as inconsistent as his Rockets are, missing the playoffs is a serious possibility. 13 (14) Jazz 19-17 The challenges keep coming at Sloan, professionally (Harpring's forthcoming surgery) and personally (his wife's bout with cancer). Sloan being Sloan, he accepts every challenge. 14 (18) Bucks 20-17 Forget the loss at MSG. Bucks have won eight straight at home, with some quality victims on that list: New Jersey, Detroit, Indiana and Dallas. 15 (13) Grizzlies 18-18 So which is more unlikely: Memphis getting snowed out of two straight games ... or Memphis sitting at .500 nearly halfway through the schedule, but still sitting in last place in the Midwest? 16 (19) Celtics 20-19 6-1 road record against the West and Welsch's progress are nice (and needed) diversions from the suddenly sad Vin Man situation. 17 (17) Raptors 19-16 The good news: Raps have won five of seven. The bad news: "Improved" offense has cracked 90 only once in that span. 18 (15) Clippers 15-19 Let's face it: They're not deep enough to withstand a Maggette suspension or another Q injury scare. Not looking forward to that mess of forthcoming road games, either. 19 (20) Warriors 15-20 Van Exel's relationship with Muss is getting all the attention, but Troy Murphy's ongoing injury struggles are the bigger worry for Warriors. 20 (21) 76ers 17-20 AI isn't happy with the big-name local radio host, but he can't have any quarrel with the league office after suspensions enabled the Sixers to play the Clips without Maggette and the Nets without K-Mart in back-to-back games. 21 (16) Trail Blazers 16-19 Blazers didn't have 19 losses last season until Feb. 21. On the bright side, at least Blazers' problems are mostly basketball-related for once. 22 (22) Knicks 15-23 5-5 record since Isiah's arrival ain't bad. The bad part is how the Knicks can't climb higher than No. 20 in this poll with so many of the league's 20 richest contracts on their payroll now. 23 (23) Heat 15-22 Stan Van Gundy is a .500 coach since that 0-7 start. Alas, now there's little chance he'll keep winning every other game with Wade out. 24 (26) Bulls 12-25 Hiring of Skiles (8-13) can't be fairly judged for a while, but even John Paxson would tell you now that he wishes he hadn't cut Trenton Hassell in training camp to keep Linton Johnson ... who has since been cut as well. 25 (24) Cavaliers 11-25 Nineteen road games ... 14 sellouts ... two victories. Numbers that don't help LBJ's ROY campaign when Carmelo's Nuggets are 14-9 vs. the West. 26 (24) Suns 12-25 Fun while it lasted: Can't use our That's (life without) Amare comment intro anymore now that Stoudemire has been activated. We'll work on something Zarko-related now that he's back, too. 27 (29) Magic 9-28 Don't ask us to explain A) how Magic still has more road wins (five) than home wins (four) and B) how Magic moved up this week. 28 (28) Wizards 10-25 Still only team in the league that hasn't shot 50 percent in a single game this season, and still no idea when Arenas and Stack will get to play together. Not the sort of consistency Wiz was hoping for. 29 (27) Hawks 10-28 Thought about leaving this space blank to match the effort Hawks gave on this road trip. Just didn't want to confuse the hearty souls who scroll down this far.

I would try virus scan real quick and is there anything in the taskbar running that may be using the speakers?

I think the Angels made a good move... but not enough to go to 1st IMO... and I am REALLY suprised the M's are at 7.

ESPN Power Rankings as of 1/11/2004 Offseason Power Rankings Rank Team Trend Comment 1. Angels Latest move: Jan. 10: Agree to deal with OF Vladimir Guerrero. Comment: Along with a wealth offense, Guerrero gives the Angels' outfield two corner cannons. 2. Phillies Latest move: Dec. 24: Signed C-1B Shawn Wooten. Comment: Just happy to see Vlad bolt for the AL West. 3. Orioles Latest move: Jan. 10: Signed 1B-DH Rafael Palmiero. Comment: Raffy eases the sting of losing out on Guerrero. ... Ponson or Maddux a must. 4. Red Sox Latest move: Jan. 10: Named Ron Jackson hitting coach, Dave Wallace pitching coach, Euclides Rojas bullpen coach, Brad Mills bench coach. Comment: So how are those Nomar contract extension talks coming along ...? 5. Yankees Latest move: Jan. 5: Signed RHP Javier Vazquez to a four-year contract. Comment: Jan. 22 is the workout date for Cuban flamethrower Maels Rodriguez. 6. Mets Latest move: Jan. 6: Signed RHP Braden Looper. Comment: Fiction: Vladimir Guerrero. Fact: Roger Cedeno or Timo Perez in right field. 7. Mariners Latest move: Jan. 9: Signed SS Rich Aurilia. Traded SS Carlos Guillen for 2B-SS Ramon Santiago. Comment: Aurilia's career on-base percentage a pedestrian .331. 8. Cubs Latest move: Dec. 24: Signed 2B Todd Walker. Comment: Long-term deal with Kerry Wood top priority, but don't rule out Maddux deal. 9. Royals Latest move: Jan. 6: Signed OF Juan Gonzalez. Comment: One year, $4.5 million for Juan Gone seems like a terrific bargain. 10. Blue Jays Latest move:Jan. 8: Signed RHP Terry Adams, SS Chris Gomez. Comment: Would be favorite to be the Marlins of 2004 if they didn't reside in the AL East. 11. Astros Latest move: Jan. 9: Signed INF John Valentin to a minor-league contract. Comment: Question now seems to be how much will Clemens pitch on the road. 12. Giants Latest move:Jan. 10: Signed RHP Brett Tomko. Comment: Tomko has had only one losing season in seven-year career. 13. Marlins Latest move: Jan. 8: Signed INF Damion Easley to minor-league deal. Comment: Reportedly where Guerrero really wanted to play next season. 14. Tigers Latest move: Jan. 9: Acquired SS Carlos Guillen. Comment: Good but not great offseason. Question is why did it take so long? 15. Cardinals Latest move: Signed RHP Julian Tavarez, 2B Marlon Anderson, OF Ray Lankford. Comment: Anderson appears to be the favorite for the leadoff role at the moment. 16. Padres Latest move: Jan. 8: Claimed C Tom Wilson. Designated RHP Brandon Villafuerte for assignment. Comment: Jeff Cirillo gets much-needed change of scenery, even if he's a backup for now. 17. Braves Latest move: Dec. 23: Signed LHP Armando Almanza. Comment: Has Julio Franco reached 50 years old yet? 18. Athletics Latest move: Jan. 9: Signed RHP Lou Pote to a minor-league deal. Comment: Billy Beane probably wondering if Eckersley might consider a comeback. 19. Diamondbacks Latest move: Jan. 6: Signed 2B Robby Alomar. Comment: No player has seem his skill diminish more than Alomar in last two seasons. 20. Rockies Latest move: Jan 10: Signed INF Denny Hocking. Comment: Rockies hoping to land Turk Wendell and Jeff Fassero. 21. Rangers Latest move:Jan. 5: Signed INF Eric Young. Comment: Loaded AL West means another long season ahead for A-Rod. 22. Expos Latest move:Jan. 6: Re-signed SS Orlando Cabrera. Comment: Monterrey Expos? Like the location, but new nickname needed. 23. Brewers Latest move: Jan. 9: Named Lee Thomas special assignment scout. Comment: Did anyone notice Wes Helms hit .310 last September? 24. Devil Rays Latest move: Jan. 10: Named Don Zimmer senior baseball advisor. Comment: Will Zim bring winning touch to Tampa Bay? 25. Dodgers Latest move: Jan. 10: Re-signed OF Dave Roberts. Comment: Dodgers might be this offseason's biggest disappointment. 26. White Sox Latest move: Jan. 8: Signed RHP Cliff Politte. Comment: Ponson last shot at saving miserable offseason. 27. Twins Latest move:Jan. 9: Signed LHPs Kevin Tolar, Aaron Fultz, 1B Juan Diaz. Comment: Twins will be in rough shape if any of these three make their final roster. 28. Indians Latest move: Jan. 9: Signed RHP Jose Jimenez. Comment: Jimenez could be interesting outside of Coor Field. 29. Reds Latest move: Jan. 7: Signed LHP Aaron Myette. Comment: Unconditional Pete Rose reinstatement could mean quick exit for Dave Miley. 30. Pirates Latest move: Dec. 24: Signed INF Chris Stynes. Comment: Jason Kendall-to-San Diego trade talk rekindled, with Cirillo coming to Pittsburgh.

Carol-Mosley? Who has two first names?

If he was politically correct he would have.

Then you will just have to suffer and recruit WR next season. Just the way it is sometimes... I have a backup RB that is going to assume my senior RB's job that just fumbles EVERYTIME he gets the ball so I'm going to recruit a RB and start him.

Are you drilling the ball in there? Try lofting it if you can.