CanadianGuitarist

So, since it's now the hot discussion, what do the Leafs need to do? I don't think the sky is falling in Hogtown just yet, but come on....I posted in the fucking World Cup thread today and not here.

Alright, the roomie's on about Favre again....Convince me that anyone but Tom Brady should be the MVP this year?

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I thought South Africa was automatically in for hosting? And how long has the defending champion not been exempt?

In addition to being my buddy's cousin, he did better than my tiebreaker pick (19, when I said 18), so he's got a little of my forgiveness. Too bad it didn't fucking matter. I have to go to work tomorrow (stupid Pro Line), and the wheels continue to come off here. Christ's sake.

Of course I don't. I was merely worried; you hadn't called me a hippie in a while. Jesus Christ, I was so caught up in my gambling today I haven't even checked the KKK Bowl.

The Daily Show's had a few good pieces on Black Friday, at least in past years. I'm sure KKK was all over those.

No, sadly, at least not through component, and I don't believe the new bundles with HDMI do either. Anyone know if the 360 HD-DVD player upconverts standard DVD's? Additionally, and I may have asked this before, how does it connect, both to the Xbox and the TV?

I think 720p is the native resolution but can support 1080i. I'd been meaning to ask that as well. I mean, there's obviously a difference, but they seemed tied together pretty often. Where's Marvin?

No problem. As far as what you were specifically looking for, easy as pie. Even some of the mid-range cameras have plenty of scene modes for say, fireworks, or general night shots. Plenty of them have face detection, and almost all of them have a flash of some kind, as well as a video feature. Typically, you don't get more than two or three minute clips, and they do eat up a fair amount of memory, but it's still a nice feature to have.

$11 a game? That's horrendous. I empathize with my dad, who won't pay the $2.50 a month for Leafs TV, and there's what works out to 3 games a month on there. I caved for it, and I'm not a Leafs fan. Fuckin HD.

Anyone watching this pre-game tribute to Favre? As much as I like Favre, this is a little over the top. Gretzky calling him the Great One, Jack Nicklaus calling him 'amazing for his age', LANCE ARMSTRONG calling him nothing but inspirational, and Ali specifically added a piece: "I am the greatest, you are the latest."

Nope, I meant 3.5. I think December 15 is an ideal time to start Christmas celebrations. After all, we don't start wearing poppies ten weeks before Remembrance Day, right?

You're about three-and-a-half weeks early. Yeah, yeah, I'm a grinch.

(3.5) Green Bay @ Detroit N.Y. Jets @ Dallas (14.5) (11.5) Indianapolis @ Atlanta Buffalo @ Jacksonville (7.5) Denver @ Chicago (2.5) Houston @ Cleveland (3.5) Minnesota @ N.Y. Giants (7.5) (3.5) New Orleans @ Carolina Oakland @ Kansas City (5.5) (3.5) Seattle @ St. Louis (1.5) Tennessee @ Cincinnati Washington @ Tampa Bay (3.5) San Francisco @ Arizona (10.5) Baltimore @ San Diego (9.5) Philadelphia @ New England (22.5) - 22.5? I just don't see it. Miami @ Pittsburgh (15.5) - My 'yeah, what the hell' for this week. St. Louis scores 18. Good luck all.

Your friend is right about everything you just said, including being a huge Journey fan. Everyone should be. RedBaron and I played ball hockey in college together. Our team was named Team Journey. The league also included teams named Peter North Stars, Cleveland Steamers, The Shockers, and The Flock of Seagulls.

The game itself might prove me wrong, but I didn't see any of it; Even though the Habs lost 4-2, I think anytime you can get 39 shots on Ottawa, you're doing something right.

Excellent fuck-up, and equally excellent reference. Good work.

I don't know how much you actually know about cameras, so sorry if this is rudimentary. A lot of my customers are entirely new to digital photography, so the pointers I'll give you are going to be pretty similar to what I give them - from the ground up. As mentioned, a lot of your search will be determined by what you plan to primarily take pictures of. Ask about scene modes (default settings built into the camera that adjust light or enhance colours), and shooting modes (like scene modes, but adjusts the shutter speed). Some of the better cameras on the market give you the option to customize aperture (how much light is allowed into the frame) and shutter speed, which is fun to play around with, but I've found by and large that the two modes are typically more than sufficient. The two biggest factors that go into a camera's price are resolution and zoom. Resolution is measured in megapixels. There's a bit of a stigma that more megapixels = better, but that's not all true. There is merit to it, but if you're using something with more than say, five MP, it's only really noticable when really blowing up the picture, to a size say, 11 x 14 or 14 x 20. If you intend to do that, something with more megapixels might be something to consider. With that being said, the way camera technology has improved over the last few years, especially from an everyday consumer standpoint, you're very unlikely to find any cameras with a resolution of smaller than four or five MP's. I've found zoom to be a much more important feature, especially since the bulk of my pictures are of sporting events (again, something to consider with scene/shooting modes). Zoom comes in two forms (assuming you're not going to buy something with expandable lenses): optical, and digital. Optical will extend the lens towards your subject, digital will magnify the image on the LCD screen. Digital is nice to have, but fairly unncessesary if the camera has optical. Anything more than about 3 or 3.5x digital tends to make the prints really grainy or distorted, I've found. Mine has a 12x optical, which is ideal for me, as a lot of my pictures are of live sporting events. Even with say, pictures of my friends, or for my new job in which I have to photograph a lot of text and ad signs, the flexibility of 12x(very high end), is very nice to have. 3x optical is kind of the starting point. As far as brands, Kodak is typically a more basic camera, but is certainly the most user friendly. The menu is laid out really nicely, the shooting/scene modes are explained in easy-to-understand terms. On the con side, assuming we're sticking with major brands, they're probably the least well-put together. That's not to say the workmanship is poor, but, the ratio a guy I work with and I made was for every 100 Kodaks sold, probably four or five come back defective, as opposed to say, one or two Canons or Sonys. If you can find a Nikon, they're generally regarded as best all-around, both in features and quality. I'm also very partial to Canon, but what these two make up for in features, they lack in user-friendliness, generally speaking. Two things I recommend with the purchase of a digital: more memory and rechargable batteries. You've probably found that out, having owned a digital already. Out of the box, you'll generally get the camera itself, software and cables, a little memory (typically internal as opposed to a card), and some alkaline batteries. There's a few schools of thought on batteries. (This is going to refer to AA batteries) There's lithium, which are the longest lasting, but not rechargable. There's Nickle-Metal-Hydride, which aren't as long lasting, and are a little more expensive, but still last a good while, and are probably the more cost-effective route. A third option of battery is Lithium-ion, which could be compared to the battery of an Ipod - long lasting, specifically designed for the product in question, and rechargable via USB. I still opt for the NiMH, on the grounds that most charging kits come with two sets of AA(and more are easy to purchase if need be), so I can sort of have a back-up set of batteries charged and ready to go, just in case. The example I often make is when I went to a golf tournament about a year ago. I charged the AA the night before when I went to bed, and after about eight hours and close to 100 pics at the golf course the following day, the batteries still had about a half-charge left. Kudos if you read all that. Again, if you've have some experience, this wasn't meant to be condescending, but good luck with your purchase.

Interesting, but you're wrong by default if that's Pierre McGuire in your avatar.

I didn't think I'd be the only one to post that. I'm sure Marvin saw it live, but this'll be all over SportsCentre tonight if any one missed it. I needed the Browns to win by 3.5 on my Pro Line, so I was asking for lightning to strike twice.

This is unreal. Ravens overcome a 13-point deficit going into the fourth. A two-play drive by the Browns put them in FG range - the attempt hit the leftside bar, bounced over more than half of the centre bar, going technically through the uprights, but backspun into the end zone. I've never ever seen anything like this.

The Raiders take the lead! So far, Manning is 4/11 - 56, with a pick already.

You're not alone - I'm astonished with the demand for them, considering how many other Wii games we sell in relation to PS2/360. For launch at my Wal*Mart, we got six for PS3, 18 for Wii and over a hundred for 360 and PS2 apiece. As far as I know, we've only recieved shipments since of the latter. Yeah, I'm genuinely surprised by the demand for the Wii version.

And here's one: Who's the ugliest San Jose Shark of all time? Marleau? Falloon? Ricci?